towerofanimus

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Characters: Aoi Tohsaka - OPEN.
Setting: Room 1-07 / Dormitory Floors.
Format: Brackets preferred, but I can match either way.
Summary: Unfamiliar scenery.
Warnings: None, probably.

Room 1-07
[when the paralysis wears off she almost lurches out of bed, utterly confused and alarmed. This isn't her house. This isn't her family's house. Kidnapping-?

Residents of room 1-07 will be met with the loud thunk of Aoi falling off the bedside and scrabbling upright, evidently panicked; help a poor lady out?]

Dormitory Corridors
[having recovered somewhat from the initial... shock... Aoi is mostly wandering; venturing through the dormitory floors, warily avoiding the network terminals and generally trying to stay out of everyone's way whilst she fully comes to terms with all this...]

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[Having been healed by a few people, Kariya is in good shape today. Well, for him, and aside from the fact that one of his arms is half-gone. He's moving more steadily than usual, and there's actually a little color in his complexion. That said, he still looks bad, especially to anyone not used to seeing him this way.

Nevertheless, with the added energy the healings have afforded him, he's making his way through the dormitories toward the elevator, thinking he might try visiting the meadow floor.

When he sees someone else headed his way, he glances toward them, naturally--then goes completely still, his good eye widening in shock. It can't be. It's not possible. For her to be here, of all people. He's both elated to see her here and horrified. He doesn't want her to be in any danger, to see her hurt--and yet, it might be safer for her to be here than not, for all they know. And he's missed her..

He stands staring at her dumbly for a full moment before he manages to speak.]

A-Aoi?

[Not that he has anything particularly eloquent to say.]

Oh—

[It's a slight, tiny gasp and nothing more. When Claudia sees Aoi in the dormitory hallway, she almost panics, unthinkingly clasping a hand over her own mouth to muffle herself.]

[Aoi, her friend. Her friend, who can't defend herself. Her friend that she hasn't seen since she killed—]

[Her stomach churns, sick from the sudden upwelling of guilt in her gut. Her legs feel numb, and there's a slight stagger to the movement as she takes her first step forward.]

—Aoi?

[It only occurs to Claudia after she has blurted out Aoi's name that this Aoi might not even know her. If, in her world, Claudia had died three years before the War, like she should have. She stops, standing perfectly still, her already-pale face blanching.]

[Lancer leaves his network terminal in time to see the beautiful woman walk by him.]

Hey, little lady. Haven't seen someone like you around this place before.

[ Paying attention to newcomers is a task that Rin has abandoned months ago; with white hair, red eyes, and "stench" (as Lancer calls it) of evil around her, she's not exactly the ideal person to explain the situation. Instead, she lives life completely ignoring those around her and sticking to her goals.

Goals.

Those were things previously taken from her, but now she has a new set of them lined up in her mind. If this was a tower of souls and Heroic Spirits were taken to a place themselves, then this place wasn't all that different from the Throne of Heroes. All she needs to do is find the connection, all while ignoring any possible distractions.

This is why she's not paying any attention to what's around her and may be walking straight for the befuddled woman without any hint of adjusting her path any. ]

[Waver was minding his own business and actually walked right past Aoi at first. The ponytailed lecturer stopped in his tracks just a step or two past her, hands in his pockets as he looked over his shoulder. Something registered in his head at the sight of Aoi, but it had taken just a bit to properly form as a thought.]

[Didn't this woman look vaguely familiar? Kind of like...no. No way.]

Excuse me. [First things first; she seemed lost, so she'd probably just arrived.] Are you alright?

[There's a loud "thunk" that comes from the room beside Hibari. A slight growl causes the corner of his mouth to twitch. The one thing he abhorred the most was being interrupted during his nap times. He fluctuated constantly between being a light sleeper and sleeping like a log. Unfortunately, for Aoi, Hibari hadn't been in a very deep sleep at all.

Part of him feels that he should go back to sleep. On the other hand, he has the nerve to bash at the room with his elbow to tell whoever was next door to keep it quiet dammit.

Alternatively, Hibird was pecking at the door, so Hibari had no choice but to let the canary out. The little bird then proceeded to chirp at the door of Room 1-06.

Hibari thinks this is dumb. He pounds on the door.]

[It's easy to notice people who are new here. There's a general lost look to them all, no matter who they are or how much they try to deny it. And that feeling really sucks, so whenever Hakuno sees someone sporting that look, she tries to help them out a bit.]

Excuse me, ma'am... are you okay?

[Amelia, having only recovered from the sleep paralysis herself and still unable to make heads or tails of the situation, shrieks when she hears the thunk from the other bed.]

What was that!? Who are you??

[ A tremendous, armored figure, twice as broad as a normal human and almost half again as tall looks down at Aoi as he strides through the dormitories, looking at the woman carefully, and says in a voice that is somehow muffled by his helm. ]

Everything all right, Mamzel?

[The face is not one he expected to see. Not outside of a time-worn and cherished photograph, that is. In fact, it takes Diarmuid a moment to actually make himself believe he is seeing who he thinks he's seeing.

What is the Tower doing? Tearing away one of Kariya's most beloved people only to return another? Has it not messed with the poor man's emotions enough since he arrived?

And what would Rin think about all of this? Especially after just having her sister taken from her...]

Mrs. Tohsaka? Wait a moment, if you would...

[Even if he is unsure what her being here will mean for Kariya and Rin, as friends of both people and knowing how much she means to them, the last thing Diarmuid is going to do is let her continue to wander looking so lost. He just hopes that the fact he is a Servant doesn't upset her anymore than she likely already is. Especially since he means her no harm.]

[ Asahi is.. well, fairly energetic, to say the least. So even as she's just going down the hallways of the dormitories, she's still sprinting around as if it's impossible to walk more slowly than that.

Of course it makes her less likely to notice things though, so when she rounds a corner she manages to bump head-on into the woman walking around. ]

[That was a pretty loud thunk - so loud that someone next door, in 1-06, heard it. Or, at least, Sora was pretty sure he heard something, though he had no idea what it could be. He sits still, listens for a little while...

Huh. Maybe it was nothing?

A little while later, though, he steps outside and sees someone unfamiliar leave the room next door. Since he's used to seeing pretty much everyone that lives around his room, he figures they're probably new - and they don't look like they're taking all of this too well, either.

Maybe he can offer some help?

He approaches the girl carefully, trying to make sure she sees him before he talks so that he doesn't surprise her - that would probably be the opposite of helpful right now.]

Um, hello. Are you new?

*He sees the haunted, lost look of a newcomer. He's seen it every month for a year save last month. He knows he has to step up, to help newcomers orient and get up to speed, because it's clear that they haven't been doing so well enough.*

Are you all right?

*First things first, though, seeing to her well-being if she needs any help beyond that initial adjustment.*

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dormitory corridors

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dorm corridors

outside room 1-07

[Dorm Hallways]

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Dorm corridors

Dorm Corridors

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Dorm Hallway, but probably not too far from her room