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towerofanimus2013-02-03 07:48 pm
pitiedthefool) wrote in towerofanimus2013-02-03 07:48 pm
015 | ❝A cold wind blows away...❞
Characters: Yu and You
Setting: Floor 48, 100, 96 ('cept not really), 84, 78, & 81
Format: I'll follow you
Summary: Time to explore the new floors, and come across new and old faces + memories. And to remember ones that disappeared.
Warnings: Possible P4 spoilers in comments. Also the fact feels are often a thing.
Floor 48
After stringing together Reno and Elena's wedding present, Yu had realized that there were still two left over. Maybe it was a good thing then, that he'd kept them in his trunk. Because when he woke up one morning, when he was listening to the voice at the back of his mind going through his social links... he noticed something.
Alice didn't feel as strong.
Before he realized it, he was heading down in the elevator (it was a longer ride than usual; he'd have to check the new floors later), and then the stairs to the graveyard. Soon he stopped at the long string of "Arisato" tombstones and noticed one in particular.
"...So you went back, after all."
His voice didn't really betray much, if anyone did hear him. Instead he merely stared down at the name and likely whispered a prayer of well-wishes and luck, however meaningless it may be, before silently placing a blue origami crane at the base of the stone.
'...I'm sorry, Thanatos. I couldn't help him like I promised you.'
It takes a moment, but eventually he pulls himself away to look for another name.
'...Legion.'
Floor 100
So it had been a few days, and he'd decided to explore some of the new floors instead of simply taking the elevator down to a floor close to his usual hangouts. So when he decided to simply take the stairs after the first dorm floor, he couldn't help but stop himself when he saw what Floor 100 became. It was...
Home...
Not just any part of Inaba, but the Dojima's living area. The shoe area, the small kitchen, the small dining table that ended up mostly used for either cooking or work Dojima-san brought home from work, and the little table and futon they'd sit at to watch TV together in the evenings when he and Nanako didn't have homework. It was all there, even down to the exact pattern on the floor cushions.
Yu stared at it in stunned silence for a moment, before he realized his hand went right through what, if this place were really the Dojima residence, would be a wall.
... After standing there for a few more moments to take the facts in, he simply turned and walked away. At least, if he wasn't approached.
Floor 96 (Not really an option, buuuut...)
He kept climbing down and, okay. Even at that blinding white he had to shield his eyes. Wha-?
...Oh. It's an empty room.
...
> You decide to leave it be.
Floor 84
...Oh, he loves this floor. He loves it so much that if he could stay the night in here without worrying the rest of his team, he probably would. You see, he found a camera while he was looking around. And it's kind of in his bag right now as he seems to be building something. And that something seems... kind of tall.
...Why does some of it look like legs with stitching on it? Well, you'll likely find out if you keep watching or ask while he climbs back down the ladder to get more materials. (Spoilers: It's likely someone most of the Tower hates.)
Floor 78
...Well, this is interesting. After all the madness of going through, trying to get gifts to people... now they think of adding a mail room? Well, it makes sense, but he's almost worried if he ends up receiving one and the "letters" begin anew.
Okay, maybe he'll stop being paranoid with Nanako and Adachi in the same helltower when pigs fly. Until then, he may just linger here for a moment.
Floor 81
So Yu stopped on the beginning of the fifth block before heading up again, deciding to be a bit more on the adventurous side to see just what was below. ...Damn, that's pretty high up and a lot of fog down below.
Yes, he can be someone to point out the obvious in a ridiculously dry humor sort of manner. He's just going to stare down and then above at the stars with his max courage stat... like a boss.
Setting: Floor 48, 100, 96 ('cept not really), 84, 78, & 81
Format: I'll follow you
Summary: Time to explore the new floors, and come across new and old faces + memories. And to remember ones that disappeared.
Warnings: Possible P4 spoilers in comments. Also the fact feels are often a thing.
Floor 48
After stringing together Reno and Elena's wedding present, Yu had realized that there were still two left over. Maybe it was a good thing then, that he'd kept them in his trunk. Because when he woke up one morning, when he was listening to the voice at the back of his mind going through his social links... he noticed something.
Alice didn't feel as strong.
Before he realized it, he was heading down in the elevator (it was a longer ride than usual; he'd have to check the new floors later), and then the stairs to the graveyard. Soon he stopped at the long string of "Arisato" tombstones and noticed one in particular.
"...So you went back, after all."
His voice didn't really betray much, if anyone did hear him. Instead he merely stared down at the name and likely whispered a prayer of well-wishes and luck, however meaningless it may be, before silently placing a blue origami crane at the base of the stone.
'...I'm sorry, Thanatos. I couldn't help him like I promised you.'
It takes a moment, but eventually he pulls himself away to look for another name.
'...Legion.'
Floor 100
So it had been a few days, and he'd decided to explore some of the new floors instead of simply taking the elevator down to a floor close to his usual hangouts. So when he decided to simply take the stairs after the first dorm floor, he couldn't help but stop himself when he saw what Floor 100 became. It was...
Home...
Not just any part of Inaba, but the Dojima's living area. The shoe area, the small kitchen, the small dining table that ended up mostly used for either cooking or work Dojima-san brought home from work, and the little table and futon they'd sit at to watch TV together in the evenings when he and Nanako didn't have homework. It was all there, even down to the exact pattern on the floor cushions.
Yu stared at it in stunned silence for a moment, before he realized his hand went right through what, if this place were really the Dojima residence, would be a wall.
... After standing there for a few more moments to take the facts in, he simply turned and walked away. At least, if he wasn't approached.
Floor 96 (Not really an option, buuuut...)
He kept climbing down and, okay. Even at that blinding white he had to shield his eyes. Wha-?
...Oh. It's an empty room.
...
> You decide to leave it be.
Floor 84
...Oh, he loves this floor. He loves it so much that if he could stay the night in here without worrying the rest of his team, he probably would. You see, he found a camera while he was looking around. And it's kind of in his bag right now as he seems to be building something. And that something seems... kind of tall.
...Why does some of it look like legs with stitching on it? Well, you'll likely find out if you keep watching or ask while he climbs back down the ladder to get more materials. (Spoilers: It's likely someone most of the Tower hates.)
Floor 78
...Well, this is interesting. After all the madness of going through, trying to get gifts to people... now they think of adding a mail room? Well, it makes sense, but he's almost worried if he ends up receiving one and the "letters" begin anew.
Okay, maybe he'll stop being paranoid with Nanako and Adachi in the same helltower when pigs fly. Until then, he may just linger here for a moment.
Floor 81
So Yu stopped on the beginning of the fifth block before heading up again, deciding to be a bit more on the adventurous side to see just what was below. ...Damn, that's pretty high up and a lot of fog down below.
Yes, he can be someone to point out the obvious in a ridiculously dry humor sort of manner. He's just going to stare down and then above at the stars with his max courage stat... like a boss.
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[Obviously. He's more a detective than anything else with some basic knowledge of medical treatments due to listening at the hospital when he was a janitor (like he'd try to do much with that, though). He raises an eyebrow at that, but, considering the month...]
...Let me guess, it ties in with how Luke isn't automatically falling on his ass when I actually try to block?
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...A pause, then a nod.]
The fonons I'm losing are travelling to him. As I get weaker, he gets stronger.
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... He knows that reaction too well, and those words-]
Well, that doesn't sound familiar at all. [Liar, but he is incredibly concerned.]
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Eventually, it will kill me. Which, I suppose, gives coming here a silver lining.
[Yay for death not sticking.]
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Oh really.
[Just go ahead and ask him why his voice sounds so dry when he says it.]
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Then again, at least back home it would be over.
[Maybe he'll cut it quick when he starts to get too weak. Lots of interesting ways to die around here, after all.]
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...Maybe one day he'll apologize for the black eye, but today was not that day. You know the type of person who is slow to anger, but when it does, it's the silent kind that is the most dangerous?
That's this Hope representative. Who felt his body be dissolved into flickering static at least once. Want to talk about painful deaths? Go right ahead. Slow, quick, or in between... it doesn't matter.
You're kind of implying suicide in front of someone who has a god of life as a main piece of his soul. OOPS?]
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And why the hell do you care?
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...Because my true self, my mask, is a god of life and creation from my world.
[He doubts Asch has any idea about the tale of Izanagi and Izanami, considering Luke didn't even know what a god was. Still.]
Believe it or not, some actually do care whether someone lives or dies, and while this place is hell, dying isn't pleasant no matter how you go.
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Why the fuck are you holding a playing card suddenly what even]Living isn't exactly a party, either.
1/2
[The Fool suddenly turns into the World as it basically shatters in his hand. The thing that appears
and is three times Yu's height? Well...Thumbpoint.]
Just ask his wife and sister.
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Verily... for we hath been in that cycle, ourselves.
[... WELP.]
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Spare me the sympathy. If you actually care, then give me a reason.
[Because in the end, sympathy doesn't actually help.]
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[The response is immediate, even if accidental dual voice. Oops, speaking in tandem with your other self?]
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he's kind of glad Lorelei never tried speaking through him like that though]That's not a reason to live, it's a reason to not die.
[Yeah, kind of an important difference.]
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You lucky son of a gun, because he is partly glaring at his headgod.]--People do care and want you to succeed.
[He even smirks a bit, despite his head killing him. Like there's a private joke not being said, though it... isn't a joke at all, considering what is muttered when he stands.]
I don't understand why those who can keep living despite the pain it brings choose not to when those who can't would.
[Izanagi disappears,and he half turns.]
...Pick a third option if you have to.
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That's not -
[He frowns, biting his lip to cut himself off. Succeed at what, Narukami? That's the problem.
Also, yeah, good luck keeping him from hearing that, he picked up that trick, paradoxically, from his futureself.
Which... is a whole other kind of problem.]
Did you ever think that it's because we're sick of hurting?
[...whoops definitely said too much
damn protag powers]no subject
You and Luke both share the stupid streak, after all.
[Oddly enough, the way he says it seems almost affectionate. He glances down at his friend.]
...The hurt doesn't go away, though. It only transfers to those who survive longer.
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[The phrase "perfect isofons" is used for them for a reason, alright, they're identical literally down to the soul, even if you don't subscribe to the idea of Luke being a piece of Asch that was pulled out.]
Everyone's happier to have him around, anyway.
[That part, at least, would stop hurting.]
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[To tell the truth, he's as surprised as he'd be if Izanagi took off his mask and suddenly red-eyed him.]
...I'm not. [Maybe it's selfish, but-] I'd rather have both.
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And at that second comment, Asch just turns and gives him a bewildered stare. You've rendered him utterly speechless, because absolutely no one's ever said that before. Not even his parents had said that they wanted him; happy to see him, sure, but they still felt more like strangers. He's...
He's not sure what to do, other than sit there with his hands fisted in his tabard.]
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Yu simply gives a mysterious smile. Asch probably wouldn't get it, but it was rare that his face ever broke the lineface or some form of a frown lately. It was a rare moment, where he's genuinely amused. What? Did the normally silent protagonist leave you speechless by being honest? Geez, and he thought he was as ironic as it comes before now.
One thing's for sure; he isn't pulling your leg about it. That a good enough reason to start with?]
Keywords relevant to first paragraph //bricked
And just... Yeah, still staring at that smile because he doesn't know at all what to do with it, Narukami. He's not sure whether to accept it or not, so
protag truth powers activateinstead he just mutters under his breath - ]First time for everything.
Maybe it's Maybelline~
Maybe if you live long enough before the panic that comes with reawakening after death, you'll figure it out, Asch. At least, that's his line of thinking. The smile simply turns into a smirk.]
It won't be the last.
[Because this tower, as hell as it is more than 70% of the time... sure has some surprising people in it.]