Infighting Week One

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Characters: any character participating in the Infighting event
Setting: pods, week one of the event
Format: any
Summary: All week one Infighting event threads should go in here, to keep things organized.
Warnings: horror, trauma, experiment results, impossible geometry, cabin fever

[Group Information]
Dax's Pod
Riki's Pod
Jason's Pod
End of Week One

Comments

[chainsawn]

I think you're already doing a lot. [ especially compared to some of the treatment she's had before. ] Isn't that what matters?

And.. yes, we have to keep up the team spirit. I think that's the most important part, as long as we're together.. it's easier, I think.

[moontothetide]

Well, i-if you think so, then...yeah. I, I guess it is.

[Tara presses her hand over her chest, feeling her heart flutter with something warm and happy. She was still fit to be around children. Who would have guessed?]

Um, m-my name is Tara. What's yours'?

[chainsawn]

Urotsuki. [ She nods back, seemingly pretty content despite the situation now. Maybe since she isn't entirely alone - that helps a lot for her. ]

It's very nice to meet you.. even if it's like this.

[moontothetide]

Yeah. I, I've already met more people than I have all while I've been here. But...it, i-it could be worse, right?

[They've passed into the lounge, by ow, and there's a table nearby. Tara pauses to knock on it a couple of times before continuing to lead the way to the kitchen.]

I mean, there's food. And, um, movies.

[chainsawn]

I like both of those. [ she smiles thinly, as if it's some sort of slight joke. ]

It's not very different from the usual tower either, right? I thought we were going somewhere that would be really different..

[moontothetide]

No, it, um, it doesn't seem that different. I mean...if, i-if everything wasn't so big, I'd think we were still in the tower. But, here, a-and the other two areas...that's, that's bigger than any of the other floors I've seen.

[chainsawn]

That's what I was thinking about too.. I don't know if this could be any place inside the tower, but.. [ ... ] We don't know what's outside of it either, right..?

Or did someone find out already?

[moontothetide]

Um, i-if they have, they haven't told me. And, and our powers won't even work outside. If they did, I, I-I could probably just fly down and see.

As it is now...I can't ever s-see anything, past the clouds.

[chainsawn]

[ Her eyes widen a little at that. ]

You can fly..? [ normally it wouldn't be that surprising of a thing, she's seen it plenty in her dreams, but this is different. It's real. ] Can you do other things too?

[moontothetide]

Y-Yeah. Well...kind of. I, I'm not that great at it, a-and I can't do it for long. But...y-yeah. I can fly.

[Ah, the trickiest of all questions. Tara looks a bit embarrassed, for a lot of reasons.] Oh, just...s-spells. Lots of different spells. It's, um, kind of hard to explain.

[chainsawn]

Even if it's hard to explain, I think it's amazing. I've never seen anything like that for real before. [ 'for real' as opposed to 'in dreams', of course. ]

Can you show them off too..? You know, just like magicians do.

[moontothetide]

W-Well... [Ordinarily she'd love to, ordinarily magic is more or less the only thing left in her life that Tara can be proud of. But her hand goes to fidget with her collar. There are only a few traces of indigo left in it, and she's weak, the energy she'd stolen from Kohaku long since used up.

This pod, this enclosed space, isn't a good place to drain someone. Who knows what would happen?]

M-Maybe later. I'm, um, kind of tired. Been a busy day, you know? H-Here. [She places a hand on the small of Urotsuki's back, enough to shunt her forward enough to speak with the drone behind the counter.] Just, um, ask for something.

[chainsawn]

[ She manages to turn her head back curiously a last time, blinking at her - was something wrong..? But she can't really determine it all the same, so instead she asks for something fairly simple at first, just a bowl of tomato soup, and so she gets it. (It doesn't take long for her to already be scooping spoonfuls out of it and into her mouth - she really was hungry without food in the tower. ]

... It's yummy. [ in case that wasn't obvious from how quickly she was eating. ] Does that mean I can see it some other time though? I'll show you something in return then too.. promise.

[moontothetide]

Of course. ["Something in return"? Did that mean Urotsuki had power of her own? Tara had used up all of Kohaku's power to get herself to the clinic, and being just down to her own power was putting her on edge, maybe she could...

...and then Tara goes cold when she realizes what she's thinking. She'd been making to join Urotsuki at the table, but then, then Tara takes a step back.] Y-Yeah. Later. I, I-I just need to rest a bit.

Urotsuki, I'm, I-I'm going to just...look for some people. W-Will you be okay here?

[chainsawn]

[ There's a brief blink, as if she finds the sudden retreat a little surprising, but it's nothing to draw her attention too much. And as much as she dislikes being alone, she's used to it by now, so she nods in return. ]

.. Yes. I'll be fine. [ for a moment she stares at the food, but then back to Tara. ] Good luck looking for them.. We'll see each other again later, right?

[moontothetide]

Yeah. [This, at least, Tara can reply without hesitation. She's finding Urotsuki's company almost reassuring. Or perhaps bolstering, is the better word.] I, I-I saw that, um, we had movies. Do you like movies? I-I like movies. M-Maybe we can watch one later.

[chainsawn]

.. Yes. I like movies. I haven't watched them with someone else in a while though.. [ she hums, as if thinking of when exactly the last time was, but once she can't recall it she just gives up. ] .. So it might be more fun together. If we do.. I'll look forward to it.

[moontothetide]

We will.

Promise.

[Tara might just speak above a mumble in her efforts to claim the television, for the chance to watch a movie with someone else.

She gives Urotsuki a small wave, and then ducks out of the kitchen, not daring to breathe again until she's across the lounge and in the hallway.]