Chapter Vexen: Dinnertime Drama
In the Dining Room of Depression…
"I'm serious about that name!" Luxkls said again.
"Yeah," Aryx, still carrying an unconscious Xemichal said, "you've only talked about it at least fifteen times."
"I can do without the sarcasm there, Aryx."
"Ah! The new members!" Xemnas called when he saw them. "Greetings! Go sit with the other new members while we wait for Lexaeus to be done. Also, we have one extra member because Xaldin found two. Isn't that great?"
Dynilexs followed the leader's gaze, and saw five others sitting at the end. One was a girl of about twenty-one with long red hair with some covering her left eye. The one that was visible was yellow and her complexion was pasty, almost white. She grinned and it was noticed she had sharp teeth and her tongue was forked.
Across from her was a boy, also about twenty-one. His hair was short and black. His eyes were dark brown, almost black, quite like Dynilexs's, however, there were bags beneath them, almost saying he never slept. His Organization coat was unzipped, showing he was wearing Rasta board-shorts underneath, a number of necklaces, one with feathers, and many more with decorative beads, stones, feathers, fur, and claws. He also had multiple anklets and bracelets made of natural objects, along with many tribal tattoos around his body. His chest was bare, but had multiple scars from obvious past encounters of wild creatures. He was very thin, but also muscular. He was also barefoot. He raised a hand politely, as if in a wave.
On his right was a girl with hair that was a little shorter than chin length and was brown like dry dirt. Her eyes were a mix of blue and green, her skin was slightly pale. She had a gentle, genuine smile as she looked at them.
Timex suddenly sat beside her. "Hey, there." He said, and suddenly screamed as Luxkls shot an arrow into his shoulder. He turned back to glare at her. "What?" He hissed.
"Behave." Luxkls hissed back. Timex grumbled something and yanked the arrow from his shoulder, hissing in pain.
Xenri then made an obvious show of sitting down next to the girl with red hair, giving Timex a look that said, "try anything and I spit on you." Dynilexs grinned and went to sit on the boy's left, noticing the last girl right beside her. She had long strawberry blonde hair that went halfway down her back. Her eyes, behind rectangular glasses, were blue-gray. She had her nose in a book, and had only looked up to see Dynilexs sit by her. Her skin was somewhat pale, and a bit freckly.
At the end was another boy. He had long, like floor length, black and white hair. He was also a bit pudgy for some reason. Everyone else took their seats.
"So," Aryx initiated, "what are your names and powers?"
"Nexark," said the girl with red hair, "twilight."
"Cholanxis," The boy next to Dynilexs introduced himself, "I summon and control animals."
"Ularxa," said the girl with light brown hair, "I see into the future."
"Addixem," said the girl with strawberry blonde hair, not looking up from her book as she spoke, "I'm telepathic both ways."
"What does that mean?" Timex asked.
"She can both read minds and transfer thoughts."
"Xilef," said the pudgy boy. "I summon and control zombies. And yours are…"
"Dynilexs." Dynilexs smiled, "I shape-shift."
"Into what?" Nexark asked.
"Anything. I haven't tried plants or inanimate objects yet, though, and I might be able to shape-shift someone or something else. I need to try it."
"Timex's the name." Timex said, scooting towards Ularxa. "I control speed of time. And might I say, Ularxa is a lovely name for a gir-" Ularxa slapped him, and then shoved his chair over, so he fell on the ground.
"Don't. Touch. Me." She hissed, glaring at him.
Xemria stared, mouth agape, and then introduced herself. "Xemria. I can use mind control."
"Xenri. I spit acid, so don't get on my nerves like Timex has a habit of doing."
"Aryx, I use machines. It's nice to meet you. The unconscious guy is Xemichal, he uses magic."
"What happened to him?" Nexark asked.
"He got whacked by my cane." Draxloh responded. "I'm Draxloh, I control emotions. And this one over here is Khanx. He's mute, and he controls… sound waves, right?" Khanx nodded.
"Does he know sign language?" Addixem asked. Khanx nodded and grinned.
It's nice to meet you, Addixem. He signed.
"It's nice to meet you too, Khanx." Addixem replied.
Then, Lexaeus came out of the kitchen. "Superior," he said, "dinner is ready."
"Wonderful. The new members shall go first, and we will go after them. Marluxia, could you give a hand with serving?"
"Of course, Superior." A head of pink hair ran past them and into the kitchen.
As they got up to the door, Luxkls read the sign. "The Kitchen of Killing Korn." She rolled her eyes. "Why do you call it that?" She asked Marluxia.
"Because we kill korn!" He replied.
"What?" One eyebrow rose.
"Xemnas loves korn! We have to keep killing korn so he can eat it, so it's the Kitchen of Killing Korn!"
"You do realize that corn is spelled with a 'c,' not a 'k,' right?" Luxkls pointed out.
Marluxia seemed to deflate. "What?" He asked.
Luxkls shrugged. "Sorry, but it's true."
After they got their dinner and sat back down, the other Organization members were talking.
"Wow, Saïx," Axel said, "that's quite a… interesting character you've brought back here." He said, gesturing towards Cholanxis.
"Well, I'm lucky I even got him here. He only agreed because he thinks I'm the son of the moon, which means I'm like, pure."
Axel started laughing. "Pure? You?" He said between laughs.
"Well, at least I wasn't a lion and tried to save a girl's ass only to find out you wasted your energy, because she made them leave using her powers." Saïx retorted.
"Hey," Axel hissed. "It was worth it." He smiled at Xemria, but was secretly checking out Xenri. Why couldn't I have found her instead?
Meanwhile, Marluxia and Larxene were talking. "See? I told you mine would be beautiful." He said, pointing to Xenri, who, unbeknownst to him, was glaring daggers at Timex, who had fixed his chair and was now about to sweet-talk Ularxa again. "But Xigbar's is so un-beautiful. Just look at her."
Larxene shrugged. "Mine found me, but she's so quiet. I have little clue about her." She said, motioning to Raxsah. "She must've seen something horrible to make her so silent."
Finally, Roxas, Xion, and Naminè were having their own conversation. "Mine kind of scares me." Roxas admitted, looking warily at Xemichal, who had roused recently from unconsciousness. "What do you think about yours?"
"I'm glad I found him. He was all alone, and I gave him a home." Xion said.
Naminè grinned softly. "Khanx is his name, right?" Xion nodded. "He does seem friendly." Naminè said.
Ularxa scooped up some corn on her fork, when she saw in her peripheral vision Timex, obviously about to attempt to sweet-talk her. She swallowed her corn and stabbed his arm with her fork. Timex let out a yell and Ularxa took her fork back, wiped it with a napkin, and began to eat again.
Dynilexs turned to Addixem. "What are you reading?" she asked.
"Evermore." Addixem said, not looking up from her book.
"By Alyson Noël?" Dynilexs asked. Addixem looked up from her book. "I love that book!"
"Me too! Isn't it amazing? They seem so real! And I love the name 'Ever.'" Addixem said.
Dynilexs nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah! I know!"
So, in other words, dinner was progressing well, except for Timex kept getting himself hurt again and again by Ularxa, Luxkls, Xenri, Dynilexs, Xemria… pretty much all the girls.
Then, Xemichal had a suggestion. "Have you guys heard my sirens?"
"What?" Aryx asked.
"Sirens. Mystical beings that create beautiful music. I'll show you." Suddenly, a chorus of gorgeous women appeared, (Timex fainted in delight) and started singing. Words couldn't describe how pretty it was. It was so beautiful, everyone was hypnotized, when the moan of something broke off their thoughts. A zombie? It set a plate of more food in front of Xilef.
"Why, thank you, Zombie Slave." He said. "You're dismissed." After the zombie left, Xilef noticed Xemichal glaring at him. "What?"
"You scared away my sirens." Xemichal hissed. Sure enough, the sirens were gone. "Why the hell couldn't you have gone and gotten food yourself?"
"But that's a waste of energy." Xilef said.
Everyone ignored their fighting, which went on until Xemnas spoke. "Silence!" He exclaimed. "The rooms are ready for all of you. Find the one with your name on it and decorate it to your liking. Tomorrow morning, you will report at the Grey Area for missions. You are dismissed!"
"What? Not Grey Area of Ghosts, or something like that?" Luxkls asked quietly to the other girls, making them giggle. They spread out to their rooms.
Dynilexs went into hers and shook her head at the complete blankness. Let's see… she touched one of the walls and thought of her room back home. What would this room wall look like? She saw it so clearly, and when she opened her eyes, it was there. She had to really concentrate, but it was awesome.
She did the rest of her room to make herself feel at home. She went to her closet to get pajamas, (all yellow) and put them on, still having trouble with putting her pants on. As she reclined in bed, there was a knock.
"Come in, I'm decent." She called, and in came Cholanxis. His coat was now off, and he was just in his shorts.
"Oh, Cholanxis." She sat up. "What is it?"
"You can really turn into animals?" he asked.
"Yeah…"
"Will you show me?" He asked. Dynilexs shrugged and stood up.
"What animal?" She asked.
Cholanxis twisted his tail. Wait… tail? Yes, there was an honest-to-goodness tail attached to him. It looked like a monkey's tail. "How about a monkey?" He asked. Dynilexs nodded, closed her eyes, and shifted. She could almost hear Cholanxis's mouth drop open as she grinned at him in her monkey form. She changed back.
"See?" She grinned.
"That's… awesome." He said, saying the word as if he hadn't used it before. He looked around. "So, this room. Do you like the ocean?"
"I live in it." Dynilexs replied. "My home, I lived in the ocean, as did my family and friends. We're merpeople."
"My father was a talented composer. You see, our king loved music, so my father was in a high place in society."
"What about your mother?"
"She died giving birth to my little brother. He's the youngest."
"Oh."
"One day, my father wanted me to take my younger sister out to play while my little brother was taught about composing. I loved my little sister, so of course I agreed. We were playing and chasing fish and collecting seashells to maybe carve into necklaces. Kind of like mine." She pulled her necklace out to show him.
"Then, I heard something, and black monsters, they're called Heartless, you know, attacked us. I shielded my sister and managed to get her to escape, but I… wasn't as lucky." She sighed. "Now who's going to take care of my sister? Who's going to tell her about boys and stuff?" She sighed softly again and shook her head. "I need to get some sleep."
Cholanxis nodded knowingly and stood up. "Come over to my room in the morning, okay?"
Dynilexs shrugged. "Sure." She said. He went back to his room and almost as soon as her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep.
(All right, that's Dynilexs back-story, and everyone has been introduced. Now I'm starting the main plot. I'm not telling you what it is, so don't ask. It's snug up in my brain, and it'll stay there. And now, I ask for reviews, for reviews make me happy, and I write more and better when I'm happy. (And surely the people that made OC's are reading this and reviewing, right?)
Love,
Destiny.)
Profiles:
Number XXV
Name: Nexark
Gender female
Power twilight
Weapon rev blade
Recruited by Xaldin
Hobbies art and annoying Larxene
Personality short tempered solves her problems with violence or ignoring it. A little shy but hyper
Likes candy, reading, sunny days, pawning her work off on Marluxia, likes , Saïx, Axel, Xigbar, Xemnas, Luxord, Xaldin.
Dislikes water, studying, children, Larxene, Marluxia, Lexaeus, Zexion, Demyx.
Appearance long red hair to middle back in zexions hairstyle only wilder covering her left eye. yellow eyes, shark teeth, forked tounge, pointy ears, pale complexion. 5'8" 237 pounds. Small waist c-cup.
Outfit tanktop black and white striped, monkey skull and crossbones picture in the middle of the shirt. black denim shorts and brown combat boots.
Weakness pesky keyblader brats and nothingness
Number XXVI
Name: Cholanxis
Somebody: Nicholas
Gender: Male
Power: summoning/controlling animals, extremely nimble, agile, flexible, and quick
Weapon: Bolas (each rock on the rope are different colors: one purple, one slate-grey, one maroon) on a walking staff, but the staff disappears when confronted because his people use it only as a symbol for peace, so the bolas are his only weapon that he can use for attacks
Recruited by: Saïx
Hobbies: meditating, practicing, fishing
Personality: nature-loving, wise, nonchalant, peaceful, unless nature is threatened, then he becomes abnormally aggressive, near-sighed, and vengeful. Extremely spiritual, and firmly believes in his spirit animal, which is the monkey (he was taught that the monkey is a wise prankster with delicate balance), he also believes he is the guardian of nature, and he often gives wise words of advice which are usually from his peoples' legends
Likes: Marluxia, Zexion, nature, learning, silence, Saïx because he believes he is the son of the moon
Dislikes: Timex because Cholanxis believes he is unenlightened, and Aryx because Cholanxis believes his powers and machines are unnatural and therefore ultimately destructive in the long-run, but he is mainly indifferent to everything unless it harms the environment, and he hates pollution and chemicals
Appearance: Dark, soulless eyes, tan with a series of tribal tattoos on body (face, neck, torso, legs, arms, feet hands) that are olive, black, and red, aboriginese, dark bags under his eyes to show how under-rested he is, extremely thin, but with well-toned muscles due to his constant hunting and relationship to nature, goes barefoot, has a monkey-tail to help him balance on objects, various scars of bite-marks and claws all over his chest, but he wears them proud because he sees them as a badge of honor, short black hair, 21 years old, but does not drink
Outfit: a pair of Rasta board-shorts (but only after the other members begged him to wear them because he originally arrived in little more than a loin cloth), feather necklace, necklaces of other materials like stones or beads, a number of bracelets and anklets of different materials (beads, stones, feathers, claws, fur), when he wears the organization cloak, he keeps it unzipped and it flows back sort of like a cape, only covering his arms, which reveals his board-shorts, and chest, he never wears the hood unless it's raining
Crush: Dynilexs (because he believes they have a special bond due to her ability to shape-shift into animals, and his ability to summon and control animals)
Weakness: him always putting nature first, lightning, technology
Number XXVII
Name: Ularxa
Somebody: Laura
Gender: Female
Power: Sees into future
Weapon: Shuriken
Recruited By: Vexen
Hobbies: Science experiments, reading, singing (a bit)
Personality: Not trusting (especially of boys), secretive, mysterious, loner
Likes: Dynilexs, Vexen (a bit) Zexion (a bit), Xion, Naminè
Dislikes: Timex, Xemnas, Saïx, Xaldin, most men in general
Appearance: Longish light brown hair, bluish-green eyes, light complexion.
Outfit: Long-sleeved black t-shirt, jeans, black flip-flops
Crush: None
Weakness: Space
Number XXVIII
Name: Addixem
Somebody: Maddie
Gender: Female
Power: Telepathy
Weapon: Long hunting knives
Recruited By: Zexion
Hobbies: Reading, writing, talking.
Personality: Loves to read, always has nose in a book. Friendly and talkative, doesn't care what others think about her
Likes: Vexen, Zexion, Zexion's library, Dynilexs, books, manga, pandas
Dislikes: Timex (who doesn't?), Xaldin, Xemnas, fire
Appearance: strawberry blonde hair down to mid-back, blue-gray eyes, a bit freckly, pale skin
Outfit: white t-shirt, jeans, white sneakers, panda bear jacket.
Crush: Vexen and Zexion
Weakness: Fire
Number XXIX
Name: Xilef
Somebody: Leif
Gender: Male
Power: Raising the dead, but he has little control over the undead hordes
Weapon: Trident and Net (the net is basically the area from which the undead will rise, but the trident has to be stabbed into the ground so the path will be opened for the undead to cross over)
Recruited by: Xaldin
Hobbies: hanging with Luxkls, playing videogames, killing then un-killing people, breaking stuff
Personality: Acts like a normal kid with a hint of mischief, but he thinks too highly of himself so he uses his zombie slaves to do everything for him, Short-temper, feels a need for respect
Likes: the undead, Luxkls, pain, scream-o music, death, Zexion
Dislikes: kindness, love, Namine, Demyx, Loud noises
Appearance: 5'5" with Black hair with white strands reaching down to the floor. Pudgy because of having his zombie hordes doing everything for him. 17 years old
Outfit: Black hoodie with skinny black jeans with chains going down them. Various spiked bracelets and anklets. Black Combat Boots
Crush: Luxkls
Weakness: Light, emotions, his insecurity about his height and being treated like a kid