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Theme: [189] Poker Face
Title: Crocea Mors
Word Count: 275
Notes: The title means “yellow death” in Latin.

No matter how hard you tried to ignore him, his presence could always be felt, like an irritation on the edge of one’s consciousness.

The surprising thing was that he barely said anything to draw attention to himself. The only thing that could be easily caught sight of was his face. His cold, hard expression was just as solid and immutable as the indentations on a rock.

None of the other members could faze him. Axel’s sharp remarks, for example, did nothing more than make him blink slightly. It didn’t help that the way he spoke gave no indication of what he was thinking. The tone of his voice was just as flat and dull as the interior design of Castle Oblivion; it was completely and utterly blank.

“He’s more Nobody than the rest of us combined, Xemnas included,” noted Axel with a wry smile.

And yet, there was something more to him, something dark crawling underneath the pallid personality.

In his bright eyes that looked as though they were carved out of yellow quartz, there were signs of something angry and malicious swimming underneath their surface, like a greedy shark. The way he looked at the beautiful heart-shaped moon was also unnatural, even compared to how Xemnas gazed at it; it was if something deep inside of him wanted to break free, wanted to crush his stone-like body and engulf the moon that hung so serenely in the sky above him.

But for the moment, the yellow beast was tethered inside of him, but only with a thin, silk-like leash that was already worn and frayed.

Time would only tell when it would finally snap.
 

Comments

[greedchan.livejournal.com]

Ohoho.
Cool, bro. :3
A perfect poker face concealing a berserker is a really interesting way of interpreting this one. :3 I never thought of using Saix for this one.

Great job~!

[crystalreport.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. ^^

It's kind of weird, becuase Saix was the first guy to pop into my mind when I saw the theme. He was so creepy in the game that I couldn't help but portray that beserker side of him.

[obabscribbler.livejournal.com]

Ooh, just the right blend of creepy and insightful. Delicious stuff.

[fated-bliss.livejournal.com]

This is a wonderful summary of Saix's character. (: Great job.

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Lovely Saix insight and such a great last line! Nice work.