towerofanimus | Every day's great at your Animus~

Characters: Nanako and you~
Setting: Various floors; see below.
Format: Whatever you chose, I'll match.
Summary: Now that the weather has calmed down and everything's back to normal, Nanako decides to do a little exploring on her own! ...or at least, with some parental figure trailing behind her.
Warnings: Possible amounts of extreme adorable.

Dorm Room 3-15
[Nanako scrunched her face up at the contents of her trunk, pulling out the costume she had been forced to wear on Halloween. She had been afraid to even look at it after what happened to her big brother, but... well, she couldn't hate it, or hate the character it represented, no matter how much the memories hurt. Her brother wouldn't want her to give up something she loved because of that, right?]

[It took a moment, but she pulled on the cape, and the cap, and held up her special spyglass toy.]

Magical Detective, Loveline, is on the case!

[She pushed the button and...]

I'll pump you full of holes!

[...these toys can never say what you want them to say.]

Floor Eight
[Mazes are seriously amazing.]

[Nanako's never been in one, let alone by herself, but she knows the basics: keep your hand on the wall, don't try to backtrack, stuff like that. She's hoping that the maze will lead to some kind of secret treasure -- something she could give to her brother to cheer him up -- but it only ends up looping her around back to the stairs...]

[She let out a disappointed noise, pressing the button on her spyglass:]

It's a secret!

[...nope, still not cooperating.]

Floor Fourteen
[Nanako can be found poking around here, curious to see if there's any games she's familiar with from home. No dice, of course, but that wasn't going to stop her from taking a break if someone came in, wanting to play something with her.]

Floor Twenty-Five
[Nanako likes this floor, but then again, so do a lot of people it seems.]

[She can be found sprawled out here, taking a break from her exploring to relax and enjoy the nice weather. There needs to be more floors like this.]

Floor Twenty-Eight
[Nanako is sitting at one of the pianos on this floor, looking over the keys. She hadn't had the chance to take lessons yet at home, though she really wanted to... After all, she had vague memories of her mom playing the piano when she was really young.]

[After a moment, the piano started playing by itself, and she nearly jumped clear out of her skin. But once she got over her surprise, she started swinging her legs back and forth on the stool, a smile working its way onto her face as she listened.]

Floor Fifty-Four
[Oh boy, it was only a matter of time before Nanako stepped out on a "bad" floor, though she couldn't see why her big brother warned her away from this one. The dolls were very pretty, even if they were a little creepy like this. Would it be wrong for her to take one...? It would be nice to have something to curl up next to at night...]

Floor Seventy-Seven
[It's awhile before Nanako steps off the stairs again; a lot of the other floors seemed really creepy, and she didn't trust them. This one, however? This one looked like it was straight out of the Amagi Inn!]

[...so of course, she was going to take a break and enjoy a bath. Hey, girls need these things every now and then... or at least, she's pretty sure that's what Rise would say.]

Floor Eighty-Four
[Best. Floor. Ever.]

[Nanako ends up spending a lot of time on this floor having fun with the various blocks. Even if you miss her, you'll see her handiwork if you manage to get there before end of day. In fact, one of her little statues may just look like a cartoon-ish head of a certain bowlcut...]

Floor One Hundred and One
[Nanako's really tired by the time she makes it up here... so it's okay for her to take a nap here, right? After all, it reminds her a lot of the Heaven that had been in the TV... you know, with out the scary monsters. It's... really peaceful, and the elevator's there... she should be safe.]

[Right?]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[A question for the ages.]

Sorry, trouncing noobs is only fun for so long. We can talk if you somehow manage to get good enough to play on a professional circuit, but I'm not holing my breath.

[Nanako stared at him for a moment, before...]

...you're not really that good, are you?

[oh is it time to brag]

[it's Shinji, of course it's time to brag]

Of course I'm really that good. [He puffs up in pride.] For your information, I'm Japan's reigning gaming champion.

Reigning game champion? We have one of those?

[...her brother could probably beat him anyway.]

Well, maybe not where you come from. But where I'm from, I was the winner of V.A.M.P.'s most recent global competition.

[he is a world champion gamer, do you understand how much better he is now]

Mm... if you say so.

[Well, she'll just be going to play on the X-box now.]

Hey! [You're supposed to be impressed. Why aren't you impressed?] If you think I'm bluffing, you've got another thing coming.

[He stomps over (as best he can, given that he's a little roughed up at the moment) and grabs one of the controllers. He'll show her!]

[Nanako looked surprised at that.]

You are going to play?

[And... have a smile.]

That's good! Onii-chan always looks like he has more fun when he has another person with him.

Hah! Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not playing with you because I want to. But if you're going to challenge Asia's top player, I need to make sure you know your place.

[Nanako looked a little sad at that.]

Can't we just have fun?

Hey, maybe that is fun for me. Who're you to judge?

[But his tone makes it obvious that he's not being sincere. No, he's going to beat you at video games for not being sufficiently impressed by his video gaming prowess, and there's nothing you can do about it.]

Mm... if you say so...

[She'll try not to judge; at least she has someone to play with.]

You're the challenger, so I'll let you pick the game.

[He continues to speak to her loftily.]

Mmm...

[She peered at the titles, before picking out Halo of all games.]

Onii-chan plays this one a lot.

...Are you kidding me? [He makes a face, since while he certainly isn't opposed to playing that kind of game, he's having a hard time taking the choice seriously when it comes from a little girl.] Look, don't feel like you have to choose a legit video game to impress me or anything. Go ahead and pick something more babyish if you want to. You don't have to worry about me judging you—well, not any more than I already am, anyway.

[She glanced at the case again. Well... if her big brother played it all the time, how bad could it be. She gave a small shrug, before going to put the game in the system.]

[Fine, whatever, he'll just make you regret your hubris!]

[It took a bit of figuring out, of course. She wasn't used to playing games, not to mention using such a big controller, so it took her a moment to get situated to where she would be able to press all the buttons like her big brother did. Then it was navigating the menus, distinguishing their big guys in armor...]

...this is a weird game.

[It didn't even look like anything her brother had played. Had she grabbed the wrong game?]

You're the one who insisted on playing it.

[Sigh. She barely even knew how to hold the controller right. This was just embarrassing.]

Look, do you need me to show you want to do? Since I'm just so generous, I'll even do it for free.

I can do it, I just never saw this part of it before.

[She always came in when her brother was actually playing. When do they get to the part where things go flying around all over and exploding?]

Every day's great at your Animus~

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