#2 -- "A faint shimmering..."

[risingshepard]

Characters: Commander Shepard, Nanako Dojima, and later Yu Narukami / Commander Shepard and the rest of you crazies.
Setting: Dorm, then she'll be around the tower. November 1st onwards.
Format: Action; I'll match you.
Summary: The aftermath of the Halloween event. Shepard visits with a certain bowlcut, before heading off into the tower to see not only the rest of the tower, but its new floors.
Warnings: Mentions of mutilation, and lots of body horror imagery. Will update as needed.


[...So that was it, huh. No more people turned into their costumes and corrupted to such a hair-raising degree.

It was crazy how this place seemed no different than her home galaxy at times. Granted, considering that the tower itself was a magnet for all sorts of people, good or bad, it was probably not as much of a surprise...but what she'd witnessed for all of those two weeks was horrific--especially what happened to Yu. It reminded her of what happened to people impaled on the Reapers' Dragon's Teeth; the slow transformation from normal person with a family to nightmare and enemy to all life, from pink to steel gray, from organic to synthetic...from human to mutilated abomination, whose 'organs' were in plain sight, and whose mouth was filled to the brim with exposed 'wiring' that looked--no, felt disgusting to even watch at. Not that it ever bothered her, but any other person would be absolutely freaked.

But that didn't matter anymore, since it seemed like it was over already. Good. That's one more worry knocked off her head. But then, that leaves the boy she'd only met over the last month... had he finally changed back? If everyone else she'd run into that was costumed did, then surely he did too, right? Well, she could hope. That's why when she wakes up that morning, she sits there and waits for Nanako to wake up.

When she does...]

Hey. You want to go see if your brother's alright?



[Once that visit's done and over with, she heads off into the rest of the tower. She could be found anywhere on the first or third blocks--more likely the latter, checking out the new floors--especially the observatory on the 45th.]

Comments

[fuhgeddaboudit]

What kinda accident would cause that?

[Labrys managed to tear her eyes away from the sight to focus her attention on Shepard entirely.]

...actually, I ain't sure I wanna know.

[risingshepard]

Frankly, if it mangled them this badly, I wouldn't want to either.

[Not when some of those 'accidents' were supposedly deliberate, but then the Codex has a habit of being very inaccurate when it comes to deets. She looks back again, focusing her attention on Labrys for a sec. ...Hmm. That brown-haired kid from last month mentioned someone looking like this, didn't he? This must be her in the flesh. The pause is rather noticeable as she contemplates what to ask.]

...Curious thought--you happen to know one Yosuke Hanamura?

[fuhgeddaboudit]

You know Yosuke...? Yeah, I'm a friend a' his.

[She nodded eagerly, ponytail bouncing as she did.]

My name's Labrys.

[risingshepard]

Ran into him a couple of weeks ago, yeah. Sounds like he looks up to you a lot.

Commander Alia Shepard--a pleasure, Labrys.

[fuhgeddaboudit]

That's a heckuva thing for him t'say, I didn't know.

[She held out her hand--that was what people usually did with introductions, right?]

It's nice t' meet ya.

[risingshepard]

Heh, no need to go repeating what I just said. [She accepts, of course. :3]

As for that? I wouldn't say he did directly, but he went on and on about a 'robot girl' that matched his description of you.

[She just finds it so amusing, okay? Kid must be really psyched about futuristic tech anywhere. And that dispute was caused just because she was a century ahead.]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Really? Geez, Yosuke...he's kinda weird, but he's a really good friend when ya get down to it.

[risingshepard]

I can imagine. Wouldn't be surprised if he was the life of the party.

[She takes a small step back or two to get a better view, eyeing her from her 'feet' to her head.]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

...Somethin' wrong?

[Labrys' hands fidgeted with the Yasogami uniform she wore, seeming able to remain balanced like any human despite the massive axe fixed to her shoulders.]

What're ya lookin' at me like that for?

[risingshepard]

...You look like an android, but you sound and act pretty human.

Just something I feel curious about--nothing bad about it or anything. [Not that Labrys might be able to figure it out first hand...it's just that robots may be the norm for the future she's from--but sentient robots? Not so much.]

[fuhgeddaboudit]

I am an android.

[Spoken very matter-of-factly.]

Y'just had to ask if you wanted to know.

[risingshepard]

Fair enough.

Pretty sure I haven't seen any sentient ones that weren't mono-eyed, though, much less human-looking.