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[crescent_mirror]

Characters: Maya Amano and anybody else.
Setting: Mess Hall and Floor 28.
Format: I dont care.
Summary: Maya is new at the tower.
Warnings: If any of the Innocent Sin kids tag, there will be sufficient mind-fuckery. Given that Maya from the end of Eternal Punishment. You have been warned.


[The world was destroyed, then saved, then destroyed again, then saved again, and now destroyed once again. You'd think that it would be easier to cope with these occurrences given how often they seem to happen, but this time Maya didn't think she was waking up. Did the others make it out all right? She could only hope that they did. Tatsuya and Katsuya... Baofu and Ulala... Yukki and her classmates. Aside from Yukki and Ulala, it had been a while since she spoke with any of them, being so preoccupied with her job. If only she had spent more effort to see them every once in a while...]

[The oatmeal tasted bland, but it still had more flavor than anything she could make.]

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[The sounds of the musical instruments were plentiful, to say the least. Exploring the tower, Maya came across this room and was a bit tempted to see if she could play anything in this room. Thinking a bit, the only thing she didn't have to put her mouth against and looked rather fun was a gong - picking up the mallet, Maya let a resounding boom echo throughout the room, thinking it was rather fun.]

Comments

[crescent_mirror]

[there we go, a smile!]

Well, I'm a writer and editor for the top teen magazine, Coolest! Be sure to grab a copy the next time you hit the newsstand!

[... oh, right. There are no newsstands around here. Um, MOVING ALONG]

Anyway, you teleport much? It's pretty cool - I haven't seen much of that. You born with it, or-?

[thebigsister]

[Eleanor looks like she wants to ask what a teen magazine is - she's never read one before, y'know? - but before she can ask, she's being asked interesting questions, which made her wry smile grow wryer.]

Let's see, no, I much prefer to walk around to get to places. Or swim. I enjoy little freedoms like that. I generally teleport to places when it seems necessary.

[Like loud, angry noises, yep. She shrugs.]

I was not born with my abilities, but rather... given them--

[which sounds more like forced into them]

--a few years ago. I don't know about them being cool or not, but they are certainly convenient.

[crescent_mirror]

Freedom's a pretty big thing a lot of people take for granted. I should know - interviewing a lot of celebrities, a big complaint off of the record they have is that they miss the normal life, not being watched by everybody. Ironic since a lot of peoples' dreams involve becoming famous. I suppose the grass is always greener on the other side?

[Maya waxes philosophical!]

So you have other abilities? That sounds so neat! Could I ask what else you can do, Eleanor?

[thebigsister]

Freedom matters only to those who've never truly had it, I think.

[Don't make Eleanor wax philosophical, hers ends in HARPOON TO THE FACE MOTHERFUCKER.]

This and that.

[She smiles a little.]

Just enough to keep myself safe.

[crescent_mirror]

The ability I have is calling on my friend, Artemis.

[Maya evokes her Persona, Artemis, for Eleanor to see]

It's not as cool as your abilities, probably, but it's nice to know I'm not in this tower alone.

[thebigsister]

[Eleanor smiles, fascinated.]

I think it's pretty cool, actually!

[She laughs a little.]

For all its faults, I guess you could say you won't have to be alone here, unless you want to be.

[crescent_mirror]

True enough!

[wow this girl's got guts! Most people would've freaked out]

I'm currently boarding alone in Room 2-17, so feel free to give me a visit sometime, Eleanor. Do you usually hang around this floor, or...?

[thebigsister]

[This girl is the definition of jaded, you don't even know.]

I see, I'm rooming in 1-15, though I don't really spend much time there? I'm usually making rounds around the tower, seeing if I can help around here and there.

[crescent_mirror]

Wow, that's really nice of you! I'd like to think that people would help each other out, though I've seen the other extreme of it, too.

[cocking her head to the side, another question came to Maya's mind.]

Say, is there anyone here I should be watching out for?

[thebigsister]

Mmm, pretty much anything you see in the hallways at night? There's monsters and stuff that can be fun to hunt sometimes...

[She shrugs a little.]

But the people themselves? I wouldn't know. Haven't met anyone who made me feel threatened, if that's what you mean. But then... I'm not exactly easy to scare off.