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Wriggle Nightbug ([personal profile] wrigurun) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-03-21 08:55 pm

008 → It's only different seasons

Characters: Wriggle Nightbug, Open
Setting: Floor 35 (summer), Lift (winter)
Format: Action tags, tags will follow original taggers style
Summary: The summer was fun, winter was not
Warnings: Potential character death

Floor 35
[Maybe it was the mist, or maybe it was the winter, or maybe it was the knowledge that no matter what the tower would probably get the better of her weighing down on her shoulders. Whatever the reason, once thing that was certain is that Wriggle had been miserable for a long time, much longer than usual for her and her normally curious and aggressive disposition had been significantly subdued for the past month.

The rain didn't mean much to her, she had nothing that wouldn't be fine after being dried out. The heat she'd been able to stave off by staying in the shadier areas of the tower and moving as little as possible. However as the humidity started to rise she felt a sort of nostalgia, a longing for the carefree days of Gensokyo. She could have easily become more depressed at the thought but she was tired of sulking. Even though this place could be a nightmare at times there was nothing stopping her from experiencing the same joys she did at home.

The fact that she'd almost forgotten it meant that she had to work even harder to preserve that memory.

As dusk starts to fall Wriggle wanders down to the lake with a large jar of fireflies collected from the forty-first floor. She can't control them here and she can't fly but right now there's no place she'd rather be and she's sure they'd enjoy it more too. She unscrews the lid and releases them into the floor. Even if she can't control them they seem to float around her as she skips and dances and sings in a slightly off key, basking in the memories of summers past]


Pandora, Pandora, Pandora's box was cat coloured ♪
Pandora, Pandora, Pandora's box, was it black or white? ♫

Lift
[After the summer autumn had actually been fun but everything took a sudden nosedive the moment winter rolled around. She'd had a hard enough time getting by during the tower's actual winter but this was on a whole other level. Wriggle had stolen all the sheets that werne't in use from her dorm room and cocooned herself up in them but even that wasn't enough to keep the harsh chill out. There was nowhere to keep safe and Wriggle didn't know if she should stay in the dorms or try and find somewhere else.

Eventually she manages to get off the bed but struggles to keep herself afloat, even her legs feel too frozen to move. She wills herself forward and into the lift, hoping it might take her to warmer weather. Who thought moving around could be so exhausting? Wriggle bundles herself into the corner and closes her eyes just to rest a little while, content with riding the lift to wherever until she's ready to move again.

Although if someone doesn't wake her and help her get warm soon she'll surely perish]
hystericull: (♑ ThE DrEaM Is gOnE)

Winter.

[personal profile] hystericull 2013-03-21 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Burying himself in the snow was not the most ideal survival tactic, Gamzee had found. His winter jacket was sturdy, but it was starting to dampen at the hems. If he didn't move soon, he'd be completely soaked. Breaking out of his ice bed, he crawled across the snow towards a small, moving object. His hands lacked gloves, and the skin on them was bright purple, cracks forming across his knobby knuckles. He was so tired. His body didn't want to move. He had no idea why he was following this blob, but he was. Turns out the thing had made its way into the lift, and it was only after Gamzee had dumped himself in, as well, that he realized it was Wriggle.]

Ugh...

[It was the only speech he could seem to formulate at the moment.]
hystericull: (♑ I WaNt sOmEtHiNg gOoD To dIe fOr)

[personal profile] hystericull 2013-03-21 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmn...

[He was getting drowsy, himself. Pinching his skin to keep himself awake had stopped working after his whole body had gone numb. Now his cracked hands were starting to get prickly and warm. It was a nice feeling, though a little confusing. He forced himself to pick his face up off of the floor of the lift. He could hardly blink or move his mouth. Was his fucking facepaint frozen to his face???]

Ain't no mother... huff huff... motherfuckin' p-place what's... fuckin' warmer...

[He struggled to pull himself closer to her. Why couldn't he have been stuck here with someone larger!? It would make his plan more effective.]

'f you croak... can I fuckin' use you as a heater...
hystericull: (♑ ThEy'rE JuSt pHoToS AfTeR AlL)

[personal profile] hystericull 2013-03-21 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
No shit.

[Laying in the snow seemed counter-productive, so Gamzee attempted to claw his way to a sitting position against the wall of the lift. Good fucking hysterical lords, that sapped almost all of the energy out of him. He wasn't going to make it, he could feel it.]

Fine. I'll j-just... I'll just mothe... motherfuckin' wait, then.

[He wrung his hands. Even though they felt warm on the inside, the skin on the outside was like ice. It was starting to hurt again.]
hystericull: (♑ ShE SaId i'lL ThRoW MySeLf aWaY)

[personal profile] hystericull 2013-03-21 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I ain't g-g-giving your... motherfuckin' ass n-no... fuckin' ideas...

[His crooked teeth were clattering together, making speech even more difficult. Even if he were to cut this girl open after she died, her tiny body wouldn't have enough blood to saturate him completely. He could maybe do an arm, if he was lucky. Or maybe just put his hands in her stomach.]

[Ugh, why couldn't she be fatter?]


Fuck.

Who the f-fuck am I motherfuckin' kidding? Your tiny ass ain't all gonna d-do... fuckin' nothin'.

[Finally, he spied the sheets she'd wrapped herself in.]

Hey.

Gimme one of them fuckers.
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Floor 35

[personal profile] geometry 2013-03-21 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Singing? ...Now that was new. It wasn't often that anyone in the Tower was even remotely happy enough to attempt singing, outside of maybe the music floor. Now, Equius wasn't very familiar with the song that he heard, so he couldn't tell anything about the purity of Wriggle's notes. But somehow he wasn't surprised to find that the girl who was singing on the lakefront about cats and boxes and someone named Pandora was the little firefly demon he'd come to view with fondness. He casually ignored the small throbbing that was starting to show up in the back of his head; this floor never was too much of a problem, unless he stayed in it for several hours straight.]

[Equius waited until she seemed to be done with the song (tough noogies if she planned to sing it again), and then broke in:]
...Hi.
geometry: <lj user=murkrows> (Explain ♐ 'cause it's always there.)

[personal profile] geometry 2013-03-21 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Not long.

[Seriously, he just got there, Wrigs. Get with the program. ...Actually, maybe that wasn't so accurate; it seemed like Equius himself didn't really have the program on lockdown as much as he would have liked, because a happy Wriggle is not a Wriggle he's used to seeing.]

What's got you in such good spirits?
notagiraffe: (baby kirin)

Lift

[personal profile] notagiraffe 2013-03-22 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
Taiki was so cold, but he was keeping active. He was lucky that his court clothes were made for the harsh winters of Tai, he kept moving not sitting down for long.

It was hard, he was weak, he couldn't remember the last time he had eaten properly, before his coma, before that fog.

He was stumbling along when he saw Wriggle, "Wriggle... sorry..." He rushed over to her, taking off his long cloak and wrapping it round her for extra warmth, a moment later he switched forms, pulling his discarded clothes onto her as well before curling up next to her in beast form, he generated more heat that way.
hystericull: (♑ fUcK YoU JiN)

[personal profile] hystericull 2013-03-22 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He didn't have enough energy to snuff anything out right now... even if Wriggle was tiny... He'd never really thought about killing her before. It seemed pointless, but he was running out of options...]

[This lift is only so big, and it was just a few seconds before Gamzee was at her side, tugging on one of the sheets.]


Come on, don't be a fuckin' bitch!
swiftkicks: Always too happy and bright (melancholy)

Lift

[personal profile] swiftkicks 2013-03-22 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cold, cold, c-cold, cold..."

Even for someone who's used to fighting in freezing temperatures, this was still insane. Breathing into her hands to warm them up, Rena stumbled into the lift without actually looking at what's inside first.

Which is why it took her a few seconds before she realized she wasn't alone in the cold. And that she almost stepped onto said person.

"Um, h-hello?"

She was just about to apologize before she realized that the girl was probably going to fall asleep in the freezing cold.

Oh no you don't. Death flags everywhere.

She took off her jacket she nicked somewhere and covered the girl with it. She felt chilly afterwards, yes, what with all the skin she's showing, but she can endure it. She hoped, anyway.
gradosfinest: (o.o...)

Floor 35!

[personal profile] gradosfinest 2013-03-22 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[... singing! There's something you don't hear every day in a place like this. Especially at a time like this, while the weather so far hadn't been impossible for Amelia to deal with it certainly hadn't been fun, the blazing heat of summer reminding her of the harsh deserts of Jehanna. At least she wasn't weighed down in a massive suit of armor this time.

Dangerous as the tower can be though she swears she recognizes that voice, and curiosity almost instantly gets the better of her. Not that it's hard to find the origin of it, considering the fireflies surrounding Wriggle at the moment, and when she spots Wriggle she can't help but smile a bit. It certainly sounds like she's doing better than the last time they'd met, and maybe having someone to talk to would help her take her mind off the heat! With that thought she took a few steps closer, careful not to get too close in case she might be interrupting something before making her presence known.]


... Wriggle?
notagiraffe: (baby kirin)

[personal profile] notagiraffe 2013-03-22 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's me, Taiki." He murmured, using his nose to pull her further into him, hoping he was enough to keep her warm.
notagiraffe: (baby kirin)

[personal profile] notagiraffe 2013-03-23 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Sadly enough the fact that she couldn't remember him didn't surprise or upset him, he just lent over her trying to keep her warm.

"Stay awake Wriggle, don't sleep... sorry... but you can't..."
hystericull: (♑ ShOt dOwN By sTrAnGeRs)

[personal profile] hystericull 2013-03-23 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
They ain't warm e-fucking-nough!!!

[Being a highblood, his body temperature was naturally severely low. Heavily reduced temperatures like this made him greatly susceptible to hypothermia and frostbite. The two shirts, winter jacket, scarf and hat were doing absolutely nothing for him. He needed more, dammit!]

[Gamzee continued tugging at the sheets, trying to loosen at least one of them to get a better hold. If he could get one, he could probably unravel the whole thing.]

[Stupid motherfucking girl was probably all toasty in there, shivering just so he wouldn't take her stupid blankets away.]


If you ain't motherfuckin' extricating your ass from these motherfuckers, you all up and are being included in the motherfuckin' package.

[With that, his hand clamped around one of the sheets, dragging Wriggle and her bundle closer to him. He shifted, throwing himself over the entire thing and wrapping his arms and legs around the cocoon until it was a tangle of Gamzee.]

[Very mature.]
swiftkicks: oh god I need that chicken GIVE IT TO ME I NEED THE HEALTH (Airelinna)

[personal profile] swiftkicks 2013-03-23 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Spring, huh. What a pleasant thought.

Though at this rate anything that isn't 'freezing cold' would be welcome at this point.

Rena picked the girl up, blanket and jacket and all, and held her close to her own body, hoping to warm Wriggle up with her own body temperature.

"Come on, get up. If you fall asleep now I won't be able to do anything for you."

Ugh. If only they weren't in a lift, she would probably light a fire to warm themselves up. Unfortunately, death by smoke suffocation is still way above death from hypothermia on her 'worst ways to die" list.

To that end, she's just going to randomly jab at the lift buttons and hope it stops soon. Preferably a floor where she can light things up.

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