towerofanimus | we'll rise up and take the power back

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we'll rise up and take the power back

Characters: Team Hero [Robin (

ocariness), anyone else who wants in]
Setting: Floor 101, elsewhere in order to pick up allies
Format: Starting with action, do as you wish after!
Summary: The Fellowship of Heroes is formed in response to the Rebellion plot.
Warnings: HEROES BEING HEROIC. I actually don't know yet tho.

[Robin has noticed that on some of the floors, one simply cannot use their powers. Even her tomes are defunct - she's tried. Experimented, if you will - and kept meticulous notes in her journal just in case something went wrong.

This counts as "something going horribly wrong", this increase in drones and mutilated, mangled, brainwashed people. Some floors she hasn't gotten to check out yet -- but she's going to have to try, she thinks as she steps onto the last step up. It's a glowing step (she notes that), and just like that she is teleported into what seems to be a hanging garden. Very handy; the drones may not be able to follow a person here as easily as they would otherwise. A quick test tells her that this is another "powerless" floor.

Good thing she can use a sword as well as she can use magic.

"Floor One Hundred One: Garden floor, accessed via non-obvious teleport on last step up of staircase. No powers permitted. Apparent disconnect from the rest of the tower; no staircase. Arrow buttons apparently a replacement as such. Up and down arrows, specifically - indicating direction of return?"

For now, this is as good a base of operations as anyone could hope for. Here, she'll be on equal standing with any drone that manages to get in, because if she can't use her powers then they probably can't either. The only problem, of course, is that she appears to be alone.

There is always and has always been safety in numbers.

As a result, Robin can be found with the hood of her duster/cloak up on the floors nearest the teleport, trying to locate others that haven't been brainwashed.]

[ooc: Sub-threads:
The Gathering
The Meeting - Democracy ahoy!]

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[Here is where Team Hero can meet and discuss, strategize, vent, etc. Please keep in mind that Floor 101 is a no-powers zone.]

Edited 2013-04-16 00:11 (UTC)

[At least here was a calm, though it made Hakumen all the more cautious. The full extent of Ookami was sealed on this floor, but there were others here. He could feel it, years of being trapped in the edge making it easier to detect others. Just who was here though?]

If you are worried I am like those prisoners our despicable hosts twisted, I am not.

It's not you I'm worried about.

[Robin pulls down her hood and walks over to Hakumen, sizing him up silently as she does. Fighter, obviously. Good.]

I'm here because if our powers are sealed, it stands to reason that the powers of those converted into drones might be sealed too. If nothing else, it would make a good base of operations, wouldn't you say?

[This place just keeps getting better and better! Except no, not really. The first few days were alright, and even a few hours ago things seemed to be rather peachy - until BAM, without warning, Night of the extremely Livid Dead.

Jumbled up monstrosities straight outta some M.C. Escher x Picasso nightmare induced trip from the pits of hell appeared to immediately start attacking others, and even those weirdly passive drones have gone psycho-mode for no apparent reason. And with no-one to turn to, Makoto did the first thing she could think to do: Grab her stuff and run. Fighting's one thing, but throwin' down with this entire madhouse is just plain suicide.

Fortunately enough, the first place she seems to have found herself happens to be floor 101, and though she notes that her powers have been dampened, she's more concerned with the cloaked figure directly ahead. Clad in a cloak herself, Makoto cautiously approaches, hood drawn]

Puuhhhlleeeeaaasseee don't tell me you're going to flip out on me too...

[Well, thank goodness, this is going to make it easier. Robin remembers to keep her voice as quiet as possible as the other approaches her.]

No, I'm not. I'm going to try and start something, and I've found what might be a relatively safe floor that can be a base of operations. Come with me, please. [She jerks her head slightly, in the direction of the stairs.]

[chaos..was tired, emotionally. Normally, he would take a nap back in his room, but there were so many mutilated people downstairs, some of them his friends. The garden was harder to get into, so he had chosen to wander in here for some rest..but when chaos saw a women with her hood up, he decided to at least say hello to be polite.]

Good afternoon. How are you?

Have you properly tested this theory? If you are wrong, this floor is nothing but another death trap.

[Not that Hakumen wasn't willing to fight.]

Start something? I can only hope you're talking about dinner...

[Cue convenient stomach rumbling. She never did get the chance to find something to eat before this mess all started. Wonderful. Don't worry Robin, she'll keep her voice low and actually does follow after you, but not without questioning]

What's even going down out there? It's like some sorta madhouse! And why are we unaffected? ... I mean, you are unaffected, right?

[Makoto stops a moment, her voice notably squeaking at the end of her question]

[She nods at the boy - he obviously doesn't mean badly, and he also isn't pink-collared. Yes. This was the right choice.]

As well as I can be under the circumstances. You wouldn't happen to be up for fighting back, would you?

I'm not affected, no. [She taps her collar.] From what I can tell, the affected all have pink collars, in addition to being...changed.

[Oh dear. Food. Erm.] I...hadn't thought about food, unfortunately, but we will be relatively safe.

No, I mean starting a group to fight back.

[Shiiiiiit.]

Unfortunately, I haven't yet had the chance. If that's the case, though, then I suggest we move to the crystal floor. It's got enough caverns that it would be relatively safe, and from what I can tell, powers are usable there.

[chaos would object to being called a boy, but it was true that he didn't mean badly.]

Against whom? The Administrators or those they have mutilated?

Oh! Alright! Peachy!

[She sighs in relief]

Sheeeesh, whoever said pink was a girly color? I almost got my head torn off out there... "Save" *airquotes* us from our universes so we can unwillingly star in the creepy-psycho-stalker's latest zombie apocalypse flavored snuff film. Capital idea, management. Gold star.

[The collar color "coincidence" was one she made note of, but with the hood and she wasn't taking any chances.]

I'm down to help, but we're gonna need a helluva lot more firepower if we've got any chances of surviving out there with all those guys.

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[Robin figures she'd better start, seeing as she kind of dragged everyone into this.]

Hello, I'm Robin, and it's nice to meet you all. I've brought everyone here both because this seems like a relatively safe floor, and in the hopes of starting a rebellion, a self-defense group in response to this mess - whatever you want to call it.

This is, for lack of a better word, what I intend to be our base of operations. Not only is it not so easily found or traced, but I believe the power-sealing effects of this floor might affect our friends who have been brainwashed as well. If worse comes to worst, we'll be able to disarm them, knock them out, and make sure they stay here if we're on even ground. I get the feeling it might be kinder on them than having to do the administrators' bidding.

[She nods at Hakumen.]

However, he brought up a very good point. If I'm wrong, which is entirely possible, we'll be using the crystal floor instead. It's got enough caves that we have a chance at hiding safely there, and our powers aren't disabled either. If anyone knows about any floors that might work as more backups, please say so.

At any rate, dealing with the drones will not be our main priority, as I'm sure you all suspect. [She looks at everyone in the eyes.] Alone, yes, each one of us might be able to survive until this is over - but there is a strength in numbers that we don't have alone.

I propose that together, we attempt to locate and storm the admins' floor. God knows they've earned it for this.

The administrators, naturally. Our friends...if worse comes to worst, I intend to disarm them or knock them out. [She closes her eyes.] I'd rather avoid killing them if possible.

Ah - right, sorry. [She removes her hood, revealing - a blue collar! Woohoo! SANE

At Makoto's statement, she nods and smiles.] Good. That's why I'm wandering around. I'm going to find as many people as I can who seem both battle-ready and willing to fight, and then gather everyone together in the base of operations so that we can plan our attack.

As much as I relish the chance to make them pay for their crimes, would they not be prepared for us? I assume this would not be the first time storming that area has been attempted.

That's probably the case. [She nods.] We would do well to focus on gathering intel first. Gathering intel, and staying safe. Not going out alone, for example. It's much more difficult to get overwhelmed if you're not fighting alone.

[She closes her eyes.]

I suppose a less lofty goal until we've got sufficient intel would be trying to make sure those who are unaffected and can't fight, don't die, hm?

Edited 2013-04-16 01:27 (UTC)

[To regain clarity of his actions at any point, only to realize he'd killed another person... it wore heavily on Guy. So much so that, in his moments where he wanted to avoid panic, he would run until he could seek solace. Run, and run, and run until the stairs had stopped...

Robin would be likely to see a man, bloody and worn, chains grafted over his arms, neck, waist and back, the ends of which all contained the remnants of various corpses. Some were unrecognizable, but most could be seen specifically as female. The man himself doesn't look aggressive or mindless in the least, for the moment - he is simply very tired and very scared. He is armed, but it appears defending himself is not on his mind. His steps are scattered, as though he's looking for a place to hide...]

[This? Was not a good day. The modified residents were horrific, far moreso than anything else she'd encountered in this tower. Add in the psychotic worker units and thus far today had been a battle from the minute she'd tried setting food in the cafeteria, and continuing to run around on her own was simply foolish with the tower so much more dangerous than normal.

That had brought her back up to the dorms, intent on at least finding somebody still sane in this place who she could trust to walk her back. But now she was far more cautious, advancing slowly through the hallways with her hand on the hilt of her sword, eyes constantly darting around for any sign something might attack. As if the monsters weren't bad enough, now she had to worry about everyone else too... and that's when she heard it. Footsteps, and not her own. Her hand tightened around the hilt of her sword as she came to a stop, cautiously calling out.]

Who's there? [And her mind already raced with the possibilities, courses of action she could take depending on if it was a worker unit or one of the modified residents... or quite possibly someone still sane. That'd be nice too.]

[Huh, that guy looks scared-

...Pink collar.

Pink. Mother of Naga...She's going to approach, hood still up and identity, for all intents and purposes, obscured.]

May I ask why you're here?

Amelia!

[THANK GOD, it's someone she knows.] It's me, Robin, the tactician. Please come this way!

[She's going to tug Amelia's hand slightly and try to lead her toward the staircase. Amelia's DEFINITELY a powerful person. They could, without doubt, use her help out there.]

[As on guard as she is, she visibly relaxes upon hearing Robin's voice. This is somebody she feels like she can trust so getting her to follow won't be difficult although she's still keeping her guard up.]

Robin! You have no idea how glad I am to see you right now. What in the hell's going on? It's like the entire tower's suddenly gone mad!

[His head whirls at her voice. The collar shows swirls of green midst the stream of pink, something almost unseen among the new drones.

He backs up slightly with the clank of his chains, hands raised in front of him and expression painfully cautious.]

I'm sorry, I... [He swallows hard, voice shaking.] I-I was just... looking for somewhere quiet. I... I didn't mean to disturb you.

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Technically a drone with his sanity ftm, feel free to ask me to leave if you need to!

[The Dorms - Robin!]

Robin may be shooing him out shortly. :( Sorry!

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lol, that's fine, he's got something important to tell them, anyways