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A fellow member has discovered a new world, your mission is to do recon in..." He paused, confusing Xion and Roxas. "...Hollow Bastion." Saïx gave them the mission report and left abruptly. "Hollow...Bastion," Roxas said. "That's a pretty grim name." "Yeah. Guess we'll find out why it's called that soon enough." They walked up to Axel before departing. He was sitting at the long table, staring at Kingdom Hearts. "Hey Axel!" Xion said. "What's up?" Roxas dittoed "Hey you two! Ready for another long day?" "Yep. Doing recon in a new world." Roxas gave Axel their mission report for him to look over. "We're kinda worried about the name though 'Hollow Bastion' doesn't sound like the most safest place to be." "..." "Axel?" …show more content…

This place is massive." "At that castle over there in distance." "Good idea. Let's get going!" Xion and Roxas traversed across the rooftops and made their way to the abandoned castle. Along their way, however, Xion spotted a group of people walking by. She stopped. "Let's see what they're saying, it looks like they might know a few things about this place." Roxas nodded. They crouched down behind a large fixture on the roof and listened in. "...Progress so far has definitely improved from last month. We've successfully restored just about every building," Said Leon, a young man with medium length, dark brown hair. Leon's attire was almost entirely black, coupled with stoic expression and scarred face, he came off as brooding and standoffish. Despite that, it didn't stop possibly the most cheery, quirky people he'd ever met to befriend him, well, cheery and quirky save for one person… "Not every building," Cloud said. He had spiky, blonde hair and wore similar attire to Leon, in fact, he had nearly the same personality as Leon, if not a little more closed off and serious. "Ansem's castle is filled with heartless. There's no way we can get rid of them." "Nor can we ever, without the keyblade." "It be nice if at least one of us could wield a keyblade," Aerith, a young woman, said. She wore a long pink dress and had a warm face along with a soft voice, constrasting the dark mood Leon and Cloud set

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