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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

[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?

[thirtybits]

I just don't need to eat much, and I don't like to consume more than I need, in anything.

[tohko_amano]

While that's not a wholly bad thing, if you start thinking that you don't need a normal amount and start consuming less, you're going to make yourself sick. I'd be sad if you starved or got sick here, and I'm sure others would, eventually.

[thirtybits]

That's how it's always been, so I don't think I'm going to suddenly start causing problems for myself after two centuries.

[tohko_amano]

Or maybe you've already been causing yourself some problems and you haven't realized it, or you've been harming the people around you without knowing about it.

[thirtybits]

I don't think it's possible to hurt anyone like that when you're trapped in Hell for two thousand years.

[tohko_amano]

[..Okay, Judas got another headpat and a sigh for that comment.]

It might be hard..but it's probably possible. And you can still hurt yourself in Hell without knowing it.

[thirtybits]

Other things tend to hurt you a whole lot more than you could yourself.

[tohko_amano]

That depends upon the situation and the person. Sometimes, the things that your inner voice screams at you can be ten thousand times more painful than an insult from a loved one.

[thirtybits]

Well, yes, that's true, but then there's Lucifer.

[tohko_amano]

[Another sigh.]

That's true..but I imagine that you beat yourself up pretty badly too, even if Lucifer was harming you. Come to think of it..since Jesus forgave you, did you manage to get out of hell?

[thirtybits]

[Get out of Hell with Jesus tickets]

Ah, yes, just recently, actually...

[tohko_amano]

[Even if he couldn't collect two hundred dollars, that was much better than being left in hell.]

Well, that's great! I'm glad to hear that! I'm sure that it must have been horrible..but it's good that you were pulled out of it.

[Genuine happiness toward something good happening for you, Judas.]

[thirtybits]

I guess so, it is nice. I'm not really allowed to be on my own, though, so...