and I need someone to talk to apart from you

[animusnpcs]

Characters: Zo, open
Setting: floor 001
Format: brackets, party-style
Summary: Zo visits the residential levels of the Tower.
Warnings: none so far

[The elevator dings as its doors slide open--that's not an unusual occurrence, really, for a floor that not only houses one of the elevator stopping points but also the most reliable food sources. What's unusual, though, is the boy who steps out of it.

Zo enters the cafeteria, looking around as if he hasn't seen it in some time, which is true. He's followed by one retrieval unit. While she looks as blank as any retrieval unit, her collar is chipped and she wears glasses. In fact, she might be a bit familiar to some, though she will not respond (but there's something... Unusually alive about her, even so).

Though he's careful not to stray far from his bodyguard, he smiles at the floor in general.]

Um... Hi! Wow, it's been a while since I've been up here!

Comments

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Didja get better at it or somethin'?

[animusnpcs]

[He nods, looking a bit proud.] Last time I didn't know how to do everything right, but this time things're going way better.

[fuhgeddaboudit]

That's real nice. I'm glad you're gettin' a little better with that, then.

[She glanced up at the retrieval unit, a little nervously.]

Who's your friend?

[animusnpcs]

She's my bodyguard. [He smiles reassuringly.] As long as you don't attack her or me she won't hurt you, don't worry.

[fuhgeddaboudit]

I ain't gonna hurt either of ya, promise.

[She did seem to relax a little at that, even if something about the unit's presence still unsettled Labrys.]

Whaddya doin' around here, anyway?

[animusnpcs]

I wanted to check on all of you. We don't usually come up here and we just look through cameras and stuff, but that's not really the same, I think.

[fuhgeddaboudit]

Wow...that's real nice a' you. But what about the others, ain't they gonna be upset or anythin'?