Small Stories of Organization XIII
Jumbles
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IT STARTED INNOCENTLY ENOUGH
It was a quiet day in the Castle That Never Was, especially so for Luxord, Demyx, Larxene, and Roxas, who were all sitting peacefully in the Chamber of Sloth (Xemnas' oh-so-clever name for the wreck room). Roxas and Larxene were playing against each other on the room PS2, Luxord was making some tea for himself (Earl Grey, hot), and Demyx was doing a few games in an old puzzle book Zexion gave him.
Everyone was minding they're own buisness when Demyx asked aloud, "Hey, do any of you guys know Axel's real name? You know, before he became a Nobody?"
Roxas paused his game and walked over to Demyx with Larxene. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, I was trying to anagram it backwards, but none of them sounded right." Demyx explained, showing them the book. Under Roxas' name, he had written "SORA", under Larxene's was "ARLENE?", under Luxord was "RULOD?", but Axel's remained blank. Demyx had written out all possible names, "LEA", "LAE", "EAL", "AEL", and even "ALE", but they each had been crossed out. He even considered "EARL"!
Luxord scoffed. "I'll bet you anything its Ale."
"Hey Roxas, did he ever tell you what it was?" Demyx asked. "You are his best friend after all."
Roxas scratched his head in thought. "No. I asked him about it once, but he changed the subject."
"They higher-ups probably know." Larxene suggested. "They WERE here before him."
"Great idea! Let's split up and ask them!"
LUXORD ASKED XALDIN...
"If he ever said it, I never heard it."
"You just don't want to be in on it."
ROXAS ASKED XIGBAR...
"Huh? I don't think he told anybody."
DEMYX ASKED VEXEN...
"If you don't have anything better to do, get over here and find me a 5/16ths drill bit."
LARXENE LOOKED FOR LEXEAUS AND ZEXION...
"Where are V and VI when you need 'em!"
LUXORD ASKED SAIX...
"...Why not ask Axel?"
DEMYX ASKED XEMNAS...
"If you don't have anything better to do, why don't you go do that Underworld mission you've been putting off?"
THE FOUR REGROUPED
"Well, that failed spectacularly." Larxene said.
"Roxas, you're Axel's friend and as your superiors, we order you to go and ask him about it." Luxord said.
Roxas sighed. "OK, OK, its just..."
"What?"
Roxas pointed to a coffee table. "Demyx's Cerebus-phobia kicked in and he won't come out from under the table.
"N-Nice Cerebus... G... G-Good puppy... D-Down boy..."
"Oh, this is a bad case." Larxene said. "You go on Roxas. We'll take care of Dr. Bombay here."
AND SO...
"Hey, Axel." Roxas said. "What was your other's name? It wasn't "Lea" or anything was it?"
Axel, playing Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories on his DS, had just lost to himself when Roxas asked his question. Quietly putting down the DS, he eyed Roxas. "...Why do you ask?"
"N-No reason!" Roxas panicked. "I did tell you mine, its only fair."
Axel sighed. "If you must know, my true name didn't anagram well, so I had to take out a few letters."
"OK... but what was it?"
"... ...Saelan."
Larxene, Luxord and Demyx, hiding out in the hall, strained their brains to figure out the mystery of Axel's true name, as did Roxas.
"Nasalex?" Larxene said.
"Axelsan?" Demyx said.
"Elxanes?" Luxord said.
"Anlesax?" Roxas said.
FINALLY IT HIT THEM ALL AT ONCE
Larxene, Luxord, Demyx and Roxas collasped to the floor, laughing so hard they cried. "That is RICH!" Larxene shouted. "We're telling everybody!"
They got up from the floor and ran off, Axel at their heels screaming, "YOU TWISTED BACK-STABBING BASTARDS!".
If you were too lazy/dumb to figure out the jumble on your own... SHAME ON YOU! Keep trying! R&R
(Here's a hint: You know that (no longer) funny thing you can do with Xemnas' name? This is very similar. By the way, for anyone who doesn't know, Dr. Bombay is the guy who sang the song, "My Sitar".)