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Characters: Ciel, Lizzie, and whoever runs into them
Setting: Starting in the dormitories, feel free to run into them at any floor you choose as they explore
Format: we're using action, but feel free to do whatevers comfortable!
Summary: The two young English nobles have awoken to find themselves in the Tower, and are quite bent on figuring out where exactly they are.
Warnings: Ciel is a jerkbutt.

When Ciel first awoke, his surroundings themselves were enough to send him into a panic. The 30 seconds of sleep paralysis didn’t make the situation much better, really-- one could say he was quite alarmed by this point. So when he could finally feel mobility returning to his body, he shot upright, almost tipping over from the lingering woozy effects. Two notes drifted off of the bed and onto the floor, causing the young earls eyebrows to raise ever so slightly. Ah. Ransom notes, then? A kidnapping, then-- But Sebastian would deal with that as per usual, he was quite sure. Shrugging ever so slightly, he jumped to his feet, picking up the papers with a careful hand and reading them over with a quick and practiced eye.
...Well, this was rather different.
Identifying the trunk mentioned in the second letter, Ciel dug through it, observing the things that had been provided to him from home, mind wracking over the situation at hand. First of all, he’d need to figure an alias-- he could recycle the one he had during the circus, wouldn’t be much of an issue. He’d need to also dress down as to not appear rich or distinguished, and luckily enough, there was a good enough outfit at hand to provide him a decent cover. Changing quickly and pulling on his eye-patch, he tucked his gun beneath his jacket, and headed out the door to survey the area.

There in the doorway of a room not five doors down the hall stood a familiar twin-tailed blond girl, a sheepish smile set over her cute doll-like face. Like Ciel, she’d woken up to find the letters, as well as her trunk. Normally she would have loved the sight of the beautiful dresses inside of it, but in that moment, she lamented their uselessness in the face of her very unfamiliar and potentially dangerous surroundings.

Someone had packed her trunk well, though. Digging a little deeper, she’d found two rapiers inside of it, gleaming and perfect for protection. The familiar grip on a bladed weapon was enough to reassure her that she would be alright for the moment, and upon leaving the room with one in hand, she’d been ready to head out to explore.

And then she’d noticed Ciel coming her way. She immediately tossed the rapier back into her trunk, slammed the door shut behind her, and gave him that sheepish smile.

((ooc: the conversation between the two will continue on in the log here, assume any thread you start is set afterwards :3 Approach wherever in the tower you choose! protip: the more technology the area has, the more luls to be had at the bbs expenses.))

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L-Lizzie?!

[Now that had taken him aback slightly. Never had anyone targeted both he and his fiancee simultaneously before-- what exactly was this Tower place after? There was no way possible that their world could have been so abruptly destroyed, it was obviously a ruse.]

Are you well? Were you injured?

[They must've been somehow grabbed off of the boat. Ohhh great... Just what he needed, to babysit her while he figured out their situation.

Though he couldn't say he didn't find atleast a little comfort in a familiar face.]

[She quickly trots towards him, shaking her head. Now that she could see him clearly, she was glad that he looked alright...though the collars around both of their throats still looked ominous enough that she was still worried.]

No, not at all, I'm fine. What happened to us, Ciel? Is Sebastian with you?

Not that I'm aware of. I woke up alone.

[He pauses for a moment, thinking.]

I... haven't the slightest idea what is going on, to be honest. Did you receive the introductory letters as well?

Yes. I can't really believe what they said, though. Surely it's all just a big jest...

That would be the initial reaction, yes. But from the looks of it, it must be at least a half truth.

If what they say is incorrect, then the logical assumption is that we were kidnapped, be it on purpose or random chance. I would suggest we lay low and use alternate personas for the time being... do you have any less showy clothes you could wear, perhaps?

[She pauses, her lips twisting into a little pout as she looks down at her sailor outfit.]

Even this is too showy?

...I'm afraid so, given our current situation.

[Lizzie it would be too showy no matter where they were gosh >:T]

[She can't help being stylish okok.]

I'll try to find something else in my trunk, but I might not have anything else other than my dresses. I'm sorry, Ciel...

When he had first seen this mysterious aquarium, Ienzo had been utterly at a loss as to how this water stood up all by itself, as if held by invisible glass. Surely there wasn't just someone sitting there using magic to hold all of this up. The area was just too vast. But after five months of walking through it every day, and about a week of suddenly not caring anymore, Ienzo had stopped thinking about it. (He had stopped thinking about most things, actually, but that's beside the point.)

Anyway, today he was walking through the room mostly because he was forcing himself to. It seemed to be that staying in the tower for this long was beginning to mess with his head; he didn't want to do terribly much at all, and he was beginning to get a feeling that, for the first time in several years, he was being affected by some kind of... depression.

Even the mere thought of it was intolerable.

And what's worse, this led him to simply stay in his room all day, which he could swear was beginning to invoke stir craziness in itself. Hence, he showed up here. And what did he find but two unfamiliar people in the tower... notable because they appeared to be not much older than fourteen. Interesting. Perhaps he would just stay back here and watch them move around for a while...

Lizzie was not one to let other people just sit and watch her, though. At least, not without her acknowledging the fact. She turned when she sensed Ienzo's presence, tilting her head and blinking at the sight of him. A smile brightened her face when she saw that he looked their age.

"Ciel, look, there are other people here!" And she raised an arm to wave daintily. "Hello? Have you been kidnapped too?"

How could she ask that question with such a cheerful tone? Regardless, he had been addressed, and there was now no choice but to answer. "Yes," he said. "The vast majority of people in this tower have been... kidnapped." It wasn't the word he would have used to describe their situation -- but considering he probably would have used something like 'forcibly evacuated from their respective homeworlds', this was probably for the better.

A frown crossed her face. It was one thing for her and Ciel to be kidnapped, since both of them had ties to the crown. But for other young children to be kidnapped as well...it was unforgivable.

"It's nice to meet you, despite that." She dropped a curtsy. And oh drat, she needed to remind herself to use Ciel's fake name instead of his real one. "My name is Lily."

"...A pleasure to meet you as well." He bowed slightly, mumbling the words. Even though his mind wasn't in the best of states right now, he was still the victim of several years' worth of proper manners being drilled into him with several rotating knives. And so, apparently, has this Lily person, so he pretty much goes into a very awkward autopilot. (Hey, he hasn't done this in months.) "...I am Ienzo."

He very nearly elbowed Lizzie in the side upon her use of his actual name, but merely sighed and rolled along with it. This boy didn't seem much older then themselves anyways, and also appeared to know more about their situation then they themselves knew.
"I'm Ciel, like she said. Nice to meet you." He nodded his head a little, trying to appear more common. Lizzie's curtsy could be passed as a young poor girl trying to pass to be more fancy than she was.

He merely went "mmm" at Ciel's words, expression not changing at all. The two of them clearly came from the same place, and knew one another before coming here.. was that a good or a bad thing? Perhaps earlier, he might have said that having others here was good; there was someone you already knew and could confide in. But with the recent events, he was almost pleased that everyone here (with the exception of one) was a stranger to him. That would make it easier to take their deaths...

"...How long have you been here?" The question was now becoming one of habit, even if these people couldn't possibly be more than a few days into their stay. (Lily's exclamation that there were others here would have seemed out of place if they had been around anywhere near as long as he had.)

"We've only just arrived today! It's hardly been an hour, really." The whole situation was incredibly surreal, and Lizzie was eager to find out more about this place that was keeping them captive. She had to help Ciel figure out how to get around this place, after all.

"Have you been here longer than that, Ienzo?"

Oh, yes. Oh god, yes... "...Around five months."

[Santana had been a bit paranoid since the hallucinations had started. Sights, smalls, tastes, sounds. Everything was tricking her. She didn't know what she could trust so she took to not trusting anything. So when she two children that could have stepped out of her history book, she obviously didn't believe that they were real. She intended to walk right through them except for the fact they're actually solid beings]

What the fuck.

Ah--

[Lizzie moves out of the way to avoid being bumped into-- but also to keep her front facing the woman. The tone in her voice was enough to set the girl on edge.]

Pardon me!

Yeah, pardon you. [oh god the hallucinations were solid and talking with real words] What do you think you're doing. [she's talking to her hallucinations, she really is going crazy]

[How rude! But Lizzie hides a frown-- a lady doesn't show her displeasure so easily.]

I'm trying to get used to this tower that Ciel and I are in now.

[She rubs her eyes and blinks a few times to make sure that they're still there.]

Wait, so you're like, really. Right?

...yes. I should hope so.

[...Well, if she wasn't an acquaintance of Laos, then he didn't know what she was.]

Is there a reason we shouldn't be real?

[He had gravitated to put himself between the strangely dressed woman and Lizzie, suspicious yet poker faced.]

Romeo was laid on his back looking at the exploding stars. This was quite an awkward position to be in since his four hooved legs stuck up in the air awkwardly and he had to hold his head up to stop his antlers scraping at the floor.

"You're just pretending." There was a white weasel on his stomach but it seemed that Romeo was just talking to the room in general. "You're bad people and you're just pretending that the worlds ended. You've magicked up all these stars to explode to make us sad. You are bad bad people." As well as the antlers and the hooves, his mouth and nose were long like a deers bones exposed in both his legs and mouth where skin no longer could cover.

He heard a sound and carefully moved his head to the side to see who had came in.

Lizzie paused at the doorway, looking in surprise at the sight of the strange...stag-like creature laying on its back. Exploring the area was proving to reveal strange things indeed.

"...hello."

Romeo smiled when he saw the girl and rolled awkwardly onto his front, standing up on shakey feet. Piccolo, the weasel; ran forwards to sniff at the girls shoes. "Hello!" Romeo greeted her with a smile, he hadn't seen her before.

Ciel placed a gentle hand on Lizzies shoulder, almost protectively-- there was no telling what they were getting themselves into in this particular situation.

"Do you live here?"

He asked carefully, trying to step himself between his fiance and the strange... creature.

There was a boy there as well, they seemed about Romeo's age, maybe a little bit older but their clothes made them look more like the rich children of Milano. He recognised the protective gesture and didn't go any closer though it made him sad that they would think he would hurt them just because of how he looked.

"I was kidnapped same as you," he said with a sad look in his eyes.

...having Ciel be protective over her was nice. It reminded her of a dream she used to have. But that was hardly important at the moment. Contrary to Romeo's thoughts, Lizzie wasn't all too perturbed by his appearance. Though that was partly because she thought it to be a costume of some sorts. She gave the weasel a small smile before nodding in solemn understanding.

"We just arrived here. Could you tell us a little about this place?"

Piccolo promptly tried to climb her leg and Romeo took that to mean she must be a good person, so he smiled brightly at them. "Yes, I have been here for ages. You're in a tower and were kidnapped here by bad people. We can't escape and some of the floors are really scary so you have to be careful!"

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Floor ten / tldr / LOOK CIEL, FISHIES

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idkkk just going to post. Sorry if I cut off Liz ;_;

fff np np I've been horrendously slow lately, so I should be the one saying sorry |D

short post of shortness

in the halls

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Floor 12 Space room!

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