towerofanimus | ᴇɴᴛʀʏ ᴏɴᴇ

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Characters: Yukiteru and YOU
Setting: Room 2-20 & Cafeteria
Format: Prose initially, but I'll match!
Summary: Yukki arrives the morning after the 'happy end.' He's not taking it well.
Warnings: A kid dangerously close to going into shock after all he's been through;; also spoilers for Mirai Nikki.

Room 2-20:

The poor kid is obviously freezing. It's quite a jump from a moderate climate like Japan in mid-summer to the frigid temperatures like this; combine that with the fact that he's here at all, and everything that had happened just before arriving here, and it's a miracle he hasn't completely gone into shock yet. Operative word here: yet.

He's seated on his bed, the blankets wrapped tightly around himself, including a bright blue blanket that looked as if it had seen a lot of wear and tear over the years. There's an open cellphone on his lap, plugged into a nearby wall, and he's been staring at it intently since he arrived here.

UNKNOWN DATE, 12:19 PM :: A NEW LIFE BEGINS IN THE TOWER.

There is no entry after this. He's never had that problem before, and it really doesn't help his state of mind right now. And 'unknown date?'

... Yes. Of course. They failed. He and Yuno both did. It's the only conclusion, and it perfectly explains what he read in those letters. The world was destroyed, time and space torn asunder by what Deus warned them about. The Survival Game was over, and nobody won. It was true, then... Yuno did love him, despite her attempts to persuade both of them otherwise. She couldn't kill him any more than he could kill her. And he couldn't have thought of a worse way to confirm what he already knew than this.

Yukiteru falls sideway onto his bed, wrapping the blankets tigher around himself. It's hard to tell if the shaking is caused by stress, or just shivering.

Cafeteria

Yukki has been sitting there for a while, staring at the oatmeal. He's tried to make it a bit better; but he can't eat it. He hasn't touched it, and it isn't from the fact that he knows it's going to taste bad. He just has no appetite right now, and he hasn't for 24 hours now, from the time he woke up in his own world, to when he woke up here, knowing what was going to happen that day. This could have been a five-star steak and he still wouldn't have wanted to eat it. Especially not in this temperature.

It's clear to anyone who sees him he's upset, and hasn't taken to the Tower well at all. Especially since he hasn't seen hide nor hair of Yuno since arriving here, and if he's here for the reason he thinks he is, then surely she has to be, as well. After all, isn't it both of their faults their universe was destroyed? Through their inaction?

He doesn't want to think about it, but he can't help it. The Survival Game has now officially taken everything from him, including, as it would appear, Yuno. He had nothing left to lose. And as it would appear, nothing to gain, either.

He closes his eyes, and looks down, fighting back tears.

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While Tohko couldn't taste food, she had to keep up appearances every now and then so that people wouldn't find out. Even if more and more people were, she couldn't let everyone know. So, despite the terrible temperatures, she wandered into the cafeteria, looking for something to eat. What she found was a boy sitting over a bowl of oatmeal, looking like he was about to cry. He must have been a new arrival. Wanting to help, Tohko sat down next to him.

"Hey, are you alright? What's wrong?"

He can tell the very moment Tohko approaches him what her intentions are. Had this have been any other instance - one involving a certain pink-haired girlfriend of his - he would have cautioned her against feeling sorry for him. That never ended well... not for him, and especially not for the person brave, or stupid, enough to give Yuno even the slightest hint of a reason to believe someone had dared to try to get close to him.

"... I'm fine." Obviously a lie, and a thinly veiled way of saying 'I don't want to talk about it.' As if it shouldn't be obvious, anyway.

Yukiteru hasn't even considered the possibility that these people aren't from the same world as him.

Tohko sighed. "You're not fine. You look like you're about to cry." Since he was eating the oatmeal, that must have meant he was new.

"..If you're worried about your universe being destroyed, you shouldn't! There are a few people here would wouldn't be able to exist if their universes were destroyed, and the people who run this Tower tend to lie sometimes, so you don't have to worry about that! Your universe is probably just fine, if that was what you were worried about. If it wasn't, you can tell me what's bothering you. I may be a simple book girl, but I may be able to help."

Somehow that doesn't look like it helped very much, Tohko. "Even if it is fine, it won't be for much longer... the universe really was about to be destroyed before I was brought here."

And did he mention it was partially his fault? At least as much as it was Yuno's, and probably more? No. He didn't. Because he really doesn't want to think about it... or her. "Nobody can help... nobody except me, and now, I can't either."

Tohko sighed. "Maybe whoever was about to destroy your universe messed up somehow after you were brought here. Or maybe someone or something else foiled them. And why can't anyone else help? I admit, I don't know much about your universe, but if you tell me, I might be able to help."

It's clear this isn't a topic he's keen on talking about, but he'll humor her anyway and at least give her some idea. "There was only two people who could have saved my universe, me, and Y-... someone else. But one of us had to die for that to happen. If our universe is destroyed... it means we failed."

"Or you're both alive and the Administrators are lying to you about your universe. It's happened with several other people here, so it could have happened to you as well. And why did either of you have to die to save the universe?"

"They aren't lying." At least, not about their universe being destroyed. It's obvious this 'book girl' isn't going to understand unless she gets the (mostly-)full story, so... well, it's not like it can do any harm here. At least, not anymore.

There's nothing left to harm, now.

"The Survival Game," he began, quietly. "Deus Ex Machine - ... well, God, I guess - needed to pick someone to replace him. He was dying, and his death would cause the apocalypse. So he gave people Future Diaries" - he paused, taking his cellphone out of his pocket. Still no future update. Whatever this place is, it's messing with it, somehow - "and made us all kill each other until there was only one of us left. Whoever won became the new God. It was down to me and... someone else."

Tohko sighed as she heard the story, trying to understand everything and get it to sink in.

"Why was god forcing people to kill each other in order to pick his successor? That seems unnecessarily cruel..and I'm sorry to hear that...it must have been terrible to go up against your friend. However..maybe someone else got picked to be the god of your universe. Maybe god was just messing with you and had a spare successor picked out all this time."

"The name says it all. He thought it was a game." Surprise: just like in the Old Testament, God isn't as benevolent as people tend to think. "At least he wanted it to be fair. He'd answer our questions about it, he'd make sure everyone was on a mostly level playing field, and he tried really hard not to intervene personally." And then Murumuru forced his hand, but sshh.

"No, he wouldn't have made a spare... though 'messing with us' kind of describes just about everything he did. Besides, the only person he made who could have been that was killed." Akise. Yukki didn't exactly want to see him die, but damn it, he should have known better than to kiss him right in front of Yuno or think she'd be dumb enough to have her Future Diary out where it could be smashed. Just because he had it coming doesn't mean Yukki wanted to see it actually happen.

Tohko nodded. "..I see. Then, if he was playing a game, and was smart enough to do all of these things, wouldn't he be smart enough to set up an extra successor in case everything failed and no one won? And..why was the only person who could have been his successor killed? Did no one know, or did this god really like his game so much as to kill off his kid for it?"

Tohko knew what Jesus had died for, but that seemed a bit bigger than a small game like this. God could have just picked out another successor peacefully or let his son handle the whole thing if he was going to die. Then again, this guys god and the Christian god in Tohko's world might have been different entity's in personality.

"Umm... I think you're misunderstanding me. Akise wasn't going to be his successor, just someone Deus made to be a sort of observer for the Survival Game." Yeah, maybe Yukki should have clarified that a bit.

"He should be, yeah." Actually, that's kind of a good point... in his hysteria, Yukki didn't think of that. Deus was way too smart to leave open the possibility of nobody winning the Survival Game.

It was still a moot point, howver. "But... that doesn't change the facts, does it? I'm here. Which means, my universe is..."

"Oh! Nevermind then. Sorry about that. However..if he was smart enough to do something like that, then he probably did. After all, this is a god we're talking about. It would be foolish to think he didn't consider every option."

Tohko sighed and shook her head. "You have to listen to people when they talk. I told you-there are people here who wouldn't even be able to exist if their universe was destroyed. Therefore, the Administrators are lying about that fact, and therefore, your world is fine! It's probably still safe!"

"He may be the god of Time and Space, but he told me himself the future is constantly changing. That's why I'm still alive, after all." He can't even remember the amount of dead end flags he's gotten, just from Minene and Third alone. And yet, here he is.

... but what she says kind of makes sense... even if he's never met anyone other than Deus himself (and maybe Murumuru) whose existence is dependent upon the universe itself, and vice-versa.

... that leaves one other option.

"Is this the afterlife?" Maybe Yuno did kill him, after all.

"The future may be constantly changing in some places, but there have to be constants in other places."

Tohko smiled at that comment. "I don't think it is. I think this is a different world. An alternate universe. After all, you can still die here..even if you do come back the next day."

"Yeah, there are... well, kind of. Anything can happen, really. Just some are more or less likely than others."

She doesn't think it is. Well, that's reassuring. Until she mentioned how death isn't permanent here. "How is that even possible?" he asks, totally stunned, his mouth agape. He's normally not this quick to believe something that outlandish, but after all the completely unexplainable things he's seen in the last few hours (let alone last few months), frankly, he'd believe just about anything at this point.

"Well, that's true, I suppose..however, no matter what universe you go to, there will always be constants. You just have to look hard enough for them."

Tohko sighed at his question. "I don't know. I honestly don't know. It's something the Administrators do, but I have no idea how they do it. However, I have died here about three times. I can assure you that I'm not lying."

"But how?" Suddenly, Yukki looks... almost upset.

They can bring people back from the dead. Something not even Deus himself could do, or him, if he became the new god. That was his sole silver lining in those horrible things Yuno inadvertently talked him into doing during the survival game. 'It was okay,' he told himself. 'I'll bring them back. They'll have a happier life after.'

And now, not only was his world destroyed so he'd never even have the opportunity to try, but the people here can bring people back from the dead and torture them some more. Talk about a slap in the face.

If this place is the afterlife, it has to be hell. Not that he doesn't deserve to be here if it is.

Edited 2012-12-03 09:55 (UTC)

Tohko sighed again. "You really need to listen to people. I don't know. I have no idea. It's not like the Administrators tell us everything, and most of what we know the residents learned through hard work and experience. If I knew, I would tell you, but I don't. I wish I did..but I don't. I'm sorry."

Right... she wouldn't know, would she? It's not like Deus told them everything, either. That whole 'You can't bring people back from the dead' thing would have been nice to know before he let Yuno off of the proverbial leash... not to mention killing his own friends.

It figures. It's not enough for his universe to be destroyed, Yuno being nowhere in sight, and for him to be reminded at every turn just how much he's lost. This place has to add insult to injury, too.

"No... it's okay, don't apologize. It's not like I should be expecting a whole lot more, anyway." Even his Future Diary was being maddeningly unhelpful right now.

"..Alright then. However, while I don't know how they bring us back to life, I can tell you anything else I know about the Tower, if you want. It's not much, but it might be able to help." After all, Tohko couldn't just leave a new person alone like this. Not when he looked so sad and depressed.

... well, it wouldn't hurt to ask, would it? "Have you seen a girl with long, pink hair with red ribbons? She's my age, and was probably either wearing a black dress or a school uniform."

Probably not. If she was in even a similar mindset to how she was before he woke up here... she's taking this even worse than he was. Woe to anyone who crossed her path right now.

Tohko sighed and shook her head. Another person who was missing a friend. She knew how that felt. She had looked for Konoha the first couple of days she was in the Tower.

"I'm sorry, I haven't seen her. However, if I do find her, I'll drag her over to you, alright?"

"I wouldn't drag her if I were you." Something about the way he says that is cautious. Maybe even a bit worried. "Yuno, can... umm... be a bit sensitive. Especially when it comes to me."

Tohko scratched her head nervously. "I know that..it was just a figure of speech. But how is she sensitive? Will she cry if I bring you up? Or will she smack me in the face?"

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