When Namime came back with the tiny bottles, Axel had found himself one of the courtesy bags for her to deposit them in.
"Haha, thanks. Nah, I won't use them all in a day. But that won't stop me from coming back tomorrow after they've been restocked". You know, it was interesting to find out that Namine brought her own (Axel himself had packed light). Now that she mentioned it he recognised her fragrance, but wasn't sure what it was called. Not that he wanted to use it for himself. Nope - just interested for some reason.
Out of the rest of the organisation, Axel found Namine to be the easiest to talk to. And more importantly, someone he could confide in. He walked deeper into her room, towards the balcony, considering whether he should go ahead with what he had in mind. There were shadows covering this side of the ship, so Axel could see his and Namine's reflection in in the balcony's glass
"Namine, you're talented. Think you could sketch me?" Axel asked, with his back still turned.
"Memories can be altered, or I might forget one day. I want to at least have something to remind me who I was as a Nobody". A sketch did much more than any photo - it tends to include a message, a purpose whereas a photo was only about a certain point in time.
Xigbar frowned at the papers, upon realising that he won't be able to help much. Initially, he didn't realise that Saix was this much of a thinker and planner, what with him swinging his deadly weapon around and all. But here, it seemed that Saix being second in command, took up the roles and responsibilities, surpassing Xigbar himself and everyone else. Saix didn't seem to like it much and Xigbar almost pitied Saix for having to handle all this... stuff. Then again, was Saix not sharing because he wanted to keep his position? Xigbar dwelled on that thought for a moment, but pushed it aside. He wasn't really interested in this work anyway.
Nah, instead he was focused on prying Xemnas' room number from Saix. There had to be some way to get that information out - kind of like cracking open a safe - you just need the right combination. Of course, the simpler way would be to just dress up in a captain's outfit and teleport through each room, but it would attract attention. Plus he was bored and there was nothing else to do.
"Aw come on Saix, you scratch my back and I scratch yours" said Xigbar in a persuasive tone as he draped an arm around Fluffy. From what Saix said before, it sounded like Xigbar had the bargaining chip in his hand already. So what was it? A simple deal here would lead to more, better deals in the future.
"I can make you any weapon, maybe even improve yours. Look here, I even have shower photos of almost everyone. Larxene for example" said Xigbar as he showed Saix a revealing photo of Larxene. Steam and bubbles covered some... spots.
Apparently Larxene was just outside, trying to listen in.
"Damn you Xigbar! Give me that photo!" shouted Larxene in anger. Judging Xigbar's location from his voice, she then sent daggers flying through the door (forgetting that this was Saix's room). That was easily countered by Xigbar who just remained where he was, using a hand to bring up a portal. A pained shriek could be heard outside followed by silence.
"Everyone has a price. What's yours?"