Hoping for Tower of Animus.

[fierybeatdown]

Sooooo... finally found me a home, did you? I guess congratulations are in order, then?

Congratulations on finally getting off your lazy butt and doing something with me. It's only been, what, two months since you revived me? That has to be a record or something: longest time you've ever taken to find a muse a home. Forgive me if I'm not stroking your ego enough, here.

[Axel is appreciative to potentially have a home, finally; really he is. He just has a funny way of showing it.]

Comments

[badass_xemnas]

Perhaps you are right. He is never around when I need him. [Need? Too strong, Xemnas.] When I want him.

[He watched Axel with a smile on his face.]

[fierybeatdown]

[Axel raises an eyebrow at Xemnas' use of the word 'need', but doesn't mention it.]

He's probably off barking orders at junior members, would be my guess.

[badass_xemnas]

[Yeah, he's keeping that secret to himself.]

Hmph. Probably. Doing his job as well as he always does.

[fierybeatdown]

[Axel tests the waters a bit, fully prepared to deal with whatever Xemnas throws at him -- quite literally, if need be -- or so he thinks.]

Well, it is his favorite thing to do, after all. One might go as far as to say he loves it.

[badass_xemnas]

Loves it? Hm, perhaps. Almost as much as I-

-as I love watching him bark at those idiots. [Recovery mode.]

[fierybeatdown]

[Axel smirks. He definitely noticed the pause there.]

Isn't it just crazy how much he just loves watching the lower ranks squirm under his authority?

[badass_xemnas]

[Was he trying to suggest something? Xemnas was trying to shake it off.]

Exactly. It's fun watching them squirm and getting that feeling inside of you when they break.

[fierybeatdown]

[Axel's going to keep pushing as long as he can get away with it.]

And I bet he's all calm and relaxed afterwards, like putty in your hands.

Metaphorically, of course.

[badass_xemnas]

[Xemnas raised an eyebrow. Nope, he was refusing to let Axel get to him.]

Putty? I suppose he is like that, yes. Metaphorically, of course. [He coughed.]

[fierybeatdown]

But then again, some of the lower ranks are really dumb. Maybe sometimes he needs some extra help to relax, hmm? He does get pretty worked up sometimes...

[Smiiiiiiiiirk.]

[badass_xemnas]

True. He does need to relax sometimes. [Why were you pushing this, Axel?]

We could all do with a massage sometimes.

[fierybeatdown]

Perhaps someone should suggest a massage to him. Might loosen him up a bit.

[He's actually having a lot of fun winding Xemnas up.]

[badass_xemnas]

[He nodded.]

Perhaps. I think I'll mention it to him next time I see him.

[fierybeatdown]

[Axel also nods.]

You're probably the best one to do it. I'm sure you see more of him than the rest of us do.

[badass_xemnas]

[More of him than the rest of us do? As in....more of his body? Stop it, Xemnas. Think of other things.]

I do see more of him as a person.

[fierybeatdown]

Yes, that's what I meant.

...what else could I have meant?

[More smirking.]

[badass_xemnas]

Nothing. [Have a cold glance, Axel. He doesn't want you thinking about his boyfriend that way.]

[fierybeatdown]

[That boyfriend was once Axel's best friend; he's not sure he wants to think of Saix that way etiher, so no worries, Xemnas.]

Right. So then why be necessarily specific about how you see him? Not like you have anything to hide.

[badass_xemnas]

I wasn't being specific, Axel. [Now, he was thinking of giving Saix a massage....ah dammit.]

[fierybeatdown]

If you say so. I'm sure I was just reading too much into it, then.

[badass_xemnas]

Perhaps. [Yes, you were, Axel. Far too much into it.]

I do enjoy hearing his voice when he yells at those idiots. [He chuckled softly.]

[fierybeatdown]

Silly me.

I never noticed anything special about his voice when he's yelling... is there something I'm missing? [Axel fails at playing innocent.]

[badass_xemnas]

It can be silky or rough when it wants to be. [He gave the other man a hard stare.]

[fierybeatdown]

[Axel stares back, unwavering.]

I see. How interesting. I'm sure you're familiar with all of the ways his voice can sound, then?

[He's probably getting himself into a lot of trouble here.]

[badass_xemnas]

[During sex? Oh, Axel...]

His voice has range to it, that's all.