First Strike

[ogrewhelming]

Characters: Sakura Oogami and YOU
Setting: Room 2-03, Floor 15, Cafeteria
Format: Action brackets, will match if preferred.
Summary: One of the new kids investigating.
Warnings: No spoilers in the entry itself, but some for up to chapter four are likely to crop up in threads.

[There's no known force in the universe that can get Sakura to break her morning routine… But for the sake of suddenly being equipped with roommates, she will save the more involved exercises and the kiai for later in the day. She's currently going through a series of basic leg stretches on the floor.]


[Even after a few days have gone by, there's still plenty of tower left to explore. Sakura is in the process of doing this. The workshop is a floor particularly worthy of intense investigation - if she's to recreate her favorite workout method, this would be the place, would it not? There's a wide variety of regular hammers, that's a good start…

And over by that work bench, at last, a sturdy sledgehammer! It's wonderful to have one in her hands again. Her hands practically itch with the desire to start swinging it this instant… but that would be unsafe, particularly after being so out of practice. Would they have tires here? In any case, there's a sinister-looking person prowling around the floor, clutching a large hammer and muttering softly to herself.]

…Something to hit. I need something to hit…


[After an enlightening and thankfully non-fatal jaunt through several floors of tower, Sakura is relaxing over a leisurely cup of tea. She looks about as friendly and approachable as it is possible for her to ever look.]

Comments

[action]

[yougotthatwrong]

[...That... person... no mistaking it, that was definitely Oogami-san drinking a cup of tea...!]

O-Oogami-san!

[He's not sure what to feel right now, being a mixture of happiness and disbelief. One more world doomed to it's end, and his friend now being here, it's a lot to take in for him.]

You're... here too?

[ogrewhelming]

Naegi?

...How many of us made it here?

[yougotthatwrong]

I-

[Compose yourself, Naegi. It's a good thing that someone alive from back home is here now, aside from Hagakure-kun and Kirigiri-san.]

...Hagakure-kun, Kirigiri-san, Kuwata-kun, Chihiro-kun and... Oowada-kun are all here.

[He has no idea on what happened to Maizono-san and Enoshima-san but he really hoped that they're alright.]

[ogrewhelming]

[That's certainly chilling information. She's very glad Kirigiri is around. Naegi too, of course, but Kirigiri is. Well. A little more effective.]

Asahina as well. An equal number of the living and the dead. What manner of place is this...?

[tsunball]

[ This is practically a direct mirror of the time Leon found out Aoi was here-- although slightly different in reaction, obviously. But either way the beginning is the same, just another day in the cafeteria, just going to grab something here to eat, and as he turns with his plate of food..

... Ah, another person from that place?! Except this time he's a little more unsure, Sakura's.. pretty scary after all, but.. okay, no, she'll eventually find out he's here either way, he should just call out - what's the worst that could happen, especially when he's already faced Maizono of all people before in this tower? ]

O-.. Oogami?!

[ogrewhelming]

[Naegi had said he would be here. Nevertheless, given the last time she'd seen him... or what was left of him... it's still somewhat unnerving. She sets down her teacup with an echoing clink and eyeballs him. Should she... try to be friendly? Most of them had done some fairly terrible things in that school, after all.]

Kuwata. Please have a seat.

[tsunball]

[ It's not like he would refuse, he's way too much of a coward to do that - especially in front of someone as strong as Sakura. So even though it's a little awkward and it can even be read on his face, he does sit down while putting his food in front of him on the table.

.. Wait. He just realised.. what do you even say in a situation like this. Okay, okay, Leon, think.. ]

... Uh.. yo? [ .. great job, leon. A+. 'you tried' star. ]

[ogrewhelming]

[Indeed, what does one say? "Thank you for killing someone before I could get around to it," "You were lucky; Monobear ate the next person on pancakes," "I am dead as well; would you care to compare experiences?" She'll... play it safe. This is what normal people talk about, correct?]

How are you faring?

action, floor fifteen

[colonial]

[Well that's easily enough reason provided for America to go hide behind some of the equipment.

Of course, peeking out from it due to his curiosity, it's not long before he accidentally overbalances the machine and sends it crashing over. He squeaks and scrambles back.]

[ogrewhelming]

[Sakura whirls around, hammer at the ready to face- oh.]

...A child?

[What is a child doing here? How does one deal with small children? Maybe... putting the hammer down would be a good start.]

[colonial]

[America stares, caught like a deer in the headlights, before blurting out the first thing that comes to mind to be concerned about.]

You're not gonna hit me with the hammer, right?

[ogrewhelming]

[...Putting down the hammer right now, yes. She will do that.]

I do not. I mistook the noise for a monster, that is all.

[colonial]

Oh, okay. [This seems reasonable enough to America, and he carefully rights the machine, first lifting it up and then squirming under it so he can push it back up.]

I accidentally knocked it over. I didn't mean to! [He says this automatically--he is pretty used to having to explain knocked over and broken things.]

[ogrewhelming]

[...He just. Picked it up. What.]

I see. Wasn't it heavy?

[colonial]

Not any heavier than a buffalo. [America has no other way to measure these things. He examines the machine, but he's never seen these sorts of things outside of the tower.] Is it broken? I'll get in trouble if I broke it.

[ogrewhelming]

[Sakura's thinking of water buffalo rather than bison, but both are impressively heavy. She is now much less concerned about the kid wandering around with no adult supervision.]

I do not know how to tell.

Floor 15

[mustlovedogs]

[Mondo tends to go to the workshop fairly often, but especially lately, with the need to fix up parts of the tower. But not many others seem to frequent the floor...especially very large, familiar women. There's really no way anyone could mistake Sakura for someone else, so the moment he sees her there, he doesn't even have to think about it - which suits him just fine.]

Hey. Oogami. Looking for something?

Re: Floor 15

[ogrewhelming]

[The shock of running into dead friends is quickly beginning to lose its impact. That's okay with her. She'd rather spend time reassembling her training equipment than readjusting her world view yet again.]

I am searching for an old tire. Have you seen one?

[mustlovedogs]

A tire, huh? Don't think so. Got wheels, but not tires.

[He notes the sledgehammer.]

Working out? Just need it for the rubber, right? Saw some base moulding around, could probably make something close enough out of that.

[ogrewhelming]

[Could it be...? Is her quest nearing its end at long last?]

You are familiar with that method of resistance training? That is indeed my intent... Are you offering to assist me in this?

[mustlovedogs]

Aah, do that kind of stuff all the time. I'll help. Bet I could put some sheets together and it'd work.

[ogrewhelming]

You have my gratitude. Let us begin at once.

[marchwarden]

[ Monsters have been rather frequently seen on this floor as of late. Enough to worry the march warden into action. Armed with the magnificent blade that the Goddess bestowed upon him, Haldir wandered through the hallways of the tower with a broadsword sheathed at his side. He wore a long velvet dark indigo cloak, one that nearly mirrored that of night of himself. His face was mostly obscured from view thanks to the thick hood he wore but onlookers might be able to catch a glimpse of his stern features if they peer hard enough.

Quite unaware of the monstrous amazon that lurked nearby, Haldir was just about to ascend to the next floor until he spotted a burly silhouette nearby. ]

An Uruk-Hai, here?

[ He muttered quietly to himself. ]

I could've sworn those orcs typical resided upon the higher floors.

[ogrewhelming]

[Though Sakura's ears are keen enough, she's very absorbed in her search. Between that and Haldir's elven stealth mojo, he remains undetected.]

Where would it be...?

[marchwarden]

[ Watching the beast stalk ahead from the staircase, Haldir decides to pursue it in hopes of finding out where this Orc is going. It seemed to be carrying a hammer of some kind, one large enough to kill the average man and severely wound an Elf. Upon hushed footsteps he approaches from behind the creature, his sword-hand firmly clutching the hilt of his blade tightly. ]