duplicitousringleader: (why don't you make a deal with the devil)
Dio ([personal profile] duplicitousringleader) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-07-10 04:34 pm

001 - well there's a song on the radio that says "let's get this party started"

Characters: A newly-arrived Dio and whatever poor saps are unfortunate enough to meet him!
Setting: Room 04-14, Floor Five, and Floor Fourteen
Format: Action brackets to start with, but I'll switch to prose if you want!
Summary: Dio wakes up and discovers that he's moved from one horrific environment to another. Oh, well. Could be worse. Maybe he'll find more shit to sabotage here.
Warnings: Spoilers for VLR may come up while interacting with Dio; let me know if you'd like me to avoid them. Also, he's a huge jerk. If he treats your character rudely, it's not because I dislike you, it's because he's just that kind of person.

[Room 04-14 - closed to Quark.]
[This has got to be the worst sleep he's had in a really long time. Considering what he's been through lately, that's really saying a lot. Dio is not comfortable when he's conscious enough to realize he's in a bed, probably because he can't fucking move. If he could speak, he'd probably be cursing up a storm. There's a hard glint in his eyes that makes it pretty clear he's screaming obscenities in his mind.

Finally, he can sit up and take a better look around the room. Beds. Trunks. And not too far away - a person. And a familiar one, at that.

Quark. That little shit.]


Oh for fuck's sake - this is where you ran off to? We were looking all over, you little bastard!

[Don't tell him he's in a weird white jumpsuit yet, Quark. Let him figure that out for himself.]

[Floor Five]
[He's wearing his own clothes now (and thank god, because Dio in skintight clothing is probably something no one wants to see) and he's already had his obligatory bowl of oatmeal (and he didn't enjoy it). Now he's wandering, and the fifth floor looks interesting enough that he steps off the staircase and wanders further in.

At first, he ignores the viewfinders. They don't interest him much; he's more intrigued by the security station. But he doesn't get much out of the worker units staffing it, and after a few absolute failures at starting a conversation, he rolls his eyes and walks away. He starts for the stairs, but pauses and looks back at the viewfinders once more.

He wanders over to them and studies them with a contemplative expression. To look or not to look? That is the question...]


[Floor Fourteen]
Now this is more like it.

[He scoops up a remote and flops into a couch in the media room, pointing it at a television with an empty movie case nearby and turning it on. If there's already a movie in there, that saves him some time. What comes up seems to be some sort of a romantic tragedy, from the incredibly overdramatic breakup scene that Dio is greeted with. He raises an eyebrow as the girl on the screen begs her lover not to leave her even though she's pregnant with another man's child.

So much for this being more like it.]


Ooookay then. Gonna have to have a talk with whoever picked this movie. Talk about shitty tastes.

[Don't mind him as he just casually leaves the movie on while he starts looking through the rest of the selection.]

Christ, isn't there anything good to watch in this place? Just one stinking movie. That's all I'm asking for here!
dusknoir: (Fall ➲ the world's spinning)

floor five because OH MY GOD DIO.

[personal profile] dusknoir 2013-07-11 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Thinking of looking through?

[HOLY HELL when did someone else pop into existence behind Dio? Who knows, but Morty did it. Hell, maybe it was another ghost trick he performed with the help of his little friends. But whatever the method, he's there now, and he finds Dio's contemplation of the... frankly terrifying viewfinders to be troubling. This is seen from the rather grim expression on his face.]

I wouldn't.
dusknoir: (Shadow ➲ there isn't anything in life)

it's dio. the apology goes without saying.

[personal profile] dusknoir 2013-07-11 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Whoa, snappy. Morty's expression smooths out into something more serious, but less emotional overall. It's his don't-take-no-shit Gym Leader look. You wanna fight that, Dio, huh? Do you?]

...How attached are you to your old world?
Edited (COMPLETELY WRONG ICON WTF) 2013-07-11 01:40 (UTC)
dusknoir: (Lineface ➲ around the clock)

[personal profile] dusknoir 2013-07-11 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

[Morty is regretting talking to this guy more and more every second.]


Well, in that case, go ahead and look right through.
dusknoir: (Drifloon ➲ playing with your mind)

[personal profile] dusknoir 2013-07-11 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Your world was empty the entire time?

[Oh.]

[Well... then.]
dusknoir: (Emo ➲ it doesn't stop)

[personal profile] dusknoir 2013-07-11 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry.

[Not apologizing for his actions, no; Morty tends to treat worlds the same way he does deceased relatives.]
averytinyparticle: <user name="bytheceeshore"> (W-What are you saying?)

Room 4-14

[personal profile] averytinyparticle 2013-07-11 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Quark wakes up with a start from where he had been sleeping peacefully (or...relatively peacefully, considering it was the Tower and all). For a second he could have sworn he had heard--]

M-Mister Dio?

[Quark's eyes go wide as his head swings around to confirm that it really was the disgruntled blonde who was yelling at him! Not...the most pleasant wake-up call, but Quark's face twists up in a surprised smile nonetheless.]

Mister Dio! [He kicks his sheet off and scrambles for his hat immediately.] You're here! It's really you!

[Quark looks a little confused, then, as he realizes what Dio said.] Looking all over for me? What do you mean? I was looking for you last time I saw you!

[Well, him and everyone. But Quark was preeeetty sure nobody had been looking for him. Gosh, Dio was still really weird. Anyway, it didn't matter anymore. If...if Dio was here, in the same room like everything had been in the Nonary Game...maybe that meant his Grandpa was going to show up, too!]

fragileprophet: (oh hey look over there)

Floor 5

[personal profile] fragileprophet 2013-07-11 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
[This floor was not one that Ion was in the habit of frequenting. It was, after all, the floor that contained the images of his miasma-ridden home world. He didn't want to have to see Auldrant in such a state of ruin. To know that all the people on there had been met with such a terrible fate.

It wasn't something that the Fon Master wished on anyone. Besides, he's already sad enough as it is.

When he's passing buy it today, however, and notices a rather sharply dressed young man inspecting the view finder as if he had never seen such a device before. It's quite possible that the blonde man hadn't--after all, isn't it about that time of the month that new residents start to appear?

Ion figures he can't know without asking...and besides, he can't stay gloomy forever. Potentially helping out a new resident is something Ion would gladly suck up his troubles for.]


Pardon my interrupting.

[Ion steps forward, toward the hatted man, and smiles as softly and warmly as he can currently manage, hands folded politely in front of him--somewhat reminiscent of a certain young lady back on the man's planet.]

But I couldn't help noticing that you seem a bit unsure...
fragileprophet: (weeeeelp)

[personal profile] fragileprophet 2013-07-11 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
[If Ion notices Dio's suspicion or hesitation, he doesn't make any indication of it. Only continues smiling--though the smile falters uncomfortably at the question, becomes more bashful.]

N-No...that's alright. I've already looked before and once was enough. But thank you for asking.

[He pauses, extends his hand in a friendly gesture of greeting.]

My name is Ion.
averytinyparticle: (W-whoa!)

[personal profile] averytinyparticle 2013-07-11 08:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Quark opened his mouth to protest, but he supposed he couldn't--not exactly. He did run off, after all.] But I only left Sigma and K to tell you and everyone else about the bomb we found!

[Maybe...when he had woken up in the Tower, he had completely disappeared back in their world? But that wasn't his fault. It was the stupid Tower!

Quark pouts, fitting his hat snugly against his hair.]


Gosh...you don't have to yell at me about it.

[With a shake of his head, Quark explains. Well, explains as best as someone could expect a ten-year-old to explain.]

I don't think so. I thought so too when I first woke up here but I'm preeeetty sure now that this Tower doesn't have anything to do with the Nonary game. The collars don't come off, though. Just like the bracelets. [Quark looks over, notices the unread letters on Dio's nightstand and points to them.] A bunch of stuff is explained in those!
chainsawn: (and your voice that calls my name)

floor 14 - also totally cool with spoilers!

[personal profile] chainsawn 2013-07-11 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
What's so wrong with this movie?

[ Dio might be surprised to suddenly find a girl standing behind him. She got there thanks to her invisibility powers, okay, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to sneak up on him like that.. but at least the expression on her face is blank rather than threatening or anything. ]

I think it's pretty interesting. I saw it already. The guy leaves her though, he's really, really rude.
fragileprophet: (It's unavoidable.)

[personal profile] fragileprophet 2013-07-11 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Not very long by the standards of most of the residents. A few months, now.

[Ion sighs. It's not exactly been a fun few months.]

Though, it's felt like longer...

[Cutting himself off, Ion looks bashful, and folds his once-again-free hands behind him.]

...I'm sorry. You've only just arrived, haven't you? I shouldn't speak so ominously.
averytinyparticle: (I guess so...)

[personal profile] averytinyparticle 2013-07-11 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Quark's face colors, his expression visibly drooping at Dio's words. It's not exactly that Quark's gullible or anything...but when it comes to his Grandpa...well, he knew how worried that the old man had gotten before when Quark had run off.

It wasn't something he liked to think about. It made him sad and ashamed.]


But...but I was looking for him...

[It was different! In any case, Quark goes quiet as Dio reads the letter, trying not to think about his Grandpa being upset. He was still confused about why Dio made it sound like he had been gone for a super long time buuuut either way, he'd apologize next time he saw his Grandpa.

He was sure it was gonna be soon, now.]


It's kinda hard to believe, huh?

[Quark looks almost amused for a second, but then his expression drops once more. Dejectedly, he fidgets.]

All of it is true, though. As far as I know, anyway. [A pause.] But...well...I don't think they really saved us like they said.
morituramfides: (To the ground)

Floor 14

[personal profile] morituramfides 2013-07-12 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Romantic Tragedies? Jin wasn't sure if that was worse than a Romantic Comedy or not.

Either way, he's just sort of casually standing behind the couch, one arm on the back of it while his other pushed his glasses up his nose.]


Better men than you have tried to find something good to watch. Trust me, there's not much.

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