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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?
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I'm expected down at the cafeteria to pass out the food trays soon anyway. Don't worry.
[ Shirou is an empty person, depressing scenery isn't going to get his spirits down much. Anyway, yes the little girl is no longer standing behind a headstone and is actually sitting down, very good. ]
Hey, what about you? Why are you—here, in this place either?
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A lot of people usually come here to look at these. So.. I thought that if I'd stay here for long enough, I'd be able to talk to someone. [ It probably sounds ridiculous, but she's telling the truth. ]
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Shirou is a little slow to realize that is a ridiculous thing to say, but he realizes it's an unhappy thing to say. ]
You want to talk to someone? Is it really the best idea to hang around a place like this, uh. [ A child shouldn't have to think she should stand around in a graveyard just to talk to other people. That's not right. He awkwardly coughs. ] Are there anybody here you can talk to without coming her?
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[ Technically she has other friends too, but she doesn't know their rooms and she never bothered asking either, so finding them would take some effort.. ]
.. Do you think there's something wrong with this place though..? [ She glances around as if it shouldn't be obvious from the very start. ]
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[ He rubs his chin. A little is better than nothing at all? This is an odd little girl. ]
No, there's nothing wrong with it. [ Aside from there being no bodies in the graves themselves, or it being in the Tower. It's a graveyard! There is nothing wrong with a graveyard, it's only morbid and empty. ] It's not just a place where people normally go to socialize. It'd be better to try the cafeteria or the media room for that.
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[ Her finger moves until it touches the ground, drawing circles on it. ]
I'd.. just intrude. Here not really, since people usually come alone..
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It's not about being needed. If you want to talk to people, you should be able to do that. It's not easy to do, but you should try. [ He pauses. It's not an intrusion either. ]
If people come here alone, that'd usually mean... they want to be alone for a little while.
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Want to be alone..? But.. why would people ever want to be alone? Being alone is just lonely..
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They're mourning. Urh, some people prefer to keep their grieving private. [ It's not like it's wanting to be alone forever. ]
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[ Despite being fifteen, her voice suddenly sounds surprisingly young and she even pouts a little as she leans her chin on her drawn up knees. ]
If something happened to me, I'd want to be around other people even more. Other people can comfort you.. right? Isn't that nice, being comforted by someone else?
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Yeah, that's nice, being comforted by another person. It really is. [ Shirou continues, awkwardly fumbling a little. ] But not everybody deals with grief the same way you would, see? People mourn in different ways... and while you don't get why they might act like that, they might not get why you prefer being around others, over how they do it.
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What about you..? What do you like the most from those?
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Uh, me? Well, I just visit to pay my respects for a bit before leaving. Usually I don't take company with me.
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Then she scoots away from him just a little, looking at him warily and maybe even a little shyly, mixed in with the blankness. ]
Should I be leaving then..?
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w-wha. He looks confused, which is actually not that much of a difference than how he usually looks. ]
Ah, no? I don't mind you being here, really... Why would think you should leave?
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[ And there's no worse feeling than being unwanted, so she's at least trying to avoid that.. but he says he doesn't mind, right? It makes her a little more hopeful, although that doesn't quite reach her expression. ]
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[ He'd just been answering her question about which way he preferred to mourn when it came to visiting gravestones, and he'd been honest. When it came to paying a visit to Kiritsugu's grave or the town park, he'd never really bothered asking for company, not because he'd been averse to company but because he'd hadn't thought of it as an activity that required other people. ]
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But then she finally moves closer again until she's sitting right next to him like nothing happened. For a few moments she's quiet, as if she's overthinking all of it, but then she slowly speaks up again. ]
... Name. [ She's probably asking for his name... ]
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I'm Emiya Shirou. [ His hands fidget a bit before stilling. ] And... Okay, what's your name?
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[ She points to herself as she says it, as if it wouldn't be clear it's her name otherwise. ]
.. It's nice to meet you, Shirou-kun. [ Another beat-- ] Can I say Shirou-kun?
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[ He smiles good-naturedly at her. ] Sure, go ahead. I'm alright with that.
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No, it's fine if you call me anything. Just Urotsuki is fine, but.. Urotsuki-chan is fine too. Or Urotsuki-dono. [ If that's a joke, it sure isn't showing in her tone or expression. ]
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Urotsuki-chan it is then!