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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...]

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[In the way that only she could, she detached herself emotionally from the entire situation and carefully told him about the fallout of Akzeriuth's explosion, how Asch had brought them up to date with Van's theory to destroy the world, how'd they'd gone around and lowered the Outer Lands down into the Qliphoth, how they'd had to fight her brother, how she'd been diagnosis with miasma toxmosis, how Ion had died to save her, the Tower of Rem, his own diagnosis of fonon separation after the Tower.

She left out any of the side stories of their traveling party. Jade, Natalia and Guy would tell him their own histories, if they wanted or could.

Mainly, her focus was on Van, Luke, Asch and herself. She only told Anise's secret because it was so tightly wound with her own story. After a while, the words just stopped, and she was left sitting next to him, silently staring down the stair case so he didn't have to see how she was ready to cry.]

[Luke just stared, at a loss for words as she finished the story.]

All... all of that... happened?

[It was difficult to process, hearing how his life was supposed to be played out. It didn't even sound like something that could be real...]

As much as it sounds like some far off plot, yes, it happened. Our group was headed to face Van down on Eldrant in the morning when I found myself waking up in this tower.

[Nope, still not looking at him and using a flat voice to answer his questions.]

[Luke hesitated; Tear looked... so out of it, explaining everything that happened. She did that too when she talked about Van, like she was trying to separate herself from what she was talking about.]

[After a moment, he reached around her, wrapping his arm around her shoulders and giving the one opposite him a squeeze. He couldn't do much... but he could at least try to be comforting?]

[Even though she didn't know if she could look at him without crying, she leaned into that arm around her neck and placed her head on his shoulder. A part of her wished that she'd been able to tell Luke how she felt before they'd parted for the night and she'd ended up here.

But, this wasn't...bad. It felt real, unlike the last year of her life.]

[Luke hesitated a moment again, feeling really awkward as a blush creeped up along his neck toward his face. He tried to ignore it as he reached around her with his other arm, pulling her into a hug.]

[As she wrapped her arms around him awkwardly, she wondered how things had turned out this way. She'd only wanted to explore the Tower and now she was exchanging an embrace with Luke, of all people.]

[She let the silent hug go on for a few moments before she pulled back with a bit of a watery smile. To break up the serious mood, she pulled on one of his forelocks gently.]

I'd almost forgotten how good your hair looks long.

[Luke turned a brilliant shade of red, letting out an awkward noise.]

M-most people just complain about it being long...

[She gave an amused snort as she pulled away more, her fingers still curled around the long locks in her hand.]

It's never impeded your ability in battle, so I don't see why they care.

[...it was official; he was never cutting his hair. Ever.]

W-well, it's not like I'd cut it willingly...

[Nevermind he had been considering it just to shut people up.]

[She cocks her head to the side to see his blush a bit better, smiling at his reaction.]

When you cut your hair, I was really surprised. You asked if you could borrow one of my knives and then the next thing I knew, you were letting most of it flutter by in the wind.

[She gives it a soft tug before letting go completely.]

If you decide to do so, let me know first, alright?

R-right... I will, I promise.

Good. [Now that that's settled, on to different topics.]

Asch asked me about healing lessons. As a fellow Seventh Fonist, would you be willing to learn as well?

[Luke reached back, rubbing his neck again.]

I guess...? I mean, if you can put up with teaching me.

[She's forced to smile.]

I already have. You're not a horrible student once you learn that things worth knowing don't get absorbed on the first try.

Frankly, I'm more worried about trying to teach Asch anything.

Y-yeah... that might be... really hard.

[Luke paused, making a face.]

...might want to teach us separately right now too.

[She blinked a few times before frowning.]

What's happened now? And can you handle lessons with the other you and others?

We're... not exactly on speaking terms at the moment.

[He killed him; did he really need to say why?]

And I'm okay with the other me. I just...

[Luke's face twisted into an awkward expression.]

...every time I see him, I keep wondering how you all put up with me. Seriously, I can't believe you didn't ditch me as soon as you had the chance.

Why doesn't that surprise me? [Nope, not at all. Luke and Asch couldn't be around one another more than a few minutes before they begun fighting, so... this was nothing new.]

[Although, the look on his face as he thinks about the other him is amusing and Tear finds herself laughing.]

Jade teased you. Guy was used to you. Natalia was the same. Anise just thought about how much money you had. Ion and I could see the better parts about you, even if we had to look deeply.

W-well... thanks for squinting that hard.

[Luke toed at the stairs, his face almost as red as his hair.]

[She chuckled at his reaction.]

It was worth it.

[Luke smiled faintly, before he finally looked back at her.]

Um... Tear? Can... I ask for a favor?

O-oh? I guess so.

[She only hoped this didn't prove to be dangerous to her well being.]

U-um...

[Luke hesitated a moment, looking a little uncomfortable.]

Could you... maybe... um... s-sing your hymns some time? N-not right now, but... some time? I haven't heard them since before the Tower, s-so...

[Well, that wasn't what she was expecting. Not that she really knew what to expect in the first place where the redhead was concerned. And, still, she was really touched that he'd asked that. Only Fon Master Ion has expressed an interest in her skill as a Melodist for the beauty of the song. Jade had mentioned their usefulness in battle. Even Guy had said he liked them.

But it was Luke's words that had hurt the most when he'd said she was just a loud-mouthed girl. And now...]

Um... s-sure.