towerofanimus | (no subject)

Characters: Rosa Ushiromiya and You!
Setting: Backdated to the 23rd and all over the Tower
Format: I'll match you whatever
Summary: Rosa wants Maria back. She wants her back badly
Warnings: Likely violence

[It wasn't fair. The one comfort Rosa had during her month-long illness was Maria. But everyone kept hiding her. And now Rosa could see they kept hurting her as well.]

[Mama, Mama, it hurts. Make it stop. Make Maria stop hurting. Uuuu...]

[She could hear the child's voice echoing in hers ears. But every time she tries to approach, Maria turns and runs. No matter how she chases after her daughter, she wouldn't be able to find her. Not until she turns her back can she hear Maria again.]

[She almost wants to ask Maria who was hurting her. However, deep in her mind, she fears the answer. She fears that Maria will tell Rosa that she did it, again. She wouldn't believe it, even if she heard it. She had sworn to herself never to hurt Maria again.]

[Then, the answer was obvious. The other people in the Tower were doing it together. Hurting Maria and hiding her. She should have known she couldn't trust anyone here.]

[For the entire day, Rosa will be rushing through the Tower, looking for Maria. Should she run into anyone else, she will not even take a moment to be courteous before leveling accusations at them.]

WHERE IS MARIA?

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[Jellal takes a step back when she starts accusing him, a bewildered - even uncertain - frown on his face as he raises a hand to defend himself.]

Miss, please... I don't know who you are talking about.

[...Though that certainly doesn't need to mean anything. Perhaps... maybe before he had lost his memory, he-

He shakes his head lightly, lowering his hands.]

If you want me to... I will help you in your search.

[A growl rises from her throat.]

Of course you know! You helped hide her!

[Her hand clenches into a fist.]

But maybe...if you help me find her...then when it comes time to tear this place down, I'll leave you alone.

[He shakes his head - he hasn't done anything, not here; he just has to believe it.]

I haven't... but, I'd be glad to help you.

[Regardless of being left alone or not.]

Fine. Then look for her with me. And help me kill anyone who is hiding her.

I will help you look- [Whether he will help her kill or not... well, he's not sure if he will go that far.] -but I need a name and a description of who we are looking for.

[This won't go anywhere otherwise after all.]

Her name is Maria. She is nine years old, but small for her age. She has brown hair and purple eyes and is wearing a pink and black dress with a gold one winged eagle embroidered on it.

[He nods, committing that description to memory.]

All right. Where have you searched already?

The cafeteria. The lounge. My dormitory. Segments of the stairwell.

[She finds herself growing more and more agitated as she lists of the places where she could not find Maria. To make things even worse, she could hear the steps behind her. Perhaps it was Maria again.]

[Another nod.]

All right then... let's slowly work our way up from here to the dormitory floors.

With a little luck she'll be looking for you too and we'll meet her half-way.

I think...

[And then she sees movement out of the corner of her eye.]

There! Right there!

[She points at a place that would look like empty air to anyone else.]

[He blinks at that spot, frowning, trying to sense for something... But there is no trace of magic or an illusion... none that he can sense at least.]

Miss... Are you sure?

Yes! She just ran by!

[At least, it's how it looks to Rosa.]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm sorry, Miss, but there wasn't anybody.

[If there had been, then he surely would have sensed them, right?.]

[She frowns.]

So...you really didn't see her?

[She knows it now. He must be one of them. The ones hurting Maria. And now that she's caught him, he's trying to trick her.]