Episode 1: It's not always sunny after a storm

[tsunderebunny]

Characters: Barnaby and YOU!
Setting: Room 2-04, Dormitories, Library, Cafeteria, and Anywhere Else.
Format: Action. I can switch off on demand.
Summary: One retired hero arrives in the Tower and refuses to believe the news.
Warnings: Potential for irritability, deadpan snarking, and a few hints of depression.

Room 2-04:

[The seemingly innocent letter was promptly folded up and tossed away the moment Barnaby finished reading it. First he found himself in clothes that he never would dream of wearing, along with a collar that only compounded his embarrassment-- what kind of person did everyone think he was? Then, to add to the strangeness of the morning, the note dared to tell him that everything he knew had been laid waste.

He ran a hand through his hair, tossing his curls from his face.]

Don't tell me that people honestly believe all of this?

Everywhere Else:

[Barnaby set off on his own in search of something that made sense in this Tower, taking in every new piece of information with a dose of skepticism. Although the battle on top of the Justice Tower had been a bitter victory and Sternbild had finally awoken from its bizarre dream, he wasn't certain about how much in his mind could be trusted.

Not even his senses were infalliable. It was a painful lesson to learn.

That was why he wandered the halls with the attention of a detective, taking note of anything and everything that struck his interest. He would eventually end up in the Cafeteria when he got hungry, studying the menu with bemused interest as he took a short break. Later on he could be found in a quiet corner of the library, taking advantage of the comforting quiet to make sense of everything that had happened to him in recent days-- along with the strange situation he suddenly found himself in.]

Comments

[tsunderebunny]

Barnaby Brooks Jr. It's good meeting you too.

[He politely offered a hand. Manners were always important, even in the strangest of circumstances.]

Since you're in here, is it safe to assume that we're roommates?

[undroppedeaves]

[He came forward reaching up to shake the big folk's hand and nodded] We are, there's four in a room.

[tsunderebunny]

Hmm. Should have figured that why there's an extra bed.

[He hadn't given his immediate surroundings much thought yet. His only care had been the note and finding his glasses.]

That means there's one more to meet. All in all, this isn't a bad set up so far.

[undroppedeaves]

Who else have you met? [Aleph had been very helpful to Sam when he had first arrived so if Barnaby hadn't yet met him Sam would make sure to introduce them.]

[tsunderebunny]

Mist--ah. [He remembered a certain request.]

Aleph. He's been nothing but patient and helpful so far.

[And the demon summoner bit was quite intriguing.]

[undroppedeaves]

[Sam nods] He is very patient, he helped me a lot when I first arrived.

Have you been out of the room yet? If you wish I can show you the places that are safe.

[tsunderebunny]

No, I haven't done much exploring yet. [Although he planned to once he found a way to get supplies. If the rumors about monsters were right, he was woefully underprepared.]

I'd be grateful for any help you can offer, Mister Gamgee.

[undroppedeaves]

Then you haven't eaten? [Well at least this was something Sam could help with] You need to eat porridge, they call it oatmeal here, first, I'll show you where to get that.

[tsunderebunny]

Not yet. [Although he frowned at the explanation.] Is there any reason why we need to eat oatmeal?

[undroppedeaves]

I don't know the reasons, just that you get poorly if you don't. It's not too bad, rather plain but better than naught.

[tsunderebunny]

From the way everything is sounding, plain might be a good thing.

[undroppedeaves]

Sometimes it is, gives you time to adjust. I can show you the way if you want.

[tsunderebunny]

It shouldn't be hard to find, right? It doesn't make sense that the management here would make the cafeteria difficult and dangerous to get to.

[undroppedeaves]

"It's on the first floor, this is the hundredth and second. There is an elevator, not sure if you know what those are." He hadn't known, until someone had shown him. They were fair useful inventions though.

[tsunderebunny]

Barnaby sighed, almost in relief. "Hm, an elevator. At least something makes sense around here." It actually made more sense to him than the oatmeal.

"But a hundred stories...that doesn't sound much different from a skyscraper I visited recently. Is this kind of thing new to you?"

[undroppedeaves]

Sam nodded, "It is indeed, I've seen towers before but I would doubt they had eight floors never mind a hundred."

Well he was not sure about Sauron's tower, that was tall indeed.

[tsunderebunny]

Eight stories fell far short of Barnaby's definition of a tower, but he thought that he was starting to understand his roommate a little better. "Hm. Then this must be very impressive for you."

[undroppedeaves]

"Impressive is one way of putting it." Entire oceans on a floor, fiery mountains (he had made a swift exit from that floor), islands floating in the sky.

"It's a very strange place."

[tsunderebunny]

"So it seems."

He shot Sam a glimmer of a smile as he stood up. "I thank you for all of the help, Mister Gamgee. I'll make sure to remember it."

[undroppedeaves]

"You're very welcome, just ask if you ever need anything, what help I can give will be yours."