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Sheba | Child of the Gods ([personal profile] seekinganswers) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-07-17 11:12 pm

010 ♃ it's all a game of this or that, now versus then

Characters: Sheba and... wait for it... YOU! And also closed threads for Asch, Saturos, and Xion.
Setting: The music room and the restaurant for open prompts, and the library, the dorms, and floor 52 for closed prompts!
Format: Brackets because I am too tired to prose at the moment that I'm writing this. But I can switch if you want!
Summary: First, Sheba deals with some fallout regarding a castmate's arrival. Next, she gets distracted by music. Then, she gets hungry and goes on a quest for restaurant food.
Warnings: She's toned down her mind reading by a lot, but may try and peek at your character's thoughts if they say something that makes her curious. It's up to you if she succeeds in finding anything, though! Also, the last prompt may involve character injury or death. c:

[Library - backdated to just after this thread, closed to Asch.]
[This just feels really awkward.

She hasn't met Asch's eyes since he'd essentially chased Saturos away. For as much as she's found out about his past by reading his mind and sifting through his memories (and even that isn't much), she hasn't come anywhere near as close to sharing as much about her own past. Talking about Saturos had been the furthest thing from her mind, anyway - a small part of her had known that even people who had died on their worlds could appear here, but she'd never in a million years thought that she'd see the Proxian again.

She glances at Asch out of the corner of her eye and sighs as they make their way to a more secluded section of the library. She still has no idea what to say, aside from -]


Um... thank you, for before.

[Dorm floor 2 hallway near room 02-05 and 02-06 - backdated to in the evening after the above thread with Asch, closed to Saturos.]
[It's been a long day. Sheba would like nothing more than to fall into bed and sleep (though she knows it's not really a bed), and in fact she has every intention of doing just that as soon as she gets to her room.

But she has to pause as she approaches, because there's a familiar figure - too familiar, and not in the good way - standing at a door right near hers.

She sighs heavily when she realizes what it must be. Great. First they take away Felix and replace him with Saturos, and now his room is this close? She figures she must have really pissed someone off.

Her earlier reprieve had just been temporary, it seemed.]


...Saturos. Hello again.

[Floor 28 music room - not backdated, open.]
[There are more important things she could be doing with her time, and she's aware of that, but sometimes a girl just needs to relax. This is one of them.

It doesn't particularly bother her that the instruments are playing all on their own. She's sitting off a few feet from the staircase, near a harp, munching on some food brought up from the cafeteria for her lunch and watching the strings pluck themselves to try and get an idea of what strings make what sound. She'd never really learned to play an instrument on Weyard, but it was easy to see - or rather, hear - the appeal.]


I guess it's never a bad time to learn something new...

[The words are spoken mostly to herself, but are said out loud - loud enough for someone on the stairs to hear, certainly.]

[Floor 21 restaurant to start - not backdated, open to the first person to reply to it.
NOTE: There's a risk of death/injury in this prompt.]

[It's dinnertime and Sheba's mouth is watering. She knows - knows - that it's not safe to eat at the restaurant, but she can't help it. She's got her eye on some of the dishes they're not serving in the cafeteria, and she just can't get it out of her mind.

If someone else decides to eat with her, she decides, she'll find out what it is they want and they can go hunt down the cost of their meal together. Whether it's a friend or someone she's never really spoken to, she flags down the next person to pass onto the floor with a smile.]


Hey! Were you thinking about eating at the restaurant?

[Floor 52 - July 20, closed to Xion]
[Sheba would be kicking herself if the situation weren't dire. She and Xion are covered in blood, looking rather worse for the wear, and are now in the center of a floor that seems to be made of playing cards. They can't just run for the staircase - being dumped onto the floor by a Floormaster counted for putting up the blockade the same way that stepping onto the floor did.

(Note to self: Next time she and Xion hang out, they leave to catch the elevator before it gets dark, so a Floormaster can't grab them as they're waiting for it to arrive.)

She winces and gets to her feet, looking down at the pattern warily.]


How are we going to get out of this one...?
bloodyashes: (Maybe he's born with it -)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
...It's nothing.

[He's not exactly un-awkward himself - he doesn't regret using his hyperresonance there, not really, but it does shift the balance of power a little. He's used to avoiding it, used to almost forgetting that it's there because it's so dangerous...

Somehow, the worker units haven't removed his beanbag from the back corner. He takes a seat in it a bit awkwardly.]


So who was he? You're obviously not friends.
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Floor 21! Because this is probably a bad idea.

[personal profile] gradosfinest 2013-07-18 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly Amelia was just here for the elevator, coming down from the gym floor the long way. Because like hell was she about to set foot on Floor 41 without Wriggle next to her. She's heard of this place but never really given it much thought before.

Until Sheba just happens to flag her down at this exact moment. Amelia does manage to smile at her, a little bit surprised to see her here but she can understand why. It does sound like the food here is better...]


Sheba! I haven't seen you in awhile... sure? I mean, I've thought about eating here once or twice although I half expect it to be trapped somehow. [This is said in a perfectly casual tone of voice, she's starting to get used to most of the Tower trying to kill everyone.]
bloodyashes: (You're not a total idiot)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
I take it he didn't give you much choice.

[It's kind of... obvious, given how the man treated her, and how she reacted.

There's another awkward moment, and then he shifts over on the large beanbag to give her somewhere to sit.]
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[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[...He's kind of angry now - if nothing else, at least Van hadn't mistreated him, kidnapping and isolation aside. Someone like this...

The hand that's on the side away from her tightens in the beanbag.]


About time he got a taste of his own medicine, then.

[If it were possible, he has even fewer regrets now, about what he did a little while ago.]
bloodyashes: ([F] That's because...)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
They do take people from different points in time.

[Hence, you know, why the Tower only ever seem to have Lukes with hair that made maidens weep for its beauty. Or something.

Asch folds his arms and sighs.]


People like that don't last long when they aren't top of the heap anymore.

[He doesn't think Sheba will take "Don't worry, the Tower will break him fast" very well, but that's what he means.]
gradosfinest: (o.o...)

Hell yes they are.

[personal profile] gradosfinest 2013-07-18 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She thinks about that one for a moment. This could end horribly, she could potentially wind up getting killed. Again.

And it sucked enough last time.

But kicking back and having a meal with a friend would be a nice moment, something almost resembling normal in this place. A momentary break from everything, and Sheba so far seems to be one of the few people who's... well. Sane. It could backfire horribly, but perhaps it could be a useful bit of training too. Learn something new about one of the Tower's floors or something.]


That's a pretty good point... I mean, I'll admit this might not be a good idea? But sure, why not. Might as well do it now while we have one of the less crazy Admins in charge.[And if it does get them killed, well... it'll be a lesson learned.]
bloodyashes: (Keep this thing moving)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
...You're the one who keeps insisting that I'm not alone.

[There's a faint smile there - if nothing else, he appreciates irony.]

It goes both ways. And that's something that bastard will never understand.

[Asch, of all people, knows that being angry, that treating people as tools and throwing them away when you're done, will mean that no one wants anything to do with you. It's how he survived for seven years, after all.

Saturos might be more powerful, but ultimately, in the Tower, it's apparent to anyone who pays attention that it's their connections that matter. The things that are still true.]
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[personal profile] gradosfinest 2013-07-18 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Somehow the fact Sheba's also realized this is a terrible idea actually brightens Amelia's mood a bit. Enough so that she actually grins, nodding in response.]

Right, that makes sense! Going for broke huh? Any idea what kinda stuff they usually ask for payment? I've never actually been here before...

[And in a way, it feels like this is putting the incident they had during Jason's previous month further behind them, even if it could quite possibly get one or both of them killed. At least they won't be trying to kill each other.]
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[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, if she ever listened in on his thoughts of frustration with Guy, she'd know how he feels about honesty - namely, an honest answer is better than a pleasant one. That little bit of a wry smile is returned, though.]

You can't say you don't deserve it.

[And then, awkwardly, he scoots a little closer, just not quite close enough to touch. This is how do comfort right.]

As long as it's within my power, you won't be be alone. You or anyone else.
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[personal profile] gradosfinest 2013-07-18 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
So it could something as innocent as a blanket or we'll have to steal something from a monster... alright, that sounds fair enough. Let's go then!

[If it's a monster, then all they gotta do is find one and then work together to kill it right? She can handle that! Of course there's the possibility of being thrown a curve-ball with this but... she thinks she's prepared for whatever might happen.]

I know the food's probably not real but dammit it smells real enough...
bloodyashes: ([F] You saw NOTHIN)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[The immediate response is eyerolling. Vaguely friendly, long-suffering eyerolling, but eyerolling nonetheless.

And if they want to talk about defenses, well, she pretty much trashed his in one fell mind-reading swoop. At her last comment, he makes a disgruntled noise.]


You keep saying that. I'm really not that wonderful.
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[personal profile] gradosfinest 2013-07-18 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
It is a really good question isn't it? Sometimes I wonder about this place... as horrible as it is, I wonder if there were some way to use its abilities for good?

[Where does she even start with all this food? She knows ordering more than she can actually eat is probably silly, but it all sounds so damn good... oh what the hell. Beef and just pile it on, that's what she's gunning for here.]

I know most of the rooms here are pretty much designed to kill us, but between some of the nicer rooms and the worker units... if it weren't for the people running it? I'd almost call this a nice place to stay.
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[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-07-18 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
[...Well, for once he can't argue with that one. She's not telling him what a great person he is (he isn't), just that he's been there.

That, he can accept. And truth be told, this is the most constant anyone in his life has been in a long time, too. He sighs heavily, not really sure how to put that into words, but not recoiling from the little touch.]

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