1 / Establishment of Routine

[syncingdoll]

Characters: Kohaku and a game of fill-in-the-blank. ..as in, you fill in the blank.
Setting: Dormitories, floors quickly accessible from the dormitories.
Format: Prose, but I like action brackets too.
Summary: The real question is "what now?"
Warnings: If you haven't seen Kohaku's opt-out thread yet, take a gander.

'Let's all be happy here.'
Kohaku's smile hadn't twitched as she read over the letter again, and it remained fixed as she calmly folded the document back up, and laid it beside herself upon the bed. Absently she smoothed out some of the wrinkles she'd created in the cover from getting up earlier.

"Maybe the apocalypse happened when I blinked my eyes.. that's really inconvenient."

'Inconvenient' was a light word. For a while, Kohaku stared at her hand, trying to work out what to do next past what she'd done automatically already. Looking over the letter was something she'd done the day she arrived, but that was at least yesterday - reading it again had just been a strange affirmation. She'd probably do it again the next morning.

What next..? The door to room 2-07 clicked behind her, and the hall provided no more ideas than the back of her hand had, save a direction to walk.

Comments

[syncingdoll]

"Ahah, that's right! It did say 'destroyed,' instead of 'dead.' In that case, maybe a meteor came out of some cosmic blind spot, and went whapow."

Bruce Willis, have you really failed us so...?

[fusedstars]

That would have been a good explanation...but that too had problems.

"The destruction couldn't have been instantaneous though. If it did happen, then one can actually feel it, less they were comatose at best."

[syncingdoll]

"Well, I certainly wasn't napping.. and I don't think I'd be THAT lost in my thoughts."

A quiet theory pipes up in the back of her head, though - maybe the shock of rememberng a world destruction is something their mysterious benefactor thought they'd need to be saved from, as well?

[fusedstars]

"There are not enough theories if multiple worlds are involved...Tell me, what kind of world are you from."

[syncingdoll]

..the idea of multiple worlds.. well, that's pretty exciting.

"I'd like to think it would be called normal, but.. there are some unusual and secret things, like people with special powers and families with demonic bloodlines."

Both of which she is intimately familiar with.

"How about the place you're from? Perhaps we're neighbors."

[fusedstars]

Unfortunately, he only knew half of that. Demonic bloodlines was certainly something new, and after working with an organization, such things would have been brought to his attention. But demons existing? He just recently found out his roommate was a demon and could summon them.

"Doubtful. Demons don't exist where I am from."

[syncingdoll]

"Oh, that's fortunate!"

The hands go together with a muffled clap.

"..well, it is too bad that we're not from the same world, since that means another place that's met a terrible fate..."

[fusedstars]

He glances to the side. "I still have my doubts on this whole situation of worlds being destroyed."

[syncingdoll]

"Got to keep speculating, huh?"

After all, it's a little dramatically soon for all the secrets to reveal themselves.

[fusedstars]

"I prefer to keep all possibilities open. For all I know, this is just some prison."

[syncingdoll]

The idea of this being a prison seems to have piqued her fancy, prompting a quick twirl as she goes on - "But that would be pretty fascinating! A world spanning prison that won't tell any of the inmates their crimes, just that they were given another chance.. I guess I'll have to be on my best behavior."

[fusedstars]

Indeed, that was a large theory to consider. A place that could capture multiple people from different worlds, and collect all this information? That did sound a bit impossible as well, but considering his lack of faith, it was more plausible than gods.

"For now, it's all just theory. Soon enough, the truth will be revealed."