☠Twelfth Reel: January Log!

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Who: The Bloody Roses, The Spade Pirates, and The Strawhat Crew! And anyone else at Aeolipile!
Where: Aeolipile Isle
When: January 5th for the arrival of The Bloody Roses and on!
What: On over abundance of crazy.
Warnings: PG13 probably.
Style: Lots of it!
Status: Open!

This is basically a part two to this monster of a post! Feel free to make threads for any day for your characters/crews/pet baby alligators/etc. Please specify the time of day and place in your comment!

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[by_heart]

[He's gone and done it again, hasn't he?]

Hey, this is your birthday party. Don't go making yourself sad again, you hear? You want the parrot back?

[He's got to start watching his mouth when it comes to this whole issue. They've fought about it before, but with Roxas' memory, there's no guarantee that he remembers the whole conversation. Even if he does, Lea's not sure he really made his point back then.]

[heartismyown]

I'm not sad. At least, I don't think so.

[He frowns a little bit.]

I made you mad, but I didn't mean to.

[by_heart]

Don't sweat it; it happens. I get over it fast.

[He bonks Roxas on the head with the parrot. Before coming here, they hadn't really been able to spend together like this. There was always the time they set aside after missions, but they never really had a chance to go do things together, get in petty arguments, get mad at each other over silly, trivial things. No wonder Roxas thinks it's the end of the world every time something ticks Lea off.]

[heartismyown]

[Roxas will learn, probably. Getting to spend extra time with Lea is the best gift he could have anyway. He takes the parrot back with a grin and hugs it before putting it down again.]

Kay well you better. I can't ruffle your hair and fix it, you're too tall.

[by_heart]

[Lea takes his bandanna off and leans down.]

Go for it.

[It's only fair, after all. He does do it to Roxas all the time, after all.]

[heartismyown]

[He grins and ruffles Lea's hair. It's a little harder to do, because his hair is so thick and spikey, but he can do it anyway.]

Now you should feel better.

[Obviously, because it works for him.]

[by_heart]

[Lea can't help but smile.]

Sure. Worked like a charm.

[This kid. Really. He drapes an arm over Roxas' shoulders and hugs him to his side.]

C'mon, aren't we supposed to be celebrating your birthday?

[heartismyown]

[He wraps his arms around Lea's middle and squeezes him.]

Yep! It's my birthday and that means we need cake!

[by_heart]

That's the big event, though. We all gather around the cake and sing "Happy Birthday," then you make a wish and blow out the candles. Pinkie didn't explain that part to you?

[Really, he's surprised she didn't demand they get to that part right away.]

[heartismyown]

Oh, really? No she didn't say anything about it, just that I get cake.

[by_heart]

Geez, she has a one track mind. Well, that's how it's supposed to go. You open presents in there at some point, too. I think some people brought some.

[He's really going to have to find something later.]

[heartismyown]

Selphie brought me the parrot, and Ikki got me a train. I didn't open the other two yet.

[Well since he has nothing better to do, he can just squeeze Lea again.]

You know a lot about birthdays!

[by_heart]

I have had a few, yeah. Most people could tell you that stuff, though.

[Sometimes the unbridled adoration leaves him a little flustered. He can explain the most mundane things and Roxas looks at him like he's the most brilliant person in the world. Since coming here, he's tried to deflect it a little and get Roxas to ask other people his questions, and he wonders if he gives them that same awed look. If he does, Lea doesn't really want to see it happen.]

So why haven't you opened the other presents?

[heartismyown]

I don't know, some people don't like answering questions, I think. Ikki and the big guy are always asking me questions instead.

[While he's impressed by others, it's only Lea he really cares for like that. After all he's his best friend and has been there for him forever.]

I don't know.

[by_heart]

The big guy? You mean Thatch? Yeah, I bet he's asking you a lot.

[He's already told Thatch more than he even wants Roxas to know about him. Sure, he's not positive that he can trust him, but he has the feeling that they're all in good hands.]

But you can tell me about all that later. That's not party talk.

[heartismyown]

It isn't? What's party talk then?

[by_heart]

Happy stuff, dumb stuff, I don't know. Not serious business. It's your birthday, so you don't have to think about anything unless you want to.

[heartismyown]

I don't know, I'm pretty happy. This place is way better than the Organization! It's bigger, and there's never any barriers, we can go wherever we want, and Saix isn't here bossing us around...

[He trails off for a moment and looks away sheepishly.]

I'm having fun.

[by_heart]

[Lea ruffles his hair.]

Good for you.You should.

[And he'll do anything to make sure that he gets the chance. No one deserves it more than Roxas does. They may not have much time, but he's going to make sure that Roxas lives as much as he can, makes all the friends he can, does everything he wants. Because he knows what Roxas is going to go back to.

And what he has to go back to. Roxas had even said it, that name that sends a painful stab through his heart every time he hears it.]

We're lucky we have nicer people to boss us around here, huh?

[heartismyown]

[The gesture is comforting, and Lea's been doing it more frequently since they didn't have things like missions. Roxas doesn't mind too much, because he likes Lea. Compared to the rest of his life, he's been doing a lot of living and having fun since they got there. At first he worried he'd be bored but there were so many people to talk to.]

Yeah, I think so. Hey, Lea, is this what summer vacation is really like? How long have we been here? It's been longer than a week. I didn't notice.

[by_heart]

For one thing, it's winter, dummy. We've been here almost a month now and I don't know what you've been doing, but it hasn't been a vacation for me, that's for sure. Thatch has been making me work my ass off in the galley.

[But when all you have for reference is monotonous missions day in and day out, life on a pirate ship is kind of like a vacation.]

[heartismyown]

I guess there's chores and stuff. It just doesn't seem the same kind of thing is all. Do you want me to help you?

[by_heart]

Nah, you do your jobs, I do mine. Same as always.

[Having Roxas around would mean they wouldn't be able to talk about spy work. He doesn't mind Roxas knowing that he's keeping tabs on the journals for Thatch, but he doesn't want him to know how he came about getting that assignment.

Lea smacks Roxas on the shoulder.]

No more talk about work.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas rolls his eyes.]

You always say stuff like that!

[by_heart]

Because I don't wanna talk about work! Go get some more cookies or something!

[He always distracted Roxas with food before, too.]