The Other Way Pt 3 (I, XI)

[Marluxia]

(( Pt 1: exodusofsilence.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=homeofthenobodies&thread=173&page=1
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<themightyalexa> Marluxia: *ignoring the look he merely strolled through, hoping Xemnas had set the right destination as he continued to lick his on ice cream*

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *walks in after him, the two of them coming out on the outskirts of Radiant Garden, close to the area that led down into the ruined area between the RG and Hollow Bastion; bites off another part of his ice cream*

<themightyalexa> Marluxia: *glancing around idly* which way, Oh fearless leader?

[Marluxia]

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *looks off away from town* Seeing as that little program handles all the in town disturbances our greatest chance for confrontation would be the gorge over there. *points at it as he finishes off the bar, flicking the stick into a nearby trashcan as he licks his lips*

<themightyalexa> Marluxia: Hm.. Alright then. *starts heading off that way towards the Castle Gate, finishing off his own but chewing on the stick that's left*

<anime-oujo> Xemnas: *wraps one hand around the strap of the bag, the other sliding into his pocket* Mmm...I suppose the greatest amount would gather in the maw... *with that thought he slides the other strap over his shoulder, making sure its secure if they encounter combat*

[Marluxia]

Marluxia tilted his head a bit. "Really? Aside from a few missions to here or there, I haven't really been here all too much. " He thought about it, "Even then, I didn't care where, I just wanted to complete the mission..." But was this another one of those times? Even as they made way through the gate and onto the Ravine Trail. But thoughts were broken with the appearance of a few Armored Knights, Surveillance Robots, and a Morning Star, leaving Marluxia stopped in his tracks with his scythe already summoned. Lazily he glanced back to Xemnas, "Should I take care of this batch?"

[Xemnas]

"If you want to go it on your own. Just so long as you kill them off." The Superior shrugged a little bit, summoning up only one of his blades before throwing it at one of the Surveillance Robots, effectively lancing it into oblivion. "Just don't take too long~"

[Marluxia]

Nodding after the first statement Marluxia moved in. The advantage of his scythe's range meanig he could easily clear the bulk with less effort that others. It was the individual left overs that were more time consuming. But in the course of his blade's arcing, knocking several enemies back, he noticed the difference of strength. While Sora's Keyblade, and even Xemnas' Aerial Blades, could effeciently wipe out the heartless in one or two blows, his own scythe took twice the effort and twice the attacks. Once the last surveillance bot was destroyed with the swing of his scythe, Marluxia frowned, looking to the blade of the weapon. Was it just him? Was he brought back that much weaker? A soft sigh before he put it to rest on his shoulder and waited for Xemnas to catch up before continuing on.

[Xemnas]

Following along at about an arm's length behind the other Nobody the First seemed to be caught up in his own thoughts, the tingle of nostalgia getting him every few steps it seemed, not only from his times as a mortal but from when he had last visited in this form as well. Humming idly he wondered as well whether a larger grouping would be waiting in further in. "So...have you been working on anything new in your garden?"

[Marluxia]

"Hm?" Marluxia answered as the question pulled him from his thoughts, "Ah.. the healing flowers have all come into bloom, so I'm trying to find other ways to administer them for even those who do not enjoy soup or tea. Eighty Percent of the stock is in the Infirmary's medical cabinet, ready to be steeped or boiled, the other twenty I'm using for testing. Plenty more will be blooming though, I've made sure of that." It was only the next corner and another batch of similar heartless appeared. "You want to take care of this one? " He said, intent to observe as he hadn't said what was on his mind yet.

[Xemnas]

"Ah, wonderful. I am glad that those bloomed so successfully, they will be of great help to us..." Somehow he had a feeling at least one of their fold would be needing it. "What kind of tests are you doing on those twenty? Crossbreeding experiments?" He merely nodded in response to the question the blue eyed man asked, brandishing both of his blades this time and jumping into the the middle of the group, taking out the majority with a few exacting swings. It took a few tries with the throwable versions of this weaponry to take out those that had escaped his first attacks, but he got them in the end, the older man dismissing the red lit swords with a slight stretch of his fingers. "As you were saying?"

[Marluxia]

Marluxia had certainly watched with interest, though showing no sign of his reaction as he started walking forth, there would be one more group on the trail before the Maw. "Mm not quite, but good guess. More like Baking and cooking experiments. Now that I know it's flavor, I'm determined to find other ways to utilize it without losing it's potency. This way, say one of us doesn't want tea or don't drink tea? It won't be a problem." He answered, "Even if I were to try crossbreeding, I don't know the healing effect's full power, so improving upon it can't be done until it's limitations are known."

[Xemnas]

"...well, there is always salad, it can go uncooked that way..." The Superior had no further suggestions in that area, his knowledge of cooking was limited at best to a few dishes, and typically raw foods had the purest benefits to them. "Mm, well when you do figure out how potent it is perhaps you should breed it so it would be much larger in scale? That could prove very useful indeed..." The next grouping appeared, and without a second thought the First took out some of those in flight, a sweeping gesture given to urge Marluxia to follow suit as he headed again into the fray, stabbing his blades into a few more.

[Marluxia]

Marluxia wrinkled his nose, easily moving in when the heartless appeared, a slow sweep of his scythe taking out the weaker and knocking the stronger back. He moved in to aim at one of the Morning Stars, a few slashes seeing it's demise, a few Armored Knights meeting their fate prior by the range of the attack. To their misfortune, only a few hearts were released. Blue eyes watched them float up as he swung the scythe behind him to catch the Bots and Knights sneaking up behind him. "Mm... They're sweet flowers.. so while that would work I was thinking more so.. things like Ice cream, or cakes or just.. something..."

[Xemnas]

"Hmm, you should ask for Three's help in that way, he might have some interesting ideas in that direction." Finishing up again with a flick of his wrists Xemnas reached up, brushing his hair back over his shoulders as it had been before, he finally looked back to his pink haired companion. "So how is Seven doing, Marluxia?"

[Marluxia]

Again, the scythe came to rest on his shoulder, frowning a bit, "I can cook too, you know...." Was barely a mutter before he sighed. He hesitated answering the question about Saix, walking forward. While it was urgent... he didn't want everyone to know about it... He continued towards the Great Maw, chewing his lower lip, "He's... fine... Tired but... fine..."

[Xemnas]

"I merely meant that having another cook's input might help bring something to light." It wasn't a well known fact but Xemnas' hearing was quite acute. Taking in Marluxia's reaction the Superior could glean exactly what "fine" really meant. "I see...just fine, hm?"

[Marluxia]

"Mm... Alright..." He answered, not really ever having a good history with Xaldin as it stood. The mentioned Nobody usually poking fun at him. "I suppose... I could ask for his help..." He continued his way, Deep in thought, "Yeah.. just... 'fine'..."