HazMat Log 005 ♔ The great multicolored north

[anelegantmyth]

Who: Hazardous Materials
Where: Dermaevern, Breakneck Cay and eventually Candy Mountain
When: 5/1-5/31
What: Exploring the north and making Gaius' diet last longer than it should be
Warnings: bore sharks, sugar-free torture, wine that makes you high as balls and our impending doom
Style: Any!
Status: Open if you're in the area?

Hazardous Materials' May log of doom! Date your stuff, you all know the drill.

5/1-5/7: Sailing to Dermaevern
5/8-5/15: Dermaevern Shenanigans!
5/16-5/22: Sailing to Breakneck Cay
5/23-5/24: Who in their right mind thought it was a good idea to go here?
5/25-5/31: Hunting down Candy Mountain

Comments

5/18-5/19

[heartismyown]

[Roxas has regressed to the way he used to be when he was first 'born' out of thin air. He's mostly been wandering around in a daze. He's seen Lea a few times but he doesn't look right exactly. He's so bright looking, at least, his clothes. But the hair is right. He remembers the vibrant hair although it's not quite long enough.

He has lost track of Lea and at the moment can be found wandering the deck in a daze.]

Axel! Axel!

[by_heart]

[It's a good thing this regression thing is affecting other people on the crew, because this whole zombie thing came as a real shock when it first started. By now, Lea's kind of adjusted to dealing with the old Roxas again.]

Hey, calm down. I'm still here.

[He sits down on nearby rail and shakes his head.]

Only you could get lost on a boat.

[heartismyown]

[He gives a vague little nod and stands next to him a little stiffly.]

The castle...

[Roxas can't understand why they're on a boat. Or what Lea's wearing. He reaches out and tugs on Lea's sleeve. Definitely weird.]

[by_heart]

[Lea actually did pack his coat and he considered wearing it for about half a second, but ultimately decided that it would be best not to indulge Roxas too much. He doesn't want him to get stuck like this somehow.]

We can't get back to the castle. This place isn't connected to any other worlds, at least not in the way we're used to, so we're stuck here.

[Usually this is when he'd ruffle Roxas hair or pat him on the back or something, but it seems out of place somehow.]

Don't worry. We're not gonna get in trouble.

[heartismyown]

...Stuck...

[He parrots back softly. Not in trouble. That doesn't sound right, weren't they expected at the castle? Most of the Nobodies were pretty mean and Roxas got bossed around a lot. He didn't think they'd be too forgiving. It had already been awhile, at least, he thinks it's been awhile.]

[by_heart]

Yeah, stuck.

[He holds up a hand and tries to open a corridor himself, knowing full well it won't work. Darkness doesn't even gather when he tries.]

See? We can't get there and they can't get here so we're on our own, you and me.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas looks around a little bit. He isn't sure what that means.]

But...the castle...Roxas...

[He was at the castle before, he's sure of it.]

[by_heart]

[Lea sighs and shakes his head.]

Don't worry about the castle, I said. We're sailing on this boat now. Roxas, [He points at Roxas, then points to himself and pauses before continuing.] Axel, [He waves his hand.] and all the rest of the crew are stuck on this boat for now, okay? Got it memorized?

[heartismyown]

[He nods hesitantly after a moment. So, no castle. It was weird really. What should he be doing? He doesn't really know anything about being on a boat.]

Axel...Axel what...what do I do?

[He's used to instruction. He's been wandering around the ship.]

[by_heart]

[He can't really tell him to make friends and explore, since he knows Roxas hadn't learned how to do either one of those things at the point he's regressed to. Honestly, Lea's kind of at a loss for what to tell him to do.]

You can stick with me if you want to go cook lunch. Think you can do that?

[heartismyown]

[He nods after a moment slowly.]

I...will stick with you.

[Roxas reaches for Lea's shirt and balls his hand at his waist. He doesn't want to get lost now.]

[by_heart]

Here.

[Lea pries Roxas' hand off his shirt and holds it in his own instead. He's gotten used to Roxas pulling him around by the hand like this, so why not do things the other way around for once?]

Now you don't get lost and my shirt doesn't get all wrinkly.

[heartismyown]

[He jumps a bit, startled at the physical contact. Before this place, it wasn't exactly something they did terribly often, and not when he first appeared. He doesn't pull away though, he just kind of looks at their linked hands. Huh. Strange.]

Okay...

[by_heart]

[Lea swings their hands back and forth. It's not going to get much of a reaction and he knows it, but it's worth a try. The Roxas he knows has to be in there somewhere. He found him the last time, didn't he?]

So, we're off to the galley. What do you want for lunch? Do you remember how that works? Eating?

[heartismyown]

[Aside from the initial start, he doesn't get a reaction out of Roxas for the arm swinging, but he doesn't fight it either, letting Lea get away with it.

Eating. Has he done that before? He shakes his head after a moment.]

I don't...think so.

[by_heart]

[Lea droops a bit.]

Figures.

[Oh well. He's going to have to learn. Lea tugs Roxas' hand and leads him down to the galley.]

So here's where the sandwich magic happens. Exciting, huh?

[heartismyown]

[He doesn't focus on anything but Lea as they walk. He wouldn't be able to find his way back to the galley without trial and error on his own. Following around Lea was familiar.]

Sandwich, Axel?

[by_heart]

Yep. Sandwiches.

[Lea lets go of Roxas' hand when they reach the galley and starts rummaging through things to find what he needs.]

Bread, cheese, and meat need to be sliced. Not really sure what anyone wants on their, so if they want anything but the basics, they're on their own for it. Think you can handle a knife?

[He pulls a knife out and holds it up so Roxas can see. He's not really expecting a "yes."]

[heartismyown]

[In the galley, he finds himself a little puzzled. Another room he's never been in before, at least, if he has he can't recall. It's not white, that's another thing that's bothering him. The castle is all white, everything. Lea is talking about something and then he's holding up a knife.

Instead of answering with words he reaches up to grab the knife from him willingly, although his fingers are going for the blade as opposed to the handle.]

[by_heart]

Ohhhh, no. Nope.

[Lea holds the knife up out of his reach.]

That's not happening. I cut, you put sandwiches together. C'mon, I'll show you.

[Lea cuts enough to make one sandwich and stacks the ingredients so Roxas can see.]

Just one on top of the other. Easy, right?

[heartismyown]

[It's a simple task. He doesn't have the reaction time he's used to, so when Lea cuts for the next one, his hands move clumsily, but he can do the task at least. And it's not dangerous like grabbing the knife.]

[by_heart]

If you get hungry, you can just eat one.

[Lea has made so many sandwiches by now that the whole process takes more or less no thought, so he can just watch Roxas to see how he's doing.]

[heartismyown]

[Hungry? Was he hungry? He didn't know. He wasn't sure if he would know or not. He felt lightheaded, mostly. Like everything is just fleeting.

He focuses on building sandwiches, putting ingredients together slowly, but they do get assembled. He's not entirely hopeless.]

[by_heart]

Here.

[Lea holds out a piece of cheese that he cut too small.]

Eat.

[He shakes it, just to make his point clearer. When it isn't taken, he breaks it in half and eats part of it himself before trying again.]

C'mon.

[heartismyown]

[Roxas isn't really sure how to do that at first, but then Lea eats some of it and he holds out his hand, taking the cheese from him.

Lea put it in his mouth so Roxas breaks off a piece and puts it in his mouth. He chews automatically. It tastes pretty good, actually.]</small.