towerofanimus | ♬ 002. The more I think, the less I see.

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♬ 002. The more I think, the less I see.

Characters: Sayaka Maizono and you. Yes, you!
Setting: Dorms, room 1-05 -> Floor 25 -> Floor 48 -> Floor 14
Format: Actionspamming all the way, but I can match yo.
Summary: It's cold, but the idol won't let it get to her much - that only means more training is a go! It's when she visits the graveyard that something hits her in the feelings...
Warnings: Aside some DR spoilers and sadness, nothing else.

[ Dorms, 1-05 ]

[ It's been less than a month since Sayaka arrived to the Tower, and had to adapt to things rather quickly. Though nothing too terrifying happened, except listening to those audio files, she's got all the more motivation to learn to fight by herself and continue singing even in a place like this. It's a slow process, but she's progressing finely. Whether she's going to actually change her... weapon of choice or not, it's still early to tell.

The cold, however, took her by surprise. Other than her idol outfit and another set of clothes, she doesn't have much she could wear to deal with it. It's unnerving her day by day, along with the nutrition bars being the only damn food available around. Even so, she still tries to keep her pokerface and smile at whoever she meets. It won't be different when her roomates walk in, as they'll find her armed with knitting needles and some wool that she found in the workshop, sitting on her bed and working on this scarf she's doing. There's no way she's going to beg for a spare sweater when she can attempt to make a scarf by herself. ]

[ Floor 25 ]

[ The meadow has easily become her favourite spot, both for training or just chilling. Except that chilly now is more literal, and hanging out there is more ardous because of the cold temperature. But what Sayaka learned with years of showbiz is that if you have to defeat the cold during a concert in the open, you've got to move. And so she'll move, for a couple hours of non-stop powerwalking through the area. This is still part of the training after all. ]

[ Floor 48 ]

[ ... It's a sudden rush of curiosity that pushed her to get to this floor. Call it macabre curiosity, rather, but before we know it, she's in the graveyard, going past each headstone and reading the names on it. Basically they're all names she never heard of... they must be people who disappeared from the tower, but why make a graveyard of them? Are they really all dead, or...?

...

She freezes to a halt when her eyes fall onto perhaps the first and only name she recognizes among those faceless ones. Eyes widen as she read that name over and over.

Leon Kuwata

...

It hits her like a punch in the gut. No, it's not that, it shouldn't feel like that. She should be happy of the discovery! Finally she won't have to deal with him anymore! No more risking to cross paths with him, no more threatening, no more of that stupid loudmouthed redhead who hurt her so much and never regretted it--

...

She should be happy about it, but... even the grudge can't overtake the pity she feels for having him die a second time, and- and she can't bring herself to such a low level. Pity seems to be a fine sentiment in this moment. She can give him that at the very least.

Everyone that passes by will see her stand in front of that headstone for quite the long time, an undescribable expression on her face... like she's got no emotions at all written in it. ]

[ Floor 14 ]

[ After all that walking, the best thing to do is to... well, move some more. And dancing just happens to be one of her favourite activities, a great help when it comes to forget all about whatever bad feelings she had during the day. The music's up, so would you like to join her? ]

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I don't know.. maybe it's magic if you want to call it that way.

[ It's so normal to her that she doesn't even view it as 'magic', honestly. ]

It's just.. something I can do.

[ Then she'll take it as magic. This girl seems so clueless about things, and it worries Sayaka a little. Even so, she can't refuse such kind gesture, no matter how weird it is. She takes a step forward, extending her hand towards the lantern, feeling the heat radiating from it. ]

... I see. Thank you, miss. This will do.

Don't go too far away from me with it. [ It's not a threat or anything, not even advice - if anything, she says it as plainly as a line from some instruction manual. ]

.. It'll disappear.

I can hold it? [ Looks like that, as the lantern floats on her hand now. But she does keep the advice... it's not like she's going anywhere, now that she found out this graveyard is pretty much fake. ]

Sorry, I haven't told you my name yet. I'm Sayaka, Sayaka Maizono.

My name is Urotsuki. [ Apparently she's not offering a last name. Or maybe she doesn't have one to begin with, who knows. ]

It's nice to meet you, Sayaka-chan. .. Ah, it's okay for me to say that, right..?

[ at least she remembered to ask. ]

It's nice to meet you as well, Urotsuki-san. [ She sure isn't one to pry too much into people's usage of their names. ]

It's alright, I really don't mind you calling me that. [ Her fans basically call her either that or Maizono-chan all the time... ] I'm used to it.

.. You must have a lot of friends then.

[ Completely wrong conclusion there, huh. But it's how Urotsuki figures it, only people who are close would call each other that, she's sure!! ]

That's nice.. I'm a little jealous.

[ Fr...ien...ds... she's not sure if her classmates consider her a friend anymore. Ok, Chihiro surely is one, Naegi maybe, but the others... a-and it's still a few people she befriended in the tower, they're not fans following her everywhere- and it's definitely different. ]

I wouldn't put it that way... I don't have that many friends here.

It's easy to make them here though.. [ She probably views it the other way around, for her it was much more difficult back home than it ever was here, really. ] The people are really nice, even if the tower sometimes isn't.

I kind of noticed most people here are definitely kind hearted. [ She can agree with that, but from that to having actual friends... she can only name a few. ] Have you been here a long time?

Since May. [ it takes her a moment to even remember what date it is now, give her a moment.. ... nope, she gives up. ] So.. that's been a while, hasn't it..?

Er... about seven months, yes. [ That long... she wonders if the experience broke this girl somewhat. That Rei person she met the first day was a bit of the same, if not more disturbing with the way she said she can be torn apart and regenerate... ]

I suppose it wasn't a good experience for you...

Sometimes it was bad. [ She'll admit that much, she has some painful memories - mostly of the first experiment she got into when she first got here - but aside from that.. ] But.. I think there are a lot of good things too. They're what makes it worth to be here..

What kind of good things?

[ She wasn't exposed to the really terrible things that happen in the tower, but from the way people talk about it, there aren't... many good things after all. Hearing such a thing from someone is new. ]

The people here.

[ And despite her blank expression, she now does smile a little. There's something oddly warm about it after all her blankness earlier. ]

Everyone is really kind, and.. I really like being with everyone and talking with everyone. It's really nice and warm..

[ That must be really important to this girl if she's smiling after all that dull appearance... it gives Sayaka some hope. ]

I see. You must have many friends, yourself. I bet you can't count them all.

I could probably count them.. [ .. silence, as if she's thinking about it, and then she nods again. ] Probably.

But since you're nice too, that means you'll make a lot of friends here too.

[ Probably... she'll leave it at that. ]

If you say so, I should really start hoping so. [ She's cheering up a little at the very least. ] You're nice too, how about we become friends?

.. We? [ Now she actually does look a little surprised. A little, but it's there, and she blinks with slightly wider eyes. ] You mean.. you wouldn't mind?

Why should I mind? All you did was help me, and you even offered me this, without me asking. [ Still holding the lantern carefully in her hand. ] It's people like you that I need here.

[ .. 'People that I need'.. it's strange. Even with the people here being ncie to her, and some being friends with her, nobody has ever said that specifically - that they need her. Need..

Isn't that all she's ever wanted..? To be liked and needed? ]

I'll help you out. Any time you ask for it. [ Despite the blankness, it's almost a little insistent. As if she's too enthusiastic in her own way. ]

[ That's the truth, after all. Because she was loved as an idol back in her world, she knows how it feels like. It's something she never thought she'd ever be capable to experience again, after dying and appearing here. But, surprisingly enough, the people here proved her wrong. She even had a chance to sing for someone! Urotsuki herself is yet another proof that there is a good thing about the tower, and it's the kind people like her. Those who help without being asked.

She needs people, like people need her. The memory of her past grave mistakes is making things difficult for her, but she's struggling just as hard to put it behind herself for the sake of survival. This second life she's been given- more like it was imposed on her, can be another chance to redeem herself. Maybe Leon's disappearance was actually a good event; she doesn't regret coming here to the graveyard anymore. ]

Likewise. If you need any help from me, just come to my dorm room. The number is 1-05, first floor. Even if you don't find me there, my roomates are nice people.

I'm in 02-09. .. I don't really know my roommates, though, so.. I can't say anything about them. [ The only thing she does in her room after all is sleep - and sleep pretty deeply too, so she never wakes up and therefore hardly even manages to see them around. ]

I'll remember it though.

That's fine too, I'm sure there won't be issues.

[ Gurl, you sleep too much... but anyway, Sayaka stayed in this place too long - she doesn't want her mood to get worse again, no matter how fake this graveyard appears to be. There's a one last glance to his supposed "grave". ]

I'll be going then. Thank you for the talk, Urotsuki-chan.

.. Hmm. [ She's going to wander around here a little more, so she reaches to take the lantern back into her own hands again before it fades into nothing again. Then she gives a tiny nod. ]

Bye bye.

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