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Ryoji Mochizuki [Bad End AU] ([personal profile] plumesofdusk) wrote in [community profile] 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.
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-03-13 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
And you'll be caught up to what we all know.

[Like the souls thing. Minato glance at the oatmeal.]

...You should eat that, Ryoji.
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-03-14 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
The ones prepared for us to eat first? Yes. But otherwise, most other oatmeals taste better.

[Like with fruit, or honey, or something.]

Can I sit with you?
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-03-14 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[He place his tray on the table, sitting down across from Ryoji.]

Yeah. Finished the entire bowl, and then you can eat better food.

[Endure, Ryoji, endure.]
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-03-14 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'm having sandwiches and soup.

[Granted, it's peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But it's tasty enough. After last month's menu, this is a nice selection.

...If a bit childish.
]
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[personal profile] evokingfool 2013-03-16 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
Normal for this month. The menu changes monthly, depending on who's in charge of the tower for the month.

[Anything's better than that oatmeal.