it's all in your hands...

[notachickenhawk]

Characters: Tobias and you!
Setting: Room 1-10 and surrounding rooms, Floor 32 ("Earth" forest), Floor 1 (Cafeteria)
Format: Either.
Summary: Tobias wakes up and attempts to figure out what's going on.
Warnings: None I can think of. Suspicious birdface?


[Room 1-10]

Tobias bolts awake, wings flapping, because part of his brain has sensed that this is an enclosed space and he needs to get out. He screeches and flips himself up off the bed, hawk instincts screaming at him that he needs to get out!

He flies towards the door, and lands on the knob, trying to turn it. Out out out he has to get out!

Someone might want to try to calm down the panicking bird with a green collar on.



[Floor 32]

Finally, he's found something that looks familiar. Tobias wheels off from the stairs to go head into the forest. He needs some food, and he needs to rest his wings. But something's wrong.

The instant he leaves the staircase, he heads into a dive. It's uncontrolled, and he screeches. Tobias flaps his wings desperately, trying to get himself to fly - but he crashes into the ground, stunned. It'll take a few moments to get himself back to enough of a mental state to try to hop back towards the staircase.



[Floor 1]

A quick peek at this level had revealed it was a cafeteria, and while he's suspicious this place seems built for humans. So Tobias had flown up to the level above and morphed human - finding himself in a skintight white suit. He's not even going there right now, but he heads downstairs (barefoot), squinting a bit at terrible human sight.

When he gets down there, though, he freezes. He hasn't been in a cafeteria in years. And yeah, this isn't a school cafeteria, but he doesn't know the rules. Someone might want to get him to move - he's blocking the stairs.

Comments

[Cafeteria]

[bloodyashes]

[...And he thought the other newbies were obvious. Wow kid didn't you even have clothes when they brought you here??]

Going in or not?

[You have thirty seconds to make up your mind before Asch shoves past and possibly steps on your barefoot.]

[notachickenhawk]

[Not all of us have fancy uniforms thanks. But Tobias turns and glares at him, eyes narrowed. He does step out of the way though.]

[bloodyashes]

[Don't worry bro he's not gonna judge.

Well okay he'll judge a little. You're still wearing the white suit. There's some raised eyebrows at that but he's not gonna comment.]

You'll need to eat the oatmeal first. Not that there's any better options now.

[Aren't Jason months great.]

Floor 32

[heavenscorpse]

[Birds generally know how to fly, and do not crash facefirst into the ground. It's something that they learn fairly quickly. Monsters, too, usually aren't dumb.

Thus, a hawk crashing as it enters the forest catches V/V's attention long enough for her to notice the collar. Oh, so it's a prisoner too...]

Are you okay? [V/V approaches where Tobias fell, not expecting him to answer.]

[notachickenhawk]

[He doesn't answer. He doesn't want to give anyone an idea of the fact that he's not a normal hawk. There's no telling how many Controllers are here. He attempts to struggle to a 'standing' position, spreading his wings slightly to appear bigger.]

[heavenscorpse]

You look hurt.

[V/V attempts to pick him up. Bad idea? Possibly. Person who has never dealt with an actual animal? V/V.

Floor 32!

[seekinganswers]

[Sheba is heading down from the thirty-third floor, but when she hears Tobias' screech and the rapid flapping of wings she jumps the rest of the way from the outdoor staircase and runs out after him. She thinks there must be some sort of a monster attacking, and she knows this is one of the floors where powers don't work.

When she sees nothing but a bird, hopping towards the staircase, she looks confused. She crouches down near the last step and studies him for a moment or two, taking in the sight of the collar around his neck.]

Was that you...?

[She holds out an arm for Tobias to hop onto, if he so chooses. Were this any other floor, she would try and read his mind. Since she can't, she's going to have to try and communicate in other ways.]

[notachickenhawk]

[He doesn't say anything, nor move towards her - just glares and extends his wings a bit so he looks bigger. He can't find the others, he has no idea where he is, and Yeerks and Controllers could be anywhere.]

[seekinganswers]

Calm down.

[Sheba doesn't seem intimidated by the hawk's glare and the spread wings - she's faced worse. Jason, retrieval units, countless monsters.]

I'm not going to eat you or anything. We're in the same situation, see? [She taps her collar, then nods to his.] I'm not hungry enough to go around trying to eat the others who are trapped here.

Floor 32

[wegotlucky]

[For all of the hunting that Neal has done here, he has never seen a bird fall out of the sky, shrieking. It's the sole reason he doesn't take aim at the bird, and has enough time to see the collar around its neck.

A moment later, and he's rushing to its side, one arrow still grasped in his hand.]

Are you okay?! You took a heck of a fall.

[notachickenhawk]

[He doesn't say anything, just glares. A hunter. He shrieks again, attempting to hop back away from him. That arrow doesn't bode well for him.]

Cafeteria

[earthshards]

[ ... poor kid looks really spooked. More spooked than most new arrivals look, too.] You look a little lost. New here?

[Says the tall guy in the black coat that's standing right behind you.]

[notachickenhawk]

[He turns and glares at Terra, though unintentionally. Expressions are hard.]

... Yeah.

Cafeteria

[trulybecomedust]

[If Gold wasn't attempting to be on his best behaviour, he would have tried to move the boy out of the way with his cane, but since he is, he's just going to clear his throat and tap the cane against the floor before putting his weight on it.]

If you want to stop and stare, then may I suggest you do it elsewhere so you don't get in the way, dearie?

[notachickenhawk]

[He turns and glares at the man, but steps out of the way.]

Don't call me that.

Cafeteria

[ladyliberty]

[Oh. There's someone blocking the way. It's obvious from his clothes that he's a new arrival, and so Amelia is willing to be charitable, having been in the same position just a month earlier.

Gently, not wanting to startle him, she leans forward and taps the boy on the shoulder.]

Beep beep.

[She's smiling, and when Tobias turns around he'll see a young blonde girl, also with a green collar, and, if he notices with his crappy human vision, a large pair of eagle wings folded against her back.]

[notachickenhawk]

[She startles him anyway, and he jerks to the side, before wheeling around and staring at the girl.]

[He opens his mouth to say something, but then he sees the wings and just - stops. Closes his mouth. Thinks for a moment.]

What... happened to you?

[Was she stuck in morph? And if so how could that even work? She's pretty clearly not an Andalite.]

[queensgeneral]

Darres always traveled by stairs. Things such as elevators weren't apart of his world and on top of already being culture shocked, he didn't want to risk unnecessary harm. On his way down, he happened to stumble upon an animal experienced difficulties.

A....hawk?

Likely a new victim of the tower too. This was probably one of the floors where powers were disabled, not that Darres thought the flight of a bird was something to be considered a power. It was rather...cruel.

He pivoted to face the animal wondering if it needed help, but figured it was best not to approach and add onto the stress it was probably experiencing.

"The floors are deceiving." It may have looked familiar. "Are you by yourself?"

[notachickenhawk]

Tobias didn't say anything, just glared at Darres. He didn't know this guy, didn't trust him... but he was stuck for the moment, at least until he managed to get himself back to where his wings would work again.

Floor 32

[sunflowerfairy]

Yotsuba had wandered into the graveyard floor a few minutes ago..and stumbled back out and started to head back to the dorm rooms when she saw Rabbit's name on a gravestone. Rabbit was gone now too..she was sure that he would be saved too, but it was really sad to know that your honorary big brother was gone.

However, when she wandered into the thirty-second floor and heard a bird screech as it fell onto the ground, Yotsuba ran toward it, hoping to help it out if it was injured. She knelt down next to it and tried to put a hand on it to comfort it.

"Are you okay, birdie?"

[notachickenhawk]

He could tell it was a kid, but hawk instincts were taking over. Protect yourself! Lash out! He screeched at her, flapping his wings. He didn't want to be touched!

Floor 32

[averytinyparticle]

Whoa! A bird!

[Quark rather liked this floor--because it was everything the exact opposite of his homeworld. And, well, as much as he missed it, he didn't miss the lack of foliage and lack of cute fuzzy animals scurrying around. After what he had gone through earlier that day, all Quark really wanted was to take a bit of a break.

So he had been amusing himself watching the little rabbits and other-such critters when he spies a hawk taking a nosedive out of the corner of his eyes.

Naturally, the young boy goes to get a closer look. His eyes brighten considerably--of course, he's not silly enough to try and touch a wild animal on a whim.]

Oh! Oh! You're...a hawk, aren't you? I saw a picture of a hawk in a nature magazine I found in the garbage once while I was working.

[He was pretty sure they were extinct on his planet, though. That's when Quark notices the metal band around the bird's neck. Curious, he bends down.]

You have...one of the collars. The Tower is bringing animals now, too?

[That was so weird!]

[notachickenhawk]

[He looks up at the boy, trying to scramble back to a 'standing' position. He flaps a little, but he doesn't really want to scare a boy who's not actively threatening him. Instead, he just glares.]

Room 1-10

[rememberscarlet]

[He is in luck of sorts; Jellal is just turning the knob from the outside in order to enter the room.]

[notachickenhawk]

[He screeches, and turns quickly, landing on his bed.]