doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 4!!!!!!!!!)
Doctor Edward Richtofen ([personal profile] doctor_dismemberment) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2012-12-13 09:10 pm

The Doctor is [Busy]

Characters: Dr. Richtofen and you!
Setting: Over the course of the week - floor 15 (the workshop), floor 27 (the lab), various monster-heavy floors
Format: Action to start, but will match
Summary: After being released from Jason's cells almost a week ago, Richtofen is on the move. He's hustling from floor to floor even more than usual, attempting to construct a weapon for himself since the douchebag their kind administrator refused to give him one.
Warnings: Normal warnings for Richtofen - swearing, insanity, possible gore, possible sensitive subject matter of the WWII-era variety.

Workshop

[Anyone who wanders by the workshop will see a curious sight: Richtofen, who normally sticks to floors like the infirmary and the morgue, is working dilligently. He not only seems to know what he's doing, but he looks like he's good at it. He handles the machinery as if he's been acquainted with it for years, welding and sanding and polishing both wood and metal with impressive dexterity.

In fact, at first glance, with his hat off, a lab coat over his Wehrmacht uniform, and his face covered by a surgical mask and goggles, this calm, focused man hardly looks like Richtofen at all. The only indication that he's everybody's favorite doctor is that he occasionally mumbles incoherent little things to himself in that distinct, German-accented voice of his, but over the buzzing and whirring of the machinery, even that is often difficult to make out.

Early in the week, it doesn't look like he's making anything of substance. However, look closely and you'll notice a book lying open next to him that he keeps consulting, full of designs for what seems to be a large gun surrounded by messy scribbles and technical jargon. Later in the week, the body of this gun seems to take shape.]




Laboratory

[Once he's fashioned himself his weapon (and it's impressively-made, though not quite as perfect as it would have been if he'd had all the equipment he used back home), Richtofen sets off to make ammo and get himself a power source. It's at this point when he starts to spend his time in the laboratory, a floor he's more accustomed to.

Someone who encounters Richtofen while he's in the lab will see him hunched over futuristic-looking machinery, deeply engrossed in what he's doing, but more on-edge than he was in the workshop. He's working with what looks to be some sort of rock, black with lines of red that almost look like veins running through their surface. It's the red part he's interested in, because that's the stuff he's careful to extract and place in his gun.]




Around the Tower

[Finally, after a lot of hard work, labor, and intesive efforts being a paranoid asshole, Richtofen's finished. He waits up one night, eager for the monsters to show their ugly faces (or lack thereof). Not just any monster will do, though - no, he's looking for a group of monsters.

Once he finds enough of them, he decides to give his new weapon a test. He steadies his aim, pointing at just one monster, and a crazed grin spreads over his face as he places his finger on the trigger.]


Oh, ja, you all want to play, is that it? [He waits until the monsters lurch forward, hoping, hoping he did everything right, because test runs be damned - this is his test run.] Then come on and let's play, pretty ones!

[And then he pulls the trigger, and the result lights up the place bright as day for a split second. This gun doesn't shoot a bullet; it shoots pure electricity, which hits the first monster, and bolts of lightning arch off of its body to connect with several others in the vicinity. The air is filled with the sounds of crackling, inhuman shrieks, and Richtofen's crazed laughter, the latter of which keeps going even after the monsters fall dead to the floor.]

Yes! Hahaha! Yes, die for me! Take your medicine, yes, good!

[Richtofen will fire off a few more shots that night. Be careful; if you're too close to any of the monsters affected by his weapon, you'll get hit, too, and it won't be a light shock by any means. The trails of bodies Richtofen leaves behind, up to ten at a time, can attest to that.]
uzuki: (as passion burns in your heart)

Laboratory!

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Shion had been frequenting the lab, in order to build a more long-term solution for KOS-MOS's maintenance. On most visits, the lab is empty. That's why this time, the sight of Richtofen working there startles her initially.]

Oh! ...sorry.

[She hadn't meant to disturb his work. She knows how annoying that can be.]
uzuki: (though I know not your name)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
....

[She raises her eyebrows a little. That was an odd greeting.]

My name is Shion... And you are?
uzuki: (by the darkest water)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Alright, Dr. Richtofen.

[She's perfectly capable of using people's names correctly. And since he seems to be a relatively cheerful person, she's going to chalk his prior strange behavior up to simply being startled. So she smiles.]

Hm... No, I don't think so. But, there is someone else here with the same name. He doesn't have a family name though. Mine is Uzuki.
Edited (awesome typing) 2012-12-14 03:14 (UTC)
uzuki: (because I wanted to share)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh no, not at all.

[She walks right past him, giving just the smallest curious glance at what he's working on. ...And that looks weird. But, she tells herself that she's bothered him enough, even if she is curious.

She continues on to a machine that rests against a wall further down. She pulls the front panel off of it, taking care to be quiet, and reaches inside to grope for a cord, which she eventually finds and plugs into her own personal handheld device.

She only casts one more glance in his direction, before getting to work~]
uzuki: (because I wanted to share)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[She actually didn't mind that, really. And she was starting to take his glances as an invitation to start talking again. Not to mention the fact that working with outdated technology was starting to get frustrating.]

How is your project coming along?
uzuki: (Default)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[But he seems so nice! Surely he wants to be good friends!]

I wish I could say the same. This equipment is much older than what I'm used to, so I'm not sure I can reconfigure it to work with KOS-MOS.
tohko_amano: (apologetic)

Workshop

[personal profile] tohko_amano 2012-12-14 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[While Tohko was slowly getting used to her blindness, thanks to the crutch she was using as a cane, she still mixed floors up occasionally. Sadly, this was one of those time. She thought she had wandered into the second library, when in fact, she had wandered into the workshop. She knew she had wandered onto the wrong floor when she heard the buzz of machines, and even though her hearing was so bad that she couldn't make out Edward's mumbling, she knew that someone had to be here if she could hear the whirr of machines. So, she spoke.]

Erm..pardon me, but is this the research library? And if not, how many floors do I have to climb to get to it? I apologize for bothering you..but the horrid cold has taken away my eyesight. It's hard for me to make out whether or not I'm not the correct floor sometimes.
uzuki: (with eyes of blue)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you may have seen her around the tower. She has long blue hair, and red eyes. She's an android, well, an anti-Gnosis weapon, really.
tohko_amano: (concerned)

[personal profile] tohko_amano 2012-12-14 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh no. It was Edward, the schizophrenic doctor who loved to torture people. While Tohko had only escaped last time because she could see and run away quickly, she wasn't sure if she could do that here. Being blind had almost no advantages when you wanted to run away. However, she tried to remain calm and spoke.]

Ah..sorry to bother you, Edward. It's this horrid cold..it keeps draining my senses. First my taste, and now my eyes. My other senses are pretty weak as well. However, if you'll just tell me whether this is the research library and how many floors I need to climb to reach it if it isn't, I'll be on my way.
uzuki: (and my name like a shadow)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, Gnosis. It's not surprising though. It seems that only people I know personally here know about them. I guess they don't exist in other realities. But... Well, they aren't too different from some of the monsters I've seen here in this tower.

There are many different types, with varying powers. So, it seems that KOS-MOS has been pretty effective against fighting the monsters here.
tohko_amano: (apologetic)

[personal profile] tohko_amano 2012-12-14 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, to be honest, her sense of taste was limited to books in the first place, but she wasn't going to mention that. She sighed and tried to move closer to him, feeling her way with her crutch. But not too close.]

Well, you'll forgive me if I want to run away quickly. Our last meeting didn't give exactly make me want to see you again. However..this cold and it's symptoms are terrible. I hope my eyesight comes back soon, or I won't be able to read again..and if my hearing goes, I'm done for.

[She sighed.]
uzuki: (by the darkest water)

[personal profile] uzuki 2012-12-14 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
KOS-MOS's body is a very complex piece of machinery. Back home, she had a maintenance bed, where she went to recharge, be repaired, or get general maintenance. Here, all I have is this connection gear.

[She motions to the handheld device.]

If something happens to KOS-MOS, what I can do is limited, unless I have better equipment. I was hoping I could build something for her, but so far there isn't a lot of technology here that would be usable.
tohko_amano: (lecturing)

[personal profile] tohko_amano 2012-12-14 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
[And that laughter does not fill her with confidence. Like she was full of it to begin with. She sighed.]

I don't think we got off on the wrong foot. When someone threatens to kill you and tries to do so in a conversation, I don't think that's called 'getting off on the wrong foot.'. That's probably called 'running away from a murderer and a sadist.'.

And we both know that you're not going to give me a cure. You're interested in seeing people squirm and wriggle before they die, not making miracle recoveries. However, to answer your question, it was pretty gradual..I lost my taste a few days ago..and my eyes just went today..

[Tohko sighed. If she ever saw Jason, she was going to smack him. Her eyes, her tongue, her ears..they were important. If you took them away, you might as well just kill her.]

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