001; lay me down in the bed that i've made. ( open! )

[tsunball]

Characters: Leon Kuwata and you!
Setting: Dormitories (room 01-16) and wherever you want as long as it's reasonably safe.
Format: Action brackets really preferred, but if you want to prose that badly I can match.
Summary: Leon finds himself in the tower for the first time and has clear priorities.
Warnings: Possible swearing and general dumbassery. Balls.

( room 01-16 )

[ It's a good thing Leon always wakes up so slowly - it's why he hardly even notices the sleep paralysis among the lazy waking and the surprise that he can still even be conscious in any way. Still, a few moments after it disappears and the full realisation settles in that he's alive and can move, he jerks up until he sits in the bed.

There's a few things he has to realise here. The first is that somehow he's alive despite the fact there's no way he could ever have survived that, he's sure he died. Especially with how painful it was, just thinking back on it is enough to make a shiver run down his spine. But.. that means that right now he's dead yet alive, right? So then this must be.. the afterlife, huh? He can only see the room through tiny slits - opening his eyes fully feels so tiresome right after he wakes up - but it sure isn't anywhere he recognizes. And he can even feel that damn collar (he doesn't bother to look at it to see the difference) around his neck. What is this, humiliation even in the afterlife?

... Ah, well. You know what, it doesn't even matter. If this is the afterlife, then that's just it, and he'll find out what exactly happens in the afterlife later. More importantly he's in a bed right now and finally being out of that school means he can finally really sleep without anyone interrupt it. Yeah, that's right, everything else can come later. The afterlife can wait a few more hours for Leon Kuwata. So he just drops himself backwards again to catch some more (in his opinion finally well-deserved) sleep. Finally there's that nap he wanted all along.

This is why roommates might find the new guy completely sprawled out on his bed while sleeping as if he nearly passed out on there (he did sleep much less than usually the last few days for him, okay!!) and snoring loudly. ]

( elsewhere in the tower; pick a location )

[ Unfortunately Leon can't remain in his oblivious bliss forever, so after waking up later and actually finding the letter and the like (and some possible explanations from roommate(s)) he's trying to get some grasp on the situation by thinking about it and meanwhile walking around to see some more of the place. He's sticking to the safe parts since he's not completely stupid.

At least he put on his own clothes (seriously, what the hell was that other thing he woke up in, he's so not ever wearing that again). He doesn't still fully trust the situation though, so that baseball bat he found in his trunk? Yes, he's carrying it with him just in case. He's not going to let himself be taken by surprise again, not like last time. ]

Comments

Floor 1

[yougotthatwrong]

[So, there must be a period of time where Leon gets hungry riiiiight?

When Leon arrives in the cafeéteria, he might notice a very familiar face just. Poking at a bowl of something that probably should be oatmeal, and looking very. Very. Zoned out.]

[tsunball]

[ Sure, he feels pretty starved, so eventually he does arrive at the cafeteria (with baseball bat, but eh, it's more of a casual thing by now, he's just idly carrying it with him). And he's about to saunter over to get some food, but.. then he manages to spot a very familiar face in the group of people here indeed.

And it's more out of some sheer first instinct curiosity that he wanders over immediately, staring down at the boy sitting there despite how zoned out said boy looks. ]

.. Naegi?! [ don't be so loud, Leon, you'll get the entire cafeteria's attention at this rate.. ] What are you doing here?

[ Even if this isn't the afterlife after all like he found out (although that makes him being alive even weirder), why would this guy be here too? Did they pull all of them in the 'academy' here? ]

[yougotthatwrong]

I was just thinking about how this Tower work, Kuwata-kun...

[That reply came out automatically as he continued to poke at the food inside the bowl, before he immediately started back up in surprise when the fact registered to his brain that Kuwata-kun is also alive.]

...!!!

[Good thing he didn't spill that food all over the table too.]

K-Kuwata-kun!?

[tsunball]

[ Yeah, he doesn't have to guess what his surprise is about, really. Leon remembers dying all too clearly after all, and he must've seen it like the others, so.. ugh, just thinking of it makes him sick to the stomach. ]

Yeah, it's me. [ At least he seems reasonably calmer now, but almost a little.. pouty in that Leon way. ] What, is it that strange to see a dead man walking? Would've rather not seen me again?

[ Naegi's the one who got him executed through the reasoning for the most part, after all, but Leon doesn't take it particularly personally. It was either him or the rest of the entire group, after all, so he can't blame him. ]

[yougotthatwrong]

N-no, it's not both of those, really...!

[First Oowada-san, and now him, this tower is certainly strange, but it did prove one thing.

They can take anyone dead or alive, and dump them into this place.]

[tsunball]

[ ... Wait, really? He isn't going to just accuse him or whatever? Still bros? :D

Leon is just going to plop down on the seat at the table right across from the other boy, laying down the bat on the table as well and dropping his head for a moment on the table out of sheer laziness before raising it again. ]

I'm not so sure about the first one. I'm pretty freaked I'm alive too, y'know.

[yougotthatwrong]

...Yeah, about that...

[There was a nervous laughter as he recalled his previous encounter with the previously-dead Oowada-san, which would partly explain his... normalcy with Kuwata-kun.]

I met with Oowada-san earlier on, so...

[...Makoto, he doesn't know that Oowada-san is dead]

[tsunball]

Oowada..? [ Huh. He's peering at Naegi's food now, but.. nah, he won't steal it from him. Especially not if it doesn't even look really tasty. ]

What, did they take the entire group to this place? Is this something that bear did?!

[yougotthatwrong]

Not exactly... It appears this place can take people from any places and time.

[.../bombshell time.]

Oowada-san was dead when I arrived here.

[tsunball]

Oh, really, was h--

[ .. Casual answer interrupted since slowly the realisation starts to settle in.. give him a few moments.. ]

He was dead-- but why?! No way anyone would've dared to kill that guy, so he got.. you know, the same thing as me..?!

[mustlovedogs]

[Mondo literally bumps into him in the hallway of the dorm floor as he goes around with his sword looking for something to smash to get the fuck out of there!!]

Watch it, you little shit-

[Oh-- hey, hey, he knows this guy!!]

[tsunball]

[ Leon, on his part, is about to shout at the other person for bumping into him after picking up the bat he dropped during the bump, but.. then he hears that voice. And it seems to active some automatic NO DON'T YELL AT THIS PERSON IF YOU LIKE LIVING instinct in his brain, so instead he just stares for a moment like a goldfish out of its bowl.

Give him a few moments, he's trying to say somthing but it doesn't.. quite.. want to come out.. okay there. ]

Y-.. you?! [ Don't take it personally, Mondo, it's what he'd tell any of their 'classmates'.. ]

[mustlovedogs]

[Yeah so this is definitely weird, strange enough that he should probably be dead himself, but now Leon too? And it sure wasn't the afterlife if Naegi and Kirigiri were around. He just stares blankly back for a while...]

That how you greet a classmate, Kuwata?

[tsunball]

T-.. that's how I greet a classmate when we're stuck in some weirdass place I don't even know anything about..!

[ Despite first instincts, he's so freaked out that he can't help but snark/yell back just a little all the same.. although it helps that Mondo isn't bringing up anything about his little murder incident, because he was more or less expecting the guy to yell at him (or more) for it considering how much he was raging during the investigation about 'finding the fucker who'd hurt a woman'.. It's still fresh on his mind after his 'execution', after all. ]

[mustlovedogs]

[He laughs a bit at what Leon says, weirdass place indeed]

...You just get here too? Aren't you used to waking up in some weird place by now?

[Yeah, about that... Murderer...bros...]

[tsunball]

[ Okay, Leon, calm down and breathe (even if it's difficult).. if this guy is relatively calm about this, you can be too, right? Right. (Even if he has no clue about murderer bros..) ]

Hey, this is only the second time! [ okay no it might have happened at a party before.. maybe.. but ssh. ] And at least last time I wasn't..

[ His voice trails off, and he has to gulp when he thinks back on what happened. No way he could've survived that, right? No way. ]

[mustlovedogs]

You weren't dead? Yeah, same thing I was thinking. There's just no fucking way, right?

[tsunball]

... Wait.. [ See, Leon might not be really smart but at least he ranks above Mondo in that, so the gears in his brain are slowly starting to turn.. ]

You died too, Oowada? [ And that can (to Leon) only mean one thing; that he must've killed someone too and got executed for it. No way anyone would go after Mondo of all people, they'd rather get an easy kill without risk, right? So him being the victim is simply not logical, but.. ] Y-.. you killed someone?!

[ It's not really in an accusatory way (because wow, Leon has no right of speaking there) but more.. surprise.. since Mondo was always the one ranting about A MAN'S WORD and RESPECTING WOMEN and all despite being a scary gang member. ]

[mustlovedogs]

Shit, wasn't supposed to say that...

[He grinds his teeth in irritation with himself, why you so stupid, Mondo?!!?!?]

Yeah. But...I didn't mean to do it! You get me, right?!

Floor 15

[disbear]

If Leon ventures off into Floor 15, he would discover a spacious workshop, exploding with activity. Sparks fly and the sound of buzzsaws vibrate through the air. Smoke covers most of what's happening in the room, but if he looks closely, he would find several silhouettes that appear familiar. The first is the construct being put together. Anybody who has ever been to the batting cages should know find whatever is being made familiar. The other is the shadow of a little bear bouncing around, holding and using power tools. The light from its one, glowing red eye pierces through the smoke as it jumps along with the bear.

[tsunball]

He was still a little cautious in exploring despite everything. The final incidents before he had found himself in this place instead had put him very much on edge, and he wasn't about to make the same mistake of being too careless again. .. If he could help it, that was, considering his usual temper and general hot-bloodedness.

So when he first passes by the workshop, he only peeks in a little, and actually pretty subtly for once. It's difficult to see through the smoke, but since he's so generally used to the sight the thing that is being made inside there is the first thing he spots, even half through the smoke. The other thing is not difficult to spot yet either, but it brings an entirely different reaction. That bear is right here, in this room, even now, even after everything that happened..

His blood can't help but start boiling a little as usual and it's why he discards all the carefulness, instead just fully standing in the doorway and beating his bat against the frame (just a little, not enough to cause damage but enough to make a firm sound) to draw the bear's attention. You know, in case the shouting wouldn't already help with that.

"Hey! .. You!"

[disbear]

The smoke begins to clear as Monobear pauses construction. As the smoke clears, Leon would notice that Monobear was in the process of building a baseball training machine. Judging from aesthetics, it's the same one used for Leon's execution. Able to shoot a million fungoes in barely any time, it was meant to be used to kill than for any sort of practice. Yet it was being rebuilt right in front of Leon. The murderous principal of a bear, standing at an unimpressive two and a half feet tall, looks up and towards Leon with his head cutely tilted.

"... Who? Me?"

[tsunball]

A small cowardly although pretty reasonable part of him just wants to run away really badly right now, especially since now the smoke clears the full impact of the situation is slowly starting to dawn upon him. But there is still that fired up part of him that just wants to keep going. So for a moment or two Leon just stands there as the two mentally duke it out (at least he doesn't care for the bear's cuteness in the slightest, especially not after everything, so that doesn't make it even more difficult) - although on the outside it just looks like he's staring at the machine. Which isn't entirely strange considering it's what killed him in what feels for him less than a few hours ago at most.

"Yeah, you! W-.." He swallows, trying to force out more words. Come on now, Leon.. "What are you doing..?!"

[disbear]

"I should ask you the same question."

His tone turns a little serious for just one moment. Perhaps it's about time to turn Leon's fear into his advantage. It's not that he isn't curious either, really.

"What are you doing alive, you bastard?"

[tsunball]

The truth is that he doesn't know at all either. He knows by now this isn't the afterlife, not by far, but that still doesn't explain anything in the slightest. At the very least he can just hope Monobear doesn't decide from now on he should go and correct this fact or anything.

His fist clutches the bat a little tighter. "Why should I know that?! I just woke up like this, no way in hell I expected that..!" If he was being a little less emotional he would have realised this means Monobear doesn't know how most of this is happening either, but his common sense drops a lot once he's worked up.