[ during individuation event ]

[immortalia]

Characters: Anyone!
Setting: Workshop, briefly, but library for the overall setting.
Format: Action most likely.
Summary: After everyone has received their packages in the mail, Sertoria gets to work on distributing messages to people so that they can try to figure this out. Feel free to hijack threads and mingle around as you want! Sertoria will still be around if anyone wants to talk to her.
Warnings: Usual tower warnings, but mark them as needed in your post.

Sertoria had "woken" up early that morning to do her normal routine: Do a little morning patrol to see if anything changed in the tower overnight before checking her mail and the network (she found that the network was unreliable right now when trying to send any messages), and then if she didn't find anything, go work on some projects in the workshop.

However, she found an item in her box and froze while reading the nametag.

CXEV5001.

Either this was someone's cruel idea of a joke or--

Wait a second, didn't Waver say he received something weird in the mail? Sertoria was sure that no one she told about her designation would do something like this to her, so it had to be that. She slipped the nametag in to her robe's pockets and ran down to the workshop to begin writing a message on pieces of paper to distribute.

Everyone will be receiving a slip of paper under their doors roughly in the mid-morning when she's done with the slips of paper, her hands slightly marked with ink. It will read:



image reads: Did you receive something weird in the mail?

If yes, please meet me in the library so we can figure this out.

- Sertoria Cani

After that, she'll be waiting in the library for people to come around.

[ Library ]

Once Sertoria was done distributing her message, she was sitting down on one of the chairs with her legs crossed and head bowed. She was holding the nametag in between her fingers, wondering why this was her "package." Well... Whatever it was, she was sure the tower's residents could figure it out. After all, she believed in them.

When someone does show up, she'll put the nametag away and greet them, forcing a small smile on her face.

"Hello. Shall we get to work?"

Comments

[chainsawn]

[ Urotsuki's eyes are more heavy than usually today. Instead of looking blank like she usually does, it's almost more like she's looking.. strangely empty. She's clutching onto something in both her hands right next to each other, but it's so tightly that it's impossible to tell what it is.

She glances over to Lancer though, specifically looking at the dog's head, even if she doesn't comment out loud. ]

[puppy_lancer]

[Taking his eyes off of his shadow children. Lancer looks around the room and catches sight of Urotsuki.]

Hey, little lady. How's things been going for you?

[chainsawn]

[ At first she doesn't even seem to notice him or his words. Or anything else in the room, really. It's like she's a shadow child herself, maybe that's why they don't seem to follow her around right now. But then after a few moments she finally slowly manages to raise her gaze a little in his direction. ]

... It hurts. [ That's all she says though, her voice softer than usually. It's less blank and more.. desperate. The same she told Enoch that day. ]

[puppy_lancer]

...What hurts? What happened?

[He steps closer to her, trying to see if she's injured.]]

Do you need me to heal you?

[chainsawn]

[ She doesn't answer out loud. Her gaze drops down to her hands, maybe to avoid his own stare. Slowly her hands open, revealing what was being held in her fists. The goggles in her hand are clearly broken in multiple places and bloody all over, but there's no way anyone who would have known the boy wouldn't recognize them - they're definitely Kidou's trademark goggles. ]

[puppy_lancer]

...Don't tell me. T-that kid...

[An irritated growl rises in his throat. He's not sure who he should be angry at. Kidou for making Urotsuki cry, or the administrators for doing something to him.]

[chainsawn]

.. He's gone.. [ Those are the most painful words to say. Sure, her conversation from before kept her from snapping over it, since she knows she can still save him somehow, but.. to get this is only a painful reminder of how he's gone and probably hurt. How he's hurt and she can't save him right now.

Like she can't do a thing. ]

Yuuto.. I... n-need to help him..

[puppy_lancer]

[He stays silent for a long while, deciding what to say.]

...Yeah, you do.

[Just like he needs to save Rin and Ayaka and Misaya.]

['You had your chance to save me. You threw it away.']

I'll bring you next time someone tries to gather another army to storm the administrator levels, alright?

[chainsawn]

[ He'll bring her? She can help? Enoch told her too. Others told her too. She needs to help. She needs to help she needs to help she needs to help.. it's repeating in her head like some sort of mantra, but at least it's still slightly healthier than just going on another rampage like last time. ]

I can come..? Nobody will.. stop me..?

[puppy_lancer]

Nope, nobody. And I'll make sure that nobody tries to either.

[chainsawn]

[ .. He'll bring her and she can help, she's going to help Kidou.. that's enough, isn't it? As long as she can bring him back somehow, she'll do anything, there's nothing more important..

But she knows she's selfish. While she has to wait to help him, she still doesn't want to be alone. If there's anything she hates, it's that, so.. so looks up at Lancer, still looking a little more fragile than normally. ]

Um.. can I ask for something else too..?

[puppy_lancer]

Yeah? Go ahead.

[He's not quite sure what she wants from him.]

[chainsawn]

[ It takes a few moments for her to really ask since she's still apparently just as slow as usually. In fact, she doesn't even really dare to look him in the eye anymore when she finally asks it out of the fear of being pushed away. ]

.. Hug. [ Apparently she just wants to be hugged for a bit. To know she's not alone. ]

[puppy_lancer]

Of course.

[He puts his arms out and gives her a big hug.]

[chainsawn]

[ The moment he gives permission she doesn't even hesitate, she's almost running the last step between them until she's in his arms like that. It's a little nice and warm, this is one of the things that can remind her the easiest that she's not alone, right? She's not alone, so.. she can't give up, she can't snap again, she's not alone..

She repeats it in her head like a mantra. ]

Are you.. okay too..? [ Her voice is a little soft and she doesn't seem to back off yet. ]

[puppy_lancer]

[He gently pats her back.]

Me? I'm fine. Nothing wrong here.

[Though his voice might sound a little tired.]

[chainsawn]

[ It takes a moment, since she's mostly just basking in the hug, but then she does seem to realise it despite her usual obliviousness. Maybe it's a little obvious. ]

.. Are you tired..? If you're tired, then.. you need to sleep. Just take a nap..

[puppy_lancer]

Nah, I don't think I'm tired.

[He answers quickly, almost too quickly.]

Besides, this ain't the time for naps.

[chainsawn]

Ah, I guess that's true.. [ She knows she has to save Kidou too, after all, so does that mean she can't sleep either until she's saved him? She likes sleeping, sure, but Kidou means even more to her than that, so she's not sure anymore.. ]

I'll.. stay up with you then. If you don't mind..

[puppy_lancer]

Alright, but...uh...if you get really sleepy, go to bed, alright? You're human, after all.

[He grins, and then fluffs her hair.]

[chainsawn]

I have to stay up so I can look out for Yuuto.. and see if he needs help.. [ And that's not the only thing, right? Sure, it's the foremost thing in her mind, he always comes first to her, even before herself, but.. ] .. I have to help.. everyone else too, right..?