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[faithstaynight]

Characters: Ruler/Jeanne (faithstaynight) & YOU!
Setting: Dormitory Floor Two -> Cafeteria
Format: Action, but I can do prose too!
Summary: An unhappy Servant wakes up in a place where she shouldn't be.
Warnings: N/A

[Dormitories]

[If you're walking anywhere near the vicinity of room 2-19, you might catch a sudden flare of light coming from the crack under the door. A moment later, a blonde girl - arms, stomach, and face clad in shining silver armor, with a long braid trailing past her hips - bursts out of the room, sword in hand.]

What sort of magecraft is this? A Reality Marble? [She pauses, mentally running through the list of remaining Servants. No, it couldn't be one of their Noble Phantasms... the surroundings look far too modern.] Speak, now! Who dares attack the administrator of the Holy Grail War?

[Cafeteria]

[After she had calmed down a bit, Jeanne made her way down. Down the stairs, down past the many strange floors, to the cafeteria. She had dismissed her armor for the moment, so she was dressed in a pair of black slacks and a navy blue button-down shirt - clearly menswear - with her hair still in the same braid.

Remarkably, she doesn't make a face when she receives the bowl of oatmeal that was supposed to be her dinner. Even more surprisingly is when she sits at the nearest empty table, scoops a bit up, and takes a bit without so much as flinching. Somebody sure isn't picky.]

Comments

[ cafeteria ]

[inheritedlight]

[ Looks like Jeanne isn't the only one eating oatmeal in the cafeteria. She was told to do this lest the collar acts up, and it seems like she's eating with great gusto. Being a heart hotel is hard, okay.

She looks up as Jeanne walks in and decides to take her tray from where she was sitting and goes to sit down across from her. ]

Hey, do you mind if I sit here?

[ cafeteria ]

[faithstaynight]

[Despite being raised as a peasant, Jeanne's manners are quite good. She waits until she finishes with her current mouthful of oatmeal, then smiles.]

Of course not. Go right ahead.

[ cafeteria ]

[inheritedlight]

Thank you. [ She'll go ahead and take her seat, smiling back. ]

I'm Kairi and it's nice to meet you, miss.

[Dormitories]

[alephbet]

[Aleph's room was on this floor. And this person was obviously a newcomer. Even if he didn't know much himself, he was in a good position to calm her down.]

You're not going to find our kidnappers just walking around the tower.

[Dormitories]

[faithstaynight]

[While Jeanne is pretty worked up, she's still able to keep a cool head. She turns slowly to face the man, lowering her sword.]

Kidnappers? [So that definitely rules out the Servants, most likely...] So you are a captive as well? What do you know of this place?

[Dormitories]

[alephbet]

This tower has no known means of escape. There are thirty-eight floors and a few hundred prisoners kept within it. Monsters lurk the floors at night and it is very dangerous.

[...Maybe he's not good at calming people down.]

[ dormitories ]

[sleepchained]

[ he's just wandering past, sword strapped to his hip, whistling pleasantly - this place isn't all too different from the House, really - when someone bursts out of a door he just passed. ]

I don't think it would be any kind of magic. Then again, there are plenty of conflicting signals within this place. It's hard to tell.

[ he gives her an apologetic smile. ]

But I don't know much about this, apart from that we were all taken here by some outside force, for an unknown motive.

[ dormitories ]

[faithstaynight]

Certainly some sort of magic has to be involved? To transport someone far from their home... [It's impossible, though. Command Spells could make it possible, but obviously that wasn't the answer...] There can be no other explanation.

[ dormitories ]

[sleepchained]

It could be magic. It could just as easily be extremely advanced technology. At a high enough level, the two are practically indistinguishable. [ he kind of shrugs. ]

I find there are plenty of explanations for such phenomena, but there doesn't seem to be much that can be done about it at this point.

Dormitories

[sageprincess]

[Zelda herself may not live on the second floor of the dormitories, but she has quite a few friends that do. And it's as she's parting ways with one of those friends that she sees the burst of light (magic, clearly) and the young woman following it.

Another new prisoner, hm?]

The administrators of this place are notoriously hard to contact, I am afraid. And even when they do speak with us, it is rarely of the helpful or pleasant variety.

[She approaches slowly, keeping her voice steady so she might not startle the already alarmed lady-knight.]

I definitely cannot say I know everything about this place, but I can try to answer any questions you might have, should you wish.

Dormitories

[faithstaynight]

[No worries here, Zelda. Jeanne may be a bit stressed and on-edge, but that doesn't cloud her head; she calms when she hears the steady tone, but she still doesn't look very happy.]

I have... many questions. Too many. If you do not mind, mademoiselle, I think it might be better if you could simply tell me what you know.

[sageprincess]

Very well, though I ask that you forgive me if I sound outlandish - these are very extraordinary circumstances we have found ourselves in.

[That said, she folds her hands in front of her, speaking with all seriousness. Even if it does sound insane, better to prepare and warn the newcomers quickly, rather than having them find out the dangers of the Tower on their own.]

This Tower is not connected to your world or anyone from your world in any way. Those in charge of this place claim that our worlds have all be completely destroyed, and that by bringing use here, they have "saved" us from suffering the same fate. This does not mean they can be trusted in the slightest, however. The majority of those in charge are cruel and without common morality, and they consider us little more than subjects and playthings to toy with at their whims.

Even without their direct interference, the Tower is a dangerous place. Monsters roam freely once the sun sets, and several of the floors have traps and terrors of their own.

[She gestures slightly to Jeanne's person, specifically her sword and armor.]

Being able to defend yourself at a moment's notice is a valuable skill to have.

[And she stops there for now, both to let it all sink in and to let the other react should she deem necessary.]

[cafeteria]

[amant]

[Routine was nice to establish in a place such as this. That morning he'd bypassed some of the floors to settle in the cafeteria for awhile; sitting off to the side with some plate of ... well, Francis wasn't quite sure but some of his apprehensiveness had worn down after a year here.

Part of this routine would be people watching and usually nobody really noticed him. He didn't make it obvious that he was watching them, either.

Until he saw her. The braid was different, he thought, but there was a strange bit of familiarity about her that made him pause and stare.

Stare in an obvious sort of way, no less.

Hey... he's suave most of the time, until Jeanne is involved-- and then he's that awkward teen all over again, gawking away, food forgotten.]

[cafeteria]

[faithstaynight]

[Jeanne is being stared at.

She is not very used to being stared at like that.]

... Is something wrong, monsieur? [She sounds a bit unsure...]

[amant]

[And he's not so used to staring at people. At least not to the point of being noticed. He can't quite decide if he's happy to see someone that feels like his Jeanne here. This isn't quite the second chance he'd want. But, perhaps he's just a sentimental man that's going crazy and is reaching for whatever he can find comfort in.

And now he's made that comfort feel a bit awkward, which is always a good thing, right? Yep. Snapping out of it he offered her an apologetic smile]

I apologize for being rude, ma chere-- You just remind me of someone I knew when I was younger.

[Much. He looked uncomfortable for a moment.]

Wishful thinking on my part, I think. Though, you are new I see? What's your name?

[Dormities]

[reddeadvirtuoso]

[You know one day you're just walking down the hall, out of your dorm room, and one day you're suddenly accosted by a moving Suit of Armor and you have a sword pointed at your face. Oh OK.]

...For sooth, I am but a Time Lord who has no idea what the fuck you're talking about.

[Dormities]

[faithstaynight]

[Hey, it's not like she's threatening you with the sword! In fact, she lowers it as soon as she notices there's someone close by.]

My apologies. [Time Lord? She'll have to ask about that...] Do you know what this place is, exactly?

cafeteria

[tsunball]

[ Leon is actually just getting food as well. He's a little more picky, but at least he doesn't have to eat the oatmeal anymore, so he has some other food - he's already glad the food returned to the cafeteria after last month, really. He peers around the cafeteria to find a place to sit, but.. ah, cute girl spotted at three 'o clock, huh? As if he's going to pass out on that opportunity--

He grins like a dork when he stops by Jeanne's table. ]

Hey! This seat isn't taken, right? [ It's a good thing that she had least has slightly more normal clothes on now or Leon would stand out even more with his punk clothing and piercings.. ]

cafeteria

[faithstaynight]

Not at all. Go right ahead.

[She offers him a small smile.] Are you new here as well? Or have you been here for longer?

Cafeteria

[technologic]

[Having been working through most of the night, April heads down to the cafeteria to get some food and blinks when she spots her at the table. But she sees no harm in going over to her.]

Um, hi, you new here?

Cafeteria

[faithstaynight]

Indeed I am. Do I look that confused?

[Dormitory]

[crouching_sin]

[Well. He did catch that, both in the sense of the light and the sense of magic. He stares for a moment as she bursts out of the room. 'Holy Grail War'? Tch. Whatever.]

Apparently our captors saw it fit to 'rescue' you. Welcome to the tower.

[Dormitory]

[faithstaynight]

[Her head turns to face this newcomer, and she relaxes a bit. Just a little.] Rescue? I was in no need of rescue.

[cafeteria]

[yougotthatwrong]

[Well, considering Naegi's constantly thinking about a lot of things in the tower more than half the time, he didn't even notice that there's someone sitting opposite him when he set down his food tray on the table.

To be honest, he has completely no idea on what he's eating, except it's definitely some kind of BBQ meat, and at the very least he has water to help him gulp it down when he needs to.

But yes, Ruler, there's just a stranger who just sat down in front of you. What do?]

[cafeteria]

[faithstaynight]

[Huh... he's the first one that hasn't asked to sit before doing so. Not that she's offended or anything, this isn't her own personal table... just seems a little odd, that's all.]

You seem distracted. Are you all right?