So, I was reading a few of the translated KH2 and 358/2 Days Novels and came upon some interesting scenes... I'm not really sure about what they mean, so I'll point a few of them out for discussion...
I'm not sure if Xemnas planned the death of half of the founding members at Castle Oblivion. Also, I don't get why he laughed at the name 'Xehanort' being used, and what does it mean when it says 'when he had fought with them'? Does this mean that Xehanort fought with the other Apprentices? I was under the notion that they were relatively friends when they were apprentices.
Before reading this, I always thought that the MX part of Xemnas said 'So you're still asleep', but now I'm not so sure. Since Xemnas says that line after Saix says that the room (the Room of Awakening which holds a sleeping Ven) has not been found yet, Xemnas may be talking about Ven, still asleep since Aqua left his body there. Since Roxas looks like Ven, and there is obviously a connection between them, Xemnas looks at Roxas and says this line.
...Yet again I feel like I make no sense xD Hopefully it does, though. I'd really like to see what you guys think about these scenes.
Even deeper in than the Round Room was Xemnas’ lab.
There were rooms that seemed like laboratories all over the castle, but only a restricted few members were allowed to go to this one.
Xemnas and Xigbar were there.
“I don’t like it.”
“What are you talking about.”
Xigbar, sitting on a sofa at the side of the room, said "I'm talking about how all the guys who went to Castle Oblivion got annihilated by the Hero.”
Xemnas, who was writing something, stilled his hand.
“Making the Hero dispose of Marluxia was fixed from the start. D’you give the order?”
“That is correct… what did you want to know?”
“Even so, having everyone annihilated just doesn’t fly, as they say. You can’t say the test project is turning out to be a winner, and half of us founding members getting annihilated has to have been unplanned, right, Xehanort?”
“…What an old name,” Xemnas said, mouth twisted, laughing at it.
At the name from once, when he had been a human, when he had been that person’s pupil… and, when he had fought with them.
“So, the annihilation wasn’t planned… those guys just got tangled in the net, as they say, didn’t they?” Xigbar looked at Xemnas.
“In any case, at least we have two Keyblades with us. Over here, the project is going well. Though our numbers have been halved, our plan hasn’t changed,” said Xemnas, simply. His eyes dropped to the papers by his hand, and his pen returned to running across the page.
Xigbar shrugged, and disappeared from the room.
I'm not sure if Xemnas planned the death of half of the founding members at Castle Oblivion. Also, I don't get why he laughed at the name 'Xehanort' being used, and what does it mean when it says 'when he had fought with them'? Does this mean that Xehanort fought with the other Apprentices? I was under the notion that they were relatively friends when they were apprentices.
On top of his bed, Roxas was breathing peacefully as he slept. Two shadows entered the empty room. One was Xemnas—and one was Saïx.
“It definitely appears to be Naminé’s influence,” Saïx reported, staring at Roxas’ sleeping face. Xemnas was doing the same thing beside him.
What on earth is happening in Castle Oblivion…? Apart from that concerning the annihilation, no contact has been made. It’s possible that the information is being cut off deliberately. All I can do is trust in Axel’s actions.
“Can he awaken?”
“I have received information that if all the Hero’s memories are peeled away, Roxas will come back to us,” Saïx answered.
“So everything depends on Castle Oblivion,” Xemnas said, as if to himself, and looked at Roxas again.
“Xion has become able to use the Keyblade as planned, and so for now, we can make Xion perform heart collection,” Saïx informed, in a detached manner.
If Xion can use the Keyblade, it doesn’t matter if Roxas sleeps.
Silence flowed between them.
When, by and by, Saïx went to leave the room, Xemnas opened his mouth again. “And, how fares the search for the room?”
That’s an important question relating to the very existence of Castle Oblivion. However, as always, we haven’t been able to find the room.
“Apparently, things aren’t progressing over there in the manner we thought they would,” answered Saïx, and walked at a leisurely pace out of Roxas’ room.
And so, Xemnas was the only one left there.
He gazed at Roxas’ sleeping face.
“So you’re still asleep…”
There was no one there to hear Xemnas’ murmured words but the sleeping Roxas.
Before reading this, I always thought that the MX part of Xemnas said 'So you're still asleep', but now I'm not so sure. Since Xemnas says that line after Saix says that the room (the Room of Awakening which holds a sleeping Ven) has not been found yet, Xemnas may be talking about Ven, still asleep since Aqua left his body there. Since Roxas looks like Ven, and there is obviously a connection between them, Xemnas looks at Roxas and says this line.
...Yet again I feel like I make no sense xD Hopefully it does, though. I'd really like to see what you guys think about these scenes.