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[justabignobody]

Characters: OU!Riku and OPEN
Setting: All the floors, Night time
Format: Gonna go with action; but if you are more comfortable with prose, go for it!
Summary: Riku decided to go out at night and take on a private fact-finding mission. Someone has to start taking notes on the different monsters after all, right?
Warnings: Some violence, will update as needed

[Ever since the Tower had folded itself together into one room and almost overwhelmed its residents/prisoners with that army of monsters, the floors have become far more unsafe... at least, as far as Riku had noticed.

He is used to the constant threat of being attack, has gotten used to it long before he had been drawn into the tower, but the constellation of creatures it has thrown at him so far... is interesting to say at least. Some of them he knows of course, but there are many, far too many, he thinks, that he knows nothing of, that don't feel like Heartless or Nobodies or anything else he's ever encountered and he's pretty sure that only some of them are creatures of the tower.

Tonight he has assigned himself a fact-finding mission in that regard - to find out just which Heartless have made it to this place, just how many other creatures aside of them, to get an idea how to fight those he doesn't know.

He is wandering the floors in silence, head slightly bowed, his hand gripping tight around Soul Eater as he stretches his sense the best he can - he prefers not to be surprised if he can help it. While he won't ask or even accept help if offered aloud, he most likely won't stop anyone from helping out either, if he happens to be in the middle of a fight. He won't hesitate to come help out, should anyone find themselves in trouble either.

Help/bother/distract/talk to him?]

[ooc: If you haven't, please take a look at his permissions post!]

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[thebigsister]

[The clanking steps do not stop, but the green light does not change, either. Eleanor approaches the sound of the voice, keeping her pace steady, cautious. It won't do to startle someone into an unnecessary fight, after all.]

Eleanor.

[She approaches the source of the voice, finally spotting Riku. She stops a prudent distance away, noticing he's holding... some sort of sword? She's not entirely sure. But better safe than sorry.]

I'm another... guest of the tower, you could say.

[justabignobody]

[He lowers his weapon a little, but frowns - he still is a bit on the edge. Given all the monsters out and about, that's kind of understandable though. Right?]

Out late too, huh?

[thebigsister]

[Given she's aware of her appearance, and the implied weight it had, back in her world, she doesn't entirely hold it against him. She doesn't exactly relax, though.]

Yes, I couldn't sleep. And you?

[justabignobody]

[He shrugs lightly.]

Something like that.

[thebigsister]

[Eleanor is silent for a moment, weighting her options.]

...would you care for some company?

[justabignobody]

[He frowns, crooking his head.]

Depends on what that company expects of me.

[thebigsister]

...not trying to kill me would be a great start.

[justabignobody]

[Snort.]

I usually don't try to kill anything that doesn't attack me first.

[Or well, would attack him first if he gave it a chance anyways.]

[thebigsister]

I appreciate such policy.

[For obvious reasons. After a small pause,]

I also share it, myself.

[justabignobody]

Glad to know.

[Also for obvious reasons.]

...I suppose you can tag along, if you want. Don't expect me to be much entertainment though.

[thebigsister]

It's alright. I'm not exactly looking for entertainment right now.

[She tilts her head to the side.]

And I'm not entirely sure what kind of entertainment you could provide, if I were.

[justabignobody]

[He just shrugs; people can be weird and demanding and he'd rather not deal with that right now.

Turning away, he starts to walk down the corridor again, seemingly unconcerned whether she follows or not.]

[thebigsister]

[She watches him go for a moment, before giving a proverbial mental shrug and following at a distance. More tactically sound that way, a voice pipes in the back of her mind. Eleanor doesn't really bother to pay it much attention, and instead concentrates on being quiet. That seems to be his preference, she thinks.]

[justabignobody]

[While he doesn't talk or turn or give any sign of acknowledging her presence (he had warned her about that), he still keeps a piece of attention trained on her as he makes his way towards the Forest floor - he cannot sense anything like malice or anything else that might indicate an attack, but even so he is still wary.]

[thebigsister]

[True to word, Eleanor did not mind the silence, and she kept her distance reasonable, considering he was walking ahead.

After a length of time, however, Eleanor felt the hair in the back of her neck raise and the sensation of something hostile approaching.]

Something's coming.

[The light in the porthole turned red.]

[justabignobody]

[Riku is turning his head already by the time she is speaking up having sensed Darkness flaring, grip tightening as he lifts up Soul Eater as he shifts into a loose battle stance.]

Yeah. I take you can fight?

[thebigsister]

I can.

[She shrugged again, then tilted her head to the side, pointing in the direction of the incoming sound.]

...should I?

[Go and say hi, she means.]

[justabignobody]

[He snorts, lifting his sword a little more, waiting for whatever was out there to make a move.]

It would seem smart. I certainly can't guarantee your safety.