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Axel had raised an eyebrow, given he had been spinning one of his chakrams on his finger before flicking it up into the air and eventually catching it and de-summoning it in a burst of flames, looking all too amused "figured that's what you'd want, i'm ready to go anyway, and i'm sure Leon, Cloud, and Zidane will keep Shiro at Olympus should he show up while we're gone, right?" he said, looking over to the two dueling swordsmen, while Gilgamesh had come out of the barracks not too long after, looking like his casual wear self, though it seemed to be different, a white poofy collared jacket, black shirt and black pants, with some black loafers and his hair still down in its usual non arrogant style "hmm.. well, if you three are going then i will accompany you, since it has been a while since i traveled the worlds ever since that pathetic mongrel of a death god had tied me down here to Olympus until recently. have you thought of an excuse for the one you say is scarier than the King of Swords?" Axel cringed a bit, and looked aside "pretty much gonna tell him the truth, that after having a.. very brutal fight with you, Auron offered training and that he took it, only he was not allowed to tell us exactly where he was going." Gilgamesh shrugged, cracking his neck a bit "a correct and good enough explanation."

Roveth did see them arrive, and while he seemed to raise an eyebrow towards the golden haired man with them he could see Roxas's urgency and concern in droves as he sighed, getting up from his spot on the roof, and proceeding to jump down off his usual perch, landing acrobatically in front of the group he would stand up to his full height and smile warmly and all, raising ah nad up in a wave "Yo, looks like you guys came earlier than you said you'd would... guess it can't be helped." he said, looking to Roxas with amusement and a bit of concern "if you're looking for Crystal, head in that direction, towards the Fountain Plaza.. i think she needs you more than anyone else." he said, pointing his thumb in the aforementioned direction, while while after that he would cross his arms and look at Axel and the others "looks like things have been interesting though if you managed to meet a new traveler." he commented, tilting his head a bit, though he held no malice or at least wasn't letting his earlier bubbling rage show at all. "one question i do have though... where is Shiro?"

Axel had mentally gulped, even though Roveth seemed to be playing the easy-going and helpful individual he usually is, he could easily tell something's not sitting right with him, which made that question he just asked a -hell- of a lot deadlier, but he did steel himself for the inevitable blowup and decided to speak up "Shiro did train at Olympus for a few days, and caught the eye of two people, one being a red clad swordsman by the name of Auron, and of course our current.. traveling companion here Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes." Roveth actually looked to Gilgamesh more closely, as if sizing him up, before snorting a bit "haaa, i guess it was a matter of time before Shiro would end up meeting Gil again.." gilgamesh of course spoke up, now a bit curious "how do you know of me? the fire hair here made it sound like you didn't know about me." Roveth actually looked a bit surprised, before actually starting to snort, and then chuckle a bit more fully "Axel didn't tell you? the reason why is because not too long ago Xehanort captured Shiro, and managed to extract and effectively split him from his inner darkness... and his Inner darkness manifested into a new being, a being of Shadows, me. so in essence Shiro and i are two sides of the same coin, he is my light, and i am his darkness." Gilgamesh nodded, accepting the explanation, though he did give Axel a dirty look which made him hold his hands up as if 'don't shoot the messenger!' was clearly written on his face "anyway! Gilgamesh and Shiro fought with Shiro winning in an epic display of power... after that, Auron stepped up and offered to take Shiro somewhere else to train, and Shiro took the offer, and left for an undisclosed location." Roveth chuckled a bit, that was so like Shiro, going all out if it was against Gilgamesh, but hearing the last part made the chuckles and amusement stop immediately, as Roveth actually straightened up his spine and looked deadly serious into Axel's green eyes "you mean to tell me that my light, went off on a training trip with a guy you or anyone else barely know, and didn't leave anything as to where he was going, or couldn't? and you did this knowing how bad Shiro's magnetism towards danger can be?" Axel of course nodded, not backing down at least this time as Roveth stared into those green eyes unblinkingly, before his eyes started to go inverted scelera and blood red irises shining with righteous fury, but he kept a calm tone of voice and virtually no signs of his malicious killing intent in sight, due to Xion being in the vicinity for now "... on the one hand, i commend you for telling me the truth and not giving me some bullshit excuse that he stayed behind while the rest of you came to Radiant Gardens, because even -he- would sense Crystal's current.. emotional state. on the other, i want to viciously eviscerate you, douse myself in your blood, and dance on your entrails Axel, you had ONE job, ONE! and that was to make sure Shiro stayed out of trouble! even if it was his choice to leave, you still should've had presence of mind to at least grill this Auron guy about where they were going to go! what in the blazing depths of Hades's underworld WERE YOU THINKING!!!!" of course, with that last bit of yelling, Roveth couldn't hold in his killing intent anymore, and unfortunately it blasted out like a geyser, revealing the multitudes of red eyes, gnashing teeth in fanged smiles, and Roveth's hair floating on end reveling his utterly demonic looking visage when pissed off. of course, Gilgamesh had actually took a step back in actual surprise more than fear, given the killing intent didn't affect him, as it seemed to be directed at Axel only, even Xion would be untouched by that intent, but it was no denying it that it was saturating the air "haaa... that is definitely some killing intent right there, Shadow of Swords." Roveth had only glanced to Gilgamesh to acknowledge his compliment, but was more focusing at the now currently inch-sized Axel that he had been verbally tearing into.

Roveth would continue glaring hard at the inch sized Axel for a few more moments, before sighing, and pinching the bridge of his nose while inside his head muttering so many unintelligble curses as to try and keep from going on a murder spree, however his killing intent was slowly receding back a bit "i'm not going to blame you, Xion, because you were there mainly to patch up Roxas and Shiro should they have went too far in their training, or did something stupid like Shiro did fighting Gilgamesh here, most likely having to go all out from round one, and overextending himself -again-." he said, while opening his eyes, showing they were slowly turning back golden ,but the blackness had not crept away just yet "and i cannot fault Roxas either as he was going specifically to train, and i know why he went to train, or at least have a very good idea why, so he was busy working himself to the bone with Phil, i cannot fault him for losing Shiro. the one who i DO fault for it, is standing right in front of me and if he doesn't stop staying shrunk so i can't throttle him i will just stomp on him instead." cue Axel quickly returning to normal size while holding his hands up, too late however and Roveth had aready grabbed Axel and started throttling him and shaking him violently for a good few minutes, before he let go and left Axel coughing on the ground while Roveth's hands twitched "be glad its not more Axel, because i'm -REALLY- not in the mood, especially with having to deal with the fact that sniping a*****e put Crystal in emotional Turmoil somehow, and everything just going to hell in a hand basket, and by god, if i don't get any straight answers from that omniscient wizard who i know dang good and well has an eye here..." his eyes started to bleed red again showing that his fury was -definitely- still on a short fuse and bubbling "there is going to be one less magic user in the world, so help me." oh yes... the keg has been.. held down for now, but one wrong move until either Shiro returns or Roveth has ample time to go find somewhere to vent his rage, there's going to be a bloodbath.

Roveth turned, looking to Crystal, given his fury was at an all time high despite having reigned it in even after throttling Axel a bit, he would sigh, and pinch the bridge of his nose once more, knowing crystal was right, he -would- need to be at the top of his mental game in the morning he wanted to help Crystal get those answers, while also being of use and not causing pointless bloodshed at least "fine, i'll let him off the hook for now." he said, turning and heading back inside the tavern, not seeing Axel's pale face, given he might've just gotten a clue who exactly Crystal meant.. but he hadn't seen him in ten years, so why him of all people? "right.. uh.. thanks?" he said, while at least trying to play off things in general while rubbing his throat "man... those hands of his are strong.." he muttered, shaking his head a bit. Gilgamesh meanwhile just followed Roveth inside, at least keen on getting some rest, even if the information he had gained was quite substantial about the King of Swords...

once Axel got his own room, and made sure no one could hear him, he would lay on the bed looking at the ceiling ".... couldn't be him... i haven't seen him in ten years..." he muttered to himself, before turning and at least going to sleep, vaguely remembering his memories of one such person who Roxas did remind him of now that crystal drew those Parallels...

Roveth of course would have walked in with a bit of a yawn shortly after as he heard the conversation "it's also how i can tell when someone is lying to my face, well that and observation skills at least." he said, waving it off while moving to sit down with the others as he chuckled a bit lightly "mmngh... i also use that kind of sense to sense out where other people are, like how i knew when Riku was in the area, but couldn't immediately sense Crystal's signature because it was out of my range." he elaborated, chuckling a bit lightly as he he looked about a bit lightly, seeing Gilgamesh somewhere in the area drinking coffee, Axel was sitting at the bar doing the same while thinking way too heavily, Roveth just hummed in thought while looking to Crystal with a hum "once you get the basics of it down, you could start possibly look within to find your own presence, for Gilgamesh, a Charisma about him, and you know about mine and Shiro's versions, the intensity we show when in a fight, between that and the maliciousness of my killing intent when extremely angry." he said lightly while rubbing his chin a bit "though Crystal might be better teaching you that bit, since i'm not that great a teacher, and well, we all know Shiro's not cut out for teaching, even if he was here." he did turn to give Axel a dirty look, causing him to stiffen up, but relaxed when Roveth looked back towards Crystal with his serious gaze despite still being groggy "either way, we have a long day ahead of us, especially if we're going to get the answers we want from Yen-Sid." he said calmly, while humming in thought as Gilgamesh spoke up from his coffee drinking at the moment, which was alright, definitely not better than his usual wines. "from my own experiences with magi and the likes, they are a dodgy sort, so prepare for just about anything, even this Yen-Sid person trying to flee the moment you come knocking for answers to uncomfortable questions." he said, while cracking his neck a bit with a small yawn "though i doubt he'll get away what with the Shadow of Swords here." he said, motioning to Roveth, who actually bowed a bit "thank you for the compliment oh great King of Heroes, my day has just been made." of course, this caused an eyetwitch out of Gilgamesh "mongrel..." he growled out, but returned back to his coffee, while Axel just stayed strangely silent, given he had way too many thoughts running around in his head.

Axel had gulped visibly, hearing Ven's name once more just made him glance to Roxas again, before looking away, shaking his head a bit as he frowned ~no, Roxas is Roxas, and my best friend!~ he thought to himself, all the while Roveth had been keeping a close eye on everyone's emotions, and seeing Axel's fluctuate made him glance over with a calm visage, it seemed that the fact that Yen Sid being straight-forward for once was at least nice, but waiting for Mickey was going to be a -long- wait. "something bothering you Axel?" Axel glanced to Roveth, who saw the concern despite the passive visage in his eyes "yeah... i just didn't expect to hear that name again after a decade of not seeing any sign of him... Ven." he said while Roveth actually raised an eyebrow, surprised "you met this Ventus guy?" Axel nodded, while sighing "yeah, like i said it was about a decade ago, maybe a bit longer, it was before he disappeared suddenly, and at that time i hadn't been got dragged into the experiments and the Organization until after that, but Ven, myself, and Isa played a while back in Radiant Gardens.. i actually acted a lot more arrogant back then and used frisbees instead of chakram's, called his wooden Keyblade cute and all, and challenged him to a fight.. needless to say that didn't end well for me at all." he said with Roveth looking amused as Axel sighed "a decade.. and his heart's been residing in Sora... but if that's the case, then where is his body?" he thoguht a bit, frowning lightly, while Roveth shrugged a bit "maybe this Keyblade Master that's in the Realm of Darkness knows?" Axel hummed in thought, while Roveth turned his attention away from Axel and resumed listening in on the main conversation in case anyone tried to speak to him or catch his attention.

Axel blinked when he heard that, ad went green in the face, while pale at the same time "that must've been what Xemnas was hunting for in Castle Oblivion, Isa too, before we released him from Xehanort's Clutches... oh man, no wonder!" he shivered a bit, and just kept quiet, but he did raise an eyebrow seeing Roveth leave to talk with Crystal a moment aside and all. he then focused on the conversation with Roxas and Xion as he nodded "yeah, that might've been because you were so close to Ventus that it was causing you physical pain..." he said, while rubbing his chin a bit softly to think about Castle Oblivion and how it worked.

Roveth meanwhile had listened to Crystal speak, and given that it was another secret coming loose as well, he did look concerned when Crystal mentioned the Counter Guardian ending the Keyblade War "i see... i had figured that you had left for a reason other than to train with Riku, nothing against him but he wouldn't make much of a sparring partner for you, plays too defensively for his own good." he said, waving it off "as for this Keyblade War, and this graveyard... i take it the vision you saw must've not been pretty if it had you that shaken up last night before Roxas and the others shown up at Radiant Garden." he said, having a pretty good idea as to why she might've been shook that badly, especially if she encountered the Counter Guardian in combat.. there's only one explanation in his mind "... a one sided slaughter. that's the only thing i can think of, and you're right, if Shiro did see the graveyard, keyblades aside, the would see their history, their memories... and see -that-... yes, it is, for now, a -very- good idea to keep him away from that place as long as possible." Roveth said, while frowning, glancing over his shoulder, apparently hearing the name Castle Oblivion again "also.. from what i know from talking with Ienzo and Aeleus about Castle Oblivion.. you might want to stay away, it might affect you badly, dunno how, given those two never elaborated on it, but i think it will probably be myself, and at least this Master Aqua going there, myself given what i know about the place, can beat the place's card system with my own." he shrugged a bit, while sighing "Yare yare daze.. now i'm really worried about these times ahead, especially since i don't know what's going on with Shiro..."

Roveth had been about to speak to Crystal more about the whole slaughter she had witnessed, especially how he knew that if there was another choice, Shiro would've taken it, when his ears caught the discussion about the Realm of darkness as he snapped his head over towards Riku and King mickey's direction, raising an eyebrow "really now, if you wanted to head into the Realm of darkness all you have to do is ask me to help yanno. i -AM- darkness incarnate in this very room." he said with a sarcastic deadpan in his voice at least speaking up more frankly "Chaos had.. other reasons as to why he picked Shiro as an agent, as much as i hate to reveal it now, but technically... where Gilgamesh is the -Beginning- of Heroes, Shiro is meant to be the -End-. the -Last- Hero. he is called the Counter Guardian by those who know of his inner.. self that Yen-Sid has mentioned, because Shiro, ultimately.. is a deterrent, a -last resort-. not because his Counter Guardian self is unstable or anything, he's -very- stable, and is usually of the same mind as Shiro, just usually more jaded due to the path he has to take." Roveth took a breath before continuing "Chaos chose him not only because of this and of course, the inherent darkness that i became, but because as an in-between, he would be able to access both light and dark realms with ease." Roveth brought a hand up, a black smoke rose to form a black-ish blue ball of darkness in his hand, eyes glowing a bit "it is because of that that Shiro was chosen, because Light cannot exist without Darkness, just as Darkness cannot exist without Light. yes he was split between both halves by Xehanort, but the thought Chaos had remained the same, return the balance to what it was, and maintain it, should something tip the scales... then eliminate the problem, whether light or darkness." he closed his hand a bit and dismissed the ball lightly before looking to Mickey and Riku "normally i would say to leave things to me, but given you two have.. personal connections to this Master Aqua, it might make it easier to convince her we're there to rescue her rather than just me alone." he said, with a small smile "and yes i won't drop you in on your heads when we go Riku, i may be a troll and know how to push the buttons on you, but i'm not going to be trolling when this is a serious place we're talking about going to." he said reassuringly while looking to Crystal once more "Crystal.. not everyone has to be cut out to take down actual people. remember, even Shiro and his Counter Guardian self both hate fighting real people if there's a chance they can avoid it, more often than not the case is he has no choice, as his opponents won't listen to reason, or things have progressed far enough to where he can't make them see reason. don't let the visions control how you act around him, he is still the same passionate emotionally skewed distorted man you know and care for as a friend."

Axel had been listening quietly, frowning in general when he heard of expeditions of going into the realm of darkness, Roveth's explanation of Shiro being the Last Hero, so on and so forth, to where he shook his head lightly, and more thought about the fact that apparently crystal had seen quite a bit of bloodshed within those visions of hers, he just sighed, and rubbed his hair, nto really sure how to help at this point, with everyone having their own things they were about to do "i guess i'll stay here and help out wherever i can, seems to me there's not much i can do at the moment outside of going to find wolfwood and see if he has any news or information on fronts we might not know to look at." he said, scratching his head a bit "well, that and check on the coliseum periodically just in case Shiro does show up there.