All right, I've taken Axel out of the collective story. There was some confusion earlier as I was undecided about whether to use Axel or Mason as my character for this story, but now that Axel's 12th birthday party has served its purpose in introducing Mason Templar to the team, I'm going to continue the Axel plot in its own thread. Unfortunately, I'm still sick with the flu/head cold thing, and my classes start on Monday, so I don't see myself having much energy or time to write anything for at least a week...

(I kinda hope there will be opportunities for Templar's swordplay in the Christmas Special, though... I'm always up for that.)