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

[imperialsun]

[If anything it gives Naoya a new reason to push onward. And while there are all sorts of thoughts swimming in his mind...some a little less family friendly than others, he does realize that it would probably better if they keep their wits about themselves, at least in this place. Regardless when they do part ways, he can't help but add,]

I could always cloak us.

[Granted it would probably make anyone else entering wonder why there are things on the elevator floor.]

[floreatnoctem]

...could you?

[Her question is a little breathless, but curious nonetheless, and she chuckles a little before leaning up once more.]

Goodness, a man of many talents, are you?

[And with that, she kisses him again.]

[imperialsun]

I c-

[WELL THAT CLOSED THIS CONVERSATION QUICKLY]



[Man things could have been said about what had happened. But we will leave it as such; hormones. When Naoya walks out, he quickly darts towards the kitchen and into the giant fridge. A few minutes later, he comes back triumphant with a total of three long sticks covered in crystal candy. It's not much, but like everything else, he tried.]

Let's go.

[At least he's not too hard to spot.]

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori takes his momentary disappearance to smooth her hair back into place with practiced ease, and by the time he returns she's once again impeccable and composed as always. She nods at his suggestion and turns on her heel to follow his strides into the cafeteria, fingers tightening slightly on the package in her hands.]

[imperialsun]

[Okay now that this is happening for real, he's not sure what he should be doing with the stuff in his hands. Hide them behind him? It's hard enough balancing all that he has...you know what he'll just keep going as is. Looking around, he finally spots him, thanks to the bodyguard.]

Zo? Can we speak with you?