culbutiri: (I really don't want to)
Nesir Aeser ([personal profile] culbutiri) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-03-23 09:44 am

At Winters Heart [open]

Characters: Nesir Aeser and you
Setting: Halls, floor 100, floor fifty five
Format: either
Summary: Winter strikes. Winter is not Nesir's favourite season
Warnings: she is angry, so violence warnings? Also potential freezing to death

[Icy beginnings] It didn't take a genius to work out the pattern. Spring, summer, autumn... Nesir knew what was coming next and she wasn't happy about it. But she was prepared. Before going to bed that night she folded her cloak up and put it under her pillow, slipped her shoes under her bed for shelter.

She woke up under a layer of snow, freezing cold she got up as quickly as possible, pulling out her cloak and shoes, both still dry and wrapping them round her. She grabbed her knives from the side table.

She was about to leave the room when she paused, "You do be waking up." She went round shaking any of her roommates who might still be asleep. Frost bite was not something she would wish on anyone, not even Jade.

"Be getting up and be moving!"

She stormed through the halls, she was so hungry, so cold. Why did extreme cold and no food go together in this place.

However in her storming she stepped on ice and slipped, falling. "Darkness be taking your eyes!" She screamed at no one in particular.

[Snow covered memories] Floor one hundred was a floor she mostly avoided, for many reasons. But today she stepped onto the floor (alright she slipped off the step onto the floor...) and frowned as she found herself in one of the inner courtyards of the temple. It was empty of people but apart from that it was exactly as she remembered. So realistic she could almost hear the clashing of weapons, barked orders and laughter of trainees.

The snow didn't take anything away from the illusion, a perfect image of the temple in winter. She took out her daggers, she had to keep moving, couldn't stop or she would freeze. She began going through knife forms, fluidly going from one to another.

[To freeze or to burn] The blizzard ripped through the tower, not even moving could warm Nesir up and as she passed people passed out from cold she wondered when she would be next. It made her angry, her temper short as she began to lose feeling in her fingers and toes.

She needed heat... And she knew the place... She made her way to the incinerator, she hated fire and it was a floor she avoided when she wasn't working. But heat was better than freezing to death.

She got there and stepped into the floor fearfully. Instead of the blast of heat she was expecting there was... nothing... The fire was out...

Nesir cursed and slumped against the wall, sitting down in the snow. She had to keep going... had to move... wouldn't let winter defeat her...

But she was so hungry, and so tired...
notsogrimreaper: (Ryoji Mochizuki: what can I do?)

[personal profile] notsogrimreaper 2013-03-23 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just before Nesir hits the ground, two hands press against her back, rescuing her from the tumble. Ryoji looks down at her, worried.]

It's all right, I've got you.

[He props her back up, and once she has her balance, pulls away with a small smile nodding at her coat.]

It's a cold one, isn't it? Looks like you were prepared, though.
notsogrimreaper: (Ryoji Mochizuki: you don't trust me)

[personal profile] notsogrimreaper 2013-03-25 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I guess it wasn't. At least it's only going to last the day.

[He's still pretty disappointed that he doesn't have any winter clothing, but at least the scarf is warm... Still, he's wondering if he should slip it off and give it to her, judging to how cold she looks.]

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springserpent: (pic#5676076)

Floor 55

[personal profile] springserpent 2013-03-24 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Crunch, crunch.

Mihli's careful footsteps break through the snow-cloaked ground, a now-tattered bedsheet tangled about her body in some vain attempt to keep warm. It's not at all a surprise that this floor's a no go as well, honestly, it was wishful thinking to hope that the incinerator would continue to work at such cruel temperatures, a wish she'd begun to regret mid-trek, and one she's in the process of damning herself over upon the realization that all this had been for naught.

Fatigue clouds her mind, strength fleeing her limbs and replaced with cold. The urge to collapse onto the floor and sleep where she lay almost sounded appealing, a nearby wall serving as support while she attempts to sort out her thoughts - that's when she spots another person in the distance, curled up by themselves. Despite the crippling weakness in her bones, Mihli stands at her full height with a huff, slowly trudging over towards Nesir, then collapsing right next to her, unabashed, as if the two of them were fast friends.]


Y-you pic-cked the wrong floor to sleep on.

[A shaky hand reaches into the makeshift cloak, pulling out half of what appears to be a fishstick (nearly frozen at that) which Mihli offers to the popsicled stranger]

I'm not w-watching you die, and it's too cold to leave.
springserpent: (pic#5676115)

[personal profile] springserpent 2013-03-26 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[A small nod. It's why she was here afterall.]

G-good, because if I wake up next to a c-ccorrpse I'm going to be very irrritated.

[Normally such close proximity with Mihli would spell a swift boot to the face, but since becoming a General, the protection of others has become her first priority. A barblizzara incantation would've at least taken the edge off the chill though she had long since exhausted her magical energies for such a simple spell - in her haste to protect others from the shrill cold she'd forgotten to conserve enough for herself. Idiotic. That meant Nesir here would have to suffer along with her.]

Keep t-talking. It'll help you stay awake. Wh-hat's your name?

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idol_support: in your head. High definition, with instant replay. It is called having regrets. (☆ I have found a way to watch video)

[Icy beginnings]

[personal profile] idol_support 2013-03-24 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Rise was lucky that Nesir had taken the time to go around shaking them all awake. Winter being the next 'season' made sense, of course, but there hadn't been much she could do about it other than wear her warmest clothes to bed and huddle in her blankets. By the time morning rolled around, she was so cold she was almost comfortable beneath that layer of snow...and she probably would've frozen to death right there if not for Nesir's wake-up call.]

...Huh...?

[She opened her eyes, but didn't move otherwise just yet. Sluggish and numb as the cold had left her, it was going to take a little longer than usual for Rise to get moving this morning.]
idol_support: world blind.  So...you're saying nothing changes, right? (☆ An eye for an eye makes the whole)

[personal profile] idol_support 2013-03-28 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[The loss of all that snow piled on top of her makes her feel colder oddly enough, but thanks to that Rise comes more fully awake and begins to shiver in earnest. She can't thank Nesir just yet, because she has her jaw clenched shut to keep her teeth from chattering, but once she's warmed up a little she'll definitely be sure to do that.

For now, she just moves to the edge of her bed and puts her feet into the shoes Nesir found for her, pulling the (still somewhat snowy) blanket off her bed with her.]
technologic: (❦ Of the end of the world)

[personal profile] technologic 2013-03-24 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[April hated this weather, hated how the snow got in her boots, hated how it mad it hard to move and how it made her bag leg ache painfully. At least her powers could be used to make a fire, which is a plus, and her coat was able to keep her a bit warm.

Which is why when she spots Nesir slumped in the snow, she's quick to crouch down by her and shifts to wrap her coat around her since it's easily big enough to fit two of them, and body heat will help. Usually she would flinch away from being this close to someone, but she's not letting Nesir freeze.]
technologic: (❦ Can you tell me what was ever)

[personal profile] technologic 2013-03-24 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[April gives her a smile, though it's weak and shaky.] H-hey, Nesir... Hope you d-don't mind, but I'm gonna move us to s-somewhere else in a s-sec. This isn't a good place t-to stay.

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taintedwhite: (So sweet)

[personal profile] taintedwhite 2013-03-25 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Shiro didn't seem to mind the cold too much. At least not as much as Nesir did. Maybe it was thanks to her neck warmer and mittens. And she found the fact that she breathed out white vapor because of the cold pretty funny. She came closer to the small form slumped against the wall.

"Miss is alright? ...Miss wants to play in the snow with Shiro?"

Of course, Shiro doesn't recognize Nesir since she's only ever met her as Wretched Egg.
chevalier_mal_fet: ('twas you saw/and have no shadow)

[personal profile] chevalier_mal_fet 2013-03-26 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[During the changing seasons, Lancelot has in the most part moved about the Tower in Spirit form-- in the Black Knights case, a shifting black mist. He has found shelter and supplies for his Master, and some others he has aided as well, depending on his disposition in the moment. His Master is ever his priority-- the man can barely survive a day of fine weather, much less this broken climate.

There is nothing more to be found here, no fuel or materials remaining nearby the furnace--but there is Life.
Snow-covered, but Life nonetheless. Lancelot does not bring warmth, it is not in his nature, but this one he knows, and he will not suffer her to pass away alone in this place.

He clears the snow from her head with a mailed hand (his armor shields him from the chill somewhat, though he does not wear his helm) and speaks her name.]


Wake, Nesir Aeser. I do not think this sleep is the way one so hot-blooded would wish to pass.
chevalier_mal_fet: (said the child/a strong staff in my hand)

[personal profile] chevalier_mal_fet 2013-03-27 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Even so.
[He makes quick work of the rest of the snow, clearing it from Nesir's limbs. His armor fades away temporarily as he feels of her hands with his own.]

You should not linger here, your hands and feet will suffer for it first. Come away with me-- I know of places if not less dangerous, then at least less likely to become a tomb in this blizzard.

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reddeadvirtuoso: (You're really tired of dying.)

[personal profile] reddeadvirtuoso 2013-03-28 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Wha--?!"

Jade already had some sleeping problems here and there, so it didn't exactly take much for her to rouse when Nesir started yelling and shaking her. Nesir yelling was the first thing-- the second thing was holy shit damn it was freezing.

She started shivering immediately when she realized oh yeah there was a shitton of snow on her bed, and fumbled blindly for her sunglasses and scarf.

"W-W-What the fuck h-h-happened?!"
reddeadvirtuoso: (Sprite: Wait hold up)

[personal profile] reddeadvirtuoso 2013-03-29 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
She managed to obtain her glasses and clumsily push them onto her face just in time for the scarf to make it to her lap and a bit over her head.

"Th-Th-The fuck kinda-- this's like s-some kind of s-snowpocalyptic b-b-blizzard!" She tried to stutter out, take the scarf and wrapping it around her neck and the bottom of her face. Granted, the rest of the seasons that just happened, weren't so...normal, but...

She dug herself out of the snow and stumbled off her snow-covered bed. For all the winter months they'd just gotten through, all she really had was her white button-up shirt and her red god tier pajamas as far as warmer clothes went, which were still stashed in her trunk after summer.

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