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Animus Moderators ([personal profile] animusmods) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-02-08 05:03 pm

Ad Visitatores

Characters: anyone participating in the event
Setting: floor 56 and eventually other areas of the Tower
Format: either
Summary: Welcome to the Tower.
Warnings: horror/creepiness/potential danger/generally unfortunate things all possible
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A few minutes before anything happens, Ruana's voice rings out over the Tower's intercom--it manages to be louder than anything the residents happen to be doing. "Hey, everyone, there's something exciting going on at floor fifty-six! Go make sure they don't get themselves killed!"


You arrive, stepping or tumbling, in a surgical suite. It looks abandoned, with dust collecting on the table and floors. The lights flicker, and for a moment blood dripping off the table, puddling on the floor--but no, the lights are back, and surely that was your imagination. It's quiet, eerily so, but nothing hinders you, and you're free to spread out and explore. There are multiple rooms here, like in any hospital, and it's all a bit confusing. Occasionally the lights flicker, and it's a bit frightening as Things appear that shouldn't exist. Shadowy creatures stitched together and reaching for you, doctors brandishing phantom surgical tools, blood splattering the walls or floor or ceiling, how did it get there--but none are real, and all of them vanish when the lights return. Eventually you find the staircase, spiraling up and down into darkness. Approach it, though, and the thing glitters with a barrier that will push back any attempts at climbing the thing.

A girl, a teenager dressed in red and black, appears. And she does simply appear, inserting herself into the space, nearly pushing it aside to make room in it for where she is now. Her face beams with unconcealed excitement, and her words tumble out on top of themselves. "You can't go there! Yet, I mean. You'd all die!"

The girl steps onto the staircase, passing through the barrier as if it weren't there, and sits on the steps to address everyone. "Hi! I'm Ruana. You didn't show up the normal way, so the Tower can't support you yet. We got this one floor ready when I saw you were coming but, well, the Tower's kind've big, so getting all of them set up is taking a little longer than I thought." She smiles, sheepishly apologetic in a carefree sort of way. "I've got everyone coming here to visit you--or at least they know they can visit you--and I'll have someone bring food up for you. It'll be oatmeal, and oatmeal is super boring, but you have to eat it, okay? Then you can have whatever you want! The cafeteria's down on the first floor if you get hungry. We should have everything ready in a few hours. I've gotta go help with that, so you guys wait here.

"Don't worry, the monsters can't get to this floor as long as that barrier is up."

And then she's gone, blinking out of existence. The barrier will remain for three hours.
charmedbymemories: (✖ i know how to feel)

[personal profile] charmedbymemories 2013-02-09 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
I agree. I was under the impression that it was a request of some sort, like the ones in the Velvet Room...though I guess now that we're here, there's no way for us to refuse.
sageprincess: (Quiet meditations)

[personal profile] sageprincess 2013-02-09 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
It does seem that way, unfortunately. I suppose there is no real choice for us but to begin looking once that barrier is down.

[So considerate, that Philemon.]
charmedbymemories: (✖ this is the beautiful end)

[personal profile] charmedbymemories 2013-02-10 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods absently before extending a hand with a smile.]

I don't think we've met before. I'm Naminé.
sageprincess: (Radiant elegance)

[personal profile] sageprincess 2013-02-10 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[There's the slightest of awkward pauses, as though she's not accustomed to the gesture, but Zelda quickly shakes it off, nodding as she takes the girl's hand.]

It is a pleasure to meet you, Naminé, though I wish the conditions were more favorable. My name is Zelda.

[And she's just... gonna hold off on the 'princess' tidbit until she knows a bit more about this place. Sorry, Naminé.]
charmedbymemories: (✖ can smiles bridge feelings?)

[personal profile] charmedbymemories 2013-02-10 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Naminé kind of already suspects the princess part because Zelda is wearing a pretty crown, but she wont' say anything.]

Nice to meet you, Zelda. I wish the same, but I guess there's no time like the present. Do you have friends to travel and explore with? It's better to move around in numbers in places like this.
sageprincess: (Staunchest allies)

[personal profile] sageprincess 2013-02-12 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Y-yeaaah, being nabbed without warning doesn't really provide for stealth. Sigh.]

Ah, yes, there is a young man from my world who is well versed in weaponry with us, and I am not entirely unfamiliar with hostile situations, either. I believe we should be fine.
charmedbymemories: (✖ can you hear it?)

[personal profile] charmedbymemories 2013-02-14 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad. If you ever need help, feel free to ask for me and my friends.

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