towerofanimus | [OPEN] I swear to drunk I'm not god.

Characters: Eleanor Lamb and YOU.
Setting: All over the Tower.
Format: Action, but I'll match you.
Summary: Eleanor doesn't really know how to handle this flu thing, it's been a long time since she's been sick! Well, conventionally sick that is.
Warnings: Cranky, cranky teenagers who can set things on fire with their minds. Also random teleporting and potential telekinetic shenanigans.

[Eleanor woke up this morning with her head feeling like it was stuffed with wool. That was a novelty of a sort, and not a very pleasant one. She shrugged it off though, not entirely familiar with the whole flu process, though somewhere in the back of her head, several dozen voices whined in unison about how awful it was.

Eleanor got dressed in her suit and as usual set out to wander around the Tower, steps slow and gaunt looming.

Except, even if you're used to seeing her go around by now, you might be surprised to see her stumbling a little, leaning heavily sideways and nearly falling off the stairs more than once. For all intents and purposes, it seems like nearly seven feet worth of drunken diving suit, though of course that's not the case.

Hell, her portholes are glowing blue. Blue. She didn't even know that was a thing that could happen.]

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Or somewhere that isn't here, at least.

..But home would probably be the best choice for everyone.

...I suppose you're right.

[She doesn't have much of a concept of home, sorry. And that little wasteland stay of hers didn't help much either.]

..Did you not like your universe?

I guess you could say so.

[Eleanor shrugs and sways to keep herself upright.]

There's nothing left back there for me to be attached to.

What do you mean by that? Is your home destroyed or something of the sort?

Oh, I didn't mean it that way.

[Eleanor laughs easily.]

I mean. The city I was born in is gone, but the world is otherwise fine, I suppose. I just... don't really care much for it.

I see..that's still a little sad though. Why didn't you care for that city?

For about the same reason I don't care much about this tower. I'm not fond of cages.

Ah, I see..but why did the city try to cage you in?

Because human beings are selfish, and quick to sacrifice others for their own benefit.

Some people may be like that..but I don't think every human being is like that.

Oh, it's part of human nature to be selfish, really. It's just that some are better at controlling that than others. Being kind and generous are virtues because they're hard, not because they're natural inclinations in everyone.

I thought they were virtues because everyone strives to be those things. Even if we fail, we still keep trying.

Well, yes. But we have to try, right? They're valuable because they're hard to do. If everyone were naturally kind or generous without any effort, they wouldn't be virtues so much as the norm.

[Needless to say, they're not exactly the norm.]

Well, some have to try. For other people, it's not hard. They don't have to try to be nice and kind. And while it may be easier to be selfish and ignore others, nothing worth working for is easy to do. Countless stories have shown that.

I think the vast majority of people have to try. But you're right, and that's why it's important to give our best and be nice to others.

Exactly. And since so many people are trying, the world can't be full of people who have just given up on trying. There may be some..but the world isn't filled with them.

I'm not so sure about the math behind that, but it'd be nice if it were true.

[At that, Tohko sighed a little.]

Well, I think it's true.

[Eleanor tilts her head to the side, nearly toppling off.]

Thinking something's true doesn't make it so, you realize.

I know that..but I haven't been proven wrong in that thought yet, so I'm going to keep thinking it!

[Tohko then tried to put an harm on Elanor's shoulder to steady her.]

Hey, you really should go lie down. You're going to fall down the stairs at this rate!

Nah, not really. I told you, it's alright!

[Though Tohko can't see it, Eleanor's smiling wryly.]

Are you sure?

[Tohko isn't really convinced..]

I'm sure.

[She sounds a little less sure than before.]

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