The Night

BONUS CHAPTER: Little Red Redux

The Night

BONUS CHAPTER: Little Red Redux

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September 1st, 2031

The last train out of Dusk City whirs along the track, the evening sun glittering off its windows as it ventures into the forested mountainside. The train is pretty packed, as rows upon rows of tall and muscled people line the seats. Some sit quietly, but many are having a friendly chat about what they'll do once they're untethered beneath the light of the full moon.

Roxas must have looked pretty out of place among the lot of them: propped up to gaze out the window, and smaller than everyone else. He also dons a bright-red cloak with a hood that obscures his face; eerily resembling that of the Organization's favored garb. It hangs tattered and worn in some places, in the rugged way that tells you someone is just dangerous enough to avoid... so most of them ignore him.

Though this wouldn't be his first freelancing job outside of the city by any means, something about it felt a little off. It's the first time since he left the Organization that a job had made him uneasy.

A couple years ago, he discovered what the Org had been hiding about their connection with Xehanort, and the rest was history. Any other person would have been a fugitive to them, especially with the knowledge he possesses, but he was far too powerful for them to hunt. So he was simply a deserter, and for the time being they've let him be.

His leaving led to Sora's departure as well, and when the reasoning behind such a massive severance made it to Mikaeus, a storm began brewing. They were teetering on the cusp of a nightwalker war, and Roxas was right in the middle of it... but, for now, he had money to make. His work cleaning up whatever messes the Org neglects is how he survives now. He, Cloud, Leon, and Tifa opened up a nice little mercenary side-hustle, which they dubbed Avalanche, and the results as of late have been successful.

Despite this, it's been a little lonely because Roxas misses Sora and Riku's company. He very quickly developed a crush on Riku after all that time the three of them spent together: going on missions, experimenting with new magick, and practically attached at the hip. If someone had told him how close they would become after those first terrifying encounters, he would have scoffed; after all, Riku has a gnarly scar because of him. His dear friend Sora and eager crush Riku felt like they'd vanished into thin air now, as if they were distant dreams drifting in his subconscious.