towerofanimus | A dead man's wish

A dead man's wish

Characters: Everyone.
Setting: Everywhere, July 11th
Format: Whatever you want - it's a mingle log, after all.
Summary: While Naoya gets the reveal started on the network, Enoch takes care of physical copies.
Warnings: Reveal. Info. Nothing else, inherently.

*There's something different about the tower today. Not in a big way, not like the power or glamours are out. For one thing, everyone with a mailbox will get this note, unsigned:

Souls in our world are defined as the self. Even those without anything that can be considered a soul in their own worlds would manifest one here. Souls are extremely resilient - they can be torn out of their body and survive provided they are removed in the right manner. But they shouldn't be of course - the side effects might be disastrous in ways we can't quite understand. It's happened here before. Souls can be torn out of this world the same as in any other. Here though they can split - that's extremely important. They can split and merge if you have the right skillset. Never lose your soul in the Tower of Animus. None of yours are yet lost - but never lose it! They won't come back whole if you let her swallow them up. The power must have gone by now - she'll want to restore the tower. Everyone who ended up trapped on their own worlds is now in grave danger! She can't take souls as Zo can, but she can siphon them and she can squeeze all the energy out of them.

As soon as this message is decoded put it in as many places as possible! Put it on the network make copies and plaster them on the walls. Do everything you can so that as many people read this message as possible. There isn't enough energy to erase everyone's memories!

Remember - souls born here can be split and reabsorbed here. A soul born elsewhere can be split there, but there's no way to put it back together unless you can put it back where it's supposed to be.

Not everything is as fake as it seems. Your souls are here and you have all been drugged to keep certain aspects of yourselves contained but every part of you is here. You can use that against them if you can figure out how to unchain yourselves. I'm afraid you'll have Jason as your first opponent as he's the one with the keys you need. Be careful! There is information everywhere though much of it has been nearly permanently sealed. I can make it possible for you to access it, although you will all have to unlock it.

If that wasn't strange enough, you've probably seen it already. The same message is posted throughout the tower - on bathroom stalls, on walls, on tables. There are easily over a hundred pieces of paper.

And hey... Isn't that the same note "the Observer" put up on the network yesterday evening?*

((ooc: Mingle log for reactions off the network! Have fun!))

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[Ack. Maybe that wasn't the brightest idea after all. Okay, time for plan B. What else would Sora say at a time like this? Hmm...

Maybe he should stick to his own guns.]

Sure, it's possible, especially if she gets desperate, but now we know. Isn't that better than being kept in the dark? It means we've got a chance to throw a wrench in her plan.

[..Okay, even though she couldn't help but let out a few more tears, Tohko tried her best to smile a little at that.]

Oh..I've never been against knowing about the Tower and it's Administrators. I'll keep moving forward, don't you worry. I'm just..worried, that's all. Haven't felt like this in awhile and needed a good cry.

Hey, I get it. To tell you the truth...

[He sighs.]

It's taking a lot of effort just to keep it together. A lot's come flying at us lately. This is just the icing on top of the stale and moldy cake.

[Tohko sighed too, but, as she spoke, she rubbed her eyes, trying not to cry again. This person wasn't in great shape either, and she wanted to help him.]

Yeah..this Tower can give you a beating in quite a few ways. But..while the icing is spicy and the cake is stale, I wouldn't say it's moldy yet. Or that we don't have enough ingredients to try and bake another cake.

[Funny how they're discussing the dark situation with corny cake metaphors, but man, he'd be lying if he said it didn't help on some level. It softens the edge of the revelations, if anything. Plus, it's easier when there's someone in similar shoes to talk to.]

I'd like to think we can patch this all up. Just wish we had more to go off of than messages, you know? Everything that's happened lately's left me feeling so powerless. Don't know if you feel the same, but it's rough.

[For Tohko, this wasn't weird at all. After all, she had managed to save a person by giving what some might consider a sappy speech about books, so this wasn't weird by her standards. However..Tohko sighed and nodded as she spoke.]

Same here. I wish we could actually go out and do something and that we weren't left in the dark most of the times..but that's..what events like this help solve, even if they are painful. But I understand how you feel. We're not entirely powerless..but we're just not sure how much we can do or can still do to save everyone and everything right now. It's a bit frustrating and depressing.

Well, I mean, our powers... aren't they just part of an illusion? Take that away, and we're just wire frames filled with goo right now. If we're gonna get those keys from Jason like the messages talked about, we're gonna have one heck of an uphill climb. Doesn't help that Ruana's powers are for real...

[He reaches up and rubs at his brow.]

I don't know. I hate to think so negatively, but it's hard not to.

It is rather difficult in a situation like this. Believe me, I understand. It's terrible to think that everyone might already be dead and that we might fail. It will all be very difficult, and that's an understatement. But..even if our supernatural powers are a lie, we can still fight, even if our weapons are just made out of film. And even then, we can fight in different ways. The powers I talked about..I didn't mean just the supernatural types. The ability to hack. The ability to stand up in front of an ancient woman and spit in her face. The ability to heal others with words or gestures. Those sorts of things.

So just fighting by sheer force of will?

[Heh. He can see the merit of that. He'd like to do that. It's just so hard when everything he thought he had has been stripped away, and the admins possess so much power.]

I'd like to think that's possible, but where do we start with such crazy odds? We've got numbers on our side, but we're not the most organized bunch. Just look at everyone trying to boycott the collars.

Force of will and other things. But..even if we're not that organized sometimes, I'm sure we'll be able to push them back, even if some people are doing things that are rather foolish. Maybe some of them will wise up and help us later on!

You've sure got a lot of optimism for someone who was upset just a few minutes ago.

[It's said in jest, more than anything. If anything, they could all use that kind of cheery attitude at a time like this.]

I can't really speak for everyone, but I'm more than willing to step in. Better to do something than to sit around and take everything they dish at us.

[..That might have been said in jest, but..it didn't mean that Tohko caught that it was, and she sighed and scratched her head as she spoke.]

..I try to be, most of the time. That doesn't mean that I don't lose it sometimes and cry too. After all..I am worried. But you're right. It's much better to do something and help everyone rather than just take the blows.

I think even the sturdiest wall cracks with the right amount of pressure. Nothing wrong with crying, either. My friends have always told me to stop burying emotions and just talk about them. Let them out.

[He folds his arms and leans back.]

Hopefully talking this out has helped you, too. At times like these, I think we could all use at least a little support.

That's true..and it's good that your friends have tried to help you out! Hopefully you've listened to them and took them to heart.

[After all..listening to someone and using what they told you were two different things. But at the second statement, Tohko nodded and..smiled a little.]

It has! Believe me, it has. I don't think anyone's taking the situation well..but it is important to try and be positive, even if you do doubt and cry sometimes. How are you though? Are you okay?

Well, I'm... trying to sort that out, honestly.

[He slumps, propping his head up with one of his hands.]

But if we're talking about our feelings, I guess... no, I know I'm not okay. I mean, I try to be, but between everything we've learned, the fact that our worlds might actually be gone, and now this... Truth is, I think this place has turned me into a broken mess. I can try dishing out positive advice like I did with you, but following it myself? Ha, good luck with that.

[He shakes his head and groans.]

To tell you the truth, I kind of envy everyone who's managed to keep their head on straight and make the most of their time here. There are people out there brave and crazy enough to take action even after everything the admins put us through. I used to be the same way, but I guess I just lost my touch somewhere over the past year.

[At that, Tohko sighed..but she managed to smile a little. It was much easier to forget about your own pain when you were trying to help somebody with theirs.]

Our universes are destroyed..but there is a chance that we'll be able to restore them. That's why we've all been working so hard. I don't think there has been a time when someone here has been worried or stressed or lost their head..but..we try to keep marching on against the Administrators in ways that we think will help everyone. If you're envious of that..then maybe you should try, even if you lose your head and can't get in touch with your old self. Even if it's small, it's still something.

If you keep fighting and running..maybe your world will be restored, and your friends will still be alive. Maybe they'll be able to hold out too, if we succeed.

['Our universes are destroyed.'

Riku cringes at those words, but he tries to hold firm. It... always was a possibility. He's just tried so hard to deny it for so long. Yet, as the months wear on, even he's struggled to deny it after all that's changed.

So he nods, fiddling with one of his wristbands. Anything to keep him distracted as he sifts through his thoughts.]

I want to fight. I have to... Even before I came here, the worlds were in danger, and all because of me. Honestly, everything dying could've happened with or without whatever's trashed our homes. I think that might be what hurts most of all.

[Tohko hadn't been happy upon learning the truth either, and she had believed that it was a lie for six months..but now, it was impossible and foolish to deny it. After all, if you denied it, you also denied the possibility that you could fix what was broken.]

You don't have to fight. That's a choice you yourself make, but I'm glad to hear that you want to. I'm sorry to hear about your universe..but, if you don't mind my asking, why is it all because of you? And how could worlds fizzle out in your universe?

It's... kind of a long story.

[Sigh. It doesn't help that his universe operates under some pretty crazy rules.]

The short of it is, I left a door wide open that's allowed the powers of darkness to shoot across the worlds like wildfire. I knowingly left it open so that I could keep a promise to my friend and track Sora down. Closing it would've held that darkness back, but then we would've wound up trapped back home without him.

[While Tohko would have liked to have heard the long version of this story, she thought that asking for it might be a bit too nosy. She was trying her best to stop being so, even if she did fail sometimes.]

I'm guessing that your friend was stuck behind the door. Wouldn't it be possible for him to run through the other side and help you close it? That way, you could save your friend and the rest of the worlds.

[He shakes his head.]

It's not that. It's more that... well, closing the Door to Darkness means separating the worlds. Traveling between them would become impossible, and I promised Kairi that we wouldn't go home without Sora right there with us.

[At that, Tohko nodded, smiling a little. So, this person was friend with Sora. Or a Sora. It was hard to tell if people were from the same universes in a place like this.]

Right..I can understand that. To be honest, I probably would have done the same thing. But you know, even if the Door is still out there and causing problems, the fact that it's still open means that you can close it after you find Sora. The Darkness may cause some problems, but if you managed to beat it back so much that you were able to see the Door, I think you'll be alright.

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