towerofanimus | unchanging, the earth will always keep on spinning

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unchanging, the earth will always keep on spinning

Characters: Some death kid (Ryoji), a swishy-haired jerk (Sephiroth), and you!
Setting: Dorm 4-16, and Floor 14 to start, but the rest can happen anywhere else. Sephiroth will be training in the gymnasium as well, should anyone want lone encounters with him.
Format: Prose to start, but I'll match.
Summary: Ryoji has just woken up in his new dorm room, and is going about a 'normal' day in the Tower, though he does feel a little strange...
Warnings: Someone is messing with Ryoji slightly, so expect threadjacking that results in bizarre mood swings and paranoia. Ryoji's opinions of various CR may be slightly messed with. Other than that he should be fine this time around.

Dorm 4-16

Even though Ryoji had gotten that letter, it was still a bit of a shock to wake up in a new room. As soon as he was able to move, he sat up as quickly as possible and checked the trunk. Everything there was still the same. Nothing was damaged. It seemed so strange, to be magically transported a few rooms down in the middle of the night, but he supposes stranger things have happened.

He's a little embarrassed that his love-sick request actually got fulfilled, but he has to admit it isn't too bad. He's managed to at least partly forgive himself for brutally murdering Diarmuid, enough to be able to look him in the eyes and smile honestly again, and though he didn't know Lancer very well, he seemed nice enough. Strange, though. Diarmuid hadn't mentioned who his other roommate was...

He'll stay in the room for a while, just to get his thoughts in order, and maybe see if anyone shows up, but after a while, he's ready to go about his regular business. As he leaves his doorway, he pushes a bit of an uncomfortable feeling to the side. He felt strange, but he was certain he wasn't sick. It was simply an interesting start to the day that made him feel like this, nothing more.

Floor 14

A few hours later, Ryoji has already forgotten about that nagging paranoia, and is enjoying an animated film with some cartoon animals. He hasn't seen this one before, and is clearly invested in the story. His eyes light up as one of the characters bounces onscreen, and he's laughing at all the right times.

If anyone decides to enter the floor, he'll be a little too absorbed in the movie to notice them, but he still wouldn't mind a distraction.

Any other public area in the tower

Unfortunately, some of those distractions ended up going a tad awry, and now Ryoji's starting to suspect that he should have trusted his instinct this morning. He can be found on any other floor, but whether he's reading in the library or getting rid of some of the monsters on infested floors, he's keeping his distance unless spoken to. Then he'll shove his worries down and try to hold a regular conversation. He just hopes he's just having a bad day. His friends are still trustworthy, aren't they? He's just reading into things too much. Maybe he didn't completely get over how he acted during that experiment.

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[Tohko wasn't quite sure that she bought that 'alright', but she would go with it for the moment.]

I'm alright..but it's good to hear that you're feeling a bit better since the last time I saw you. I guess going to your floor helped calm you down.

[For once, he's being honest. He woke up fairly cheerful for once, and it seemed that he still managed to keep his good mood even when things started going slightly awry.]

Ah, it did, yes. And honestly, you were a pretty big help too, Tohko-chan...

[At that, Tohko looked a little surprised before smiling again. It was great that she had been able to help Ryoji..she just didn't think that he had taken to her words to much.]

Well, that's great! I'm always happy to help, so I'm glad to hear that I was able to help you out..but you know, you don't have to use a suffix with my name.

[Now it's Ryoji's turn to look surprised. Most girls were uncomfortable with his honourific use, but only because he was much too casual with it. Here Tohko was saying he didn't need to use one at all?]

Are you sure? I thought I had to use one unless someone's like family... I could be wrong, because I wasn't in Japan very long, but...

[Who wants to honour you, after all?]

[As she spoke, Tohko smiled, unaware of Ryoji's current predicament.]

Well, you usually only stop using them when it's a family member or when someone is a really close friend. Since we're close friends, you don't have to use suffixes unless you really want to.

And what would you use to talk to someone that you don't like?

[That question slips out before Ryoji can stop it, and he shakes his head slightly, wondering why he's feeling so upset. Sure, Tohko was stubborn and wouldn't really leave him alone, but he didn't dislike her.]

[At that, Tohko looked a little bit..puzzled and a bit sad. Why was Ryoji hinting that he didn't like her, or that she didn't like him?]

I wouldn't usually talk to someone that I didn't like..but if I had to, I probably wouldn't use any suffixes either, since they've gotten so close to me that I have developed negative feelings for them.

[Ryoji tries to swallow down that abnormal anger and smile slightly.]

Sorry, that was a weird question, huh? I just was wondering, because there are a few people that I don't really get along with here... I mean, Sephiroth and Ganondorf aren't friends at all.

[Tohko smiled a little, but she was still a bit worried. That line had come completely out of the blue. However..it was odd to hear that Sephiroth and Ganondorf weren't friends. After all, they did work together, and Tohko thought that Ganon had cheated on Sephiroth while being in a relationship with Edward..but maybe she was wrong about that last guess. Maybe it was someone else.]

It's alright. I'm not really friends with Sephiroth anymore either, and Ganon and I have never been on good terms. However, I still just call them by their first name whenever I have to talk to them.

Yes. Tohko is overly-stubborn.

And she doesn't know when to leave alone. Who cares about how you talk to someone in this place, anyway.

[And why not let that anger just channel right into Ryoji when his name is mentioned. It's rude to talk about people behind their backs, Ryoji.]

Edited (typos, sorry! ) 2013-05-06 01:00 (UTC)

[It's getting harder and harder to ignore that anger... Ryoji's smile is completely gone now, and his posture becomes a bit more closed off. That's right, Tohko is being nosy, talking to him about things that were so personal... He's not going to tell her anything if he can help it.]

Does it really matter what we call each other? I think someone should be able to call another person whatever they want, Tohko-chan.

[He emphasizes the honourific. He's not going to stop using it. For some reason, he's not feeling too agreeable today.]

[Now, that stung, not because of the honorific, but when Ryoji, who always tried to put on a happy face even when he was hurting or sad, was looking a bit..mad, something was wrong. And those words, if one accepted them as true, meant that someone could insult you, call you a goblin or a monster..and it should be alright.

But it wasn't. At that, Tohko sighed, and her smile vanished.]

..I think it does matter what we call each other. After all..it's not like we can call each other 'monster' or 'demon' and have that be acceptable, since it's not true. Ryoji, are you feeling alright?

[Seeing Tohko hurt is enough for him to force his anger down again. Ryoji hates seeing people upset, especially because of something he did, and he's going to do his best to help, as confused and upset and guilty as he is. Just what is going on in his head?]

I-I'm sorry, Tohko. I don't know what's going on with me... I didn't mean to say that.

[He doesn't at all, and that scares him. Have the strange turns his previous conversations have taken all his doing? He thought he was happy today, but instead he was a mess of fluctuating emotions, the only constant being this fear of everyone around him.]

[Tohko didn't know, but she was determined to find out and help her friend. However, at the apology, she smiled and nodded, thinking.]

It's alright..don't worry about it. Maybe someone's controlling your thoughts or your emotions?

[Now that was something Ryoji certainly didn't want to hear. How many times had he been controlled by something now? It was not a good feeling at all, and still made him feel guilty.]

Controlling? I... h-how?

[It doesn't feel like Nyx. She would have made it difficult to feel anything, and these emotions are too intense. Even the administrators didn't seem like the type.]

[At that, Tohko sighed.]

I don't know..but there might be someone in Ganon's group that's controlling you. I know Nesir can't, and Ganon himself wouldn't, so that only leaves one person: Sephiroth.

[Sadly, Tohko didn't know of the other members of Ganon's group, so she was pinning all the blame on him.]

[Lucky guess Tohko. He's well out of earshot, but very nearly turned from a terminal on the other side of the Library.]

It couldn't be. But if it was...

[Ryoji might feel a wave of heat right then, as if he were stood next to a roaring inferno. If Ryoji blinks he might for an instant see what the Library would look like, all ablaze. Tohko's skin melting from her face...]

If Sephiroth has this sort of power, there is no telling what else he might be capable of. You've underestimated him, and he might know everything about you now. All about everyone you care about.

[It would make sense if it was Sephiroth. The man was still following Ryoji, after all, even though he hadn't seen him after being droned. For a brief moment, he feels shock and anger towards Sephiroth...

...of course, all of that changes with that hallucination, even if he only saw it for a second. That didn't matter. He could still feel the heat, suffocating him, but he doesn't dare move to wipe the sweat from his forehead. All he can do is gape at Tohko, breathing getting faster and faster. It couldn't be true. He couldn't do anything like that, could he?

But if he could... if he knew who he cared about, Sephiroth may know Ryoji even better than he knows himself. Everyone's in danger. Not just Tohko, but Diarmuid, Yukiko, Minato...

He swallows and shakes his head. The only thing he can do now is try to get Tohko off Sephiroth's trail, so she'll be safe.]

It can't be him. I haven't even seen him in weeks.

[Unaware of the illusions Sephiroth was using, Tohko looked a bit puzzled at that.]

Just because you haven't seen him doesn't mean that he can't bother you. He's either hiding or using some form of long-distance magic. Or can you think of anyone else who would be doing this?

I-I don't know. Maybe the administrators, or someone else that doesn't like me. I don't think he'd hide if he did something like this.

[He's not entirely sure, but Sephiroth does seem pretty self-centered. Just look at his hair.]

[While Tohko knew that Sephiroth was pretty self-centered, she also figured that he would hide himself and do everything he could to prove himself better than the humans he so despised. If he could stalk better, he would go to great lengths to show that he could.

Probably.]

But if the Administrators didn't like you, they would probably just send a stalker after you, like they did with me. And I can't think of anyone else who was at that meeting who would have a reason to do this. Or did someone else show up after I died?

They did send one after me...

[Ryoji glances at that worker unit, and then shakes his head.]

Maybe mine's different somehow? And there was another person who showed up after you, and others who didn't show up that still probably know all about it. There are plenty of people that could have done it.

[Does he sound convincing yet?]

I wouldn't think of why yours would be different..but who showed up after I died? And who else do you think knows about it that could manipulate your mind?

[Not really.]

I think his name was Naoya... I don't know him very well.

[He knows him well enough to know that he was a good person, and likely wasn't to blame for it, but he can't let Tohko know about that.]

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