08 | do you want me only for my body?

[alephbet]

Characters: Aleph and you.
Setting: June 1st, riiight after the reveal.
Format: Starting with actionspam, but will match you.
Summary: Aleph has had enough of it.
Warnings: Will edit if anything comes up.

[Aleph has always tried to stay strong.

He was a gladiator with no memories, then a Messiah with no choices. Then a hero with no ability to save the people he knew or even stop from killing them himself. Then a God-killer whose punishment would be eternal.

He did these things, he lived through these things and took minimal comfort because he knew it would all be worth it. For the people he would save, in the end. The future he would build.

Now he stares at what should be hands, his hands, as he sits outside his dorm room on the floor. He thinks about where he should be, what he'd done so much work for, and yet everyone on that world is dead now. He misses his demons. He realizes -

he doesn't even have eyes to cry-

-and so he just huddles up on the floor and sniffles pathetically.]

Comments

[alephbet]

Otherwise you'd have little bits of whatever you ate floating around in there. And I don't see any.

[altitonant_emperor]

[ಠ_ಠ] That's an unappealing thought, food floating around inside my solidified soul.

[alephbet]

Yeah. It ruins my appetite too.

[altitonant_emperor]

[At least Hidetoshi no longer feels on the verge of confused, angry panicking.] Any guesses for what's actually been served in the cafeteria this entire time?

[alephbet]

Nutrition bars. Or oatmeal.

[altitonant_emperor]

Probably the nutrition bars...

[¬_¬ Great.]

[alephbet]

I don't feel like walking down and seeing.

[altitonant_emperor]

[He (?) exhales wordlessly, trying hard to not think about how that works when he's missing his lungs and his intestines, and nods in agreement.] Hmm. I don't either, honestly.

[alephbet]

Do you think the elevator's up?

[altitonant_emperor]

If its survived the chaos that's currently running rampant throughout the Tower whole, I don't see why it shouldn't be.

[alephbet]

[Well England might break it.]

Should we check...?

[altitonant_emperor]

[Temporary goal to focus on: Hidetoshi's all for it.]

I have no objections. It seems like a reasonable course of action.

[alephbet]

Alright.

[Aleph's ready to check the elevator, though that means staying upright for a while.]

[altitonant_emperor]

[ A nod.

Hidetoshi made a small noise of exhaling as pushes himself back to his feet, pausing to see if Aleph wants a hand getting up before glancing down the dimly-lit hallways.

Lead the way to the elevator! ]

[alephbet]

[Aleph gets up by himself. The hallway isn't too long and soon they're at where the elevator should be... it doesn't seem here at the moment, though.]

[altitonant_emperor]

Tch.

[ Hidetoshi deliberates for a second and then presses the button numbered the same as the floor they're on. That should bring the elevator, if its functioning still, to their floor. ]

[alephbet]

Now we wait.

[Possibly for a loooooong time.]

[altitonant_emperor]

So we do.

[ Hidetoshi idly taps his foot on the floor occasionally as they wait.

...

...

...

Still nothing? ]

[alephbet]

So.

Hm.

[Nothing.]

...I guess we make small talk.

[altitonant_emperor]

[ Damn, nothing. :| ]

Well, alright.

[ What's a non-depressing topic of conversation? It's hard to think of something like that right now. ]

Ever played any sports, aside from fighting demons?

[ Assuming that counts as a sport. ]

[alephbet]

While I was a gladiator, we'd play sports to keep in shape when we weren't using the training simulators...

What about you?

[altitonant_emperor]

I participated in the gym classes, mostly. And I played on a soccer team with a few friends in middle school.

My interest in those activities was minor after awhile.

[ He wasn't the most athletic of persons. In fact, a loaf of bread probably had more strength than Hidetoshi had had before the Tower. ]

[alephbet]

That's fair. When you live somewhere less dangerous, it's easier to be nonathletic.

[SMT2 universe would toughen him right up.]

[altitonant_emperor]

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

[ If he avoided being eaten by a demon right off, that is. ]

[alephbet]

[Well yes.]

You're probably a lot more literate than I was when I came to the tower, though.