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Characters: Oz Vessalius and you!
Setting: Floors 22, 25 and 3
Format: Starting action, but I'll match!
Summary: Oz gets his Indiana Jones hat on and... wanders aimlessly
Warnings: N/A

floor 22/25;
[Several days in this place plus multiple explanations concerning how elevators work and Oz still finds himself having a bit of trouble with them, but soon enough he's heading off to poke around a little more in his daily attempt to get some answers. ...Slowly. Even though familiarizing himself with the surroundings and gathering information are his top goals, forty floors is a lot to cover! After finding out just how long traversing even one floor could take on his first day, he had mentally broken the rest down into bite-sized Adventure Chunks, and today it's time to head to the 21st floor. Possibly not the best place to start; in the end, it and the few floors directly above don't yield anything particularly interesting at first glance, and the only ones he actually stops at are 22 and 25.

Anyone in floor 22 can find him staring at what appears to be a sprawling Victorian-era urban landscape with some measure of quiet contemplation. On the other hand, those moseying through 25 will find him gaping from the stairs like this is the best thing he's ever seen.]

Oh, that's really lovely! [...Really suspicious, actually. After just a few of the things he's seen, he's not foolish enough to step off of the staircase yet. Instead, he flags down the nearest person, be they on the staircase or the floor itself.] Excuse me, is it safe to spend time on this floor?

floor 3;
[After his shenanigans on the higher floors come to an end, he takes the elevator to the bottom level and works his way up to the third. He's already passed through this library a few times and took the time out once to look for anything potentially useful, even if that search had turned out to be fruitless. This time, he's come to look around for different reasons— something to keep his mind occupied being chief among them. He had expected to walk out with a few interesting reads to whittle away some hours with. What he hadn't expected to find was the entire Holy Knight series just sitting there in the center of a shelf, begging to be checked out.

SO fine library patrons, you can catch Oz making an impromptu juggling act of himself in the fiction section, trying to balance a good eight or so volumes and still seemingly determined to pick up more. Beware all ye who wander too close, lest the potential book avalanche become a reality...]

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And the fact that the residents decide to fight with each other sometimes.

[Tohko nodded.]

Right..knowing the Administrators, if you die too many times, you'll probably get punished.

How counterproductive! [A little huff, and he sets his free hand against his hip.] I guess in such a big group of people it's unavoidable, though. [Not to mention all of the tension, anxiety and fear running high.]

—Ah, but, punished with what exactly?

The infighting doesn't really help..but I suppose it is normal, even if I don't like it.

[Tohko then sighed and scratched her head.]

To be honest, I don't know. I just always thought that if you died too many times, you would probably get punished. After all, the Administrators probably wouldn't let you enjoy something like that for too long without some repercussions.

Some might say it's human nature, but that's a little depressing, I think.

[But potential depression over the state of humankind aside, he's not feeling too reassured by the fact that even a person who works in an information hub doesn't know what the consequences for dying might be.] So I guess in the end death is still better off avoided, right?

I don't think it's human nature to constantly fight..but it does happen every now and then. Not that I like it.

[Tohko smiled and nodded.]

Yup! After all, you still feel the pain of death, an it's not very pleasant.

[Wow this whole revival thing sounds worse and worse the more he hears about it...]

That... All right! It's good to know that, I'll stay on my guard.

Good! I'm glad to hear it. As I said before, if you're not good at fighting, there are plenty of people here who would be willing to teach you.

Do you have any names to recommend me, miss? I know a little, but it could never hurt to learn more!

Oh, sure! There's never any harm in knowing more! Let's see..Reno and Cloud train people, and I bet a man named Lancer wouldn't mind training you. However, Lancer deals with spears and not swords. I train daily with Saber every day, and I don't think she'd mind if you tagged along with me.

[He makes mental note of all the names listed, planning to track them down later on since he still has an extremely tenuous grasp on how to work the network.]

That would work out well! If you really don't mind, that is, and if Saber has room to teach one more person. I definitely think I would do better with a sword than a spear!

I don't think Saber would mind teaching another person, and I certainly wouldn't mind! However, you'll have to get a sword yourself or borrow Saber's shinai until you can find or make one. But..if you want, I'll give you one of my daggers.

I'm not so sure that a dagger would be a good thing to bring to sword practise. [...] But thank you for the offer! I'll look around and see if anyone here is a metalsmith.

Maybe..but they've been working out for me rather well. However, there are a few people here that can work with metals, so you shouldn't have a hard time finding someone that can make you a sword.

Ah, if they work, I might borrow one after all if you don't mind! I'll try to locate someone quickly though, so you don't have to worry about my hanging on to it for too long.

Oh, I don't mind! And don't worry about how long you have to hang on to it, alright? Take your time.

[Tohko then pulled out 'Peter' and held it out to the boy.]

[He accepts it with a grateful smile, careful not to nick himself on the blade.]

Thank you! I'll treat it with care, I promise.

[Tohko smiled and nodded as she let go of the dagger.]

Oh, you're welcome! And I'm glad that you will. Just make sure to return it when you have a blade of your own, alright?

Of course!

[He shifts a little to bring his book stack closer and looks past the terminals.] Is there a check-out system here? I should get going soon so I can fetch that book for you.

[Tohko smiled and nodded, shifting the books she held to one arm.]

Actually, there really isn't any formal check-out system here. We operate by the honor system..but we will know if you take too many of them, so don't abuse it! I had to track down a book thief awhile ago, so don't think we're not capable. And I'll help you carry these books to your room! It would be terrible if you fell because of all of them.

I don't intend to abuse it, don't worry. [Especially now that he knows he might be tracked down for it OH NO.]

You don't have to if you don't want to, but I won't say no to a little extra company!

Well, that's good to hear!

[Tohko took her library duties very seriously.]

And don't worry, I want to! Plus, this'll make it easier for you to give me the first volume!

True! All right, then. I'm at one of the lower floors so it won't take too long, at least. [He'd hate for her to get in trouble with a manager or something if she was away for too long!

BUT with that said and his books all collected, he turns to mosey off in the direction of the elevator.]

Alright then! That's good.

[Both for the fact that she can get back to the library quickly and get this new book quickly. Tohko followed him over to the elevator, carefully carrying the books she had grabbed.]

[TO THE ELEVATOR THEY GOOO. He even manages to get it to open properly and selects the right floor on his own the first time around, and doesn't get anything caught in the closing doors!]

This is a pretty convenient thing, isn't it? We don't have anything like it where I come from!

[And Tohko will just slide in behind him. Since they have these things in Japan, it's not particularly new to her. However, she does smile.]

Oh, really?! In the universe I'm in, elevators are pretty common.