towerofanimus | 4 / Disruption II

Characters: Kohaku, Jay, and the other poor schmucks left in the main tower.
Setting: Pick a number, any number!
Format: I love prose to bits, but I can action to match you if you're more comfortable so.
Summary: General encounters thread for Kohaku and Jay, seeing as they're buddying up for this month - they're trying to go incognito as they can, but that's not always going to work - you can bug Kohaku alone if you'd prefer not to encounter them both.
Warnings: It's danger month in the tower. So let's get dangerous.

Prior to team up (first few days of the month, feel free to timey-whimey it):

She'd braved the darkened tower exactly once, mindlessly following her routine before she came to another close call with the more bestial part of the populace (her second in such a short period of time, proof she was certainly careless and unused to this place--) but one she got out of relatively unscathed. Well, she did lose a shoe. Coming off inconvenienced more than scared, Kohaku simply takes off the remaining one and stows it in a pocket. This way, at least, she can move about quieter.

It's not too far back to her dorm room. This blackout might go on for who knows how long, but it's nothing she can fix - it's better to linger there and wait.

For a few days, Kohaku can be found at any time in room 2-07.

Post team up (heck yeah team attack:)

BASICALLY?

These dunces are gonna duck around the tower forever, trying to avoid people - but of course, the fact that you're encountering them means they failed rather handily at that. You could've been following their trail for a while or just stumbled on them by chance - either way this uh. This might not go well.

Post team up (Kohaku alone):

She'd ended up down a companion, through some travail or other. Not that this place didn't have more than enough of those to spare, right about now. Kohaku believes she understands much better now what people had meant about the dangers here - and blast, if she would just stop nearly tripping over things. She actually lost her balance all of the way this time, slamming down onto her knees (well, it's good she wore clothes that covered them) and letting herself stay downed for a while out of frustration.

Is that it, frustration? The bubbling feeling that makes her face curl into a grimace - well, she lets it. No one's here to see it and no one can see it in this dark. For just a little while, here...

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Jay wanted to make a sarcastic quip at her nearly-casual statement, but he instead opted to trigger up his Eres. The shining nails would be better than a name in this situation. They stopped just as the wooden shoe clanked against the edge of her bed, Jay tapping his shoe from the doorway, tone all business.

"It's not safe here- especially with your abilities. Can you defend yourself?"

_{That projection of an easygoing attitude is one of her prized skills, okay. If he'd quip at it, she'd soon enough quip back with nary a missed beat.}

...Ah. It's that mysterious mister from the other night, as evidenced by the pretty lightshow given by his hands before the glow quickly flickers away. Kohaku retrieves the returned geta quietly, setting it neatly by its match.

She's quite well aware of her vulnerability, yes - "I can't, not properly," is the prompt and honest answer to Jay's question. There are an overwhelming buzz of questions she could formulate as to his coincidental timing or how Tara had known or what have you - every single one of them fades from existence before so much as tickling at the back of her throat.

_{Dolls don't ask questions.} Right now, it's obviously better to just agree and go along with things. It's clear that she'd re-asserted too much too soon.

"Then come on. We need to find somewhere to hold up, until everyone stops panicking like this." The derision was much stronger than the aforementioned business attitude, surprisingly. Kohaku, you apparently earned a legitimate emotion!

"Does anyone else know about what you can do? I need to assess any possible threats. If word gets out at large, we'll both be out of our respective leagues."

Even as he spoke, he was working his way through his pockets for something- eventually getting close enough to hand her a dagger. However, he didn't let go of it immediately.

"You won't want to stick that in my back, for the record. I know trust is thin, but we don't have time to foster a connection."

Honestly, he was beginning to realize he was more effective at being curt after having a party to fuss about than when he'd been running solo. The irony was astonishing.

The living hell promised by anyone who would find a Synchronizer all too useful.. Kohaku knows that very well, too.

But Tara she would deal with on her own terms. "Hmm. I'm confident there's nobody else. I'm quite careful about these things, of course."

The knife was an unexpected touch. Kohaku can't help but let interest light into her face, a mirror, of course, of Hisui's own passion for the instruments - she's sure Hisui-chan would have done something quite endearing, like gently turning the thing over to examine its sum parts and talk knowledgeably about what she saw in hushed detail - but Kohaku herself knows nothing special.

"I'll try not to be clumsy with it. ..Ah, if I might ask! Are things that bad out there already?"

For his part as a member of the conversation, Jay wasn't very good at the replying part as well as he was at the asking more questions part. He left all of what Kohaku said to dead air, more focused on assembling his weaponry in a more suitable and less chaotic format. There were several long minutes of him passing a ridiculous amount of kunai and daggers between his pockets, before he finally looked up at Kohaku again.

"Things could be worse. I'd like to be holed up somewhere before it gets to that point." See, he KINDA answered that! "We need to stop by my room- I have food and supplies. Do you have a means to carry what you have? There may be raiding by other people."

Well, okay then, knife-wielder-san. She stays silent as he re-arranges the contents of his pockets. When he's done and asking her questions again, she moves to her trunk - "One moment, please!" in lieu of answering.

...

"...there!"

It was as simple as putting on the apron of her uniform. It had pockets galore and was quite convenient, and the dagger went easily into one. Following the thought, Kohaku took the tanto from her trunk - a Nanaya relic, as she'd had time to learn after examining it.

"I don't own anything else someone would think to steal, unless they wanted flower seeds."

Seeds? "Not unless they got desperately hungry." He snorted almost amusedly, nodding his head towards the doorway before peeking around the corner. Seems he was being very cautious to keep an eye out for anyone- and not like some wannabe, either.

"Stay behind me. If we come across any monsters, I don't want to risk you becoming injured."

She might start taking your competence for granted if you keep it up, Jay.

"..Ufufufu. That would actually be pretty interesting, though."

(Said to his first statement, not the second - when they're actually leaving, Kohaku makes like a compliant little escort quest and follows.)

4 / Disruption II

timelines! for our sanity!

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i can't think of anymore ridiculous mix ups i need more coffee

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