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[midgarhorizon]

Characters: Reno, open
Setting:
Floor 39, Gymnasium
Floor 38, corner where the makeshift bar is.
Format: Either
Summary: Open bar post shenanigans.
Warnings: None so far


Floor 39, Gymnasium

Reno was out on the track today a bit before classes start, running as fast as he could. It was like he was trying outrun something. His troubles, his conscience, the spell Ganondorf had placed on him, maybe. He had no shoes on, going along in his bare feet, lap after lap. To someone who really knew him, it was an attempt at exhausting himself, to actually fall asleep later when night came. To others, who knew. At this point he couldn't care what others thought of him anymore, not after all that had happened.

After how many laps - he had lost count a long time ago - he started to get winded and slowed down, coming to a stop near where he had left his gear. Grabbing a towel, he pressed it against his face and walked around a bit before sitting down.

Floor 38, corner where the makeshift bar is.

The Tower was weighing more heavily on Reno than it usually did. The costumed blood bath didn't help matters any, but it wasn't even what was bothering him. Fighting, blood, things like that he had gotten long used to.

Truth was, he felt estranged from his friends, angry at others, but most of all angry with himself that he couldn't have changed anything, now or then.

Just some time to think, that's all he needed, which was why he was down in the tiny bar he had made with his other self, taking stock. A lot of his daily routines were flagging lately, like making alcohol for the bar, and eating. Well, with the falling temperatures, it was getting harder to find things to make the alcohol.

All of the bottles in the bar were out on the counter, on some tables nearby, on the floor. He had a clipboard with some paper, marking off tallies and taking notes, sometimes sitting on a chair or laying on the floor.

Comments

Floor 39, Gymnasium

[tohko_amano]

Tohko had read the network posts about a training class being held in the Gym, and while she didn't want to seem rude to Saber, Tohko wanted to test her skills. She had fought two or three small monsters and won, but she wanted to see if she could really defend herself if the chips came down to it. Besides, sparring with someone else might help too.

So, she wandered into the Gym, her makeshift cord belt around her waist, and her daggers being held into place by said belt. As she wandered in, she noticed a man sitting on the floor, wiping off his face with a towel. He looked a little..beat up, so she approached him.

"Pardon me..but you don't look well. Are you feeling alright?"

[midgarhorizon]

Surprised, Reno looked up from the towel at the girl that addressed him. When he realized just what she said, he broke into a laugh. It was easy to fake things since that incident.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just had a long run. I'm kinda winded, y'know? It happens when ya run." He gathered himself together and stood up, tossing the towel over his shoulder. "Can I do somethin' for ya?"

[tohko_amano]

Tohko nodded, chuckling at little at her own foolishness. "Right, right. Sorry about that. There's just been so much craziness going on that you get in the habit of asking that, I guess." Tohko nodded at the question. "I heard there was a training class here..while Saber has already taken me under her wing, I thought I could get some practice here and see if I've improved." After all..she had to get better. Even if she was a semi-weak book worm, she had to protect herself and her friends.

[midgarhorizon]

"Don't worry about it. This kinda place, being not okay's just one of the normal." Nodding at her second subject, he walked over to his gear and set the towel on top of it. "Yeah, that's me." Giving her a cursory exam, he raised an eyebrow. "How much training have ya got? I take it those knives aren't for show."

[tohko_amano]

"I suppose.." She sighed. "To be honest, I've had about a month's training. However..I mainly used my fingers to fight, as they were turned into knives, thanks to that horrid event. When I did practice, it was either with a shinai or with whatever long metal pole I could find in the workshop. A girl stole these daggers just after I got them..but I could probably use them if I had to. They're just like an extension of my hands. Just like my fingers."

Floor 39

[calculatedfire]

Ryuho had awakened from dying again, disturbed by what the costume had done to his mind and his emotion while he'd been wearing it. It added to the continued confusion of not really knowing who he was, and of the world in general.

Physical labor was at least something that could calm him mind. Having no job here, he decided to go to the gym. He noticed that there was another man there as well, and stopped to look for a moment.

Floor 38

[culbutiri]

Nesir had seen the bar before when she had explored the tower but she had never seen anyone there before. Cautiously she went over and stood watching the man as he wandered around with a clipboard. She didn't say anything though, just observed for now.

Floor 38

[savedbyasong]

Shion had noticed Reno's preocupation, and taken it into his own hands to try and help him. Though he had a feeling he might be part of the mans problems.

He was still shaken from the fact Rat was in the tower and his meeting with him, but he had been trying to get back to normal, whatever normal even was anymore.

He slid a bowl of curry and rice across the floor to where Reno was laying. "You need to eat something."

[Floor 38]

[the_white_rider]

Today it was the White Wizard that happened to visit Reno's bar. Not that he had much of any interest in the bar (a noble initiative though as sometimes drinks help people to keep the morale up). What he had more interest in at the moment was Reno himself of course, for Riku had told him what had happened after the meeting.

He had meant to meet Reno before, but enclosed in the Sauron's disguise he had preferred not to see or speak to anyone. Gandalf stopped near the bar and looked at the bottles, taking one in hand as he examined him.

"Would you happen to have some mere water?" he asked to Reno, making his presence known if Reno had not noticed him already.

Floor 38

[divinitysoiled]

A bottle soon disappeared from the stock as Catarina lounged near him. Her head tilted at what Reno was doing, the bottle in her hand rolling between her fingers. "You have quite the stock," she finally said, cracking the bottle open to drink from it.

[midgarhorizon]

The event. The costume event? That was really something he didn't want to remember. The kids killing themselves for his sake, being turned into things... messing up their room with blood...

Yeah. Not good memories there.

"Er... well, it's usually a good idea gettin' started with basic moves and tumbles before getting into the edged category. If ya don't know how to move right you could wind up stabbing yourself. So... show me a bit of what ya can do, no knives. We'll go from there."

[midgarhorizon]

It seemed like the gym was popular today. Reno glanced over at the boy and gave an acknowledging nod. He had a good run and was ready to face the day by now, so that meant being approachable.

[midgarhorizon]

It didn't take him long to notice her, looking up as he knelt down and flopped on the floor to start marking off a long row on the floor. "Yeah? Can I help ya?"

Re: Floor 38

[midgarhorizon]

"Don't need it right now." Reno gruffed, making another check mark on the paper. "You eat it. You've been lookin' pale ever since that one guy showed up."

[midgarhorizon]

"Not really, but I got some mineral water on the counter. Help yourself." Gandalf wasn't on real high on his list of people he wanted to see right then, but he figured it was bound to happen eventually and just get it over with. He was a bit done with the whole thing.

[calculatedfire]

"Good morning." He said politely. He had stopped running, looking for a place to get water.

[midgarhorizon]

Raising an eyebrow and sitting back on his haunches, Reno was a bit surprised by the woman's boldness, but didn't say anything about the bottle she had nipped. That was what it was there for.

"Made it myself."

[divinitysoiled]

She lifted an eyebrow, taking a good swig of the alcohol before letting out a heavy sigh of happiness. "It's certainly a good one," she said, her voice dropped to a husky purr.

[midgarhorizon]

"Hi. Ya looking for something?" Reno had several bottles of water with his gear, pretty useful to have around for the students.

[midgarhorizon]

That eyebrow was nearly to his hairline by now. "Thanks, glad ya like it. Might want to go easy on that though, supply's starting to go down. Winter, y'know." Was she hitting on him, or was she just like that? He couldn't honestly tell, and that led to the next thought. Shiva's tits, I'm getting rusty.

[calculatedfire]

"Oh, do you know if there is water here?"

[midgarhorizon]

Reno walked over to his gear and picked up a bottle, tossing it over to the guy easily. "Yeah, keep some on me for the students."

[divinitysoiled]

"How sad. A stock as good as this should remain... full." Catarina's lips quirked into a smirk. "Another way to keep warm during such cold months, after all."

[calculatedfire]

"Students?" Ryuho echoes, curious about that. "I'm new here." He added, althugh it felt altogether too long already.

[midgarhorizon]

Oh, he was definitely sure now. Best to play oblivious. "Yeah... I've been thinking about alternate stuff. Something else to use. Fruit's getting scarce on the islands, and the potatoes not much better. I don't trust the cafeteria as far as I can throw it."