Axel laughed, dragging a hand down his face as the sound turned into a grown. "Oooookay, someone obviously forgot to give you your homework..... Ah, geez." That someone, obviously, must have been Saïx; no matter how much he didn't like someone, Zexion wouldn't just coincidentally 'forget' to give someone he disliked mission-critical information, no matter how much he hated them. He was pretty sure Zexion didn't hate Demyx, either, even if he disdained him.
So Axel did a quick check to make sure there'd be no dunes coming up before he spun in a quick flourish of robes, clapping his hands together briskly and settling into a slow backwards glide so he could keep facing Demyx while they talked. "Okay, okay. A little world history lesson before we get started, then. We're not exactly looking for an artifact. We're looking for a djinni--they're spirits, not quite like the gods in Olympus, and not quite like the demons or monsters in Halloweentown, but somewhere in between, right?" Axel gestured with spread hands, palms up and moving like he was trying to balance a scale. "They all have different powers, and if you're looking for an artifact, someone got there first and already captured them."
"Anyway, what we know about the whole lot of 'em in general so far....." Axel wagged a finger at Demyx, ticking each bullet point off on his fingers one by one. Wasn't he nice, giving Demyx the Cliff Notes version? Demyx ought to be happy that he's letting him off the hook for all this prep work--and for free, too! "One: They're made out of smokeless fire, and they can shapeshift. Two: They're probably more dangerous when they're not actually fighting you head on, if your guard's not up; most of them are the sort to try and get into your head instead. Three: They can be allied with, or subdued and enslaved. Four: Just about all of 'em can grant wishes, and some can manage a lot more than others. Got it memorized so far?"
Maybe they weren't actually friends or anything..... But forewarned was forearmed, as far as Axel was concerned, and he wanted the guy he was going to depend on for this mission to be just as knowledgeable as he was. This could be pretty dangerous, after all..... But on the other hand, if Demyx did a good job, it might not be all that dangerous after all. He was relying on Demyx to be his support, but that still left him taking care of the hands-on aspect of this whole devious and ridiculously powerful spirit-wrangling thing.
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So Axel did a quick check to make sure there'd be no dunes coming up before he spun in a quick flourish of robes, clapping his hands together briskly and settling into a slow backwards glide so he could keep facing Demyx while they talked. "Okay, okay. A little world history lesson before we get started, then. We're not exactly looking for an artifact. We're looking for a djinni--they're spirits, not quite like the gods in Olympus, and not quite like the demons or monsters in Halloweentown, but somewhere in between, right?" Axel gestured with spread hands, palms up and moving like he was trying to balance a scale. "They all have different powers, and if you're looking for an artifact, someone got there first and already captured them."
"Anyway, what we know about the whole lot of 'em in general so far....." Axel wagged a finger at Demyx, ticking each bullet point off on his fingers one by one. Wasn't he nice, giving Demyx the Cliff Notes version? Demyx ought to be happy that he's letting him off the hook for all this prep work--and for free, too! "One: They're made out of smokeless fire, and they can shapeshift. Two: They're probably more dangerous when they're not actually fighting you head on, if your guard's not up; most of them are the sort to try and get into your head instead. Three: They can be allied with, or subdued and enslaved. Four: Just about all of 'em can grant wishes, and some can manage a lot more than others. Got it memorized so far?"
Maybe they weren't actually friends or anything..... But forewarned was forearmed, as far as Axel was concerned, and he wanted the guy he was going to depend on for this mission to be just as knowledgeable as he was. This could be pretty dangerous, after all..... But on the other hand, if Demyx did a good job, it might not be all that dangerous after all. He was relying on Demyx to be his support, but that still left him taking care of the hands-on aspect of this whole devious and ridiculously powerful spirit-wrangling thing.