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towerofanimus2013-07-26 12:35 am
animusmods) wrote in towerofanimus2013-07-26 12:35 am
Entry tags:
- *event,
- [au1] luke fon fabre,
- [au2] john egbert,
- [au3] archer (prototype),
- [au3] riku,
- [ou] america,
- [ou] england,
- [ou] henry (fire emblem),
- [ou] hidetoshi odagiri,
- [ou] lancer (zero),
- [ou] lucifel,
- [ou] miles edgeworth,
- [ou] nesir aeser,
- [ou] patrick dawn,
- [ou] queen zeal,
- [ou] romeo,
- [ou] samwise gamgee,
- [ou] sephiroth,
- [ou] shion,
- [ou] shiro/wretched egg,
- [ou] suzaku kururugi,
- [ou] taiki,
- [ou] v/v,
- [ou] wriggle nightbug
never let me sleep
Characters: characters participating or open
Setting: throughout the Tower on the 26th-28th while characters are frozen
Format: party style; please specify the date and time in your subject header
Summary: A mingle log for the Cognizance event.
Warnings: PG-13; please note in subject lines any more specific warnings
Note: Remember, only characters who missed their collar checks can be awake on the first night!
Setting: throughout the Tower on the 26th-28th while characters are frozen
Format: party style; please specify the date and time in your subject header
Summary: A mingle log for the Cognizance event.
Warnings: PG-13; please note in subject lines any more specific warnings
Note: Remember, only characters who missed their collar checks can be awake on the first night!
26th
Excuse me.
[She calls to the girl, hopefully quiet enough not to wake the others. To her surprise, the girl doesn't answer. She frowns, and then goes up to tap the girl on the shoulder. When she does, she find the girl is still unresponsive.]
Excuse me.
[She repeats, louder, and even gives the girl a shake. Again, no answer.]
[Finally, she gives the girl a fairly strong push. The girl falls backwards onto the bed, but otherwise doesn't move.]
W-what the...
[She quickly runs over, opens her door, and looks outside. Various people are standing outside their rooms, immobile. They're also surrounded by an eerie white glow.]
[By now, she is thoroughly unsettled. She goes from one person to the other. Poking them, shaking them, screaming in their ear. Nobody responds. And they don't even tip over like her roommate did.]
[Soon, it dawns on her that she might be the only one still moving on this floor. Along with fear come a sort of morbid curiosity. She wants to see if this effect holds true for the rest of the Tower. At the same time, she wants to find Diarmuid and check to see if he is alright.]
[She starts descending the stairs and looking to see if Diarmuid is on any of the lower floors. She doesn't have to look far, as she finds him on floor 100, frozen and glowing like those from the floor above.]
Diarmuid?
[She walks toward him and grabs his shoulder. She tries to shake him, but finds she has no more luck moving him than anyone else.]
Diarmuid!
[For the next several minutes, she tries pushing, tugging, and even lifting Diarmuid. However, he is simply too heavy for her to move at all. Finally, she leans, exhausted, on his shoulder.]
...I'll watch you.
[She mutters, not sure he can hear her in his state. One hand goes to ruffle his hair.]
After all, you've watched me.
[She's not sure if the monsters are frozen or not, but even if they weren't, she would try to protect him however she can. After all, with him frozen here, he's a perfect target.]
26th--As Time Suspension Ends... (Warnings: Blood, Injury, Violence, Death)
What he is aware of is the scream and the racket coming from the stairway. Diarmuid's not sure when it started, but without even thinking, he summons his spear to hand and dashes toward the stairs. When he arrives, what he sees fills him with horror. An Orc is attacking a woman. He can't see around the brute enough to see who he is attacking and Diarmuid doesn't pause to find out who it is. That can wait until later when he has stopped the brute's attack.
Fortunately--or unfortunately--the Orc is so focused on his victim that it doesn't realize Diarmuid is there until he is thrusting his spear into it's back. The creature makes a strangled sound and tries to reach back to grab Diarmuid. He ignores its struggles and uses his spear to pull it away from the woman it had been attacking. Once some distance has been gained, he rips his spear from the monster's body and then with a swing faster than the human eye can see, he removes the Orc's head from his shoulders with the larger of the two swords Waver had made for him.
Diarmuid doesn't wait long enough to see the monster's body hit the ground. Instead, he unsummons his spear and sheaths the sword even as he's moving toward the woman. Once her bright red hair catches his eyes, though, he pales because her hair is not the only thing that is red right now...]
Lady Sola-Ui...
Re: 26th--As Time Suspension Ends... (Warnings: Blood, Injury, Violence, Death)
[She raises her face and looks at him, her eyes blurred with blood. Her dash toward the stairwell had half been an attempt to escape, and half an attempt to lure the orc away and lock it up somewhere before it could hurt Diarmuid.]
You can move...
[Her voice is no more than a whisper, but he should still be able to hear her surprise.
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[Diarmuid's voice drops off as he kneels down next to her. Silently, he curses the fact that he isn't carrying the Hi-Potion Kain had given him as he usually does whenever he leaves his room. It had been late, though, and Diarmuid hadn't expected to run into anyone...and he would not waste the valuable curative on himself. Yet, now, because of his foolishness, he doesn't have it when he could really use it.]
Don't worry about that now. I need to find you a healer or get you to the infirmary. We can talk after that.
[He really wants to ask why she had been out alone after dark, but he knows this isn't the time.]
using this since...you know
[She tries to shake her head, but can only wince in pain from her wounds.]
It...everyone was frozen. Even you.
[Even if they could move again, Sola-ui knows her anatomy. She's lost too much blood, and she's sure that the orc had damaged her spine and intestines as well.]
Appropriate icon/journal is appropriate...
[He wants to argue with her. To ignore her refusal of help, but he's seen enough fatal wounds. Even if Diarmuid doesn't want to admit it, he knows there is nothing in the infirmary that will help her, and sadly, even as fast as he is, she would be dead before he made it to the dorms to get Waver or his brother to try and heal her.
Why had he not brought that potion? Why?]
I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...
[Diarmuid very carefully shifts her into his arms so that he can hold her close.]
What do you want me to do?
Re: Appropriate icon/journal is appropriate...
[She gives him a weak smile. She would lift her hand to reach for him, but she would need to feel them first. Right now, the only thing she can feel are the wounds, and with the passage of time, they too start numbing.]
...Not...your...fault. I...didn't know...the monsters...could move...
[Her words become more and more slurred.]
My fault...supposed to...stay with you...
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[There is a faint tremor in his voice, but he manages to push it back.]
You were watching out for me, weren't you? Just like you would have watched your son? I'm sorry. I don't know why what happened happened...
[Diarmuid strokes her hair with one hand.]
You did very well. I'm safe. Be proud of yourself.
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[She would say more, explain more, but she doesn't have the energy anymore. She just closes her eyes and lets herself slip into unconsciousness, content knowing that Diarmuid is at her side.]
[And because of her fatal wounds, it doesn't take long for her to die.]
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...and he will cry. The tears that he had held back while she was still alive now run down his face, dripping onto hers. Diarmuid can't understand it. Why did she do this for him? Why when they have argued so much about their views and beliefs? He's not her son. He can't be, but she still fought to protect him. All she wanted was to keep him safe.
She had done that, but he had been unable to return the favor. The Tower had released him from whatever that had been just seconds too late. He won't let that be the end, though. He's going to find out what is going on no matter what.]
You did well. Rest now. We will talk again soon.
[Diarmuid knows she can't hear him, but he says it anyway. He then leans down to kiss her gently on the forehead. It's a promise to both him and to her. He's going to find out what this newest Tower mystery means...but not quite yet. For now, he will sit and bear witness to her sacrifice.]