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ARCHER ♤ an unknown hero. ♤ ([personal profile] swordedpast) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2012-10-09 01:23 am

"I saved you"

Characters: Archer and anyone who wants to greet him--so OPEN.
Setting: Tonight, room 3-16 and the hallway outside it.
Format: Starting with prose, but feel free go to action brackets if you'd rather!
Summary: Someone new shows up in the Tower and has some unusual reactions.
Warnings: Probable violence and likely angst.

There's a strange sound echoing out of room 3-16 tonight. What makes it even stranger is that the voice behind it is someone new. Here's what makes it so strange: it's laughter. There's a new person in the Tower, and he is laughing.

The laughter goes on for almost a minute, at times bubbling near to hysteria. Finally, though, it cuts off, and a much smaller sound can be heard: the *CRUMP* of paper being balled up and flung away. And Archer stalks out of the room.

(He just read the letter, you see. It said, I saved you. That's why he was laughing.)

He stands in the middle of the hallway with a disinterested look for a minute; apparently all the mirth has been drained out of him. Then he shrugs and throws his hands up in front of him. "It isn't very much of a new home. Well, why don't I test it out?" And without him appearing to draw them from anywhere, twin swords, black and white, flash into his hands.

He swings them at the wall, hard. And the blades shatter, and the shards vanish into thin air.

The man in the red coat is left blinking down at his hands, then at the wall he struck. He doesn't look too surprised, though--and what little surprise he does have on his face is rapidly fading to resignation.
marchwarden: (❧ whatever shall you do)

[personal profile] marchwarden 2012-10-09 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
The hysterical laugh heralded the arrival of the newcomer but piqued the interest of another. On his way towards the floors above, Haldir stopped abruptly in mid step once he heard the maniacal laughter. At first, he assumed it to be none other than his mind playing tricks on him. As the laughter continued, Haldir realized this was no trick. Curious as of what sort of madness has claimed this unfortunate soul, the march warden allows his curiosity to lead him onward. Just when he was about to near the door, a man clad in deep crimson stalked out. He looked quite wild, almost feral in design, but the bored expression on the newcomer's face stated otherwise.

Watching in total silence as the man mumbled to himself, Haldir's dark gaze widened once two swords suddenly appeared within the hands of the newcomer. He lingered there at the end of the corridor dressed in a dark blue cloak, his eyes barely visible from under the hood of his cloak. From there he watched as the wayfarer thrust his blades upon the wall and watched in mild fascination as they vanished into nothingness. "Magic?" He mumbled in a hushed murmur.

"It would seem your magic does nothing here."
marchwarden: (❧  a halo of golden light)

[personal profile] marchwarden 2012-10-09 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Still peering at the red-clad warrior with a hint of skepticism in his gaze, Haldir answers him quickly without delay. "Unlike you, I possess very little in the ways of magic." He replied honestly. "Yet even so, magic alone cannot and will not free you. You are in Animus now." Knowing there's much more to this story than what meets the eye, the march warden decides not to overburden the newcomer with needless facts. If the man questions him, then he'll answer. If not, then Haldir will hold his silence.

It's as simple as that.
Edited 2012-10-09 22:17 (UTC)
marchwarden: (❧ what was that just now?)

[personal profile] marchwarden 2012-10-14 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Haldir smirked somewhat. "Information shan't give you an edge while confined in Animus." A truth that is hardly believed. "However, I shall tell you what I know of this realm." This will be a lengthy tale. One consisting of all mentions of the tortures and beasts that lie ahead for them, as well as stories regarding the Five Administrators.

"One would do best to beware of Jason." Haldir quickly added one the topic finally fallen upon that man. "While I have yet to experience any horrors truly done by him, I know others who have." This "other" being a dear friend of his.

"In their minds, they are our saviors. However, this is hardly true."