ITP: Yet another arrival

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

Characters: Minami and anyone who replies
Setting: Room 1-01 and moving into exploration
Format: First post is in prose. Tag with whatever you like.
Summary: Minami awakens and joins in on the Tower shenanigans
Warnings: None for right now.

The first thing upon waking was that Minami could not move. That was the part that scared her most, reminding her of when she was little and stuck in the hospital, and her limbs felt so heavy she couldn't move them either. Fortunately no one was standing around her saying they weren't sure how she even made it through the night nor the echo of a voice--Aigis's voice though she didn't know it at the time--telling her it'd be all right.

Once she was able to move she practically leapt from the bed and, in her haste, nicked her foot on the trunk at the foot of her bed and went tumbling to the ground. Ugh. Her limbs were still asleep. Otherwise that wouldn't have happened. Minami righted herself, checked her person, and was horrified to find a collar around her neck. What was going on?

That was when she found the letters, read them, and promptly had to sit heavily on her bed. How is this possible? She thought Nyx wasn't supposed to come until January! January! They still had time to train, time to figure out a way around her, put up a fight! Not--not this!

Minami sat on the bed a moment and took a deep breath. This had to be a trick, right? She wasn't--her world wasn't--the people she knew wasn't....

Determined, she stood from the bed, pulled on her uniform skirt and jacket over the jumpsuit, holstered her evoker, and headed out, intent on finding answers before she broke down into tears.

Comments

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

You're finally awake, then?

[Nearby, another girl was magicking away a pile of what looked like a wrecked bed. Minami didn't need to ask about those shenanigans.]

You-- [Oh my. That girl headed out fast.]

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

[It takes Minami a minute to register someone spoke, and when it does she sheepishly heads back and pokes her head in the door.]

Sorry about that. Kind of hard to sit sti--what happened to that bed?

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

Just a small mishap. Nothing to be concerned about. [NOOO IT WAS EMBARASSING )':] I assume you are needing an explanation of where you are, yes?
[A black kitten hops down from Roses bed, trotting over to purr and rub against Minamis leg.
...A kitten who also happens to have four eyes.]

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

[Who Minami grins at and scoops up.... only to see said four eyes.]

Ummm.... is this normal for cats around here or is it just him.... her.... it?

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

[Smirk.]

Boy. His name is Vodka Mutini, Mutini for short. It's not a normal occurence, he was the product of a cloning mishap. I lost track of him in my own world, so I was rather pleasantly surprised to find him again here.

My name is Rose, by the way. I am also assigned to this room.

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

[She's silent for a moment, taking this in. A cat from a cloning mishap, talks of other worlds, she looks at Rose, her face as neutral as she can make it despite the confusion warring in her.]

....so there's other worlds that were....also destroyed? [Maybe]

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

Correct. However, most of us here are quite skeptical to the concept of our worlds being destroyed. The general consensus is that we have, in fact, been kidnapped from our home worlds.

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

[Which is a little easier to accept than, well....]

And no one's figured out who, what, or why we've been taken yet?

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

[she shakes her head.]

I'm afraid not. While some people have been here for a good period of time, no one has been around long enough to know exactly that.

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

Figures. Nothing exciting ever happens after the hard part is done with. Anything I should know about aside from what's in the letter?

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

Not particularly; at least, not that I yet know of. Perhaps your first line of attack should be accessing the Towers network to see if any companions of yours are here as well.

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

That was my plan after exploring this place a little, actually.

Oh! Sorry. Forgot my manners. I'm Minami! Who're you?

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

Rose. Rose Lalonde. It is very nice to meet you, Minami. You are the second Japanese person I have met here... the other was a boy.

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

[She can't help getting her hopes up a little.]

Really? Who was the other person?

[salamancer.livejournal.com]

Minato, if I recall correctly.

[fracta-anima.livejournal.com]

[Her blood runs cold at that, but she manages to keep her cool. The only sign of her discomfort and fear about him being hear only the widening of her eyes. Otherwise she manages to keep her posture relatively relaxed.]

Oh. I don't know if I know him or not.

[Which is true. Minato is kind of a common name. Up until a couple days ago she thought her brother having that name and the leader of Strega sharing it had only been a coincidence.]