Flip the Chessboard

[vacationisalie.livejournal.com]

The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes.

[But perhaps in this case, it was different. Prosaic and memorable as those words may be, they don't hold true to this moment.]

The closer you get to the light, the slimmer the chance you'll survive.

Isn't that right, Roxas?

[A pause, and the boy laughs, cold and chilling, staring about the dream world once shared by two close individuals with extreme interest. Roxas screams in his mind, but it's oh so easy to simply block him out- he'd learned to do that years ago.]

[There was so much here, so much to ruin, so much to-- break.]

[So many people.]

[So little time.]

[Lips curl upwards into a cruel smile, and the illusion of Roxas simply lasts but a moment. Then it's gone, and a shadow stands in his wake. Solid, alive... and with a stark, chilling resemblance to Sora that Roxas has never held.]

Let's go have some fun.


[OOC: all replies will be made with the journal endinsentiment. The flip of the chessboard occurs in the opposite other being in play-- and Roxas falling under possession instead of Sora. Please be advised violence and character injury is liable to occur-- please let me know if character death is okay.]

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[Vanitas simply laughs at him and-- takes the hit. Stumbles into the blow slightly, all the while-- smiling. Always smiling.]

[That should be warning enough. There's still so much wrong with this, as wrong as the violent beating of Sora's heart. Vanitas can feel it, just like he had with Ventus. Just like he had with Roxas, right before it was all over.]

[And it's all over for Sora.]

Careful. You don't want to hurt Roxas, do you?

[He straightens, gesturing to his-- Roxas' body. Every reaction, every pound of Sora's heart; he's winning. Winning this round and every round before this, all the other dreamers just a teaser, practice for the main event.]

[Of course it would end with Sora. With Roxas crushed under his thumb, all he had to do was get his hands round that heart-- and everything was over.]

[lockandkeyblade.livejournal.com]

Roxas!?

[That doesn't make any sense. First he's talking to what feels like Roxas, and now he's looking at somebody who looks exactly like him. He's talking like... like Roxas is in there somewhere. And worse? He can feel it.]

[This whole situation just screams of poison of something tainted or stolen. The world around them shudders, wavers at the upset.]

[What the heck is going on!]

Where's Roxas!? What did you do!?

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[The dream shakes around them, and Vanitas simply smiles wider. That's it Sora, take your time. Get as upset as possible. Attack and try and hurt him. Give up and let him take you.]

[It makes no difference in the end, not when every road leads to exactly what he wants.]

Roxas is a part of me now, just like he wanted to be. Just like he wants you, too.

Can't you feel him? Calling to you...

[He leans in, as if he's sharing a desperate secret in the midst of a crowd.]

He wants you, Sora. To be with him.

[lockandkeyblade.livejournal.com]

[He looks horrified for a moment at those words. He doesn't know who this guy is, but he can feel the darkness rolling off of him in waves. He's the one who's tainting everything, took away his best friend. Anger flares in his heart, burning in his chest. Merging, he remembers. Is that what he did to Roxas?]

You're a liar...

Roxas never wanted to be a part of anybody! Especially not somebody like you-

Give him back!