answers and questions [open]

[animusnpcs]

Characters: Dax, Riki, Jason, and Zo; open
Setting: cafeteria, after lunch, February 10
Format: either
Summary: Some of the administrators answer questions.
Warnings: possible language, possible violence


This question and answer session was obviously hastily-planned. Ruana isn't here, but the others are, though for the most part they don't look quite at their best. Zo looks half asleep and distracted, having slid his chair close enough to the wall that he can lean on it to catch a bit of extra sleep in the middle of this session. Jason, usually improbably neat for his often messy, bloody profession looks wrinkled and tired, like he's been spending one too many nights in surgery. Dax looks entirely exhausted, and every time the lights in the cafeteria flicker that exhaustion only seems to grow worse as he looks more concerned. Only Riki seems himself--but then again, he's always been stoic and silent, so reading him in general is a difficult task. It's Dax who speaks once enough people are assembled.

"Greetings, residents--I'm sure you know the four of us by now. And guests, welcome--you probably don't know of us. I'm Dax, and these are Riki, Jason, and Zo." Dax gestures to each one in turn. "We are four of the administrators of this Tower. As you may have guessed, we weren't exactly planning on visitors, and you weren't brought through the same channels. Still, we thought this would be a good time to answer a few questions. With the network--down--we have opted to speak to you in person."

"If you try to attack us, you'll regret it," Jason says from his seat, and while Dax looks sidelong at him neither man can seem to muster the energy for a proper verbal sparring.

"Okay, the floor is open to questions," Dax says, just barely managing a smile. "We will answer what we can."

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[rejecting]

"Hello!"

She returned the smile, and shoved a huge spoonful of ice cream into her mouth before continuing.

"Are you going to ask anything?"

[no_longer_a_king]

Arturia shook her head, still nursing her milkshake.

"Everyone seems to be asking good questions so far. If something comes to mind, I plan to speak up, though."

[rejecting]

"Ah, yeah..."

She nodded, looking down at her bowl for a moment.

"I want to know if any of my friends can come... Well, if Earth got destroyed, then I would want them to come here and be safe. But, I don't know, I'm still not sure that really happened! So maybe it's better if they don't.

But um... Maybe someone else will ask if more people will come, since I know other people miss their friends too."

[no_longer_a_king]

"From what I understand, they bring new people in at the beginning of every month because the boy, Zo," she points to the child at the front with the administrators, "is the one who is bringing us here, but there's only so much he can do at once."

Part of her wonders if the reason he looks so tired is because he just brought in another batch of people recently. A question that gets confirmed a few moments later as being that plus trying to maintain the new people who have arrived.

"So if your friends are not here, they may come next month."

[rejecting]

"I hope so! But... if something bad like that was really happening I bet Kurosaki-kun could get everyone here somehow!"

She brightened considerably, and started on her ice cream again.

"What's your name? Mine is Inoue Orihime!"