A rose by any other name... [Larxene]

Larxene was aggravated that she'd ended her little stand off with the black mage. She was quiet enjoying herself, even if she hadn't applied much strength to her attacks and was playing a game of cat and mouse more than she was taking it seriously. But she could almost feel the tug that she was needed elsewhere. So, she'd made her escape to get back to her partner in crime. The man needed her help more than she needed to please her sadistic side. Without any real issues, she portaled herself back into the castle, making sure that there were no unwelcome visitors. It seemed that only Marluxia was here at the moment and that made things far less complicated as she made her way to his secret area.

The man had such a fascination with the local flora and she certainly didn't see the huge appeal. They were just a bunch of colorful plants that took up space. As she entered the room, she watched the salmon haired man admiring his own little garden. All Larxene could do was shake her head a bit in annoyance. "I really don't see your fascination in these plants. It's not like they do anything." She randomly commented as she finally entered the room.

She moved over past the other former organization member to collect a random flower from his garden and plucked it without a care. The nymph rolled it between her fingers to look it over before leaning against one of the walls to watch the man. "Sorry I wasn't here when you got back. I was doing some scouting. Had some short little mage pick a fight with me. I couldn't just take that. I didn't get found out, so we're good." She automatically offered the information as she began to pull the pedals of the flower from the stalk, letting them fall to the white floor as she spoke. The bottom of her cloak singed from the fight she'd just left behind to make it back here. "Any head way?" She asked the man.

Larxene listened to her partner in crime as he greeted her like he always did. Though, Marluxia was not one that would worry. Not only because he had no emotion, but because he rarely doubted those he trusted. Larxene was his most trusted ally. She was fully aware of this when he wasn't going all Xemnas on her. The nymph simply stood out of the way and plucked the pedals from the rose that she had collect from his garden. It was simply a plant.

Marluxia commented something stupid about underestimating the true potential of his plants and she rolled her eyes. "I'll never understand your fascination with them. But I'll admit you know how to use them like I use my lightning." She admitted as she continued to pulled pedal after pedal as her fingers traced the flower in her hand. She didn't even care that he had repair the flower in his garden. She had what she wanted and she planned to play with it until there was nothing left. That was the norm.

"I would never!" Larxene gasped a bit with a smirk sliding onto her lips in amusement. That was a lie if she ever said one. She'd escalated situations more times than she could count. But, she'd been good so far. "Okay, maybe. But, I didn't this time. It was just some little mage. Nothing Organization related. It had no idea what I was. It called me a 'mage'. What else was I supposed to do but show it the error of it's ways!" She half defended as she pulled out another pedal from his rose. She knew that Marluxia didn't mind her going off and having a little fun as long as she didn't give herself away to their current enemy.

The nymph's bright eyes shifted from the rose in her hand over to Marluxia as he stood. So, things were about to get serious. Good. Larxene moved to sit on one chairs that he had placed in the garden so that he could admire it when he needed his alone time. "No. No signs of the witch yet. I just managed to find this little black mage, some masked chick, and a whole lot of nothing." She shrugged. "Sounds like you've had more luck than me. Such a shame."

Larxene finally finished pulling all the pedals from the rose before discarding the stem to the ground with the scattered pedals. Her bright eyes flickering up to her partner as he explained that he'd been in conflict too. Well, at least she wasn't the only one of them getting her hands dirty. It made her smirk a bit as she gave him her full attention. At least he wasn't mad about her getting into the few fights that she had gotten herself into along the way. He also was not upset in the slightest about her lack of Intel.

Marluxia's eyes narrowing caught her eye as he explained that a 'seeker' had gotten in his way. "So, Xigbar is causing trouble. That sounds about right. Good for nothing pirate." She grumbled a bit in annoyance. Why did they always have to get involved? Why? Couldn't they just leave well enough alone?

"What do we plan to do about it?" The nymph asked as she sat there and watched the man. Did he have some plot that could help them avoid suspicion. "I can speed up my hunt for the memory witch, but there's only so fast I can search." She defended a bit as she sat there. This was mad. What were they supposed to do in the meantime?

"So, I'm supposed to stay out of sight for how long? I'm tired of staring at these walls and keeping my head low off world." The nymph complained at bit at Marluxia and his folded arms.

Larxene was a little bit annoyed still about having to keep out of sight and have her hood up. No one could know that she was alive. The reasoning was sound, but it didn't mean she liked it. So that was all she would do for now. Keep up her work but lay low. Marluxia continued to pace as she watched the man perplexed by the situation. When he spoke, he expressed that Xigbar was not important and to keep herself set on their targets, Even and Namine. That could be easy enough if she didn't have to play the stealth role.



The man paced and thought as he spoke about their plans. It was obviously tough trying to decide on the best course of action. But, thankfully she didn't need to be the one to make that decision. "Fine, then I'll handle the scientist and you can get the witch." The nymph was doing her best not to excalate the situation. However, the annoyance was quite apparent in her tone. The folded arms at her chest only adding to how childish she was acting at the moment.



Larxene could certainly make Vexen talk. That was the easy part. The man was easily intimidated and their plot to kill him the first time around would only prove that they were stronger than he. Especially if he was a mere somebody once more. Though she did wonder if she would earn more points trying to force the scientist to collect the information off the computer in the world as well. They certainly could not expect the man to remember everything that the computer held.



A faint smirk appeared on her face with her partner's statement. They would not be denied their freedom this time. They would win as no one knew she had returned nor that Marluxia was fighting as hard as he was against xehanort. "Heh, we won't. They won't know what hit them."