Traverse Town (open)

[BlackEcho]

The little town was as emptyas ever compared to it's usual desertedness anyway. Only a few people could be seen on the street and even those scattered hastily, lest more Heartless showed up to bother them. A hooded figure was sitting ontop of the clock tower, his feet swinging in the open air.

Those who knew him would know exactly who he looked like at first glance, the way his cloak clung to his body and his posture constantly set with his arms crossed over each other. Red hair fell down at his sides as his hood concealed most of his upper face.

A smirk was stretched across Axel's face as he twiddled a piece of straw in between his fingers, looking out at Traverse Town with an expression of interest.

[Reno]

(OOC: Mind if I use two charries at once? XD!)

A heated conversation was going in inside the Inn of Traverse Town District Two. It sounded very much like someone was begging for their life. "Please! Have mercy! I only did it to survive in Gaia! PLEASE!" said a hurried frightened voice. A man's voice. Another voice replied in return to the first one "Should've thought about this before even doing the deed! You knew us Turks would be coming after you for that, Grit!" It was another man's voice. This one sounded like the first's fate was already decided. No pity was in it at all.

"NO! WAIT!" came the first's voice before the doors were burst open wide as the first man came hurriedly running out. Trying to get as much distance from himself as he could. Reno stepped out right after him. His metallic rod slung over his shoulder as his gaze remained impassive. Watching the man's fleeting back. A smirk was on his face as he watched the coward go. Knowing very well what that man was going to meet in a few seconds' time. Sure enough, more people wearing the same uniform as Reno appeared blocking the man's path. One had a gun and the other a Shuriken. Their gazes were cold and steady. The man skidded to a halt as he yelled "NO! PLEASE!" He whipped around as Reno strode up to close the gap behind him. "Nowhere to run, Grit! Should've never leaked that information, now should you? You KNOW what Shinra does to those whom let out important information!" Reno said.

His eyes remained unaffected by the coward's situation. There would be no pity held for this man. Not from Reno or from the other two Turks standing behind Grit. "YOU WON'T CATCH ME!" Grit yelled before trying to leap off the side. Reno reacted faster than the guy could move. In the blink of an eye, Reno had kicked him high into the air and aimed his metal rod at the man. His eyes remaining emotionless before letting out a fireball mixed with electricity from his weapon. Grit's eyes widened as he saw his impending doom before he was completely burnt to a crispy critter. Reno lowered his weapon before glancing over to his other Turks members and said "Alright, clean up this mess while I report to our boss!"

The other two nodded and went to dispose of the body. Reno, unaware of the man in a black cloak above, Searched through his right pocket with his left free hand and pulled out a cell phone. Flipping the cover open, he swiftly dialed his boss's number. "Reno here, we've disposed of the man named Grit! Mission complete. We'll be heading out soon, over." After saying that, Reno closed his cell phone and glanced towards where the other two members were. The body was gone...well, for now. Someone would find it in the morning, no doubt. For now, no one would find it at this time of night. Proud of completing his mission, Reno gave the other two the signal to move out and to return from whence they came. They had and he was left alone. Unlike them, he could hold on his own quite well. After all, he was one of the four higher up Turks members. Tseng, Rude, and Elena were the other three.

He paused as he got the feeling of being watched and glanced casually about in front of him. No one was there but he was almost certain someone else was here aside from himself. Pretending to act as if he suspected nothing, Reno went into District one and paused at what met his eyes. There was Elena but there was something very different about her. She was wearing a black cloak and had two odd antennae like strands sticking out of her head. Furrowing an eyebrow in amusement, Reno snickered as he came up to who he thought was Elena. "Is it Halloween already?! WHAT the hell are you wearing? Or better yet, what are you suppose to be?" he questioned incredulously.

Larxene was confused right now. Who the HELL was this guy and why was he talking to her as if he knew her? Her electric blue eyes narrowed as she gave Reno a nasty glare. "EXCUSE me?! More like who do you think you are?!" Larxene snarled. This man had red hair like that of Axel and seemed to appear like Axel but there were differences. Unlike Axel's hair, this man's was held back in a ponytail and spiked on the top. He was wearing sunglasses on the forehead. His eyes might be a different color and he had two slash tattoos under his eyes on his cheekbones unlike Axel;'s whom were triangular and directly under the eyes. Also, Axel's were green not red. Reno gave Larxene an amused look. "Yeah, like you don't know who I am Elena!" he responded. Unaware that this wasn't at all Elena. Larxene looked a lot like Elena but those few differences here.

Larxene kept that cold stare before she replied "My name is Larxene! I'm NOT Elena, you fool!" The Savage Nymph looked like she was ready to attack Reno. If anyone knew her, she had that look of blood lust in her eyes which meant she was clearly thinking of killing.

[BlackEcho]

Axel watched the scene from above on the clock tower, his legs swinging in the open air as he grinned. He had to say he was thoroughly enjoying this. He pulled down his hood and let the wind from the high altitude sweep his hair as he glanced down at the Turks again. The red haired one seemed to be in charge and taking care of the dirty business. Not a big surprise.

He seeped a hand through his hair and stood up, intending to crash the little party. It didn't look like they were doing much good anyway. But someone else had beat him to it. Larxene seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and Axel couldn't help but smile at her presence. Another victim to tease.

The Reno guy seemed to be getting Larxene mixed up with someone, but he didn't really care. He snapped his fingers and a black portal appeared behind him. He walked into it and teleported right behind Larxene, the portal closing as he stepped out. He leaned forward silently, so that he was now leaning over her shoulder. She whispered something in her ear.

"Peekaboo."

[Nick Nack]

((can i join?))


Nico had been out walking around traverse town. she then looked at the very large doors that went through into the second district and she then opened them walking through. Nico had been there to get away from shinra and everyone. she was feeling a bit alone though. It had been a few days ago when she nearly killed Reno with a bomb some one messed with.

Nico then came up behind the turks and Reno. she stoped and he was talking to some girl who was clearly not Elena but he called her that. Nico then rolled her eyes. she then stood there listened to what they were saying. of course Reno was here on buisness but Nico was here for pleasure as always.?

[Reno]

Reno just gave Larxene a bemused look. "Sure, whatever you say!" he replied before rolling his eyes at her. Larxene was fed up with this man. How dare he?! The Savage Nymph intended on slaughtering him here and now for his insolence. It was then that she got a prickle on the back of her neck. Like it were someone right behind her.

Since her attention had been completely on this other red head that looked almost like Axel to a certain degree she hadn't heard the opening of a portal directly behind her. Larxene started right when she heard a whisper in her ear. Reacting swiftly, she had leapt aside and glared at what she had her kunais now pointed at. Her electric blue eyes narrowed as she gave Axel a dirty look. "Axel!" she exclaimed. Her eyebrows furrowed, she lowered her weapons.

Reno, whom had noticed the spiky red headed man appear right behind the platinum blond he had assumed to be Elena, watched with interest as he came up right behind the girl. Curious as to what this other red head was going to do, Reno had kept quiet. Giving Larxene a bemused grin. Knowing what the other guy was going to do as he had leaned over her shoulder and whispered into her ear. Surprising the other, no doubt.

Since Larxene had leapt aside, Reno was now facing Axel. He assumed that had to be the man's name due to the fact the girl had mentioned it. Her weapons seemed like daggers. Kunais perhaps. Looking back at Axel, he smirked slightly. "Say, nice hair!" he commented. It was rare to see anyone else with hair as red as his. Not to mention the guy had tattoos underneath his eyes like Reno had his. Reno didn't notice Nico was there yet.

Larxene was angry, well not truly angry but close enough. "What did you go and have to do that for?!" she snapped at Axel as she faced him from where she had leapt aside. Giving him a disgruntled look now.

[BlackEcho]

Axel leaned back as he examined the kunai that had been pointed at him, and didn't even bother trying to protect himself against them. The smirk was still planted on his features as he pulled the kunais down from himself, looking Larxene in the eye. "You can't tell me you aren't glad to see me?" Axel says in a sarcastic voice.

But he was interrupted by the other red-haired man with them. For the moment, he had forgotten that they weren't alone. He noticed that he complimented his own hair. Rather than getting angry, his eyebrows raise in interest, the smile on his mouth growing ever wider. "Why thank you, my good man. Might I say yours is marvelous indeed." He says in a mock english gentleman. From the sound of it, Axel was really just taunting the man. "Spit spot, old chap."

[Reno]

It took real nerve to lower Larxene's kunais by one's own hand. Axel was lucky she wasn't in one of her 'I'll kill you now!' moods. She merely rolled her eyes in response to what Axel said and sighed in what would be exasperation. It was then that Axel took his attention towards the other red head. It was a rarity to see two people with red hair. Not regular red hair but literally red.

She hadn't taken advantage of Axel's distraction as she merely raised an eyebrow at Axel's mocking of the other man. The Savage Nymph was the type known to be the one taunting people. She watched this little event to see what the other red head's reaction would be. Knowing red heads, they had a short temper. Her eyes took note of another person that had followed the red head that thought she was Elena. A girl with regular red hair not literal red hair like Axel's and this other man's. The Savage Nymph returned her gaze curiously back at the two red heads again. Waiting to see if Axel might've irked the other man.

To her surprise, the other merely gave a half smirk in what appeared to be amusement. "And a wise guy too, I take it?" he said in a joking manner right back in response to what Axel had said. Laughing at the response he got. Of course, Reno could tell the other was taunting him in a way. All Larxene did was roll her electric blue eyes again as she stood there. Having forgotten about her kunais at the moment. 'It's a good thing Marluxia is giving him a second chance!' she thought menacingly. Reno glanced over at the blond again before looking back over at the spiky haired dude. "You two know each other then? Sorry for mistaking your girlfriend to be someone I knew!" he said with a chuckle. Clearly knowing they weren't at all like that because of her reaction to the other red head earlier.

Larxene, whom really hadn't caught that last bit just yet, reacted once that registered through her mind. Her whole facial expression had gone from shocked to angry. "WHAT?!" she exclaimed. Glaring at Reno like she was going to kill him for that statement. An eye was twitching. Great! This guy was another Axel! She could tell because he was smirking at her reaction before saying "Sheesh! No need to explode...I was just kidding." A sly smirk was on his face. Larxene's eyes narrowed as she thought 'I'll wipe that smirk off your face!'

(I like picking on Larxene XDD!)

[BlackEcho]

Axel crossed his arms over his chest, and was about to respond to Reno's comment, but he seemed to have his eyes on Larxene for a moment. After hearing what the red-haired man had to say, rather than shock and anger, he burst out into fits of laughter at the statement about him and Larxene being boyfriend and girlfriend. "Oh.. haha! Oh.. just a minute..." He says, trying to catch his breath, but kept being interrupted by fits of giggles.

After recovering, Axel looks at Larxene with an odd smirk on his face. "Aw, don't you see it? We'd be a perfect couple!" He says aloud, laying an arm over her shoulder in a joking manner. He pointed one of his gloved fingers at Reno. "Oh man, I like you already!"

[Reno]

Larxene wasn't at all finding this funny. Axel had gone into fits of laughter. Her eye twitched even more in anger, well not true anger but angry enough as a Nobody could get, as she heard what Axel said after he recovered from his laughing fit. The Savage Nymph scowled at him and glared at Reno like something awful. Her scowl deepened when Axel put an arm over her shoulder.

She now had one eye closed whilst the other was looking directly over at Axel in a scowl. Right now, she was utterly speechless. Once she recovered though all hell might break loose. Reno kept that sly smirk upon his face as he saw Larxene's reaction. He didn't know why but it seemed amusing to torment her. He chuckled slightly at the other's comment about liking him already. Shrugging, he replied "Hey, I try!" After having said that he snickered at Larxene's face.

Larxene, even though she had a fair face, looked scary right now. Like she were going to kill. Looking at Axel's arm with that same evil look, she said menacingly "Get your arm off of me!" 'Great, two Axels!' she thought angrily. Something that she definitely didn't need.

[BlackEcho]

Axel patted Larxene on the arm and backed away, the smile never leaving his taunting face. "Come on, Larxene. Be more cheerful." Axel says in her ear as he nudged her in the side with his elbow. He knew he was pushing her past boiling point here, but he didn't seem to really care.

[Reno]

Larxene kept that look as she saw that ever taunting smile on Axel's face. She was literally looking daggers at him right now. Her eyes looked like they'd bore through someone because of how 'mad' she was. One more push and she'd go over the imaginary edge. Then they'd be sorry. She scoffed at Axel's words that he had uttered into her ear. "Hmph! Yeah right! she retorted bitterly.

Well, at least he no longer had his arm over her shoulder. Her hair, despite the fact it was always close to her head, seemed like some small bits of electricity was jumping out of her antennae-like hair strands. How she wanted to let go and just beat them but then she thought that's what they probably wanted. For her to explode on them. Give them the mere amusement with her reactions. Larxene decided not to stoop to that level. Not yet, anyways.

Reno glanced from one to the other. Taking note that they wore the same cloak but they differed in a way. Probably of the same group or something. Kind of like what Reno was in with the Turks. "So, just curious...what group are you from anyways? I mean, you're both wearing the same exact cloaks..." If questioned as to what group he was in, Reno would answer. It wasn't like he was being suspicious about it anyways. Then again, Reno looked just as suspicious looking as they did. His uniform stood out much like their cloaks did.

[BlackEcho]

Axel raises his eyebrows again in curiosity, then furrowed them slightly. "Ahh.. a perceptive one I see.." He says, crossing his arms over his chest, the chains hanging from his hood dangling a little bit as he did so. He chuckled a little bit. It actually looked like he was going to tell the man about the group, but what came out of his mouth was a totally different story. "Well, me and Larxene.. we... have similar fashion sense, no?" He says, flapping his hair back and forth like a woman would do when they were showing off.

[Reno]

(OOC: I almost died of laughter reading that part about the same style lol!)

Reno, of course, hadn't thought of his question maybe sounding a tad too nosy. Now that he thought about it, it was too inquiring. No matter then, he had other business to attend to aside from chatting with these two for a while. Like gathering information of this place. There really didn't seem to be anything too specific about this place.

All this was, was a regular town with a cafe, a hotel, a Gizmo shop, and excetera. Also, the seeming factor that this world was always night and never daylight. Furrowing an eyebrow at the reaction he got from Axel was a boggling one alright. Then again, this guy was pretty comical to have encountered. "...I guess..." was Reno's response with a slight smirk. Larxene blinked at the response she heard Axel give Reno. Honestly, she hadn't thought he'd say that.

What she thought was that he was going to say what they were. That she had been praying he wouldn't have said, about the organization that is. It was a great relief he hadn't. For one, why she didn't want that other red head to know about the organization was because it made it easier to target people that didn't know anything about them than those that did. It made it easier to......kill. Knowing her who else would think about killing more than she did? Not many. She raised an eyebrow seeing Axel wave his hair around like one of those show-off type of girls.

Was that another poke of fun at her again? She wasn't exactly sure about that one. Then again, Axel confused her a lot. Not to mention angered her a lot. Why did the other red head want to know anyways? Of course, he appeared to be of some corporation or what not too. "Why do you want to know? Huh?!" she inquired aggressively. Not friendly at all. Larxene usually never was friendly.

Reno had almost forgotten the girl was there. Looking down at her, literally because he was taller than she was, he replied "No reason...." It was almost surprising to see such a short girl have such an attitude. Most people of that size were quiet where this one clearly was not.

[BlackEcho]

Axel smiled somewhat at Reno's response, crossing to arms behind his head in a relaxed pose. He shifted glances between Larxene and the red-haired guy, unsure of what his reaction would be. But she did raise a curious question, why was he so curious, anyway? Probably for the first time in the whole conversation, Axel's face hardened as he examined Reno more closely.

"Really?" He asks. "Might I ask what kind of organization you belong to? You disposed of the man pretty quick.." He continues, referring to the earlier incident.

[Reno]

Reno listened intently on what they were asking of himself. Looking between the two, he could tell that they were hiding where they came from. They had every right to, though. No reason to demand it from them. However, he was going to have to tell his own boss about these two. Resting his meta rod on his shoulder, he smirked. So, this other red head named Axel was the one that had been watching them earlier.

"No need to put that past ya...okay, I am with an organization....well, more so an incorporation to tell you more specifically....anyways, it was a recent assignment I was given, to dispose of anyone that leaked out any important information...That man back there should've kept his trap shut otherwise he'd still be living. It's really just what my job requires me to do and nothing more..." he answered Axel's and Larxene's questions. "My boss mentioned the faster the man was slaughtered the better...so, I did what my boss ordered me to do...nothing more." He wasn't going to tell them exactly which incorporation he was with nor whom his boss was since they weren't exactly saying where they were affiliated with.

Larxene furrowed her thin eyebrows as she questioned "Leaked information?! Hmm...just what are you affiliated with? The hitman job or a mercenary? Or better yet....your assassins?" Reno raised an eyebrow at her. This girl was asking too much. "Well....you could say a bit of everything...." he answered.

Larxene got closer as she tapped a finger on him saying "Just how do we know you're not lying to us? Hm?!"

[BlackEcho]

Axel once again shifts glances between the two, raising one eyebrow as he did so. Now they seemed to have reversed order. We were asking him about an organization he belonged to, when he asked us just a few minutes ago about which one we belonged to also. Funny how that works out. He looked at Larxene, tilting his head.

"Woah, woah.. Calm down, Larxene. Do you really think he's going to spill all the beans on his.. 'company.' When we refused to tell him nothing about ours?" He says casually.

[Reno]

Reno just basically stood his ground when Larxene tapped him with a finger. He wasn't going to back down like she wanted. That's how one dealt with these sort of people like Larxene. Never back down because it was seen as a weakness or something in their eyes. He brought his gaze from Larxene back over to Axel telling Larxene, the blond to calm down.

Larxene glanced over her shoulder with a raised eyebrow hearing Axel telling her to calm down. She brought her electric blue eyes back over towards Reno as she narrowed them slightly. An indication she didn't at all believe everything. "Fine!" she said before backing off. Still watching Reno carefully as she did so.

It then occurred to her. What did she come here for again? She could've sworn she had something to do but had completely forgotten it due to this red head, not Axel, for distracting her calling her Elena when she clearly wasn't. How could she forget?! She knew it had to be on the tip of her tongue but she just couldn't remember no matter how hard she tried to. That, she blamed on this suited man for. If he hadn't called her someone else and bothered her, she'd have remembered what she was doing here for. Larxene appeared like she was struggling with a thought, which she was, because she couldn't remember what she came here for in the first place. "....Damn....I can't remember what it was..." she muttered to herself.

Looking between the two, Reno decided the time was now to take his leave. Smirking, he let his metallic rod go to his side, not in a battle ready stance, and stated "Welp, it was nice meeting you two. But I've other things to attend to. See ya!" Nice to meet you two? BAH! The platinum blond wasn't exactly nice to have met. Anyways, Reno made to leave. Giving them a brief wave before heading for the town's exit.

It then occurred to Larxene. Was that man and the people that had been with him from Zodiac?

[BlackEcho]

Axel shrugged after Larxene agreed to calm down, lacing his fingers together. He heard Larxene mutter to herself about something, but couldn't really hear what it was. e couldn't care less anyway.He looked at Reno just in time to hear him say goodbye. He lifted a hand and waved it casually, in an almost bored kind of manner. After this was done, he begins to turn around, intending to go in the opposite direction. He didn't seem the slightest bit suspicious of what Larxene was thinking of Reno.

[Reno]

(*Feels brain dead* ! lol!)

Larxene watched the red headed Turk leave. Contemplating if it were possible that one had been with Zodiac. If that were the case, it'd be fun getting some revenge back on that guy. How dare he pick on her? Shaking her head, she wondered what it was that she came here for. 'How the hell can I forget?!' she thought angrily.

It annoyed her to no end to have forgotten what it was she had come here to do. Wasn't it some kind of task she had been appointed or something? She couldn't recollect. Just as Reno exited through the First District, she pondered that if he were from Zodiac she could have gotten some hint of information. "Well....I'm off as well then! Bye!" she stated before opening up a portal underneath her and disappearing from sight as she sunk into it and it closed after her last bit of hair sunk into it.