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[uzuki]

Characters: Shion Uzuki, open
Setting: Floor 14, the media room
Format: I'll match whatever.
Summary: Shion wakes up, and decides to explore a little because that's totally a good idea.
Warnings: None yet~



[It was like a waking nightmare, and it felt completely surreal. Waking up in the tower, reading the letters that had been left there for her. She almost didn't know what to make of it. There was no way something like that could have happened to the Elsa... And her friends.

It didn't take her too long to push past the shock. She knew she had to get up and get out (and get her blood moving before she froze to death). She found her clothes and her weapon in the trunk at the end of her bed, and as soon as she was properly dressed, she set off to find out what had really happened.

After finding it, she rode the elevator down, and when the doors opened at Floor 21, she exited to the stairs. She wasn't sure why. Some instinct drew her out, and downward. Past the restaurant, and very carefully down the crumbling outdoor ramp. It was possibly somewhere in the bloodied hand print room that echoed with tortured screams that she began to wonder if her instincts were really something she could trust anymore, as she picked up the pace. She raced down the next few floors, as fast as she could without injuring herself, until finally she reached the 14th floor.

She was tired, cold, frightened, and confused. The media room seemed safe enough, and electronics were a somewhat familiar sight. So, looking shaken, she sank to her knees just off the stairs.]

What is this place...?

Comments

[uzuki]

Yes, that was one of the things that came with me.

Why can't you go straight to that floor?

[temptestament]

My powers don't work there. The floor itself and the one below it are harmless as long as we don't fall, but I can't even use Ethers on them.

[uzuki]

Oh. Okay then.

[She readies her MWS.]

I'm ready.

[temptestament]

Alright, I'll take us to the closest floor I can get us to. Careful, though, I'm going to be putting us on the staircase.

*Space distorts around them again, leaving them on the staircase of a wide open room with the lights dimmed, as if it were nighttime. And since it is night, the tower's monsters are out in force.*

Watch it, the stairs have a habit of falling out from under you.

[uzuki]

[Well, it wasn't what she was expecting, but she nods. She starts up the stairs after him, and as soon as she gains confidence in her stair climbing ability, said stairs are no longer under her feet.

She gasps, and immediately reaches out to Allen with her free arm.]

[temptestament]

*He turns when he hears her gasp and quickly grabs for her arm. His other hand grabs onto the spine of the spiral staircase, leaving him leaning forward as he thinks about how to haul her up best.*

Are you alright?

[uzuki]

[Well, she looks pretty frightened, and she's wincing because being dangled by your arm is actually kind of painful.]

Ehnn... Yes, I'm okay.

[temptestament]

*He nods.*

Alright, I'm going to try pulling you up.

*And as he does so, he's trying to move up the staircase to give her some room to stand on...but since he's not paying enough attention to behind him, he ends up tripping on his cape, leaving him falling onto the next step up and jerking Shion back onto the stairs a little more quickly than he was intending.*

[uzuki]

["try"? She's really getting a weight complex here, Allen...]

[Of course, the momentum, and her foot catching one of the stairs as she's pulled up, sends her sprawling into him... Before she nearly rolls off the edge of the stairs. But luckily, he grabs onto the front of his Testament uniform before she could actually fall.]

[temptestament]

*Hey, for all he knew, the stair he was on would drop. Or...something like this would happen. But at least they're both on the stairs now.*

Well...that could've gone worse, at least...

*It's probably a good thing he's so focused on the fact that she didn't fall again that it doesn't click that she's on top of him.*

[uzuki]

[Well, it takes her a moment or to to actually get to her feet without slipping off the stairs or stepping on him. But once she does, she rotates her arm a couple of times, trying to work out the new sharp pain in her shoulder.]

I guess you weren't kidding.. But now I know what to expect.

[temptestament]

*He stands up too, trading his uniform for a heavy coat and gloves. Partly to get rid of the cape, and partly because thinking about it made him realize that it probably won't be warm enough once he loses the advantages of being a ghost.*

And I know to make sure I remember to change out of that stupid cape before I come up here with someone else.

[uzuki]

[She smiles, shaking her head at that, then starts their climb again. Making sure to stay close to him in case there's a repeat of the stairs' magic trick.]

[temptestament]

*Luckily, they manage to get to the top this time, and come out on a floor that's...just a floor, with no walls holding up the ceiling. But Allen just heads for the staircase at the edge of the floor.*

Oh, great, it's snowing...

[uzuki]

.....

[She follows him, albeit slowly. And when she steps onto the stairs, she peers over the edge for a moment, trying to see the ground.]

[temptestament]

*Good luck with the fog around the lower area of the tower...*

Careful, I doubt there's anything down there to catch you if you fall.

[uzuki]

How far up do you think we are? I really can't see the ground.

[temptestament]

Well...this is the thirty-first floor...it's kind of hard to tell, though, since the inside doesn't exactly match up with the outside. The fog doesn't have anything to do with height, though. It goes all the way down to the fourth floor.

[uzuki]

Hm..

[Shion actually doesn't mind this floor... Except for the snow, of course, that makes the stairs annoying. But otherwise, the way it's open is kind of nice. A little unnerving when climbing stairs, but not totally bad.]

[temptestament]

*Though by now, Allen's got his arms wrapped around himself. The cold's starting to get to him and his coat hasn't warmed up yet...*

I know the tower goes up through the clouds, though.

[uzuki]

[The cold isn't actually bothering her that much anymore, which probably isn't a good sign, but oh well. .-.]

[temptestament]

*All the more reason to get the wood and get back down to where they can build a fire faster. Which makes it a good thing that they're now coming up on an island floating in midair with a small forest on it.*

[uzuki]

[Well, that's pretty strange, but okay! She's going a bit slower now though, since walking without being able to feel your feet is a pretty big task.]

[temptestament]

*He moves from the stairs to the island like he's done this several times before and reaches out a hand to help her over.*

This is it. Your MWS has a blade in it, right?

[uzuki]

[She takes it, hopping over herself, and nods.]

It's too bad your powers aren't working here. If we could carry a lot out to dry it somewhere else, we could stay warm for a while.

[What a surprise, she actually did retain some information from childhood. And she always thought that Jin was wasting his time when building fires the old fashioned way.]