animus_sorrow: (Sadness)
Mary Magdalene ([personal profile] animus_sorrow) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2012-04-17 08:32 pm

ONE

Characters: Mary Magdalene ([personal profile] animus_sorrow) and OPEN
Setting: Room 1-13, Floor 25
Format: Prose to start but will match
Summary: Mary wakes up, blames herself for her universes destruction and hides on the meadow floor for as long as she can get away with it
Warnings: Denial, self-blaming, depression


Room 1-13

The sleep paralysis didn't register with Mary until she was able to move again. Spending over a year, consciously, inside KOS-MOS had been rather restricting, when she wasn't in control. It was strange, being able to move her own hands and legs again, not feeling all the extra weight from KOS-MOS' extra armor or her head gear. It was nice, being able to feel again, feel her own soft skin and brush back her own dark hair. Nice but a bit strange.

She didn't notice the note immediately, walking around the room a bit an opening the trunk. By now the jumpsuit was feeling a bit stuffy. Especially so for a woman who was used to walking around in a loose dress from the Ancient Lost Jerusalem era. She changed quietly, breathing contentedly at the comfortable blue dress and slipped on her sandles. She tugged at the collar a bit before wrapping the white scarf loosely around her and going over to, finally, look at the letter.

She didn't finish reading it before the tears started, blinding her to what else the letter said. Choking back sobs and covering her mouth to stifle the sound when she couldn't hold it back. And then she was running, out of the room as quickly as she could.

Floor 25, Meadow

She found a spot farthest from the stairs to curl up and cry freely. In all her long life, and new life, she had never wanted to go back to the oblivion that had awaited her after she separated Anima as much as she did now. And the fault was hers, she knew it. There wasn't any other explanation. She had let KOS-MOS take control in order to reject Eternal Recurrence. Mary herself wasn't capable of it, it had to be KOS-MOS but now she regretted it. There would never be anything she regretted more now.

She should have activated Zarathustra. She should have begun Eternal Recurrence. She should have fulfilled her purpose and protected the universe. It was gone now though and she failed. Yeshua was gone. Shion was gone. Everyone was gone. And it was her fault.
temptestament: Cringing back (I don't wanna do this.)

[personal profile] temptestament 2012-04-18 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded, pulling down his hood the old fashioned way as he moved to sit next to her.

"Yeah. I'm guessing you saw the note."

His tone was dry and wary, he wasn't sure he believed it yet, especially after his earlier conversation with someone who had been here longer. Maybe it was wishful thinking, but he wanted to see proof before he bought it.
temptestament: (Um...about that.)

[personal profile] temptestament 2012-04-18 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, he's actually there. He put a hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her. More than that, even though he didn't entirely believe the letter, it was comforting for him to have someone familiar right there.

"Something isn't right about it. I've been talking to some of the other people here, and someone mentioned someone here who had to be from her future."
temptestament: (I'm glad you're okay.)

[personal profile] temptestament 2012-04-19 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's why it doesn't add up. They can't both be true."

He thought it should be obvious enough what he was getting at.