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[midgarhorizon]

Characters: Reno, and open
Setting:  Floor 14 - Media
Format: Open/anything
Summary:  Reno has discovered the Media Floor/Room!
Warnings: Shenanigans (hopefully)

Plopped down in a bean bag chair on his stomach lay a turk, headphones clamped down hard on his head. Reno's eyes were closed and fingers tapping to the rhythm of the music. Who knew that they had the best of Midgar's street bands here? This was a welcome surprise. All too soon, the music ended, and Reno cracked open an eye and changed the set.

It may not be booze and partners, but after several weeks in this place, he would take what he could get. It was better than the selections from Loveless. Those could get a little droning for him. Sighing, he rolled over and draped his arm over his eyes, hair curling around his neck. It was easy pretending he was just kicking it back at home this way, and way easier ignoring the weird faces that occasionally flickers on the static filled televisions.


(ooc: feel free to pester, prod, poke, annoy, or otherwise him all you want)

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[hystericull]

[Hope you're not easily surprised, Reno, because when you open your eyes next, you'll be face-to-face with a familiar-looking psycho alien boy. Not that the fact he was familiar was any more comforting. Gamzee was just leaning over the bean bag from behind, his face inches away from Reno's, waiting for him to snap out of the wicked zone he apparently was in. It was rude to interrupt a brother when he was getting his chill all on this fierce, you know?]

[midgarhorizon]

[One... two... three...

Reno felt a presence above him, and, not knowing who or what, or if it was one of those weird static faces, he opens his eyes, and...]


AAGGGGGHHHHH

[That's right. Reno just screamed. Like a girl.]

GAMZEE! [He's breathing heavy, the scare quickly being replaced by annoyance.]

The hell are you doing?!

[hystericull]

[His scream was so loud and terrifying that Gamzee jumped back in surprise, honking erratically and tumbling backwards into the wall.]

Motherfuck, brother! You're gonna done to make a motherfucker kick a wicked coronary!

[midgarhorizon]

[Honking- what? Reno sat up, looking particularly frazzled and grumpy.]

You?! A coronary?!

[He was sputtering a bit, letting out a few choice words he had picked up from Gamzee, a few from the streets of Midgar, angry he had been taken by surprise.]

Damn, you don't sneak up on someone like that!

[Gamzee gets a handy pillow thrown at him. Hard.]

[hystericull]

[Yes. Honking. Much like he was doing now, in fact, but instead of honks of surprise, it was laughter. It sounded like someone was taking out all their anger on an old bike horn, again and again.]

Hahahahahonk, soooorry!

[He ducks out of the way of the pillow as it careens past him, snatching it up off of the floor and chucking it back at Reno. No, Gamzee, he doesn't want to play with you.]

[midgarhorizon]

[The pillow hit Reno in the face, and dropped to the floor. He was staring at Gamzee with a scrunched up expression, trying to figure out how the hell the guy was honking.]

Somehow, I don't think ya mean it.

[hystericull]

[Gamzee clapped his hands over his mouth, stifling another bought of chuckles.]

'Course I'm all fuckin' to be meaning that shit, brother! Ain't want to go around having motherfuckers get their harshes on 'cause of some shit I all up and done!

[midgarhorizon]

[Reno just gives him an eyeroll and a sigh.]

Whatcha want, Gamzee? I mean there's gotta be some reason you scared the shit out of me.

[hystericull]

[He tapped a yellow, overgrown claw to his lip in consideration. This lasted just a moment as he shrugged his shoulders, honking out another laugh.]

Nope, my brother! A motherfucker ain't got all no reason to be doing the shit what's the way he all up and goes to get it all done. Saw a bro chillin' all out over here and didn't want to interrupt no zone you might have all had been kickin' at, so I all got my wait on like the patient motherfucker I'm all to be being!

[knifehands]

[ she had been sitting in the room for a while now, just sitting quietly behind reno to watch whatever was on the television - mostly interested in the disturbing faces that would flicker from the static.

finally, she spoke ]

It's weird how they do that.

[midgarhorizon]

[Reno hadn't realized anyone else was there, so he jumped a little when she spoke. Sitting up, he pulled the headphones off his ears and gave her a glance.]

Sorry, what? Didn't hear you.

[The music he had been listening to was barely audible coming from the headphones- it sounded like rock.]

[knifehands]

[ his voice, it sounded exactly like axel's but obviously this man wasn't him

which only meant one thing. unless, of course - there was a herd of people running around with a voice like axel's ]

Is your name Reno?

[midgarhorizon]

Yeah.

[He wrinkles his forehead in thought- she seemed familiar.

Oh yeah, the weird girl that made the vomit video.]

You're that girl from the video. The bright, shiny, intelligent one.

[Hey, it wasn't him that called her stupid, he merely agreed with her.]

[knifehands]

Natalia.

[ she corrected him, walking towards the tv ]

Who are the people that appear in the static?

[midgarhorizon]

Damned if I know. I don't want to find out much, either.

[Reno raised an eyebrow at her. If she found herself sucked into the TV he wasn't going to go after her.]

[knifehands]

[ she stared at the screen for a bit long, then turned her glance at reno ]

There may be a way out of this place.

[midgarhorizon]

[Was she suggesting it was through the TVs? A smirk flashed.]

Yeah? What are you gonna try?

[savedbyasong]

Shion had forced himself not to just curl up and give up once his collar was fixed, but it had been hard and he was once again walking round the tower like he expected the very walls to burst inward and attack him.

When he came upon his roommate on the media floor he blinked surprised. "Hello..." He smiled.

[midgarhorizon]

"Hey, Shion." Reno was playing one of the games, trying to figure out how to use the controls for the first time, and frowned in concentration. "Feeling better?"

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded, "Thank you..." He looked at the game, there were no such things in No. 6 and he watched it for a moment wondering how it worked. "You?"

[midgarhorizon]

Something in the game exploded, and Reno's player died. While he waited for the starting screen to come up so he could start again, he glanced over at his roommate.

"One hundred percent again. You know, you had me worried there."

[savedbyasong]

Shion looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry, I did not mean to worry you..." He had been worried as well, sure that they were both going to die or be stuck unable to move forever. He knew though that it was his behaviour as well as the situation that had worried his roommate and for that he was sorry.

[midgarhorizon]

"Hey, it wasn't your fault." Reno seemed rather laid back about it, acting like it was nothing. He had lots of experience dealing with situations like that, and one more under the belt wasn't going to scar him. He was just glad Shion was all right. "Once you start panicking, that's when all sorts of shit start happening."

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded, "I know..." he said quietly. He panicked too easily, or got mired down in the thoughts that swamped his mind. Or drifted off into daydreams that took him far away from the situation at hand.

"I am glad you are better."

[midgarhorizon]

Reno looked surprised for a moment, and shook his head. "Hey, don't worry about me. My body's made of rubber, so things like that just bounce off."

Pausing for a moment, he gave Shion a searching look. Trying to find something in his face? Perhaps. After a moment, he blinked and shook his head again. "I run into that kind of stuff on my job."