05 | everyone buried in wasteland

[scentofmakai]

Characters: Zett and you! The last three are closed prompts are for Enoch, Lucifel, and Romeo/Gamzee/Veigar (roommates).
Setting: Floor 14 (media room), Floor 81 (stargazing lounge), Floor 95 (ball pit), dorm 3-18, dorm 1-12, dorm 1-02
Format: Starting actionspam, will change to match!
Summary: It's good to have the tower full. Zett busies himself on various floors, then makes visits to a few important people.
Warnings: None, will edit if anything comes up.

[Floor 14]
[Even if you don't know him, Zett doesn't mind coming up to you and asking:]

Hey, want to play a game with me?

[Unlike some other demons who have made suspicious offers, this one's actually completely innocent. It's good to have people around in the tower again.]

[Floor 81]
[Stargazing is one of Zett's hobbies. He seems to be invested in... making a star chart?

Yes, today, he's decided that they're going to name the tower world's stars if they don't know what other people have called them, and the first step to that is drawing every star down on paper. Don't mess up his drawing.]

[Floor 95]
[If you suddenly get a ball thrown at your back or face, Zett miiiiight be the culprit.]

[Dorms 3-18: locked to Enoch]
[Zett knocks politely on the door before speaking up.]

Uncle Enoch, are you in here?

[Enoch's only got one roommate, so if it's occupied, 50-50 chance... assuming Enoch's alive again.]

[Dorms 1-12: locked to Lucifel]
[This door, he knocks on and then enters without waiting.]

Lucifel, are you in here?

[Alive?]

[Dorms 1-02: locked to Romeo, Gamzee, and Veigar]
[At the end of the day, Zett returns to his room and flops down on his bed. It's good to see the tower full again of people rather than shadows.

No matter who's in the room with him, the conversation begins the same way:] So how've you been?

Comments

[egotrigger]

True. We just want to end war - but we do have to use violence to try to combat it.

[scentofmakai]

You can't end war. You can only end specific wars.

[egotrigger]

We believe differently. The world's been locked in a zero-sum game over energy for so long - something's got to break it.

[scentofmakai]

I'd say it got pretty well broken.

[egotrigger]

Not enough. Not when there are people still having to be afraid that their governments will turn on them. Not when there are still people who go to sleep not knowing if their towns will be there in the morning. And definitely not as long as there are governments that manufacture people just for war.

[scentofmakai]

Well, I meant with the whole 'world getting destroyed' thing...

[egotrigger]

... There's got to be a way to bring it back.

[scentofmakai]

It looks less and less likely every week.

[egotrigger]

I won't give up.

[scentofmakai]

You shouldn't.

[egotrigger]

I don't plan to.

... Even if the situation I'd go back to is bad, it's not about me. There's hundreds - thousands of people who should have been saved over me. The least I can do is try to restore them.

[Something about his tone rings a little hollow, though. But it's his duty. He has orders, even if he doesn't have anyone in charge right now.]

[scentofmakai]

Are you sure you're all that bad? You don't need to be a saint to deserve to live.

[egotrigger]

I have a murderous split personality and I was scheduled for termination. I don't exactly want to die, but there are people who deserved to be saved more.

[scentofmakai]

But you didn't make them die by living. It's not your fault.

[egotrigger]

I know that, but I still feel guilty that they didn't survive.

[scentofmakai]

That's a stupid, not logical feeling.

[egotrigger]

[He snorts a little bit at that, he can't help it.]

One of my teammates would tell you that I'm frequently illogical.

[scentofmakai]

I bet they're a pain in the butt.

[egotrigger]

They can be. But they're the closest thing I have to friends.

... That sounded more depressing than I meant it to.

[scentofmakai]

Happens to most of us. My best friend's not too bright.

[egotrigger]

My best friend - my only friend - showed up after years of me not knowing if she was even alive. And she was trying to kill me.

[And he didn't even know it at the time...]

[scentofmakai]

...Once I was sucked into my main personality and he tried to kill my best friend?

[That's hard to compete with though.]