:33 < furst pounce

[furocious]

Characters: Nepeta Leijon (OU) and open!
Setting: Around room 2-07 and the dormitories.
Format: Action preferred, but I can go either way.
Summary: Nepeta's new to the tower, so time to look around.
Warnings: Mentions of death, probably not much else.

[The act of waking up is a strange one when you don't expect to wake up at all. Freaking out is also mitigated when you're stuck still in--what is this, a human bed?--for half a minute before you can get up. It gives Nepeta the chance to, if not calm completely, get a push on the way there, and also realize she's not in pain anymore. But then what is this place? It doesn't look like the lab, and again, she's pretty sure she didn't have something soft to lay on when her eyes first closed.]

[Once her limbs decide they can move again, though, she's up instantly. Three things come quickly to her attention: the collar around her neck (which gets some pokes, prods, and tugs before she gives up on removing it), then the two letters. Being told her world has been destroyed is no news at all - Alternia is already pretty much gone! - but the rest is unexpected. This is a place to live. There's things here to help in that. And again, most importantly, she's alive.]

[So what does this mean for everyone else? It's a stab to the gut to think back on what happened to Equius, and she can't stop a sharp hiss at the thought of Gamzee potentially being here. But if they could save her, maybe, just maybe, they could save her friends too.]

[After one last delay spent checking the contents of her trunk, she's out the door to get an idea of this place. Her nerves aren't totally settled; her feet carry her light and careful through the halls of the dormitories. For all she wants to see who's here, she can't afford not to be wary.]

Comments

thanks for understanding

[furocious]

[She hmms thoughtfully, taking in the information.]

Then I will give them both a chance. But overturned? How do you mean?

[verymuchalive]

There was a revolution at some point, I think. I don't really know the details but apparently in his world I'm the Empress.

[furocious]

Sounds complicated. Maybe he could tell me more if I meet him.

[Blood stuff is kind of weird anyway. Even with how Equius pushes it at her, she still holds it shouldn't matter, at least not the way he treats it.]

[verymuchalive]

Maybe...Oh, and the Sollux from his world is here too. He might know more about it, actually, or at least might be more willing to talk about it.

[furocious]

[A nod.] Then maybe I'll try asking him too, if I see him.

[For a moment she fidgets as though she wants to ask something, uncertainty playing on her face. There's been a big question on her mind since earlier. It shouldn't even be hard to guess, knowing her. But even so... she kind of dreads the answer, and it wouldn't do to get all upset in front of her. She swallows it down, exhales, then goes a different route.]

Hey, are we almost to the cafurteria yet?

[verymuchalive]

[Aradia's faintly aware of the unasked question lingering between them; however, it's not for her to prompt the question if Nepeta's not willing to ask]

Yes. Just down these stairs.

[And indeed there they are, in the cafeteria.]

[furocious]

[At least Aradia is good about that. Nepeta's expression eases with silent gratitude. Then down the stairs it is, at her instruction, and there's the cafeteria.]

So now I just need to get my oatmeal, and then we can talk more, right?

[verymuchalive]

[Aradia nods]

I'll find us somewhere to sit while you do that.

[furocious]

Okay! Sounds like a good idea.

[She turns to go fetch her oatmeal now, though as she goes, something like dread does write itself across her face. Mushy gunky gloppy grain stuff, ewww. But she gets it anyway, since it's better than the alternative.]

[Now she just needs to find Aradia again. Shouldn't be too hard with those wings and horns.]

[verymuchalive]

[Aradia is indeed standing out quite well, sat at the table she's found and waiting patiently for Nepeta to join her]

[furocious]

[There she is! Nepeta heads on over to the table once she spots her, and takes a seat across from hers. And, well... the oatmeal gets set before her, and given a wary look as she does. But she can do this. She can defeat this horrid glop. She's a fierce predator, not someone who gets defeated by some soggy grains!]

[She takes a spoonful, lifts it up - pause, steels herself - and eats it. It is gummy and gross and terribly bland, but she swallows it down anyway. This will be slow going.]

So, you said we were gonna catch up?

[verymuchalive]

[Aradia nods. She's done this before, helping a new arrival with the oatmealing process, though it's a little different when it's someone she already knows]

Sure. What did you want to know?