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towerofanimus2013-01-13 03:19 pm
bloodyashes) wrote in towerofanimus2013-01-13 03:19 pm
And happiness is -
Characters: Asch and Luke/open/open/Orihime
Setting: Luke's room, first morning of the event; the Graveyard, that afternoon; the music floor, the 16th, 17th, and 18th; the kitchens, the 19th
Format: AH WHATEVER MAN
Summary: An overjoyed creeper finds something he thought was lost; later, he visits the graveyard and finds something else unusual. Afterwards, piano playing and tea parties.
Warnings: ... Creepers gonna cuddle. Sorry Luke.
Luke's room -
[There was something against the edge of his mind, the feeling of an extension of himself in a way that he hadn't felt in... Just over a year now, wasn't it?
Asch is throwing himself out of bed in an instant, ignoring his coat and weapons; he doesn't even take the time to pull his shoes on properly, laces dragging behind him as he rushes up the stairs to that old, familiar room. The bed had been filled again at one point, some stranger that Asch couldn't bear to even look at, but that person was gone now, so maybe...
The name on the door is the same. He throws it open, looking to the corner for the familiar mess of red hair - ]
...You're here. You're really here.
[The joy on his face is utterly unrestrained as he makes his way to his replica's bedside, stumbling over his shoelaces and not giving a damn.]
Graveyard -
[That morning had been... strange, to say the least, so he'd felt the need to make sure, to be positive that this wasn't all some dream or Tower trick. He'd taken the time to go back to his room and get properly dressed before making this trip, but he had to be sure.
He's stood in this spot a hundred times, knelt and rubbed his fingers across the engraved letters so often they'd begun to show wear from his constant attention. But now, the headstone is blank -
What a strange sight he must be, falling to his knees in front of a nameless grave.]
[On his way out, he pauses in front of a familiar stone lion, running his hand across the carved mane. It had started out for him as a place to do honor to those no one else would mourn, but over the years, it had come to symbolize to him everyone left behind on Auldrant. He never passes it without taking a moment - ]
Flowers?
[Dried and crumpled, as though left for days, but these are... They're the flowers he left, the first time he came here, four years ago. They should have long since turned to dust.]
How the hell...?
Music room -
[The sounds of a piano being played fills the floor - not the usual faint playing of the instruments doing it themselves, but an actual player seated on the bench. The melody that flows out from Asch's fingers is far more joyful than his usual playing; he feels like he hasn't stopped smiling in days, and there's no point in trying.
Luke is here. Even if it's by some strangeness of the Tower - he has absolutely no complaints. The reverse of complaints, really; he's a bit tempted to send a present to whichever admin was responsible for giving him Luke back.
A violin adds itself to his playing. He doesn't even twitch, just sighs faintly and continues to play. Some things, apparently, were still business as usual.]
Kitchen -
[He's spent most of the morning making cookies - even after four years, Orihime hasn't lost her taste for making foods strangely, so it's probably better if he just takes care of it. It's their unbroken habit; one of the few things he used to measure the time, right after Luke had disappeared.
Asch smiles and puts the water on to boil. Some part of him knows that this won't last - the Tower's strangeness never does - but he's not going to let that stop him from enjoying what time there is. Seeing Luke again leaves him with a wholesome, optimistic feeling that he can't regret.
A tray of cookies on the table, and more on the counter; he sits down to wait.]
Setting: Luke's room, first morning of the event; the Graveyard, that afternoon; the music floor, the 16th, 17th, and 18th; the kitchens, the 19th
Format: AH WHATEVER MAN
Summary: An overjoyed creeper finds something he thought was lost; later, he visits the graveyard and finds something else unusual. Afterwards, piano playing and tea parties.
Warnings: ... Creepers gonna cuddle. Sorry Luke.
Luke's room -
[There was something against the edge of his mind, the feeling of an extension of himself in a way that he hadn't felt in... Just over a year now, wasn't it?
Asch is throwing himself out of bed in an instant, ignoring his coat and weapons; he doesn't even take the time to pull his shoes on properly, laces dragging behind him as he rushes up the stairs to that old, familiar room. The bed had been filled again at one point, some stranger that Asch couldn't bear to even look at, but that person was gone now, so maybe...
The name on the door is the same. He throws it open, looking to the corner for the familiar mess of red hair - ]
...You're here. You're really here.
[The joy on his face is utterly unrestrained as he makes his way to his replica's bedside, stumbling over his shoelaces and not giving a damn.]
Graveyard -
[That morning had been... strange, to say the least, so he'd felt the need to make sure, to be positive that this wasn't all some dream or Tower trick. He'd taken the time to go back to his room and get properly dressed before making this trip, but he had to be sure.
He's stood in this spot a hundred times, knelt and rubbed his fingers across the engraved letters so often they'd begun to show wear from his constant attention. But now, the headstone is blank -
What a strange sight he must be, falling to his knees in front of a nameless grave.]
[On his way out, he pauses in front of a familiar stone lion, running his hand across the carved mane. It had started out for him as a place to do honor to those no one else would mourn, but over the years, it had come to symbolize to him everyone left behind on Auldrant. He never passes it without taking a moment - ]
Flowers?
[Dried and crumpled, as though left for days, but these are... They're the flowers he left, the first time he came here, four years ago. They should have long since turned to dust.]
How the hell...?
Music room -
[The sounds of a piano being played fills the floor - not the usual faint playing of the instruments doing it themselves, but an actual player seated on the bench. The melody that flows out from Asch's fingers is far more joyful than his usual playing; he feels like he hasn't stopped smiling in days, and there's no point in trying.
Luke is here. Even if it's by some strangeness of the Tower - he has absolutely no complaints. The reverse of complaints, really; he's a bit tempted to send a present to whichever admin was responsible for giving him Luke back.
A violin adds itself to his playing. He doesn't even twitch, just sighs faintly and continues to play. Some things, apparently, were still business as usual.]
Kitchen -
[He's spent most of the morning making cookies - even after four years, Orihime hasn't lost her taste for making foods strangely, so it's probably better if he just takes care of it. It's their unbroken habit; one of the few things he used to measure the time, right after Luke had disappeared.
Asch smiles and puts the water on to boil. Some part of him knows that this won't last - the Tower's strangeness never does - but he's not going to let that stop him from enjoying what time there is. Seeing Luke again leaves him with a wholesome, optimistic feeling that he can't regret.
A tray of cookies on the table, and more on the counter; he sits down to wait.]
..She's getting so many smiles..it's gonna be her MISSION to get Real Smile outta him post-event. XD
...Heehee, was I that obvious? [She was and she knows it, lol.]
Good thing it wasn't a Jason month, huh, or else a bunch of monsters would've probably attacked at the same time! [
Rise, don't give them ideas.]]GOOD LUCK RISE
[Perfect team mom to Narukami's dadishness. At least as long as she stayed out of the kitchen. Now that was a nightmare.]
Well, that's Jason. The minute the nutrition bars show up, half the Tower goes into hiding.
IKR...(but Asch should probs be worried about the lengths she would go to in order to achieve this)
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Still that bad at cooking, huh? GOOD TO KNOW SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE...wait no it's not D:JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T APPRECIATE A MATURE FLAVOUR DOESN'T MEAN SHE'S A BAD COOK, K (•◕ˇ｡ˇ◕•)]Ha! I bet that makes him pretty mad. He doesn't seem like he'd be a very good loser.
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[Tease tease. And yes, Rise, even when time is normal, he's older than you.]
At least he's fairly predictable.
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[...Not that she isn't kinda doing that right now anyway. And HEY, only by one year! o(≧o≦)o
Though Auldrant years are more than twice as long as Earth years, aren't they, so...]Yeah, in a 'what's the worst possible thing that could happen, OKAY let's do that!' sorta way.
[...Whoops, she might've been channeling Yosuke-senpai there just a bit. But YES, SUBJECT CHANGE PLZ, anything else, EVERYTHING else, other than Jason and his months of jerkassery.]
So, how long have you been playing the piano? You're really good!
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And where do you think we're going, exactly?
[He chuckles and walks on, glad to drop the subject of Jason.]
I started learning not long after I came here. It gave me something to do with my time besides yell at Luke.
[Yeah, they hadn't always gotten along. He'll be the first to admit that.]
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To get that CD, or else I'm grounding you!
[Well, Asch doesn't seem shy or angry about it or anything, and he's the one who brought it up, so Rise decides to go for it and ask about his relationship with Luke.]
...So...you and Luke...
[She'll ask some specific questions if you need her to, but she's giving you an open-ended lead in here to say whatever you want regarding the both of you, if you feel like it.]
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[Again with the finger wagging. His smile changes somewhat when she asks about Luke - instead of a grin, he simply starts beaming.]
He's my other half. Always has been, even if I didn't always see it that way. [He shakes his head slightly - that was kind of understating it.] We've never really had a simple relationship.
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[Pfft, she's just running with the joke now. And ooh, looks like someone's a big fan of Luke, aren't they? Though that even if I didn't always see it that way is a bit telling, and definitely something to file away for future--uh, or is that past--reference in this case...]
...So...you're kinda like twin brothers, but not exactly?
[Care to explain this not-simple relationship a bit more, Asch?]
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[Because why the hell not, he's running with it too.
Good luck trying this next week Rise.At her question, he shakes his head slightly.]
Not that that's not what most people think by now, but it's not really accurate. More like, we were once one person, and Luke was created from fonons that were pulled out of me.
[After a moment, he sighs slightly. That doesn't really express it, but...]
I warned you it was complicated.
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lol Oh, wait...ffffffff JASON, ARE YOU THE DADDYDOES THAT MAKE DAX THE GRANDPA WHO SPOILS US ALLAND RUANA THE CRAZY AUNTlol IDEK forgive me plz, apparently I must be on crack]So that's what you meant by "replica", huh...
[She doesn't really understand the technical aspect of it(and what the heck are "fonons"?) buuut...the emotional one she can probably grasp, after further conversation anyway.]
Yeah, it sounds pretty complicated all right.
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[Which... she didn't, right.
Rise get off the crack the crack is bad for your voice]And that's just the biology part.
[He sighs slightly.]
Luke was originally my name - I was kidnapped as a child, and he was put in my place, growing up thinking he was me so that he would, eventually, die instead of me, all so that Van could use me. [There's a bit of a growl in his voice there.] Even though it wasn't his fault, I hated Luke for getting to grow up with my family, when I wasn't even allowed to be in the same city. It took me a long time to get over it.
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[...Oh no, "just the biology part" sounds a little ominous... WELP, she'll do her best to understand
but mostly she'll listen v. close to what you're saying so she can memorize it, just in case she needs to ask Senpai about it later (ACE ACTING POWERS GO!)...Only...it's not a bunch of scientific jargon, it's a brief summary of what happened in the past, with his feelings on the matter laid totally bare, plain and simple, and Rise almost misses a stair as she takes it all in.]
...W-wow...you really weren't kidding about the "complicated" thing. Man, all of that sounds really awful...I don't blame you for being upset about it.
[Of course, hating Luke for it is a little...but, well, it's still totally understandable at least to a point, and he clearly got over it, so it's all good now, right? Still...]
So who's Van?
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[He halfway reaches out to catch her when she trips, but she'd already managed to right herself just fine.]
It was frustrating dealing with Luke in the beginning, too. I'm sure you know how he was - stubborn and full of himself and wouldn't listen if you paid him. [A small laugh.] Then again, he gets it from me.
[Her question makes his eyes narrow, and he glares at the staircase.]
Van is... I don't really want to talk about him. Thinking about it just...
[Nothing ruins a good mood faster than Van Grants.]
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O-okay, you don't have to talk about him! Sorry...heh, guess I shouldn't have asked...
[Leeeet's get back to talking about someone you do seem to like talking about...]
But yeah, I think I know what you mean about Luke. He's usually nice enough, and I get the feeling he's trying pretty hard to improve himself, but he can be kinda awkward and really stubborn sometimes. [Slightly devious giggle goes here~] He's pretty fun to tease, though. ♪
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...Have a considering look RE: teasing possibilities...]funnily I'm rewatching the P4 anime and just got to Rise -
[Yes let's talk about Luke
and oh god no he gets this enough from future!Rise he knows that look in your eye- ]He has improved. Trust me, the first time I encountered him... I was so disgusted by his behaviour I couldn't think straight. [Frowny face.] He was such a brat and didn't know anything - but the thing that frustrated me most was that he didn't make any decisions for himself. Even in your time, he's gotten a lot better about that.
[He chuckles a bit to himself.] Not long after I got to the Tower, he punched me in the jaw - it's crazy, but I was really proud of him at that moment. It was the first time he ever really stood up to me.
(-◕∇^-)ﾉ~☆
...Though she still kinda wants to ask if anyone ever gave that guy the punch in the face he clearly deserves.]Yeah, the important thing is, he changed. I think a lot of us have past behaviour or ways of thinking that we're maybe not too proud of... [Thinking of the Marykyu Striptease? Noooo.] But I'm glad that Luke has changed enough to stand up to you, and learned to make his own decisions.
[...Well, as much as anyone can make their own decisions here in the Tower, anyways. =\]
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...MARUKYU* wow. I CARNT SPEL, obviously.
And plz don't let the Tower itself have decided it's older, too, and randomly added more floors...(;^;)]That kinda thing can be pretty difficult at first...when you're suddenly free to do whatever you want, I mean, and have to make decisions on your own. After being told what to do for almost as long as you can remember, sometimes it's just...hard to know what you even want. Not to mention who you can trust.
[She knows a little bit about that sort of thing, having had (and needed, really) a manager who basically ran her life when she was an idol, telling her where to go, what to do, what to eat, and when to sleep... Of course, Inoue-san had been generally really kind, having almost treated her like a member of his family, and it's probably not on the same level as what a pampered noble would've gone through...but it's not totally dissimilar, either.]
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He's always had a tendency to trust too easily. Which is why I stick around, I suppose. Someone's got to keep his nose out of trouble.
[And oh look, they're passing up into the dorm floors just now, Rise! Asch leads the way to his room and even holds the door open for her, what a gentleman.]
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Heh...from the sound of things, Yu-senpai was doing that a lot, too. Senpai's so dependable...it's really easy to let yourself lean on him just a little, then suddenly find yourself telling him everything.
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I know what you mean. I'm glad Luke ran into him - I hate to think what would have happened if there hadn't been anyone there for him.
[He gestures her to take a seat on the bed before bending over to dig around in his trunk. Shirt, pants, Luke's pants - ]
The pamphlet is on the table, if you'd like to look at that.
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Distracted as she is by those
SHINYCD liner notes, she doesn't think twice about sitting on Asch's bed. The graphics are pretty nice even by professional standards, and it looks like a lot of her friends from home played for at least a track or two. "True Story" is one of the songs on there, not surprisingly--it was one of her most popular hits, so it kinda made sense to include it on that CD, and do a Tower Version of it. Sayaka's featured on a couple tracks, too, Gas Chamber's in a few others, Sephiran did background vocals for Track 10 & 11; and sure enough, Asch is credited for most of the piano/keyboard work. And there's still more...]...
[She's...actually so enthralled right now that she won't be commenting just yet.]
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Asch comes over and plops onto the bed next to her, offering the disk.]
And here you go.
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[Eagerly Rise slides it out of that paper sleeve to take a look at the CD itself, and finds that it's not the fanciest-looking CD, but it's not just a plain ugly one either. Satisfied, she tucks it away, then looks down at the liner notes again, though really she's thinking about something else entirely.
What she really wants to do is take that CD and run with it all the way down to the Media Floor, and listen to it right away!
...But...that wouldn't exactly be very polite, and Asch has been really nice and friendly, so Rise kinda feels that she owes it to him to stick around and chat for a little while.]
So, do you have a favourite song on here?
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