towerofanimus | Case 1 - A Strange Land [Open]

Characters: Raidou and YOU!
Setting: Various Hallways
Format: Whatever you wish!
Summary: Raidou searches for the boss battle he has to kill in order to escape this nightmare.
Warnings: None yet!

[Waking up in strange places was not necessarily a habit, even if it was not something he had been unaccustomed to. However, Gouto's absence made this far more sinister than he had expected. Upon reading the note, his first resort had been to retrieve his blade. His second was to slip silently from the dormitory room to explore the halls.

...some savior the writer of that note had been. From the looks of this place it was no safer than the world he had left.

A pang of guilt stirred in his chest at the thought. If it was true- No. No, that was not possible. They were going to stop the insects. Nobody was going to destroy the world he had sworn to protect. But what the nagging thought wouldn't leave. Raidou did not so much run as bolt down the hallways, his boots clattering on the floor. If this was another trick of the enemy then there should be an enemy to defeat in order to return home.

He'd just have to take down anything that tried to stop him in order to find it. This had to be an illusion.

He really hoped so, anyway.]

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What do the seals look like?

There aren't actually any seals... It's more like places that we can't see or get to unless something happens or they allow it.

For example, I know there's a control room, but it's impossible to get to since there's no way there right now.

[This could be a problem. Although he has faced down worse...]

Do they ever come out?

Not often. And from what I know, it's difficult to get anywhere near them.

But sometimes one of them will appear on the towers computer network, and that's usually our best chance to at least talk to them.

There must be some way to get to them.

There probably is, we just need to find it. All we can do for now is to keep trying until we find something.

[Another firm nod, slower this time. This woman is helpful.]

I will help.

[She gives a nod back and gives him a faint smile.] I'm glad to hear it.

... Though, ah, is there anything else I can help you with?

[He managed to smile back, although the thought that his world was in the hands of an old man, a teenage girl, a cat (presumably), Narumi and Dahn would be enough to put off even Tae's constant smiles. What can he do...]

This tower. Is it sealed off?

... No. There's some parts of the staircase that are outside the tower and there's a floor here that has no walls, but falling from both would kill you and the fog outside can apparently shred you apart anyway.

[Well that sounded pretty difficult.]

There's no way out onto the ground?

As far as I know, nope.

How do you know that it kills?

... I've heard about people trying to leave those ways, and in the end they ended up dying and found themselves back in the tower when they revived.

...they have Jin Dans here?

[Wait since when do they work on humans?]

... A what? [You're getting a very confused look now, Raidou.]

[...well. He can reveal a little. If this isn't his world - and he is quite sure it isn't - then she can be of no trouble back at home.]

Items that revive from the dead. Jin Dans and Balms of Life are both items that fulfil that purpose.

[And April is harmless 90% of the time anyway. So she just blink in amazement at his explanation, before giving a few nods.]

Whoa, I see... I'm not sure what it is that revives people here, but it seems like when people die, they're revived the next day and wake up in their rooms.

[Sadly, his demons could never master the ability to use items on him.]

I've never heard of that before... but it doesn't seem out of the bounds of reality, even outside of this place.

[They can steal strands of hair, but tossing an item to Raidou is too much.]

Yeah, and this place tends to screw around with reality sometimes... [She sighs quietly, before she remembers something.]

Oh, sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet! I'm April, it's nice to meet you, despite the circumstances.

[Well, to be fair, he is conscious when they steal the hair usually. And not kidnapped by his ancestors to be told he sucks.]

Raidou Kuzunoha. I'm a detective.

[...says the seventeen year old.]

Then, it's nice to meet you, Raidou! [A pause for a moment.]

... A detective? Wow, you must be pretty skilled, then! [Since she's mainly read that detectives are old sob.]

I hope we get along.

...Is April your first name? [This is a little intimate...]

I had a good teacher. Or two, really.

I hope so too.

Um, yes. My surname is Sinclair, though I don't tend to give it out much. [Raidou is probably the first person she's actually said it to, since that's how often she gives it out.]

Ehe, it sounds like it.

"Sinclair"...

[He nods slightly. It's not as if he ever gives his real name out, after all. Only Gouto and the Yatagarasu have it.]

I come from a long line.

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