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towerofanimus2013-07-14 12:04 pm
destructiveprinciple) wrote in towerofanimus2013-07-14 12:04 pm
☠ 005 | you said we were born with nothing
Characters: Avenger, 'Shirou' and OPEN to all.
Setting: The graveyard on the forty-eighth floor and the hundredth floor.
Format: The exact opposite of Kotomine Kirei's lovingly composed monologues.
Summary: 'Shirou,' on his way down to the cafeteria to do his regular job, comes across the evidence of Rin's departure, and also Archer's disappearance as well. He's not happy.
Warnings: Typical fare for the Tower of Animus such as mentions of death, the destruction of worlds, and sadness.
[ SCENARIO A || FLOOR 48: OUTSIDE ]
[ This was a floor of pointless mausoleums, open graves, and fields of unattended gravestones. Some of the names littered on the headstones he recognized and knew—llya, Sakura, himself. He came by here every morning on his way down to the cafeteria to see them, and that routine never varied. 'Shirou' didn't leave flowers at their graves; it seemed a paltry gesture for failure to keep them safe and well. So, normally he would stand there and talk a little about random things. Saber, the food being a lie, what information they had found out, a video game he'd played in the media room.
But when he came down this morning, there was an unexpected new name among the graves.
Matou Rin, carved into the stone like it meant nothing at all. Like it didn't mean the magus was now in terrible danger, from Ruana's power-sapping to supply the Tower now that the power cores were running out. Like it didn't mean there was now another girl roaming the desolate, destroyed land of the world she came from like so many others. Like it didn't mean another failure.
His knees suddenly seemed too weak to hold him up, and he sat down hard on his rear in front of the gravemarker, one small slab of stone with a polished surface and scratched edges in the lines of gravemarkers stretching out like small, gray pittances. Shirou sat there and rebuked himself, feeling hollow as he thought about Rin, wandering alone in the ruined landscape of her world. And also thought more angry thoughts about how he was going to make the administrators pay for this injustice.
And that's how any nearby passerby's will find the teenager. ]
[ SCENARIO B || FLOOR 100: THE HOLOGRAM ]
[ For those of you who don't give a shit about 'Shirou's little episode of upset—a Servant is slowly pacing about this floor, late within the depths of night. He seems to be vaguely confused.
His back is turned towards the staircase, his face turned away from it. It looks like he's trying to figure something out; ]
—Mm?
Setting: The graveyard on the forty-eighth floor and the hundredth floor.
Format: The exact opposite of Kotomine Kirei's lovingly composed monologues.
Summary: 'Shirou,' on his way down to the cafeteria to do his regular job, comes across the evidence of Rin's departure, and also Archer's disappearance as well. He's not happy.
Warnings: Typical fare for the Tower of Animus such as mentions of death, the destruction of worlds, and sadness.
[ SCENARIO A || FLOOR 48: OUTSIDE ]
[ This was a floor of pointless mausoleums, open graves, and fields of unattended gravestones. Some of the names littered on the headstones he recognized and knew—llya, Sakura, himself. He came by here every morning on his way down to the cafeteria to see them, and that routine never varied. 'Shirou' didn't leave flowers at their graves; it seemed a paltry gesture for failure to keep them safe and well. So, normally he would stand there and talk a little about random things. Saber, the food being a lie, what information they had found out, a video game he'd played in the media room.
But when he came down this morning, there was an unexpected new name among the graves.
Matou Rin, carved into the stone like it meant nothing at all. Like it didn't mean the magus was now in terrible danger, from Ruana's power-sapping to supply the Tower now that the power cores were running out. Like it didn't mean there was now another girl roaming the desolate, destroyed land of the world she came from like so many others. Like it didn't mean another failure.
His knees suddenly seemed too weak to hold him up, and he sat down hard on his rear in front of the gravemarker, one small slab of stone with a polished surface and scratched edges in the lines of gravemarkers stretching out like small, gray pittances. Shirou sat there and rebuked himself, feeling hollow as he thought about Rin, wandering alone in the ruined landscape of her world. And also thought more angry thoughts about how he was going to make the administrators pay for this injustice.
And that's how any nearby passerby's will find the teenager. ]
[ SCENARIO B || FLOOR 100: THE HOLOGRAM ]
[ For those of you who don't give a shit about 'Shirou's little episode of upset—a Servant is slowly pacing about this floor, late within the depths of night. He seems to be vaguely confused.
His back is turned towards the staircase, his face turned away from it. It looks like he's trying to figure something out; ]
—Mm?
Re: Scenario A
Good. Hold onto that hope, and do not let sadness and pain stop or slow you down. Perhaps, if you do, you will manage to help her and others.
Scenario A
Hm, that's right. Can't let negativity overtake us before fixing things, and helping the others. [ That's just common sense. ] Or any point, really.
Scenario A
It is possible that some people will, and it is also possible that you and others will grief and become sad in the future. There is nothing wrong with this..but remembering your determination and hope will, I think, help you move forward.
Scenario A
He's mildly puzzled by this person's statements of the completely obvious, even if they are on the optimistic side. Shirou nods. ]
Yeah, I get that's okay. It's a little vexing at times, but it's the way of things. I don't mind it very much.
Scenario A
..It is not always the way of things for some, but I am glad that you do not seem to be too depressed.
Scenario A
Don't be worried, Shirou isn't sunken into a pit of sadness and depression. He smiles ruefully a little, directing his gaze at the gravemarker, one stone in the lines of gravemarkers stretching out like small, gray pittances. ]
People can't stay forever. It's okay to be sad about that. [ A beat: ] She'd probably get angry at me if I got too depressed over her.
Scenario A
It is nice that you realize that..but it sounds like she was the type to not want others to worry.
Scenario A
Matou... Well, you could say it like that. [ unstable crazy tsun ] She'd get all puffed up, and accuse them of pitying her or having ulterior motives.
Scenario A
..It is good that you managed to become a friend of hers then, since she did not trust others. Or am I wrong?
Scenario A
No, you're right about that.
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[ Even if Shirou can't promise, even to himself, that her survival would mean she survives with her splintered sanity intact. ]
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But, even if she does so, at least she will be alright.
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[ He returns to looking at the rows of grave in front of them. There's the tombstone engraved with the words Matou Rin, and a little ways over is there another grave Shirou doesn't look at, inscribed with Archer in smooth, flowing font. ]
Scenario A
It is alright. If Archer is a close ally with your friend, it is likely that he shall survive as well.
Scenario A
[ What brought this on, what are you talking about? Then Shirou blinks and notices where the person is looking. ] Oh, that guy... Sure, he'll live. Bastard's got some stuff to make up for.
[ Archer deserved to be saved and survive, too. ]
Scenario A
If you do not mind my asking, what stuff?
Scenario A
He and Matou had... a thing going?
[ Well said, Shirou! ]
Scenario A
And you were jealous?
[He's..teasing, Shirou.]
Scenario A
No, I wasn't.
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I am glad to hear that. If he and Rin had a relationship, than I believe that will give them an extra reason to try and stay alive.
Scenario A
[ That's true. Even if Archer and him would just end up fighting if they saw each other again, he's sure Rin would be happy to see her Servant again. ]
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[That's phrased more as a statement than a question.]
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He hated me. I couldn't stand him either.
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I see. I do not mean to pry, but may I ask why? You do not have to answer if you do not want to.
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