Once again from Witching Hour verse – I actually really like it now, fun verse just to play with fantasy clichés in and allows me to world build with magic, which is what I like to world build with (wanting to be a fantasy author in real life and all).
Warnings: death, robbing of a corpse, constantly calling Roxas 'kid' even though I think he's like 16 at the time this scene happens in the verse,
Prompt: Morbid
Axel stood by the dead body, glancing around nervously. He hadn't meant to kill the man – just rob him of some of some jewellery. The man looked rich, he could of done without some of it and it would have given Axel a decent amount of gold to spend on the things he needed for survival. He hadn't even intended it to end in a fight, just gently remove some of his items and then disappear into the forest before it was even noticed. Instead the man had noticed him and turned around and attacked him, didn't even try and tell him to scram or threaten to call the guards on him – just went for the kill. Axel had just reacted, defending himself and killing the man.
Now he had a dead body on his hand and no idea what to do with it.
"Hey, what did you do!?" Axel turned around to see a spiky haired blond staring at him and the body.
"Nothing," he replied instantly, "I was just walking down the path and found him like this."
"Bullshit," the blond replied, "you killed him didn't you?"
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did."
"No I didn't."
"Look, I really don't care if you did or not, I never liked the man. He was however brining an item to us and I really need it." Axel stared at the blond when he said that. What on earth could a man wearing this fine clothing be bringing to a kid wearing such common clothing?
"You want to rob a corpse?"
"I didn't initially plan on it – but yeah, I need the book from him and the only way to get it now is to take it off him. What's your problem? You're going to take all his valuables anyway."
"No I wasn't," Axel said and the blond gave him a look. "I mean when he was alive yeah, but now he's dead... there's something wrong with that."
"Then move out of the way so I can get what I want," Axel did so and the blond instantly went to work going through the dead man's bag searching for the book he wanted. He watched as the other worked, disturbed as to how easy the kid moved the dead body as he needed.
"You do this often?" he asked without thinking.
"Take items of dead bodies? Not really. Why do you ask?" At least he didn't sound like he was going to turn around and kill Axel for asking.
"You seem rather at ease with it is all."
"Yeah well, sort of have to deal with them a lot helping my brother out with his work and all," the blond explained standing up with a book clutched in his hands.
"Your brother's a mortician?"
"Something like that," the kid said with a shrug. He started walking down the path before pausing and turning around, "don't tell anyone about this okay?"
"Fine," Axel replied instantly, still half-convinced the blond would kill him if he replied otherwise.
"Thanks," the blond said, going to continue down the path before pausing again. "Oh, I owe you one," he dug through his pockets and pulled out a small gem of some description, which he tossed in Axel's general direction. "If you ever need something just show this to anyone from the next town and ask for 'Roxas' they'll tell you where to find me. I'm not as good as my brother but I'll see what I can do for you."
"Thanks," Axel said and 'Roxas' nodded continuing down his path leaving Axel alone in the forest with the dead body.
