Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles

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Characters: timegame & Open
Setting: Twelfth Floor
Format: I'll follow your lead!
Summary: Aradia thinks maybe watching other universes 'die' might give her a clue as to what's really going on in the tower
Warnings: Depends who answers, really!




There went another one.

Supernova-bright one second, ashen and dead the next, and yet still, no sign of what night have happened to dim that many stars and planets all at once. Maybe whatever it was moved on a spectrum her eyes alone couldn't see. Maybe it was some strange power like the one they had not been meant to face.

Or maybe these holograms of system after system meeting an end like a universal flash-fire were as fake as the flimsy excuse the tower's notes gave for their being here.

She turns to another sector of the tower wall as another batch of stars appears across the walls, the floor, the ceiling, and floats toward where the system's sun is. She watches it glow, closing her eyes and pretending the glow flickering from it is Green instead of blue-white for a moment. Pretending things are (as bad as they were in her world) back to normal. Another moment, another flash- it was a quick one this time- and the glow dies out and she sighs, eyes opening as the next set of stars flickers into being.

She finds the sun again, but doesn't face it, instead reaching out to trace a finger between stars.

"...just what is this supposed to mean..?"

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[lethechained.livejournal.com]

Passing through this room was a necessity, and by now, Naminé had accepted it. The amount of time she'd spent in it the day of her arrival had left a bad taste in her mouth, so to speak, and so she always endeavored to pass through as quickly as possible, paying as little attention as possible to the projections. However, this time, she found that the room was occupied. She had yet to see a troll in person, but she had seen one over the network, and had managed to glean a small amount of knowledge about the species that was enough to assure her that they were not, in fact, Heartless, despite their slight similarities in appearance.

She would have readily admitted her curiosity, but what really made her stop was instead the fact that this girl, herself, was stopped. Instantly, Naminé was reminded of her own stay there. Perhaps the reason was different, but... she couldn't help pausing. Someone else had paused for her, after all, and shouldn't she do the same for this person, if there was anything akin to distress going on? The blonde girl stayed put, silently watching for a moment as she tried to decide whether or not she should ask if this other person was alright; they did seem focused, after all, but that wasn't necessarily a good thing.

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Aradia noticed her out of the corner of her eye, but didn't say anything- the poor girl looked frightened to even be standing there, she didn't want to scare her by making any sudden movements. She settled onto the floor with the diminishing light of the current system, following the path of the dimming stars around the room, fingers tracing the course. She pretended to be surprised when it brought her around to face the girl, and she raised her hand in a wave, smiling.

"Oh- hi! Did you want to study this place too?"

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

She stiffened as the girl began to turn, and for a moment Naminé almost spoke up, but her uncertainty got the better of her. Her own surprise was genuine; she wasn't exactly expecting a smile, or a wave. "Study?" she found herself echoing. So that was why this girl was here. Feeling slightly embarrassed, Naminé shifted a little before saying, "Oh, no, I-- I've already seen it." Not that that really constituted 'studying', but it was more than enough for her to decide that it was better not to linger there. "I'm sorry, I was just wondering what you were doing here." That was obvious at this point, anyway. "But I think I know, now."

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"Yes! I was trying to see if I could figure out what makes it happen," shre replied cheerfully, hands clasping behind her back as she rocked back on her heels a little. "I haven't figured it out yet, but the Empire wasn't expanded in a day and all that, right?"

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"Oh." It was an odd thing to be cheerful about, certainly, but that wasn't bad. Naminé regarded her quietly for a moment. At least she could go about her work without being saddened by it. "That sounds like a good idea." It really did. "But..." She kind of wanted to ask, 'what Empire', but this other question seemed more appropriate. "...it doesn't... upset you?"

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"Well- it's a little complicated. I mean, I'm upset that it supposedly happened, but at the same time, my world had already been destroyed, and all my friends seem to be showing up here anyway, so... it's alright, for now. I'm just not too sure if what presumably happened to our worlds is what actually happened." She gave the other girl a bright, determined smile. "But I'm going to find out."

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Naminé nodded slowly. "That must make it easier. You're... a troll, aren't you? I've heard a little bit about what happened to your world. I'm sorry." There was a hesitant pause, then, "I'd like to know, too."