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Zack Fair


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Date: Mar 5, 2009
The Zack Fair Adventures
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The black haired man grumbled as he walked down the ramp of his very beaten up mode of transportation which he had landed, somewhat ungracefully which more or less meant crashed in this case, in the forest that was  outside the castle- well what Zack had decided was at least at one point a castle, it looked awfully abandoned.

His lack of driving skills he had decided long before, after many times of crashing the 'ruddy piece of junk' of a goopy ship, was not his fault at all because if ShinRa had wanted its SOLDIERs to be pilots they would have gotten them to fly themselves places rather than getting the Turks to do it for them.  He could drive a truck fine, ride a motorbike like he was born to do so but anything that flew? Was going to end up as scrap metal in his hands.

Never the less, the stupid guppy ship was the only way he had found to travel worlds, a task which he had optimistically undertaken to find his friends after he had finally made it back to the world of Gaia, which had been mostly ruined and from which most of his friends had vanished. They weren’t heartless, the man had decided, they were all too strong to fall like that. So in hindsight the idea of searching the worlds for them might seem foolish, but it was something he refused to give up on.

Looking around Zack mused about a plan of attack, and closing the door of the gummi with a bit of a slam found himself wandering up a fairly worn looking path to the nearest wall of the city hoping to find a door into it of some sort.

Spotting one, he grinned, "Now we're in business. Now let's see where you've got yourself this time Fair."

The gate, Zack has to realize was a little hard to finally work open, and he knew there was no way that if he knocked anyone would hear him at all. So with a bit of extra strength that no unenhanced man showed had he managed to work it open and found himself in what was once the castle’s back courtyard even if now it looked a little worse for wear, the plants were overgrown and the walls covered in ivy. "Looks like the people who live hear have been on a veeery long vacation." Or maybe the more truthful answer was, that the gardener was now a rake with no hands and could not exactly do all that much to care for the garden at all. Though it had to be admitted there certainly were no leaves unattended to in the grounds, which was impressive as most trees were currently shedding them in various shades of red and gold.

Searching in the ivy he found a hidden but blissfully open door and with a wicked smile of success he had infiltrated the castle. Easy as pie. But then again he had not been a SOLDIER for nothing, but then again espionage had been more of a Turk thing.

Finding his way into a hall he yelled, "Anyone home?!" Subtle Zack, very subtle.



-- Edited by Zack Fair at 11:55, 2009-03-05

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Jamil


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Jamil hads yet to meet or hear, heck even see sight of any of the servants of the castle. Yet. That was an incredibly good thing in this little thief's favour as if they had found him in the mindst of his escapades of the stealing varity he was certain to be in heaps of trouble. But here he was in one of the many rooms, (thankfully not the Beasts and no where near that rose!) jacking things as he went. Or in achuality he was picking up random objects and guessing the value of them before putting them back and going onto the next.

He did not know that anyone else was in the castle or that their were servants or the owner their, that is. If they were. He was just finding anything of use and stuffing a bag he had found with it so he could sell it later. Money was a problem for him right now after being taken from his world. Damn you Death!
"The bugger kidnapped me!"
Or at least...that was Jamil's theory.
He went about his business yet to notice anyone else in the castle or Zack's yelling. He pre-occupied.


Jamil continued grabbing trinkets he believed worth selling and stuffing them into a bag, now leaving the room he was in for another. Though he started to think perhaps he was being followed, no more rather watched. But from where? He was looking about at the shadows and anywhere one could hide but their was nothing. Why was he so creeped out all of sudden? He did not notice the slight eye opening of a very large dresser near the door.

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Roxas


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A groan echoed in the empty garden, as wide cerulean eyes opened. God damn that hurt. Roxas slammed his head against the stone wall he had propped himself up on and winced at the pain, shaking himself awake. He looked around, trying to figure out where the heck his portal had spat him out this time. Eyes fixated themselves on the rather large castle before him and he blinked.

"Don't tell me... I ended up at the Beast's Castle...." The Nobody whined at his 'oh-so-good' luck at ending up in the one place were vagabonds weren't invited in with welcoming arms. He sighed and got up, swaying slightly on the spot before making his way up to the castle. Well, if he was here already, he might as well do some exploring.

Roxas had only been here a few times before inside Sora's consciousness, looking out into the world from the little window inside his Somebody's mind. And that was no fun. Roxas preferred physical contact with his surroundings, not a peek of just a small part of the rather big space.

Finally at the door, Roxas debated on whether or not to knock, before shrugging and heaving the ridiculously large door open, flinching at the loud creak the hinges made in protest. Stepping on the threshold of the foyer he looked around. It was rather gloomy inside.

Then a voice floated down to him, and in a flash of stupidity, Roxas decided to holler back.
"Nope. It's just me, the Ghost of Christmas Past."
That was really idiotic Rox... He berated himelf.


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Zack Fair


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Zack had no idea where he was and probably a lot less caution as he strode down the hall, trying to not be disturbed too much by the fact he kept thinking someone was following him only to see... nothing. And there was the fact that that particular candlebra he was sure he’d seen more than once or even twice. "Pull yourself together, Fair," he grumbled opening the doors to fins himself in the main hall, the door emerging to the left of the staircase and leaving him examining the room with his back to the nobody. Not that the ex-SOLDIER knew what a nobody was, he did not have that same education that anyone connected with Sora had.

"Well someone had a nice place," he whistled looking around.

Zack heard the creak of the door from a distance away, which considering the particular size of most of the doors that lead inside was not really all that strange. But it also meant this place was not so completely abandoned, though not why he still felt like he was being watched. Did the walls have eyes or something like some B-grade horror flick he had dragged Cloud to watch when they were teenagers?

The black haired man however did chuckle at the replying yell, someone obviously just as amused by this place as he was. Grinning he said, "Does that mean I can be the ghost of the future or what not? I don't remember the name, its been a while since I saw any version of that movie!" And the last he had seen was the muppet version too when he'd been stuck in Twilight Town. He'd decided that place would make a good place to retire once this was all over. Less of the annoying black shadows.

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Jamil


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He still had not noticed the armoire until he was trying to leave the room. It was when it literally jumped to life and stood before the door that he noticed and noticed fast. A high pitched scream from the thief as he backed away dropping the bag. Animated furniture?! Angry animated furniture! The dresser with eyes open and pursing feminine lips looked like it wanted to kill him, oh man why did he have to come to this world! The dresser was getting closer and another scream left the thief as he backed away toward the window.
"Elore Save me!"
Yelling out the name of the 'supreme' diety of his world in his panic.

It was advancing and he knew he had two options and neither looked good. Dancing on his feet, from foot to foot he dodged the large Armoire's arms when she (could an piece of furniture have gender?) yelled out, "Give those back thief! Their Belles!"
Managing to dodge nimbly away he ran and jumped onto the bed bouncing twice laughing at the Armoire which was trying to grab him before jumping off and sprinting low to the floor as he always was when he ran to the door and swinging it open ran down the hall.
"Ha!"
The Armoire was still running after him but no one could beat his speed. At least. No one Jamil had previously met before. So he ran down the hall back straight head low on his tippy toes clutching the bag to his chest as he ran.


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Roxas


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Roxas grinned at the response he got, walking closer to the sound. The voice intrigued him, whoever it was didn't sound like they were going to hurt him, it had a friendly, amused edge to it. And even if they did mean harm, he had his Keyblades and those odd crystal things that he found in the Corridors of Darkness. Thinking about those things disheartened him slightly, he still didn't know how to work most of them. The only one he was certain of was the green coloured one that offered some sort of Heal.

Anyway, he had to reply to this mysterious voice.
"It's the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. Jeeze, what kind of childhood did you have?" Roxas laughed out loud, trying to hide the hurt that came with that statement. He didn't have a childhood, his Somebody did.
Damn you Sora.

He continued to walk, his nerves still at ease, until he vaguely began to be aware of a third presence watching him. Roxas could feel a set of eyes burning into him, but he was unsure as to where the spying furniture was. He recalled that majority of the furniture here were alive, or rather, enchanted. But Sora's memory of this place was a little vague at some points. The Nobody once again cursed his brunette counterpart.

Finally, he came to rest in the middle of the hall. Roxas then became aware of how vulnerable his position actually was, being out in open. He took a deep, shaky breath and spread his arms wide in a open position.
"Hey, come on and show yourself. It's awfully lonely not knowing where you are, Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come."
Or who you are. He noted mentally.


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Zack Fair


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What Roxas did not know however was the fact that the other had plenty of the ‘crystal things’ himself but had the advantage of actually knowing how to use them as it had been part of his SOLDIER training.

“Hey give me a break, it’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie in full, the last I saw was a snippet of the muppet version. It’s hardly something I would sit down to watch.” Okay maybe he might, but it was not the sort of thing he was supposed to be sitting down to watch at his age.

“That would be a lot easier if I actually knew where you were, this place is like a maze- too many doors!” And Zack was standing there debating to himself between three fairly identical looking doors trying to figure out from which the voice had come from. “And through door number one,” he opened it with a flourish to find... a closet.

“Okay, so not door number one.” It was his second pick which lead him more out to where from the other side of the large hall he could see a blond boy, spiked hair not too far off Cloud’s in style standing arms open wide.

His first impulse was to run over and give the boy a hug, but that may have not been the best way to go about this, so he stopped himself and walked over. “This your place? Its nice and all but a little, uh, empty.”

There was a yell in the background and the looked, well up. Because that was where the sound vaguely seemed to be coming from, though it was hard to tell in somewhere as echo ridden as this place. It needed more people in his humble opinion. More life.


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Jamil


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Still on his tippy toes he ran down the long winding hall and clutching the bag to his chest now with one arm he put worth the other to push the two doors, his hand finding the handle and pushing it. Not judging the carpet that would be mere metres beyond the door he had pushed himself through he went tumbling. It was not the best show of his grace and acrobatic pro-ess ever that was for certain.

So stumbling onto his face he looked back to the Armoire that was after him and right up at...moving statues?!
What the heck was wrong with this place!?!

Jumping to his feet he with great regret put his loot aside against the wall quickly and drew Espada Ropera not caring to draw his more powerful weapon The Sword of Earth against these guys. Parrying blows from axes and pikes he looked back to see the Armoire just about to move through the door her eyes on his loot.
Oh no way!

Back flipping kicked the door shut preveribly in the poor Armoire's face.
"Take that!"
Landing back on his feet he smiled to the two gargoyles and began to press back against their attacks the clang of metal against metal and his sword slicing clean through stone.

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I like his hair. Was the blond's first thoughts upon seeing his friend, the 'Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come'. Mind you, he didn't look so ghost-like. Spiky black hair and eyes that glowed like blue liquid fire, he seemed to be one of the more interesting people he had met in his grand world-hopping tour in hopes of finding Sora on one of them. He noted the clothing that seemed a little bit uniform, but otherwise thought nothing of it.

"Mine?" He smiled, dropping his arms. "No, this isn't my place. Far too gloomy and lifeless for my likings. No I'm just dropping by for fun. All the while avoiding the landlord I guess." Here, he shrugged. If the Beast was home, then Roxas was pretty damn sure that he would have known by now.

A panicked yell echoed around him and he looked towards the East Wing, the only logical place for the sound to come from, unless someone had a death wish. Hum. So there was more than just the two of them. He winced at the volume of the yelling. If the Beast was, indeed, home, then whoever had shouted just announced everyone else's presence too.

He looked back to his new companion and pointed towards the general direction of the stairs.
"Shall we check? I'm not too sure I'd like to have the death of some poor person on my mind..."

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Zack Fair


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And the teen, in Zack’s opinion did not look all that much like a ghost either, he was too solid, coloured and did not look like he would be able to walk through a wall with any ease. Though it might be interesting to watch him try. And the black haired man didn’t look especially ghost-like either in his opinion, though he might be more likely to be one than others considering he had died and he was still walking around. But then again he suspected he was not the only one. Either that or this was some sort of very unsatisfying heaven world… and he did not want to go into the implications of that.

His eyes were darker but they did actually resemble Cloud’s if you could gather a memory of the blond well enough for comparison, but then again he and Cloud were also the only ones who wielded such massive swords so it gave the indication that maybe there was a connection there.

“Uh, good because if it was, I would suggest a bit of renovation rescue, and maybe more houseguests cause this place is kind of,” he gestured round, “Empty?” Now he got a closer looked at the kid he could have been a much younger Cloud, with the spiky hair though in a different style, but he knew enough of his blond friend to know that it was not him. Since when did Cloud voluntarily wear anything but black anyway?

The panicked yell also got his attention, “Sounds like a good idea, kid. And I’m going to keep calling you kid until I get a name,” he grinned ruffling the other’s hair as he walked past heading for the stairs and ultimately- the East Wing.


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Jamil


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Finally managing to hack one of the stone gargoyles to 'death' he was now dodging the axe as it tried to cut him in half or pummel him to death. Which or both he didn't know, the axe was bigger then he was, though weren't most people bigger then he was? Grinning as he shuffled on his pointy toed boots around the poor Gargoyle heartless who was trying to hit him with no luck.

Finally tired of dancing around the thing continously he cut through it's shoulder with his rapier, jumping up required to do so. The axe dropped the ground and Jamil laughed as he then proceeded to hack this one to dust as well. Taking in a deep breath he looked from the pile of rubble to his rapier, "Damn! I'm going to need a blacksmith now!"

His poor Espada Ropera, the finest crafted Rapier on his world, and it was growing dull!
"Stupid gargoyles!"
Now he would have to use The Sword of Earth which would hurt him while he used it so he would not further damage his other sword. But where the heck was he going to get it repaired?! THis world was dead except for talking furniture and animate gargoyles!
Sheathing home the other blade he took up The Sword of Earth, oh well. He would have to make do until he could repair Espada Ropera. He was not letting his favorite weapon get anymore dull!

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Roxas scoffed at his new title, watching the black haired man walk past him. Unfortunately copping the hair ruffling, he huffed and spun on his heels to address the retreating back.
"I'm not a kid. My name is Roxas." He called, following him up the staircase taking two steps at a time in an attempt to catch up. Damn he moves fast.
In step he turned to his new companion and asked, "So do I have the honour of knowing your name?"

A crumbling sound reached his ears and he automatically turned towards a door that led to the staircase. Looks like someone had run astray with the gargoyles. But but the sounds of things, maybe the person didn't need their help after all. Still, it was best to check. Heartless were absolutely unpredictable at the best of times.

Deciding to make some small talk in the meantime, he gave a sunny smile to the man beside him.
"So, how did you end up in the castle of misery and woe? I'm sure that this place isn't marked on a holiday goer's map. The owner isn't too fond of visitors..." Trailing off as apprehension drifting into his mental paths... what would happen if the Beast heard them? Oh they'd be dead for sure...

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Zack Fair


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Zack would have been almost disappointed if the teenager had not scoffed at his new nickname- means he had that little bit of defiant spirit that made messing around with him that little bit more amusing. He was like the Cloud he had known and while the black haired man could never dream of replacing his ‘Cloudy’, it did not mean Roxas could not be exceptionally amusing to him.

“Zack Fair, SOLDIER First Class at your service,” the man stopped to give a short bow before continuing his bounding up the stairs, literally a few at a time with his still-longer-than-Roxas’ legs. " I'm looking for a blond with impossibly spiky hair and a big sword, a brunette with green eyes, or a silver haired man with an impossibly long sword, provided he isn't batsh*t crazy. You haven’t seen them have you?” He paused only for a moment before continuing, “And what would bring you to this neck of the woods?”

The older male too heard the crumbling but he had yet to meet any of the gargoyles so he really had no idea what the sound was but he was fairly sure that it might mean that either the fight had been finished or it had been taken to the next level, so he sped up coming down the hall to see the small cloud of dust left from the destruction of something stone.

“You alright there?”


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Jamil


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Jamil was kicking at the remains of the gargoyles with his pointy dark navy blue and gold boots.
"Stupid, Stupid Gargoyles!"
He kicked a piece hard enough it smashed into the wall and he flinched with a soft grinning, "Opps."
But he could hear voices now and foot falls and he grasped The Sword of Earth tighter in his hand even though he knew to fight with it would slowly cause him to take wounds and deplete his health. But ah well, he was not dulling Espada Ropera! It was his favorite weapon, and it also was the best rapier he had ever found!

He blinked at Zack in a defensive position his hand out before him ready to cast StarBeam if he needed to. But the words at least weren't hostile and they were people!
"Yes! No more animated furniture!"
His hand coming back from it's casting position he grabbed up the purple velvet bag of goodies he had stolen and slung it over his back. They were his spoils, no way was someone taking them after he had fight tooth and nail for them!
"Fine now. Do either of you have any idea what this place is?"

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Roxas


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Roxas followed Zack up the stairs nimbly. Hey, just because he was short doesn't mean he couldn't move fast. Frowning at the descriptions he was given, he sorted through Sora's thoughts, and came up with faces, but no names.
"They sound familiar. I think I have a friend who might know of them." Provided that he could find Sora, of course. He sighed.

"I'm looking for my friends, too." He smiled brightly. "Hey! Maybe if we find my friends, they can tell you where your friends are too." Skidding to a stop, Roxas blinked at the cloud of dust, and saw what looked like a elf.

Roxas smiled politely at the new person as he asked where he was, shorter than him for once, what joy, because it was rather rude to laugh at someone. Little did this person know that this whole castle is full of animated furniture. Roxas silently prayed that said furniture wasn't going to tip the big boss off.

"You, good Sir, are in the lovely Enchanted Castle of the Beast. And I hate to burst your happy bubble, but this castle has a fair few walking, talking furniture wandering around. It's a part of the Enchanted package." Roxas casted his eyes around the room, eyeing a familiar looking clock, before drifting to the sack.

"I hope nothing you have in there talks. That would be very bad."

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