towerofanimus | The nightmare's just begun....

Characters: Elena (

provenworth ) AND YOU
Setting: Room 3-15, Dormitory Floors, and all throughout the Tower.
Time: October 12th-16th
Format: Anything is a go!
Summary: After not heeding the warning to collect candy, Elena has woken up feeling.....different. Besides the obvious changes, she's got wanderlust, and she happens to show a preference to forests.
Warnings: Gore, death of animals, blood, possible killings (will be modified as needed)

Ladies Bathroom - 10/12

Pain. A constant aching pressure in her chest, the only remaining pain after being crushed to death by her costume. Just how cheap polyester could actually kill a person was confusing, but this was the Tower. Apparently anything went. Fingers moved to press against her closed eyelids, groaning as she slowly sat up, her other hand pressing against the flat of her chest to soothe the pain. Lowering her hand, eyes opened, and she froze.

"....T-that...that's...."

Her attention went to her other hand, which had moved to touch its partner. Both hands were red. Blood red. The bright angry red of fresh blood. Rubbing her hands together to try and wipe the blood off, she rose, pulling back the white of her dress -. Eyes narrowed, staring at the fabric that had, yesterday, been red. Waving it away, she returned to her hands, which had only started to ache from the constant rubbing trying to get the blood off. Moving out of the bedroom to the bathroom, she went to the first skin she can find, hands work both faucets open, water rushing over her skin as she tried desperately to wash the blood off.

"Come off, come off, come off...." Frowning, she tried more soap, hands rubbing vigorously. Looking up at the mirror, all movement stopped. For several seconds the water ran over her hands, the splashing of the liquid over flesh and porcelain the only sound until she screamed a long, shrieking sound that echoed in the small room.

Around the Tower - 10/12 thru 10/15

With her initial panic subsided for now - surely the color would come off eventually, like falling into a tub of permanent ink and having to wait until all the stained ink would come off - Elena felt a need to...go. To travel around the tower, her basket brimming with weapons of various kinds tucked against her. It did come with the costume and, hell, she was running out of ammo. But she's

Where she's going is anybody's guess. She just needs to go. A little voice encourages it, whispering promises of good things if she keeps going, keeps walking, to find the forest. To find green fields, the beaten track through tall trees. And so she walks on and on and on...

Floor 6 - 10/16

Elena is something of a spirit in the forest, flitting between the trees, watching all those who came into the woods. <i>HER</i> woods. This was her place, her sanctuary. And she'd marked it as thus - leaving several stakes stuck into the ground at the entrance, the heads of dead animals perched atop each. They had been filthy creatures, ruining the quiet peace of her woods. Ah, but no longer, she'd silenced them and others, laid out as other warnings to stay away, the blood of her kills staining the pure white of her dress and frock. But that hadn't been enough - no. She had to lay traps, set explosives. Yes, that would do well to kill those nasty animals - or any poor soul who came upon it.

Peering down from her perch above the path, the red hood fell well over her forehead and eyes, leaving only nose and mouth visible. Several other drops of blood splattered against her cheek, sinking into the indent of her laugh lines as she grinned down, watching. Waiting.

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Rei is stopped in her exploration of the tower by the sound of screaming coming from the bathroom.

"Hee~ey, What'cha doin'? You okay in there?"

Hands splashed water over face and neck, staring at her reflection with wide, panicked eyes. This was wrong - so horribly wrong. How could she go from light, fair skin to...to this?!

At the sound of a voice outside the bathroom door, Elena paused, eyes snapping to the door. "I-I'm fine....I think." And then an idea hit her. Maybe it was just her perception of herself that made her red! Yes, that's it! She needed a third party verification. "Actually, can you help me out with something?"

"Oh? What is it?"

Rei feels rather curious at the request.

"....."

She's silent for a moment, hesitating, before speaking again.

"Can you...come in and tell me what you see? I don't know if the mirrors have been played with or not..."

Its an odd request, yes. And it sounds rather ludicrous that the mirrors would be tampered with. But she has to know that its not just her that sees her abnormal state.

"Alright. Did someone draw on the mirrors? I wonder what they wrote?"

Rei opens the door and walks into the restroom. She stops and stares in shock at the woman covered in blood, yet wearing an immaculate white dress.

"You...you're all...red."

Despite the embarrasing costume , Tohko was having a lot of fun with the candy hunt. She had found quite a few pieces on the staircases and in some random cracks, and only needed about four or five more. It was a little lonely looking for candy by herself, but at least she was lucky and able to find it.

However, while walking up the stairs, she was shocked to find a girl with red skin wearing what looked like a messed up Little Red Riding Hood costume. However, she managed to shrug it off as part of the Tower's doing and decided to talk to the girl.

"Hello! How goes the candy hunting? Need any help?"

She'd been walking for hours, though it honestly felt like she'd only been at it for a few minutes, the pleasure of traveling outweighing the faint ache of her feet. Elena had to keep going, a desire to reach an unknown destination encouraging her to continue.

"Hnnn?" Stopping, Elena turned, peering over at the girl dressed as a rather scandalous maid from beneath the blood red hood. "...Candy hunting? Oh, no. I'm not collecting any candy, I think the damage has already been done."

"Ah, I see. I guess you've already died then, huh?" Tohko sighed. This was the first person she'd met that had failed at gathering candy, and to be honest, she didn't really like what she saw.

Her head nod, red hood giving a little shake with the movement. She had expected that not following the order to collect candy would cause a horrible ending - but this? This she had no expected.

"Afraid so. Its not so bad, though. I don't feel too different."

Her head tilts slightly, looking at the girl curiously.

"You. I don't think I've ever seen you before. What's your name?"

"But your skin is blood-red..are you sure that your feeling fine?" Tohko asked. Red skin usually wasn't a good sign. "And I'm new here, so that's why you probably haven't seen me. I'm Tohko Amano, the book girl. Who are you?"

[ Hello Elena, remember when you got transformed into a demon? This douche is the one who did it, too bad no one knows. For now he is wearing a Turkish Assassin Armor, complete with a mask covering his face.

He spots her in a corridor as she walks aimlessly and recognize her- So he approaches her and speaks with a slightly worried voice. After all, she looks as though she's walking without a purpose. ]

Are you alright, lady...?

[Oh yes, she remembers. Goodness, if she knew it was him, she'd give him a piece of her mind, as well as probably a few broken bones. Lucky for him she doesn't know, else she might also feel enticed to use one of the many weapons in the wicker basket covered by a checkered napkin.

Beneath the blood red hood, her eyes almost look distant as she walks, slowing snapping out of the blank daze when she's approached by an unfamiliar figure.]

I'm...fine. Just going for a walk. [Her head tilts slightly, eyes narrowing slightly. His face was hidden from her view, meaning that he could be anybody in the tower - even one of the potential 'evil minds' that had gone to meet with Ganondorf at the last meeting she'd been so rudely removed from.] Who is the man behind the mask?

[ Lezard smiles widely. Too bad the mask hides it all, or rather, that is a very good thing. ]

No one you have met before, I am afraid. I would take this mask off, but- [He tries to pull it off, but no can do. Or maybe he just fakes it.] The tower seems intent on me keeping it.

[ He nods to her. Still strange, the tower probably has a greater effect on her that it has on him, which is not surprising all things considered. ]

Maybe you require assistance...?

Shion is just passing through the forest, from one floor to the other. But as he did so he saw a flash of colour, a candy perhaps? Leaving the staircase he made his way over to it.

Reno's training hadn't been completely for nothing, Shion shifted as he realised he was being watched, looking around to try and see who it was.

That's because he was being watched. Elena had seen him the second he stepped off the stairs from her perch high up in the trees. Moving back down to the forest floor, flitting through bushes as Shion came closer.

She didn't like having somebody in her forest, but better a person than those wretched creatures that thought they could move around her forest. Stopping behind a large oak, hands pressing against hard bark and leaning slightly to one side, Elena watched Shion move closer, eyes jumping further ahead of him to the various traps she'd laid. That was no good - those were meant for the animals!

"Shion, stop."

Shion stopped, because he knew the voice and it was enough to make him freeze. "Elena?" He looked around, what was she doing here? "Where are you?"

Yes. Good. He had stopped, just barely avoiding the explosives she'd placed on the path just a foot from where he stood. She's still hiding behind the large oak, watching his movements carefully.

"Yes, its me. I'm...here..." Keeping in the shadows, she's careful when she moves around to the front of the tree. "Just, stay still. There's an explosive just ahead of you."

Her steps are hesitant, but she finally does come forward, skin the color of fresh blood brilliant under the afternoon sun.

"I didn't expect to see you here..."

"An explosive?" Shion's voice sounded scared, but also curious. He stood very still not wanting to set it off.

When she stepped into his line of sight Shion's eyes widened at her skin, blood red. "What happened Elena?"

The nightmare's just begun....

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Around the Tower

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[10/13 | Around the Tower]

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