New things were revealed on the network..

[tohko_amano]

Characters: Tohko and you.
Setting: The third floor library, the staircase (anywhere), and then the mailbox floor.
Format: Starting in prose, but I'll match you!
Summary: Tohko, after watching everything on the network in horror, tries to come to grips with things..before finding something in the mailbox floor.
Warnings:..If you can't handle a crying Tohko, this probably isn't the post for you.

Tohko forced herself to pull away from the network terminals and think on everything that had happened. She reflected while walking through the stacks.

Dax, their one ally here, was dead, having tried to overthrow Ruana. She, for some reason, saw empathy as the 'rotting' of a person. Everyone in the Tower was using recycled bodies..and while Tohko didn't know exactly what that meant, she got the basic gist of it.

And the final comments of the first video that had pulled in made her realize that her world wad destroyed. Her aunt, Ryuto, Konoha, Chia, who she was so worried about, and Nanase..

They were all dead. She would never see them again. She couldn't help out Chia or apologize to Konoha. They were all dead. Emotionally drained and hurt, Tohko slumped by a nearby bookcase. Feel free to bother her.

Tohko, having pulled herself up, started to walk up the staircase. She just..had to move, run, and try to calm down. Hopefully Tohko won't run over your character on the stairs.

Tohko, for some reason, had managed to make her way up to the mailbox room. On an impulse, she opened it up..and found a note stuck inside. Quickly, she read it and, after burning the information onto her brain, she ate it, not even trying to hide the fact that she was eating paper in front of anyone else.

With all that had happened, Tohko doubted that anyone would call her a monster for that. However, she had to work..and be very careful about it.

Comments

Library

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko quickly rubbed her eyes before looking up at the boy. She hated having people see her cry. However..she recognized this guy. He helped her out during the Halloween event.]

..Not really. It's one thing to see an ally murdered before your eyes..and it's another to see that and learn that you were believing a lie and thinking that everyone back home was alive.

[She sighed.]

[mustlovedogs]

...Aa, yeah...

[He rubs his head, frowning.]

Wanted to think that too. But I got some people from home here, so don't got to mean they're dead. Could end up here too. Or maybe somewhere else like it that's better and not screwed up.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed again and tried to smile.]

I'm glad you have some people from home here..but..while I would like to see my friends and family again, even if they were from a different world, I was planning on apologizing to a friend of mine if I ever saw him again. I guess I won't be able to do that now..

[mustlovedogs]

But that's what I'm saying, you might still get to. They could still show up here.

[tohko_amano]

That's true..but we won't ever be able to go back, even if they do show up.

[mustlovedogs]

Friend of mine went home. Said it was real empty and all, but still means we're not stuck here, right? Somebody's gonna find a way to get back for good and start fixing things up!

[tohko_amano]

A friend of mine went back too. He didn't say much about it, but, from his reaction, he probably saw a few dead friends and allies. And we probably aren't stuck here forever..but I guess the question is where else do we go?

[mustlovedogs]

Guess we'd find out, huh? But I figure home, or make somewhere else home for all of us.

[tohko_amano]

Maybe..

[And Tohko has thought of something.]

If we get the chance, maybe we can ask Zo. He's the one responsible for bringing us here. He's not in a good position, but if we can get a few minutes with him for some questions, we might be able to figure out where else he can send us.

[mustlovedogs]

Hey, that's a good idea! Getting to see him without the other guys there'd be tough. But pretty easy to distract those guys too.

[tohko_amano]

Well, I'm not sure how easy it will be to get to Zo or to keep the other Administrators off our backs..but it might be possible, if we gathered enough people.

[mustlovedogs]

Jason's gotta go if somebody dies, don't know about the other two, but I bet you can make a good distraction with enough guys!

[tohko_amano]

I don't know if we should kill Jason..but we should lock him up. Put some restraints on him. However, you probably could. It shouldn't be hard to pull up people either for something like this.

[mustlovedogs]

No way, everybody hates those guys. Dunno if we can really do much to Jason, but don't hurt to try, anyway. Mostly thought we could keep him busy when somebody's talking to the kid.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed.]

Don't get me wrong-I hate Jason just as much as you do. However, he is the medical doctor here. You can't kill him until he passes on his knowledge to someone else. Medicine here is important.

And I could talk to Zo..or do whatever is necessary to make sure that someone can get an answer out of him.

[mustlovedogs]

Yeah, no, think the same thing, hard to even touch the guy's what I'm saying.

Somebody smart like you'd be the best one to talk to him.

[tohko_amano]

[At that, Tohko nodded.]

Ah, alright then..I'm not surprised by that. These guys are extremely powerful..I imagine I know only two people who cold really dig into them single-handed, and even then, their powers could get disabled.

[She then smiled.]

And I'm not that smart..but if you think I would be best, I wouldn't mind doing it. However, I wouldn't mind fighting either. I carry my dagger for a reason, after all.

[mustlovedogs]

I fought these guys before, takes some pretty crazy shit to get to them at all. Jason was killing everybody and taking their weapons and shit.

[tohko_amano]

I haven't fought them before..but I can imagine how strong they are and how hard it must be to even distract them for five minutes.

[mustlovedogs]

Aa, see, other thing is...he took us all to some jail, Zo let us out, but the bastard kept us there for days, even people with magic.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed and..since his hair was way too spiky, she tried to pat him on the shoulder.]

I'm sorry to hear that. That must have been horrible.

[mustlovedogs]

'S fine. Just saying, dangerous to go, so.

[tohko_amano]

I know..but there are a lot of things here that are dangerous. I usually wouldn't risk it..but it seems that you really can't help people or get new information without some risk of dying or being hurt.

[mustlovedogs]

Yeah, pretty much. But see, you don't gotta cry, right?

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko looked a bit puzzled at that.]

..Not over that, no. I suppose it was just the shock and the weight of everything. I've been telling other people and myself for about five months that our universes were fine.

[Have a small smile, Mondo. Whether it's genuine or a mask is anyone's guess.]

Knowing you've been believing a lie for that long, said some stupid things because of it, and then saw the one person who was working on restoring your world get murdered and eaten isn't the best way to end a day. Or start it.