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[thirtybits]

Characters: Judas and open
Setting: room 1-10, cafeteria, cathedral, floor 63, floor 12
Format: Starting action but I can match
Summary: Usual newbie stuff

Room 1-10

[After reading the letters set by his bed in confusion, Judas sits up to look around the room. It looks like the other beds are occupied, and the trunk at the foot of his bed is clearly meant for him. He opens it, rifling through to find wine, bread and a familiar suit and set of robes. Definitely a good idea to change. It's hot, his robes would be lighter, although they might be a bit conspicuous in public, and he doesn't want to draw attention. In the end the heat wins out and he changes quickly to leave the room. But first, he has to check if he knows these other people, if anyone from his world was saved. Of course, that means standing over the other beds to scrutinise those sleeping in them.]


Cafeteria

[He knows he should eat the oatmeal, before he forgets, but he really doesn't feel like it. So with a book from the library in front of him, he pokes at the mess in the bowl. Wasting it would be wrong, but if he's not hungry, forcing himself to eat it is also a waste. Maybe he should just give it to someone else?]


Cathedral

[After hearing the faint mumbling of some sort of mass while passing by earlier, Judas returns to the cathedral floor, this time with wine and bread. He saw no one and nothing there, so at the least he could go to listen, and hold his own private communion. He kneels at the altar and bows his head in prayer. For the safety of the world he's left.]


Floor Sixty-Three

[Fishing is a thing Judas likes and would be glad to do. Suddenly falling into a vast expanse of water with fish he doesn't even recognise and is very worried may eat him is not. He struggles against the tide, but his waterlogged robes pull him down, and all he can do is call for help, though he's not so sure anyone will hear him, or care.]


Floor Twelve

[Judas stops dead when he reaches this floor. He wants to believe what seems to be happening all around him is a camera trick, or an animation, maybe something from a movie. But as he watches, it keeps happening, with clearly different worlds each time. If it's a trick, it's terribly elaborate, and as the truth begins to dawn on him, all he can do is weep. Not only the demise of his own world, but so many more. All those people, all their efforts, destroyed in an instant, is too much for him to bear. Especially in knowing somehow he was saved.]

Comments

[tohko_amano]

[Judas..well, Tohko wasn't quite expecting that, but she managed to keep smiling as she spoke. There were a few versions of Judas's story that made him more likeable than Jesus, or, at least, more sympathetic. She had to find out the backstory behind this ones before passing judgement. Not that she would do so anyways once she found out about it.

However..she saw that he was trying to avoid looking at her, so she tried..to pat him on the head as she spoke.]

It's nice to meet you then, Judas! I'm Tohko Amano, the book girl. I'm guessing you're the same one from the stories, but don't worry. I'm not going to look down on you or hate you for it.

[thirtybits]

[On a list of things he never expected, having his head pat is right near the top. He looks up, blinking.]

...I am, so you should look down on me and hate me.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko, for better or worse, patted people on the head a lot, so if Judas didn't like it, it was best that he spoke up about it.]

No way! I'm not sure of your backstory right now, so I have no idea what it was like for you and the others back then. Besides..if what I know about your past is true, you feel pretty guilty about what happened, right? The fact that you're still putting yourself down is proof of that.

[thirtybits]

Of course I do, but that doesn't mean anything, guilt or regret won't change anything. And clearly you do know what happened, so...

[tohko_amano]

Not by themselves, they won't, but if you act on them, they sometimes can. And I know a bit of what happened, but not everything! Things might have happened a bit differently in your universe! However..have Jesus and God forgiven you?

[thirtybits]

...

[Shhhh, that's not the point!]

Jesus says he has, but...

[tohko_amano]

[To her, it was! However, at that, Tohko smiled.]

Well, then it's okay then. Jesus has forgiven you, and you see why what you did was wrong, so just learn from your mistake. That, in the end, it what's usually important, if the other person can still forgive you.

[thirtybits]

No, he's too forgiving, to a fault, so it doesn't matter what he says, he's wrong. If he thought about it for a moment, he would remember why I was damned.

[tohko_amano]

[..And Tohko gave Judas a puzzled look as she spoke.]

Judas, it's pretty hard to forget how you died, especially when your death was violent. After all, I've never been able to forget any instance where I've died here. Plus..for one thing, you are talking about Jesus. I don't think the one in your universe is a horrible person, so it's natural that he would forgive you after awhile. And since you betrayed him, since he's forgiven you, it's alright. You are forgetting an important step though.

[thirtybits]

He's not a bad person at all, just the opposite, but it is possible to be too nice and carefree! ...What's this step, though?

[tohko_amano]

Carefree, yes, but not nice! And the next step is forgiving yourself, since you still feel pretty guilty.

[Have another headpat, Judas.]

[thirtybits]

That's not something I can do. I think I would still do it again, so I can't be forgiven, especially by myself.

[tohko_amano]

I'm not saying it's easy to do..but I think you can be forgiven. I don't think you would do it again, knowing what you know now.

[And with that, Tohko would take a bite of the oatmeal. As usual, it tasted like sand, but she managed to force herself to hide her reaction to the taste.]

Eat up! I know it may not look that tasty, but you can eat other things afterwards..even if everything is just oatmeal, water, and food made out of nutrition bars.

[thirtybits]

I would, I still think it was right, despite guilt.

[He waves his hands, shaking his head.]

You go ahead, it's not the taste that bothers me, I'm not hungry.

[tohko_amano]

I'm not sure you would..but even if you're not hungry, you should at least try to eat a little bit of this. Three spoonfulls, at the very least. After all, if you don't eat it now, it'll probably come back to bite you later.

[thirtybits]

[Alright, fine, he'll take a bite.]

I just don't want to be wasteful, if I don't need it...

[tohko_amano]

[And, with that comment, Tohko saw a bit of an opening for her, and smiled a little as he ate.]

I'm sure you will, since this place can work up an appetite. However..if you don't eat it, won't you be wasting quite a bit of food here? If you don't take care of yourself, you can't help anyone else here.

[thirtybits]

...Ah, you're right!

[Now he's scared. Good work, Tohko. Within a few moments, he's eaten several spoonfulls.]

Do you think that's enough for it to count?

[tohko_amano]

[She didn't mean to make him scared..but at least he was eating now. At the comment, she sighed.]

It might be. You'll have to eat something other than the oatmeal to really check though.

[At that, she ate another spoonfull of oatmeal.]

[thirtybits]

...Then I guess I'll just have to hope it is.

[You know, whenever he does eventually eat again. It could be a couple days.]

[tohko_amano]

[..Tohko wasn't going to let that slide though.]

It might be, but you should probably finish eating it. That way, you'll get more nourishment in you, and I can tell you what I know about the Tower while you do!

[thirtybits]

But I don't need any more, I didn't need any of what I did have already!

[tohko_amano]

But if you run into a monster later on and get hungry, you'll be in even more trouble, and it won't do to go hungry when you're traveling up and down it! Besides, there's nothing wrong with munching on snacks here and there, especially if you need them!

[thirtybits]

There's nothing wrong with it if you need it, no, but I don't need it...

[tohko_amano]

You're forgetting that I said that it was okay to munch on snacks, even if you don't need them sometimes. What makes you think you don't need them though?