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Characters: the Handmaid and you!
Setting: Twentieth floor
Format: Action, but I'll match
Summary: Chillin'. Come bug her.
Warnings: Nope!


[The Handmaid has decided that being "careful" like the Summoner insists is really, really boring. She's sitting on the ramp that leads up and around the outside of the tower, her legs dangling over the edge as she tosses pebbles off of the side. Sometimes, she wonders what would happen if she jumped. She can't die, so does that mean she might actually be able to escape the tower? But there's surely some sort of caveat, so she hasn't tried it just yet.]

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[gloomyapoplectic]

[Kanaya had been on her way down to the fifteenth floor to do some sewing. Unfortunately the elevator did not service all the floors yet. So she had to foot it down about ten floors or so. Which is when she comes across the Handmaid, who she recognizes as that one rustblooded adult troll she saw injured in the meadow.

She stops, considering whether or not to say anything. Eventually, though, her friendliness wins out.]

Hello. You are looking better.

[entropied]

[It takes her a second to respond. This politeness thing is very new to her.]

Hi.

[She does look pretty unharmed, but her dress is looking kind of ragged!]

[fracta_anima]

[Minami is in the process of exploring the Tower and, naturally, has found the ramp and decided to have a walk when she comes across the Handmaid.

Despite herself, she stares for a few minutes. Sure, she's seen a couple Trolls in the Tower, but they do look weird and obviously alien, especially to someone who isn't used to nonhumans walking around like every day people.

She shakes herself out of it. Best way to get used to things is to dive right in, right? So she approaches the Handmaid with a friendly wave and a smile.]

Hi! Nice view, isn't it?

[entropied]

[Jeez, she will never get over how unguarded and cheerful humans are. She shrugs.]

It might be nicer if we could leave.

[fracta_anima]

[Oh, if only she knew how nervous Minami really was. She's just really good at hiding it. Usually.]

I think that's a given, Miss. Everything here would be a lot better if we could go.

[entropied]

Obviously.

[So polite and talkative!]

[fracta_anima]

[The most polite and talkative person ever! And seeing as she is just so polite and talkative and Minami is in more of a thinky mood, she's just going to herself down a few feet away from the Handmaid and watch the scenery with her.

What? She wasn't kidding when she said it's a nice view!]

[entropied]

[THANK GOD. Someone who can just stay quiet for a while. The Handmaid actually relaxes slightly.]

[mamadonna]

[ Dolorosa was still getting used to sunlight, but sometimes she'd come down to the open floors to admire it. She preferred the eleventh floor, but it was a much longer walk while she was hobbling on her staff, so the twentieth would often do.

As she came down from the stairs, she noticed someone else out on the ledge, and decided too say hello. She hangs back a little though, not being thrilled with the downward view. ]

I would be mindful of such a drop, personally. The fall seems as though it might be particularly unpleasant.

[entropied]

I won't fall.

[...So talkative.]

[mamadonna]

[ She just takes the most tentative glance towards the edge before backing down again with a frown.]

No, I should certainly hope you do no such thing. But it remains a lovely day, does it not?

[entropied]

[She shrugs, looking unimpressed.]

What does that matter?

[mamadonna]

[ She clasps her in front of her, nodding to indicate the horizon. ]

Well, it does present rather a formidable sight, would you not agree? It carries a degree of appeal that cannot be appreciated on a pragmatic level, as there's little to be gained though idle study of such a distant view. Yet, at the same time, it appeals to that purely aesthetic center of one's mind, and seen in the appropriate manner, may serve even to expand that portion to greater considerations in the future.

[entropied]

[Just... staring...]

[beknightedheroine]

<sub>[She's gotten glimpses of the outside here and there, but something about walking the ramp just makes it feel real. It's hard to believe there aren't witches here, as surreal of a place as it is.

Speaking of surreal! She's seen these gray, horned people now and then, but never talked to one. Sup, Handmaid. She'll be peering at the same patch of abyss as you, but definitely not sit quite that close to the edge.]</sub>

Might need a bigger rock if you wanna hear it hit the bottom.

[entropied]

That's not what I'm doing.

[beknightedheroine]

I figured.

_{[Seemed like a good opener, though.]}

Just throwing them for something to do with your hands, right?

[entropied]

[She glances over, then nods. So talkative.]

[beknightedheroine]

That's cool.

<sub>[Sayaka's usually pretty good about being the chatty one! She's just... not quite the same bubbly person right now.

Following the Handmaid's hand-busying example, she picks up a pebble, and throws it.

Thanks to her rather cruddy throwing skills, it has to skip once, then goes on its own, lacklustre course into oblivion.]</sub>

..whoops.

[entropied]

[Raising her eyebrows!!!]

...What were you aiming at?

[uprisings]

[Oh my god Handmaid what are you even doing. He hates the floors where he can't fly, and this one is definitely the worst. Highest up and open and he can't... fly. Couldn't help himself if someone decided to shove him off]

[So he is often quite hesitant coming up here, but... that only lasts until he recognizes the Handmaid sitting on the edge. And then he's... well not hurrying exactly, but at least making his way over there at a non-glacial pace]

Coleta.

[entropied]

[She actually perks up a bit when she hears his voice, though he doesn't exactly sound excited.]

What's wrong?

[uprisings]

[Gives her a tight, nervous smile. He's happy to see you too, bro, but... seriously why this floor]

Why are you, sitting there...?

[entropied]

[She frowns, tilting her head slightly.]

Why not?

[uprisings]

You might fall?

[Oh my god, don't be like this lsjd]