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

[wegotlucky]

[Neal hasn't been in the tower for very long. He doesn't know the history of it very well, but he does know in his heart that Zo is a good kid who doesn't have the same horrible mind as Ruana.

The trauma of June is still fresh in his mind, but he manages to fake a smile.]

Hey, Zo.

[animusnpcs]

Hi, Neal. [He smiles back, though he looks sympathetic.] Are you okay?

[wegotlucky]

[He nods.]

Yeah, I'm fine. I wouldn't have thought you'd be here.

[animusnpcs]

Since it's my month to be in charge I can come upstairs if I want. I was going to the first time I got in charge but I was too busy.

[wegotlucky]

[He smiles crookedly. Zo's nothing like Ruana. It's almost a relief.]

Glad you're here.