Glamour Failure

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Characters: any
Setting: all around the Tower
Format: any/party-style
Summary: A general mingle log for the reaction to the beginning of the Idealism event.
Warnings: PG-13; please include any more detailed warnings in your threads if necessary

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[sawthelockdown]

[Erk.]

Yes. Yes I do. Um...Shepard, wasn't it?

[sawthelockdown]

[Shhh, cousin. Shhh. She's just going to keep patting his hair gently until he goes to sleep, her own eyes closing as well.]

Even if the reality of this place is fake....I don't think that the people here are, and neither are the bonds between any of them. It sounds sappy, but - I don't think they can fake that. Not really...So just rest for now, okay, Naoya? I'm here, I'm not going anywhere, and that is true.

[no_longer_a_king]

"You've seen her?" Arturia asked. It was hard to pick people out in this confusion and Arturia had been more focused on keeping people safe than seeking people out. Zelda she knew had a good enough head on her shoulders she could handle herself during this crisis.

"I trust you will, John," she continued to him doing what he could if he came across trouble, "In the short time I have known you, you've proven to have a good head on your shoulders."

....do we even need the "world is ending!" joke at this point?

[featherdarting]

They're...They're...

[Not our own. None of it was real. Not my magic, not any of it...

She just curls up, hugging her knees to her chest, rocking back and forth.]

They should!

[no_longer_a_king]

"Enoch?" Arturia asked, her tone curious. If it was Enoch then that meant would be someone who likely had an idea of what was going on.

She didn't know if he had been part of the group placing the microchips for sure, but she could easily venture a guess as to him knowing about it.

"Do you suppose this is the result of what Dax had us do?"

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid smiles softly, or he would have if he had a face that could show expressions at the moment.]

Do you mean the Book Girl?

[Surely, using the title Tohko always calls herself by will be safe enough...]

[puppy_lancer]

Yeah, her. She's the one who helped you get those microchips, brother?

[featherdarting]

[Meanwhile, while these idiots are busy being goofs, Ayaka's just going to be one of the presumably many traumatized, curled up wireframes in the hall and not in her room. She's also not really doing anything.

It's cool, guys, take your time. At least she's not in danger or anything. ... Though she DOES look up at the commotion. Well, it isn't so much a "look" as "head turning in the direction of the sound."

She's a little ways away in the hall, yet.]

[tacticaldisaster]

I understand that...Completely.

[It's very difficult not to lose her head right now. Very difficult - but it must be done, mustn't it?]

[no_longer_a_king]

"That we need to make sure everyone stays calm and figure out what to do from there."

Hey, he wanted to know her current thoughts on the matter. As to his second question, she held up her hand to make sure he saw the wireframe.

"I think everyone has noticed odd things around here."

[tacticaldisaster]

I...it's all right. I doubt you knew the consequences would be this far-reaching or disturbing. You likely wouldn't have gone through with it if you had.

[Link seems like a decent person, after all.]

And now that I think about it, in this body, I'm free from a certain concern I had back home. Regardless, it...may take me a while to adjust. [She shakes her head and sighs.] ...Well, to adjust to the truth of the situation, I mean. I'll still be able to formulate plans if need be.

[oathshackledbird]

He will find a way, brother. Don't worry. I know he will.

[Granted, Diarmuid is a little worried about this now too. He had hoped that them forming a contract would bind them closely enough that when Waver went back to his world, he would be dragged along. Now that he knows that bond is as fake as everything else...

Still, he had felt that pull in his soul when they had first found Waver and didn't know for sure who he was. So maybe they were bonded enough already.]

If nothing else...he has my summoning relic back home. He can find a way to summon me back.

[It wouldn't be the same. Likely that Diarmuid wouldn't have any memories of this of what they had been though, but...]

[oathshackledbird]

Mrs. Archibald, please take a deep breath. You have to calm down so I can explain this.

[Otherwise, he is afraid that in her panic, she will just twist whatever he says to her even more.]

You are alive. Remember when we talked about what happens when people are sent away from here? They are sent back to their bodies back on their worlds. We found out in February that all Zo can bring here to the tower is our souls. It is these forms then, that they set our souls into so that we can have some semblance of a normal life. However, apparently our bodies must live in some form back on our worlds or how else could someone go back to them like we know they have?

[oathshackledbird]

[Diarmuid laughs and nods.]

That little lady knows more than you think she does. It is why the administrators stuck her with one of those infernal units, you know.

[While Tohko might not know quite as much as the others, it is still clear she is one of the core Resistance leaders. After all, she had been one of the few people Dax had sent a letter.]

However, she was not the one who gave them to me directly. She just told me what was going on. There was another in charge of that part.

[tacticaldisaster]

[Right now, Robin's just so glad to see someone she knows that, heck, go right ahead and grab the arms, Henry. It's not like they're actually her- gah!]

It really is weird, isn't it? Are you- [Okay? Hurt?] - How are you holding up?

[It's a dumb question, of course. Anyone would be freaking out. ...and maybe that's why she's asking a dumb question!]

[crouching_sin]

Hah. Sometimes extra blood needs to be spilled to make a point, but yes. It's not as if we're equipped to take them head on right now.

[crouching_sin]

My guess is that's Ruana. We should probably expect worse during her months now. It just makes things more complicated.

... But yes, I imagine that it'll go up again soon.

[alae]

I need to get back to him. I'm going to stop existing if he's not around.

[alae]

... Mm.

[He takes a deep breath. He can do this. He has to do this.]

What's even left? Tch... it's hard to know what they've told us is a lie and what's true.

[lightofhumanity]

I do not agree with that..but you are right. We are without any powers, beneficial or not, and they are probably stronger without the illusions.

[invisible_friendship]

[Jonouchi reverted back to resting his hands on his shoulders. The hug calmed him down some, it helped that Ion was so calm. He wasn't sure how different this would have been with Yuugi here, Jonouchi doesn't ever want him to come here, and so he hopes it will stay that way. Even if it meant to be by himself, with the people stuck here with him. It was sad that Ion was stuck with him here.]

That's good!

[All of the people from Ion's world must have been amazing like he was! So if Ion said they could handle themselves, Jonouchi believed him.]

Let's see if anyone else needs help.

[Not everyone would be able to help themselves, he knows that. Jonouchi wants to make sure everyone else is okay.]

Will you be fine by yourself?

[evokingfool]

Yeah, I am.

[When he heard Ryoji's voice coming from the other figure, Minato feels relieved. Some of the tension seemed to have lessen, now that one of his friends are fine.

As far as he can tell.]

I think this is reality, if what they meant by "glamour failure" is what I suspected.

[bloodlessons]

I'm loads better now, don't know about you but going around all this alone sounds like it miiight be a bad idea. [Which is Henry speak for thank the gods he found someone he knows. Now he can be all relaxed.]

I can't tell if you're okay, your face doesn't look like it normally does, nya ha!

[invisible_friendship]

[Jonouchi had time to collect himself with the help of Ion, he might have ended up somewhere between having a mental breakdown to going catatonic had his friend not help coach him along. In all honesty Jonouchi was still terrified out of his wits with everything that was happening, but he was trying his absolute hardest to maintain his composure so he could check up on others.

Half way through he realized it would be hard to recognize them without their unique appearance to identify them with. Their unnatural build had them all look similar, and various people had the same liquid color. When Jonouchi encountered this fellow, he had no idea who he was.]

A-are you okay?!

[He'll worry about who later.]

[bloodlessons]

Huh? [It takes a moment for him to recognize the voice, but once he does the smile is back in full sincerity. He's not quite understanding it yet, but hearing all these familiar voices is of great help.]

Me? I'm perfectly fine, if you wanna help people maybe you can try one of the screaming ones? There's plenty of those.