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Log 019 | Rebellion: Aftermath
Characters: Sephiroth & OPEN
Setting: 21st - 23rd April
Format: wordy!Prose & Action: I'll follow.
Summary: Sephiroth deals with the Aftermath of being controlled. Slight break in the bathroom, then a 3-daybinge!monster hunt for venting.
Warnings: Approach at your own risk. He's PISSED but won't take it out on anyone unless they push the button. He might well just ignore you completely but be prepared for short/snappy comments. Also, there is almost always a retrieval unit nearby.
>A) April 21st. Male Bathroom: Dormitory Floor 3
SMASH Might be heard from the corridor passing one of the male bathrooms.
He can't bear to even look at himself right now. Sephiroth was half-dressed, leaning over the sink and staring into the empty space on the wall where there had been a mirror - though the outraged telekinetic wave had shattered every mirror along the wall and cracked a few tiles as well. THIS Bathroom. It could be or it could be one of the others they all look the same. Where he'd been so humiliatingly unable to even scrub a wall with a brush. He'd caught a glimpse of himself in the mirrors then; those somewhat dulled green eyes, his stained hair. Those wings which had replaced arms in an all-too-personal jest at his heritage, rendering him pretty much useless in the process.
Even though he'd been returned to normal, Sephiroth couldn't now look in the mirror and call what he sees his own again. Despite spending most of the day under a scalding hot shower, scrubbing layer upon layer of skin away. He has a body. But it cannot now, not be ever considered completely his own. Not while this collar remains around his neck. He's not tried so hard before, in a long time, to wrench it from around his neck, the skin around the unbreakable thing was stinging slightly from the effort. As if it wasn't bad enough, thanks to the network, Sephiroth now questioned even his own willpower. Ganon, if it had been the troll, had called one of those traitors weak-minded. How it always was the same people, who either subconsciously asked for it or couldn't resist being controlled-
He'd been involved in something nearly every month since he's been here.
The epidemic, Ruana's games, now this.
Why was he even susceptible? He was stronger than this.
Because he had already given up so much of himself before...
NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
They hadn't claimed his mind. He couldn't let them have his will like that. EVER.
A moment of clarity pauses his thoughts and Sephiroth looks around. They'd be sending workers this way shortly, he didn't want to be here when they arrived. Slipping his leather jacket back on and crunching broken glass under boot Sephiroth headed back into the corridor.
Good luck to anyone who tried to stop to speak to him in the corridor on the way back to his Dormitory. He might even push past you if you're in the way, he doesn't care for manners right now. If you're paying enough attention you might spot the retrieval unit that is never too far away; lingering at the end of corridors he's walking down or standing near doorways he's about to pass through. Sephiroth himself is either oblivious to his silent followers or is already aware that there isn't anything to be done about it.
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>B) April 21st. Dorm 03-02 then Dorm Corridors: Evening
Later that evening, Sephiroth lay on top of his bed staring at the ceiling. How could he even allow himself to sleep now. There was probably a retrieval unit stood right outside the door that could grab him at any moment, and he'd get no warning. Clearly he was being followed around but hey, let them be scared of him, let them have their illusion that they might be able to stop him when the time came.
Because that time would come.
He'd give them a showcase alright, and why did he really need sleep anyway. He'd endured too much sleep paralysis already in the last week on account of that experiment, due to having been so squeezed into such an incompatible role, one that he can't allow himself to get over! All this anger, all this burning hatred for the administration had only multiplied by the hour since he'd been released; it got worse the more he thought about it and Sephiroth doesn't shut off. It was clouding his judgement and he needs to focus now, more than ever before.
Better to get to that then. Sephiroth got dressed again without any consideration for the hour or disturbing his own room mates. Without even a glance at anyone else there, he headed out into the corridors with his blade out already and his new Materia equipped.
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>C)Evening Apr 21st - 23rd: 3 day Monster-hunt
Various Floors (pick a prompt or pick one!)
[Sephiroth is spending the next three days straight combing the Tower from top to bottom, looking in on any floor in which he can find a monster at first sight or those floors on which he will linger, knowing monsters are common, such as Floor 75 which harbors a whole dark Tower of it's own which he can fight through and then pause for the view on the top before heading down again. The longer and harder the fight the better, failing that the quantity of lesser creatures to drop will do. Anything that draws his thoughts away from the trauma of the last week. More often than not he'll leave the bodies burning, little fires set off with his new Materia leaving a trail where he's been recently.
It's refreshing to be able to use Materia again, even though only a starting level Materia - it's all about how you use it and Sephiroth is skilled enough, it's like riding a bike. This shows in the accuracy with which he can launch small fireballs at his targets. Some monsters he wants to just feel his blade cut through though, but having both disciplines now available to him is starting to make him feel powerful again. Materia is very much a means of magic which requires spiritual power to use to any level of mastery. It's therapeutic sometimes to gaze into the flames left behind and remember.
Of course, most hunting in this fashion is done during the nighttime when the monsters are more common in general and more challenging as well. During the daytime on 22nd and 23rd, Sephiroth is to be found peering out of the Tower on any of the Lounge floors (Floor 81, Floor 38, Floor 4)collecting his thoughts and reflecting with a stern face on. Also in the Library (Floor 3) infrequently, reading and watching over the network as it swarmed with other people's despair. One time he nearly offered a comment, but why should he. Turns out he'd been right as well, those that had thought to share information and try to organize any attempt to overthrow their Hosts with it had been proved foolish. A glance at the retrieval unit nearby turned his thoughts towards why; Ryoji's trail would have to be picked up again soon.
Once he can be found on Floor 12, watching the projection over and over again, burning it into his subconscious. Also on Floor 5, as if to remind himself that Gaia has really gone.
Keeping moving seems to enable him sometimes to lose the constant watch of a retrieval unit - easier to spot at nighttime with it's red collar. However whenever he lingers, or stops for a certain amount of time in one place and most certainly during the day he's being shadowed, though not from such a close distance that would get in his way.]
Setting: 21st - 23rd April
Format: wordy!Prose & Action: I'll follow.
Summary: Sephiroth deals with the Aftermath of being controlled. Slight break in the bathroom, then a 3-day
Warnings: Approach at your own risk. He's PISSED but won't take it out on anyone unless they push the button. He might well just ignore you completely but be prepared for short/snappy comments. Also, there is almost always a retrieval unit nearby.
>A) April 21st. Male Bathroom: Dormitory Floor 3
SMASH Might be heard from the corridor passing one of the male bathrooms.
He can't bear to even look at himself right now. Sephiroth was half-dressed, leaning over the sink and staring into the empty space on the wall where there had been a mirror - though the outraged telekinetic wave had shattered every mirror along the wall and cracked a few tiles as well. THIS Bathroom. It could be or it could be one of the others they all look the same. Where he'd been so humiliatingly unable to even scrub a wall with a brush. He'd caught a glimpse of himself in the mirrors then; those somewhat dulled green eyes, his stained hair. Those wings which had replaced arms in an all-too-personal jest at his heritage, rendering him pretty much useless in the process.
Even though he'd been returned to normal, Sephiroth couldn't now look in the mirror and call what he sees his own again. Despite spending most of the day under a scalding hot shower, scrubbing layer upon layer of skin away. He has a body. But it cannot now, not be ever considered completely his own. Not while this collar remains around his neck. He's not tried so hard before, in a long time, to wrench it from around his neck, the skin around the unbreakable thing was stinging slightly from the effort. As if it wasn't bad enough, thanks to the network, Sephiroth now questioned even his own willpower. Ganon, if it had been the troll, had called one of those traitors weak-minded. How it always was the same people, who either subconsciously asked for it or couldn't resist being controlled-
He'd been involved in something nearly every month since he's been here.
The epidemic, Ruana's games, now this.
Why was he even susceptible? He was stronger than this.
NO. NO. NO. NO. NO.
They hadn't claimed his mind. He couldn't let them have his will like that. EVER.
A moment of clarity pauses his thoughts and Sephiroth looks around. They'd be sending workers this way shortly, he didn't want to be here when they arrived. Slipping his leather jacket back on and crunching broken glass under boot Sephiroth headed back into the corridor.
Good luck to anyone who tried to stop to speak to him in the corridor on the way back to his Dormitory. He might even push past you if you're in the way, he doesn't care for manners right now. If you're paying enough attention you might spot the retrieval unit that is never too far away; lingering at the end of corridors he's walking down or standing near doorways he's about to pass through. Sephiroth himself is either oblivious to his silent followers or is already aware that there isn't anything to be done about it.
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>B) April 21st. Dorm 03-02 then Dorm Corridors: Evening
Later that evening, Sephiroth lay on top of his bed staring at the ceiling. How could he even allow himself to sleep now. There was probably a retrieval unit stood right outside the door that could grab him at any moment, and he'd get no warning. Clearly he was being followed around but hey, let them be scared of him, let them have their illusion that they might be able to stop him when the time came.
Because that time would come.
He'd give them a showcase alright, and why did he really need sleep anyway. He'd endured too much sleep paralysis already in the last week on account of that experiment, due to having been so squeezed into such an incompatible role, one that he can't allow himself to get over! All this anger, all this burning hatred for the administration had only multiplied by the hour since he'd been released; it got worse the more he thought about it and Sephiroth doesn't shut off. It was clouding his judgement and he needs to focus now, more than ever before.
Better to get to that then. Sephiroth got dressed again without any consideration for the hour or disturbing his own room mates. Without even a glance at anyone else there, he headed out into the corridors with his blade out already and his new Materia equipped.
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>C)Evening Apr 21st - 23rd: 3 day Monster-hunt
Various Floors (pick a prompt or pick one!)
[Sephiroth is spending the next three days straight combing the Tower from top to bottom, looking in on any floor in which he can find a monster at first sight or those floors on which he will linger, knowing monsters are common, such as Floor 75 which harbors a whole dark Tower of it's own which he can fight through and then pause for the view on the top before heading down again. The longer and harder the fight the better, failing that the quantity of lesser creatures to drop will do. Anything that draws his thoughts away from the trauma of the last week. More often than not he'll leave the bodies burning, little fires set off with his new Materia leaving a trail where he's been recently.
It's refreshing to be able to use Materia again, even though only a starting level Materia - it's all about how you use it and Sephiroth is skilled enough, it's like riding a bike. This shows in the accuracy with which he can launch small fireballs at his targets. Some monsters he wants to just feel his blade cut through though, but having both disciplines now available to him is starting to make him feel powerful again. Materia is very much a means of magic which requires spiritual power to use to any level of mastery. It's therapeutic sometimes to gaze into the flames left behind and remember.
Of course, most hunting in this fashion is done during the nighttime when the monsters are more common in general and more challenging as well. During the daytime on 22nd and 23rd, Sephiroth is to be found peering out of the Tower on any of the Lounge floors (Floor 81, Floor 38, Floor 4)collecting his thoughts and reflecting with a stern face on. Also in the Library (Floor 3) infrequently, reading and watching over the network as it swarmed with other people's despair. One time he nearly offered a comment, but why should he. Turns out he'd been right as well, those that had thought to share information and try to organize any attempt to overthrow their Hosts with it had been proved foolish. A glance at the retrieval unit nearby turned his thoughts towards why; Ryoji's trail would have to be picked up again soon.
Once he can be found on Floor 12, watching the projection over and over again, burning it into his subconscious. Also on Floor 5, as if to remind himself that Gaia has really gone.
Keeping moving seems to enable him sometimes to lose the constant watch of a retrieval unit - easier to spot at nighttime with it's red collar. However whenever he lingers, or stops for a certain amount of time in one place and most certainly during the day he's being shadowed, though not from such a close distance that would get in his way.]
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Sephiroth hopes at least that over the last couple of days he has put on a good show for them. Let them get more paranoid, it'd only make it sweeter when it was Sephiroth's turn to hold all the cards. Paranoia can cause great slip-ups too.
Smart girl. Staying her distance with the small object held out to him and letting him come to her rather than approaching. He certainly wouldn't be comfortable with anyone invading his personal space for a while. Tilting his head to the side a little, curiously Sephiroth stepped closer towards Sheba. Listening to her intently as she continued after he took the little gem from her, perhaps being too careful not to have the movement come across too snappy.
He doesn't trust her, but then he doesn't trust people in general anyway. She had hurt him, but he was still trying to convince his bruised ego to get over it. Denial wasn't possible yet, but it would be. It had to be. He couldn't let this break him.]
Discretion might ultimately be for nothing. It's their Tower after all. [His voice was a low as he could make it without grumbling.] But I will - get in touch soon.
Sorry for lateness! Final exams are eating me alive.
[In fact, if she had her way, things would be infinitely more difficult for the Administrators during the rest of her stay here. But only time would tell if she'd actually succeed at causing any problems for them.
There's a faint smile that's been on her face since the moment when he took the gem, and she nods.]
I'll look forward to it.
No problem, I'm dying under tags recently. Apologies in advance for any fail.
[There is strangely no emotion held in that statement. He's killed a lot of people before, it's the type of tone that would betray that. One who doesn't flinch under taking a life, having done it so often and knowing how to make it last.
Sephiroth does notice the faint smile that his taking the gem seems to have produced. He turns the gem around in his hand a few times, as if trying to look at it in the limited light from the projection. Perhaps he would take a closer look at it later. He can't currently figure anything else that he could (or would) ask Sheba now and so only nods in return.]
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[There wasn't a whole lot of point in lingering, when there was so clearly nothing more to say. Sheba starts to back off, though she's moving slowly enough that if something does occur to Sephiroth, if he has something he wants to ask, he'll have ample time to do it.]
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[It's only one Tower, after all.
Sephiroth looks off over the projection as the Planet in it dies again. Then his silver head turns back to Sheba as she is backing off, as if he might say something but then shakes it off.
He doesn't need anyone, to say 'take care' to. He's not even sure why he thought it. Almost as if tempting the idea that their experience may have created some sort of understanding between them. Which just wasn't true. He was fine on his own before, and once the pain of all this fades away he'll be fine on his own again.
He would pop that bead in her mailbox when he figured out what to ask her.]