towerofanimus | 1: Waking up

Characters: Aradia Megido and you
Setting: Early morning on the dormitory levels
Format: Starting with brackets but will match to anything
Summary: Aradia wakes up and would like to know where she is.
Warnings: None for now

[Waking up petrified is one of the scariest things she's ever experienced, the complete lack of control putting her on edge. She systematically tries to move her limbs without success. Just before she starts panicking completely she regains control over her body and he muscles spasm under the strain of her efforts.

She falls to the ground, unfamiliar with the dimensions of a bed. She groans as her head hits the floor, groping around for the bed so she can pull herself to her feet again. She manages to get her hands around the footrest after a few times and straightens herself. So far so good. Good thing no one else was in the room.

She takes a look around, four beds in the room, all the same as hers. There's a trunk at the foot of each bed but her intention is drawn to whatever is lying on top of it.

Two letters explaining her how her world is destroyed and where she is now and neither of them satisfactory.

She moves to the door and opens it carefully, peeking outside. The light catches her off guard but the clouds filter it enough to make it bearable.]

Hello?

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[Kazumi blinks and looks around, seeing the girl peeking out of her door]

Hello?

[What an intelligent response]

Oh, hi! I wasn't sure anyone was out here.

[She steps out of the door to take a closer look.]

Maybe you could help me with something?

Sure, what do you need?

[Kazumi smiles cheerfully. She seems new, but Kazumi will wait to hear her out]

Well, I'm not sure where I am. Could you tell me that?

[Kazumi seems friendly enough, so Aradia smiles back at her.]

Ohhh, you just arrived?

Well, you're in the Tower of Animus. Um... none of us are really sure where it is, but it seems people from all kinds of different worlds are here.

I'm Kazumi, by the way.

Have you been here long?

[She extends her hand towards Kazumi.]

My name is Aradia, it's nice to meet you!

Um, sort of! A few months... I guess that is pretty long.

[She smiles and takes the hand, shaking it warmly]

Nice to meet you too! So, you're um, a troll?

Is it really as dangerous as everyone keeps saying?

I am! And you are, a human?

Yeah, it can be. Some times its worse than others, but I wouldn't say it's ever really "safe".

Mm, I am. [Not really, but it's easier not to get into that...] There's a lot of you guys here!

I'm used to not safe, I think that should be easy enough to deal with. As soon as I get used to this place of course.

Really? Have you met other trolls then?

You shouldn't think that way! There's a lot of really strong people here, or people with powers, but it's dangerous even for them! No one here is safe, really.

Um, a few others? And seen a few more. I'm friends with one named Eridan. [His less douchebaggy AU version, anyway]

Well, I'm strong too! [And she really is, one of the perks of being a god.]

Eridan? Really?

[She looks a little hesistant at that answer, Eridan isn't the one she would have imagined to go out to make friends. He certainly acted like he never needed them before.]

It's still dangerous for you though, so be careful!

Yeah. You know him?

I will, at least until I've seen more of this place!

[She thinks this over for a while, technically she had never actually met him.]

Not personally, but I know people who know him. I never had the chance to talk to him directly. [Except for in dream bubbles, but those are a bit hard to explain.]

Mm, okay then.

[She smiles, glad she isn't letting someone get into trouble unknowingly]

Well, maybe you'll get the chance here then? He's kind of moody and shy but I think he's a nice guy. [Jaderidan, that is]

He is shy? I would never have expected that! But then again, he did keep to himself most of the time.

Yeah, he is. And while there's a lot of friendly people here, I guess it isn't really the best place for getting over things like that? Especially with the harsh things that happen from time to time...

Or maybe it is, maybe he just needs some nice people to talk to so he feels more comfortable.

What kind of harsh things?

Maybe...

Well, like, last month there was this sickness going around that did a bunch of different things to people. I know one of my friends started seeing ghosts and I got really bad vertigo and hallucinating little creatures everywhere... it was scary.

That sounds terrible! But you got better, right? Did you get any medication or did it just stop one day?

[She shook her head] There wasn't any medicine that helped... but it went away after about a week. It was... a pretty terrible week though.

Yes, I can imagine. And things like that happen a lot here?

Yeah, usually something different every month... it's a bit chaotic.

It sounds... painful. To be stuck in an environment like that.

[She nods] It is. That just makes it all the more important that we get along and work together, and hang on to our hope though.

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