★ tutorial stage

[finallycowboys]

characters: henry cooldown & you

setting: dorm floor, then just sort of all over

format: anything is fine

summary: henry enters the game

warnings: none so far, except mild language

▶ dorm floor: room 1-04 ~ hallways.
he woke up to an empty room and found himself wearing an atrociously tight bodysuit. who hates one piece body suits (and bad fashion in general)? this guy. he searches the room for his clothes until finding the chest of things next to his bed and to his relief, a lot of spare clothes of his are inside. the fact that his cross saber is also safely tucked away in there is double reassuring, seeing as the panic of awakening without anything to defend himself in a strange room had been enough to render him pretty damn useless. once dressed, he exits the room, deactivated saber in hand, to do some recon.

▶ floor of your choice.
the man is pretty quick on his feet, and when he feels threatened or imprisoned, he'll do whatever it takes to at least get the legwork finished before sitting down to think of a game plan. if there is a floor, he will be there to give it a good look around, even the ones that are creepy and suspicious. don't worry, he doesn't scare easily, being the epitome of cool and all...

Comments

[chronomancer]

Eridan Ampora.

[He shrugs somewhat.]

It's okay. Though I havven't been here long enough to get an opinion, some a my friends aren't really convvinced either.

[finallycowboys]

[Eyebrow rises] You believe this is all just...some kind of a ruse?

[chronomancer]

[Blank look.]

Ruse is not the wword I wwould use.

[finallycowboys]

Hm. Care to share what you make of this situation, then?

[chronomancer]

Not... really sure.

[He shrugs.]

I havven't been here for long but. The wwhole set up is pretty complicated to be just a ruse. Evven if evverythin they say turns out to be a lie.

[finallycowboys]

Yes, I see what you mean. [expression hardens just a smidgen.] Guess it doesn't really matter, though.

[chronomancer]

...wwhat are you goin to do?

[Cautious, always cautious. But also... well. Curious.]

I mean. Havve you looked around at all?

[finallycowboys]

[Then he's all fake smiles again.]

No. I quite literally just woke up a few minutes ago. You are the first living being I've run into today.

[chronomancer]

[He nods, though the smiles do not go unnoticed.]

I just got here myself, but I ran into some a my friends. And I explored a little so...

[He pauses.]

I could help out a bit. If you wwant.

[finallycowboys]

[Oh, he wasn't exactly expecting the offer, considering how he hadn't...really...been very nice.

But he just nods, his stance relaxing a little. What Eridan said about running into his friends caught his interest as well, but he tucks away that line of thought into the back of his mind for now.]

Well, that certainly is something that I would want, yes. I'd appreciate it if you could at least point me in the right direction to a proper starting point. I intend to explore this place quite thoroughly.

[chronomancer]

[Eridan nods again, shallowly.]

Just don't do it at night if you're unarmed. The others said there's all kinds a monsters roaming about wwhen its dark.

[He shrugs.]

Other than that, I guess you should start at the stairs. There's a lot a floors an they're all different an stuff. I havven't really seen them all.

[finallycowboys]

[An eyebrow perks up at the mention of monsters and dangerous stuff at night. His hand instinctively go to his pocket where his saber rests.]

I'll keep that in mind. [He looks off to the side to see if he could see the stairs from here.] So, how many of these bloody floors do you think we're looking at here?

[chronomancer]

Three dormitory levels and twenty five wweird theme rooms. Some are nice though.

[Which implies the rest are not.]

[finallycowboys]

That's a good handful, though I must be honest: the not-so-nice ones are the rooms that intrigue me most.

Dropped on by to any of them recently?

[chronomancer]

Not particularly?

[Eridan is giving you a look that says you're crazy. Like, real, honest to god crazy.]

I kind a like livvin, so I'vve been tryin to avvoid them actually.

[finallycowboys]

[Thoughtful chin rubbing goes here.]

That bad, aye?

[chronomancer]

From wwhat I'vve heard? Yeah.

[He shrugs.]

I'm not exactly dyin to find out if the rumors are true.

[finallycowboys]

[He just does this airy little chuckle like Eridan's just the most precious thing, and takes a few steps in the direction of the stairs.]

I take it you're not much of a risk taker.

[chronomancer]

[...bastard. Eridan snorts.]

Oh, I am. I just figure I'vve already filled up the quota for one lifetime.

[finallycowboys]

[Hehehe]

Sorry, I didn't mean to assume otherwise. [then with a small wave, he turns to leave.] Thanks for the help, Mr. Ampora.

[chronomancer]

I'm sure.

[Eridan waves almost on reflex, watching the human go with a slight frown and the vague notion he'd been insulted somehow.]