towerofanimus | [OPEN] MAGICAL MIDGET ADVENTURES... STARTO!

Characters: [AU7] Waver Velvet, OPEN
Setting: Dormitory floors, fourth floor, random floors.
Format: Action
Summary: Waver searches for her family, sulks around as Wavers do, and then explores a little.
Warnings: May include monsters etc. I'll update accordingly.

Dormitories

[Waver doesn't want to believe what she's been told. It would be so much easier to tell herself this is a prank, or she's being held for ransom, or... something. And that's why, as soon as she's able, the magus wanders the dormitory floors with only one goal on her mind...]

Brother! Brother? Derry! Where have you gone? Derry...!

[The girl's search for her sibling is more than a little frantic, and she'll stop to ask anyone if they've seen him, whether she recognises them or not.]

Floor 4

[After giving up her search, Waver can be found sulking in an out-of-the-way chair with her bowl of oatmeal and a small pile of books pilfered from the library. Every now and then she makes a note of something on her phone, but for the most part she just looks like your average Waver, trying to distract herself.]

???

[Eventually she'll get bored with reading and attempt to go exploring. She's not daft enough to leave the stairs on any floor that looks suspicious, but sometimes things don't go according to plan, do they? It only occurs to her after some time that she should probably rush back to her room before nightfall, if what she heard was true...]

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Mum!

[Hope she wanted an armful of daughter, because she's getting one.]

Mum! I don't know what happened, but suddenly I woke up in a strange room and I couldn't find any of you--!

[She frowns a little at this sudden and undignified show of affection, but after a second, she smiles and wraps her arms around Waver in a gentle hug. One arm moves up to pat Waver's head as she makes a shushing sound.]

I think the same thing that happened to me a month ago happened to you now.

[She waits for a moment, hugging Waver and making the child comfortable. It's only then that she delivers the grim news.]

We have been...kidnapped. By strange and powerful beings. As far as I know, we're stuck here with no way out.

[She's being very embarrassing, she knows, but Waver can't help it. She'll regain control of herself in a minute. Maybe.]

A month ago? That doesn't make any sense! I saw you before I went to sleep.

[DAMN YOU, SECOND MAGIC!]

Sleep? But we were only having dinner at the time...

[She looks down at the girl in her arms. What was wrong with Waver's memories?]

Dinner? No, we definitely finished dinner. Papa was cross with Derry for almost ruining it.

Really? What did he do to ruin it?

[From what she remembered, Derry had indeed panicked about something, but she isn't sure if this will match with Waver's memories.]

He acted all odd over my present and then went running out and right into you like a clumsy git.

[So more of the usual, really.]

I see...

[That sounds like the same night she was kidnapped, then.]

It seems that this place not only messes with different worlds, but different times.

[She knows its rulers are free to do as they wish, but seeing their powers at work still surprise her a little.]

Then... it's possible that Derry and papa could still pop up?

[Must try not to hope, must try not to hope...]

Perhaps. But I don't know how long it might take.

[She waits a moment for this to sink in, and then speaks again.]

Though...there is a Diarmuid here.

I know, we've met.

Oh. Has he said anything to you, then?

[The disapproving look on her face makes her thoughts obvious. She had not wanted Waver to speak to Diarmuid, since his strange philosophy would only encourage her willfulness.]

[She knows that look, and she knows why she's getting that look. Waver thinks carefully about her response, not wanting to lie but also not wanting to upset her mum.]

He told me there are two other Wavers like me in the tower, but that they're both blokes. Isn't that odd?

[She still has an unsure look on her face, but doesn't pry too far just in case she accidentally reveals what she doesn't want Waver to know.]

...Certainly. This Tower seems to have access to a variety of very strange universes.

I wonder what I look like as a boy...

[She shakes her head.]

I have yet to meet either of them, so I wouldn't know.

[A slight smile appears on her face.]

But I'm sure you'd be very handsome. Like your father or your brother.

Mm, I think I'd make a very cute boy... probably! I'll have to find them and see.

[This is such a weird conversation to have, but if it keeps the topic away from more unpleasant things, Waver doesn't mind one bit.]

...Be careful. You don't know what their worlds were like.

[That was one part of it. The other part is that the only thing which could encourage Waver's willfulness more than Diarmuid was her other selves.]

That... That's true! They could be absolutely awful people!

[They could be traditionalists!]

[Sola-ui nods, satisfied that her warnings seem to have had their effect this time around.]

So please, do watch who you talk to, even if they are the people you know. Some of them have valuable information on this place, but a fair number could be dangerous.

[This would be where she says "I have Derry with me, everything is fine." But she doesn't, and it isn't. Instead Waver nods and smiles half-heartedly.]

I'll be careful, mum.

Good. And tell me if anyone threatens you, alright?

[She would do whatever little she could to protect her daughter.]

I will! Don't worry, I won't let anyone intimidate me, and I won't do anything stupid.

[This is a promise she'll try her hardest to keep. With everything else on her mum's mind, Waver doesn't need to add to it...]

[She nods.]

Good girl. Now, do you wish to go anywhere? I'll accompany you there if I'm familiar with it.

I think I may just look around. I'm hungry, but I don't know that I can handle eating at the moment.

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