towerofanimus | And if it ends today

Characters: AU!Miyabi and YOU
Setting: All over the tower
Format: Action, prose, p4-style convo graphics, whatever works!!!
Summary: Miyabi wakes up in the tower, and she's not sure she likes what's going on.
Warning: SHENANIGANS. Eikichi. Shenanigans involving Eikichi? IDK.

Waking up had been an experience- a nerve-wracking, thoroughly uncomfortable experience, what with the way she'd all but fallen out of the bed and then nearly tripped over herself when she saw she wasn't wearing her uniform anymore. The white affair she'd woken up in had been far tighter than anything she'd ever worn, and she was ecstatic when she found her normal clothes in the trunk at the foot of the strange bed in the even stranger room she'd regained consciousness in. Changing had been tricky (and how she'd even gotten into the white jumpsuit was something she didn't want to think about), but soon enough she was re-dressed and feeling much more normal.

Then she'd found the note.

She hadn't wanted to take it seriously at first- mainly because she wasn't exactly sure this was the kind of thing that Nyarlathotep would do for any of them with what they'd had to sacrifice. Did that mean something bigger and more powerful had gotten a hold of her before she'd disappeared completely? Had it gotten a hold of the others too? Jun-san, Tatsuya-san, Maya-san, Lisa-san and...

"...Eikichi-kun."

My Lord, echoed Persephone in the back of her mind, and shebit her lip before standing up, expression resolute.

She set the letter aside on the bed- she'd re-made it out of habit, not liking the messiness nor wanting to be rude- and stood up, rummaging in the trunk once more to find the weapons she'd seen had been in there while she was looking for her clothes. Armed, nervous, and worried as to whether or not she could handle whatever this was on her own, she made her way out of the room. She made a note of what number it was as she did, then made her way further out into the rest of the building, tugging nervously at the hem of her shirt the entire time.

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Katsuya had just woken up also. The world he lived in, destroyed? And who had saved him? Was Tatsuya saved as well? So many questions ran through his mind as he walked through the corridors, dressed in his usual suits, trying to see if he could get any answers, quick.

It was then he saw a familiar uniform. She was from Seven Sisters High, wasn't she? And what's this familiar sensation? She was a persona user...

He cleared his throat as he approached. "Excuse me, miss."

The sensation was still on its way to being familiar to Miyabi, being much newer to it than the others were. But she still recognized it for what it was, even as she heard someone speak to her, turning to give the person her attention. It wasn't a man she recognized, which was worrisome- but he looked familiar, and not like a bad person besides (though her judgment on that sort of thing wasn't exactly the best), so she pulled up a small smile, nodding in greeting.

"Yes? Are you... did you just get here too?"

Ah, so this girl was in the similar situation. Katsuya gave a small frown, (like he hasn't been frowning already) and took a quick look around.

"I was hoping I could get some answers of where we are at..." He spoke, "I don't suppose you have any information that I don't, do you?"

Her expression turned contrite and she shook her head, running a hand through her hair nervously.

"Unfortunately, I think you know about as much as I do..."

Katsuya gave a slightly frustrated sigh, not exactly liking the situation. True, he had gone through being clueless of things before, but it wasn't something he'd like to be stuck in repeatedly.

"I see that you are wearing a Seven Sisters High uniform. Are you a student from there?" Perhaps she would know of Tatsuya...

The sigh made her worry that she'd made him angry somehow, though she kept her expression friendly and open. She gave the bottom of her shirt an anxious tug and nodded at his question, hands rising to toy with the ribbon around her neck.

"Yes, I am- ah... are you from Sumaru City too? I'm Hanakouji Miyabi, a Junior at Sevens... it's nice to meet you!"

"Yes, I'm... was a police officer at the Konan Police Station." Katsuya replied. "Now that the world, as well as the city, is gone, there isn't much use for a police officer..."

At least there were others (or at least one) from the same world; it made him feel relieved that he wasn't the only one that survived from... whatever that destroyed the world he was from. If she had survived, does that mean Tatsuya was possibly saved as well? He certainly hoped so.

"Have you seen anyone else from Sumaru City?"

Miyabi nodded at his explanation- though part of her wanted to tell him he shouldn't stop calling himself an officer just because he was in a different place- after all, police officers didn't stop obeying the laws just because it wasn't their jurisdiction, so why should upholding them be any different?

"I ran into someone I knew, yes- though... this might sound strange, but he seems to be from a different version of Sumaru City than the one I come from. He said it happens a lot here, which I don't know what to think of, really- but..." An awkward shrug, expression dimming slightly at the thought of Eikichi and the fact that he wasn't the one she 'knew', so to speak.

"Is there anyone in particular you're looking for?"

It was mostly his initial shock and depression doing the talking for the moment; after he gets over it, Katsuya would be back to being a textbook cop. It's been ingrained into his mind ever since the day he decided he was to becoming a cop, so it definitely wouldn't leave just because the world ended.

He did perk up (slightly) when he heard that the girl had ran into someone else. So there were others that were rescued, as well!

"I am looking for Tatsuya Suou." Katsuya replied, adjusting his glasses as he spoke. "Are you familiar with him? He was also a student at Seven Sisters High."

She was pleased to hear Tatsuya's name- if only because it seemed like this man might be familiar with him.

"Oh! Yes, I know him! He's actually one of the people I'm looking for...!"

Yes, good, her positive reaction gave Katsuya a smile as well, relieved to hear he has friends.

"Is that so? He's actually my younger brother, you see. I know he can take care of himself just fine, but with what happened..." He paused momentarily, not wanting to finish that sentence, before moving on, "it's a bit difficult not to worry."

"Oh! I didn't know Suou-san had a brother! It's very nice to meet you!"

She gave a little bow, hair slipping over her shoulders, and then straightened up, tucking her hair back and nodding.

"And yes, I know- everything's been so crazy lately, I can understand why you'd worry. I was pretty worried about my Eikichi-kun myself."

"Nice to meet you as well." Katsuya greeted back with a light bow himself. He wasn't really surprised about Tatsuya not being talkative, especially about family... Katsuya himself never really talked about it to strangers as well. He decided to move his attention over to the other topic.

"Eikichi? Ah, so Tatsuya's friend is also here." He mildly wondered whether if this Eikichi was from the same world as himself, or from the Other Side... It was a question to ask to Tatsuya and his other friends if he could find them himself. But this also brang up another question...

"So you are a persona user yourself?" He asked. "Forgive me for asking, I've sensed the resonance, which was why I decided to speak to you.."

"Yes- for a bit of time, I think."

Which wasa sad, really- she couldn't imagine being in a place like this by herself, constantly worrying about whether or not her friends were alright. His question caught her off-guard momentarily, but then she smiled again and nodded.

"Oh- yes! I thought I got a familiar feeling from you, Suou-san..!"

And if it ends today

Hallways...

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