towerofanimus | [ 01 ] ✗✗ [ Open ◦ Event ]

OOC: For any pre-baddie interactions with Rin, consider visiting this post instead.

►►► REBIRTH;
[ Death wasn't all that bad of a thing, Rin's decided. What guilt she may have felt about inflicting it upon others has been wiped away with her own. Sure the pain had been agonizing as each individual nail pierced her flesh. What was up with that? It was a strange device to fall into, almost as though it had been a trap meant for someone else. The pain she felt now was overwhelming in comparison; her stomach's insides practically threaten to spill out and that crown on her head. All she wants to do is remove it briefly to admire the gemstones with her own eyes. Using a mirror only frustrates her further (she's a gross sight to gaze upon), so instead she finds herself wandering the hallways. Anyone who runs into her might find themselves being asked impossible tasks. Don't worry, there's no pleasing her, so why even bother? ]

►►► FLOOR TWENTY-NINE;
[ For those foolish enough to go to the hedge maze (you think she might have learned previously that this floor was a Bad Idea), you might hear the babbling cries of a teenager girl torn between pain and anger. Who knows what she's angry about, but she's sure to let people know by bursts of flames if they get too close to her. ]

☙FLOOR TWENTY-TWO❧
[ The art gallery wasn't much of a sanctuary, but it was good enough of one to keep Nunnally well protected from the monsters of the tower and the horrors that have fallen upon others. With Lelouch taking care of her candy bucket, she doesn't have to worry about survival (although she does worry about where the candy comes from). Although if anyone wants to come pay her a visit, she's surprisingly alone right now. Alone and awfully healthy all things considered. ]

☙REBIRTH❧
Brother, brother! I saw it just over that way!

[ Nunnally doesn't seem much different than before; her costume looks even frillier. However the space around her? It has an interesting effect. Nearby, her faithful brother stands guard, almost as though he was taking advantage of the strange effects to kill the nearby monsters. ]

We can go after it together, right brother?

☙DORMITORIES❧
[ Frustration wasn't quite the word Yukiko was looking for, but it was a fairly accurate description of how she felt. Forced into a lewd outfit, she discovers early enough that no matter what she uses to cover it, some kind of mysterious force of wind will blow it off of her form. That's embarrassing enough, but not enough to keep her from her friends. No matter what happens, she needed to find those from Inaba and ensure they were doing okay. Even if it meant showing off more of her legs than she ever thought possible. With a pumpkin pail in hand, she'll go from room to room, glancing in without thinking twice. ]

Hello, is anyone here? I'm looking for my friends. [ Obviously. ] Just p-please don't look at me!

...

[...He supposed he was lucky that Nunnally's personality wasn't changed, but it still didn't change the fact that she died

She died, just like that one time Suzaku...

He shook his head, no. He had to keep her safe, and those distortions are going to prove a trouble to him.

But never mind that, he had promised to chase after the blasted rabbit which is nowhere to be found. A by-product of the curse, perhaps?

So don't mind him.

Just.

Catching his breath.

Worst Mad Hatter ever.]

Hold... on a second...

Meow?

[Rei just has to go in to find out what's wrong. Maybe it would even be something to eat?]

Ugh.

[Being subject to strange pangs of hunger is irritating enough. Being lost in a hedge is worse. And listening to someone crying and babbling is just the icing on the cake.]

Someone shut her up...

Don't think I failed to hear that! [ With a voice that's half as regal as her dress, she screams out her frustration. ] I beseech of you, my beloved subjects: Put an end to this miscreant!

[ Yes, she's trying to stir up the monsters in the area to attack him. ]

[ Don't worry. It appears that Rin's nowhere near the entrance of this floor, but judging from her rabid cries of agonizing annoyance, she is close by. ]

What was that?! Is someone else here?

Me~ow! Meow.

["Heee~ey, what'cha doin'?"]

[Now she just has to walk close to see who's in the maze.]

I don't see anybody.

[He grumbles to himself. Still, fighting whoever this woman's "subjects" were wouldn't be an unwelcome experience.]

[ Death can't keep her down right now; no, the only thing she can focus on is finding that rabbit. It's an obsession that tugs at her mind and makes her lose sight of everything else.

However there's something that can pull her from that fascination and that something? It's the sound of her brother's voice, as Nunnally stops to look back at him. ]

Brother, we're going to lose it if we can't keep up. [ A frown. ] So come on.

Nunnally. You know that I was never one for physical activities.

[Sister pls. He can't just keep on running like a crazed physical maniac. That's Suzaku's job!

Even. If he's doing a lousy job at it right now.]

Then I have no choice but to leave you behind, brother.

[ So cold blooded, but that rabbit. She has to have it! ]

Although... you could sit in my lap.

Edited 2012-10-31 11:46 (UTC)

Just you wait.

[ Because she's waiting and already is starting to lose her patience. ] Grr... where are they?

[ Unfortunately for her, Rin doesn't speak cat. ]

What is that? Is someone trying to mock me?

Meow...

[Rei is a bit irritated now, having been accused of mocking someone when she was just curious. At least the other person could talk! Rei had a bell fused to her neck, and no amount of shapeshifting could remove it.]

[After a few seconds of tense waiting, Lancer come to the conclusion that there is indeed nobody there.]

Guess they got scared and ran off?

[He pushes further into the hedge maze. Though he can't see the speaker, he's got a bit of a idea about the situation. She's young, and probably more than a bit warped by her costume. Going by her voice and the scant drifts of scent he can catch, he's definitely met her before, though he's not sure as to where. She's most likely alone...and scared.]

You're alone in there, aren't you?

[He places a hand on his stomach, suddenly not sure if he should continue pushing forward. His costume-related death had left him with a horrible case of hunger. In his state, he might see the girl as prey more than anything else.]

[ Rin's not without her own body horror, but thankfully for Rei, she's going to have a lot of trouble actually finding her to see. The maze is large and full of shrubbery that seems to follow her movements. ]

Maybe it's a real cat. Archer, dispose of the cat!

[ He was still here, wasn't he? The silence indicates otherwise. ]

Alone... [ Rin contemplates proving that she's never alone (oh how she can make him squirm endlessly in writhing pain), but decides against it for an unknown reason. ] Yes, I'm alone.

Why? Are you going to suddenly feel sorry for me? [ A scoff. ] I recognize your voice, you know. That man who wants to kill me.

I won't let you.

[Rei stops and waits, wondering who this Archer is. Nobody emerges. After a little while, she gives the hedge maze an extra rustle, as if indicating that this is no cat.]

Edited 2012-11-01 14:46 (UTC)

Pity?

[It's true. He does feel a certain amount of pity for her. He would with anyone who had been warped and tied to life by their costume; not even death could be their release. And this girl especially reminds him of Misaya.]

Even if I felt it for you, you won't want it, right?

[If it was Misaya, then she would've started to throw rocks at him by now.]

And no, I don't want to kill you. Not anymore. All I want to know is...

[Any pity he felt was already being buried under anger. Anger at the Servant who had failed to protect his Master. Anger at the Servant who, in the light of his failure, was now off in some unknown location instead of doubling his efforts. Even worse, Rin had said that her Servant was very much like Lancer himself. Therefore, Lancer couldn't forgive a man who chose this course of action.]

Where your incompetent fucker of a Servant is!

[He was going to find Rin's Lancer, break his limbs, and drag him back to his Master's side.]

...Sit on your...

[You lost him.]

[Sorry Yukiko, but your ~~three princes~~ friends are ~~in another castle~~ more than likely Not Okay. In fact, two of them definitely aren't.

There is no one in room 2-02... but there are signs of someone's bed having a little blood there from when he tried and failed to remove a certain mask from his face only to realize in horror that it is his face. Not like anyone would know that, really...

Tap... tap......

What is that sound? It's almost like metal lightly hitting the floor.

Tap...tap....

Just don't look behind you, Yukiko... You may not like the sight.]

[ The sight of blood now still disturbs her greatly. So much in fact that she doesn't hear the strange sounds. No, that's not quite right. She hears them, but they fail to register beyond the horror of blood along the sheets of a certain loved one's bed. ]

Yu-kun? [ Her voice is soft and reluctant as all the regret of unspoken things hits her. Neglecting how inappropriate it was for a girl dressed this way to be on the boy of a bed, she can't help but collapse on it when her knees give out. ] What... what happened?

[ There was no body though so that meant he got away safely, right? It was then that the scraping noise finally grinds beyond the wall of confusion. As Yukiko turns to face the source, her eyes widen to take in the sight entirely. ]

The tower happened.

[His voice was the same as ever, however muffled and blended into Izanagi's it may be. Blood still caked his bangs where he'd clawed himself, trying to remove it to no avail, dry on the metal. His eyes were unblinking, fixated on the figure on his bed. Not so much the attire she was forced to wear (heaven knows there were worse here; so much worse), but...

'Yukiko-san...'

A part of his heart broke to see that reaction, even as the familiar blade went through it and his spine. In reality, he shouldn't even be so much as standing right now. Yet he had no difficulty, even with the blades shoved into his feet.

He wants to hold her, but if he gets close... would he be able to stop himself? Since he knew Konohana Sakuya's weaknesses, it would be over quickly... yet he couldn't... stand to see her like this, nor that horrid desire he was trying to restrain from following through on...

The hardest thing he did was take a step back, almost as though for once... he was unsure.]

...Thou shouldst not remain here long; many of those in this room have fallen as well.

[Was he warning her that he may not be the most dangerous? Maybe. After all, his method did not lead to outright suicide...]

[ Deep within the mind of this rambling princess is a girl who longs to not hurt others; scared and frightened, she only lashes out as an animal would. That's why she behaves this way, isn't it? ]

If... if you're a real person, you should leave! [ It's the best she can say considering her condition. ]

Fallen...

[ Yukiko repeats the word even though she knows what it means. Maybe saying it out loud helps it settle within her mind? Regardless of her reasons for doing so, she doesn't appear to be in any hurry to move. Maybe it was because of her familiarity with whatever it was standing before her.

She can only look for so long. Her face lowers into a hand as she holds it there to shield herself from the reality presented before her. ]

What did this place do to you? [ Her leader, their leader, turned like this? Was this her fate if she didn't wear this stupid costume herself? ] Well, why did this happen? Why did this happen to you?

Aside from the obvious?

[Seriously. He could not blame her for her reaction though, but the fact that she was not in a hurry was... well, it did not help keep himself in check, though he certainly was fighting internally.]

They hath distorted mine... Izanagi's desires to protect and create life.

['I want to kill and use what is left to create anew.'

It was creepy how a chill doesn't even go down his spine (probably got stopped by the blade, h-ha). Even more so that it was hard to distinguish between him, Izanagi, and that stupid desire. As for the final question, he points a gloved and bloodied hand toward the pumpkin in her hand.]

We could not make the quota necessary... and were thus crushed by our own costume. [He pauses, lowering his hand.] Those who act as the 'administrators' of this tower do not distinguish between any of their 'rescued.'

['Don't fall like I did... even if I did while ensuring Nanako would survive.']

[ She wants to ask why didn't he ask for help, but Yukiko's smarter than that. She knows that their leader could never do anything of that nature or else he risks looking weak. Glancing down at the pumpkin in her opposite hand, it's almost worth throwing away in order to join alongside him as penance for failing to protect him.

Pushing out that selfish thought (she won't be caged by her own faults), she lowers the shield that stands between his visage and her eyes, resting it along her nearly bare leg. ]

I should have forced myself to show up sooner. [ There's a bit of self-loathing along with her fear of failing him and it shows in every word she speaks. ] I allowed my fears to hold me back and now you're...

[ What is he? Not even Yukiko can answer that question and it leaves her more frightened than the sight before her. ]

Do you need candy? Will that fix this?

[Not to mention part of him wanted to die so that whenever this event was over he would be free from that little suggestion... Odd how it's that order that is what ultimately led to his falling victim to this sick and twisted game in the first place. (Also if he knew what she were thinking, he would be verbally scolding her because it was his mistakes, not hers.)

The stare was hopefully enough; it had been in the past, at least.]

It is not your fault, Yukiko. [ What is formalities when you are dead?] I fell victim because I put others above myself, and I regret it naught.

[In short? ...Some strange, magatsu Izanagi with a cross of what Castor looked like. Also, we do not talk about the time Magatsu Izanagi stabbed Izanagi right where the naginata is sheathed inside him. N o p e.]

...No. It is the living who need it... Not the dead.

The d-dead! [ It bursts out of her once the mental dam has been breached, leaving the horror to flow out into her features fully. ] Just what are you saying? That you're dead?

[ Remember, she hasn't quite had the pleasure of seeing the dead return to life 'normal' as can be, save for the scars of the incident on their mind. So when he says that, it's a scenario she wishes desperately to undo. ]

That's not fair! They can't just kill you and force you into this state! I can't sit here and allow that to be the way your life ends!

[ It's rare, this side of her, but once her conviction wins her over? There's no going back. She's angry, rightfully so, at an unknown source for inflicting this upon someone so dear to her. ]

I was crushed by my own costume and then remade into it, Yukiko-san.

[He knows. He knows and it almost physically hurts him to see her like this when there was nothing he could do to change it. Nothing but fight the insanity that was tearing him apart inside, which is a feat in and of itself. He'd been gone for two days now, and it was quite literally all thanks to being able to once hear others' Personas that he was able to even withstand this long.

His fists clench tight, because he couldn't even move his jaw.]

When we die in this place, it is normally whole and as we were before. ...Apparently not so in this little 'game.'

[...He glances away.]

Those who fall should return to normal at the beginning of the next month... She was 'kind' enough for that much the last time.

Me-ow?

[Rei couldn't leave. Not when she was so curious. Not when she was so...hungry.]

[She gives a series of purrs, inviting the other person to come out if Rei can't go in.]

That's horrible.

[ Yukiko thought she saw everything unbelievable in her life, but this place has to go and prove her wrong. How frustrating it is for her as her anger boils, threatening to spill over in her failure to contain it. ]

I can't just sit by while you're stuck in this form for days. There has to be... there has to be something I can do to help you!

[ 01 ] ✗✗ [ Open ◦ Event ]

✘✘ Dark Rin

✘✘ Nunnally vi Britannia

✘✘ Yukiko Amagi

Rebirth

floor 29

Re: ✘✘ Dark Rin

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/squeaks happily, prepares angst

/hope you have enough tissues

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/goes to restock ;w;

/best plan ;n;

/passes them around

/shares images of cute little bunnies

oh bunnies ;_;

/DISTRACTS WITH CUTE DID NOT WHINE LIKE LOKI IN THE FLOOR OF STARK TOWER, NOPE

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/tries to remain distracted!!