viditlibertas: (☆ Unsettling concerns)
Al Saiduq ([personal profile] viditlibertas) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2012-05-27 08:24 pm

☆ World of Illusions

Characters: The Anguished One and open!
Setting: Floor Twelve- the space floor.
Format: Will match you~
Summary: AO hasn't explored the tower very far, and is suddenly regretting doing it alone.
Warnings: A star being very, very horrified and depressed and confused.

Alcor had adjusted to the tower relatively quickly, in truth. He had quickly begun to balance his budding emotions with his own curiosity, so as not to overwhelm himself- a tactic he had only learned through the Shining One's entrance in to his being. He was not perfect, however, and did not completely understand the depths of his own feelings. He had decided to explore the floors of the tower one at a time, and thus far had met little that could sway his feelings to any sort of horrible depths. Until, of course, he hovered in to floor 12. For the smallest moment, he had thought that somehow he was back where he belonged, amongst his fellow stars.

And then that flash of light came, and he watched with mounting horror and fear as life was wiped out.

Alcor hadn't realized he had moved at all until he felt the floor- there was one, after all -under his knees. He'd collapsed completely, it seemed, even if he seemed to realize deep in the back of his head that such was bizarre. That detached part of him was confused by the sudden irritation in his eyes, even if nothing came out. It was like his body was seeking to emulate humanity's behavior when in despair. In a way, that made him feel twice as distressed, and he managed to push himself shakily to standing. But even with his feet on the ground, arms hugging his elbows and knees pressed together...he didn't feel right.

Why was he behaving like this? Was it the influence of those he'd watched so closely...? Had the Shining One affected him so deeply? Or...had this all been within him all along, and he'd only just realized?

It didn't matter. What did was the sickening display taking place all around him, watching as life ended on repeat all across the universe. Yet, he couldn't bring himself to leave, or even move from his spot. He simply remained in the center of the room, quivering like a leaf in the breeze and watching.
syncingdoll: (A doll doesn't feel.)

wow this grew into a text wall

[personal profile] syncingdoll 2012-05-28 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Kohaku's been to this floor a few times prior. The first, she didn't even leave the staircase, believing the spectacle might be a genuine opening to the abyss of dying planets. On the second, she remembered her and Urotsuki's little bet, and actually stepped out and found the floor. Each time Kohaku had stayed longer. Today, she wanted to watch to see if it was just a cycling recording, the same pre-made images of destruction being shuffled up so that a casual observer wouldn't notice. She thought it might be some kind of cosmic screensaver.

It was a very empty place. She could quietly stride through, comfortably to herself, geta making odd sounds on the hidden flooring - what kind of material would make that noise? Today was different, though. Someone was standing amidst all this, held like they were trying to make themselves smaller. It's another moment, of which the tower has given her a discomforting handful, where she's not sure how to react.

Kohaku settles on walking up next to Alcor, with an appreciable amount of space. She takes an audible breath, thinking of something to say - but loses it in the next second. She resorts to a simple "Hello."
syncingdoll: (a lucid gaze)

[personal profile] syncingdoll 2012-05-28 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
As the silence that hangs after her hello drags on, Kohaku allows her attention to fall from Alcor back to the, uh, interesting vista surrounding them.

By comparison to Alcor's tremulous state, Kohaku seems incredibly calm. Her breathing is regular. Heartbeat, the same. She doesn't do much interesting, until the projection switches to a new universe and she cuts her eyes away from it - that initial burst of light is bright.

The returned hello has her immediately perking up and noticing his loose stare, though. Kohaku beams. "Oh, you did hear me! I thought you," might have been absent, she wants to say, "might not have."
syncingdoll: (just crafted parts)

[personal profile] syncingdoll 2012-05-28 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
That gets a giggle. "'Distracting' sounds about right. There's something to say of how simple the other floors can be in comparison, hn?"
syncingdoll: (Cheers!)

[personal profile] syncingdoll 2012-05-31 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
If she catches the quiver in his tone, Kohaku gives no sign of it.

"--Ah, certainly! Here, let's see.."

Kohaku moves besides him, but pauses a moment to evaluate Alcor from closer up. He's still as a board, unnaturally so.. and she can't say she's ever really dug the 'naturally white hair' look. She offers him her arm.
syncingdoll: (ahahaha...)

[personal profile] syncingdoll 2012-06-01 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
--huh, the whispy looking fellow is much heavier than he looks. Considering that Kohaku is rather tiny, Alcor's attempts to not accidentally crushinate her are well spent.

~And thus they traversed a galaxy~ on the way to the stairs.