Not the most dignified entrance, but it'll do.

[mephistofeels]

Characters: AU Kyuubey, open to all.
Setting: Room 2-03, Cafeteria, and then Floors 22-24. Yep.
Format: Starting with action brackets, but I'll match you.
Summary: An incubator with emotions arrives in the Tower. Shenanigans ensue, including but not limited to getting stuck on floor freaking 23.
Warnings: Possible death because ha ha incubator.


[Room 2-03]

[Kyuubey was not expecting this outcome. Ze could never have; the world was being destroyed and rewritten, and ze as well was to be rewritten. That had been all right. That had been acceptable.

Waking up with sleep paralysis was not all right. Waking up in an unknown place was not acceptable. After recovering enough to move, ze pads over to the notes in order to read them. Information is power, after all.

Your world has been destroyed. I saved you. Let's all be happy here.

This was unacceptable, and in a show of extreme maturity and calculation, Kyuubey began poking at the letter with a paw, as if trying to break it - or somehow make it not exist. It was an irrational reaction, ze knew that. What was done was done, and yet those feelings remained.]


[Cafeteria]

[S'up all. There is a tiny catlike critter with a violet collar sitting on the table and consuming the oatmeal daintily, licking at it bit by bit. The critter doesn't seem to be perturbed by the taste at all. In fact, it seems to be intent on finishing as much of the oatmeal as it can.

Waste not want not, after all. Ze learned a long time ago how important that was to people.]


[Floor 22< - >Floor 24]

[Having decided to enter human form for a change, Kyuubey is now exploring the tower. The only problem, however, is that this tower doesn't make sense.

Long story short, there is what looks like a violet-collared, white-jumpsuit-wearing kid in the art room, looking at the stairway up in utter confusion. There is a missing floor, and that is something ze simply cannot comprehend. What is going on here?

So ze walks up to Floor 24 again.

...And back.

...There was something there, right?...]

Comments

cafeteriaaa

[vertrag]

[ Kyuubey senses the arrival slowly, the mass of minds between it and the other incubator acting as so much white noise between consciousnesses. But once the scent has been picked up, it's a matter of minutes for the small creature to dart through and between the floors to land with light pawsteps on the other Kyuubey's table.

No verbal greeting is given or required, it just offers the standard greeting between minds - an offer of joining, sharing, would have been given, were they not incubators and their separation and identity required - and waits for it to finish eating. ]

cafeteriaaa

[mephistofeels]

[Kyuu..bey...notices the presence of the other as well, though ze doesn't feel much urgency towards the meeting. After all, if it were a mentally well incubator, then this would just end badly. If it were another mentally ill incubator...Well, this would get very unpredictable, very quickly. The problem with emotions was that they were so terribly unpredictable...

That's why it is actually surprised upon seeing the other, being greeted by it. Ze finishes the remnants of the porridge and then offers the standard greeting back. It's a little rusty, though - it's been a long time since ze has spoken to another incubator, and it shows.]

[vertrag]

[ The 'fuzziness' of the return greeting is noted, analysed and stored even as the incubator shares in a series of ordered, kaleidoscopic thoughts the events leading up to its incarceration in the Tower and what's happened afterwards. The same mental communication would likely drive a human mad, but even without the greater mind to channel them, it should prove no problem to another incubator.

Obviously it isn't surprised by the other's appearance, but still.... There's something off. It doesn't hide this either. ]

Have you been damaged?

Cafeteria

[warriorscribe]

*Oh Kyuubey. There is someone staring at you.

No. Glaring.

It's clearly not the same one he encountered on the elevator. But he knows the name. And knows the description now.*

...Your name is Kyuubey, isn't it?

Cafeteria

[mephistofeels]

[Ze pauses, wipes zir mouth with a paw (that's what you do when someone interrupts your meal, right?) and looks up at Enoch. There is, of course, no expression on zir face.]

Yes, it is. Short for "Incubator," but it seems you already know this. I assume this means there is another Incubator here already?

[warriorscribe]

There is. But it doesn't matter which you are. Your kind are-...

*Of The Darkness, he almost says. But then he recalls that another, "Jyuubey", could...purify. That doesn't make sense.*

...You trick young women into giving their souls away.

Floor 22.

[dialectics]

[ Have a... robot? Yes, a Gestalt Entity robot, to be specific, is watching you closely, Kyuubey. After a moment, it decides this is ridiculous and decides to interrupt. ]

We do not mean to interrupt, but floor 23 was not built. It does not exist. This was likely an intentional oversight. We would not recommend continued search for it; there is a high statistical probability of a poor outcome.

beep boop how do we emotions

[mephistofeels]

[-Welp, that catches Kyuubey's attention. Logic? Yes logic. Ze walks back over to the 'bot and nods.]

It certainly seems as if there is something there, but I'll trust your judgment on this. This tower doesn't seem to be normal at all, and I only arrived within the last 24 hours.

[Translation: you've been here longer, you probably know better.]

very subtly!!

[dialectics]

[ ... Oh someone is actually listening to it!! This is nice. ]

Appreciated. We have been here exactly 26 days, or 624 hours, 37,440 minutes, and 2,246,400 seconds and counting. According to the "Tower" timeframe, we arrived on Friday, September 14th, Earth Year 2012 AD.

[ Helpful, it is. ]

We are not entirely certain the floor does not exist--cloaking technology is not out of the question. If it is not meant to be seen by those of us they have taken here, however, I would suspect some sort of defensive system would be in place.

Cafeteria.

[ocariness]

[ Link cannot help but notice Kyuubey. The magic senses innate to the Hylian holder of the Triforce of Courage are tingling strangely just from being near it, and it makes Link feel a little... strange. Granted, there's always a lot of magic when people are in one place here, so that couldn't be helped, and yet... Link decides to approach anyway.

So, Kyuubey, have a long, pointy-eared blonde person with a lot of magical energy around them decked out in all sorts of weaponry and items (sword, shield, things on their belt) and wearing a green collar approaching you.

For a moment, Link pauses, silent, unsure what to say. It's just... it's just that it's... it's...

So damn cute.

Hrrghhhhhh they really want to just... PICK KYUUBEY UP AND HUG IT? But that's not... very heroic or manly or anything so Link refrains. Barely. ]

... You just arrived, I take it... no one ever eats that voluntarily.

Cafeteria.

[mephistofeels]

[Kyuubey blinks up at the girl. Huh. Power, but not that of a contract. Intriguing, but as ze cannot make contracts, this doesn't have anything to do with zir. And pff, of course you want to pick up and hug the QB. Everyone does. It's normal.]

They don't? Why? It's what we have to eat here, isn't it?

Floor 22 limbo

[carrythesin]

[Kirika in the meantime was in the art room looking at some pictures quietly. If it wasn't for her ears, she wouldn't be counting how many times the kid walked up and down the stairs. When Kyuubey would come back, she would have looked the other way. When Kyuubey walked up again, Kirika followed him this time and stared up. Nope, not stalking people really.]

Floor 22 limbo

[mephistofeels]

[Sup Kirika, once you get to Floor 24 with the kid, the kid is going to exhale in frustration.] There was something there. This makes no sense.

[...And then ze will notice Kirika as ze turns back around.] ...Hello.

Floor 22

[koncubine]

[Caster has been watching Kyubey go up and down the stairs for the past few minutes, trying to figure out what ze is up to. Watching so closely, though, she can't help but notice...]

Hey, you! Little white-haired boy. Weren't you taller the last time you went up the stairs?

[Guess who's making an assumption and running with it?]

Floor 22

[mephistofeels]

[This makes Kyuubey blink in confusion. Boy...? Looked taller?]

Was I?

Floor 22

[justruns]

[The art gallery that spans this floor is... intriguing, to say the least, to the Fierce Deity. He has found himself returning here again and again to browse the art, and the more gruesome images are the ones he always lingered on. Those are the ones that make him ask questions.

But today, his questions turn towards the odd magical signature he can sense by the stairway. He doesn't immediately approach it, instead waiting until his art-viewing leads him back around to the exit. He pauses, then, to consider the child before him.]

[mephistofeels]

[When Kyuubey notices the man, ze stops moving, taking a moment to consider the figure. This one...is definitely strong. Thankfully, ze is not given to initiating fights. Hopefully, the stranger is the same way.

Ze nods at the other, very simply.] Hello.

Cafeteria

[rewindingly]

[ Homura steps up behind this Kyuubey. Her eyes narrowed, temper held in check. She did not hesitate to approach when she saw that obnoxious little creature licking up oatmeal so innocently. ]

... What are you doing here? [ Her voice is dark. It's taking all of her self control not to hurt Kyuubey. ]

OH BOY...

[mephistofeels]

[Ze knows that voice, and one of zir ears twitches.]

I have just arrived in this tower, and am eating. I am unable to create new contracts here, if that is any help.

[...Ze is being completely serious about this, but rushes to finish the oatmeal and turn around to face Homura anyway. Homura looks particularly angry - which means a divergent timeline. Possibly. Possibly not. Ze will probably never understand humans completely.

Ze just...sits there, looking blankly at Homura, waiting.]

cafeteria

[prayed]

[Kyoko walks up to the table Kyuubey is stationed at, popping the remainder of a slice of pumpkin bread into her mouth. Her hand slams down on the table with more force than necessary, leaning forward, glaring daggers.]

I knew the people in charge were idiots, y'know, but I didn't think anyone could be stupid enough let a thing like ya in here.

[She's spitting venom.]

cafeteria

[mephistofeels]

[Welp. That's an ear twitch for you too, Kyoko. Ze pauses to look up at her, because that's what you do when acknowledging someone's there, right? It's pretty obvious this Kyoko's not from zir universe, though.]

I am not able to make new contracts here, though. That should mitigate the damage, shouldn't it?

Whoops I missed the new roommate. 2-03!

[ogrewhelming]

[An animal, is it? It's wearing a collar, and seems to be reading. Or at least playing with the letter very intently... In conclusion, Sakura has no idea what to make of it. But if she's going to be living with it, it'd be better to get to know it.]

Can you understand me?

It's cool, it's cool.

[mephistofeels]

[Kyuubey headtilts up at the...very strong-looking girl. Welp.]

Yes, I can. Hello.

2-03

[starofpleiades]

[Kazumi's woken by the sound of that paper being pawed at. Sitting up, she looks over sleepily... then jumps in surprise]

Kyuubey?! What are you doing in here?

[mephistofeels]

[...Gmmph?! Kyuubey looks over at Kazumi like ze's just seen a ghost (which may or may not be true, all things considered.)]

I'm not sure either! This note is pretty unbelievable.

[And thus, ze is trying to destroy it. Irrational reaction, but this 'bey is capable of being irrational.]