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gAmZeE MaKaRa ♑ terminallyCapricious ([personal profile] hystericull) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-08-16 02:51 pm

019 ♑ [nineteenth honk]

Characters: Gamzee and you.
Setting: Floor 62, Floor 53, Floor 27.
Format: Action.
Summary: A combination of event post and general open log, making up for my hiatus time. Floor 53 will be the setting for the Individuation plot, Floors 62 and 27 will be general settings for non-plot things, forward-dated a little just for convenience's sake. OH AN ACTUAL SUMMARY - Gamzee hears voices and goes crazy, which is pretty run-of-the-mill for him, but this time it's accompanied by shadowy children who don't like him very much. In the other threads, he's being equally disconcerting, however with a noted lack of children.
Warnings: Gamzee. Profanity, general vulgarity.

Floor 53 (Classroom)

[Much like the beach, Gamzee had spent a lot of time vandalizing this floor, as well. Chalk was scattered all over the floor, white hand prints pressed on every surface imaginable. The scrawlings on the board ranged from crude artistic depictions of violence, to repeated profanities, to long lines of text that seemed to have been copied from memory or some sort of literature. These still varied in subject matter. Some of it was written like dialogue; accusatory, harsh and degrading. The language was so brutal and unfeeling, yet it was written in the neatest handwriting (if any of Gamzee's handwriting could actually be considered such.)]

[The dialogue was the words he was hearing from his hauntlings. Some of the children had dissipated after Gamzee had become uninterested in them. However, three of them still stuck around. He did his best to ignore them, but his mindless, unconscious scribbling of their relentless beratements betrayed his efforts, serving only to encourage them. The relationships depicted through the words were pretty discernible, all things considered. One was clearly a parental figure, though these sentences were only half-formed, as if having been translated before being written. The words and phrases here, despite not being complete, were just as ruthless, if not moreso than the others, and the pocks of dust on most of them suggest the chalk had been broken numerous times transcribing them.]

[The other two sections of dialogue were decidedly non-familial in nature. One was platonic, the other romantic, but both seemed to come from very close relationships. One was written exclusively in huge capital letters, belittling chastisement punctuated with "FUCK"s and long, drawn-out metaphors. The other was more serious in nature, almost disappointed, but just as angry.]

[You'd either find Gamzee scribbling away at the chalkboard, wearing down the remainder of his chalk to nubs, or sitting at one of the desks, gouging into the wood with his claws. Whatever he happened to be doing, he was pretty absorbed in it.]



Floor 62 (Beach)

[While this floor had usually been a place of reflection for him, Gamzee has spent most of the day tearing up the beach. Holes were dug everywhere, some filled with water now from the flowing tide. Where there weren't holes, there were deep gouges, claw marks and scratches that ripped across the light, dry sand to reveal the darker grains underneath.]

[He wasn't using any tools, so his hands and clothes were extremely dirty. A few of his long, yellow nails had broken off, not that he'd noticed. Currently, he's working at a particularly deep hole, scratching at the inner walls to carve it wider and painting the sand with the purple blood that had begun to drip from where his skin had broken.]



Floor 27 (Lab)

[For the first time in a while, a large grin was spread across Gamzee's face, long fangs pointing out in awkward directions. Bright light shining through rows of liquid-filled tubes cast multicolored shapes across his cheeks, and although the lights alone would be enough to capture his attention for hours, he found himself much more interested in the liquid itself. Various vials of blood, collected from monsters, fallen tower inhabitants, and two very special samples - bright red and jade green - bubbling in their own tubes next to a beaker of brown, separate from the rest.]

[Gamzee didn't have much patience for learning. The knowledge to operate this equipment was the only thing he could manage to glean from books in the library. Procedures, precautions, and any direction at all, he deemed unnecessary. He was running tests based on a whim, adding catalysts without knowing what could happen. As such, part of his work station had a big, black char across it, and the top part of his shirt collar had been blown off.]

[However, he didn't seem deterred by this, only motivated. He made his rounds, dumping assorted chemicals into the vials before returning to stare at the bubbling Christmas colors with an obsessive fascination.]
averytinyparticle: (You are really dumb for real.)

Floor 27

[personal profile] averytinyparticle 2013-08-17 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Quark wasn't sure he was glad the shadows were gone. After he had died, and then woken up again to find the-thing-that-said-it-was-his-Grandpa had vanished, he had had mixed feelings. On one hand, it was nice to not feel so tired anymore, and to not be followed around by an cynical, judging shadow. On the other...Quark couldn't hear his Grandpa at all anymore. And the things he had said to him were still stuck in his head, making him all sad and gloomy.

But Quark didn't really want to stay sad and gloomy, especially when there wasn't really anything he could do about changing what had happened. So he had gone back to his usual exploring. And that was what led him to the labs. He figured, maybe he'd try to look up science-y things again, since he had been so rudely interrupted last time he tried and ended up never getting around to it. Not the ten-year-old really knew what to do with chemicals; he was really more of an amateur inventor than anything.

Somehow, he didn't expect someone to already be there. When Quark sidles inside, he approaches in a wide circle, as if he's afraid that the occupied table in question was going to explode at any given second. Honestly, it wouldn't take much of a stretch of the imagination.]


What are you making?

[Quark hadn't really meant to interrupt, but his curiosity had gotten the better of him. He shoves his hands into his pockets as he rocks back on his heels, looking more interested than nervous about the precarious display of chemical handling before him. Not that there isn't still a small trace of visible worry, mind you.]
averytinyparticle: (Well golly gee willikers!)

[personal profile] averytinyparticle 2013-08-17 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Quark blinks, and then smiles sheepishly. He was a little surprised at the profanity--he thought people only used adult words when they were angry, but the purple guy didn't look angry. Just kind of scary. In a way, Quark was a bit thankful that Dio had been beginning to desensitize him to foul language.

Mind you, he knew he wasn't supposed to use them, himself, because he wasn't an adult yet.]


I dunno. [He takes one of his hands out of his pockets to scratch the back of his neck.] I just thought this looked really cool and stuff!

[Dangerous, but cool.]

Is it okay if I watch you work?

[Could making a mess be considered a form of work?]
tentacletrainer: (...well then.)

Floor 53

[personal profile] tentacletrainer 2013-08-17 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
[[Rose had no doubt Gamzee was likely suffering the same effects as anyone else, and watching him wear at the chalk in his hand was a little discomforting. Not really because it was doing any harm to anything, but sometimes she wondered if he wouldn't just run out of chalk and start wearing down his fingers instead.

After a little while of watching him, she finally decided to approach, ignoring the gaggle of shadows chasing at her heels.]]


You'll run out of chalk soon if you keep that up.
stitchedupbodyguard: (Default)

Floor 62

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-08-17 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Great, another beach. Veronica would have simply waved this floor off and continued on to the next one but she had to stop and stare. It seemed like something tore the beach apart. Holes everywhere, what she figured to be claw marks, odd purple smears in the sand. Either a monster had gone through here or something else.

She stepped carefully around the holes, peering into each of them for whatever could be there. She could smell something here, but where was it?

Finally she looks into another hole and found what appeared to be a human covered in gray paint and wearing some weird headwear. She'd seen stranger things.
]

Uh... excuse me?
pushedaround: (so let go)

The Beach

[personal profile] pushedaround 2013-08-17 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He just wanted to escape the tower and all it's drama. Take a breather. Some fresh air perhaps, even when he knew in the back of his mind it was all fake. Whatever. He's heading to the beach in hope of finding a place to relax.

Once he reached the floor, Tavros had no interest in knowing who vandalized the place. Instead, he wandered further in, trying to find an isolated, clean spot for himself. That was the plan-

-but everything changed when he located the source of all this mess. ]


Gamzee ...

[ It could be the highblood's way to blow off some steam, but Tavros felt a bit uneasy as he watched. Not really sure if he should interrupt him or not. ]
doctor_dismemberment: (Default)

Floor 27

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2013-08-19 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Over a week. It had been over a week since he'd been back here. Not just here, the lab, but here, the Tower itself. After over a week of walking around on his dead world (something he'd only ever heard about until that point, but had never experienced himself), he was understandably a little antsy.

...Okay, not a little. He was way past fucking antsy. He and antsy weren't even in the same solar system any more. He could only focus on the scientific merit of being on his dead world for so long. Soon, he found himself worrying about what was going on back in the Tower. What were people doing with his things? Was he stuck there forever? Were those incompetent idiots at least skilled enough to stop Ruana from squeezing his soul out like the juice from an orange, or whatever she was planning to do?

But, just as he'd found himself on the brink of full-blown desperation, he'd found himself back in his bed-- pod. Whatever. It wasn't ideal, but it was better than being trapped on his dead world with only the severed head of a dead-again zombie to keep him company.

After a thorough look through his trunk to ensure that everything was still there - collar fluid, ammo, tape recorder, spleens in jars - he made his way to the lab to make sure nobody had tried to make use of what little 115 was still there.

He wanted to say that he was relaxed, knowing he was no longer in danger of being turned into soul juice, but he was far from it. The voices were still scolding him (and my, they hadn't stopped shouting the whole time he was on his dead world), so naturally, he strode into the laboratory arguing back.]


Nein, nein, you don't have to sound so angry- Of course I will. Shut up! You're so-

[When he saw the bubbling beakers, he stopped like a deer caught in the headlights. Seeing someone else in the lab was bad enough on its own - he needed his solitude, damn it - but the moment he saw those brightly-colored horns rising up over the top of a table, he knew he wasn't getting out of this without getting incredibly angry.]

Ugh. What are you doing in here?

[He sounded possessive, as if he'd just wandered into his room to find Gamzee reading through his diary. Or listening, in his case. Shut up, fuck you.]
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen... 3?!)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2013-08-19 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[The longer he stood there, the more fully he was able to comprehend what it was he was seeing - and smelling. The tang of something rancid and metallic hit his nose like a slap to the face. He bit down on his lip. After spending over a week around corpses that didn't do anything but lay there with their organs dangling out of their mouths, it was nice to smell something so fresh, so appetizing.

But he couldn't let Gamzee know just how exhilirating it was. That would be like letting him win something, and he couldn't have that. He kept a sour look on his face and took a few slow steps closer, arms crossed over his chest.]


There is nothing magic about what you're doing.

[He cast a disdainful glance at the spot that looked like it had been blown up, then turned back to the beakers. They certainly smelled like blood, but those colors... His heart started to race. He hoped that liquid was what he thought it was.]

Er-- Tell me. [He shook his head in an attempt to clear it.] What are you - shut up, shut up - tr-- ugh-- trying to do here?

[Damned voices, could they leave him alone for just five minues? He had an alien to interrogate.]
pushedaround: (These mishaps)

[personal profile] pushedaround 2013-08-19 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Tavros sighed softly. First Tohko was ill, and now this. It seems everyone is having their own drama with this event, and yet Tavros didn't feel anything, only extreme exhaustion .. and frustration. He just wanted to get back to his bad habit of sleeping for days, and not deal with this. He didn't want to fucking deal with any of this.

That was the plan. Play dead until this event is over.

He could still persuade that plan. It's not like Gamzee is showing any sign of interest in socializing, and perhaps Tavros is intruding like a rude motherfucker. Yet, just making sure- ]


So, um, do you want to talk about this? Or maybe you just ... want to keep digging ...

Uh.

[ . . . ]

Do you want me to go find Fef?
stitchedupbodyguard: (Not sure if)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-08-19 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gamzee was in fact the last thing Veronica expected to see. She nearly jumped back in alarm at the sight of him. She'd never seen someone with horns before, or gray skin.

She raises an eyebrow at the troll's language though.
]

Well, what I want is to know just what the hell you're doing. look at this mess!
stitchedupbodyguard: (I guess so)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-08-20 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Your way of speaking annoys her.]

No, but I'm really curious as to why you're tearing this beach apart. You looking for something?
doctor_dismemberment: (Shouting)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2013-08-20 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Richtofen didn't like that smirk. He felt like Gamzee's yellow-and-black eyes were boring into him, like he was a hop and a step away from hearing the voices gnashing their teeth in his head. His eyes narrowed and he shifted from foot to foot, tracking Gamzee's every movement with precision.

He kept his lips squeezed in a tight line, mainly because it was difficult to even hear his own thoughts over the suspicious muttering in his head, let alone form a coherent sentence. He just watched, growing increasingly wary as Gamzee picked something up on another table.

As soon as he went to pour it into a beaker, Richtofen shuffled a few steps back. He didn't trust anyone who'd apparently blown something up to mess with the chemicals in this place - hell, he'd been trained to work with unfamiliar chemicals for most of his life, and even he had difficulty with some of the substances in the lab.

Predictably, he was right. The moment he saw the liquid start to bubble, he dove behind a table. Thank his lucky stars, Gamzee hadn't fucked with anything particularly lethal, but when Richtofen peeked up to get a look at what he'd done, he was less than impressed with the yellow foam splattered everywhere.]


Dummkopf!

[His voice was loud and shrill, angrier than he'd allowed himself to sound in a while. It was almost cathartic, being around Gamzee. He didn't have to try to pretend like he wasn't ready to stab someone at any given second.]

Are you an idiot? You are just making a mess with no real point to it! You are a disgrace, get out of this lab! [He stood up and dusted himself off, then continued to scream, disregarding Gamzee's question completely.] Did you even know what you were pouring? You could have melted your face off, und I would have laughed! Augh, you are so stupid, so inconceivably stupid!

[He'd gone red in the face by the time he finally stopped to breathe. When had he last screamed at the top of his lungs at someone? Oh, it was positively vindicating.]
doctor_dismemberment: (Wary)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2013-08-20 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[His head was throbbing and he was panting, and the voices screamed louder than he'd been screaming just a minute ago. They scolded him, told him to stop wasting time when he could just shoot Gamzee and get it over with, scoop up some of his blood and let the retrieval units drag him out of the lab until only purple streaks were left behind.

His eye twitched. Gott, it was so tempting.]


Don't flatter your-- Ohh.

[His gaze locked on the thing Gamzee snatched off of the table. Another horn? It looked familiar, but he couldn't place from where. The scalp that hung off of it made his stomach turn in delight. He wanted to rub his fingers all over it.]

Er.

[Tersely, he scratched the back of his head. It continued to throb, but he powered through it.]

It looks like one of your species' gaudy, ridiculous horns. [He glared.] Why?
stitchedupbodyguard: (Default)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-08-20 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
Uhh...

[This is her turn to be uncertain. Honestly Veronica couldn't remember the last time she dug a hole. She usually just left dead people where they lay, without time for graves.]

Not really.

[Bit of a shrug there. She's aware she just copied the weird, clown troll.]

Is it fun at least?

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