towerofanimus | 001 | ❝Do you seek the truth?❞

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001 | ❝Do you seek the truth?❞

Characters: Yu and... you.
Setting: Dorm Room 2-04 → everywhere
Format: I'll adjust to your preference.
Summary: One protagonist awakens, confused and left to his thoughts before seeking the truth.
Warnings: None currently, aside from true ending spoilers.

Awakening wasn't a strange ordeal for him. After all, he normally did end up falling asleep after staring at the passing scenery. What wasn't in the realm of ordinary happenings? Not being able to move at all, and suddenly waking up on a bed that was certainly not his own. It would be a lie if he wasn't freaked out slightly, yet he paused... tried to reflect on how he could have gotten from the train and to this location, yet it was all a blank.

Soon the paralysis wore off and he began to sit up, taking in the sights around him. ...A dorm room? He had just been on the train back to the city, right? Yu sighed, looking to see if there was any sign of where he is now. The first things he noticed other than the cool metal around his neck (a collar?) is the letter...

One that he automatically placed down after reading the first sentence. Destroyed? How could that be? Hadn't they stopped Namatame from unknowingly doing what the true killer had to kill those two last year? Hadn't they caught Adachi and faced not just Ameno-Sagiri, but the one who had been behind the events that transpired? There were so many questions going through his mind, and none of them were going to be answered by staying here.

After opening the trunk at the foot of his bed, Yu set out to search for answers... and any familiar faces that may be here as well.

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Yu would find himself that, yes, this seemed to be a dorm room. So logically, that means other people live here as well.

Such as the blue haired boy, sitting on a chair with his headphones on. Noticing Yu, he blinked and looked over at him with his blue eyes.

Logically, he would have thought to bother him before looking around the room otherwise were it not rude. He was reading the first letter when he saw movement from the corner of his eye. ...If he didn't know better, he'd wonder if the other was related to Naoto.

Yu looks up, nodding faintly. ...Can he hear him? "What is this place?"

Minato take his headphones off. A simple enough gesture, but it's to show he's listening. Otherwise, it'd be rude.

"...You're in one of the dorms at the tower."

"Tower?" He quirks an eyebrow at that, looking rather apologetic at interrupting his apparently new - though he is the new one - roommate and his listening to music. Yet there's... something else in his eyes as well, the letter weighing heavily on his mind.

Ah, but where are his manners? "...I'm Yu Narukami." He pauses, glancing down at the note again. It would be a lie if he said he didn't dislike unaddressed letters at this point.

"The tower we're in right now." He watches his apparently new roommate, wondering what to make of him. Did he read the letter already? If not, then he would have to explain things to the best of his knowledge.

"I'm Minato Arisato." He introduced himself, after getting the other boy's name. Yu Narukami.

He notice the glances and his gaze went down to the note.

"I see... Nice to meet you, Arisato-san." A boy with blue hair... hm.

Yu had read some of the letter, just glancing through it and... not really wanting to stomach any part of what he just read. He spares a nod, grip on the note tightening. He'd left his friends behind, having defeated the threat to not just their lives, but their entire world, and now this-?

"...Is it true, about our worlds-?" Because he's praying that it's a lie, that he hadn't failed them.

Minato looks at Yu, his expression carefully stoic.

"I don't know. That's what they told us about, but I haven't seen the state of my world for myself."

"...I see." Yu is silent for a moment, regarding the carefully chosen words and what he just read. These coupled with the collar around his neck definitely struck him with a sense of foreboding, along with a strong desire to locate his friends- if they were even here at all. That as well was something that failed to sit right with him in particular. Yet if it was true-

No. Until there were more facts and actual proof of what is written here on the paper in his hands, he will not allow himself to be diluted by a rumor. Never again. He owes them all this much.

"Then I can't believe this just yet," he mutters, folding the letter closed and placing it down again. He can't dwell on it, not when he has to learn the truth - however painful it may be. That, and- "Is there any way I can find out if my friends are here?"

He shouldn't have left them behind... Shouldn't have, even though he had a promise to keep at the time.

Minato empathised, his expression almost soften at Yu's last question. Finding his friends was the first thing he did when he arrived. Perhaps Yu would have better luck than him.

"You can use the computer to leave a message or recording on the network system." It's not as convenient as the tablets back in the Underworld. The computers here cannot be moved out of their rooms. "If your friends are here, they can see it on their computers."

Maybe, maybe not. There would be no way of knowing until he got confirmation of the best or the worst. He glances over at the computer briefly, sighing.

"Couldn't make it easier and just offer a phone with the letter, could they." Maybe it was a poor, deadpan attempt at humor... but right now it was all he could attempt. He wanted to go out and physically search for them however, to see them in person after having had to leave them in the thoughts that it was all over and they would be fine without him. Had his departure doomed them to this-?

No. He wouldn't think like that now when the possibilities are endless. Looking to Minato once more, he seems almost hopeful behind guarding himself. A friend had once told him of how dangerous 'driving blindly' could be, after all. "Is there anything else I should know?"

"There's one thing." It's a rather important point anyone living with him should know. "This place can bring in people from all kinds of worlds, even alternate realities where things might happened differently. So it's not surprising to see doubles of one person."

Minato pause, just to let that sink in, before continuing. "There's another 'me' around in the Tower. He normally don't wear my red armband."

"Alternate realities?" It was almost funny, how the concept of other worlds didn't surprise him as much thanks to the Midnight Channel and the TV world. The mentioning of doubles didn't phase him nearly as much as it should have, either. though, doubles who weren't Shadows? What sort of madness is this?

"...Alright." He must still be in shock from killing a god, or so it seemed.

He nodded. It's probably more surprising to see in person, but not for the reasons they thinking of.

"He's different but...don't mistake us."

Yosuke had been in the hallway, adjusting his headphones and preparing to set out for another day of 'doing anything other than sitting in his room twiddling his thumbs', but was utterly unprepared for the sight of his best friend emerging from a nearby room. Yosuke, understandably stunned, stood there with his mouth stuck gaping open and stared in a mix of happiness, horror and shame until finally he found something of a voice to call out with.

"... partner?"

He was about to head toward the public restrooms to change (what is dressing in front of roommates when you felt awkward having two other guys in your room back at the Dojimas'?) when he heard a familiar voice coming from behind him as he had begun turning. "...Yosuke?"

Sure enough, when Yu looked over to where he heard the voice, there was the familiar face of his best friend. There was no way he could mistake it either- not after everything they'd gone through together. Thus, he changed his mind on which direction he'd be heading, no words to describe the relief of seeing one of those he trusts the most after reading the letter, nor the worry or curiosity as to what was really going on...

Guess some things never changed.

"... shit, it really is you," was all Yosuke could muster as he tried to decide how to react. After a brief internal emotional tug-of-war, happiness won out and a smile spread across his face. After all, if he were trapped in hell, there wasn't a single person he'd rather be trapped with.

"Please tell me you at least just got here. If you've been living down the hall for a week and I never noticed, I'm going to feel like a major jerk."

Now what kind of greeting was that...? It gets a vaguely amused chuckle from him - brief, because he can't get the contents of the 'welcome letter' out of his head. Seeing Yosuke smile left him slightly more at ease, however, so there was that along with the nod.

"Yeah. Not even an hour ago, actually," he admitted, which meant his worry for the rest of the team, his family and his friends came first. "Are any of the others-?"

Yosuke nodded, picking up where his partner left off. "Naoto's here. And-" - Yosuke trailed off, not even sure what to say about the other tower resident from back home. How was he supposed to break the news that the crazy goddess they'd worked so hard to stop had now taken up residence inside the tower?

"... and there's someone else from home, too."

That moment of trailing off was rather suspicious, Yosuke. He couldn't help but grow curious, either. Naoto was good; that meant at least Yosuke hadn't been the only one from home here while he wasn't...present, but- Alright, that sentence got him to raise an eyebrow.

"...Who is it." Calmly and slowly, Yosuke; that was generally the better way of saying news such as this before, right? Maybe it would still work this time, or it could backfire. Either way, wasn't it their goal to seek the truth back then?

There just wasn't anyway around it, was there? And the way he said it, he'd have to come clean sooner or later. So, with a deep breath, Yosuke steeled his resolve and said the single most outlandish thing he'd said in quite some time.

"Well, I was walking around the other day, and I ran into Izanami."

"...What!?" How? Why? Why would they even- ...He truly is at a loss for words at the news, and while that may not exactly be something that was foreign for anyone who even barely knew him, hearing that the person - the goddess - who had been so dead set on causing the fog to engulf their entire world was... here... Yet Yosuke wouldn't lie about this, would he.

Somehow, he felt closer to the god for whom his persona was named or possibly was.

"Yeah... we didn't talk for very long, but it was obvious who it was. I wish I could explain how the hell she got trapped here along with us, but..." Yosuke gives a small shrug, accompanied by a sigh, "I have absolutely no idea. Normally I'd feel a little better knowing Naoto's just as stumped, but here? Not much of a comfort."

Yu continues to attempt to wrap his mind around this- hadn't then finished her off? What could this mean, not just for them, but the rest of those trapped here in this tower? Would she try once again to enshroud everyone in fog and turn everyone into Shadows? The fact that they were all stumped doesn't easy the wariness coursing through him right now, either.

"Have you both been alright?" That's the first concern he has to express, but the second: "...She hasn't tried anything, has she?" It's times like this that he wonders just how much his uncle rubbed off on him.

At that moment, Yosuke finds himself in a somewhat unbelievable situation - he's forced to defend Izanami. He's heard the expression that there's a first time for everything, but this seems a bit much.

"Actually, she didn't try anything at all. This might sound a little weird, but if anything I think she was almost... disappointed? And saying it aloud didn't make it seem any less crazy, crap."

Shion was concentrating on not jumping at shadows. He had to stay calm, he would be even less use than usual if he kept panicking like this. Lost in thoughts he turned a corner and barely missed walking into someone. He jumped and looked up at them. "Sorry!" He gave a slightly scared smile.

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Luckily for Shion, Yu had been paying attention to where he was going so that the collision didn't take place. However, with the expression on his face, it made the other wonder... "It's fine, but are you alright?" Concern etched across his face- why did they seem so scared-?

That was a good job, since Shion kept zoning out and he really was surprised this was the first near collision he had had.

"I... yes. I'm fine." Sort of. He wasn't injured anyways, nothing had tried to kill him today. Yet, anyways.

It was lunch, and Xion could be found down in the dining hall, trying to awkwardly hold a spoon with her opposite hand. It was slow going, not to mention plain salad and tomato soup was quickly getting old.

She did look around when she heard someone else inside the room, though seeing as it looked like they were just looking around, she turned back to her meal, frowning in frustration down at the sling her dominant arm was usually in.

He'd come down mainly during his exploring, but also knew he had to eat something as well. His stomach said so and the smell of tomato soup was too inviting, after all. What he would give for the beef bowl instead...

Sighing when he was given the oatmeal instead, he accepted it with a nod of thanks and decided to look for somewhere to sit down. The first place he happens to notice is the same table as a young girl who seemed to have injured her arm. Maybe it was the spark within him, or maybe it was just empathy at first, but he decided to walk over with his own bland meal. "...Mind if I join you?"

Xion looked up in surprise, not expecting the newcomer to have taken notice, or wanted to sit with her or anything. Still, she... didn't really mind all that much, outside her usual nervousness at meeting new people.

She shook her head, "It's fine."

She also glanced over at his meal, and seeing the oatmeal, realized. "You just got here?"

She remembered her own first meal very well.

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Yu nodded slightly in thanks, sitting across the table from the other. He didn't seem to mind her nervousness, nor did he mind the question she posed. His mind was still attempting to wrap itself around what he knew as facts and attempting to hypothesize what truly took place.

So truly, it was a welcomed distraction for the time being.

"Yeah," he replied, poking at the oatmeal with the...spoon. He was beginning to miss chopsticks so much. "I'm Yu Narukami."

Odd name; he knew.

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