01 | when messiah comes

[alephbet]

Characters: Aleph and you!
Setting: Room 2-04, Floor 22, Cafeteria, or elsewhere in the tower
Format: Action brackets unless asked otherwise
Summary: Aleph's first day.
Warnings: Nothing so far

[Aleph woke up not knowing where he was. Very bad sign.

The first thing he noticed was a letter. He opted to ignore that in favor of finding his gear, which he soon found in a trunk. That was more like it. If he could have a fight at any minute, a letter would help him less than his demons. That done, he got to reading.

...Destroyed? He wasn't sure he believed that. YHVH might have mentioned 'by the way, the world's about to be destroyed/will be destroyed if you kill Me'. It seemed like something He ought to know as God.

He looked around the room for any sign of his roommates. There were other beds, after all.]

[Aleph had elected to take the long walk through the stairs rather than use the elevator, so that he had a better idea of the layout of the place. Besides, he was used to walking through difficult mazes anyway. Sometimes with pits.

(Kether Castle being one of the most annoying instances. Lucifer could have at least made his home a little more friendly to visitors.)

He stopped at the art gallery, though he intended it not to be more than a quick stop. Beautiful still lifes and portraits mixed with the most ghastly demons and unnatural things that the tower could drag up to be painted. They almost looked real.

Just like home, huh.]

[Aleph duly ate the oatmeal: it looked like they were very insistent about it being his first meal, and anyway, he'd had worse. It was just tasteless.

That done, he poked around the cafeteria for anything more to fill his stomach. A lot of the food didn't look very appetizing... He was hoping to have at least the best of a bad lot, even if finding the best took him a while.]

Comments

[technologic]

Good. And... [Her expression turns faintly uncomfortable and she leans against the counter.]

The people who run this place and brought us here... they tend to take people away to do, um... experiments or play games with them.

[alephbet]

...What kind of experiments?

[technologic]

Ah, I'm not sure, I still don't know much, but... [She shakes her head and rubs the back of her neck.]

... Things like lobotomies and vivisections and just making people hurt...

[alephbet]

And we can't do anything about it?

[technologic]

From what I've been told, no. But that doesn't stop us from trying to find a way to stop them.

[alephbet]

That's good. There's no enemy that's too great to defeat, in my experience.

[technologic]

I take it you've had to fight against some tough opponents then?

[alephbet]

The last being I really fought was God.

So yes.

[technologic]

[... Wait what.

April just stares at him for a good few moments.] ... G-God? Like, the God who created the world and stuff?

[alephbet]

Apparently not that god. YHVH, the god that has nearly all worship in the world - had, apparently - according to what I've heard didn't create the universe.

But the god you're probably thinking of, yes.

[technologic]

[Blink, blink as she thinks over this.]

... Um, if you don't mind me asking, w-why did you have to fight him?

[alephbet]

He was evil and going to wipe out life on the planet.

[technologic]

[Whaaaaaaaat.]

W-what? D-did any of the people who worshiped him know about that?

[alephbet]

Some of them. Particularly the percentage or so who got spared.

[technologic]

And they were okay with how he was gonna kill with everyone else? They didn't try to stop it?

[alephbet]

They were not nice people.

[technologic]

That's... a bit of an understatement, if you don't mind me saying.

[She rubs her forehead with a sigh.]

But still, it's a good thing you managed to defeat him then.

[alephbet]

Thank you.

With that under my belt, I'd like to assume I could take on any monsters, but that kind of attitude gets you killed no matter how strong you are.

[technologic]

That's true. And you have no idea what this place could pull, considering it's pulled people from all over.

... How did you defeat him anyway? Was there a special weapon or something?

[alephbet]

No special weapons, just a lot of help. It was me, my partner Hiroko, my demons, and Lucifer.

[technologic]

[Another stare in shock. The name Lucifer doesn't ping any bells, due to her overall lack of knowledge about stuff like that. But she certainly knows what demons are.]

Your... demons?

[alephbet]

[Aleph nods and taps on his Arm Terminal.]

The demons I contracted with to fight with me. ...Come to think of it, I'm not sure all of them came with me - I should make sure so I'm not caught off guard if a fight does happen.

[technologic]

[She curiously peers at his Arm Terminal, the tech geek in her intrigued by it, but she's refusing prodding at it for now.]

I'm... not sure if bringing them out in the cafeteria would be a good idea. I can take you to the meadow floor since there's a lot of room there, if you want?

[alephbet]

Sounds like a good idea. I think I remember where that is.

[technologic]

I was gonna head up there after eating anyway. [She pauses before grabbing a bagel for herself and gives him a nod.]

Okay, let's go. [And up to the meadow floor they go.]