✪ declare this an emergency; ( 1 )

[starspangledknockers]

Characters: America (Amelia) and YOU! Errybody's invited.
Setting: Room 2-17/the 2nd floor of dormitories, either/or!
Format: Brackets but if ya prose at me I'll prose back!
Summary: +1 super strong and very confused nation. She does Not Like this situation at all.
Warnings: PG/PG-13 for possible language. Also this girl is kind of ridiculous.

[As soon as she wakes, America feels jolted from unconsciousness, and after a minor bout of what she feels is some after effect of whatever brought her here--be that being drugged or... or whatever--

God, she--

America practically flies out of her bunk and falls from it, tumbling to the floor. Without missing a beat she grasps at the letters, and once she's read them, kneeling beside the bunk, she hurls the papers away--they flutter down uselessly--and leaps to her feet, her hands clenched in anxious fists.]

Bullshit--! [--which is exclaimed loudly, and she kicks her heel against the floor. She's not much fond of the collar at her neck either, which she tries to remove, much to her frustration and confusion. Anxiety begins to set in, but she won't let that stop her! No, a heroine doesn't let the worst situations get to her--and she feels, at the moment, that she's seen worse.

The trunk at the foot of the bed catches her attention and immediately she advances toward it; although, opening it with caution seems the best thing to do. With cheeks puffed stubbornly, America quickly repacks the trunk's contents--save for an aluminum baseball bat and a bomber jacket. The bat, she thinks, will come in handy.

Just in case.

The jacket, well... it carries with it the worn smell of leather and familiarity, so she promptly dons it and with a nod decides it's time to explore and get some fucking explanations for this shit.]

It's time to do a little explorin'.

[And off she goes--to meet her roommates and wander the dormitories.]

HEY!

[^ that will be heard frequently on this floor.]

Comments

[faithstaynight]

[This girl had been about to make her way down the stairs, but she pauses when she hears a voice calling out. Curious, she turns in the voice's direction.]

Yes? Is something wrong?

[starspangledknockers]

[grumbling, dragging her bat along the floor. She looks very put out and seems to be pouting too. When she hears someone, she perks up--and then starts right in, pointing the bat--casually, not threateningly; it's more of a gesture--at the speaker]

Hell yeah something's wrong! I'm in this stupid tower... thing, bein' told the world's gone! --Oh sorry, I'm not mad at you or anything--unless you had something to do with this! Didya? [briefly shooting this girl a skeptical glance]

[faithstaynight]

No, I'm not behind this at all. [She shakes her head, tapping the metal, violet fluid-filled collar around her neck.] We are both in the same situation.

And I wouldn't believe what the people who run this tower tell you. I've heard many stories about how cruel to their captives they can be, so I would not trust anything they say.

[starspangledknockers]

Oh... Huh. [Processing this, she shifts weight from foot to foot, seemingly carrying a lot of energy.] Course I wouldn't believe 'em, anyone who's this messed up is gonna tell you a ton of lies upon lies!

[She shifts her gaze around, then rests it back on the whoever-this-is chick in front of her.]

No offense but for all I know you could be some kinda spy.

[immortalia]

...?

[ Well, that's not something one hears every day. Sertoria has a bundle of things in her arm and glances around her shoulder to see America around the dormitories. ]

Yes? May I help you?

[starspangledknockers]

[Oh hey! More people! Amelia waves at this other person, who she's going to assume is also kinda stuck here.]

Hey! Yeah you may! Uh I guess. [she blinks, and tilts her head.] So, any idea what's really going on here? I'm like... I don't get it. If the world was gone I'd be dead too.

...

You're not one of them are you?

[immortalia]

Negative. [ Sertoria taps the orange-fluid filled collar around her neck that rests on top of her neck restraint. ]

It is possible that if you were connected to your world in some shape or form that the powers here would have taken you before you would be dead. According to a guide, it would have been possible for you to see how your world was destroyed, but due to a recent invasion, all access to floors higher than floor five are inaccessible and thus, we remain on these floors for now.

[snowyvalemaiden]

[Xue had been hanging about quite literally around the dorms. She had been bored for a bit and had decided to hang upside down from one of the rafters to see if getting a different outlook on the floor would amuse her.

Even then, she had remained invisible using her stealth until she heard the voice calling out. Her upside down form finally shifting out of the shadows appeared and she looked over to the owner of the call.]

Ya mon? Joo lost?

[starspangledknockers]

[She's experienced enough to know when she's not alone, so she's trying to tread carefully, speaking with caution--but enthusiasm!--to the people who will talk to her (and some of those who won't).]

Whoa! Hey uh-- [headtilt; she looks quite interested though] Dang, you're all... blue-ish green...! Hey your hair's awesome!

Nah I'm not lost. I just don't wanna be here!

[snowyvalemaiden]

[Xue blinked a few times before smirking, then giving out a hearty laugh and flipping off of her upside down position and landing in front of the blonde with a playful smirk.]

Oy, dat I am gurl. And tanks fer da compliment, yer quite da looker too.

[She placed her hands on her hips and nodded, looking around before smiling back at her.]

Ya mon, ain't nobody 'ere dat I be knowin' dat wants ta be here. But some'a us have been 'ere for a while so ya gotta do wat ya can. Ain't too bad s'long as ya be keepin' an eye and an ear out fer danger, cause der be lotsa tings dat be wantin' ta kill or eat joo. Or both.

[tsunball]

[ .. Oh shit. There's a girl. A hot girl. No, scratch that, a hot girl.. with a baseball bat?! In fact, Leon is carrying his own baseball bat around just in case as well, so he can't help but stare and blink at her for a while - as if the mere fact she's female wouldn't have done that to him to begin with. ]

Hey! I mean-- uh, no, yo! [ so subtle, leon, you're totally not seeming like a loser here. ] 'sup? Is this about baseball?

oh god I'm so sorry sldkjfkla

[starspangledknockers]

[Oh shit! There's another dude and this one's got a baseball bat too!

Awesome.

Amelia waves her free hand up in the air--PICK ME PICK ME!]

Hi! ... Huh? Oh you mean this? Nope! I kinda wish it was about baseball, kinda really wish, except shit if this was about baseball it'd be even more fucked up so I guess not...

Sup my fellow bat-carryin'-broseph? [America is oblivious to this staring. Or if she isn't, she's pretty damn good at pretending otherwise. She likes being spoken to--and okay, she wears the low-cut stuff because it makes her feel good. Being noticed is really nice too, but she ain't no fast girl.

She's just fabulous.]

no don't be sorry, i figured this would be wonderful(ly horrible) cr

[tsunball]

[ Fabulous enough for Leon to stare, clearly. But yes, he's still recovering from the first sight, so he shakes his head to try and get it clear enough to answer. ]

Not much, I was just walking around when I saw you.. you don't often see people with these here, y'know? [ He raises his own bat, casually holding it over his shoulder. ] Just thought you might be someone into this kind of thing.

[andajarofdirt]

[There is a monkey running towards you, Amelia. A loud, obnoxious monkey with a gold ring in one hand, that just pretty much tries to climb up you to hide from the very infuriated pirate chasing after it.]

Oi! You give that back, you scruffy cur!

[He might or might not have a pistol out and seriously considering shooting the thing before it gets too close to her.]

[starspangledknockers]

[Lo and behold she turns and oh look an undead monkey! A monkey that's apparently pilfered something from someone. She's honestly okay with the silly thing using her as a hiding place; she giggles, says, "hey little dude!"

But at the sound of piratespeak and the sight of, well, a pistol-- She just waves.]

Whoa, whoa, hey! Don't shoot me man, it'd waste a bullet and then I'd have to drop you to the floor.

[andajarofdirt]

[Jack - the monkey - screeches loudly as he finds a spot on her shoulder, clutching the ring tightly.]

I'm not going to shoot you.

[Jack - the pirate - narrowed his eyes at the monkey and shot it clear off her shoulder. The ring was sent up flying, as the monkey threw it away, and Jack swooped in to grab it back. For his part, the monkey rolls off her shoulder and onto the floor, but is miraculously undamaged as it rolls back to its paws and flees in a chittering mess.]

That's one bullet you owe me, you little furry bastard!

[hardknoxlife]

[ That outburst calls his attention straight away and so he putters up to the door of her dorm room just to see for himself. His head tilts to the side ever so slightly. ]

Blimey, aren't we a livewire. Wager you've prolly just woken up. Somethin' I can help with then?

[starspangledknockers]

Damn straight! [she taps the bat against the ground roughly] What the hell's the deal, man? No one takes the heroine away! If they do they get their asses kicked!

[YOU. She points at him with her baseball bat.] Tell me how to get outta here. I'll take the credit and you can get the benefits too as my sidekick. I'ma bust outta here and take everyone with me!

[hardknoxlife]

Cor now, hold on.

[ He's already someone's sidekick, thanks. Of course, he's never gonna admit it. ]

'Fraid I don't have any answers to that. We're as stuck here as you are. Been here for a few months myself, truth be told and still haven't seen a way back.

[ Ruffling his own hair though. ]

Course... if you see what your home looks like, not quite sure you'd wanna head back.

[colonial]

[America, being without England and knowing that usually when strange people are shouting loudly it usually means they're going to try to take things from you, ducks behind a corner before he responds.

What?

[starspangledknockers]

[She blinks and turns, leaning to the side to try and get a better view of what--who--just said something behind her.]

... Huh? [Was that a kid? She inches closer and spots a mop of blonde hair.]

Oh! Hey little guy! C'mere, it's okay, I'm a hero and you don't ever have to be scared of heroes! Except villains. They gotta watch themselves.

[colonial]

I'm not a villain. [He inches a bit closer, but she feels like one of those people--a country like England--and Engand's always said to be careful around them.]

Are you new? [He doesn't think he's seen her around before, at least.]

[decompose]

[This place is enough to make anyone jumpy. So, well, if Nigredo flinches a little bit, don't pay it any mind. More to do with having just pulled himself out of a nap, honestly.

As a matter of fact, he was still rubbing sleep from his eyes before he can honestly focus on the woman headed right for him.]

Yes? [Stifling a yawn.]

[starspangledknockers]

Sup fellow bro! Unless you're one of them, but I haven't found a way to prove that shit on sight yet so you're off the hook for now. [WINK]

[decompose]

[8| You're kind of vulgar.]

--one of "them"? You mean the people in charge of this tower?