1st Request

[yourhandplease]

Characters: Theodore & Open to all
Setting: Room 01-10, lower floors, location might change
Format: Going with Action first but any format is fine to me.
Summary: Theodore wakes up in the Tower for the first time and is going to explore as much as he can.
Warnings: None, will be updated should anything happen.

[Theodore's eyes are blinking a few times as he lies in a room he doesn't recall to have been at before. It takes a few moments but eventually he sits up and turns his head to look around a little, seeing the three other and apparently occupied beds, then stares down at himself and this... strange attire he does not remember wearing before. He raises a hand to touch the collar around his neck to check if he could take it off, but given what material it was made of, it doesn't seem to be possible at the time being.

It takes another moment until Theodore spots two letters that are addressed at him. The first one he reads explains to him that his world has been destroyed. It's not the first time he has been told something unbelievable and cryptic like this, so of course, he had a hard time believing what is said to him in this letter. The other he reads carefully as it seems to provide more information that the first one.

Once done with reading he gets up to take a look at the trunk. His clothes were there, the Compendium as well and... he smiles as he sees the Jack Frost plush with the ring that has been left by his beloved. Theodore slips the ring over his finger and takes the compendium and his clothes out of the trunk to change back into the so much more familiar attire.]


[The former Velvet Room attendant walks through the hallways, eying them with curiosity and cautiousness. Being in this Tower reminds him slightly of Tartarus, yet not entirely. There was something different, something he can not point at.

He carried the Persona Compendium under one of his arms, he had checked it earlier in his assigned room and found that only the personae he uses in fights had been left in it. It worried him that someone has been able to remove such a great number of them at once. But there isn't much he can do about that at the time being.

Maybe if he speaks to some of the residents of this tower he will be able to find out more...]

Comments

[seekinganswers]

Really? So it was a lot more similar to this place than... [Her voice trails off and something occurs to her.] Did the tower from your world suddenly gain many different floors all at once?

[It's been bothering her ever since it happened - she just doesn't know how a good fifty floors or so could have just appeared...]

[yourhandplease]

No, it also didn't have floors like this where people could live at. there were only a few safe floors only and most of them were empty.

May I ask why?

[seekinganswers]

Until recently, this tower was only about half as big as it is now. Many of the upper floors weren't here before, and I can't seem to recall anyone working on them... so much construction would have taken a really long time. I've only been here about a month, though, and it never seemed to be...

[Her voice trails off and she shrugs.]

This place is full of mysteries, I guess.

[yourhandplease]

Surely, this must have to do with those who rule the tower...

[It wouldn't surprise him. Back in Ruby City their captors destroyed and rebuilt the City to their liking.]

Excuse me, where are my manners?

[He almost forgot to introduce himself.]

My name is Theodore, it's a pleasure to meet you.

[seekinganswers]

The people in charge here really like to ... mess with us. [Which is putting it mildly, really, but she doesn't want to scare Theodore too badly. This place is frightening enough as it is.]

I'm called Sheba. It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Theodore.

[yourhandplease]

May I ask you how they are messing with us, Sheba?

[Theodore might not look like it but he had seen a lot of frightening things in the past. But who knew how much this place could affect him.]

[seekinganswers]

In a variety of ways... I'm not entirely sure where to start. I've heard horror stories about the things they do, but luckily for me, I've only been here for about a month. I haven't experienced the worst of it yet.

But there are... creatures here. They sound just like people from home... but if you let them get close, they can kill you.

They mess with our minds, too. Not too long ago, they made us all think we'd been here for... for different amounts of time. [She shudders.] We all believed it... I never would have thought they had enough power to alter the way we think.

Others who have been here for longer have seen much worse things, though. Just hearing about them makes me feel a little ill.

[yourhandplease]

This sounds terrible...

[Soon enough he would see why so most of the people he has met so far want to leave this place as quick as possible.]

[seekinganswers]

[She nods slowly.]

It is. The more you talk to people who have been here for a while, the more frightening the stories get. It makes me a little anxious about what might come next, but...

There are a lot of people who are really very kind here. It's a bit of a relief that not everyone here is... like the people in charge.

[yourhandplease]

They must have a strong heart and will if they are still as kind as you tell me, despite the influence of this place.

[He hasn't heard many stories of this place yet, perhaps because most people might want to just forget what they have been through.]

[seekinganswers]

Yes! I think most of the people here are very strong. They'd almost have to be... but it's inspiring, how they handle the things this place throws at them.

[yourhandplease]

I will have to make my own opinion about this, but I want to believe that what you said is true.

[seekinganswers]

I guess the only way to form your own opinion is going to be going out and meeting a lot of them, huh? Just... be careful. This Tower can get a little strange sometimes.

[yourhandplease]

I suppose that is the case. Thank you for the advice, I will try to be as careful as possible, Sheba.

[seekinganswers]

You're welcome! I guess I should let you go, now? Unless you needed anything else?

[yourhandplease]

Not at this moment. Thank you for your help, I hope I can return the favor to you one day.

[seekinganswers]

You're welcome! And don't worry about it. I just did what anyone would do, right?

I'll see you around!

[With that, she turns to continue making her way down the hall, back on track for where she was going before coming across him.]