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[frostfromfire.livejournal.com]

Challenge: 191 - One-liners
Title: Hollow
Word Count: 139
Notes: I wasn't even going to post this week, but then I randomly had an idea for the prompt and typed this up about five minutes ago, meaning it's probably dreadful and cheesy and contains the worst joke ever.

Axel doesn’t think about death much, but when it crosses his mind it refuses to leave without serious contemplation. He supposes there’s no real place for his kind. Maybe Nobodies are meant to linger in the vestibules of hell, or the lobbies of heaven.

If such places even exist. He was never much of a theist.

But it’s unnatural to be plastered between the Underworld and the Elysian Fields, isn’t it?

Can Nobodies reincarnate? He doubts it; nonbeing can’t come into being, can it? He’s never understood that nirvana crap anyway.

“What do you think happens to us when we fade away?” he asks, failing as he tries to pass off the topic casually.

“I dunno,” Roxas shrugs. “I mean, we may not have hearts, but you have to admit… we’ve got a hell of a lot of soul.”

Comments

[greedchan.livejournal.com]

xD This one was cool. :3 I like the phrase 'lobbies of heaven', it makes me think of that lobby where all the dead people were hanging out in Beetlejuice. xD
:3 Soul is a great thing to have!
Anyway, good job, and good luck~

[frostfromfire.livejournal.com]

Haha, really? I've actually never seen Beetlejuice (blasphemy, I know). I was kind of playing off of how Nobodies are the souls of their somebodies, but they lack hearts. Thank you much!

[yukis0ra.livejournal.com]

LOL, love your line: But it’s unnatural to be plastered between the Underworld and the Elysian Fields, isn’t it?

Axel can be so philosophical. <3 Love that boy to death. Great job! ;D

[frostfromfire.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've always wondered what would happen to Nobodies when they faded/died. Could they really go to one of the "traditional" places people think of, or would they be stuck somewhere in the middle? I definitely see Axel as a deep thinker as well. :)

[breathless-dawn.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! I love philosophical!Axel and Roxas' last line.

Great drabble!

[frostfromfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

[iki-teru.livejournal.com]

Aaww sweetness! I love how even though Axel was contemplating serious matters he wasn't all dark!Axel.

Kudos on a job well done!

[frostfromfire.livejournal.com]

Thanks! This is the first time I've ever written Axel, so I was afraid I wouldn't be able to capture his Axel-ness. To me it's always seemed like he, intentionally or not, puts a humorous spin on cynical topics.