⌐ First Hymn: Waking Up in Strange Beds ¬

[mysterical]

Characters: Tear and You!
Setting: Dormitory levels, and then the first floor, third floor and the 101st floor.
Format: Preference for action spam.
Summary: Tear’s arrival to Animus!
Warnings: Um, an unhappy soldier?

Room 1-07 (Closed to Roommates)
[Hello, roommates, have a newbie! Tear’s just waking up… And she’s got some issues. First of all, she's not back in Yulia City. Second of all, WHO CHANGED HER CLOTHES! And third, she's got this collar on. She's not into this kinky stuff. So...

She's going to scramble around until she sees the note. She carefully reads it over a few times.]

Impossible! Auldrant's gone? Who is playing this cruel joke? Where are Anise and Natalia, because if they've put me in this ridiculous outfit for Peony's entertainment, when we've got our trip to Eldrant to take care of...Yulia help me I will smack them both.

First floor cafeteria
[Tear is looking over the menu for this strange place now that she's dressed in her OWN clothes again. On one hand, it reminds her a little of the Oracle Headquarters at the cathedral in Daath, but there is something innately sinister in the entire place's atmosphere.]

Hm, while none of these sound particularly bad, the flower theme's a little daunting [She's not talking to anyone in general. Just out loud.]

Third Floor Library
[Now that Tear has some down time, she's going to curl up with a good book and try to relax. She's currently browsing the historical novels to see what is there. The titles are interesting to her, but it takes a second of staring for the words to translate into the Fonic Alphabet she's been used to.

This entire place is going to take some getting used to for her. No Auldrant. Ripped away from her friends and her grandfather. No idea when or if she can even get out of this place. In reality, if she wasn't trying to still process everything, she might cry.]

What is this Pride and Prejudice? Is it any good?

Floor 101
[Unlike the beautiful meadow on the 25th floor, Tear feels completely alone as she stands in the midst of the hanging gardens. If you come upon her, you will only find her staring out in the vast open sky, not moving, not talking, not singing. Just staring with a blank expression on her face.]

Comments

[tohko_amano]

[..At that, Tohko will calm down, realizing that this person wasn't ignorant of Jane Austen just because they hadn't run into her before.]

..I'm sorry. I guess you're not from Earth then, right?

[mysterical]

[Somehow, watching the other girl deflate a little makes Tear feel as if she's kicked a puppy or something similar.]

What is an Earth? My planet is called Auldrant. Although, I suppose it doesn't matter if it doesn't exist anymore, right?

[tohko_amano]

Earth was the name of my planet..but that's not true at all! Even if they're destroyed, there might be a chance that we could get them back, and even if we couldn't, those are important pieces of our lives. It does matter.

[mysterical]

[Okay, suddenly, she doesn't feel so bad anymore about possibly hurting this girl's feelings. It seems she does have some spirit in her. Really, it's a relief.]

If there was a chance I could get Auldrant back, I would fight tooth and nail. I've already proven that I love my world by defeating the one who would destroy it. However, I believe in practicality. If there is a chance, I will take it. I'm not going to sit back and cry, but neither am I going to fight blindly against an enemy that can rip my from my planet and deposit me in some tower with no knowledge of what is around me.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko had quite a bit of spirit in her most of the time. How much it chose to show itself depended upon the situation though. However, at that small speech, Tohko grinned.]

Good. I'm glad to hear that. No one here is fighting blindly either, and we don't intend to just charge in after them without thinking. However...if you ever feel like fighting for a good cause, it's best to think up battle plans in the bathroom.

[Tohko didn't want her drone to hear her recruit someone if it caught up to her. Hopefully this girl would get the code.]

[mysterical]

[That last sentence, it was code. Evidently, the residents of this tower were fighting back, just covertly. She could understand that.]

Is there any particular time that's best to visit the restroom?

[tohko_amano]

I find that the morning is the best place to get some good ideas.

[Good, it looked like she had understood it.]

[mysterical]

[Tear's a soldier, first and foremost. Besides, it's not as if Tohko is using something indecipherable.]

Understood. I will visit some morning. [Have a hand held out to you, Tohko.] I am Tear, Tear Grants.

[tohko_amano]

[At that, Tohko nodded and smiled, taking Tear's hand.]

Good, I'm glad to hear that! It's nice to meet you, Tear. I'm Tohko Amano, the book girl.

[mysterical]

[Tear gives Tohko's hand a good, strong shake before letting go.]

So, Tohko, what would you recommend to read during my unexpected down time?

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko returned the shake before letting go and replying.]

Well, the book you just mentioned, for starters. Then The Little Prince, I Am A Cat, The Demon Pond, The Great Gatsby, and The Master and Margarita! Those should keep you occupied for awhile!

[mysterical]

[Whoa, whoa, slow down! Tear's never really done recreational reading here, Tohko.]

Um, I will take this one. [She grabbed the book by Jane Austen tentatively.] Perhaps you might write a list of things you would recommend?

[tohko_amano]

[For better or worse, Tohko wasn't the book girl for nothing. However, at the suggestion, Tohko smiled and nodded.]

Oh, sure! I would love to! If you have a mailbox, I'll slip it in there later, since I don't have some paper or a pen on handy now. However, if you don't mind the wait, I could fetch them for you!

[As she spoke, her retrieval unit stalker walked by and stopped, watching the two.]

[mysterical]

Mailbox?

[Yeeeeeep, she's new. But, um, she can see that their conversation is being watched pretty intensely by that other person.]

Excuse me, Tohko. Is there some reason that that person is staring at us like that?

[tohko_amano]

Yes, a mailbox. If you go to floor seventy-eight, you can sign up for a mailbox, where residents and other people can send you mail and other things. It's pretty handy.

[At the question, Tohko turned around to look at Ivan, sighed, and then turned around again.]

That would be Ivan. He's been stalking and doing his best to keep tabs on me ever since the recent events, but he won't harm you unless you attack him.

[mysterical]

Ah, I will have to do that once I leave here then. It sounds useful.

[It was obvious that the other girl didn't appreciate their company, but Tear had no idea how to handle the situation yet.]

He's stalking you? Would you like for me to handle him for you? I can ask him to leave you alone.

[tohko_amano]

You'll have to. It really is useful..and it's fun getting mail from everyone. However..even if you do talk to him, Ivan won't respond. He's one of the Administrators drones. I imagine they've been tailing me and anyone else they think is suspicious.

[mysterical]

I'm not a big mail person. [She's only written one letter in her entire life, and it wasn't that great, to be honest.

Excuse her while she looks you over.]

I'm sorry, but you don't seem the least bit suspicious to me, so someone must have said something to this administration, am I correct?

[tohko_amano]

Ah..I see. Not many people used the mailing system back home, but I rather liked it. It was a shame that people didn't use it often.

[At the question, Tohko sighed and nodded.]

Not of their own free will though. Jason, one of the Administrators..he twisted people, both their minds and their bodies, and forced them to be loyal to the Administrators. Those who were more twisted than others delivered information to Jason, whether they would have done so normally or not. Sadly..someone got wind of the rebellion and some names during that time.

[mysterical]

Mail back home took a while to get to the recipient sometimes. Besides, I was busy a lot of the time. Most of the things I wrote were reports.

[The conflicted expression she wore while she was thinking about that one letter she wrote went completely blank as Tohko talked.]

I assume this has something to do with an earlier topic we discussed?

[If this 'drone' was spying on the other girl, there was no point in letting it get information to take back to the administration.]

[tohko_amano]

It was almost the same situation in my universe..but if you don't mind my asking, what were your reports about? And you don't have to worry! The topic we talked about earlier and the reason Ivan is stalking me have no connection right now, thankfully.

[mysterical]

[Tear looks over the girl. She couldn't have been any older than herself, truthfully, but for some reason she felt so much older than Tohko.]

I was a member of the Oracle Knights, the military branch of the religion that most of my world followed. My reports were to my commanders regarding my missions.

And that is a relief.

[Tear clutched the book to her chest for a moment.] I have a question, however. If I wanted to get in contact with others that I think are here, what is the best way to do so?

[tohko_amano]

[It was probably due to the different levels of experience. While Tear might have been part of the military, Tohko was just a simple book girl back home until she was pulled to the Tower.]

Ah, alright then! If you don't mind my asking, what sort of missions did you take on? And what was your religion like?

However..if you want to get in touch with people, it's best to see if they have a mailbox here first. If they don't, search the dorm rooms. If you can't find the name of whom you're looking for, they aren't here.

[mysterical]

[Sometimes, Tear felt much older than her traveling companions, even though she was the second youngest, if you didn't count Mieu.]

Sorry, my missions were confidential to the Order. And I'd like to save any conversations about my religion for a later time, if you don't mind. [It's still a touchy subject for her on so many different levels.]

So mail or searching the dorm floors? That seems a little disjointed. Is there no other way?

[tohko_amano]

It's alright. I don't mind..but hopefully we can talk about them soon! Hopefully they were alright.

[Because sometimes religions were just cults that did horrible things behind people's backs in stories. However, at the question, Tohko nodded and sighed.]

It is a bit hard, but there aren't any hard records kept, so I'm sad to say that's the only way.