VIII - The Flurry of Dancing Flames

[Zero [Axel]]

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~Basic info~

Behind every great individual, there is that voice which keeps them going onward and toward their next great adventure. [/center][/i]

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Username ~ : Zero

Other characters ~ : Zero

Is this character canon? ~ : Yes

Link to audition thread ~ : N/A

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~Character Info~

Waking up in the morning, your thoughts are cluttered. It takes a moment for you to fully become aware of your surroundings, but once you do, everything about your life comes back to you.[/center][/b][/i]

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Name ~ : Axel

Alias ~ : VIII – The Flurry of Dancing Flames

Age ~ : Early twenties

Birthplace ~ : Unknown

Gender ~ : Male

Race ~ : Nobody

Special Class ~ : None

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~Appearance~

As you are heading out the door of your house, a small glimmer of light catches your eye. You turn around and see a mirror, putting you face to face with your reflection.

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Physical appearance ~ :

• Height: Axel stands approximately six feet, measuring up as one of the tallest Organization members next to Lexaeus.
  
• Haircolor: Vibrant fire red with darker red getting closer to the roots.
  
• Eyecolor: Sleek and cunning emerald with tattooed diamonds under his eyes.
  
• Build: Thin framed with a highly defined muscle structure.
  
• Clothing: The traditional Organization XIII cloak; a night black trench coat with a silver, double zipper that trails all the way up the attire, two silver ornaments hang from a single strap, one on each end, that slides through the brim of the deep hood.

Probably one of the most vivacious characters from the Organization, from appearance to attitude, Axel is nothing short of a firecracker. But hidden under his clothes he is marked with the Roman numeral ‘VIII’ on his right breast.

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~Personality~

As you're walking through the door, you see many sights that influence your mood. The different feelings that suddenly wash over you are many, leaving you with a strange mix of emotions.

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Alignment ~ : Neutral

Behavior ~ : Axel is the very embodiment of a satirically clever smartass. Most of his witty jokes are aimed…were aimed at his fellow Organization members; but even after his exile, his sarcastic overtone hasn’t been snuffed out. His messages can be jumbled with both riddles and sarcasm which can make it difficult to decipher the pyro’s true thoughts and intentions. But more times than not, he just gets a kick out of harassing others and watching them get steamed.

In serious circumstances, the nature of the double agent is erratic. Only The Flurry would know his next move in the game of chess. Precise calculations are usually balanced out by impulsive actions which have gotten him into ruts in the past. He may appear indecisive but he knows exactly what he wants to do and follows through with fiery passion, even if his decisions may not be the most well thought out plans.

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~Weapons~

Suddenly, a Heartless appears in front of you, brandishing its claws and threatening to attack. You reach for your weapon and equip it, ready to defend yourself.

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Primary Weapon(s)

ID: Hell Wheels
Quality: Average

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Secondary Weapon(s)

ID:

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~Abilities~

Just as you're about to fight the creature, you feel the power of your ancestors filling you. The strength of a thousand men courses through your veins as you prepare for battle.

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AP left:

Firetooth
Axel can set up to four of his chakrams ablaze, continuously throwing them at his target as if juggling them as they constantly boomerang back to him. The speed at which each chakram is thrown is astonishing, even more astonishing is the skill Axel handles each as he catches them and relaunches them.They can fly any direction up to twenty feet out.

Strength: Moderate
Uses: Unlimited, with a one post cooldown in between.

Immolation
With a hellish ball of fire in his hand, Axel strikes the ground. Within a split second, the ground turns blazing and transforms into a platform of molten rock and fire over thirty feet in diameter. Heat and flame spouts from the inferno, engulfing all that are within its parameters.

Strength: Moderate
Uses: Unlimited, with a five post cooldown between each use and a one post charge.

Conflagration
Upon will, Axel can beckon pillars of flame up from the ground. Each pillar can reach up to fifteen feet in height and up to five pillars can be summoned at a time. The radius of the pillars is about two meters. They cannot appear anywhere within 1 metre of an opponent.

Strength: Weak
Uses: Unlimited. Each pillar can stay manifested for a max of two posts. 3 Post cooldown between each use.


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Special Abilities

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Minions

Grade: C

Name(s): Assassin

Appearance: Typical Assassin nobody. Long, sharm arms for attacking, thin bodies.

Abilities:

Meld:
An Assassin is able to melt into the floor, or any other solid surface, where they're protected from attacks. Often, they will leave their jagged razor arms exposed so they may attack the enemy.

Strength: Weak
Uses: Unlimited. May remain inside a surface for only up to two posts.

Kamikaze:
The Assassins, if left alone for two turns or more, will rise into the air and divebomb a target. Upon impact, the Assassin will explode in a blast of fire and razor sharp body parts. The blast radius extends to five feet from the epicenter and the shrapnel can haphazardly be flung up to thirty feet.

Strength: Weak
Uses: Once

Elemental Weakness: Physical Damage

Grade: S

Name(s): Assassin King

Appearance: Looks exactly like typical Assassin nobodies except Assassin King stands five feet tall and dons a golden crown.

Abilities:

Meld:
The Assassin King is able to melt into the floor, or any other solid surface, where they're protected from attacks. Often, he will leave his jagged razor arms exposed so he may attack the enemy.

Strength: Moderate
Uses: Unlimited. May remain inside a surface for only up to two posts.

Kamikaze:
The Assassin King, if left alone for two turns or more, will rise into the air and divebomb a target. Upon impact, The Assassin King will explode in a blast of fire and razor sharp body parts. The blast radius extends to five feet from the epicenter and the shrapnel can haphazardly be flung up to thirty feet.

Strength: Moderate
Uses: Once

Elemental Weakness: Physical Damage

History: Stronger than any of the other Assassin nobodies, Assassin King became Axel's right hand man.

Summons

N/A

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~History~

As you slay the last of the beasts, you put your weapon aside, and walk away, knowing your tale of bravery will be told for thousands of years to come.

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Axel’s life as a Somebody is a pure enigma to everyone but Axel himself. He was recruited into the Organization, as Number VIII, not too long after his life as a Nobody had begun. Along with the roman numeral VIII he was given, he was given another title as well, ‘The Flurry of Dancing Flames’. His time in the Organization shaped him.

He became the Double Agent of Organization XIII. He played a part in Marluxia’s plan to conquer the Organization. Alongside Larxene and Marluxia, they began testing the Keyblader when he entered Castle Oblivion for Sora played the key role in Marluxia’s mission. Using Namine like a tool, she altered Sora’s memories so that he would delve deeper into the castle. Axel became a traitor among traitors when he released Namine from her confines and she revealed the truth to Sora about what she had done to him.

Even though he had not been loyal to the Higher Ranking members of the Organization, he took up arms against Marluxia but he used Namine to deter him. Much to Marluxia’s displeasure, Axel didn’t back down. Before he could strike Marluxia down, The Keyblader made his appearance and The Graceful Assassin vanished with Namine. Sora turned his attention to Axel and after the heated battle, Axel was defeated and disappears after telling Sora of their relations.

Nearly two years later, Axel made his appearance when the Organization’s higher ups ordered him to capture the rogue Nobody, Roxas, dead or alive. After numerous fights, Roxas finally beats him, in the Mansion’s Basement in Twilight Town. Roxas was more like a brother to Axel, making feel like he actually had a heart, so he didn’t want to kill Roxas. And even despite his efforts, he was not able to take Roxas back before he became on with his Somebody: Sora. The only way to reach Roxas now was to reach Sora. To do that, he needed to draw Sora in. He kidnapped Kairi to do just that but Saix managed to take her and bring her back to The Castle That Never Was. The next time Axel meets Sora, after the invasion of heartless at Hollow Bastion, he tells Sora of the Organizations plans about them using Sora to get hearts that they’d use to reconstruct Kingdom Hearts.

Axel later finds Sora at Between Betwix and aids Sora in defeating the ambush of Nobodies. After being overwhelmed, Axel performs a suicidal attack that saves Sora. The attack literally stole the life from him. He began to fade into Oblivion, but not before helping Sora one last time by opening a portal to The World That Never Was.

The everlasting shadows consumed Axel into oblivion. He couldn’t see a thing but could feel the darkness swirling around his thin frame like millions of serpents. He was falling…floating…and flying, all at the same time. Up and down, left and right; all were naught. His emerald eyes attempt to search the area but resulted in failure. It was impossible to tell if the darkness was right in his face or a million miles away; it encircled him completely. His green orbs closed slowly, only to open once again a few moments later. He realized that it was actually darker in this hell of nothingness with his eyes open. Any normal man would have been driven and hurled pass the brink of insanity if he had to be imprisoned here for much longer. The seclusion was enough to break even the most experienced man. Axel could consider himself lucky in this occasion that he lacked the human emotions that would lead to his mental peril. It only seemed that he would hover in the darkness endlessly for all eternity…and that would be the best case scenario. He couldn’t even sense much at this point.

The feeling of something washed through him; the feeling of losing something important. Memories…his memories. They had begun to fade along away, along with his non-existent body. It was strange…He wasn’t fighting it. Axel had absolutely no fight left in him. After aiding Sora in Between/Betwixt, his body had been riddled with fatigue. Images flashed through his mind of past experiences and he could feel those very thoughts and memories leave him completely, unable to draw upon them again. The darkness was blacker than black. He lifted his gloved hand; attempting to reach out to something, anything really. It was futile. His fingers simply slipped through the lack of existence. Reaching down, he touched his own body just to feel something solid. Chest, stomach, thigh, knee…and then naught. He could sense his body begin to fade away from him. His expression changed not. There was no use to call upon false emotions in this situation. More images flashed behind his jade eyes. A feminine, pink haired man with a smirk; a blonde female with slicked back hair and a tongue sharper than daggers; a silver haired man standing under the incomplete Kingdom Hearts. A boy with spiky brown hair, wielding a large key, surrounded by white creatures. A confused blonde youth in a town of twilight. Who were these people? They seemed familiar…but…from where? The questions danced in his head over and over.

A…X…E…L…He continued to repeat it to himself within the confines of his head. The enlightenment of his fading memories hit him like a brick wall. He didn’t want to forget anymore. His name, he needed to remember that at least…Axel. A-X-E-L…A-X-E…A-X…A…It slowly but surely slipped away from him. And it only took mere seconds. He went to grab the garbs he wore to make sure he was still real…his hand moved silently and effortlessly through nothingness. His body had been fading quickly…nothing below his chest remained. It was inevitable…

The scenery hadn’t changed when he closed his eyes again. His mind was as empty as the sea he floated in. It was physically uncomfortable; he could draw nothing from his mind. A strange noise echoed out, he was unable to decipher whether it was in his head or in the blackness. Luminosity shone brilliantly from the nothingness, blinding him painfully as he attempted to look. It was more than difficult to see anything but the light. A single, thin beam blasted out, stabbing his body. Pain shot through him but the darkness that was enveloping his body peeled back, revealing that which had once been lost. Once cleansed, he could feel the light tugging on his limp figure. It looked as if the light was drawing closer to him…or he was drawing closer to it.

It enshrouded him in brilliance, the light impossible to escape. His fists clenched as tight as his eyes were. The light faded and his sensory feelings faded as well. All was dark once again but a new feeling had him wondering. There was a heavy force weighing down on him. He opened his eyes to see dark blue, almost black, scenery. More hues intruded into his vision. Rippling yellow of a light post’s reflection in a small puddle. Bright blue or neon lights within the darkened area. Planting his palms flat on the solid ground below him, he lifted himself up. His vision swayed in and out of clarity and blurriness numerous times. An intense and stabbing pain engulfed him from head to toe. Wait….

Axel looked down to see that his body had been given back to him. The pain had suddenly intensified and he crippled over, curling in on himself. Memories flooded back into him like a dam that had just been released in front of him. It was all back, all the memories. And the pain vanished just as quickly as it came. Axel panted heavily, beads of sweat forming on his brow. He kept an earth-bound gaze as a bead slithered down the bridge of his nose, all the way to the tip and fell off. It seemed to fall in slow motion until it collided with the dark ground and splashed out in all directions. His limbs trembled with weakness as he attempted to stand once again. Managing to get back on his feet, he clumsily treaded around. He almost fell again but caught himself against a stone building. Quick and shallow breaths entered and exited him as his head bobbed backward. Lingering in the sky like a celestial guarding was Kingdom Hearts. Axel stared at it for a moment or two before turning back to face his path once more.

Physically, he needed rest, mentally…he needed answers. Wondering thoughts of if the other Organization members had experienced this two passed through him. It was his only possibility for answers. He doubted their inclination to tell him because of his treachery to both the rebels and The Superior. His pace was wrought of instability, but he continued to press on through The World That Never Was. No matter what he did, the thoughts of ‘Why?” and “How?” weren’t shaken from his psyche. The massive gray castle drifted in the air ahead of him. That was the closes possible place where he could obtain answers…or be cast out once again. His normal acts of satire were replaced by the thoughts of that which he had just experienced. If Axel had a heart, it would be beating a mile a minute from exhaustion and anxiety.

He stopped for a moment at the bottom of the long ascension into the castle. Looking up one more time, he took in the scenery of the colossal structure and the luminous moon partially hidden behind it. A long-winded breath escaped his maw as he started up the translucent pathway. He greatly doubted to gain anyone’s acceptance, if they were there at all, but he didn’t need their acceptance to get information…

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~Class~

Before you embark on your journey a vision comes upon you. You see three weapons in front of you.

~ A sword of terrible destruction - The power of the warrior: Invincible courage.

~ A shield to repel all - The power of the guardian: Kindness to aid friends.

~ A staff of wonder and ruin - The power of the mystic: Inner strength.

You know that one of them must be chosen. What power will you seek?

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~Other~

I don’t need a character audition under proclamation of Iris.

[Iris|Kairi]

Alright! So, about your abilities.

1. Conflagration- I understand as the main strong ability that it, whatever it is, might have unlimited uses, but it's unclear what it does other than...fire. Countless forms of fire. It's a bit too vague. It could engulf all of..Radiant Garden for all we know. I would like you specify. TO what amount can he make flames? There has to be some sort of restriction in there.

2. Immolation- It's fine as far as the explanation itself. We know what it does. But for moderate strength, 30 m is a bit far, and the only way of escaping is somehow getting up into the air.
Thus, you have two options. Reduce the distance to 15 m or less, OR have the ability take a turn to charge and use the move, which should give enough time to avoid it.

[Zero [Axel]]

Modified

[Iris|Kairi]

1. Firetooth: Didn't Axel only have two chakrams? And 30 feet is a bit far for moderate. It may be more appropriate for a strong ability, so lower the distance.

2. Immolation: 30 meters is a very long stance. Around 100 feet. That's way too much for a moderate ability, and maybe even a strong one.

3. Conflagration: "Each pillar can reach up to twenty feet in height and 2500 degrees Fahrenheit. Up to seven pillars can be summoned at a time."
That is way too strong for a weak ability. 2500 degrees is much too hot. Why specify a temperature at all? Any sort of fie will inflict damage. Even though this is a RP based on a game..that temperature would instantly turn anything to dust within a mile, I imagine. 20 feet tall is a bit..tall. And 7 at a time? While 20 feet tall and 7 at a time sounds about right for a strong ability, this is a weak one. Tone it down a lot.

[Zero [Axel]]

1. No, the RE: CoM version, he uses four.

2. Oh, I forgot to change it to 30 feet. I accidentally left it in meters.

3. Not at all. A normal wood fire burn at about 2000 degrees F. 2500 isn't that much hotter.

[Akito]

After the edits, I just need the radius of the Conflagration pillars from you. I'd say, being still weak, two metres is a good diameter.

[Zero [Axel]]

Fixed

[Akito]

I edited in a bit more specifics about Conflagration. If it's a problem, PM me.

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