If I had a heart, would that make me somebody?

[ The first sound is an explosion, a large one; in reality, it's the ignition of a Firaga spell, but for the two boys reliving this memory, it's a self-immolating attack, one that should come from the heart.]

You're...fading away...

[It's Roxas' voice saying the words, but at this moment, he sounds very much like Sora.]

Well, that's what happens when you put your whole being into an attack. You know what I mean? Not that Nobodies actually HAVE beings...right? Anyway, I digress. Go, find Kairi. Oh, almost forgot... Sorry for what I did to her.

[And this is Sora, a mix of self-deprecating humor and regret evident in his tone.]

When we find her, you can tell her that yourself.

[Stubborn and certain.]

Think I'll pass. My heart just wouldn't be in it, you know? Haven't got one.

Axel, what were you trying to do?

[There's sadness on both ends now, but a mutual acceptance as well. The end is near, but not without purpose.]

I wanted to see Roxas. He was the only one I liked. He made me feel...like I had a heart. It's kind of funny... You make me feel the same.

[And then there's only silence. Neither boy moves.]

[ooc: this scene, with Roxas as Sora and Sora as Axel, a follow-up to this post.]

[There's a rustling sound before anyone speaks, as if they're fidgeting and not sure they have to do this.]

Did anyone else wake up...not themselves today?

[It sounds like Sora. If he turns on the video, it'll look like Sora.

But it's not. It's Roxas.]

ooc: bodyswap curse get! Replies will be made with swapsky

Oh, great. Like the City hasn't been crazy enough this week, now all these people are back?

[There's the sound of him shoving his way through a crowd. Jumping the fourth wall seems to require a lot of pushiness.]

Ugh. I don't even know why I came outside today.

Hey, I don't—HEY! You made me drop my ice cream! Don't just...run away....

[sigh]

I really hate when the City gets all crowded like this.

Does anybody else ever have really weird dreams?

It's just something I was thinking about.

There are so many people in the City today that the ice cream shop had a line way down the block even though it's not even warm out—

Where are they all going to stay?!

That curse the other day, with people's heads getting cut off and then just walking around like nothing happened—is that what happens here when people are destroyed? I didn't think anything was supposed to be left behind, but everything was left behind.

I don't think it's bad, but it's strange...I don't know.

[sigh]

Hey, Hanna, I found a store with a lot of ice cream flavors. I bet there's one you haven't had yet.