014 | ❝We promised we'd make a snowman when it snowed...❞

[pitiedthefool]

Characters: Yu Narukami and you
Setting: All around the tower
Format: I'll follow you.
Summary: Nanako is sick with that special variety of the flu and goes missing, which equates to the Sister-Complex Kingpin of Steel her "brother" silently flipping all the goddamn tables no matter how late it gets.
Warnings: "Death", all the feelings, inability to can, Yu flipping tables better than Thor, and pissed/far-too-sympathetic headgod.

[So not long after the post (finally) goes up on the network, he begins searching high and low for one bitty whose voice somehow always reached him no matter what happened. She had to be scared right now, wherever she was, and in this place...

He may not ever voice it, but he is, too. There's no Velvet Room summoning to make him stop and calm down, either. Only more flights of stairs and more floors to search. And right now he didn't give a damn about the cold, so long as he could find her and keep her safe like he'd promised. He promised...

Maybe that's why he didn't care about the time, either. Or stop unless told to. Outwardly, he's still mostly calm until a monster shows up and then it is way beyond overkill on any floor where powers aren't disabled.

Suddenly the red gaze of his other self is not so warm and caring...

Though eventually he will tire, sitting on the 25th floor in front of a large fire to warm up before going out again. There is no rest for the weary.]

Comments

:'D

[of_emptiness]

[ Jason and Ruana. He thinks back to what others have told him, associating them with the so-called admins of this place. Guess he'll meet them eventually, too. ] Doesn't sound like she wants others to get to know her...

[ although he would actually ] Ha, so long as she thinks a mutual let's-stay-out-of-each-other's-ways is good, I won't have too many complaints.

>3

[pitiedthefool]

[Well, that was two of the five. Not a bad guess. Also yes, he likely would at some point in the coming months. Especially considering how this was a Jason month.]

Maybe, maybe not.

[Sorry, she's already been claimed.] ...Good luck with that. [Seriously. Thou shalt verily be in need of it.]

[of_emptiness]

[ dammit yu. izanagi. w/e. always getting all the chicks.

anyway! Adachi gives him a side glance. ] Don't tell me-- ...Are we honestly stuck with her forever?

[pitiedthefool]

[Well, if you would stop pushing them into the tv every time you get turned down... do I honestly have to share dating tips with you?

He exchanges that look.] Unless we disappear from this tower, maybe. [A beat.] Could be worse, though.

[She could have creeped on you while in her male form.]

[of_emptiness]

[ why is that even a question ] Well, I guess I'll have to wait before trying to get any more answers out of her.

[pitiedthefool]

[Because you're the older one... fine] She tends to let you figure most of the answers out on your own.

[The voices in his head tell him so. ...Well, one of them. Still, there's a chance he may know a few of those answers... Dare to ask?]

[of_emptiness]

The most I got out of it is that she thinks she helped us and she's not changing her opinion on that.

[ Finding out a true self and all that crap could be considered a good thing. But. The methods? BULLSHIT. ]

[pitiedthefool]

I doubt she ever will change that opinion.

[FACE YOURSELF OR DIE... yeah, not going to lie but it kind of sucked more for those who weren't chosen. Aside from the killer migraines.]

[of_emptiness]

Nice to know she's crazy for all eternity...

[pitiedthefool]

For some reason, crazy doesn't quite cover it...

[Seriously, it took chopping off her arms for her to realize "oh. this is a thing."]

[of_emptiness]

[ Ha-- there's a small smile at that. ] Crazy, dangerous, no regard for others... we got a sociopath in our midst, I'd say.

[ He should speak for himself. ]

[pitiedthefool]

[...Giiiiving you a look there, Adachi. Not going to lie, he is amused, but still-]

Sure she's the only one?

[Because not only is he looking at one, this tower is run by a few who are. Not to mention he's run into a few others who were brought here...

Shoot, he's surrounded by them. Good thing he doesn't qualify for the third on that list.]

[of_emptiness]

...[ Giving that look right back at you. ] Or maybe you're the odd one out.

[pitiedthefool]

[He shakes his head.] Pretty sure there are a few who aren't.

[of_emptiness]

...You mean like the 'yes-man' and 'always-do-what's-right' type like you?

[pitiedthefool]

More like neutrals and shades of grey. [Man... someone is behind the times.]