[OPEN] You could be happy and I won't know.

[disgracedvoid]

Characters: Darkleer and YOU
Setting: floor 15 - workshop, floor 31 - staircase end.
Format: Starting with action, but I'll match you.
Summary: Just another day being Darkleer and hating life. Also building things and staring at nothing in particular.
Warnings: Darkleer being Darkleer. Potential violence if you piss him off.

floor 15

[Today you will find Darkleer not working on constructing little trinkets to roll around your ankles, but actually making arrows. Making arrows that he can use, at that. So he will be hammering away, looking disgruntled and focused in his work. He's not actually angry or anything, it's just that disgruntled is basically his neutral expression. Though he was a little irritated to hear the workshop and adjacent floors were unavailable due to an unfortunate accident a few days ago.

Honestly, humans.

He seems to know exactly what he's doing, though. So maybe if you need help making things, you could ask. He might even agree to help.]

floor 31

[When you reach this floor, you'll find Darkleer sitting at the edge of the platform, staring at nothing in particular. Or maybe he fell asleep with his eyes open. Either way, he's just sitting near where the ramp begins, apparently lost in his thoughts.

Or asleep with his eyes open.

Sometimes it's hard to tell and that goddamn helmet doesn't help, okay.]

Comments

[chainsawn]

Hmm.. maybe that's not important, but it still sounds interesting. [ Then again, a lot of things do to her - there's just some natural love for exploring and all the curiosity that comes with it. ]

What kind of mechanic project is it? Are you good at those..?

and then I found this in my spam folder, thanks gmail

[disgracedvoid]

I possess reasonable skill.

[...he's pretty brilliant building things, all things considered.]

I'm simply studying how motion works in this place.

[He's building trinkets and toys to see if the laws of physics he knows still apply the way they should.]

wow, gmail, now that's just rude

[chainsawn]

[ She probably doesn't fully get what he means, but apparently she's interested either way even now, staring at him with her eyes a little wider than usually. ]

That sounds smart.. I haven't heard of other people studying things here before.

yeah, gmail has its moments.

[disgracedvoid]

People are seldom worried about that which does not affect them in obvious ways.

[But that still affect them. Darkleer has a bone to pick with reality around here.]

[chainsawn]

But a lot of things here affect us, right..? [ She tilts her head, staring back at him. ] If you live somewhere, or.. even if you just are somewhere, then that somewhere affects you.. I think.

[disgracedvoid]

Indeed. There is also the fact that a minor influence can grow exponentially under the right circumstances, particularly if it's dismissed for being "inconsequential".

[chainsawn]

.. Like what sort of thing? [ She's curious about concrete examples now, apparently. Mostly since.. ] Is it anything I can watch out for..? I'll tell you if I see something like that if I know what it looks like.

[disgracedvoid]

Anomalies in the terrain, small inconsistencies in your surroundings. The more innocuous an unexplained situation is, the more suspicious you should be about it.

[In this tower? Everything. E V E R Y T H I N G.]

[chainsawn]

.. I see. [ She doesn't, really. It's still way complicated to her.. if only he said 'everything', she would have understood that!! ]

I'll try my best to watch out for them then. .. That'd help you too then, right..?

[disgracedvoid]

[There's a pause at that. Lengthy one.]

...perhaps. Primarily one would expect you to do so for your own well-being.

[chainsawn]

[ This is the girl who went to see the whale when it was attacking the tower, okay. There's no doing such a thing for her own well-being here.. ]

.. Huh, really? [ So yes, she is genuinely confused at this. ]

[disgracedvoid]

[Darkleer is genuinely confused at someone actually going out of their way to help without prompting. And without being utterly obnoxious about it. So it's fair. Also, sob, Urotsuki, why.]

Yes.

[chainsawn]

[ They're both just awful, okay. In their own ways. ]

I didn't know that.. I never thought about that at all before. I actually think it's interesting to go look at things like that..

[disgracedvoid]

[They're awful, yeah, but also kind of adorable and excuse me I'll be in my corner d'awwing.]

You're welcome.

[Of course, Darkleer will always be Darkleer.]