Something Unexpected

[animusmods]

Characters: characters selected to go into the elevator
Setting: the admin levels
Format: any
Summary: The admin elevator has been left open, its destination preprogrammed. Where is it going to take you?
Warnings: general horror warnings for now

The elevator doesn't announce itself when its doors slide open. There's no alarm, no message to be found about it. It sits open and waits for anyone curious enough to enter. There's a barrier on it that locks out anyone without a collar, and it isn't going to stay long, but aside from that there appears to be no security. There's nothing stopping someone--or multiple someones--from climbing into the elevator and going down.

Where's it going? Who knows.

Hub Area
A lounge area with sofas and chairs. It's large enough to hold the entire group, constructed similarly to the dorm rooms, and is connected to five doors.

Door One
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Door Two
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Door Three
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Door Four
???

Door Five
???

Comments

[no_longer_a_king]

Of course it does, m'lady, but the question is: do we take the bait and see what's going on or let this opportunity pass us by?

[Arturia, for one, fully intends on going down there. In her mind she has absolutely nothing to lose, even if the worst happens down there.]

[sageprincess]

Nothing risked, nothing gained. It is a sacrifice we will have to make.

[Yep, taking the bait hook, line, and sinker. Assuming the voice to be the King of Knights she knows, she doesn't turn around until after she's finished speaking... and it's hard to mask the slight look of surprise when she does.]

Saber...?

[You look... different.]

[no_longer_a_king]

[Different how? You mean the fact she actually looks a tad less pale and is dressed in something with a lot less black than her other self?]

Ah. Sort of? [If this woman knows her title, there's only one answer for it:] I'm from a different world than she. Would it be presumptuous to assume you're an acquaintance of hers?

[sageprincess]

[Yeaaah, those are definitely big indicators. Really, she should be used to seeing alternate versions of people running around, but something about it still manages to surprise her.]

Ah, I see. I am, in fact - we share the same living quarters.

[Then, a headtilt. With how many titles and names the Saber she knows has, well...]

Forgive me for being presumptuous. Do you share the name Saber, or is there something else you would prefer to be called?

[no_longer_a_king]

[Her roommate then. The woman seems friendly enough to her.]

Whatever you wish to call me. [So long as it's not 'Wart'. The only person she'll allow to call her that is Saber herself. Even then she has mixed feelings on the matter.] Just know that I am no king, unlike my counterpart had once been.

What would your name be, madam?

[sageprincess]

[She raises her eyebrow slightly, questioningly, at that. "Whatever you wish to call me?" Does she not have a name of her own? Questions and theories begin whirling around in her head, but now is not the time for that.]

I... see. [Only no, no she doesn't, but she's a stranger and it is not her place to ask.] Then perhaps you will not treat me with the formality my roommate does? I am Princess Zelda of Hyrule. It is a pleasure to meet you.

[no_longer_a_king]

Very well Your H--[She stops, catches herself, then nods.]

Very well, Zelda. It is a pleasure to meet you as well. Have you been in this tower long?

[sageprincess]

[For a brief instant, there's a glint of amusement in her eyes at that little slip up, but she does not draw attention to it.]

... I have, unfortunately. I believe it will be fourteen months soon. But my stay has given me a greater breadth of knowledge than most, even if the amount of questions I have greatly outweighs the number of answers.

If you have any questions, I will try to answer them as best I can.

[Because that's what would inevitably come up whenever she mentions how long she's been in the tower.]

[no_longer_a_king]

No. Most of it I've figured it out for myself. An acquaintance and I are looking into making a map of this place. Perhaps later on, we can see about asking around about the various floors and putting together a proper guidebook to this place.

[It would be something to do besides wander around the Tower day in and day out.]

[sageprincess]

A good idea. If you require any assistance in that endeavor, I would be willing to help however I can.