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[thekidsare0kay]

Characters: Sollux Captor and open
Setting: Starting in room 2-06, but you can assume he's wandering the halls anywhere, since he'll go out exploring.
Format: I'll follow your lead.
Summary: Sollux has just arrived (again) and he's confused and Unhappy about it.
Warnings: None yet.

Sollux didn't remember falling asleep, but he definitely remembered waking up. He fought the sleep paralysis for the full thirty seconds, and then shot up from the bed the moment his eyes opened, his teeth bared in a snarl.

He'd been dreaming...something. Something bad. He always woke up badly when he dreamed about his own death, but the specifics were fading like wisps of fog in the morning, and he couldn't be sure if it was a vision or not. The voices were sure loud, though. Fuck were they loud.

He was distracted from the question of the dream, though, as he looked around the unfamiliar room in confusion. "What the actual fuck?"

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[thekidsare0kay]

He had all but forgotten that she was was waiting there. He reached the top of the stairs and tried again, and this time he easily lifted off the ground in a corona of purple light.

"Okay..." he said, frowning at Terezi as she reached the top of the stairs. "Now everything theemth fine!"

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

"It must be the floor then," she replies. "Like the thirteenth floor dampens sound. Right?"

[thekidsare0kay]

Sollux landed again, grimacing, but the corona didn't fade. "I don't like that floor." He eyed the staircase, then grabbed Terezi's hand and started down the stairs again. The moment he passed the level of the floor, the glow vanished.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

She follows, giving his hand a little squeeze as they passed the eleventh floor. There were more than a few unsettling things about this tower, and she could only imagine how nerve wracking it must be to lose all of your powers just by passing one floor.

When they reach the tenth floor, she pauses again. "This one is pretty cool! There's no glass, though. You can just stick your hand right into the water if you want."

[thekidsare0kay]

Okay, this floor was almost as unnerving as the last one. Thankfully, the moment they passed into this floor, the glow appeared again. But he allowed it to fade as he eyed the water.

Gingerly, he held out his hand and penetrated the water, holding tight to Terezi. It was wet, and nothing grabbed him and dragged him into the water.

"Can I tell you a thecret?" he said, smiling wryly.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

She waits, tightening her grip again, just to be safe, then grins at him and nods. "My lips are sealed!"

[thekidsare0kay]

"I can't thwim. I've never even been in water deeper than my ablution trap." He glanced at her sidelong, prepared for her to laugh at him. But whatever, so long as Feferi and Eridan didn't know, he wouldn't feel too humiliated.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

She giggles, but there's no malice behind it. She steps forward to touch the water as well, turning her face towards him. "I can't, either! Not anymore at least. I can't orient myself or anything. It is horrible and lame and actually pretty frustrating!"

[thekidsare0kay]

Oh, he hadn't thought of that. He smiles and puts his other arm around her waist, his hand still in the water. At least it feels nice. "I guethh I don't feel too lame about it, then."

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

"Good!"

She lets her hand drop from the water and loops her free arm around his waist, too, shooting him a grin. "I am pretty glad you're here, Sollux." Especially considering the alternative.

[thekidsare0kay]

He blushed a little, returning her smile. "I guethh I am, too. And I'm really glad you're here, tz. Better than dead, even if thith plathe ith weird."

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

"Thanks, Sollux!" She gave him a squeeze as she grinned up at him. "Sooo, are we done with this floor? Do you want to keep going?"

[thekidsare0kay]

That squeeze was nice and he grinned back. "Oh yeah, I'm tho done with thith floor. Let'th keep going." He drew back from her and hooked his arm around hers again.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

She heads back to the staircase, cane tapping along the floor as she goes. The next floor is dark, lit only by a row of lights around the staircase, and she tenses instinctively against Sollux. "Okay, we are going to skip this floor!"

[thekidsare0kay]

He looks around worriedly. "It'th really dark. What'th wrong with thith floor? It mutht thmell the thame to you."

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

She shakes her head and continues down the staircase without pause. "This is the floor I told you about, remember? There's something down here, but I can't smell it and Karkat couldn't see it."

[thekidsare0kay]

"Oh, thith ith the one?" He follows readily. "I lotht track of levelth."

no he didn't I just fucked up the floor number the first time wwhoops

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

She nods again, finally loosening her grip on his arm when they reach the bright lights of the eighth floor. Being grabbed by something that by all rights wasn't there was incredibly unsettling, and she really didn't want to repeat it again.

"Aannd this floor is a maze. Kind of weird, but also kind of boring!"

lmao

[thekidsare0kay]

Sollux pats her hand as she grips him tight. He's unnerved, but he hasn't experienced what she did, so he's nervous but not scared. He tries to reassure her until they step off the floor onto the one below.

"I like matheth. Ith it full of monthterth or thomething?" he asks.

Re: lmao

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

"I haven't run into any." She replies, suddenly cheerful again. "Want to try?"

[thekidsare0kay]

"Not right now," Sollux says, grinning. "I want to finish the tour. But if any show up, I'll blatht them."

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

"Okay, okay!" She grins back, tugging him onward. It's always a nice change to see Sollux cheerful. "The next floor is kind of worthless for us. It is just a giant swimming pool."

[thekidsare0kay]

It's nice to be cheerful, though god knows how long it'll take before that changes. "Ithn't there enough water already with that other floor?" Sollux demands, rolling his eyes.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

She giggles, pausing at the landing for a moment. "Nope!" And taking that as a sign to keep going, she continues down the stairs. "This place doesn't make any sense."

[thekidsare0kay]

He's happy to keep going down, not interested in the swimming pool. "That'th for sure. Why make all thethe platheth? Ith it thuppothed to be comfortable for uth? Thome of them theem dangerouth."