towerofanimus | (no subject)

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[ou] sakuma jirou

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Characters: Sakuma and open
Setting: around the tower
Format: starting action but either is okay
Summary: Sakuma's not exactly happy with being here so he's trying to look for better explanations than stupid pieces of paper
Warnings: nothing yet

[There is absolutely no way he's going to believe some letter telling him his world got destroyed. There has to be a mistake somewhere, never mind the fact that he's now in some weird place, because accepting that would mean accepting the people he knows are gone too. And that's just too terrible to even think about.

So he sets off to find who's in charge here. And maybe challenge them a soccer game or something when he finds them because that's obviously how you solve problems. By beating someone in soccer.

Yeah.]

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[Sakuma looks away because seeing Kidou like this is painful and hearing his words fills him with guilt. He can't begin to imagine what Kidou's been through during his time here but all he knows is that he's been alone all that time and Sakuma wasn't there to help him.]

I'm sorry.

Don't be.

[He smiles a bit sadly]

We can't change the fact that you're here now, but we can at least make sure we protect each other.

This Tower is a very dangerous place, it's easy to get killed here. Though death isn't permanent, it's still something I would prefer not to happen to me or any of my friends. Not again.

It's not that I'm here now, but because I wasn't here earlier.

[He chews on his lip as he digests this new piece of information.]

Have you been safe though?

[He shakes his head.]

I've already been thrown into an experiment before.

[The very idea horrifies him and Sakuma stands up abruptly, hands clenched tightly into fists.]

What?! What did they do?

[As he speaks, he crosses the room so now he's standing before Kidou, looking down at him with immense worry. With a shaking hand, he hesitantly puts it on Kidou's shoulder.]

[He's quiet, staring at the floor for a moment before speaking.]

They tested us, to see how we reacted in stressful situations. They shoved a few of us in a labyrinth. They stuck us in there with food and weapons and we were expected to kill each other when we ran into each other. It lasted for eight days, and it got more and more dangerous each day. And if having to kill each other wasn't bad enough, they put mutated creatures into the labyrinth one day. I ran into a bunch of them, and they were frightening.

[His arms were shaking, and so were his legs.]

They were humanoid, but they had a bunch of arms attached to them and they moved around like slugs. They weren't very hard to kill, or outrun, but they could spit acid so we had to be careful. I, unfortunately, had the right side of my face burned off by one of them.

They were taken back out of the labyrinth, but then they started filling it with water, until it was 10 or 11 feet deep.

[He stops talking for a moment, trying to keep himself calm.]

I'm not sure how but I made it to the last day. But that's when the walls fell down and the last surviving people were forced to fight. At that point, I didn't last long and I had gotten myself killed.

[His voice trailed off and he stared at the floor, still trembling as he remembered the terrible event that had happened not too long ago.]

[As he listens dread grows in his stomach like a heavy stone. Part of his mind rejects that any of this had happened and yet, what reason did Kidou have to lie? He was told there were monsters here before but he didn't believe it. And now...

It scares him, more than he'd want to admit. Not because he's afraid of going through things like what Kidou described but because Kidou's already suffered and will continue suffering if they stay in this damn tower any longer.

The hand that's sitting on Kidou's shoulder clenches slightly. Seeing Kidou like this made him regret asking what happened.]

We need to get out of here.

We can't.

Why not?! There has to be a way.

There is no way outside of this Tower, unless we are sent back to our "destroyed" homes by accident or request. People have tried to leave to no avail.

[He looks up at Sakuma, a strict frown set on his face]

We have no choice but to stay here and wait to see what happens, as much as I don't want to say it.

[Sakuma returns his frown.]

Maybe no one's looked hard enough. I refuse to believe that these people hold that much power.

There are people who have been here for months, Sakuma. Perhaps even years. I'm sure they would have found something by now.

But--

[His mind draws a blank because Kidou has a point. He's barely been here that long at all and he's already deciding things himself without knowing anything.]

Things have calmed down, for the time being. As I've mentioned before, we just need to wait out and see what happens.

[Kidou takes Sakuma's hand, squeezes it for a moment, and gently removes it from his shoulder.]

Anyway we should probably get something to eat.

It still doesn't feel right just accepting things as it is but... If you say so. [Shrugs.] I don't know if I can eat but I guess we could go.

I should show you around the Tower, anyway.

[He smiles and stands up, fixing his cape and shorts a bit before walking past Sakuma and holding open the door for him.]

[Well, he can't deny that he'll need to get used to this place since he's stuck here now too so he follows after Kidou.]

How long have you been here, exactly?

About 7 weeks.

[Seven weeks, that's terrible.]

Huh, I guess that kid was right about time working weirdly here.

[Although he's saying this more to himself than anything.]

Kid?

[He turns his head to look at Sakuma]

You mean Link?

Yeah, I think that was his name. He was looking for you, actually.

He was? Did he say why?

Just that you were angry and that he didn't want you alone in a dangerous place like this when you're upset. I didn't believe him, you know. That it was dangerous here.

[He turns his head to his feet as he continues walking]

I didn't believe anyone at first, either.

It's hard to. Suddenly being told all this, it's kind of overwhelming.