towerofanimus | Bitty Meeting

Characters: Romeo, Ken and every bitty
Setting: Floor 95
Format: Either and all
Summary: Bitty meeting! For those that don't know, Ken and Romeo run a group for all the under 14s in the tower to help each other, get through bad times and work out ways to help the adults. Every character aged 14 and under is welcome, Romeo left notes in all those he knows the name of and knows (or thinks) are under 14, but he was also handing out posters to anyone who looked 14 or under. If your character is under 14 but looks older they are welcome as long as they convince Ken and Romeo they are not spies.
Warnings: Generic Animus warnings

The actual meeting is taking part on one of the ledges over the ball pit. Romeo has brought up food and drinks and they are laid out. Anyone he knows is gestured in and anyone new who looks nervous is approached (with great enthusiasm.) They haven't had a meeting in a long time and Romeo doesn't even know if everyone is still in the tower anymore.

He put notes in everyone's mailbox, but not everyone had mailboxes and even Romeo didn't know everyone so he had also handed out invitations to anyone he thought was under fourteen. He just hoped people came.

There was a lot of things they needed to talk about, and a lot of ways they could help each other. It was important they all worked together

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Once everyone who Romeo thinks is coming turns up he calls them all to the platform, and waits for Ken to start.

Right, there's enough people. Ken gathers his courage a bit and stands.

"First of all - I'm Ken Amada. I've been here a while - Romeo's been here longer though. If you've got a question during the meeting, please raise your hand and don't shout it out. I've got a piece of paper here and a pen - don't lose it. I'm gonna pass it around - put your name down on it. If you don't know how to write your name, get someone else to help you."

He hands out the paper and then stands up again.

"Anyway. For those of you who have been here before, hang on. For the new people - the main idea of this group is to look after each other. Sometimes we don't have anyone we can turn to because we just don't know people, or sometimes because something the tower does makes things harder. If you need combat training we can find someone to help, no matter what kind of fighting you do. If you just want to start training, we can help you with that too."

He looks around a little bit.

"So who's new? If you could say something like your name, how old you are, and any sort of combat experience you have - or other sort of useful skills you have."

Romeo grinned from where he sat next to Ken and waved at the group, speaking next. "I'm Romeo! I've been here a really long time, since when the first people woked up here. I'm thirteen and can fight with a knife."

[fancifully dressed midgets with axes, represent]

Ah! Am Mayu; am new. Know how to use axes, learning how to make axes, played Game similar to this, died twice, won then lived in Poland. Also sing.

Yotsuba politely listened to everything that Ken said, and tried to remember all of the rules he put into the meeting and what she should do when the paper and pen reached her. When he was finished and when Romeo and Mayu finished speaking, she smiled and spoke up.

"I'm Yotsuba Koiwai! I'm six years old-" Even though she held up five fingers as she spoke. She was really five, but she had forgotten. "And I don't know what axes are, but Yotsuba can use a sling! And I'm good at giving hugs!"

The moment she gets her chance to speak she jumps up a little and states her name loudly.

"My name is Wriggle Nightbug and I forgot how old I am. I know I'm not the strongest but I can fly and shoot things and I'm pretty good at kicking. Insects also listen when I tell them what to do so if you're a friend of bugs then you're a friend of mine!"

Wriggle seems pretty confident in her introduction. Even if she couldn't remember how old she was, and she may have indeed been older than she looked, she didn't seem any older than thirteen.

Following Wriggle, Ion's voice is quite soft in comparison, but he slips easily into the role of public speaker as he goes to introduce himself next. "I'm Ion. My age is...complicated, but physically I'm fourteen years old. I've been in the Tower for a few months now but I'm afraid I'm not terribly proficient in combat, or with any type of weapon, really."

Ion gives an apologetic sort of smile before adding, "but I have the ability to use, as they're called on my world, Daathic Fonic Artes--they take an unfortunate toll on my body, but they can be of use in desperate situations."

He bows his head slightly, as if to indicate he's done. "It's a pleasure to meet all of you."

She sat with everyone, listening to them introduce herself until it finally became her turn. So after Ion, looking around a few times, she looks down at her lap and fidgets with her smock.

"I'm Yuka Mochida, and I'm fourteen. Yuka can't fight at all...but I really want to learn how! I'll try my best!"

Sealand stood up immediately after Yuka had finished talking. "I'm Sealand, the smallest nation in the world, and I'm forty-six years old," he said proudly. Despite his age technically being forty-six, he looked no older than twelve and had done for a long time, but he felt no need to add that here. He actually felt proud to apparently be the eldest here. "I've got a really powerful rocket punch that could blow anyone away! And I'm a nation so I really am super strong."

"My name's Quark!"

The boy was eager to pipe up with his own introduction as soon as Sealand had finished with his, and he's smiling happily. He'd never been in a room with so many people his own age before (even if Sealand claimed to be nearly 50; he still looked like a kid so it counted). It was kind of exciting! Especially since none of them seemed to be really all that mean. He had known that there were other kids here; he had met a couple of them already, but it was fantastic to see all of them for his own eyes. Sure, there were other children back home, but definitely not this many, and none of them sounded nearly as cool.

"I'm ten! I don't really know much about combat but I like learning new things a lot, and I'm good at hiding and scavenging! I also like to make things."

Quark puts his hands on his hips confidently, as if to say he's ready for absolutely anything that he might be taught.

[Pained as anything, Gamzee pipes up after Quark, still feeling like he really did not belong among the faces of eager, pink human (?) children. He leaned back and forth on his ratty purple sneakers and folded those gray arms across his chest.]

Uh..

[Oh merciful lords, the eyes. The eyes on him. Being surrounded by peers was actually more difficult than being surrounded by adults or monsters or Jason or things that wanted to kill him. Why the fuck didn't he get stoned before coming here? Was there still time to hoof it out of this joint?]

Gamzee. You can be calling me whatever the fuck you want, and I ain't much here by choice. I, uh, I'm six and a half, I fuckin' think, now.

[He paused.]

Ain't sure how motherfuckin' much that be in human years 'cause I ain't much interested in all doing the mathematicals on that shit.

[Ah, yes, this was going well. What else to mention? Oh! Combat skills. Much easier to talk about! Gamzee's yellow eyes lit up with an enthusiasm not previously apparent.]

I'm fast as the wicked tits and I'm motherfuckin' good at learning just about on any fuckin' weapon you put in these spindly motherfucking hands mine. Uh, but I'm usually to be using a nastyass pair of juggling clubs.

Beating motherfuckers is all what I do the best.

[He grinned amiably, tapping said weapons against his leg. The expression vanished almost instantly, though, and he returned to his original defensive position of folded arms, the pair of clubs poking out from the side.]

That's fuckin' it.

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