towerofanimus | 1st Spell: Arrival

Characters: Zoe Gallais & OPEN
Setting: Room 1-03, Floor 1, Floor 71, Floor 13
Format: Brackets to start with, but I can match you
Summary: One brat mage arrives in the tower and she isn't happy.
Warnings: Zoe is an ass, and right now she doesn't plan to be particularly friendly. Also permissions page.

[Room 1-03]

[The first thing Zoe does after reading the letter is to tear it up into little pieces and then throw the pieces away. She is worried about this situation, but she isn't going to show it or even act like she's worried.

So she focuses on what she needs to do next, which is change. So she'll be rifling through the trunk at the end of her bed, grabbing her amulet first of all, before looking over what out fit she wants to wear. And yes, that is a lance and short sword sitting by her feet, but luckily she knows how to use them.]

[Floor 1]

[So, after hearing about how she has to eat the oatmeal first, Zoe eventually wanders down to the cafeteria. And while she isn't as fussy as she used to be, the bowl of oatmeal is getting a look of disgust from the white-haired woman.

Combine that with how she's poking at it with her spoon and is grumbling sourly to herself, and she comes across as a really grumpy and irritated lady.]

[Floor 71]

What the-?! [The first thing Zoe does when she gets to this floor is stumble back, wincing at the squishing sounds her boots make on the stairs. She has to go down, but this floor is just making her stomach turn, and she covers her mouth with her hand as she looks around. This seems more like something a demon would create, but so much worse, and that just unnerves her even more than before.]

What sort of magic is this...?

[Floor 13]

[One thing the Cherubim had told her is that he would send her advice if she needed it if she prayed at a church. She had dismissed this, promising that she would never do that, but now... Maybe it's just reassurance from something familiar she needed, even though she hated the Cherubim, but she had no idea what to do in this weird place with powers she still doesn't understand.

But of course when she does need the advice, she hears nothing, and it's enough to make her laugh bitterly from where she's sitting on a pew, hands clasped and head bowed.]

… Guess I shouldn't be surprised...

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[Yep, Zoe looks unnerved now.]

That sounds horrible! I think I shall do my best to avoid it... But if you got your head, ahem, bitten off, does that mean there are monsters here?

Loads of them!

[She takes a more aggressive stance with the sword]

Not usually a problem for me of course! They mostly come out at night so you can usually avoid them during the day.

[Cue her eyebrow raising again.]

Well, I doubt I will let myself hide during the night, so I suppose I will soon see them for myself.

Do you want me to tag along and protect you?

Heh, you do not need to worry about me, I am far stronger than I look.

Is that so?

Do you have any special powers then? Don't rely on them too much.

Trust me, I will not. I have enough physical strength to get me out of situations more often than not.

[And she would rather eat her boots than use her angel powers anyway.]

That's good. 'Cause there are some floors of the tower where you can't do anything a normal human couldn't. I dunno why...

But that's why I've been training! I know I should be able to do things like fly and use spell cards because they're a part of who I am.

Huh, maybe it is some sort of magic...

And what are spell cards? [The magic nerd in her is curious about this.]

These things!

[She pulls a small piece of paper from her breast pocket. On it there are symbols scribbled, vaguely resembling Japanese but only the character for 'insect' is distinguishable]

They let you use different bullet patterns in duels. I designed mine myself!

[Zoe blinks and peers closer at the card, humming to herself in thought as she looks at the symbols.]

That is pretty incredible! I have never seen anything like this before...

Really? They're everywhere where I come from.

I guess you're not from Gensokyo, huh...

I am from France, so no, I am not.

... Where is Gensokyo? I have never heard of a place like that before.

Um... Well we speak Japanese so I guess it's somewhere in Japan.

Huh, I see. That would make sense... And how to these spell cards work, exactly?

I don't know exactly, but you use them to make patterns and stuff while you're dueling. I don't know how I can make them, I just can.

Kinda like how you can move your arms and legs but you don't know how, you just do it.

That does make sense. It is similar with me and my magic... [Pause.]

Oh, I should introduce myself. My name is Zoe Gallais.

You can use magic?

[She lowers the sword and stares at her with curiosity]

I'm Wriggle Nightbug, by the way.

Nice to meet you, Wriggle. And yes, I can. Most of my magic is used for strengthening myself or my weapons, but I can do a couple of other things too.

Like what? Show me!

[She seems pretty eager about it]

Very well! [The strengthening magic isn't too showy, so she'll settle for something that is. She'll mutter something that sounds intelligible, and her bed will start to float into the air before stopping a good few feet above the ground.]

Woah!

[Wriggle flies up and plonks herself on the edge of the bed]

That's really cool? What's the biggest thing you can lift up?

[Zoe chuckles to herself, before tapping her chin as she thinks.]

Hmm... The biggest thing I have ever lifted was an elephant, so items around that height and weight.

That's really cool!

I can lift a really heavy barbel if I put my back into it.

Hehe, thank you! And that is pretty impressive. [Zoe gives her a grin as the bed floats down to the ground.]

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