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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...?

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[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.]

[temptestament]

It would be a lot more convenient, but the administrators don't exactly have our comfort in mind.

[uzuki]

Yeah.. I guess I wasn't thinking about it that way...

[She starts into the forest area, looking for the branches with the least amount of snow on them, since they'll be dryer. When she spots a good one, the ends of the MWS slide open and the electric blade appears. AND SHE is making firewood.]

[temptestament]

*Luckily, it's only a light snow. And while she does that, he'll be gathering up what she cuts and gathering some smaller twigs that will dry out faster for kindling.*

Though if you think you can spare the blanket until we get back down, we might be able to carry more that way.

[uzuki]

Oh, of course.

[She unwraps herself and hands it over]

[temptestament]

Keep it for now, we can load the branches onto it when we're done.

[uzuki]

[Nope sorry, she pushes it on him anyway.]

It shouldn't take too much longer.

[Because she can mow down branches fairly quickly.]

[temptestament]

If you're sure...

*So he lays the blanket out and starts piling branches on the middle of it, trying to get them to lay as flat as he can.*

[uzuki]

[After a few more branches are cut, she starts bringing them over.]

[temptestament]

*He rubs at his arms through his sleeves and shivers.*

Do you think this'll be enough?

[uzuki]

[She nods, placing the last two in the blanket before crossing her arms, and pushing her freezing hands inside her jacket.]

Yes, I think that should be good for now.

[temptestament]

Alright, then let's get out of here.

*He folds the blanket up like a sack and hauls it over his shoulder. It's a little on the heavy side due to sheer bulk, but it's not like he never carried heavy objects as a human, considering his hobbies and the machinery he tended to work with.*

[uzuki]

[She would have offered to help, but well... There's that numbness in her limbs, so she simply follows after him cautiously.]