towerofanimus | Lightning 01 ϟ Shocking Arrival and Fairy Musings

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Lightning 01 ϟ Shocking Arrival and Fairy Musings

Characters: Laxus Dreyar and anyone~
Setting: Room 2-02, floor 86, cafeteria
Format: Starting 3rd, will match otherwise
Summary: New arrival, Laxus Is Not Happy. Also, some irony with the Fairy rings.
Warnings: None, a few swear words (nothing bad)

Room 2-02
Coming to awareness was jarring. He had the sensation of time passing but no memories, like an exhausted sleep after training until he dropped.

There was a problem though. He couldn't move. He couldn't get up, couldn't move his arms or legs, couldn't unlock his jaw to yell at the Fairy Tail member who must have did this to him-!

It was gone. In one moment he couldn't move and the next he could and managed to fling himself off the bed he was on. Luckily, he managed to roll and get to his feet somewhat gracefully.

It took Laxus two seconds to get his bearing in the unfamiliar room, and another two to find and read the notes near the bed he woke up at. The papers were quickly read, crumpled and thrown on the floor in utter disbelief.

Whoever was pulling this charade was going to get a thunder-laced punch to the face.

Floor 86
Well this is cute, Laxus sneered. Fairy circles. It was just like some shit story Ever would read. And then recite to the rest of the Raijinshuu as they were travelling to job locations. Something about as 'Fairies' they should know all about fairy lore.

He'll have to thank her, because now he knows you don't just want to walk into one.

Dropping those thoughts of home with a sigh, Laxus rolled his shoulders and found a spot clear of fairy rings to enjoy the weather in.

Cafeteria
God damn this stuff was worse than Ever's cooking. And Ever had nothing on even Elfman to begin with, for crying out loud. He wasn't about to not eat this slop though. He didn't want to have the weak feeling you get from puking your guts out.

Maybe he could get away with eating something with the shit? Fruit could make this stuff more bearable, like alcohol and Evergreen's cooking...

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While Laxus woke up and gathered his bearings, someone else lay in one of the other three beds, impassively reading a book. Richtofen barely spared him a glance over his thick medical tome. Just a quick look, eyebrow raised, and then he went back to reading. He hummed under his breath.

"Ah. They filled his old space quick." His voice was so soft and so casual that it sounded more like he was talking to himself than to his new roommate.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Laxus has very sharp senses because of the magic he wields and so could hear the comment. He hadn't noticed Richtofen earlier but when he heard him he whipped around to face him, lightning starting to spark around his hands and face in anger.

"The Hell does that mean?"

The lightning caught Richtofen's attention. He marked his place in his book with a thumb, then sat up and regarded the man with a quick up-and-down look. A smile blossomed on his face that was one part "friendly," one part intrigued.

"Und what a vibrant one you are, too!" he said. "Now, now, calm down a bit. The doctor will only answer questions if he is not being threatened with imminent bodily harm."

Laxus doesn't need the lightning to hurt someone if they leave out information, so it was relatively easy to understand the need to stop the lighting. The lightning was a strong part of him though, so it took a few moments to cool his anger enough so it went away.

He makes sure to school his features into much more less-threatening ones.

"What the Hell is this place?"

All right, so the new guy could be reasoned with. That was promising. Richtofen set his elbow on his knee and rested his chin in the palm of his hand.

"This is the Tower of Animus," he said, "und you are filling the space where my old roommate used to be. He disappeared a short while ago." He drags a gloved fingertip down his own cheek, but otherwise, he looks and sounds impassive. "Tear."

"Tower of Animus? The paper said my world was destroyed. I don't believe that could happen, not without Acnologia being spotted and that's hard to miss." Laxus could be understanding, but there were things that you just can't really believe easily.

"Yes, yes, nobody ever does." Richtofen waved his hand in front of his face dismissively. "Und I cannot blame you. I certainly didn't believe it. But, ah..."

He discarded his book entirely and swung his legs over the edge of his bed, then stretched his arms up above his head and yawned. He took the time to crack his neck and adjust his hat, too. Introduction speeches were only ever incredibly fun or incredibly boring, so he had to gear up for the possibility of both.

"You will find that this place is very much real, und your world is very much dead. Cast your doubts to the wind, yadda yadda yadda." He smirked. "Or else you are not going to make it here."

"And is there some way to prove this? Or do I just blindly trust what you and this note say?" Blind trust in a random stranger, apparent room mate or not, isn't Laxus' style.

All while Richtofen moves, Laxus watches. If this tower is full of people from different worlds, who knows what kind of magic he could possess. He doesn't move himself, however. "What's your name, anyway. If I am really stuck here, it wouldn't hurt to know who I'm forced to room with's name."

"If you don't believe me, you'll find out soon enough." He shrugged. "It is really your own choice. I am simply trying to make things easier on you."

He stood up and smiled. The thought of this big, brutish-looking man getting himself gobbled up by a monster on his first day made him giddy enough to keep up a pleasant demeanor. He stepped forward and extended a hand in greeting.

"My name is Dr. Richtofen," he said. "Und you are?"

Being a Dragonslayer really came in handy when you had to find someone. As it was he had picked up Laxus' scent faintly on his way through the levels to the cafeteria. So naturally the prospect of finding another of his guild mates was more than enough reason to take a detour.

Didn't take him long to spot the thunder wielding mage and resting so peacefully too. It would almost be a sin to disturb that.

"Laxus! When did you get here?!" Subtle as always.

When Natsu first stepped foot on this floor Laxus could smell him: ash, fire and idiot.

Figures he would be here too.

"To think you show up the moment I decide to think this place over." A sigh.

"And don't step in the rings. If they're what I think they are you'll be killed."

Oh yea the dragonslayer thing didn't help when the target was a dragonslayer as well. Oh well. Not like he was trying to be stealthy or anything.

He paused with his foot in the air as he was just about to step in one of them.

"Woah for real? How the heck did you figure that out?"

It would've failed anyway, because Fairy Tail, but yes.

Laxus sits up enough to lean on his elbows and watch Natsu.

"Because, Runt, I know how to read, and Evergreen likes to give all the Raijinshuu books on real fairies. These," he waves an arm to indicate the mushroom rings, "are fairy rings. Fairies use them to trap people."

Those familial like bonds could be such a doubled edged sword sometimes.

He looked over at the rings ignoring the jab about his inability to read. He sometimes read, dammit. Just it was only when he'd visit Lucy's place and she would be too busy to really pay him any attention.

"So they're sorta like Freed's runes then?"

Yes, yes they can.

"Yeah, you could say that. I wouldn't be surprised if they were from the same vain of magic. Point is, you don't want to be the one in them." That's right. If you have to study them push someone else (unimportant) in and study the consequences. Such a good role model Laxus is.

That doesn't take away from their value though.

"I'll be sure to remember that. This place likes to make that kind of thing real more often than not." Speaking from personal experience right there.

"So when did you get here, anyway?"

"Laxus... It's really you?" was the first words of Lucy, when she finally spotted the blond man. She immediately rushed to his side, while still trying to hide her right arm under the black cloak she had found.

When Lucy heard from Natsu about Laxus' scent being around, together with Natsu, she also started running around to be able to find him. Much to her luck, it didn't take her much.

Normally, she would laugh at how Laxus was trying to eat the oatmeal given to him, but right now she was so happy to see him. People may call it selfish, but both her and Natsu endured so many thing here.

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Laxus first freezes where he had his spoon plopping the oatmeal in the bowl, then lifts his head to look over at Lucy.

"I don't know who else it would be." He turns his body towards where Lucy stood." Looks like you're here too, huh?"

"Thank God!" she said, and sat next to him. "Natsu said that he caught your scent in the tower. I was afraid to even hope that somebody would come. For how long have you been here?" she kept speaking, so glad to see someone from their guild here. She had missed her family, after all.

"He is looking for you too; Natsu I mean."

He turned his spoon around in the oatmeal while she spoke. For him, he saw Lucy just before he fell asleep. How long was she in this place for her to speak like that...?

"I've been here since this morning. A few hours, or so." If this was anyone but Laxus the next statement would be called hesitant, "how long have you and the runt been here?"

"Ah, me and Natsu have been here for six months. I'm surprised that he didn't find you still." Lucy was speaking fast with excitement. Finally, they were not alone here. Being near Laxus somehow made her feel safe as well. Hopefully, more people from their world would come. Maybe they could resist the evil doings of this tower after then.

All the while, she made sure to hide her right arm under the black cloak she was wearing so that nobody would notice that her arm was burnt.

Jellal is on his way downstairs when he passes this floor, and he almost doesn't give the figure sitting there a second glance... Except that there is something familiar about this man and while Jellal is almost certain that he has never met him, he knows he's heard of him. Though he has an idea...

"You are of Fairy Tail... right?"

That voice... "Mystogan?" He looks over to the stairs and corrects, "no, Jellal?" If it was Mystogan he would have known Laxus' name right off the bat. Though thanks to the Grand Magic Games the other one, Jellal, should too... Laxus shifts around to more comfortably look at him, "how come you don't remember me?"

"Mystogan?"

That was... another of Fairy Tail S-class mages, if he isn't mistaken, though Jellal has no idea why the other mage would bring him up upon seeing him. He is generally a bit startled by the familiar way he's addressed. He shakes his head slightly.

"But yes, I'm Jellal. I-" He reaches up brushing back his bangs almost sheepishly. "-lost my memory a while back, and only just recently regained part of it. There are still some blank spots left, I'm afraid."

And it's quite possible that Laxus is one of those blank spots, he thinks.

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Lightning 01 ϟ Shocking Arrival and Fairy Musings

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wow I totally messed up my tenses in that last tag, my bad

It's okay, I never notice tenses (mine or other's whoops)

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Floor 86

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cafeteria, sir :3

3rd times the charm darling <3

FFFFF I HOPE SO! /)(\ <333

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Floor 86

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