The Book Girl and The Egg.

[tohko_amano]

Characters: Tohko Amano and Wretched Egg for the first part and anyone else for the second!
Setting: The third floor and then the infirmary.
Format: Either prose or action!
Summary: Tohko meets Wretched Egg and finds out that Shiro isn't all that she seems. She then tries to find out what's wrong with her in the infirmary.
Warnings: Violence, since this will involve Wretched Egg.

Despite the chill and how poorly she felt, Tohko was still going about her library duties, sneezing over her shoulder occasionally and almost tripping over small corners. While she never made a mistake in cleaning, today she was making a few, as she sometimes put a book in the wrong spot. After she did this for the third time, she sighed.

"I really need to visit the clinic after this.."

Tohko, having found that the drones weren't much help in giving her medical advice, was looking over some of the pills, trying to decide which ones were the best to take. Tylenol? Advil? Or some of the other, weird and unusual bottles? Normally, she would have just stuck with the cold medicine on the shelf, but she was feeling so out of it that she was starting to consider other options.

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[taintedwhite]

Wretched Egg entered the library. Whether or not she was expecting to find Tohko there, she immediately recognized Shiro's new friend in the Tower. The two girls had been spending an awful lot of time together lately. So maybe it was only about time Wretched Egg and Tohko met properly.

For a few minutes, she remained silent. Watching the book girl sort her books through half-lidded eyes. She was sick obviously. That made her even weaker. Wretched Egg frowned in disgust when Tohko sneezed yet again. But she quickly schooled her expression into a somewhat harmless smirk before speaking up.

"Bless you~"

[tohko_amano]

Tohko turned and smiled at what she thought was Shiro. She didn't notice any differences in behavior, if there were any.

"Ah, thank you Shiro! I'm sorry I didn't notice you. How have you been holding up? If you're cold, I could make you a cloak."

[taintedwhite]

Wretched Egg started walking toward Tohko as she turned around. Slowly, like a cat approaching its prey. She hummed.

"Pretty sure Shiro could use a cloak. It's become rather cold in the Tower, hasn't it?"

She kept her tone light though it was as fake as Shiro's could be genuine. But she certainly didn't want to scare off the poor little book girl. Such a helpless little sparrow.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko paused for a moment. Shiro had a split personality? Tohko managed to catch the fake sweetness in her voice.

"..It has. And I'd be happy to make Shiro a cloak..but who are you?"

[taintedwhite]

"Such a sweet and helpful girl, Tohko~"

When Tohko asked her who she was, Wretched Egg chuckled. She had never been quite good at faking to be Shiro. Shiro's innocence was something that she cherished and protected, but was herself completely devoid of.

"Ksha~ Why I'm Shiro's guardian, of course~ Did she forget to tell you about me?"

[tohko_amano]

"I'm glad you think that of me..but yes, Shiro forgot to tell me about you. And how are you her guardian?"

While Tohko didn't have any real reason to be worried, she was a little bit. That laugh sent shivers down her spine.

[taintedwhite]

"Really? Shiro never told you about... Aceman~?"

Wretched Egg knew Shiro mentioned Aceman all the time. But when she did, she would either refer to herself, to Wretched Egg or to the original superhero. So it was hard for people to tell. And it should be enough to confuse Tohko a bit.

Wretched Egg came to stand even closer to Tohko, clearly invading her personal space to make her uneasy.

"Well I make sure no one tries to hurt her or make her suffer anymore~"

And those who did try, she just killed them. Most of the time without warning.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko took a small step back for her own personal comfort. Normally, she wouldn't have minded..but something about this girl seemed off. Like she was more used to being cold than being sweet.

"She told me that he was a Superhero that she liked and wanted to be like..so that was you? You're Aceman?"

Tohko then nodded.

"Well..that's a good goal."

[taintedwhite]

So, of course, Wretched Egg immediately took a step forward. She couldn't allow her little prey to escape and get the feeling that she was controlling anything.

"I am~ And she is~ Although none of us is a superhero. Superheroes only exist in comics and tv shows."

She playfully took the book Tohko had been about to place on the shelf.

"Glad you approve~"

[adorably_evilish]

Veigar was in a different corner scouring the medicine in the infirmary in order to try and get rid of this cold as soon as possible. The random grumbling and cursing might have attracted someone but soon enough he was waddling away with a bunch of different bottles in his arms.

Might as well try them all!

[tohko_amano]

Tohko heard someone grumbling, and turned in time to see him walking off with a bunch of different bottles. He seemed like an expert in medicine. Maybe he could recommend her something.

"Erm..pardon me, but do you know what might be best here for a cold?"

And Tohko immediately sneezed over her shoulder.

[isthatashortjoke]

Veigar turned immediately, a couple of bottles dropping to the floor and rolling around just before the whole gaggle of them flew into the air after a rather sudden sneeze.

"Oh confound it all!" He shook a fist at the roof angrily, "Damn you! I know this is your doing!"

After a few moments of course he looked over a bit annoyed. "I've tried the normal means, but I'm sure they have made it impossible to gain healing from them. I was about to go experiment with the remedies that remain in this place."

[tohko_amano]

Tohko picked up some of the bottles that fell onto the floor and offered them back to the man.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to suprised you..but what are the normal means for you? Magic?"

[isthatashortjoke]

Veigar accepted the bottles and shook his head, "No, I don't do healing magic but that would be incredibly useful right now. I use potions and elixirs of healing and medicines as such. But they seem to either be tampering with those or with the sickness itself or with this blasted tower!"

He wouldn't put it past them to tamper with every single thing instead of just one.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko sighed. "I don't think the Administrators can mess with the Tower, but they are probably messing with your potions. How do you make those here anyway?"

Tohko, loving magical things, was quite curious about this.

[isthatashortjoke]

"I do it in my laboratory and yesss... that might explain their lessened functionality." He was definitely no Singed either, he would have loved to have the master chemist here, he'd whip up something to take this blasted cold away.

Veigar sighed and placed the bottles down.

"If they're messing with them, there's no point in continuing to waste materials. They'd be best to leave here." And others could find use for them but that wasn't Veigar's style, helping others was for the weak!

[tohko_amano]

"But how do you do it in your laboratory? If you don't mind, could you show me?" Tohko loved magic, spells, and magic potions. Those things didn't exist in her world, but stories about them did, and she quite liked them.

"However, even if they're messing with your potions, the medicine here might work. After all, if they're letting it stay here, they probably don't consider it a threat."

[great_king_of_evil]

Ganondorf was visiting the infirmary in another prupose entirely: to steal as many medicines as he could, so that if a disease were to strike he would be the solution to the evil befalling this tower. Obviously when Tokho is there, he does not steal and pretends to be only visiting.

"Well well, if that is not our clean-obsessed 'book girl'..."

Ganondorf never forgets the face of someone who annoyed him. And this time he is not wearing a Santa costume.

I love you for this.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko however, was looking over a small shelf of cold medicine, trying to decide which one was the best when she spotted Ganon. When he spoke to her, she sighed and turned towards him. Of all of the people she had to run into today..

"Look..I apologized to you over the network. If you missed that message, than I am sorry for trying to kill you that month. It was that stupid costume. It messed with my head so that I killed people who made messes and disobeyed me. I killed three people before I managed to get it together. So, I do apologize for that..however, I am still the book girl, despite what you said. After all, I doubt your love and knowledge of books compares to mine."

And with that, Tohko sneezed twice over her shoulder. This cold was really starting to affect her.

I'm sorry in before sob

[great_king_of_evil]

"I apparently did miss that message..."

Or he most likely ignored it. He had a particularly strong dislike of apologies. He himself only ever apologized when he had in mind the idea to backstabs the very person he apologized to.

"Well at least I did knock some sense back into you." he chuckled and took some medicine himself. Heh, he may be sick, nothing hint that he's actually stealing it "I shall not doubt your love of book is beyond mine, however as far as your knowledge is concerned, I believe your assumption to be laughable at best."

He rose an eyebrow at her sneezing. Good thing he was immune to illnesses.

No, no, don't cry! This is awesome! And I'm sorry..I couldn't let that nickname die completly..><;

[tohko_amano]

Tohko nodded. "You should probably pay attention to the network more often then. It usually contains useful information like that."

She sneezed again. She wouldn't have minded this cold so much if her ears would start working properly. She could make out what Ganon said, but only just.

"..You didn't knock any sense into me. I managed to snap myself out of it after I killed the second or third person, and even then, I still lost it sometimes." She didn't see why he was laughing. There was nothing funny about this. However, when he claimed that her knowledge of books was beneath his, a small grin grew on her face.

"Are you so sure about that, Santa of Evil? If so, then please, tell me why Bulgakov burned his first draft of The Master and Margarita in despair, or how he was able to keep finding work, despite living in a country that hated him. Tell me the two alternate interpretations of The Little Prince, if you are so clever, and, if you can manage it, tell me if No Longer Human is actually autobiographical."

The last one was a bit of a trick question, but Tohko was pretty sure that he wouldn't be able to answer any of those questions.

She may regret it. Sooner or latter.

[great_king_of_evil]

"Sometimes it contains useful information, other time it contains people apologizing and being all around stupid."

She's free to take that as she will.

"You speak of these death with such lightness, I take it you've discovered how delightful absolute control other another's life is, haven't you?" Quite the contrary, he did find this pretty funny. And above all, he loves pointing out how others are, in the end, pretty much monsters like him.

He linefaced at her part about the books though. Of course he wouldn't know anything about them. Let's see if he can trick her... As for Santa of Evil. He would take care of that later...

"You are talking to me about tales of your world." he said with yet another chuckle "As I do not originate from your world, speaking about such books would be to me but an impossibility. Hut if your knowledge is so great certainly you have heard of the Book of Mudora? Or maybe yet again you will be able to give me praise about the author of the Ancient Sky Book? What are your thoughts about the particularity of the Touching Book? And I would very much like to hear your opinion about the prophecies stated in the Prophecies of Din."

Considering all the books he's named exist exclusively in the Hyrulean Universe, he was pretty convinced that she wouldn't be able to answer. And this alone counts as great

Knowing Ganon, it will probably be sooner.

[tohko_amano]

"What's wrong with apologies?"

At his accusation, Tohko glared at him. Not just because he accused her of liking to kill people, but because that accusation struck a deeper cord.

"I speak openly about it because, while I hate the fact that I did it and that the Administrators were able to twist me around like a puppet, I still did it. To deny it would be covering up the truth. Better to admit it openly and face the consequences than never mention it at all and live in the dark. And..controlling other people and using them as chess pieces is terrible. Even if you do it with good intentions, it usually leads to terrible things."

This guy would get along with Wilhelm, if he enjoyed it that much.

Tohko then sighed.

"So, the problem is that we both know a lot about books, but since we only know about books from our universe, we're ignorant of what the other person knows.

However, I'm guessing that the Book of Mudora was either written by Mudora or is about his life. The Ancient Sky Book may be about gods from the sky..and the Touching Book may be about how to touch other people's hearts. Or pickpocket them. And the Prophecies of Din may be like the prophecies of Nostradamus-highly interpretive.

However, while I haven't read those books, since they only exist in your universe, the titles make the content sound absolutely delicious, especially the Ancient Sky Book! Can you tell me about the stories that lie in those books? Or, if you have them, would you let me read them?"

[great_king_of_evil]

"Apologies and excuses are a sign of weakness."

He would still smile. Ah, well, this was getting amusing.

"Yet you have done it. Today you no longer are under the administrator's controls. I shall agree. Speaking about it is better. But the fact it quite obviously does not prevent you from sleeping at night... The fact that you can speak of it without tearing. Obviously implies a part of you enjoyed the killing." he paused "As you said, you better not deny it."

He was only getting started on this if she continued, after all. he is the king of hypocrites and liars.

"I am afraid you are wrong on all accounts. The Book of Mudora is what you may call a dictionary for two languages, the Ancient Sky Book is a history book about the ancient civilization, the Touching Book is a book for children and the Prophecies of Din relate past events.

"Unfortunately I have neither the time to tell you these stories, nor the will to lend you these books. I do not think you are worthy of them."

All said with an annoying smirk. Sorry girl.

[tohko_amano]

And Tohko gave Ganon a puzzled look.

"How so? Apologies are normal, whether you're weak, strong, or something in between. They're not a sign of how weak or strong you are."

Tohko sighed.

"Just because I don't cry about what I've done doesn't mean that I enjoyed it. I have apologized, and everyone who has heard those apologies has accepted them, so I can keep going without worrying too much about it. Quite a few days have passed since then-I have other things to worry about and people to protect. If I started drowning in sorrow, I wouldn't be able to help them."

Tohko sighed and scratched her head.

"Ah, I see. Would the ancient civilization shown in the Ancient Sky Book have lived in the sky? And..it's alright if you're not going to tell me. I'll ask Tetra about them or make up stories related to them. I imagine I would only become worthy in your eyes if I defected to your side. There, I would be used as a pawn in a much larger chess game. Since I'm trying to avoid being used, that's something that'll never happen."

Have a smile in return!