A cold wind blew vaguely across his face as the Superior formed from orbs of darkness in his very presence. At first Atlas was shocked, yet he kept his eyes focused on the horizon. The horizon, however, held very little to gaze upon, nothing more than darkness. After a moment or two Atlas turned to the man of great mystery. He shook his hand firmly and bowed out of respect.

"The pleasure is all mine. I am Atlas...Atlas Agnathon."

Atlas paused for a minute, starring off into the Superior's deep eyes. He was somewhat uneasy as he saw nothing but oblivion in his eyes.

"Are you here for Madam Pinky Rose as well?"




OOC: I realize it is rather short, I must hurry off.

OOC: Apparently someone doesn’t read the topic title, u could have meet atlas on a different topic but whatever lets play this out,

BIC: A firing impulse crosses the minds of both the La Vaeas and the temple’s own reactions clearing though each other at an intense once the matter became an issue. Normal they could care less about the people that traveled freely along the public domain of the archives after all it was intend for that every since the dark prince rescued the forgotten books from being destroyed at the hands of the king of heartless. But this current sensation of this person, one with the in- between the powers of light and darkness lingering though out his body like one deeply embedded in recorded time. Course there was no need to alarm anyone other then Lenneth since this was his home and “guest” were handled clearly by the host. Stopping mid way in the hall with rose and looking off into the corner of the back with a slight rotation of his head before positioning it back towards his gal friend, no look of concern other then that of normal sincerity plastering on his delicate facial features of blue and tan pigments along the perfections of his face. “ Sorry rose but i must excuses myself from the moment, a different matter has just come up and it needs a bit of attention so please proceed further of your own will, i shall return shortly” Lenneth speak softly to the guardian before commanding the shadows to consume his body in a brilliant show of black, violent and azure before vanishing from her sights in mere seconds.

Back within the room Atlas and uninvited guest took refuge in sudden awoke with with activity, outside where they gazed out, the very block of stone they stood on top of from the balcony, the shutters of glass behind them, all of which painted with a numerous amount of single lined strokes which all forming a pattern generating the glyphs and outline of arcane symology with the purpose of disrupting the natural floor of darkness outside its master rule. Then painting itself in mild in blue harmless flames around the two nobodies looking itself in place. From hence forth transportation outside or inside this confined space was impossible even ones for the strongest sages across the worlds, calling for help or even escaping himself for those that could would be unless now in this room, for this world of darkness especially the main strong hold bowed before the heartless prince. “ Savoir? Since when the hell was my kin a concern of yours Xemnas? “ with that the violent storm of dark mana expositing on the same locked room. Appearing before the two shells of nothingness the La Vaeas glaring straight towards former ruler of Nobodies with his icy stare, course Lenneth had every intention of hearing the connection these two had to spare atlas so long as his reason was good. However the Superior of a broken up collective still reeked with slurring intention, though again Lenny was on a good note with this one, far better then most uninvited guest that seem to enter freely so Lenneth had no real motivation to take up arms against he, just so long as a reason was giving. “ So what might I owe this unexpected visit lord Xemnas? Much less may i ask why you tired to sneak around without my consent? We’re acquaintances are we not? Please enlighten me now since last time such a visit was present with you there was the whole orderly with locking me up in your world’s dungeon” Lenneth’s eyes narrowed while still maintaining his fierce look, clenching his left hand into a fist as it laid tensioned with a swirling black impulses of voltage dancing along his elbow down to his finger tips, carefully awaiting a response, one that for Xemnas’s sake was a good one.

Atlas was blown away by the sheer power that Master Lenneth composed. He was knocked down by the blast and hit his head against the banister on the balcony. Atlas laid there for what seemed like an eternity.

"Master Lenneth?"

Atlas could tell that Lenneth was angry to say the least. He could also see the harbored anger that Lenneth held in his heart for Xemnas.

"It appears that these two are not on the best of terms...just my luck!" Atlas thought to himself.

He eventually got up and dusted himself off. He could still feel the magic pushing on his body. When Atlas tried to take a step forward he quickly found that he couldn't. It was as though he was immobilized. Apparently Lenneth might have the slightest idea that Xemnas and Atlas had met before.

"Lenneth, I have only just met this man. I'm not sure why the two of you are at odds, but surely this isn't the way to settle it...never the less it is none of my business and I apologize."

The Superior sighed. He honestly should have known Lenneth was going to throe a hissy fit over locking him in his dungeon. That seemed so long ago...ah, good times. That was back when Pinky Rose was dead...he didn't have anybody to ruin his precious plans of reviving his people to their whole selves. Lenneth was glaring at him, and it made Xemnas very upset....or rathermore, made him recall feelings of upset...
"Prince Lenneth, long time, no talk....seems like an eternity since we last spoke," Xemnas said coolly, leaning against the balcony rail. "There's no need to be sore at me, locking you up was something that simply needed to be done. I'm sure if it were the sake of your Heartless, you'd do the same thing."
The Nobody sighed, and drummed his fingers on the railing, shaking his head and chuckling.

"There's certainly no need for violence, Prince Lenneth, I assure you if I was here to inflict any damage, it would have already been long done...." his voice trailed off for a while as he calculated the scenarios in his head, each one ending up in a war between his people and the Heartless, which he'd rather avoid if he could.
"I merely heard the MCP was in some form of danger...Since I am some form of.....scientist, I simply wished to offer some....assistance to the matter, which I'm sure can patch up our....slightly dented relationship. After all," the Superior said casually, "Your father wasn't so sore at me as you when I locked you up..."

Xemnas was still looking curiously at the other Nobody. He seemed to be a strong build, very powerful, with potential locked up somewhere in there...nothing a few test runs and some studying can't fix...somewhere in there was another Organization member, and he could feel it....even without his heart, Xehanort knew that this might be 'the one'. .....of course, he'd been wrong before. But still....this one seemed....different.
And so he defended him.

"Lenneth, stop this annoying nonsense," he spat, with a frown, "This boy hasn't seen me a day in his life. I also came to see him. You know it's MY job to make sure each Nobody is accounted for. So if you would, do kindly butt out."

Atlas stood in amazement as his eyes were opened to so much. He had no clue that Xemnas was a Nobody as well, but suddenly it all made sense. From his cold chilling core to his death defying glare, everything about Xemnas screamed NOBODY, but Atlas had failed to pick that up.

Atlas then turned his attention to Xemnas and away from Lenneth, he felt that he now longer had to worry about a battle breaking out. He was curious to know why Xemnas would come here to see him.

"Wait a minute...you came for me? How did you know I was a Nobody?...This is all so strange."

Atlas wasn't mad, no not in the very least, yet he was a rather inquisitive individual at times. He stood there, questioning his own self before Xemnas returned an answer to him.

Xemnas turned away from Lenneth to address the Nobody he had encountered, and did his best to make sure he wasn't scowling, as most recent circumstances usually made him do.

"Atlas, it is a pleasure to meet you," he said, bowing deeply, "As I said, I am Xemnas. I am the ruler of the World that Never Was, the domain of the Nobodies, and am the commander of the Organization, as you may know. It is my duty to make sure that each Nobody is accounted for and given a place to stay, just as it is Ansem and Lenneths to make sure Heartless have a place to live."
He glanced back at Lenneth, and smiled, or tried to. Xemnas was never good at portraying good feelings. It always looked strained, of course, Xehanort hardly had what one called a happy life.....not that he remembered all of it.

"At any rate, I merely came to see if you were in a station of residence, and to extend any hand of friendship I can to a fellow being of Twilight. You're welcome to visit the World that Never Was at any time." Xehanort shot a glare at Lenneth, and continued.
"Since of course, the boarders have been closed due to come incidents, you'll simply give your name at any entrence, and I'm sure the guards will allow you in. Do be warned that any funny buisness....might lead to unpleasant outcomes. I do have several hundred Sniper Nobodies posted around the city....do take care not to do anything foolish if you do visit."

The Superior casted his gaze to where the Water Guardian was sitting, and inside, he was laughing, but his face didn't show it.
"How terrible....Biscuits is dead. If only I could express my emotions on that...shame."

OCC: rose is no where in this room hun

BIC: Lenneth’s vein popped out from the side of his temple, pulsating with the throbbing sensation just to spill some blood. It was true he was difffenitly the nicer one of his two sides but this was just a little much even for a saint’s patience. Xemans never seemed to understand his own limitations regardless of his history he still held on to the self given goal of Superiority where ever he went. Not really the best thing to do with an emotional kid with a hell of a lot more power then him standing there annoyed now just being insulted in his own world and his own home no less. This fallen villain sure had some nerve for a person with no heart. Atlas too for just ignoring his host but that was really nothing enough to provoke Lenneth further much less even take a piece of his wrath. Bring forward his hands and creaking them along the knuckle bones with a slightly enjoying smirk the La Vaeas shifted back his weight towards his normal stance along that right hip. The coursing impulse running across his body just screaming to wipe that arrogant air off the face of his world not to mention a minor stone in the empire’s wake of total domination, killing two birds with one stone Riku was sure to be happy if his uke took this any further. “ Ahh to see this egotistical and cowardly man again what gods has passed this little blessing to me this day? First i get news of one of my firend’s getting hurt, another showing up broken and wanting me to help now this bastard just shoving his way into my home and acting like his the un touchable ruler of nothingness that fabricates his story into making himself look all the better in his narrow viewed mind. If you recall or Xemmy you failed to capture me so you got second choice was forte. Further your task has nothing to do with me nor one of my guests this day so you if kindly mind to agree to leave this world then i’d be so kind as to lift the seal for you to vacate. If not then it be a nice way for both of us to test or powers after such a long time apart so what will it be?” Lenneth hissed his passionate hexed words toward the foolish Nobody just dying to render him to cinders.

The Air thickening with Lenneth’s ever growing annoyance with this one, chocking the natural beauty with a more stereotypical sensation of danger just from being in the same vicinity of just standing in front of him. It didn’t really matter to Lenny what these two were talking about now even if they were already ignoring his warning, it be just to finally take out nobody, hopefully only one at best of the two nobodies would need a lesson in humility. Still clenching now both fits with a grinding of his fangs with the snarling brow downward and comprised into a more Hrist like attitude but insuring it was still the kinder Lenneth. He awated waited with carefully hope Xemnas would either be so kind and act apporite in a world's leader's domain or offer a little fun with some blood spilling, he normally didn't like killing but then again he would enojy just pounding at this reject.

The cold winds ceased to emit anything but a chilling air about the palace. Atlas stood questioning the presence of the leader of the Organization. He could sense his being, it was dark and merciless. Atlas then turned to his host, Lenneth, such a kind gentleman, he seemed to hold a pure heart, if he had a heart at all, never the less he seemed genuine and definitely a seeker of light. Atlas felt somewhat torn in between the two. He could tell that Xemnas was well known in the world of the Nobodies, yet did he want to take the darkness by the hand and walk alongside it? Of course, since Atlas was a Nobody he felt nothing, but he longed to feel, he longed to love, yet all he could do was hate and mostly he hated just himself.

After moments of contemplation, Atlas walked over near Lenneth and turned back to face Xemnas with a peaceful look about his pale and scruffy face. He brushed his hair away from his eyes and then folded his arms across his chest. His pinkish eyes shifted from the ground and back to Xemnas. He was at a loss for words.

"I suppose I should thank you Lord Xemnas for your kindness and inviting me for a visit in your world. If I am ever around, I suppose I shall stop by, but for the time being it is here that I reside, of course my home is now in Twilight Town so if you are ever in the area, look me up."

Atlas then turned and placed his left hand on Lenneth's shoulder and smiled.

"I also would like to thank you, gracious host. I appreciate everything that you have done for Madam Rose and the rest of us weary travelers."

With that being said Atlas turned around and walked a few steps away, removing his coat and placing it across the bed that was in his current room. Many thoughts crossed his mind as well as questions. A part of him desired to go with Xemnas and to learn as much as he could about the race of Nobodies, yet still a conflicting part of him wished only to remain where he was with Master Lenneth and Madam Rose. He would, however, take his time in deciding what would be the best path for him to travel.

Dreams, they had come; Azumi tossed and turned in her sleep. Her mother stood before her, scolding her yet again for being so silent, but Azumi could only smile. She's alive! I saved her...I... The girl wrapped her arms around her mother, only to have her vanish. What? Impossible... Gaea was in front of her now, choking the life out of her slowly and giving her more power.

Azumi awoke with a start, finding her hand wrapped around her neck. The girl was panting, and then she heard a faint thump. Sweat caused her hair to stick to her face, and the weather wasn't helping; the room seemed very warm. Taking caution, the girl stood up and began walking to where she thought the thump had come from. Hearing faint voices, the halfling quickened her pace, fearing that someone was hurt. The cool dark stone felt good to her bare feet, but she was a little nervous about the thin gown she had changed into for the night.

Reaching a balcony, Azumi saw two people standing there. One was Lenneth, so she figured it might be best not to interrupt the two. Bowing slightly as she walked past, tapping the door to the room, Azumi explained with her magic, "I'm sorry sir Lenneth, but I heard this thump. I mean not to disturb you while you seem to be busy, but I thought I'd check on the others...I hope they're all right."

Opening the door softly, Azumi entered the room and closed the door behind her. "I'm sorry, mister...I just heard a thump and thought you might be hurt. Are you okay?" Lavender eyes looked at him with concern.

At first Atlas looked at the young girl with confusion. Of course he was more on the lines of bewildered, she was gorgeous and her eyes were captivating. Of course he had noticed the thin gown she had on, which only made him stare longer, which was something he hoped she hadn't noticed. He looked down at his coat, contemplating whether to put it back on or not for he was wearing only a pair of black pants and his head band. He decided against it and walked forwards. Atlas lightly grabbed her hand and kissed it, bowing with respect.

"I am Atlas Agnathon, tis a pleasure m'lady. I am well, but thank you for the concern."

Atlas then stood up straight from his bow as a slight smile formed on his pale lips.

"Are you alright?"

Azumi blushed, realizing that she had barged into this man's room. The color in her deepened as she was bowed to. The halfling nodded her head to the man's question, quietly. She wrote in the air with her ink, "My name is Azumi Cho...pleasure to meet you, Atlas..." She hoped he didn't see her quivering like a leaf on a tree in the wind.

"I heard a thump, so I thought maybe someone was hurt...are you sure you're not wounded?" The girl was looking for any wounds while she wrote this. Eying the door, Azumi hesitated. "Um...they seem busy out there, and well...let's just say I have an uncanny trait for bringing out the worst in Lenneth..." Her knees were knocking together as she considered asking Atlas her question, but decided against it, so she just stood there.

Atlas smiled as she wrote her name in the air. It was incredibly amazing the way the letters were composed before him. He could tell that she was a bit edgy so he walked over, grasping her hand once more and lead her out of the room. Again he noticed the gown, but tried to recover his jaw from the floor.

"Perhaps a midnight walk would do us both some good."

He then recalled that she had asked if he was injured. He couldn't remember everything that had just happened, however.

"I received a nasty bump to the head, but other than that, I'm much better now."

This stupid...paper thin...thing! The girl noticed the guy looking at her, in fact, she had half a mind to smack him, but decided not to. When Atlas grasped her hand, Azumi stiffened, not knowing what to expect, but let him lead her. A shudder escaped her lips as she realized they were alone; lavender eyes looked around, trying not to draw attention.

Bump on the head? Azumi wrenched her hand free from the man's grasp and took his head in her hands. "Sorry, my bag's in my room, but..." Her lips never moved, and her eyes looked at a plant and picked it up. Crushing it in her hands, Azumi rubbed the juice from her hands to the bump, smiling when she was done. "Better?"

Atlas knew that she had seen him. His cheeks turned as red as a rose. It wasn't like him to...to...lust?...he wasn't use to being attracted in such a way. He wasn't a homosexual, but he had never even considered looking at really anything. He was shocked at even himself, and embarrassed at the same time.

"I'm so sorry m'lady. Please forgive me, but you are so beautiful, so elegant..."

Before he knew it her hand was no longer wrapped around his, it was oddly rubbing on his head where he had a nice sized bump. She had poured some kind of juices on it, which helped. The juices eventually leaked down and fell upon his masculine and bare chest. It was freezing, he immediately saw chill bumps form.

"Wow, that's pretty cold...wait...it doesn't hurt anymore...thank you."

Atlas rubbed his hands together and smiled down at Azumi. Soon she could see what he was concocting. Particles of darkness began to fly around his hands and he rolled them around and then BOOM, a black rose appeared. Atlas turned to Azumi and held the rose out to her.

"It isn't much, I know, but it's from the heart..."

What the hell am I doing? Please tell me I'm not flirting with her!...I mean sure there's nothing wrong with her, I'm alone with a girl that's VERY attractive...and I'm FLIRTING! This isn't like me...........I shouldn't...but I want to.....oi vay! Surely she will think I'm just another schmuck.

As thoughts flew around his mind like a tornado a breeze began to pick up as they were now outside in the court yards. The grounds around the palace were truly beautiful, graceful and lush.

"So often...people tend to get into such a hurry that they miss out on the really important things in life, they miss the beauty in the breakding."

"Don't.....trust Xemnas," Rose said, suddenly, entering the area. She too seemed to have woken in the night, but it looked as if she hadn't slept for days. She was in her nightgown, a simple white robe, and she shuffled in like a zombie. There were circles under her eyes, and she looked half-dead, and for good reasons. She was still upset, of course. The Guardian nodded to Azumi, and looked at Atlas seriously.

"I know you all are new here, but there is an important part of the history of this place that still scars the people here. The story is long, but it is worth knowing about what happened...and it wasn't that long ago."
This was followed by a pause, and Pinky sighed, sitting down on the cold stone bench, frowning.

"A while ago, there was a dispute between two great powers...Morpheus, one of the most powerful Nobodies to exist, and Ansem, the King of the Heartless...during that fight, Morpheus was killed....and in revenge, the Empire saw it fit to take revenge in the form of a war."
There was silence for a long time. The War, the First War, they called it...Pinky knew that if it was given a name like that, there was bound to be a second.

"The first thing the Empire did was attack Radiant Garden. At that time, it was my second home," the Guardian recalled, fondly, "I was a member of the Atlantican Marines at the time. It was during the Christmas Party, I remember...Enigma, the Ruler of Beast's Castle and I were very fond of one another....so when the report of Trickster....a nobody who commanded the Samurai Nobodies, he was just attacking Radiant Garden....so we went to stop him."
Arianne bit her lip, fighting back tears.

"Biscuits was on the side of the Empire at the t-time...he went to attack worlds, too...my best friend Demyx stabbed me in the back, and went to attack Atlantica...." Rose recalled the battle fresh in her mind. "It was the most epic and difficult battle I've ever had to do. I'd never faced someone else with Water as their element before....and then after that......"
The Guardian sighed, and looked up at the stars, contemplating.

"Morpheus's brother Neo decided it was time to strengthen his grip on Nobody controlled worlds. So he, Trickster, Biscuits, and Ikara, the ruler of the Pridelands, went to attack The World that Never Was.....and it ended up being the final battle of the First War." She looked at Atlas and Azumi carefully.
"I was Xemnas's second-in-command at the time. He made me the second-highest rank in his order of Naught, even when I wasn't a Nobody. Xemnas was a good person back then...when he was vulnerable...we fought together and I protected him during the whole thing....even after the war, when Morpheus came back and attacked him again, I still went back to help him."

More silence...this time saddening.
"But one day, Xemnas just.....he tried to kidnap Lenneth, and ended up capturing Forte and Yima....I don't know what he was thinking! He just....it was like the person I knew had died with me. I'd left him, because I had been killed....and since then, he's been trying to destroy me....I can't figure out why, but........" Her voice went into a quavering whisper.
"You can't trust him.....he's slippery and manipulative. He used me to save his own ass, and he'll use you too.....and he'll scar you like he has me and so many other people."

Arianne was still wary that Xemnas was around....but Lenneth was more than able to deal with the cruel Nobody. But she'd keep herself on the lookout...when Xemnas was around, there were usually scores upon scores of Nobodies with him. He ruled an entire world of deadly fighters...and there were thousands of millions of them. She knew that. She'd had to stop one of her Guardian members from attacking the World that Never Was. There were millions upon millions of Nobodies in the World that Never Was, each and every single one loyal to Xemnas and Xemnas alone. And why wouldn't they be? He'd taken them in, protected them from Keyblade Masters, given them shelter and a place to call home....and promised them a life where they truly could feel. It was because of those things that so many Nobodies adored him, despite his cruel methods of getting their hearts...they didn't care about the humans, but they did want their hearts, and were going to do anything to get them.

Like killing innocent babies....