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towerofanimus2013-01-08 03:01 pm
medicalpunch) wrote in towerofanimus2013-01-08 03:01 pm
Entry tags:
Arrival
Characters: Sakura and YOU! And at one point Sasuke
Setting: Various places in the tower, as listed.
Format: Starting with action, but will match your preference.
Summary: Sakura's first explorations in the tower.
Warnings: None to start, will update as appropriate.
[Floor 5: Security Center]
[Staring through the cameras at the various ruined worlds is nearly gut-wrenching, but Sakura steels herself against the emotional onslaught, studying each one, trying to divine some sort of order or secret behind them. She can't believe it's real -- although she knows that her own world was facing devastation in her last memories of it, it still doesn't seem real to her that this many worlds have found their end. (It doesn't help that the entire concept of there being this many worlds is a little difficult.)]
[But she's studying them nonetheless, her expression stony and determined.]
[Floor 2: Infirmary]
[It's natural that this floor has caught her interest, and she's giving it a particularly thorough examination. If this is all the medical facilities she's got to work with, then she'd better be clear on what she can do.]
[The stock of medicines is beyond disappointing -- small and basic things, here, as well as a couple extremely specialized formulas she quietly imagines to be ones required by specific residents -- but nothing that she considers truly needful, and no facilities for formulating her own, at least not here. She'll have to see if anywhere else in the Tower is more profitable than this. But she knows the treatment area, at least, and she's reasonably certain it will accommodate any work she needs to do.]
[Cafeteria]
[She's been given the obligatory bowl of oatmeal, and is regarding it with an expression of distrust. Not that oatmeal is necessarily an objectionable meal -- she's not exactly been enjoying gourmet since leaving Konoha to join up with the Joint Shinobi Army -- but the simple fact that she has been told she must eat it before partaking of anything else has her wary. What exactly does this oatmeal hold that it's so obligatory?]
[She stirs it around a little with her spoon, then takes a tiny bite, holding it on her tongue and trying to sort through the tastes, trying to use chakra to work through it as though it were a poison, searching for what makes it special.]
[Floor 28: Lab]
[Sakura is moving through the lab with a frown on her face; not working on anything, not yet, just investigating, figuring out what she'll have to work with in the future. Wherever she is, she's stuck now, and she'll have to make the best of it -- and she's already figured out that in a place like this, her skills will probably be extremely useful. So she needs to know where she can formulate antidotes -- and quite possibly poisons as well. She's investigated the infirmary already, and while it's decent, it won't do for formulating the more complex antidotes she's expecting to need.]
[This is the last place she'd want to work on them in, with poor instructions, no labels on some of the materials in stock, and no idea how much of the equipment works. However, she'll do her best with what she has.]
[Sasuke's room]
[Exploring the dormitories found her the door with Sasuke's name on it, sending her blood running cold. Sasuke, here? There are certain assumptions that she feels almost driven to make; while she doesn't act immediately, within a day or two of her arrival, she finds the room unoccupied and slips into it, tamping down her chakra as best she can and concealing herself.]
[Waiting.]
[He has to come back, this is where he sleeps, and when he does, she will do what she failed to before. Naruto's not here now to suffer the consequences of her attempt. It will just be the two of them.]
[She'll do it this time. She'll kill him. She'll end this destructive tension that's been tearing the remnants of their team apart for years. For Naruto, for Kakashi, for herself... she'll do this.]
Setting: Various places in the tower, as listed.
Format: Starting with action, but will match your preference.
Summary: Sakura's first explorations in the tower.
Warnings: None to start, will update as appropriate.
[Floor 5: Security Center]
[Staring through the cameras at the various ruined worlds is nearly gut-wrenching, but Sakura steels herself against the emotional onslaught, studying each one, trying to divine some sort of order or secret behind them. She can't believe it's real -- although she knows that her own world was facing devastation in her last memories of it, it still doesn't seem real to her that this many worlds have found their end. (It doesn't help that the entire concept of there being this many worlds is a little difficult.)]
[But she's studying them nonetheless, her expression stony and determined.]
[Floor 2: Infirmary]
[It's natural that this floor has caught her interest, and she's giving it a particularly thorough examination. If this is all the medical facilities she's got to work with, then she'd better be clear on what she can do.]
[The stock of medicines is beyond disappointing -- small and basic things, here, as well as a couple extremely specialized formulas she quietly imagines to be ones required by specific residents -- but nothing that she considers truly needful, and no facilities for formulating her own, at least not here. She'll have to see if anywhere else in the Tower is more profitable than this. But she knows the treatment area, at least, and she's reasonably certain it will accommodate any work she needs to do.]
[Cafeteria]
[She's been given the obligatory bowl of oatmeal, and is regarding it with an expression of distrust. Not that oatmeal is necessarily an objectionable meal -- she's not exactly been enjoying gourmet since leaving Konoha to join up with the Joint Shinobi Army -- but the simple fact that she has been told she must eat it before partaking of anything else has her wary. What exactly does this oatmeal hold that it's so obligatory?]
[She stirs it around a little with her spoon, then takes a tiny bite, holding it on her tongue and trying to sort through the tastes, trying to use chakra to work through it as though it were a poison, searching for what makes it special.]
[Floor 28: Lab]
[Sakura is moving through the lab with a frown on her face; not working on anything, not yet, just investigating, figuring out what she'll have to work with in the future. Wherever she is, she's stuck now, and she'll have to make the best of it -- and she's already figured out that in a place like this, her skills will probably be extremely useful. So she needs to know where she can formulate antidotes -- and quite possibly poisons as well. She's investigated the infirmary already, and while it's decent, it won't do for formulating the more complex antidotes she's expecting to need.]
[This is the last place she'd want to work on them in, with poor instructions, no labels on some of the materials in stock, and no idea how much of the equipment works. However, she'll do her best with what she has.]
[Sasuke's room]
[Exploring the dormitories found her the door with Sasuke's name on it, sending her blood running cold. Sasuke, here? There are certain assumptions that she feels almost driven to make; while she doesn't act immediately, within a day or two of her arrival, she finds the room unoccupied and slips into it, tamping down her chakra as best she can and concealing herself.]
[Waiting.]
[He has to come back, this is where he sleeps, and when he does, she will do what she failed to before. Naruto's not here now to suffer the consequences of her attempt. It will just be the two of them.]
[She'll do it this time. She'll kill him. She'll end this destructive tension that's been tearing the remnants of their team apart for years. For Naruto, for Kakashi, for herself... she'll do this.]
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[That is a terrible, ominous word, in this context.]
So the rooms aren't bad enough, then. All the ugliness on these floors... [She gestures toward the ceiling, all the floors above them.]
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As for da experiments... yeah, da upper ups. Da owners of da towah dey... well sumtimes dey be doin' sum experiments mon. Sometimes ya can be avoiding dem but der are times where ya can't.
And mosta dem... well mosta dem can be fatal. At da end of most'a dem, dey be rewardin' ya.
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[Well now, that's not an encouraging thing to hear!]
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Pretty sure dat be why ya can't really die. Dey be makin' sure dat joo can continue ta contribute to da tings around da tower even if ya be meetin' an untimely fate mon.
But, [Because there's always a but.] Dyin' too much starts takin' a toll on ya. Kinda like a penalty I be guessin'.
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They bring people back from the dead. [Just so she's clear on this. Her voice is flat as she says it.] Over and over again?
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Joo die, it be almost assured dat joo be comin' back some short time latah.
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That's...
Ugh. As much as I've wished not to lose people, that isn't the way I'd go about it. That's terrible.
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An' granted, where I be comin' from, we have certain people who can be ressurrectin' but dis... dis not be how I would like ta be comin' back. Only ta die in anotha experiment, or to one of da creatures in dis place, or one of da treacherous floors.
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[It's a softer question than she really intends, touched a little with despair. No way to leave, no way home, and now this... not even death is an escape.]
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Where I be comin' from... well, hope is a heavy word. There's not a time when we not be facin' a world endin' threat or a war. Every time we defeat or beat back an enemy dat can be destroyin' all life, anotha one rears it's ugly face 'round da corner.
So I be guessin' it jus' be easier fer someone like me to simply survive an' keep on livin' fer a solution an' a new tomorrow.
Pretty much all one can be doin' in dis place as opposed ta succumbin' ta despair.
[Xue offers a reassuring smile and a playful wink.]
So don' be givin' up yeah? Pretty gal like joo must be lookin' forward ta a bettah tomorrow I'd be tinkin'
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[Never mind that by some people's definitions she's still a child.]
[She blushes a little at being called pretty, though. Doesn't get a lot of that!]
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Ah den, joo'll be jus' fine mon! Ya be havin' da fightin' spirit an' strong will. Dat will definitely be a boon while ya be in dis place for sure.
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[But she offers up a smile.]
I'll fight my hardest.
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Don' joo be lettin' anyone keep ya down aye?
An' if ya evah are in need of any help, jus' lemme know gurl.
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[She tilts her head a little, a clear gesture. Come to me.]
Among other things, I'm a healer. If you're ever in trouble...
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A healah huh? Dang, we be needin' more a' dose 'round here mon. Hell, I be knowin' der have been many a' time where I be wishin' der was a priest, shaman, druid or paladin 'round ta heal everyone.
Dat be pretty amazin'.
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I'm none of those things, but I'm a medical ninja, so there's a lot I can do. [And with a touch of perhaps pardonable pride,] Back where I'm from, I'm considered one of the best.
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[Which to her meant that they were doing their job just right.]
Aye? Well dang gurl, looks an' skill? Joo'll be jus' fine 'round here.
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[And this is more compliments on her looks than Sakura has gotten... pretty much ever! Sooo she might be blushing a little.]
Oh! Ah, well, I hope so!
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I be feelin' joo will. Ya be havin' da rite kind 'a spirit an' ya seem ta be da type ta not be givin' up easily.
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I guess I should let you get back to your meal... but it's really nice to meet you, Xue'kol!
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Der be some meat an' veggie's left o'er der from what I made today. Yer free ta help yerself once yer done.
[Xue winked and smiled before heading on her way.]
Hope ta see ya 'round hot stuff.
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[Was that... was Xue flirting with her?]