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[wasjustascratch]

Characters: Jin Uzuki (AU2 wasjustascratch) and OPEN
Setting: Room 1-16, Floor 12, Floor 3 library
Format: starting prose but with change
Summary: Jin is new in the tower and explores
Warnings: Angry sister alert?

Room 1-16

Waking in this room, unable to move. For a moment, Jin thought he was dead again but once he died again, he couldn’t come back… could he? It reminded him of when Wihelm had first appeared to him and offered this chance to him, the chance to become a Testament and help him, help Shion. He’d leapt at it. But Wilhelm wasn’t here. He confirmed that when he found his body under his control and sat up, looking confused over his garment and the collar. A collar he attempted to remove before eyeing the letters.

Letter that ended up in a crumbled mess on the floor before burning with from a fire ether. He typically didn’t use fire ethers but this was fitting. So very fitting. He couldn’t believe it. How could he still live if the universe was destroyed? It was ridiculous. Save someone more worth saving. Like Shion…

Going to his trunk, he changed quickly into a black suit and long jacket sans the gloves. A moment later, he quickly hung his katana in his belt after a quick inspection to ensure that it wasn’t damaged. And then he left. For now he was just a regular man exploring the tower, not a Testament.

Floor 12

Jin found himself simply standing on this floor, looking at the stars as they die, watching color vanish and lights explode from dying planets. Studying the phenomenon. He didn’t expect the Lower Domains collapse to be anything like that. Imagining it as death in an instant, everything and everyone ceasing to exist in the same moment. Not even the time to wonder what was happening.

Floor 3

Well now, this was a place he could be comfortable. He’d often browsed through his grandfathers old collection of printed books. Jin had, oddly, always found the past far more interesting that anything his own time had to offer. His family found it strange. He didn’t change anything for them but he didn’t let himself become lost in the past, that was the difference they never seemed to comprehend.

Now he was comfortably seated in the library with several books around him and one opened on his lap, already about a third of the way through it.

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[tohko_amano]

And Tohko sighed when she heard that, her face full of sadness and sympathy.

"..I see. I'm terribly sorry to hear that. It must have been quite a shock. I know my words don't mean much, but I really am sorry about that."

Tohko then sighed again and nodded.

"I know. It's not going to be easy, but the tasks and things heroes have to go through in stories are pretty hard too, and they usually manage to make it out alright. It'll be hard, and it'll take me awhile, but I'll figure something out. At least..I won't stop trying to."

[wasjustascratch]

"It's alright. I've known about Shion's... destiny, since I became this. She's always been special."

He'd come to the realization, in his time as a Testament, that there really were no heroes and villains among them and Shion's group. Except Voyager, creepy bastard that he was.

"Lets hope that will to find a solution will be enough to help find one. Humans need all the help they can get."

[tohko_amano]

"While you've known about it for awhile, that doesn't mean that you've completely gotten over the pain of the truth.."

Tohko sighed again. If anyone should know that, it was her. After all, she'd had two years to get over her parents deaths, and it still stung sometimes.

"Hopefully it, along with some knowledge, hard work, and luck will be enough. I don't know if I'll be successful, and Wilhelm told me that I shouldn't expect to be..but if I don't even try, then I accept Eternal Recurrence without even looking for a different solution."

[wasjustascratch]

"I've accepted it though. Just as I accepted Recurrence."

Maybe an outside look at their universe was what they needed. Maybe there wasn't anything in there universe that could save it but there was outside of it.

"I'll be cheering you on."

[tohko_amano]

Tohko sighed again, but she smiled and nodded.

"I see..alright then. And thank you! I'm glad to hear that. I admit, I may not be successful, but I'll try my hardest to think of a solution, if I find some new story element that can help."

[wasjustascratch]

"There's no harm in trying. And it's admirable that you would even try to help our universe when you have your own to worry about returning to."

[tohko_amano]

"I suppose not..and I guess it might be admirable. It just seems like the right thing to do though. After all, I just can't turn my back on it after hearing some of the story.

And I'm not too worried about my universe. We just have to get to the Administrators and force them to send us back. I'm not physically strong, so I might not have a large part in that, but I'm pretty sure I'll go back to my universe eventually."

And if she does, she'll try her best to find Wilhelm there and continue helping out.

[wasjustascratch]

"This may sound a bit corny, probably out of a story, but being physically strong isn't the only thing that's important. A strong heart is also important and the will to make a difference. Others will join you that can compensate for what abilities you lack."

Okay yeah, that sounded a lock cornier than he thought it might but it was true. The group his sister had worked with had all been pretty complimentary of the abilities of the others.

[tohko_amano]

Thankfully, Tohko liked corny things. They always tasted warm and a bit overly sweet. Plus, she loved things out of a story.

"That's true..I'm not sure who else will join me, but just doing the best with what I have will probably help out a lot! At least, that's what I think. And don't worry. That didn't sound corny at all! That sounded great!"

[wasjustascratch]

"I'm sure someone will though. And thank you, I'm glad that it didn't. I'm not quite used to giving pep talks. Been awhile since I was in the military."

[tohko_amano]

"Oh, you were in the military? How come, if you don't mind my asking?"

Since this person's past was probably a sore subject, Tohko wouldn't mind if he didn't answer..but she was still a little curious. And even though she wasn't convinced that someone would join her, she was happy that the guy was trying to cheer her up even though it should have been the other way around.