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towerofanimus2013-03-09 03:16 pm
plumesofdusk) wrote in towerofanimus2013-03-09 03:16 pm
It's great to meet you! ... maybe.
Characters: Ryoji Mochizuki and you!
Setting: Various Floors, starting in his room and winding up on floor 90 starting Wednesday
Format: Any - will be starting with prose.
Summary: Getting used to the tower and people, and then becoming a terrible mermaid! Open all week!
Warnings: Typical tower stuff; also warning for turning into a mermaid and dying later...
Dormitory Floor 3, Room 10
The last thing he remembers is closing his eyes and turning away from a freshly made grave. To call the sensation of waking up - especially when he hasn't slept in a very, very long time - combined with the inability to move disorienting and disconcerting is certainly an understatement. But he doesn't have any other words for it, and when he finds he can move again, he sits up abruptly, wide-eyed in surprise and uncertainty. What… is going on?
It doesn't take much searching to find the letters and from there, the chest. Opening it, he is amused (and … maybe a little relieved) to find his scarf and a couple changes of clothes (this white jumpsuit is… not what he'd choose to wear). But pulling these out, he finds something else he's a lot more mixed to see. Aigis' papillon heart… Two of Nyx's Plumes crossed together. He pulls it out and holds it, watching the soft, shifting blue glow for several moments before pressing it to his own chest. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before carefully placing it back inside the chest, wrapping it carefully in his spare clothing.
"I'm sorry…," he whispers, and then all that's left is to change and go exploring.
He's not sure what to make of this place, of how it feels, of what the letter tells him. That his world is destroyed is no news to him, but to be taken here, to another world…? And to once again be among other living beings…? He… isn't sure how to take it, but he is filled with curiosity about this strange, new tower…
So out the door he goes, to explore the dormitory and beyond!
First Floor, Cafeteria
At the prompting of the explanatory letter, he has come to the cafeteria for his oatmeal! But… it's the middle of lunch, and there are more people than he expected. Almost shyly, he lingers on the edge, staring in amazement and wondering if he can remember how to properly interact.
Well, he can't linger forever, so forward he goes, lips twitching into a smile that isn't entirely fake - after all, he has very much missed living people, and to be among them again, even in a place like this, is an unlooked-for blessing, whether he was ready to rest or not. But this oatmeal… Once he has a bowl, he finds himself playing with it more than eating it. He's never had oatmeal before, but even so he's pretty sure it's not supposed to be this… sculptable?
Thirteenth Floor, Cathedral
As nice as living people are, it's a little overwhelming at first, and Ryoji is grateful to find a quiet, peaceful place like this. He's been in many cathedrals like this, as they are some of the few buildings to truly stand the test of time well, and this one is just as peaceful as the others. He spends a bit of time the first few days he is here just sitting, enjoying the peace. Sometimes he's like some dark angel himself, when he decides to stretch out his wings, draping them across one of the pews in a comfortable sprawl. But alone or not, he probably wouldn't mind a bit of company…
Twenty-Fifth Floor, Meadow
This is a lovely, peaceful floor, too, and Ryoji also spends quite a bit of time here, among the flowers. You might catch him making a daisy chain or maybe just relaxing.
Floor Ninety, Mermaids - Forward dated to Wednesday through Friday.
Ryoji has a thing for peaceful floors, it seems. Unfortunately this one is… deceptive, and he has not yet learned to be wary of everything and anything in this tower! The mermaids he sees swimming below make him curious, and he tries to talk to them, and well…
He can't drown. He doesn't really need oxygen to live, after all, but caught off guard like this, he is unable to escape, and before he knows it, he's changing. His legs are becoming a tail, and he's getting covered in scales, and it hurts and all he wants to do is drag other people down with him into these painful, dark depths.
Do you see that flash of yellow in the water? Isn't it pretty and bright? Beware, though - if you draw near to it, a half-transformed, half dark shadow, hald mer-creature will drag you down to join it!
But this will only last for so long before on Friday he crawls onto the sand and, spasming with the last vestiges of the transformation, he dies.
Setting: Various Floors, starting in his room and winding up on floor 90 starting Wednesday
Format: Any - will be starting with prose.
Summary: Getting used to the tower and people, and then becoming a terrible mermaid! Open all week!
Warnings: Typical tower stuff; also warning for turning into a mermaid and dying later...
Dormitory Floor 3, Room 10
The last thing he remembers is closing his eyes and turning away from a freshly made grave. To call the sensation of waking up - especially when he hasn't slept in a very, very long time - combined with the inability to move disorienting and disconcerting is certainly an understatement. But he doesn't have any other words for it, and when he finds he can move again, he sits up abruptly, wide-eyed in surprise and uncertainty. What… is going on?
It doesn't take much searching to find the letters and from there, the chest. Opening it, he is amused (and … maybe a little relieved) to find his scarf and a couple changes of clothes (this white jumpsuit is… not what he'd choose to wear). But pulling these out, he finds something else he's a lot more mixed to see. Aigis' papillon heart… Two of Nyx's Plumes crossed together. He pulls it out and holds it, watching the soft, shifting blue glow for several moments before pressing it to his own chest. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before carefully placing it back inside the chest, wrapping it carefully in his spare clothing.
"I'm sorry…," he whispers, and then all that's left is to change and go exploring.
He's not sure what to make of this place, of how it feels, of what the letter tells him. That his world is destroyed is no news to him, but to be taken here, to another world…? And to once again be among other living beings…? He… isn't sure how to take it, but he is filled with curiosity about this strange, new tower…
So out the door he goes, to explore the dormitory and beyond!
First Floor, Cafeteria
At the prompting of the explanatory letter, he has come to the cafeteria for his oatmeal! But… it's the middle of lunch, and there are more people than he expected. Almost shyly, he lingers on the edge, staring in amazement and wondering if he can remember how to properly interact.
Well, he can't linger forever, so forward he goes, lips twitching into a smile that isn't entirely fake - after all, he has very much missed living people, and to be among them again, even in a place like this, is an unlooked-for blessing, whether he was ready to rest or not. But this oatmeal… Once he has a bowl, he finds himself playing with it more than eating it. He's never had oatmeal before, but even so he's pretty sure it's not supposed to be this… sculptable?
Thirteenth Floor, Cathedral
As nice as living people are, it's a little overwhelming at first, and Ryoji is grateful to find a quiet, peaceful place like this. He's been in many cathedrals like this, as they are some of the few buildings to truly stand the test of time well, and this one is just as peaceful as the others. He spends a bit of time the first few days he is here just sitting, enjoying the peace. Sometimes he's like some dark angel himself, when he decides to stretch out his wings, draping them across one of the pews in a comfortable sprawl. But alone or not, he probably wouldn't mind a bit of company…
Twenty-Fifth Floor, Meadow
This is a lovely, peaceful floor, too, and Ryoji also spends quite a bit of time here, among the flowers. You might catch him making a daisy chain or maybe just relaxing.
Floor Ninety, Mermaids - Forward dated to Wednesday through Friday.
Ryoji has a thing for peaceful floors, it seems. Unfortunately this one is… deceptive, and he has not yet learned to be wary of everything and anything in this tower! The mermaids he sees swimming below make him curious, and he tries to talk to them, and well…
He can't drown. He doesn't really need oxygen to live, after all, but caught off guard like this, he is unable to escape, and before he knows it, he's changing. His legs are becoming a tail, and he's getting covered in scales, and it hurts and all he wants to do is drag other people down with him into these painful, dark depths.
Do you see that flash of yellow in the water? Isn't it pretty and bright? Beware, though - if you draw near to it, a half-transformed, half dark shadow, hald mer-creature will drag you down to join it!
But this will only last for so long before on Friday he crawls onto the sand and, spasming with the last vestiges of the transformation, he dies.
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[Why did the boy live then, if he thought becoming he disliked was the only option?]
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[Or is he indicating something more sinister...]
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[ He's very matter-of-fact about it and doesn't seem to understand why this would be unusual. ]
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[Even for people who believed it, wouldn't it be natural for them to show some grief first?]
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Too quick...? Why wouldn't I accept it? I'm... the one who brought about the end.
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Huh...so you did become her.
[His hand twitches. This child is definitely dangerous.]
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[ Ryoji simply watches Lancer calmly, though still a little confused at what exactly the problem is. ]
We have been one for a long time, now.
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[His body has tensed up and his tone is ice cold.]
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[He can still remember Nyx from that January experiment.]
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Start something new...?
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[Was he gonna need to give this goddess a crash course on etiquette too?]
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...Good. Because even if most of us don't wanna stay here forever, I doubt death is the release that we're all looking for.
[Well, it might be the release that Lancer is looking for. But he wouldn't admit it. Nor would he want his death to be accompanied by the death of everyone else he cared for.]
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It's not like we have much else to our names.
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You could always ask.
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I -- yeah, I suppose. But... I'm already... both.
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