Part 72: Day 355: Unsaid, Unheard

4 days left.

Music: Sacred Moon


Xion was part of that Replica Program. Made to copy my Keyblade... And when she left us, Axel helped her. Like he wanted her to go. If he knew, why did he wait so long to tell me? Is it because I'm the same thing? Xion and I are both special Nobodies. What if they made me, too? Xemnas said...Sora was what connects her and me. But who's Sora?
And who am I to him?
Axel knows. I'll bet he's been sitting on all kinds of secrets this whole time. He doesn't even have the guts to tell me the truth about me...



Alright, now that I've shown of Curaga, don't expect to ever see it again.



Axel is the only person here. Once we confront him, we're never going back to this place anymore. Goodbye, The Grey Area

Axel.
Hey, Roxas.
......
......

Let's play a game. It's called: Count the ellipsis. Alternative title: Count the number of times Axel fucks up in this scene alone.

You find Xion?
Like it's gonna be that easy.
I know...
......
Have you been keeping the truth about her from this whole time?
...... Not the whole time.
When did you find out?
Oh, I dunno. Somewhere along the way.
Didn't get it memorized, huh? Axel... Who am I, really?
......
I'm special, like Xion. I know that. But the Organization wanted me out of the picture.
Yeah... They did.
Is it because Xion copied my Keyblade and they didn't need me anymore?
......
And you feel the same way.
No, you've got that part wrong. You'll always be my best friend.



Who am I, Axel? Xemnas said me and Xion are connected to Sora. Who is that? Tell me! Am I a puppet like Xion?
No...
What, then?
You really think the truth is going to make you feel better? It won't.

C'mon, Axel. Just explain everything so Roxas can calmly process the revelations and not do anything rash.

What makes you so sure? I have a right to know who I am! How did I get here? Why am I special? Where did I learn to use the Keyblade? I deserve those answers!
Roxas...
Are you gonna tell me or not? Axel... Who am I?



I don't.
Hey, c'mon...
If I can't get answers here, I'll get them somewhere else. Somebody knows where I came from.
That'll be the person I trust. *leaves*

Great job, Axel



...there's nothing left for me here. The answers are out there.

Video: Mission 91
New Music: Mystic Moon (This is the only time it plays)


It's time for the best mission in the game. We're finally going to explore The Castle that Never Was and with the Organization!



For this mission, we're going to fight Nobodies instead of Heartless. Dusks actually drop loots now.



These areas showed up in cutscenes before, but this is the first (and only) time we can explore it.



They even bothered to implement a different chest color scheme for this mission. There's Thundara Recipe and Aerora Recipe inside.



Sadly, they don't bother to put any new Nobody types.



So far, there's only Dusks in our way.



Samurai finally turns up in Nothing's Call.



They do not pose a threat on us anymore, mostly because their level has been reduced.



They don't drop anything, so we don't have to deal with them. I still will, because



Hello, Saix. I was wondering where you were.

I've got nothing to say to you.
Then let's keep this short and sweet.

New Music: Critical Drive


This is our second Organization member battle.



Saix will start the fight by going into berserk mode. This deals damage and inflict Silence, so don't go to him immediately.



Its first attack is a simple combo, which can lead into either him throwing his claymore or another combo.



The shockwave inflicts Silence. I probably should've brought Hi-Potions or Elixirs, but I don't need them.



The other combo lasts a pretty long time. It can be done either by itself or after the previous combo.



Finally, he can make an even bigger shockwave. This one can also cause Silence, but with Glide it's trivially easy to avoid this.



In fact, Glide works well to avoid most of his attacks. We can snipe him with Fire between his attacks.



Eventually Saix will get out of berserk mode. I don't know if the threshold is time or HP or hitting him after he throws his claymore.



Anyway, Saix has completely different moveset outside berserk mode. One of them is a normal attack after jumping. The jump is much lower than before and has no shockwave this time.



The second one is the same shockwave as before. Except this time there's no combo before it and he doesn't throw his claymore after it.



The combo is now much weaker and has much shorter duration than before.



Saix's strongest move here is a simple Block. Eventually he'll go back to berserk mode again.



Saix even can block Limits. Screw you, Saix. An asshole until the end

Music stops










Video: Roxas Leaves the Organization




Why did the Keyblade choose me? I have to know.

Ah, the time when being able to use a Keyblade is still special...

You can't turn on the Organization!



No one would miss me.
That's not true.
I would.



Video stops here
Music: Crossing the Finish Line


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