❧ first truth

[integrous]

Characters: Asahi Yuki and you!
Setting: Dormitories (room 01-11), floor four, floor fifteen.
Format: I'll be doing action, feel free to prose though if you want, I don't mind!
Summary: Asahi wakes up in the tower and has a fit.
Warnings: Some very slight blood in the second prompt.

( room 01-11 )

[ When Asahi wakes up, there's just confusion at first. Nothing here is like she's used to. This isn't her bedroom, these aren't her clothes, this isn't her bed.. by the time she sits up and looks around, her shock is very much apparent just from her facial expression. Asahi doesn't hide her emotions either way, they're clear and out in the open over here. She'll even ignore roommates and dive immediately for the letter, her eyes skimming it and her expression only grows more shocked at it. What.. is this true?! She can't read lies from a letter, so she has no way to tell, but.. the very idea of her world being destroyed, everyone she knows being gone.. it twists her stomach.

She stands up, starting to rummage through her trunk to find her actual clothes to put on instead of this weird suit. She's looking rather emotional, but still, roommates can approach the new girl. ]

( floor four )

[ By the time Asahi starts looking around in the tower for more answers, she finds herself on the floor with the glass windows and then stops. Outside the windows, these sights.. could that really be just a hologram or whatever if it's that realistic? Or is it true, the letter and what it said? This does look too elaborate to be the work of normal kidnappers, but how can she know for sure?! Besides, even if it's true, there's no way she can accept that!

Her world destroyed, being alone here now, having to live here..

It's sad. It's scary. It's infuriating. It's a lot of emotions at once, and of course with Asahi being Asahi she doesn't know how to deal with them other than to just directly throw them out. Physically. And so she pulls back her arm, her hand forming a fist and she strikes the glass hard in her frustration. It doesn't budge, but that's okay, she didn't intend to break it either way. This is just the only way she can express all her emotions, she has no other way.

She lets out another yell, hitting the glass again. And again. After the third time, her knuckles become chafed, and after the fourth time they start to downright bleed. She attempts one more time, but her body gives out because of the mental exhaustion from all those emotions and she drops onto the floor on her knees, covering her face with her hands. One of them is still bloody, but she doesn't even seem to pay it any attention. ]

( floor fifteen )

[ Later on, when she's more calmed down again (relatively speaking, this is Asahi, after all) she ends up finding the workshop. And once she finds the wood there, she's immediately in the middle of it, searching the pieces. Occasionally she'll pick one up and stare at it before dropping it again. Sometimes she throws one or two backwards too to look at it later - if your character happens to pass by they might just accidentally get hit by one. At least she doesn't mind it, it's just that she's too brash to look.. ]

( ooc: as a side note, Asahi has the ability to see through people's lies, so if you would rather not have her do that to your character as she talks to them then please don't tag, thanks! )

Comments

[invisible_friendship]

You never know! There's lot of people you wouldn't expect to have powers here. [He was sure surprised when it happened.

His definition of freak was different as well.]

So you're just gonna fight off the monsters with a stick?

[integrous]

What else do I have? I'm more used to punching stuff, but that's not going to be any good against a monster. [ Not that she knows what the monsters here are like, but considering the way she imagines them it wouldn't be enough at all.. ]

How are you fighting them off then?

1/2

[invisible_friendship]

[He was struck with a sort of sympathetic feeling. Everything could be solved with his fists at home--not so much here.]

I'm not. [It was hard to admit weakness, but he didn't want her to go through what he did.]

[invisible_friendship]

[He wont linger on the negative feelings too long.]

There are some who are really good at it! [i.e the warriors and super hero like people.]

[integrous]

[ She looks back at him, and blinks once or twice. But then she picks up one of the pieces of wood and unceremoniously shoves it into his hands. ]

What, you think you can just go around without defending yourself?! At least keep something so you can try in case you really can't run away or whatever! [ She's the type to go down fighting at least, even if she doesn't like to think about it. ] There's no excuse for not trying at all!

[invisible_friendship]

Whoever said anything about not defending myself.

[Puh-lease, woman, he'd sooner die than give in willing to whatever it was he would be subjected to.

Jonouchi was more of a fist fighter anyway, and he wasn't going to carry a block of wood for the rest of his stay in his horrible tower. The blonde tossed it aside.]

So you're new here? Not every floor has monsters, and some seem safe until you go into them. [You won't always know what you're going to fight.]

[integrous]

[ Asahi can't help but huff a little when he throws away the wood, like her help is being refused here - she's just taking it a little too personally, honestly, but that's just the way Asahi is. ]

Of course I figured that much! Don't think I'm stupid, I'm not planning on dying here..! [ Even if she is scared - but she's not admitting it right off the bat. ]

[invisible_friendship]

The dead don't stay dead here. [He wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't experienced it himself.

He pondered for a second.]

But the second time I woke up, I was paralyzed for a lot longer. [Worst feeling imaginable.]

[integrous]

[ ..

Rewind that for a moment. It's a pretty big thing she's being told here, okay, so her face pales once she hears it.. the dead-- what?! ]

W-what do you mean?! Once someone is dead, they're just dead, you know..! They can't come back to life like that!

[invisible_friendship]

I thought that too, but you come back the next day. Except you're paralyzed longer when you wake up again.

I don't know how they do it here.

[integrous]

[ That has got to be a lie. But it's not a lie on his part, she can't see a tail so he must really believe in it.. but still, that's totally impossible.. she looks so troubled right now, as if she doesn't even know what to believe. ]

So we're just supposed to accept that kind of messed up reality?

[invisible_friendship]

You don't have to accept it if you don't want to, but I call it like I see it.

Strange things happen here, most of the time it's dangerous. Just be careful.

[integrous]

Of course I'm going to be careful! Why do you think I'm looking for some way to defend myself to begin with?!

[ It's on a yelling tone again, but she puts her hands on her hips and huffs to let out some steam right after. ]

I'm.. not just going to die here. I can't.

[invisible_friendship]

[He saw so much of himself in her right now, it hurt him.]

It's hard, and the tower is always looking for ways to bring you down. [And kill you.] But don't ever give up!

[Newfound energy!]

I've only been here for little over a month, but I have my friends to help. I'm Jonouchi!

[integrous]

[ Not giving up. Isn't that supposed to be her good point..? Asahi, always jumping in to help everyone else no matter the situation, always being brave.. she knows it, it's just difficult now to immediately resume being herself.

But she tries to offer him a smile at his energy, at least. ]

I'm Asahi. You sound like you're pretty lucky, with your friends and all.

[invisible_friendship]

I'm Jonouchi. It's no one from home, but there are nice people you'll meet here.

[Not that he'd want his friends from home to suffer here along with everyone else who was dragged from their worlds.]

[integrous]

Ah.. well, I'll be fine, either way. [ She gives a small and sheepish shrug right after she says it. ]

It's not like I had that many friends back home either, so.. I'll be fine no matter what. [ Because she has to be. ] I mean, not that I mind making friends though.

[invisible_friendship]

OI! Asahi, you wanna be friends? [He doesn't understand why she wouldn't have that many, but that didn't matter to him anyway. He'll be more than happy to friend her.]

[integrous]

[ ..

For a moment she just stares at him, as if she's completely dumbstruck by that sudden question. But since Asahi can't help but be tsun in the end, it's not like she can just say yes like that - instead she looks pretty flustered. ]

H-hey, do you think you can just say that stuff out of nowhere like that?!

[invisible_friendship]

[He was expecting a yes not...this.]

Something wrong with it?

[integrous]

That's not something you can just decide on the spot, you know! You need to make sure you can trust each other, all of that.. t-that's what friendship's about! [ A huff. ] If you do it this easily, then friendship isn't worth anything, you know!

[invisible_friendship]

[The blonde had an abrupt change in mood. Friendship was his everything after all.]

I do trust you. [He doesn't have a reason not to, and he's willing to pay the price of it if it becomes a mistake.]

Don't tell me what friendship is and isn't all about. [He gritted his teeth. He'll never see his own best friend again as long as he was stuck here, and it was painful for him to admit it to himself.]

[integrous]

...

[ She huffs again, but this time she just looks away, her arms crossed over each other. ]

You just think you can trust me like that? Even though you don't know me?

[invisible_friendship]

So tell me why I can't trust you? Are you evil? Have you killed others?

[integrous]

Of course not! [ She quickly reacts to it, very directly. The very thought of killing someone is so wrong to her that she can't help but immediately flip out at it. ]

Why would I do something like that?! People who do that are seriously messed up..!