Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Hey! I forgot about this!

First, please check last post for things that have been going around the blog

ANYWAY! This is the brainstorm for the Heckuvalong Raid sequence (DIch142-155. I think) which is really really long because I kind of just threw all my ideas and thoughts and plotting into this one document--
But I thought it'd be fun for you guys to read because I left myself a lot of funny notes and made silly comments and stuff!

Since it's so long, I'll stick it under a break, and you don't have to read it if you don't want to! Bonus points though, if you do, and can tell me what the secret message is!! :DD



So… rebellion distracting Xigbar so Riku can go after Axel
Not that it works
But
So
Let’s see
29’s not doing anything, so I guess he could use his shield to block a good portion of the bullets. Riku starts to run, but Xigbar1 shoots bullets through a dark corridor at him, stopping him before he gets far, and Xigbar2 deals with 29.
And he’s BAMF about it
7 can be BAMF and clear out a good portion of the lesser Nobodies in the area (or freeze them all solid)
~or should that wait until Thistle’s injured. I feel like 7’s more likely to be BAMF when there’s healing that needs to be done
Amaryllis deals with Vexen, and Vexen heads off to help Alpha
~but I guess this should happen after it’s become pretty clear that getting the Xigbars away from Riku is impossible
7 could try and help 29, but one Xigbar distracts them while the other goes after Riku again
Vexen tries to help get Xigbar off of Riku, and he can go all protective whatsit… oh dear
            That’d be the second time today! In five minutes!
Of course, that doesn’t work very well and… well, maybe Vexen could stay around until Xemnas shows up, and then upon seeing Xemnas be like “OHCRAPRUNNING!” And then go help Alpha out
The conversation between Vexen and Alpha was alright, but it can easily happen slightly later (besides, it happens… after Xemnas shows up… somehow… … whoops)
                        Vexen: (out of breath) alsdkfj Xemnas is here!
                        Alpha: I know. *points at computer screen*
                        Vexen: how’d he get there so fast?
                        Alpha: I-
                        Vexen: Why are there assassins outside?
                        Alpha: Vexen, calm down!
Oh yeah, Amaryllis goes to get Bloodroot of Snapdragon and Snapdragon’s like “NOPE I’M GOOD! GO GET IVY! HE’S NOT DOING ANYTHING!”
And then 25 is fighting the other Marly… in the corner
And maybe 29 goes and helps him out, since distracting Xigbar from Riku is obviously impossible
I suppose now we cue Xemnas



~well, now we’re in 7’s POV, and since the attempt to stop Xigbar failed…
            7’s taking note of every injury in the room, being the medic that he is. He’s probably also calculating how much longer this is going to take, likely, so that he knows how much time he has to have everyone hold on before any healing can be done.

Anyway, so maybe he mentions to Vexen that they’re going to try something else, because Xigbar really can’t be distracted
Or
Something
At the very least, Amaryllis needs to be like “this didn’t work. I’m going to help Snapdragon”
Before Snapdragon’s like “NO I’M FINE GO AFTER IVY!”
Is 7 worried about Snapdragon? Probably not. Snapdragon’s most likely injured, however, so he’ll probably notice that
And then…
Erm
Maybe 7 and Vexen attempt to keep Xigbar occupied again (and 29 helps?)
Or 7 just starts going after the lesser nobodies around while Vexen either helps or continues to be protective over Riku
And then…
I think
I cue Xemnas
(unless I want to swap POVs around and maybe check on what Amaryllis or Snapdragon is doing or stuff)
Yeah
Then Xemnas shows up, and Thistle gets hurt, and 7 goes all BAMF and takes out a large portion of enemies to get to Thistle
Or, he does so… maybe after Xemnas leaves. Because Thistle’s too close to Xemnas and it really wouldn’t be wise to go over there at the time…
So
7’s thinking
“oh crap. Xemnas. Oh crap. Thistle’s injured. I can’t do anything. Crap.”
And
Erg
I’ll keep thinking on it


“Xemnas is here… we’re not going to get out of this… there is no way…”
Xemnas is here. Snapdragon is injured. Badly. Oh, Snapdragon, don’t get up! You’ll only make things worse! I should go to him. But. Xemnas. We’re doomed. There is no way… how are we getting out of this? And I need to do something about Snapdragon! But what do I do? WE don’t have the Repair Program anymore, do we? And even if we did… I’d have to get him to the computer… I’d have to… Xemnas is in the room. I can’t do anything. Is he going to leave? Or is he just going to stand there and terrify us all. What does that achieve? I mean, I suppose keeping us terrified gives Axel more time to do whatever it is he’s doing. Shouldn’t he have been done with that? And Xemnas is in the room. What is he even here for? Is he involved in this? What is he planning? He certainly can’t be planning to kill us… he’d have done so already… right? Oh, lord, I don’t know! Won’t he just get a move on already? It’s already hopeless, we realize this, stop flaunting that at us by standing there!
“We’re all going to be disabled and rewritten alskdfjslkfjslfj” – I should give this to 25 or 41
ALSO
WE COULD SWAP TO THISTLE
AND THISTLE WOULD BE SCARED TO DEATH
Yes, Thistle’s an average fighter, not terrible, not amazing, but we’ve already established he’s easily panicked. The sight of Xemnas would about kill him.
(And it doesn’t help the fact that Xemnas decides he’s too close for his liking (sounds like Cara) and decides to help him)

~so! We’ll swap to Amaryllis’s POV, probably and he’ll be fighting Ivy and he’ll hear the dark corridor and Ivy will stop and Amaryllis will be like “Oh my gosh that’s Xemnas…”
I think I was going to have Amaryllis be a bit frantic/confused. Overwhelmed.
If we include Snapdragon, it’ll be short, and he and the Lexaeus won’t stop fighting for long. He’ll probably be like “oh hi Xemnas” and maybe try to attack, but then the Lexaeus swings at him, so the room isn’t completely still, because they start fighting again (Bloodroot doesn’t dare move, for some reason)
We should probably swap to Riku’s POV for a bit so we can get Xigbar away from the hallway that leads to the Computer Room
            We know Riku’s reaction to Xemnas

Let’s see~
We’ll swap first to Amaryllis’ POV, and if he doesn’t mention it’s Xemnas (since we put that off with 7) cool! If not, whatevs
Then we’ll swap to Riku’s (the sooner Xigbar’s not blocking that path, the better)
-oh, and Vexen needs to run! We’ll either put ourselves in his POV for that, or Riku can take note of it
Maybe Vexen will be like “RUNNING TO COMPUTER ROOM!” and Riku notices “oh, it’s not blocked anymore…” but Xigbar starts shooting/he doesn’t dare move in the silence of the room
Swap to 25/41, so they can have their brief thing
Swap to Thistle’s POV, and he’ll be attacked
Swap to Snapdragon, who decides now would be a good time to attack Xemnas (the Lexaeus Replica stops him, remember)
UNLESS! Maybe, Snapdragon actually does get to Xemnas and he’s injured instead of Thistle?
Swap to 7, who’s furious and wants to help Thistle but is also scared of Xemnas and doesn’t want to go over there
Thankfully, Xemnas leaves the room shortly after, and fighting resumes
            Xigbar and his clone start shooting, if they haven’t already
            Snapdragon and the Lexy are already going at it
Ivy and Amaryllis start fighting again, I suppose… (idk if we should mention this specifically, but maybe to touch on Amaryllis’s still franticness)
7 freezes all the lesser Nobodies in his way and goes to Thistle
      He’ll freeze the Lexaeus and Bloodroot to the ground, too, and the Lexaeus will smash the ice to break free, while Bloodroot struggles for a bit (then Amaryllis will go after the Lexaeus)
            If we work this right, we won’t have to leave his (7’s) POV…
Anyway, he’ll heal Thistle by means of elixir or Curaga. I’m sure he’s capable of those things
“You’re alright. We’ll get you--” *chokes on Repaired, because he highly doubts they have the Repair Program any longer* “It’ll be fine.”
Then cut to Vexen, who’s running to Alpha and that’s already up above somewhere… (here it is again for convenience)
Vexen: (out of breath) alsdkfj Xemnas is here!
            Alpha: I know. *points at computer screen*
            Vexen: how’d he get there so fast?
            Alpha: I-
            Vexen: Why are there assassins outside?
            Alpha: Vexen, calm down!
Then Alpha proceeds to explain why the Assassins are outside, but maybe Vexen isn’t listening because he’s suddenly gone all protective over Riku and “asldkfj I abandoned him” but he just did that with Ienzo just a few days ago that must be a strain on his poor heart
But, once Vexen’s calmed down, I suppose he asks what Xemnas and Axel are up to and Alpha explains it and we go from there?
            Except, Vexen should be more scared. Of Xemnas.
Whose POV do I want to be in?
            If I’m in Vexen’s, I explain why he ran
            If I’m in Alpha’s, I can have the whole “defeat” spiel that he has
                        I think this scene might work better from Alpha’s POV… tbh

Kay, so
Riku’s blocking bullets
And getting really tired of it
so cue him panicking about Namine, I suppose. Brehberhbrehbreeeh (lol what sort of noise is that?)
what’s everyone else doing?
Hmm… Snapdragon and 7 are holding off Ivy and Bloodroot
Amaryllis is dealing with the Lexaeus Replica
And I think 25, was it, and that one Marluxia are probably still fighting. Mwehhaheha (I’m kind of scared of that laugh)
Anyway
So
The way we have it, Riku freaks about Namine, then Xigbar decides he’s bought enough time and leaves. Whoo.
Should I cover what everyone else is doing? Here’s what they’re doing anyway, because I probs should know
            7 and Snapdragon are fighting Ivy and Bloodroot
7’s probably still panicking about Snapdragon being injured, and Snapdragon might just be having some trouble fighting due to said injury
            Idk if we want to go any further with that, but there are possibilities
Like, 7 making sure that Snapdragon doesn’t even have a chance of getting injured further
            Amaryllis and the Lexaeus are fighting. Not much interesting going on there.
Idk if Snapdragon will get all cocky and try and go after the Lexaeus again. I wouldn’t be surprised, honestly
            As previously mentioned, Riku’s blocking bullets and kind of getting sick of it
            Thistle’s probably still working on getting rid of any lesser Nobodies that are still around
If 25 and the Marluxia aren’t still fighting (say, the Marluxia’s dead, or left for some reason) then 25 is working on lesser Nobodies, too
29’s also fighting lesser Nobodies, unless he went to help 7 and Amaryllis and Snapdragon, which is easily feasible
Just how would Xigbar determine that now is a good time to leave?
Well… he knows that Xemnas is in the computer room and plans are currently being set in motion
Why doesn’t he just stick around for the next… oh, it will be at least three hours before Roxas is done, so it’s no wonder Xigbar doesn’t stick around
Or, at least, why he doesn’t stay and battle. Because I’m pretty sure at least he sticks around and just… hides in obscure places or something
            He’s BitF Peppy!
            But why does he decide to leave?
                        Is knowing that Xemnas is now with the computer reason enough to leave?
Well, he was only a distraction so that Axel could get what he needed and the plan could get started. So…
            Is “eh, he’s probably had enough time” reason enough to leave?
                        Knowing Xigbar, probably most likely.
Do I want to drag the battle out?
            It’ll give me more chapters, I suppose. But. This is our fifth chapter…
                        5 – raid ends
                        6 – Riku and Alpha and Vexen try and figure out what’s going on
                                    Will they have deduced that they’re rebuilding Roxas?
7 – damage is repaired and other such things, and everyone else is informed of what’s happening
                        8 – well, fudge. I need five more chapters if this is going to work. Bleck.
                        9 – like, even if this is them plotting, we don’t want to drag things out too much
10 – they’ll have already talked about whether or not they want to even bother trying to stop them by now
11 – I suppose they could try to break into the Computer room once, and be stopped
Snapdragon is injured, after all, so they don’t have a very impressive battle force
                        12 – btw, Namine will have to show up and ask what’s going on. Probs sooner
13 – this would be Xemnas deciding to leave and Roxas and Riku clash briefly.
But I doubt it’ll take as long as we hope to get here.
So… I guess write this as the end of the raid and just see where things go…
I mean, if we want to try, we can attempt to make this end take two chapters. We just need to cover it from more than Riku’s POV
            Which, cover it from, say, 7’s…
                        Detail the Lexaeus, Bloodroot, and Ivy leaving
7 freaks out about Snapdragon some more, and Amaryllis heads to see what Alpha’s doing. I suppose. It’s logical.
            And maybe Vexen and Alpha can be like “ooh, Xigbar left”
                        Idks what purpose this serves, though
            And maybe something with 26
                        That, however, is unlikely…

OH HEY! When we get to Namine asking what’s going on, why not write it from her POV, since we can’t do that anywhere else?
            Avoiding her POV like the plague and all, so they don’t know what Riku’s surprise is.

So, Riku walks into the computer room, and he’s like “sup? What the heck is going on here?” and Alpha points out that Axel and co are on the 13th floor
And Riku’s all like “why the 13th floor? What’s so important about it?” and go from there…
And after they’re done with the sort of side tangent about 37, we can go to “What are they doing?” “Oh, Axel’s here, Xemnas is here, and 26 is blah”
            And take the conversation from there… piece of cake!
                        But, jeeze, are we really going to reveal its Roxas so soon?
We don’t have to… but between Vexen, Riku, and Alpha, they can’t have much trouble deducing that, even without hard proof
I mean, really, “they’re building a Replica” “Who of?” “Not Riku” “Not Xemnas” “What’s the Org want, anyway?” “A Keyblade” “Axel mentioned something…” “They’re rebuilding Roxas”
And maybe after they’ve deduced that it’s Roxas, 7 walks in (it took him an awful long time to get here if he’s just here to ask about the Repair Program, and since he already knows they don’t have the Repair Program, him asking is moot, anyway)
Except maybe he asks just to be hopeful, and after he’s told no, he’s like “I suspected as much…”
Anyway, if 7 walks in, he’ll complain “you don’t just do that!!” and then maybe Alpha tells 7 to go get Amaryllis so they can plot a plan of action
7: it’ll be faster if you page him. I have to make sure Snapdragon stays out of harm’s way.
Snapdragon: I don’t need rest! I’m perfectly healed now, thank you! I can fight just fine!
7: We probably won’t be fighting again
Riku: We could be
7: You aren’t helping!!

Oh, right, now that we’ve had the dramatic reveal of Roxas being rebuilt, 7 shows up
Then Amaryllis comes to the computer room and—oh shoot, he was already on his way there, wasn’t he? *sobs and fixes that*
Anyway, he comes to the computer room and I guess they start planning what they’re going to do
Or maybe we’ll just cut 7 walking in how does that sound we’ll just put Amaryllis in here that’s wonderful
I mean didn’t I just say 7 coming in was obsolete? I mean. Someone else can complain about bringing Roxas back later seriously
Anyway, so, I guess I’m going to have Amaryllis come in now (though how he managed to be slower than Riku… ehh we’re just not going to worry about it too much. Maybe a few Assassins distracted him or something (like the ones in the hall that Axel left there. They got bored and decided to attack him and he got rid of them and now their attention span has run out so no more return because it has to have been at least ten minutes, right?))
            So they start discussing a plan of action…
                        That plan being going to the 13th Floor and pulling the plug on Axel’s operation?
And they spend forever arguing about it because Alpha believes it to be a better idea to just leave them alone and the argument could probably take a chapter…
Oh do damage assessments need to be done? I listed that earlier and it actually seems like that’s a routine thing (or it should be anyway)
            ~next chapter
Then Riku and Amaryllis decide to see how hard it is to break through their defenses and fight Axel and Axel holds his own fairly well and they decide it’s not worth it
Or Riku manages to get past Axel for a second but Xemnas is there and knocks him back like twenty feet
            Like Ansem knocks Riku back in RR (because no damage is done)
That or Axel just goes all BAMF because you ain’t getting past him and messing with Roxas no you ain’t
            ~next chapter
                        Then Namine comes and sees what’s up and we get all that
And Alpha reasserts his argument that maybe it really is just better to sit back and do nothing just this one time
            ~next chapter
                        We only need to fill two moreeeee rrggghh
This one could be more “what exactly are we going to do?” and Alpha finally being like “okay fine I suppose we can fight them and try and get the Program/external back I wouldn’t mind getting that back”
            And here we put the decision to not give Roxas his memories?
            ~next chapter
This would be them setting up and positioning and this chapter feels really obsolete but I will put it in there because I’m not going to settle for twelve chapters because it’s SO CLOSE
And then so here Xemnas will be like “let’s go we need to get out of here forget his memories for now”
But should this just go at the beginning of the next chapter I suppose I’ll see what I can do
It just depends how long the battle is going to take with them leaving
            ~final chapter
                        This will be the Org going home and Roxas emerging and fighting Riku briefly
And Roxas is called away because Axel’s like “hrm… it’s probably best if you don’t try and fight Riku’s since he’s probably a bit stronger than you and I just got you back I don’t want you to die already”
And don’t forget you should probably cover what Axel and Xemnas and 26 are doing, especially towards the end there we need conversations like:
            “We don’t need his memory”
            And
            Axel coming in and being like “they’re totally not going to try and stop us”
It’d be funny if this happened and then Riku and Amaryllis are outside and he has to fight them
Ooh do you think 26 would collect battle data from Riku now or is that probably not a good idea?
            He collects data while Axel and Riku are fighting? Can he do that?
                        Well… can’t they turn security footage into data?
I see flaws, regardless. So maybe not unless we really think it’s worth it
            And then… that’s all the conversations I can think of. Hrm.
Xemnas isn’t nosy. He knows 26 will get his job done because if he didn’t get his job done then he’d be in trouble and no one in their right mind would purposely get themselves in trouble with Xemnas
            So, Xemnas mentioning Roxas’s memory is really all we need
He only mentions it because he doesn’t want to stay there for too long and then he decides Roxas is better off not remembering Xion anyway
            Axel can be nosy as much as he wants, though
                        Axel: How’s everything going?
                        26: fine, Axel. Why don’t I come get you if something goes wrong?

Now that I’ve done overall sequence plotting…

I guess Amaryllis just walks in and he’s like “sup dudes?” and one of them replies “welp, Xemnas is building a Replica and we’re pretty sure it’s Roxas”
            Amaryllis: Right. How are we gonna stop them?
            Alpha thinks (Vexen says?): Do we honestly have to stop them? Who says we have to?
            Riku: Not sure. We just figured out what they were doing three seconds ago.
Amaryllis: Are we going to just go up there and charge the room they’re in and hope for the best?
Vexen: that’s a terrible plan, not to mention a dangerous one! I thought you were better than this, Amaryllis. What happened to being good at strategizing?
Amaryllis: I was just throwing the idea out there…
Riku: Besides it’s what we’ll end up doing anyway, knowing us. I’m for that plan, by the way.
Vexen: Riku it’s dangerous!
Riku: I could take Axel!
Vexen: And then what do you do about Xemnas?
Riku: We worry about him once Axel’s out of the way.
Alpha: (quietly) or we could just not worry about either of them…
Amaryllis: Pardon?
Alpha: Really, do we have to do something to stop them?
Riku: you sound like you’ve given up
Alpha: It’s just, logically, why do we need to stop them? (and then that whole rant)
~hrm should we have them discuss battle plans more before Alpha goes into that or do we honestly want to try to just have them argue for the entire chapter?
            Or does he argue and they go to discussing battle plans anyway?
Maybe they discuss why this is happening now, anyway (mentioning Saix failing and Xemnas not being happy and Axel wanting Roxas back and it falling into the Org’s agenda) then we go into battle planning
            Amaryllis: Why is Axel doing this now, anyway?
            Riku: Because Saix is a miserable failure
            Amaryllis: Well, *chuckles* I suppose so but why not do this sooner?
Riku: *shrugs* he hadn’t quite figured out how? Xemnas hadn’t approved?
~we can open Roxas plotting issues when it’s needed no sense leaving it open atm

So we’ll cut to Axel and we’ll have this
Axel: how much longer, huh?
26: Axel! The door!
Axel: Oh, come on, like anyone’s actually going to come in here? They’re all too scared!
26: You might want to rethink that *he’s watching the computer screen, where he can see Riku coming up, and then Axel hears them or sees it too or something idk*
Axel: oh shoot
~unless we want to put this off and instead have Axel be like “I kicked their butt once they aren’t going to try coming back here again”
            Or “They’re all too scared!”
            “That didn’t stop them from coming up here earlier”
“That didn’t stop Riku from coming up here, earlier, you mean. Don’t give me that look; we all know he’s a completely different story when it comes to this. And, anyway, now that I’ve kicked his butt, I doubt he’ll be trying again”
I wonder how long it takes for all this to happen
Nah they can’t have been rebuilding Roxas for very long. Maybe… 5-15 minutes?
Would Axel be impatient enough to ask 26 how much longer it will take, or…?

Then Axel goes back out and they fight
It’s like…
They both fight Axel for a bit and then Amaryllis pulls his attention away from Riku/Riku sees an opportunity and tries to slip past
            Then Axel’s either all like “NOPE” and summons large wall of fire to stop him
            Or we wanted to have Xemnas whoop Riku’s butt because he deserves it
                        Riku really deserves it
Idk either Axel’s going to do wall of fire and then Riku still manages to slip through that and has his butt whooped
But it might make more sense if Xemnas is just magically there before Riku can process it and, again, like Ansem in RR, Xemnas sends Riku backwards like halfway across the room (if not farther considering they’re in a hallway? Are they in a hallway? They might be…)
            And THEN Axel does the wall of fire to make sure Riku doesn’t try that again
I like that idea
We’ll do that
And then we have epic fight against Axel in which it’s just a massive stalemate even though it’s two against one because Axel’s just going to be BA like that.
And then I suppose eventually Amaryllis just like “okay, so, maybe this isn’t worth it we’ve hardly made a dent in his defenses (lol I wanted to say “health”; we haven’t made a dent in his health haha) maybe if it’s best if we go back and regroup”
Or something
I’m sure at that point Riku’s calmed down a bit so he’s reasonable enough that Amaryllis can talk him into walking away from the battle
            Besides if Axel is being super hard to beat I’m sure Riku’ll understand…?
And don’t we throw some self-doubt in because Riku’s just been knocked back twenty feet by Xemnas and Xemnas was hardly trying and there was nothing Riku could do about it was like he was completely powerless/weak
            Idk if we want to go that route but we can *shrugs*
OH WAIT I LIE I COMPLETELY FORGOT
Whoo glad I pulled up that document
No, see, they battle for a while, and then Axel’s like “you know you’ll basically kill Roxas if you stop us, right?”
I guess we don’t mention the fact that stopping them requires killing Roxas, then Axel brings it up and Riku’s like “oh yeah… I will be… poop!” and he stops fighting
I see it working kinda like this:
Axel: Hey 26! How’s it going? (he pokes his head in while he’s still holding off Riku’s attacks)
-26 replies with something or other idk what-
Axel: See? You realize that, if you stop us now, you’ll kill him. You’ll kill Roxas.
Amaryllis: He has a point…
Riku: (annoyed, but agreeing, he grunts his annoyance and banishes his blade)
I COMPLETELY FORGOTT!! AHAHA
So yeah I guess that’s how we end the battle hrm

NEED TO EDIT AFTER XEMNAS THROWS RIKU BECAUSE MORE SELFDOUBT COULD BE ADDED THERE
            Maybe touch on more selfdoubt throughout the Axel battle?
            I know this was supposed to focus on an epic Axel battle
            But I like the idea of having Riku question his strength throughout the entire battle
Like we should write one of those thought things we’ve been doing and having him be thinking throughout the battle about his strength/possible lack thereof

Let’s see if chapter nine is more of the Axel battle. Even takes up most of the Axel battle like, okay (just remember gotta drop a mention to Demyx)
It’d be perfect if either 26 or Axel knew that Demyx had been eavesdropping but idk how they’d bring it up
I’m thinking something like Riku’s angsting and he’s like “I bet I’m not even strong enough to take Demyx *sobs*”
And then either Namine shows up in chapter nine
Or we put that off until chapter 10
Like, maybe Riku’s been just moping for a while, while Vexen and Alpha and Amaryllis try and figure out what to do/discuss plans of action
Then Namine shows up
And we can do our time split with Namine. Because it’s got to have at least been 30 minutes before she goes and sees what’s up
Meaning that you only have… say… it’d be maybe an hour by this point?
15 minutes before ch8, then ch8/9? takes another 5-10 minutes, and then plus 30 you have nearly an hour
                        So you have to fill at least another hour…?
                                    Namine could stick around for a while (or does she need to be painting?)
It could be a bit before the “rescuing Roxas” idea occurs to Riku, since he’s drowning in selfdoubt atm
            So Vexen and Alpha and Amaryllis are all arguing
            And Riku can’t bring himself to care
            And then
            Out of nowhere
            It occurs to him
            Maybe we should rescue Roxas
Do you think the conversation about handing Roxas over to the Org that Riku won’t have with Axel could go somewhere?
Like they could discuss it/that concept
“they’re going to make him do their bidding”
(he tells Axel)
“You know that, right? You’re handing him right into their hands”
(and it’s painful)
(because even Riku sees it)
(but Axel ignores it)
(he just laughs)
“Don’t make it sound like it’s such a terrible thing. It’s not. Xemnas just needs his Keyblade wielder. He couldn’t care less about the details. Which means I can worry about those details”
“But it’s not like that”
(and Riku knows it)
“You don’t know what they might do”
And you do?
“Maybe. Maybe not. But we can help you”
(he lowers his voice)
(here’s the smarter than Axel that he was going for)
“You let me past. I can stop Xemnas”
(But he can’t stop Xemnas)
“And… you could help. We get rid of him. There is no Organization anymore. We can finish rebuilding Roxas. No problems. Not for us. Not for you. Not for him.”
“Too risky. I can’t trust you. Besides, you don’t have the passwords. I doubt 26 will give them up once Xemnas is gone. I know 37 won’t. There aren’t any others who know the passwords. Believe me. I looked.”
“But we can-”
“No. I’m not taking any chances. It’ll be fine.”
~but maybe I shouldn’t do this because it might be best if Axel goes for a while not really thinking about the consequences of his actions
            Riku pointing them out to him just laksdfj I don’t think it works
Yeah maybe they should discuss the “handing Roxas right over into their hands” thing

Okay not sure what to do for the rest of this chapter. I have about a thousand words to fill, and I think I’ll put Namine off until the next chapter.
            Let see…
            The rest of 9 – not suuree
                        Riku selfdoubt maybe?
Riku and Amaryllis report back to Alpha and Vexen and maybe Vexen’s like “I told you so” and Riku’s just like “leave me alone”
Or Alpha’s “I told you this was a bad idea” and Vexen quiets him because he knows something’s wrong with Riku
If they were watching via surveillance footage then he knows what’s wrong with Riku
            10 – Namine
            11 – let’s rescue Roxas! Hopefully that discussion/argument won’t take too long
            12 – setting up/end of Roxas discussion (so maybe it’s good it takes a while?)
            13 – Xemnas leaving with Roxas in tow

What still needs to be discussed?
            Rescuing Roxas and Riku’s incorrect beliefs
            Did we cover all of Alpha’s this is a bad idea?
            And that’s it
            I mean, besides Namine, but she was sort of a given

How long with the Namine conversation take? Should I just put it now?
We had the thought of putting it off because “no arguing with  Namine’s prophetic skills I should fight Roxas”
But…?
Idk if we put Namine now then after that we just have them sort of sitting there and doing nothing because there’s nothing they can do
And maybe it should be a bit before Namine shows up because she’ll likely try and talk Riku out of his selfdoubt and that’s the only reason why they don’t do anything for a while
Because he’s too busy moping to come up with an idea and Alpha and Vexen are pretty sure they want to do nothing and Amaryllis has either sided with them or none of his plans are good ones
Maybe Vexen tries to talk to him but he’s just like “shut up Vexen I don’t want to hear it. Shut up Vexen I don’t want to hear it! Shut up Vexen I don’t want to hear it!!
Rescuing Roxas:
            Riku: we could rescue Roxas.
            Alpha: What?
            Riku: Rescue him. *laughs* Get him away from the Organization. Kidnap him from them.
            Amaryllis: Why?
Riku: *not happy* Do you know what they’ll do to him? Do you know what will happen to him if we let them have him? I can hazard a guess or three
Vexen: It won’t be like what Marluxia did to-
Riku: I know. They’ll treat him kindly. Can’t risk him running away again or anything.

Maybe
Since that^ was the reference to Marluxia, and the “gambling”/Luxord ref comes sooner…
Riku brings up rescuing Roxas and they’re just like “too risky a gamble even Luxord wouldn’t try it no we aren’t doing it” and they continue to argue
And they just keep coming up with possible plans and none of them are working
So next chapter
Riku brings it up again
Let’s rescue Roxas
            And that debate happens
That, or he’s like “let’s rescue Roxas” “nope too risky a gamble” then Namine shows up preventing further discussion
            And maybe she’s there when Riku brings it up again
            And she’s fond of the idea too
                        Like I can just hear her “why can’t we?”
“we’d have to keep him away from Xemnas” “You honestly think Xemnas would let us have him?” “You honestly think Axel would let us have him?”
And also with Namine there’s that whole side discussion of possible ways that the Org could kill Riku
            And I bet Riku’s like “why are we discussing this don’t we have better things to do”
And Alpha’s just “I think we’ve established we can’t do anything until Roxas is rebuilt. From the looks of things, based on where 26 is right now, it’ll be another hour or so. If not longer.”
Again not sure what to do with the 9th chapter. Or what’s left of it
I honestly feel like the thing with Namine could take an entire chapter
And the rescuing Roxas discussion could probably take a while, too
And then the 12th chapter would be them setting up before the battle and the finishing crap with Roxas happening
13th chapter is Xemnas leaving
            Also maybe the 11th chapter should have “he can do without Xion’s memories”
Then the 12th chapter Xemnas will be like “you know what we’ll worry about memories later we should just leave now”
So the time cut has to happen somewhere around ch10, because memories are like the last thing to be done with a Replica
Maybe ch11 has something from 26’s POV as he’s putting the finishing touches on Roxas
We could include the “Axel leave me alone I’ll come get you if anything goes wrong” here? Or is it a bit late for that? Hrmhmm
I suppose it could be “Axel, I already told you, I’ll come get you if something’s wrong”
But wait Axel can’t know about Roxas’s missing memories right yet
But still that’s not a bad idea having part of ch11 from 26’s POV with the finishing stuff being done on Roxas

Possible plans of action
            Doing nothing (Alpha’s for this one)
            Rescue Roxas (Riku’s for this)
Alpha probably only agrees in the end “yeah I suppose it’s not a bad idea. It probably won’t work, but we’d be better off if he was on our side. And I’d like to get the external back”
            Stop them (not sure who’s for this)
            Kill Xemnas rebuild Roxas themselves (Amaryllis suggests this?)
            Kill 26 and basically kill Roxas, too
            Convince Axel this is a bad idea, you and Roxas should just defect to the Rebellion
                        Because Axel you’re basically giving Xemnas his puppet what are you thinking?
Do nothing (Alpha probably has to bring this up a lot because it is probably the best idea and no one listens to him)
Kill Xemnas and worry about the rest later
This is sort of the same as the previous kill Xemnas (exactly the same) but to kill Xemnas (with Riku being selfdoubty) they’re like “we’ll all team up against him. If Riku, Snapdragon, our Lexaeus, Amaryllis, and maybe someone else go after him we’ll manage”
            They really don’t have a lot of options
            It’s kill Xemnas
            Do nothing
            Or attempt to rescue Roxas (which probably involves killing someone)
            There’s also “just go after the external”
            Sneak in and snatch the external from them
            Just
            Sneak in and snatch the external
                        But that could seriously harm Roxas if it’s ripped from their computer
            Still though not a lot of options
I suppose most of the arguing happens because Amaryllis keeps trying to suggest doing something and Alpha’s like “you kidding me doing nothing is really our best option”

Still not sure what to do with the rest of chapter 9
Ch10 will be “rescue Roxas” “too risky a gamble” Namine shows up
At the end (maybe after “it could be a while”) someone’s like “what do we do?” and then someone else is like “I guess we wait”
And ch11 starts off with a “1-2 hours later” thing before debate about rescuing Roxas is resumed and then we cover 26 put the finishing touches on Roxas before Xemnas says he could do without Xion’s memories
Ch12 is probably the Rebellion setting up/gathering people (Snapdragon’s probably for the most part healed and 7 can’t stop him from fighting even though he’s trying)/getting ready to fight them
Xemnas sees this and is like “right we’ve been here long enough forget his memories we’ll go and deal with it back at base”
            ‘cept Xigbar probably says that because Xemnas wouldn’t you crazy?
Ch13 is the battle where Xemnas leaves with Roxas in tow

SERIOUSLY GO THROUGH THE EXTRA CHAPTER! There’s extra/scrapped stuff to post to ASAS, and then there’s stuff that’d be better posted with the outlines so DON’T FORGET ABOUT IT OHMYGOSH

Now chapter 10~~ wheee

So we’re going to be in Namine’s POV. Because it’s been a while.
            Maybe start the chapter with her talking to Joseph
                        Namine: How long do you think it’s been?
Joseph: It’s certainly been a while. At least an hour? I think. I’m pretty sure it’s been around an hour
Namine: I’m going to go check on Riku
Joseph: you’re not done with—
Namine: I know. I just want to make sure he’s okay (he would’ve come back by now and I’d have to kick him out again, but it’s still not like him not to tell me when the raid’s over. So I’m worried)
            Then so she goes to see Riku
            And she hugs him of course
            And asks what’s going on
            And we should compile all this stuff. We’ll do that now. A new doc for Namine
Oh but wait! We need to swap to Riku’s POV so we can have him suggest rescuing Roxas and gambling and then Namine shows up
            Do we want that to be from her POV? Can we pull that off?
            Anyway pretty sure that’s what we’d decided on because ch10 needs a Luxord reference
But Namine shows up and hugs Riku
And then she asks what’s going on and they tell her about Roxas and Xemnas still being there
And we get into that hypothetical discussion about the second Namine because it should happen
Then there’s this bit I copied from earlier:
            That, or he’s like “let’s rescue Roxas” “nope too risky a gamble” then Namine shows up preventing further discussion
            And maybe she’s there when Riku brings it up again
            And she’s fond of the idea too
                        Like I can just hear her “why can’t we?”
“we’d have to keep him away from Xemnas” “You honestly think Xemnas would let us have him?” “You honestly think Axel would let us have him?”
And also with Namine there’s that whole side discussion of possible ways that the Org could kill Riku
            And I bet Riku’s like “why are we discussing this don’t we have better things to do”
And Alpha’s just “I think we’ve established we can’t do anything until Roxas is rebuilt. From the looks of things, based on where 26 is right now, it’ll be another hour or so. If not longer.”
“That’s quite a gamble. Not even Luxord would risk it” – is the quote I have written down for the Luxord reference though by now I think it’s become more like “too risky a gamble even Luxord wouldn’t try it no we aren’t doing it”
which is kind of the same I just wanted to have them both here
but basically Namine shows up, and then we get into “are they rebuilding me?” which is either followed by the hypothetical discussion about Namine2 or is followed by “nope it’s Roxas”
maybe “nope it’s Roxas” goes first to keep her up to speed and then they somehow go back to the hypothetical discussion
like Riku just drags them back to it (then complains about discussing it lol) because he’s just stuck on it
or Alpha prompts further discussion because he’s curious and bored
or Vexen prompts further discussion because why not? Lol

okay so concerning rescuing Roxas
Riku brings it up beginning of ch10, his idea’s ridiculous, but Amaryllis builds off the idea and suggests convincing Axel to swap sides (for reasons such as you’re handing Xemnas a puppet really Axel?)
“There are a million things that could go wrong with that; it’s too risky a gamble. Not even Luxord would attempt it. We’re better off doing nothing”
Then Namine shows up
They don’t talk anymore about it
Then she leaves
And then someone’s like “so, what were we doing, again?”
            Alpha: We’re doing nothing
Riku: But what about my rescuing Roxas idea? (You said we weren’t doing anything until they’re rebuilding Roxas
Alpha: No, I said we couldn’t do anything
Riku: That still implies you were intending on doing something!)
Alpha: What makes you think that idea would work? Do you honestly think Xemnas would let us have him? Do you honestly think Axel would let us have him?
Amaryllis: But if we convince Axel-
Alpha: To what? Why would he swap to our side?
Riku: Because the organization’s going to do terrible things to Roxas. Xemnas is going to turn him into his own puppet.
Alpha: How do you know that?
Riku: Well, why wouldn’t he?
Alpha: He only wants a Keyblade wielder and Kingdom Hearts
Riku: And if he can control Roxas’s every whim, then Roxas won’t try and run away. Plus, he can be sent to do other things. Like kill me, as you’ve already suggested.
Alpha: He doesn’t need to be Xemnas’s puppet to do those things
Amaryllis: You may be exaggerating things, Riku
Riku: You think I am? Don’t you know what I’ve been through?
Vexen: (sternly) Riku, Marluxia did not put you through that.
Riku: He was intending to turn Sora into his puppet
Alpha: Doesn’t mean Xemnas is going to try it with Roxas
Vexen: Mm… I wouldn’t be surprised if he considered it. Xehanort isn’t keen on not having control of everything. And I doubt he’ll want to have to go through this process again, so if he can keep his grip tight on Roxas—
Alpha: You mean Xemnas, right? Not Xehanort.
Vexen: It makes no difference. I don’t see why anyone would want to go through the trouble of having to rebuild Roxas twice. If Xemnas can keep his grip on Roxas, through any means, he will do it. I’m almost certain.
Riku: See? This is why we need to get Roxas away from him.
Alpha: It’s still too risky.

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~then for chapter 12?
            Original conversation:
            Namine: Imagine there being two of me, though…
            Amaryllis: Imagine the two of them fighting. Heh
            Riku: What would they be fighting over?
            Namine: You.
            Riku: !?
            Namine: *giggles* I mean, she’d be trying to kill you, and I’d be trying to protect you
            Alpha: you know it’s likely she’d just kill you to get to Riku
Namine: Which is why Riku’d be protecting me… and that would make it easier for her to kill him…
Riku: Sheesh, it’d be Larxene all over again.
~except Namine’s not there in ch12 but if we give her lines to someone else? Like, either Alpha or Amaryllis is still thinking about this, lol, so they bring it up…
            I can imagine Alpha being like “you” as in “they’re fighting over you”
            Yeah if we just start with Amaryllis’s “imagine them fighting”
                        And maybe Riku’s like just out loud “two Namines… yikes”
                        Then “imagine them fighting” “over what?” “you”
Then Amaryllis points out that Namine’d be fighting to protect Riku and Alpha mentions that puts Riku in a better place to be killed, to which he says “it’s like Larxene all over again” yes I like this idea

So starting chapter 11 something like this
someone’s like “so, what were we doing, again?”
Alpha: We’re doing nothing
Riku: But what about my rescuing Roxas idea? (You said we weren’t doing anything until they’re rebuilding Roxas
Alpha: No, I said we couldn’t do anything
Riku: That still implies you were intending on doing something!)
Alpha: What makes you think that idea would work? Do you honestly think Xemnas would let us have him? Do you honestly think Axel would let us have him?
Amaryllis: But if we convince Axel-
Alpha: To what? Why would he swap to our side?
Riku: Because the organization’s going to do terrible things to Roxas. Xemnas is going to turn him into his own puppet.
Alpha: How do you know that?
Riku: Well, why wouldn’t he?
Alpha: He only wants a Keyblade wielder and Kingdom Hearts
Riku: And if he can control Roxas’s every whim, then Roxas won’t try and run away. Plus, he can be sent to do other things. Like kill me, as you’ve already suggested.
Alpha: He doesn’t need to be Xemnas’s puppet to do those things
Amaryllis: You may be exaggerating things, Riku
Riku: You think I am? Don’t you know what I’ve been through?
Vexen: (sternly) Riku, Marluxia did not put you through that.
Riku: He was intending to turn Sora into his puppet
Alpha: Doesn’t mean Xemnas is going to try it with Roxas
Vexen: Mm… I wouldn’t be surprised if he considered it. Xehanort isn’t keen on not having control of everything. And I doubt he’ll want to have to go through this process again, so if he can keep his grip tight on Roxas—
Alpha: You mean Xemnas, right? Not Xehanort.
Vexen: It makes no difference. I don’t see why anyone would want to go through the trouble of having to rebuild Roxas twice. If Xemnas can keep his grip on Roxas, through any means, he will do it. I’m almost certain.
Riku: See? This is why we need to get Roxas away from him.
Alpha: It’s still too risky.
Maybe ch11 has something from 26’s POV as he’s putting the finishing touches on Roxas
We could include the “Axel leave me alone I’ll come get you if anything goes wrong” here? Or is it a bit late for that? Hrmhmm
I suppose it could be “Axel, I already told you, a million times, I’ll come get you if something’s wrong”
But wait Axel can’t know about Roxas’s missing memories right yet
But still that’s not a bad idea having part of ch11 from 26’s POV with the finishing stuff being done on Roxas
Anyway but the scene with 26 will be him finishing up with Roxas, and then Xemnas is like “you nearly finished” “Just need to finish is memories and we’re set to go” and then we go from there yuupp

Ch12 I think is umm
It’s Alpha deciding “you know getting the external would be nice. We can go get the external. We can fight them for that”
And then we need to probably fetch Snapdragon and 7 and other people because they need to be able to put up a large enough fight to keep people distracted so they can get the external
Alpha goes after 26 and someone goes after Axel because they don’t know who has the external
            Xigbar has it? lol
Idkzz on their plan of action I should figure that out aha because they can’t just be fighting them for no reason they need to be fighting for a reason
            It’s a good thing they have two hours to figure this out
So I think we’ve settled on that they’re going after the external?? Because Alpha thinks that it is at least going after that and trying to restore the full program? Oorrrrr idkz crap

Maybe they don’t tell Alpha Riku’s just like “heck with this I’m going to go rescue Roxas. Somehow.”
            Amaryllis goes with him to keep him from getting hurt again
            Snapdragon is looking for a fight so of course he comes
            Vexen goes because he’s worried about Riku??
7 goes to keep Snapdragon from getting even more hurt because oh my gosh can’t he stay away from a fight

Anyway I had an idea for when Riku heads off to fight Xemnas Vexen is like “be careful” to Riku to which Riku responds “quit the act” and there’s that whole thing but I don’t think we have time we should be focusing on them deciding to go after Xemnas

Also we sure that Riku’d want to go after Xemnas he’s all selfdoubty I’m sure he’s a bit better now but sldkfj idkz ugh I hit a bump it’s a stupid bump I just don’t know okay asdlfkj
I should open up a new doc and pound this out


And~~rewriting ch10

Okay so we should probably address Alpha’s wanting to stay out of this because Xemnas early on. Before Riku suggests kidnapping—I mean rescuing—Roxas. Yup.

Magik: i think the problem that i'm seeing with Alpha is that he was so against Saix that he disabled his own brothers
Magik: and then now he's acting like he just wants everyone to leave him alone
Magik: and we don't really know WHY
rarmaster: i'm not sure if it's Saix he wants to leave alone, but Xemnas
rarmaster: I can address that
Magik: perhaps that idea needs... yeah
rarmaster: Riku can be like "I thought you hate Saix"
Magik: he was fine with rebelling because he was pissed at Saix
rarmaster: and he's like "yup. I'm just not going to risk my chances with Xemnas"
rarmaster: or something
rarmaster: it worked better in my head
magik: but the minute Xemnas starts getting involved, Alpha gets a little more apprehensive

Magik: maybe include alpha being a bit hard on himself that he let Axel get the program
rarmaster: that too
Magik: like "we went through all of that effort to put it on an external, and axel waltzes right in here and takes it"
Magik: which can help address his behavior
rarmaster: it can?
Magik: yes
rarmaster: (i didn't follow that train of thought)
Magik: theoretically
Magik: "they've got the program now, so why bother rebelling?"
rarmaster: ahhh that
Magik: then Riku (or Vexen, or anyone else really) can argue with him
rarmaster: ooh
rarmaster: then someone
rarmaster: can be like
Magik: redefine what the rebellion is really about do I want to do this?
rarmaster: "well, why don't we let them have Roxas, but try and get the Program back?"
rarmaster: which gives me my reason for them to end up fighting
rarmaster: yes
Magik: "fine, if they have roxas, they'll probably stop attacking us, but we can't just let them keep the program, we'll all die if that happens"

Magik: riku could argue "well, if they have roxas, what if it still causes problems?"
Magik: then someone can argue that not letting them have roxas is murder to roxas and that axel's going to be almost as much as a pain as xemnas if you piss him off
Magik: (vexen may end up saying that)
Magik: so, rather than it be a discussion, it's a flat-otu argument/battle plan

So all this happens. All this that magik suggested. Yup. Yup yup.
Then I suppose we go with Riku’s “well them having Roxas might still cause problems. For Roxas. We should rescue him.”
            And we go from there
            And then I guess Vexen is like “Axel is going to be pissed. Worse than Xemnas”
            So Amaryllis is like “we convince Axel it’s a good idea, then”
Then Namine shows up.
This doesn’t seem like a lot of fixing we need to do.
We do need to probably touch on Riku’s selfdoubt some. He’s probably stopped wallowing in it by now, but Namine might/should/will notice it
In this case we can swap to the slightly-more-important telepathy, and also cover the paint thing yay
Do we want to start in Riku’s POV and swap to Namine’s? I think the telepathy/paint thing would work better from Namine’s POV

Okay
So
Transitioning
It needs to happen. Let’s see… what else do we need to cover?
            Reasons why the Org probs won’t try and kidnap Namine anymore
            And then… the telepathy Riku selfdoubty thing
            That’s sort of it
Do we want to have Riku suggest the whole “sending Namine to HB until this blows over” thing?
Then someone (Alpha?) is like “They aren’t going to kidnap her. Or, they shouldn’t. The whole purpose of kidnapping her was to rewrite her to get rid of you so that, with you out of the way, they could easily snag the Program. They have the Program. Why bother anymore?”
And then, idk they talk some about what they’re doing??
And Riku has selfdoubty thoughts and we do the telepathy thing followed by the thing with the paint followed by Namine leaving

Ch11 plotting again yay
So we’re starting with 26’s POV, finishing up on Roxas to Xemnas asking about how close he is to being done to 26 saying that “hey I just need to finish his memories” and from there we go wheeeeeeezzi’mamagicfairyorsomethingxD
            And it’s all very simple isn’t it? yes
Then after 26 we’ll cut to everyone else and Amaryllis will be like “quick recap because Q distracted me and I need to make sure I know what we’re doing!” (‘cept he doesn’t mention Q lol he’s not stupid)
And then after recapping that they’re going after the Program because Alpha thinks that’s a good idea
Riku brings up “what happened to my rescuing Roxas idea?”
And then this conversation again (third time it’s been pasted in this document yay)
            someone’s like “so, what were we doing, again?”
Alpha: We’re doing nothing
Riku: But what about my rescuing Roxas idea? (You said we weren’t doing anything until they’re rebuilding Roxas
Alpha: No, I said we couldn’t do anything
Riku: That still implies you were intending on doing something!)
Alpha: What makes you think that idea would work? Do you honestly think Xemnas would let us have him? Do you honestly think Axel would let us have him?
Amaryllis: But if we convince Axel-
Alpha: To what? Why would he swap to our side?
Riku: Because the organization’s going to do terrible things to Roxas. Xemnas is going to turn him into his own puppet.
Alpha: How do you know that?
Riku: Well, why wouldn’t he?
Alpha: He only wants a Keyblade wielder and Kingdom Hearts
Riku: And if he can control Roxas’s every whim, then Roxas won’t try and run away. Plus, he can be sent to do other things. Like kill me, as you’ve already suggested.
Alpha: He doesn’t need to be Xemnas’s puppet to do those things
Amaryllis: You may be exaggerating things, Riku
Riku: You think I am? Don’t you know what I’ve been through?
Vexen: (sternly) Riku, Marluxia did not put you through that.
Riku: He was intending to turn Sora into his puppet
Alpha: Doesn’t mean Xemnas is going to try it with Roxas
Vexen: Mm… I wouldn’t be surprised if he considered it. Xehanort isn’t keen on not having control of everything. And I doubt he’ll want to have to go through this process again, so if he can keep his grip tight on Roxas—
Alpha: You mean Xemnas, right? Not Xehanort.
Vexen: It makes no difference. I don’t see why anyone would want to go through the trouble of having to rebuild Roxas twice. If Xemnas can keep his grip on Roxas, through any means, he will do it. I’m almost certain.
Riku: See? This is why we need to get Roxas away from him.
Alpha: It’s still too risky.
Except it’ll be more like Alpha going “I already told you that’s a sucky idea do you think Xemnas and Axel are gonna let us get away with that no they’re not you’re crazy!”
And then Riku being like “It’s a perfectly good idea I’m looking out for Roxas the Org’s gonna treat him like crap”
And then Vexen’s like “Roxas is not you and he won’t be put through the things Marluxia put you through come on Riku get that straight
Lol I love brainstorming XD
Okay so Amaryllis quick recap needs to cover this
            What exactly they are doing
                        Going after the program/external and such
            Gathering reinforcements? Or at least discussing it
            Riku being like “my idea was good why aren’t we rescuing Roxas”
                        And then they argue with him about that for a while??
Maybe the chapter will be like
            Alpha: Looks like 26 is nearly done with Roxas
Amaryllis: Alright, to make sure I’m on the same page as the rest of you, what exactly are we doing?
~cue quick recap ish
~this isn’t perfectly next but it should go somewhere
Riku: Why didn’t we just go after the external sooner, again?
Alpha: Because they need the external to finish Roxas. If we took it sooner, it would essentially kill him.
Riku: right. And how do we plan to get it now?
Alpha: Find it—someone, likely Axel or 26, will have it on their person—and take it. It’s not that complicated in theory. It’s just a matter of executing it.
~and then as soon as the recap’s done
Riku: Why aren’t we rescuing Roxas, again?
~and we go from there
~and then we end the chapter somehow and ch12 is them gathering reinforcements/setting up/forget the memories for now we need to go
            Oh and it’s also Vexen giving Riku a pep talk don’t forget it’s very important
For timing purpose and stuff, maybe the scene with 26 should be at the end. Because it’s not like he can get far with Roxas’s memories, so if that happens in the end, and then he notices the Rebellion setting up at the beginning of the next chapter, he can be like “crap we should probably get going!!”
Does Axel be like “Uhm… any chance we can leave? I mean, I can try and hold all ten of them off, but the chances aren’t good that I’ll last terribly long. There’s ten of them.”
            So then 26 hurriedly gets Roxas up and moving, and Xemnas contacts Xigbar
Does Xigbar go help Axel out? Or does he just pop out of nowhere in the middle of the battle and start kicking butt?
Also it’s 10ish against 4 5 which consist of Axel, Xigbar, and Xemnas who are threats and then 26. Oh and Roxas. I forgot him.
The rebellion has:
            Riku
            Alpha
            Vexen (he should be helping)
            Amaryllis
            I think they fetch Snapdragon
            7 comes too
            The Lexaeus Replica should be there
And then there’s only four three more people they need. I think there’s another Marluxia? There’s Lotus. And they can fetch a few Vexens. Oh and their Lexaeus. Lemme add him to the list.
And the battle is Riku fights Roxas, Axel keeps everyone away from Roxas, Xigbar is a pain, and they fight their way far enough away from the computer room because its still corridor proofed and apparently they can’t undo that
            Maybe Alpha jammed it with a password lock or something
You can corridor proof an area and then put a password lock on the corridor proof. It makes perfect sense
            Xemnas: Can we go?
26: Alpha’s corridor proofed the area. And I can’t un corridor proof it because it’s been password locked. We’ll have to fight our way out of here.
Okay so it starts with Amaryllis paging Alpha saying that they’re all set up and ready to go and that he and Riku and Vexen should head over
So they head over
And then either before they head over (idk how that’d work them being 11 floors away and most likely using dark corridors) or right before they go to position themselves right outside the computer room (this makes more sense)
            Riku pauses, let’s them go…
Then he sits down, grinding his knuckles into his forehead, telling himself to snap out of his selfdoubt because it’s getting pretty ridiculous
Then Vexen comes over and gives him a pep talk
And Riku, though feeling a bit better, as Vexen has a point, doesn’t want to tell Vexen that and storms off with the “what’s this act you’re pulling!?” thingy
            And we can’t drag Joseph over to respond, so maybe Alpha lingers?
Or 7? For some reason I feel like 7 would. Maybe he and Snapdragon are off to the side, and 7 is firmly telling Snapdragon to not try anything dangerous
            And he overhears Vexen and Riku
            And he sees Riku storm off
            So he goes over to Vexen and talks to him
            Because he kind of understands
And then, anyway, Axel will be out there and he’s like “oh crap there’s ten of them” and y’know he ducks into the computer room real quick and we have the:
 “Uhm… any chance we can leave? I mean, I can try and hold all ten of them off, but the chances aren’t good that I’ll last terribly long. There’s ten of them.”
Xemnas tells Axel to hold them off for a few minutes, at least, and then turns to 26 and he’s like “are you freaking done yet?” and y’know 26 is like “haven’t even started on his memories…” so Xemnas just says—hang on this is in two separate spots I should condense
            Xemnas: Will he function?
            26: Yes…
            Xemnas: Can he fight?
            26: He’ll hold his own, sir, but I wouldn’t suggest relying on him
Xemnas: Of course. We will go. We can finish with his memories when we return to the Castle, can we not?
26: Yes
Xemnas: (he doesn’t answer and just jumps straight to contacting Xigbar??)
Meanwhile Axel is holding the Rebellion off on his own. They probs haven’t really attacked yet, though, so it’s not too much of an issue. (does Alpha demand the external again? But he’ll know that Axel doesn’t have it,)
            Then Xigbar shows up and starts being a pain.
And we should be on ch13 by now…
            Or before Xigbar shows up??
So they’re battling
Then 26 and Xemnas and Roxas come out
And Riku and Roxas clash briefly before Axel tells Roxas that it’s not a good idea and continues escorting him across the room
Since Axel obviously won’t have the external, since it would still be with 26 in the computer room until they leave, Alpha and maybe someone else focus on fighting 26
Except Xigbar has the external, I think I’ve determined. Though idk how he got a hold of it…
            Maybe Xemnas has it. I feel like one of them does.
Alpha: *sighs* I know where he is. I’ll just form a dark corridor for us.
-so he does that and they go through and they come out and Amaryllis is going over the battle plan with everyone, while 7 and Snapdragon continue arguing, and… yeah (Thistle’s probably here, too)-
People that are here:
            Riku
            Alpha
            Amaryllis
            Vexen
            Snapdragon
            7
            The Lexaeus Replica
            Lotus
            Thistle
I think that’s nine people so yeah it works poor Axel
~then once everyone’s clear on the battle plan they make their way to the computer room (they’re walking because they can’t corridor yeah)
And Riku falls back
And Vexen’s pep talk happens
We’ve got this

Really just so I have this somewhere besides bumping around in my head:
There’s a blanket of corridor-proofed ness around the Computer room. No matter which way you go from it, the rooms will be corridor-proofed until you’re about three/four rooms away
There is only one door into the computer room. The Rebellion’s right outside it
The Xemnas and Axel can’t avoid them
(Though I wouldn’t be surprised if Xemnas could, and we all know that Xigbar can because he doesn’t even use dark corridors half the time he just warps around because he can. Seriously is there a limit to that? Is there a freaking limit to how far Xigbar can warp himself?!)

Okay so we start the next chapter with Axel talking to the Rebellion like
Axel: Listen, why do you even have to stop us? It’s a bit pointless to be trying now, anyway. But all we’re doing is rebuilding Roxas? Is there any crime in that?
(does 7 have his spiel here?? Maaybee? About rebuilding Replicas not being good and all and just because you miss someone doesn’t mean you have the right to bring them back from the dead? Do we have time??)
Alpha: We’re not here for Roxas. We’re here for the Program.
Axel: Good luck getting that
Then idk how they’re even planning this. They hold everyone off while someone tackles 26?
            Then they’re like “fudge he doesn’t have the external!”
                        Because Xigbar has it. I think. Lol
            And then… idk
Riku and Roxas fight briefly, then Axel calls Roxas away and maybe by that point they’ve sort of left the room and just leave.
            I mean Alpha or whoever was probably counting on 26 having the external
            Except he doesn’t
            Xigbar probs does
            So
            Since 26 has it
            They don’t know what to do
I mean come on how the heck are they gonna get it if Xigbar has it? Or Xemnas has it? And Axel sure as heck does not have it because it’s impossible so they don’t even try
            Lol maybe Roxas has it aha idk
            So since they don’t’ know what to do
            And tackling 26 didn’t work
            They’re kind of stuck
            And Xemnas and Axel and Roxas get away
                        And there’s really nothing they can do about it
Anyway I suppose they start the chapter off, after Axel’s like “you’re crazy for trying this” he stalls them until 26 and Xemnas and Roxas come out
            And then fighting begins
            And then Xigbar poofs in and starts shooting at Riku and Riku’s just like I am so sick of blocking bullets I don’t even care if I’d probably fail at everything else I need to do something besides block bullets
So maybe Roxas is nearby. And Roxas attacks Riku??
            Yes Roxas attacks Riku. And they clash and that little scene
            And then Axel’s like “bad idea Roxas don’t want you to get killed come on”
And by then
They’ve tackled 26 and he doesn’t have the external
And by now Axel and Roxas have pretty much already left the room
And Xemnas isn’t far behind
26 leaves now—he doesn’t have to leave immediately because he obvs doesn’t have the external so
And then Xiggy sticks around and causes trouble/covers for them because he’s Xiggy and that’s what he does
            But then he leaves. Doesn’t even go through the door. Just warps away.
And then someone’s like “That failed. Horribly”
And Alpha I guess is like “It was a longshot anyway. Oh well. Nothing we can do now. We’re doomed.”
AND THEN YOU SHOULD DO YOU KNOW A BATTLE BRAINSTORM TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYONE’S DOING. EVERYONE.
            ‘cept maybe Xemnas idk if I can be in his head.
            I need:
                        Riku’s
                        Vexen’s
                        7
                        Alpha
                        Amaryllis
                        Snapdragon probs
                        Axel definitely
                        Should have 26 too
                        Maybe Xigbar but I don’t think we’ll need it
                        And Roxas. We should do one for poor Roxas.

~and then here’s some quick brainstorming for ch14 it’s not much (and it shouldn’t need to be)
~and he goes and hides in his corner
And Namine comes and finds him a while later
            “Hey. I was wondering where you were.”
            “How’d you find me?”
            “Well… no one said that they’d seen you since you ran off. So I figured you came here.”
            “mm.”
            “You and Vexen get in a fight?”
            (he clearly doesn’t want to talk about it so she changes the subject)
            “How’d things go, huh?”
~he tells her how things went, and he brings up Roxas and his uneasiness, and how he actually sort of wanted to rescue Roxas because reasons you already know and I don’t need to type here
            Also if we can mention Xion I will be so happy
~and then after seeing that Riku’s still kind of bummed Namine’s like “I have a surprise for you!!” and drags him off
            “You need some cheering up. C’mon. I have something I want to show you.”

THEN IDK WHAT TO DO NOW
LIKE
I DON’T NEED FIFTEEN CHAPTERS
I JUST
Idk do we want to do a quick snippet regarding the fail-safe that 26 installs because it’s sort of important and then the second half of the chapter is Sora and he’s talking to Terra yes??

ALSO

Do we want to touch more on the fact that the Organization has the Program? Have Alpha discuss it with someone? (Not Vexen he’s off crying in his room ahashhh)

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