Official Mihli intro post!

[springserpent]

Characters: Mihli Aliapoh and you! (totally open)
Setting: Floor three, with oatmeal!
Format: Action!
Summary: Mihli's sitting around the library (on top of the bookshelves no less) trying to sort out what's going on.
When: Doesn't really matter!
Warnings: Cats. Also eating oatmeal in the library. She'll be cautious and a little stand-offish since she's not too sure who to trust here yet.



[Upon arriving, Mihli had wasted little to no time in getting reacquainted with her instincts, investigating the first three floors of the tower before deciding on doing much else. She hadn't really run into any others just yet, or at least anyone she'd opted to talk to -- really more than anything she needed to organize her thoughts, and apparently eat the oatmeal which she grasped rather awkwardly in one hand, holding the bowl close to her twitching nose.

Surely whomever trapped her in this odd realm wouldn't have brought her all this way just to poison her food?

...

Well, she couldn't be too cautious, even if that would just make for one hell of a boring, anticlimactic death. However, on the off chance this stuff did kill her she'd be certain to devote her entire after-life to haunting whatever sicko thought this was a great idea.

Even worse, the book she held in her other hand didn't answer any of her questions, nor did any in the massive stack sleeping next to her. History, fiction, science, all of them seemed legitimate, but not a single clue as to her biggest concerns. Furthermore, none of them seemed to originate from Vana'diel either. Curious.

Until now she'd been skulking up and down the aisles, carefully selecting books and tomes she thought might be useful in identifying just what the heck was going on. Sure, she had that note she woke up with, but being told that her world was gone in a flash - hell if she was going to believe that easily.

For a moment, the thought of asking for help flutters through her mind

But with a huff she quells it and sets the book down in her lap to take a spoon to the oatmeal, idly stirring the stuff as if doing so would eat the bland muck for her.]

Comments

[tohko_amano]

[Normally, Tohko didn't scold the library patrons as she worked. She asked if they needed help, gave recommendations, and sorted the shelves, but she usually didn't have to scold people.

However, when she saw a person sitting on top of the bookshelves reading with a large stack of books and a bowl of oatmeal, she thought that there was something a bit wrong with that, even by the library's lax standards. So, Tohko paused to speak with the girl.]

Miss, while it's great to see that you love books, you probably shouldn't sit up there. If you fall, you're really going to hurt yourself and make a mess!

[springserpent]

[Mihli leaned over from her vantage point to get a look at her visitor, spoon still hanging from her mouth as she takes in the sight of the girl with a curious expression]

"I wouldn't be up here if I thought there was any danger of me falling. Besides, those crummy seats are prretty uncomfortable."

[As if to prove a point, she pokes her tail out, casting a shadow down onto Tohko. This thing wasn't just for show afterall.]

[tohko_amano]

[Huh..so this person had a cat tail. Did she have cat ears hidden away somewhere? Probably.]

Well, while you might be alright up there, a book could fall on someone's head or something. Why do you think the seats are uncomfortable?

[Tohko will try to make them comfortable, if the girl would tell her.]

[springserpent]

[Honestly, more than anything she just wanted to be in a high place, being up in the air relaxed her, but it wasn't something she could easily explain to another. She sighs grumpily, reminding herself to watch her manners]

"The chairs are just hard. If it makes you any more comforrtable I'll bring the books down myself - they aren't helping to begin with. There's nothing here about this Tower or wherrre we are. You wouldn't happen to know, would you?"

[She hates to ask. It almost feels like defeat, but at this rate she really isn't getting much of anywhere.]

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed to herself before she replied, smiling.]

Well, if you wanted, I could grab you a cushion for you to sit on..and I don't mind if you sit up there as long as you make sure that you don't bring anything up there that could fall and hurt someone. However, I do know about this Tower! Let's see..

[Tohko then thought to herself as she started her usual infodump, trying not to miss anything.]

This Tower is called Animus. Five people currently run it, Dax, who's the most humane of the bunch, Jason, who loves to experiment and torture the residents, Zo, a small boy who works with the Administrators, Riki, a secretive fellow who manages the records and builds the Tower, and Ruana, a childish woman who's been here for thousands of years and has strange powers. She may have multiple personality disorder, but we're not sure about that yet.

You had better finish off that bowl of oatmeal before you eat anything else-if you don't, you'll throw up anything else you try to eat. However, you can add things to it to improve the taste, and once you finish it off, you can eat anything you want.

Monsters roam the Tower at night, and some of the higher floors have monsters that will attack if you draw too close. If you don't know how to fight, you had better ask someone to teach you. There are lots of people who would be more than happy to help.

Death here isn't permanent. If you die, you will just wake up in your bed the next day. However, I imagine that if you die too many times, you'll get punished, so please be careful.

And your universe isn't destroyed! There are several people here who wouldn't be able to exist if their universes were destroyed, so don't worry. Your universe is fine.

[Tohko then nodded to herself.]

And that's everything! Any more questions?

[hideandhero]

[A....catperson. Cain tried to pretend that he wasn't looking over his book but...

...bleh. Catpeople were on the list of acceptable abhumans, as set by the Holy Inquisition and taught to people like himself when he attended classes at the Schola.

Cain had been over quite a bit of the galaxy and even saw Ogryns and Ratlings in his day. But never a catperson.

Giving up on pretending, he slammed his book shut and opened his mouth.]

What planet are you from?

[springserpent]

[Cain's persistent gaze coaxed Mihli into turning her back towards him, her tail hanging off the side of the bookshelf as she digs through another book from her stack. She hadn't expected him to actually speak to her, which was unfortunate. Alternate world nonsense or not, those clothes of Cain's reminded her of the Mercenaries back home.

She couldn't stand mercenaries.]

"Vana'diel. You done starrring at my tail?"

[She responds with an irked tone, her back still facing him.]

[hideandhero]

Never heard of it. But there's about a million planets out there so that isn't a surprise.

And believe me, I wasn't staring.

[Any servant of the Emperor would say as much.]

[springserpent]

[A million planets? Mihli doesn't know anything about space travel. She doesn't know how to take his staring comment either.]

[She just shrugs]

"You a Mercenarrry?"

[hideandhero]

No. No, no, no. I'm Commissar Ciaphas Cain, attached to the 597th Valhallan Regiment of the Imperial Guard.

[Mercenaries...those were things for Inquisitors for him. The Imperium never hired soldiers. Just conscripted them from the uncountable masses when warm bodies were needed.]

[belzebul]

[Some of the bookshelves are particularly high, and rather than find a ladder, it's easier for Zett to change into his more fly-like form and hover there, loading books into his second set of arms with his third. He waves at Mihli one of his most human arms once he spots her.]

Hey, new girl. These fall randomly sometimes. You might want to sit somewhere else.

[springserpent]

[Was that a Puk? Maybe an Imp? Her first instinct was to swat Zett out of the air with her tail, though it's a reaction she's only barely able to suppress. Honestly, maybe she should've ventured higher up into the tower, or just sat in a normal chair to get away from all this attention she was gaining.]

"Is therrrre some rule against wanting some peace and quiet?"

[belzebul]

No rule against it. But there's nothing the matter with giving friendly advice to the newbies either.

[Zett drops downward to set the books on a table before flying back up to continue the conversation.]

[springserpent]

"I'm fine. If the shelf were going to fall, it would've alrrready."

[She's trying her best to ignore him right now, but the flapping of his wings keeps pulling her attention. She'd like to ask just what in the world he was, but her pride suppresses that curiosity]

[belzebul]

[Meanwhile, in another part of the room, a bookshelf that had absolutely nothing sitting on it toppled over, sending people nearby scattering.]

So you were saying?

[detecting]

[Just... staring... at...

NAOTO STOP YOU'RE BEING RUDE, GOSH. She looks away, selecting a book from the shelf next to the one Mihli's decided to sit on.]

It's best to get it over with now. Pinch your nose and eat it as fast as you can.

[springserpent]

[Mihli turns her attention to this hume boy as she continues to idly stir the contents of her bowl]

"What sort of idiotic joke is this? And whose brrright idea was it to cook the most disgusting bowl of chigoe slop I've everr ate in my life, just for the exprrress purpose of making other people eat it once they've got here?"

[Really, this stuff would be better suited for chocobo feed than actual oatmeal, though at present her annoyance is talking more than anything.]

[detecting]

I'm not exactly sure what "chigoe slop" is, but I recall it tasting as awful as it looks. Still, you need to eat it. Unless, of course, you'd rather throw up everything you try to eat.

[springserpent]

"So then the food must be drrrugged afterall. Maybe it's some way of keeping us locked in this Tower."

[Mihli sets down the bowl]

"I'm not eating this."

[detecting]

The oatmeal is not what's keeping us here.

[]DON'T BE STUPID, MIHLI.]

You won't be able to keep any food down until you eat that.

[goldendays]

[It's like every time he talks to a person they have a bowl of oatmeal in their hands. He wonders if it's a sign.]

You should pretend that it's a nicer food than goopy mush!

♥! My fav PKMN protag and my fav PKMN Gen!

[springserpent]

[Honestly, was everyone here always this cheerful? What an odd torture chamber.]

"That's about the only thing I can do with this kitty litter."

♥!!!

[goldendays]

[Pftt, kitty litter. Well that's a new one! He smiles all nice and friendly like.]

Eat it all at once and then no more oatmeal! Your stomach might yell at you, but no pain no gain, right?

Mihli doesn't share my sentiments unfortunately xD

[springserpent]

[The logic in that is pretty sound. Doesn't mean she has to like it though]

Honestly, at the rate I'm getting thrrrrough it I wish it were poisoned so I could stop.

[In reality she probably just likes complaining about it. Maybe if she complains enough, Hibiki will leave her alone.]

[goldendays]

[Deep down inside Hibiki is happy he already ate it. While he laugh at the poor souls that have to eat it? Nope, because he has manners.]

Life just likes messing with people, I suppose!

[He just shrugs; come on you can do it! And good luck with that, Hibiki can't take a hint.]