Stairs and exploring and capes, oh my!

[glitchinprincess]

Characters: Vanellope & Tohko, and Vanellope & you on other floors!
Setting: Floor 15, Floor 08 and Floor 21
Format: Any! I'll follow what you do~
Summary: Following Tohko's success at making Vanellope eat her oatmeal, she offers to make her a cape and the two of them go exploring. After that, Vanellope takes off on her own and is, well, herself.
Warnings: Wreck-It Ralph spoilers by virtue of Vanellope being herself, general childishness that may grate on one's nerves

Floor 15 - Vanellope and Tohko.
[Vanellope had been chattering Tohko's ear off the whole way there - every floor they passed through prompted more and more questions - What's that? and Can I go over there? and How long has this been here? and so on. When they're just one floor away, she grins impishly and darts on ahead of her.]

Race you to the workshop!

Floor 08.
[Vanellope's explorations have landed her smack-dab into a maze, and not realizing that the safest way through is to keep one hand on the wall, she's already taken a few turns. She's starting to feel a little turned-around and mixed-up, but she figures with enough time she should be able to figure this one out.]

Okay, so I just took a left, which means now I want to take a right...

Floor 21.
[She has quite literally had enough of stairs. The spiral staircase makes her dizzy and her feet are starting to hurt - she's used to driving, not walking. She'd made it down to the first floor from the maze and had immediately taken the elevator up - whatever, she'll just explore one of those floors. When she steps out of it on the twenty-first floor, her eyes light up.

The mouthwatering smells of food that is not oatmeal or nutrition bars wafts towards her, and a small little smile works its way onto her face. Now this is more like it.

She wanders into the restaurant.

Moments later, she makes her way back to the elevator and plops down, pouting.]

What is this, some kind of fetch quest?!

[Why yes, that's exactly what it is, Vanellope.]

Comments

Floor 15

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko, always happy to help out, had been dealing with Vanellope's questions as best she could, even though she didn't know the answers to everything. At the sudden deceleration of a race, Tohko chuckles again. This kid was adorable.]

Alright then! Last one there is a rotten egg!

[Tohko managed to run past Vanellope. After all, even though Tohko wasn't the fastest person, she was still just a kid.]

[glitchinprincess]

Rotten egg?! Ewwwww!

[She laughs, doing her best to keep up - but Tohko's legs are longer, and there's only so many extra steps Vanellope can take to compensate.]

Aww man...

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko laughed as she managed to run inside the workshop before Vanellope. While she waited, she looked around the room, assessing the materials. It looked like there was enough cloth to make a cape, and other materials to make racecars with later. When Vanellope does run in the room, Tohko will give her a small grin.]

What kept you? I was waiting here for ten years!

[glitchinprincess]

You're lookin' pretty young for someone who's ten years older now!

[She skips on over and jumps up to peek at the different kinds of cloth.]

So how do you make capes?

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko smiled at that.]

Well, when you have special powers and potions, you can look a lot younger than you are!

[This obviously, was a joke, and Tohko walked over to the girl, looking over the kinds of cloth..and a few chains. Just a simple cape wouldn't do. The tie might come undone easily and fall. For her, she'd secure it with a proper chain.]

Well, first you have to pick out what type of cloth you like.

[glitchinprincess]

I waaaant...

[She looks over each of the pieces of cloth, hmming and trying to decide which one she liked best. Finally she reaches down and piles one up in her arms, then holds it out to Tohko. It's almost the same color as her skirt, but not quite - maybe a little lighter.]

...this one!

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko nodded and with a grin, took the cloth from Vanellope before grabbing some nearby scissors and some thread. She'd thicken the cloak a little bit so that Vanellope wouldn't be too chilly. Tohko sat down in a nearby table as she cut at the fabric.]

Alright then! Now, you just have to wait a little while while I just it out and sow it. Then we can put a chain on it for you.

[glitchinprincess]

What kind of a chain? Can it be a pretty chain? Or a regal one like a princess would have on her cloak?

[tohko_amano]

It can be any chain you want! It looks like there's a pile of them over in that corner. Pick any one you want!

[Toho pointed over to the far left corner, where a pile of chains did reside.]

[glitchinprincess]

[She scampers over to the corner, eagerly digging through the chains and tossing them aside before she finally comes up with one she likes. Then she runs back to Tohko, doing her best puppydog eyes as she holds out the chain, which is made of silver links stretched between two small discs of silver with sparkling gems set in the middle.]

This one, pretty please with a cherry on top?

[tohko_amano]

[By then, Tohk had managed to cut out the cloak and was just starting to sow it up when Vanellope came back holding a cute chain. With a smile and a nod, Tohko quickly finished up the sowing before taking the chain.]

Sure! This one shouldn't be too hard to attach..

[Tohko put one of the discs on one side of the cloak before sowing it in place before doing the same to the other cloak. She really was getting good with the needle. She then handed it to Vanellope. It may have been a little long, but it should keep her warm.]

Here you go! All done!

floor 8

[ghostytrainer]

[Vanellope isn't the only one who managed to get lost in the maze today. John somehow wandered in here in his sick-hazed stupor and hasn't managed to get back out. Of course, it's tough to say whether or not he's actuallytrying to get out or not. He has a determined sort of look on his face that typically goes along with people who are looking for something.]

[He's still coughing and sniffling, though his voice sounds even more hoarse than it did the other day. While his Dusknoir is nowhere to be found, Chandel the Litwick can be seen tugging at his shoulder, cooing worriedly.]

Oouuu...uuooo...

[Seems she's trying to get him to go in a different direction. Mostly because they've passed this spot at least three times within the past ten minutes or so.]

No, Chandel, the music's def... [Cough.] definitely coming from this way! And I bet anythin' that's where the exit is.

[John, you're lost, sick, and delusional, why won't you just stay in bed?]

[glitchinprincess]

...?

[The ghostly cooing reaches her ears and Vanellope stops dead in her tracks. Others in the tower had warned her about monsters... was this it? ...nah, couldn't be.

A moment later she hears a cough, and a voice. This piques her interest and she follows the sounds all the way to John as he speaks.]

Hey, you're the egg guy!

...What music are you talking about? I don't hear any music.

[ghostytrainer]

[Oh hey, he's not in here alone after all!]

What? You too? [This is the second person to tell him now that there's no music. What is even going on here...] But the music is even louder today than it was yesterday! I can't be the only one hearing this. Listen!

[He starts humming quietly along with the music that apparently nobody else can hear, stopping only for a single coughing fit.]

[glitchinprincess]

...uh, all I hear is your humming and your coughing. Maybe we should get your ears checked?

[She shoots Chandel a look along the lines of, "Uh, what's going on here?" before looking back to John.]

[ghostytrainer]

[The Litwick gives the closest approximation to a shrug that she can with her nubs and gives John a worried glance. She has no more idea what's going on than Vanellope and no way to really communicate either. Dammit. Why couldn't she have been a psychic type?!]

I guess that's about all I can do. Because if you can't hear it and Karkat couldn't hear it... [He trails off, looking worried. Hearing things that other people can't is rarely a good thing. It's not something he's completely unfamiliar with, but this music is different than the voice he heard during SBURB. It's more ominous, and that's not just because it's sometimes skipping or playing in reverse.]

[glitchinprincess]

Maybe you've got, like, something in your ears? Like headphones or something! And you just forgot to take them out. Here, lemme see.

[Vanellope, having no comprehension of the concept of personal space, hops right on over and tries to scramble up to John's shoulders to get a look at his ears. Uh...]

[ghostytrainer]

[It's okay, John didn't need that personal space anyway.]

Ack!

[Not that he's not taken off-guard by it initially. Hold on, give him a second to recover.]

Wouldn't I be able to tell if I had headphones in though? I mean you can kind of feel that. Plus they have to be hooked up to something.

[glitchinprincess]

Well yeah, but sometimes when you get used to them being there you don't really notice!

[Except no, there's nothing. She jumps back down and stares at him.]

If there's no headphones how come you're hearing things other people can't? Do you have super-hearing or somethin'?

[ghostytrainer]

Not that I'm aware of, no. [Cough.] Karkat was sick so I just figured his ears were stopped up or something. But you look fine so maybe it is me, after all...

Feel free to ignore this super-late tagback D8

[glitchinprincess]

Well, you're sick too, right? You've got that cough and stuff. Maybe it's part'a that?

Floor 21

[colonial]

[America's been told not to go into the restaurant, but that doesn't stop him from wanting to, so spending time sitting outside of it on the staircase wasn't really that unusual for him. He perks up, seeing someone who looks at least somewhat closer to his age than most.]

What's a fetch quest?

[glitchinprincess]

[She looks over and grins. Finally, someone she's not massively shorter than! She could get used to this.]

It's when someone says in order to get something you have to bring them something first.

...

Hey, you wanna go on a fetch quest with me?

Floor 21

[pointerpixl]

[Oh boy, another self-aware video game character type!!

Tippi is only passing by on her way elsewhere, but hears Vanellope griping aloud about something very familiar...]

You just tried to use the restaurant, didn't you? If they want you to bring them something, I can help you... I have some skills that can help with itemfinding...

Re: Floor 21

[glitchinprincess]

[Oh goody! Finally, someone who probably won't be confused when Vanellope talks about people messing with code!]

Really? 'Cause I really want some hot chocolate...

What kinda skills do you have?