04 | but really I'm not actually your friend

[scentofmakai]

Characters: Zett and you! Backdated somewhat to May 1st-4th.
Setting: Floors 92, 73, 99, then around the tower May 4th only.
Format: Starting actionspam, will change to match!
Summary: Zett has hide and seek to play. Then he finds a doll...
Warnings: None so far. Violence likely in the doll prompt. Chloe's thread gets creepy in sexual ways.

[Floor 92/Floor 73]
[If you're someone who's agreed to play hide and seek with Zett, on the agreed-upon day and time you'll find Zett tapping his foot impatiently near the stairway.] There you are!

[If you're not someone who's agreed to play, well, you might run into him waiting for his partner anyway. He'll explain what he's doing if asked.]

[Floor 99]
[Zett spends a lot of time in the caverns here. They remind him of his home in the Deep Hole, actually...

Visitors will find him just lying on his back staring up at the ceiling.]

[Around the Tower]
[It looks like Zett's giving a guide to the tower to someone, stopping at each floor on the stairway and explaining that floor's particular hazards to them. It's very thoughtful of him to do so.

Unfortunately, that 'someone' is a doll from the toy shop. Resembling a redheaded girl, it doesn't look exactly like the friend Zett left at home... But the doll's powers of suggestion are strong and he's now convinced that Mirai Kaname has entered the tower.

And he will lash out violently if anyone attempts to hurt her.]

Comments

[primordial]

Haha...yeah.

[This is the weirdest thing ever, seriously. But eh, this isn't a bad opportunity to gather information, so...]

How did you get to know each other?

[scentofmakai]

Rescued her half-brother from falling to death. That kind of thing breaks the ice.

[primordial]

Oh! How nice of you.

Do you...well, like like her, are are you just friends?

[scentofmakai]

We're just friends - it's her brother that's more my type. ...Not to sound ungrateful or anything.

[primordial]

O-oh, I see. Of course not.

[He wrings his hands awkwardly.]

Still, she's lucky to have a friend like you. I wish I had friends like that...

[scentofmakai]

[Zett listens for a second.]

Mirai wants to be your friend.

[primordial]

S-she does?

[UNSURE UNSURE SO UNSURE WOW NO DOLL FRIENDS HE DOES NOT WANT.]

She doesn't even know me...!

[scentofmakai]

She's one of the nicest people I know, so you better be thankful.

[Or he'll kill you.]

[primordial]

I-I'd rather get to know her first before jumping into serious things like this. No offense, of course!

[scentofmakai]

...Alright. But you'd better treat her kindly anyway.

[primordial]

[A nervous laugh.]

G-got it! Definitely got it!

[scentofmakai]

Good!

[Was he ever scary? Definitely not.]

[primordial]

[YEAH WOW this is not what he wants. Sure, like he's afraid of dolls being what he is, but dolls in this place? They sort of tended not to be what they were, like many things.]

Ah, what's your name, though? I didn't hear it.

[scentofmakai]

Zett Takajo. Nice to meet you.

[primordial]

Ah, nice to meet you too. I'm Sam. Sam Erstwhile.

[scentofmakai]

Have you been here long?

[primordial]

Eh...a couple of months. Not that long. You?

[scentofmakai]

Since December. [A shrug.]

[primordial]

That's a while...not as many as some people I know.

This place is terrifying, though, isn't it?

[scentofmakai]

Could be worse. Don't talk like that in front of Mirai.

[primordial]

Oh! Um, sorry! Sorry.

...

She's scared, isn't she?

[scentofmakai]

A little, like everybody else.