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Characters: Fayt Leingod and whoever runs across him.
Setting: Dormitory room 2-08 and various first block floors.
Format: Action. I’m also willing to follow along prose if you prefer that.
Summary: Fayt arrives in the tower.
Warnings: He's not exactly going to be very happy about this.

Room 2-08 and dormitory levels
[To be waking up in a strange room, in a strange place, wasn’t exactly the outcome Fayt had expected after everything that had happened recently. Not that he even knew what he expected to happen after they couldn't stop that program, but this didn't feel like it at all.

The first letter, when he opens it, is like a punch in the gut. The message was short and simple, almost horribly cheerful, for the information it contained. Fayt didn't want to believe it. There had to be another explanation, because he was sure the last thing he remembered hadn't been completely emptiness.

So of course, the first thing he does after reading through both letters is to change out of the awkwardly tight outfit he'd woken up in into something more familiar from the trunk at the foot of his bed and try to find someone who knows more than he does. He'll be wandering the halls of the dormitory, seeking out anyone he comes across for answers. Maybe he could find whoever was sharing that room with him... the other sections of the room did look occupied.]

Floor three library
[After spending some time on the dormitory level, Fayt takes to exploring the tower, taking the long elevator ride to the bottom. He’ll be lingering in the library on floor 3 the longest, hoping to find some more information. Fayt will be browsing determinedly through the shelves trying to find something on this place, but he’s failing, much to his frustration. Some of the books do seem interesting, though, and he can occasionally be found picking his way through the shelves, a pair of reading glasses perched on his face as he glances over random books.]

Cafeteria
[A while later he makes his way to the cafeteria to get a bite to eat, but he’s hesitant about the oatmeal. Why the insistence on eating that first? It seemed pretty odd, really. Fayt’s going to be deliberating on that for a bit before he decides what to do. Someone should probably stop him before he does something he’ll regret.]

Floor four
[He makes his way to floor four after that, and he takes in the view of the world outside the windows for a while, glancing out over the clouds and hoping to see something besides the obscured view. It was a roomy lounge, but he really would have preferred to see something of their surroundings. Was this really all that was out there?]

Floor five
[On floor five, Fayt wanders around a bit before finding the viewing stations. He spends some time eyeing them, wondering if he honestly wanted to know what sights they contained yet, let alone if he could trust them. He wasn’t sure what to believe, if the viewing stations were genuine or not, but he knew what he didn’t want to believe.]

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...It'll be easier to just eat it and get it over with.

[He had already pulled through his 'ordeal' with it, although he wasn't sure that he liked the zucchini pancakes much better.]

[He might become part of the floor itself at this rate; how often Sephiroth comes to this floor and sits in front of a viewfinder. Staring into the dead abyss of His Planet, feeling the weight of the stripped Lifestream for long periods at a time. As if he might grow to be de-sensitized from it.

It's totally not possible to see whether he's aware of the others' presence eyeing the same screen from a few feet back. His silver-graced shoulders hardly move at all with each controlled breath.]

[Fayt redirects his gaze from the bowl of oatmeal he'd been eyeing for some time, glancing at the man who spoke. Guess his staring was that obvious.]

Why the oatmeal, though? It seems pretty odd that we have to eat something so specific first.

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[As usual, Tohko was taking care of her library duties, cleaning up old messes, organizing books, and trying to ignore and dodge her retrieval unit of a stalker. However, when she saw a boy browsing the shelves, she couldn't help but walk up to him with a smile on her face. The stalker, sadly, had followed her and was watching the two from a distance.]

Good morning! Need help finding anything?

[Seeing someone else using those things at least gave Fayt more of an idea of if they were considered accurate or not... but it didn't settle his questions fully, either. He watches the tall man at the viewfinder for a moment, before deciding to go for it and approach him. Couldn't hurt, right?]

Hey... mind if I ask you something?

[Fayt looks up from the shelves, and while he does look mildly frustrated, he offers the girl a small smile and a quirk of the brow.] Hey. I don't suppose there are books on this place, are there?

[His eyes trail over to the person a ways behind her, looking a bit confused for just a moment at the stare that they seemed to be directing their way. Who was that? A friend of hers?]

Who knows? [Nobody seemed too...]

But, I would think we have larger concerns.

Well that's pretty obvious. [Claims that their worlds were destroyed? Yeah, bigger problems than strange first meal requests. He fiddles with his spoon a bit, wondering what this guy's opinion was.] How much do you believe about all this?

[Not really..but Tohko had put up with her 'friend's' presence for so long now that she had grown used to dealing with him. However, at the question, she sighed.]

I'm sad to say that there aren't. The Administrators pulled any books that had to do with this place, and no one had been able to find them yet. However, if you want, I could tell you everything I know about the Tower. That way, you'll be prepared for later!

None of it.

[He stated it simply. It was only a day or so since he arrived, and he still had found no reason to believe that this wasn't a trick on some level. However, after hearing the stories, he was trying to keep an open mind.]

There are many others who would disagree, though. No one knows very much.

Seriously? [It just figured a place like this wouldn't want anyone figuring out anything so easily. But it did mean they had plenty to hide.] I'd really appreciate that, actually.

So people are divided over what to think, huh? [Fayt wasn't ready to believe it. Not after everything that had happened back in his universe.] I'm not buying it, for sure.

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[Fayt won't be alone in his viewings, he may or may not be aware of when Henry approaches, but he does seem to place himself close enough to Fayt that it might be inappropriate.

But looking at just clouds? That gets mundane very fast.] Booooring~.

I'd say so. It's not encouraging. But, I don't think that the management here wants to encourage us.

[The oatmeal was a prime example of this.]

I know..I'm not a fan of that fact either, but I'm sad to say that until we find the books, we can only rely on the network and what we find out from our own searches. However, I'm happy to tell you everything I know.

[And with that, Tohko would take a deep breath and begin her usual infodump.]

This is the Tower of Animus. Four people now run it-Riki, a secretive man who builds the Tower and is in charge of the records, Zo, a small child who can bring souls here, Jason, a sadistic medical doctor who sometimes experiments on the residents. He, I believe, helps transfer your soul when you die. Finally, there’s Ruana, a woman who has been here for thousands of years and doesn’t quite understand human empathy or emotions, and hates it when people go against her. She may seem sweet, but she is capable of removing free will and cannibalizing her own Administrators.

There used to be a fifth Administrator named Dax. He was the most humane of the bunch and did his best to protect us from Jason and the monsters here. He even managed to sneak people down to the Administrative levels in order to let them know more about this place. However, when he tried to go against Ruana..she killed and ate him, possibly absorbing his powers in the process. He was a good man.

Death isn’t permanent here. If you die, you’ll just wake up in your bed the next day. However, don’t throw your life away for foolish reasons. For one thing, you’ll probably get punished if you die too many times, and for the other…your body is made up of recycled parts. Only your soul was pulled to this universe. Your body, and the ones you’ll have afterward, are not your original body. That’s why you have the collar. It helps make sure your soul safely stays in your body.

I’m sorry to say that your universe is destroyed. You may see people you know here, but they won’t be from your own universe or point in time. I don’t know exactly how our universes were destroyed, but I do know that it was caused by Ruana watching our universes, for some reason.

If you haven’t been to the cafeteria yet, make sure that you eat the oatmeal when you do. If you don’t, you’ll throw up anything else you try to eat until you finish it. However, you can eat anything you want afterwards, and you can add things to the oatmeal to improve the taste.

Monsters roam the Tower at night, and some of the higher floors have monsters that attack if you get too close. If you can’t fight, then I would suggest learning. There are plenty of people here who would be willing to teach you.

[You'll have to excuse the brunette currently gazing into one of the viewing stations. She's in shock and there aren't words for what she's feeling. Anger. Sadness. Disbelief. Shock. Hatred. Remorse. Grief....

She's feeling all of these things, some more than others. But it's all cold as she continues to look through it, before she pushes away with a look of utter distaste on her otherwise pretty face.

Despite the scowl on her face, she is open to talking to any new residents.]

[Being actually sat on the floor a few feet from the screen would certainly help to make Sephiroth appear more approachable. Removing a lot of his height from the equation.

Hearing words at his back, Sephiroth takes a deeper breath - almost as if he had been sleeping there and was now waking up. He hasn't been, but his inward focused, near-meditative time has recently become even more important than any physical training.

Of course, he'd known there was someone behind him but most would have walked right past him without a glance. Without even turning his head to look back at the person. Sephiroth answers, his tone as expressionless as he can make it.]

That depends on what exactly your question is.

[ There's someone staring at you, Fayt. Someone with long pointed ears, kind of short, blonde, blue eyes, wearing a green tunic and decked out in sword, shield, bow and arrows and all that. Not drawn, just peeking over at you from the edge of the table. Giving you a look.

... Is that a bunch of daisy chains in their arms? Sure is. ]

... Hello.

[ Their voice is kind of quiet, but this person (who knows if they're male or female, it's... too hard to tell) seems to be staring at you and wondering if you would like a daisy chain headband. FLOWERS! ]

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You can say that again. Lucky for them, some people aren't going to be trusting any encouragement they give out. [He wasn't going to trust any information just handed to him here.]

What they could tell us is just as suspicious as what they don't, it seems like.

[It doesn't take long for Henry to get noticed, especially when he gets that close. Fayt turns to face him, looking a little startled by the proximity.

Hey, personal space here.]

There's not much to it, yeah.

[Barnaby felt the same-- for very different reasons.]

It does. But, regardless, we're here in some sense. It might be wise just to work with it for now.

[ As Fayt had exited the dorm to wander around the hallways, an old man would be coming by the stairs. He was was fully clothed in white and was holding a staff in hand, apparently using it as a walking stick.

Headed straight for the dormitories, Gandalf spotted Fayt on his way. Fairly certain he had never seen him before and given the blue-haired young man seemed to be wandering the corridors as if seeking out for answers, he would stop by the door. ]

Should I assume you are new to this tower lad?

[That....

was a lot to take in. Fayt listens as she speaks, though, taking note of the names given at first and at the mention of death and revivals, reaching up to touch the collar. This thing was keeping him here? Memories of that darkness, that emptiness from before creep to the forefront of his mind. He wanted to deny the fate of his universe still, even with this girl saying it.

It takes a bit for Fayt to respond to it all.] That's quite a lot. Are you sure all of this is accurate? I mean.... how do you know for sure?

[Fayt's not sure if it's for the best he approaches her at first. She looked obviously upset by whatever it is she saw, likely the same view Fayt wasn't sure to trust.

Eventually, though, he'll make his way over, trying to be as polite as possible to make up for the intrusion.] Excuse me, ma'am? About those machines...

[Fayt was pretty used to people who towered over him, so that wasn't really going to dissuade him. Albel and Cliff were pretty tall guys.

He watches the man for a moment, curious about the quietness of his reaction, before speaking again, shifting his position slightly to incline his head towards the viewfinder.] These things... do you think they show the truth?

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cafeteria -- also hi, i was sad about the lack of replies here

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floor four!

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Floor Five, since I finally remembered....

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