(no subject)

[sacred_flamer]

Characters: Luke fon Fabre, Nanako Dojima, Pit, and YOU
Setting: Various locations; see below.
Format: Starting action, reply as you wish.
Summary: Catch all post for all of my characters, because they're all trying to recover from last month at once. Please specify who you're responding to and where.
Warnings: Drone death, angst, and Pit being a freaking dork.

Pit May 1st, Room 4-18 [Pit was rubbing at his eyes, still half asleep from being put under since getting out of the Dark World. Despite still being out of it, the only thing he could think of was getting to his double's room, to see if he was okay, and hopefully by the time he finished crying and yelling at him, he'd be awake enough to punch him.] May 6th, Floor Seventy-Seven [Now that Pit's caught up on the goings on of the Tower? He needed to get himself ready for the fights that were obviously going to come. He wasn't going to do that by training, by working out, or by making sure his weapons were in good working order.] HOT SPRING!!! [...hope you weren't in the sauna, because Pit just did a massive canon ball into the water, cloths, sandals, and all.]

Nanako Dojima May 4th, Floor One Hundred and One [Nanako hasn't been able to return to her room since Ken died.] [She has been hiding in the gardens for a long time, mostly because it was the only floor she felt safe in. A lot of times she woke up, she found herself back in her room, but she scurried back to the gardens before anyone else woke up. She was so tired and stressed out from it all, that often times she found herself nodding off during the day.] [She hated this place... she hated everything about it, and she wanted to go home.] May 9th, Floor Twenty-Six [Nanako was standing alone in the middle of the morgue, finally able to pull herself away from the gardens above. She didn't know what she was supposed to do... she wanted to cry and scream, but at the same time, she knew she couldn't do that. There would be no point.] [After a moment, she curled her arms around herself, sinking to the floor.] Daddy... I want to go home... Mommy, help me...

Luke fon Fabre May 10th, Room 3-14 [You could probably hear Luke whining from outside the door, followed by loud "Mieu mieu"s in response. An irritable groan followed, along with the most... awkward conversation ever.] C'mon! I'm not wearing that! Mieu! Miemiemieuu! But the admins gave it to me! I don't want it! Mieuuuuuu!!! All right! All right! Get off of my head!!! [It's a moment before Luke comes out of the room, wearing a new outfit, and looking absolutely sullen about it. He paused to glare at whomever decided to stop and listen outside the door.] ...what are you looking at? May 11th, All over the Tower [...okay, so maybe he liked the outfit they gave him.] [Luke was trying to keep himself busy in the Tower, trying to take his mind off of last month. He's been helping lay out chips, and if you're lucky you might be able to catch him on the meadow, media, dormitories, and forest floors doing that. But it's not enough to really get his mind off of what happened, and all the drones following people around? Really doesn't help him at all; there isn't anywhere he's gone in the tower he hasn't been able to see them, and it just got to him more and more. Every time he sees one, he feels the guilt from what he was forced to do hit him in the chest again and again...] [Finally, he snapped.] [He was passing by the abandoned hospital ward on floor fifty-six when he noticed he was being followed. The drone wasn't really following him or even paying much attention to him; it was obvious that it was just there on its way elsewhere. Despite how obvious it was, it didn't keep Luke from turning on it.] [He didn't really know he was doing it. One moment he was turning, and the next, he was shoving the lifeless drone off of his blade, watching it tumble back down the stairs. Luke stood there, staring... before he tightened his hand into a fist. He could feel his stomach churning -- he had just killed someone -- but... if he could get rid of them...]

Comments

Luke, of course! On the stairs!

[mysterical]

[She was just walking up the stairs in a solitary information gathering excursion when she was nearly crushed by a falling drone betwee the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth floors. She flattened herself against the wall and quickly cast a Forcefield, watching the drone bounce off the barrier before it hit the stairs and continued down.

When she was done, she turned to glare up at whomever was responsible.]

Didn't you even think to check if anyone was coming up the staircase? You could have killed me! I'd like to avoid that!

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke stared in surprise, not expecting anyone to have been there. The full impact of what he just did decided to hit him at that moment, and he fell over, landing on the next step up and clutching at his stomach.]

T-Tear... I...

[mysterical]

[The glare on her face melted as Luke proceeded to look like he was going to throw up. Before she knew it, she was at his side, hand on his back.]

Luke, are you okay?

Nanako - Floor 26

[slightlyoblivious]

[Yukiko doesn't like passing past the morgue. It makes her think of surgery and experiments and the odd nightmares she doesn't admit to anyone else that she's having, so she tends to just pass it as fast as she can on her way to other places.

But this time, she happens to glance inside, and when she sees the little girl inside - well, she can't just leave her. Not like this.

She steps inside, shaking off her own momentary anxiety, and calls out quietly.]

Nanako-chan? Oh, Nanako-chan...

[She isn't her family, not like Yu is, but she bends down next to her and moves to scoop her up into a hug, if it's wanted.]

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako let out a faint sound of surprise, turning around slightly to see a familiar face she hadn't seen yet in the Tower.]

Yukiko...?

[After a moment, she threw her arms around her neck, clinging to her tight. No, it wasn't fair. The people they knew shouldn't be stuck here too...]

[slightlyoblivious]

[Without another word, Yukiko pulls Nanako into a tight hug. It wasn't okay, and she wouldn't lie and say that it would be.]

I'm so sorry that you got brought here. I know that doesn't fix it, but...

[...but there's something that she can tell Nanako that might help.]

...we're going to find a way to get you home to your dad. Yu-kun, and me, and Yosuke, and Rise-chan, and Naoto-kun, and Kanji-kun. We're working on that right now, and I promise you, we won't stop until we've seen you safely home.

Nanako and 101, but not the Dalmatians variety

[pitiedthefool]

[After recently talking to Zelda, he couldn't help but wander to other floors and try to find a way to place the chips Dax left behind for them. In fact, it was just returning from placing one on floor ninety-four when he stepped on a stair that led him into the gardens...

...Was that a familiar hint of pink dress?

Regardless, he's going to call out, because he's been looking for her at the same time.]

Nanako-? Nanako, are you here?

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako paused, almost afraid to look and see if it really was her brother there, or if the people that owned the Tower were playing games with her. After a moment, she poked her head out from around a big potted cry, staring up at him with massive dark circles under her eyes.]

[pitiedthefool]

[It was all it took for Yu to spot her.]

Nanako! [He's instantly relieved, even as he notices the dark circles under her eyes when he rushes over. ...Please don't run from him again.] We've been looking for you. ...What's wrong?

[Come get a hug and tell him what happened, little sis. :c]

Luke -> the staircase

[fragileprophet]

[Ion was just stepping off of the fifty-seventh floor, himself, curious to learn more about the wide field for games. It turned out to be quite poor timing.

All he can do is stare, as well, as he watches the body fall backwards, off of Luke's blade, and down the stairs below them.]

Luke...

[Ion wants to say more. He wants to ask why the redhead did that--what had happened to cause him to murder someone (even if that someone was lifeless)...but considering that the last time Ion had seen Luke, he was the one on the wrong end of the metaphorical sword, the words fall short.

The boy's face twists into something akin to incomprehension, though something a shade more anxious is buried there in his eyes.]

[sacred_flamer]

I-Ion...

[Luke hesitated, looking down at the Fon Master and the body as it rolled away, before looking away. No... he had... he had killed him last month... how could he even face him? How could he even apologize to him?]

I...

Luke -> Staircase because why not

[fonlines]

[This Ion is on the way down from a few floors above, himself. He manages to come into view just in time to see Luke push the drone off his blade and down the stairs.]

... my.

[The Fon Master seems unable to vocalize much more than that, hand brought to his mouth in apparent shock.

It takes him a moment to tear his gaze away from the falling body and venture a hesitant-sounding question.]

What had they done to deserve that...?

Oooh... boy, Luke doesn't know about Ion being a replica.

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke turned in surprise, looking a bit ashamed to have been caught killing a drone by Ion of all people. Though, he had to wonder why he would ask him that... After what he'd done, after killing him, he thought it would be obvious why he would do something like that.]

Ion, I... it's partially my fault they're stalking people. I need to do something.

Luke - Jumping on the staircase bandwagon, I'm sorry

[ambassadorasshat]

[Someone picked a bad day to miss his elevator stop and have to backtrack up the stairs, because he's just entered the staircase between the fifty-fifth and the fifty-sixth floors.

Just in time to flatten himself against the wall to avoid the body tumbling down.]

Uah! What the hell?

fffff

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke let out a surprised noise at the bellowing; looked like the other him was around again. He made a face, wondering how bad he had had it last month... if at all.]

You all right?

[Stupid replica, stairs/floor 56] [1/2]

[bloodyashes]

[And here, stepping onto the staircase and still adjusting the gloves he pulled back on after his little mission, is one person who's been doing his best to avoid an encounter with Luke for quite a while, now. Asch knew it was inevitable, sooner or later, but that doesn't mean that this is how he expected to run into Luke again.

He should just leave, leave Luke to his apparent new hobby of drone slaughtering, but something twists up inside him and roots him to the spot.

Watch for a moment, and then strike with precision - ]

[2/2]

[bloodyashes]

Didn't know you were trying to steal my title, too.

[It's a low shot and he doesn't care. Let Luke suffer for it. When hurt, strike back.

He doesn't care.]

Dark Pit's room I'm too lazy to look up the number.

[alae]

[... Suddenly stupid crying and yelling original ugh he was taking a nap.]

What do you want?

[lskjfsdk get off of himmmm.]

It was right there at the top. XDDD

[notastain]

[Yup; stupid crying and yelling original. Pit still hadn't woken up enough to punch him, but maybe the fact he was pretty much goobering all over him would be compensation for that.]

You're okay! You're all right!

Nanako, Floor 101

[screamsalot]

[Garry hasn't poked around too many of the floors in the Tower yet. Many of them he took one look at and decided they looked far too dangerous to venture into; others just didn't interest him at all. The gardens, however, seemed safe enough and didn't require venturing too far from the dorms, making it a far more appealing option for passing time than the dorms themselves.

Besides, it's a lot easier to forget that you're trapped inside a tower in a setting like this. Which is probably a good thing, given that he's the more-than-slightly-jumpy sort...]

[justiceinheaven]

[Someone else was here...]

[Nanako poked her head out from behind a potted plant, staring at the person. She never saw them before, and had no idea why they would be up here. For all she knew, he was another murderous person, and would probably kill her just like...]

[She ducked away quickly, hurrying to hide anywhere she could find a place.]

Nanako floor 26

[myblueskies]

[Romeo had spoken to this girl once on the network and knew she was a friend of Ken's. When he saw her looking so sad and crying for her parents he ran over and tried to wrap his arms round her.]

I know, it's really sad and scary. But it will be alright.

[justiceinheaven]

[Nanako jumped at the sudden arms around her, blinking at the boy behind her.]

Ah... Romeo...?

Luke; Staircase

[relinquishing]

[It wasn't like this was the first time he'd seen the redhead today - Guy'd run into Luke in the dormitories earlier in the day while placing chips. He'd made sure to make enough of a remark about Luke's new outfit to get a disgruntled reaction in return. It didn't look bad - different, maybe, but not bad!

And the more important part? He finally knows which Luke he's dealing with when he comes across one shoving a drone down the stairs, barely sidestepping as the dead body crashes by.]

...Luke, what the hell--??

[sacred_flamer]

[...oops.]

[Luke hesitated a moment when he saw Guy there, his blade still dripping blood from the dead drone.]

Guy...