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

[alephbet]

Are you a religious man at all?

[tsunderebunny]

[After the trauma that happened on Christmas, the one that he was never full able to get over...?]

Not particularly, no. I also try to keep an open mind. You have to, because you never know who's a NEXT and who's not.

[alephbet]

Well... technically, a demon is any supernatural being on my world, and demon summoners can call angels as much as they can call beings from the darkest pits of hell. But, since I killed God, I have a bad reputation with anyone religious.

[Calmly spoken.]

[tsunderebunny]

[If he were to truly believe that this was reality and he kept an open mind, then the explanation seemed simple enough-- although he wasn't sure what he believed.

All of his uncertainties ground to a halt, however, at the final line.]

Hold on a second. [He raised an eyebrow.] You killed God?

[alephbet]

Yes. Yes, I did. It was necessary.

[In the save the world sense.]

[tsunderebunny]

[He smirked.]

That's a good reason.

[alephbet]

The best one I can think of.

[tsunderebunny]

[He still wasn't sold, but Aleph had been more than patient and informative. The least Barnaby could do was hear him out.]

What does this have to do with the original question?

[alephbet]

Some people are very religious and what I've done makes their attitude toward me shift to 'kill on sight'.

[tsunderebunny]

[while on that subject:]

-- have you ever used those skills to murder people who stood up for their beliefs against crime and corruption?

[That was the important question.]

[alephbet]

No. Self-defense, or those who fought as knowing soldiers for corruption.

[tsunderebunny]

[He calmed down and gave Aleph a small smile, relieved.]

Then you're not even close to my 'kill on sight' list.

[alephbet]

That's good. It would make rooming together fairly awkward.

[tsunderebunny]

It would. That's why its goot to be the same page with all of this. I'm not nearly as strong as you are, but at least we don't need to worry about sleeping in our beds at night.

[alephbet]

At least we can say that much.