With a thousand lies and a good disguise

[midgarhorizon]

Characters: Reno, and any and open!
Setting: Beginning in 1-04 ROOMIES BOTHER HIM, Cafeteria, then the Meadow
Format: Honestly whatever you prefer.
Summary: Reno has been gone six months. The entire Tower has changed. Also, he is wearing the jumpsuit and a bedsheet because SOMEONE TOOK HIS CLOTHES, so characters may not recognize him.
Warnings: Well there might be some cursing... some tearful reunions...




1-04
Coming to consciousness was a sudden affair, sitting up so suddenly it almost cracked his back. No... Not here again, not again...

Not wearing this ridiculous jumpsuit again.

That was when he noticed the orientation of the room and his bed was all wrong... wait, what the hell? This wasn't 2-12. And he was wearing the jumpsuit... muffling a curse, he slammed his fist into the bed, cursing his luck that he'd gotten free of Hell Tower only to get pulled back.

He'd escaped... no horrors, no having to watch the people you care about being tortured... maybe it was selfish, but he didn't think he could take being here again. Especially if... no, they would be here. Had to be here.

Quickly, he jumped off the bed and checked his trunk, only to find it- empty? Empty. Cursing again, he yanked the blanket off his bed and pulled the sheet off to wrap himself in it, leaving an ample hood around his face. The last thing he wanted right now was someone to recognize him and know he was back in the Tower while he was scouting out for clothes.

There was no knowing who else was still in the Tower, after all.
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Cafeteria

It was a hooded figure dressed in white that snuck out of the elevator, and was it just his imagination or did it take a lot longer than it used to? He would explore later, right now it was probably a good idea to get that damn oatmeal and find some place to hide and think before he faced the Tower again.

Grumbling under his breath, he grabbed a bowl of the stuff and started to head for the staircase again. Then he paused, and went back. Was that beer?

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Meadow

Still no sign of clothing he could steal, but it seemed to get less important the longer he was here. It wasn't hard trudging up the staircase to the Meadow. He'd done it many times before, and was well versed in avoiding the hazards along the way, even on auto-pilot.

There was this overwhelming, smothering feeling that the Tower had shifted somehow while he was gone. Things looked right, but they didn't feel right, if anything could feel right.

He sat down in the flowers here, holding some wine he had taken from the Cafeteria, wondering when they had started serving alcohol there.

Being in the meadow reminded him... oh, Shiva. Elena... Elena. How long had it been? Weeks? Years? She'd been all alone... Would she even be here?

Somewhere along the way, he had stopped thinking, started forgetting. The wedding; Ruana, and Zo...
Ganondorf's party crashing, the way Elena looked walking along the aisle, Axel, Shion, and Xion.

He needed that drink more than ever.

Comments

Meadow it is then

[savedbyasong]

And here is his clothing. Except it is on Shion for the time being, he's grown a great deal more since Reno last saw him. He's carrying Reno's EMR as well, though it's in his belt, he has a lot of papers in his hands. He likes the meadow it helps him think and he needs to try and put together the data he has learned so far from studying the collar liquid.

He saw the head of red hair in the flowers and double took. Expecting it to be someone else, a look alike.

But there once again. "Reno..." Papers fluttered to the ground.

Meadow

[sunflowerfairy]

Yotsuba sometimes came into the meadow to play around or read or make flower crowns. She wasn't quite sure what, exactly, she would do here today, but she was sure that it would be fun! Of course, when she saw a person covered in a blanket, she grew curious and wandered over to investigate.

"Hello! Who are you?! Are you a good person?!"

cafeteria;

[integrous]

[ When Reno turns around to walk back in the cafeteria, he happens to bump right into a girl who's walking there-- she only barely manages to balance herself so she won't fall over with her own tray of food, but she still frowns at him. ]

Hey! Watch where you're going!

Meadow

[desireforchange]

Another redhead could be seen walking along the grassy area, looking fairly confused. When he noticed the other person, he paused. That person looked pretty much like how Luke felt. The light of the sacred flame slowly made his way over, sporting a very hesitant demeanor as he did. His expression seemed to beg for this stranger to hold answers. To what, though? What could he possibly hope to gain from a complete stranger... that seemed just a distraught as him?

"Are you new here?"

It sounded like the question could have easily been followed by an "as well". His voice seemed to match his face quite nicely, it holding a weakness that Luke did not recognize. He was not really this weak, so why could he not manage to shake this feeling?

[woodpeckermaruta]

The fourteen-year-old had somehow managed to find himself getting used to this place. So used to it, in fact, that he is exploring new places. One such place happens to be the meadow. Upon arrival, he had not noticed the redhead. Ganta is too caught up in that Toto guy's words to really care about paying attention to his surroundings.

This does not prevent him from noticing when his gray eyes just so happen to land on the person, however. Blinking out of slight surprise, the Deadman pauses his steps. After a couple of seconds, he has the strong desire to go and check on that person. With that, he changes course and makes his way towards the stranger. He moves with slight caution, however, keeping in mind how dangerous some of the people can be in this place.

"Are you alright?"

He has a feeling that he knows the answer, realizing how dumb it is to even bother asking that question. How could anyone be "alright" in such a twisted place?

Dorm halls; post tearful reunion

[sageprincess]

It has been weeks, weeks, since the scientific equipment was secured, yet as she goes over the notes she's collected and copied for Aria, Zelda can only think how they've barely gotten anywhere. Doc has tried to explain (something about unidentified molecular structures and having to go down to the atomic level), but the intricacies of it all are beyond her. All she can wonder is will we have enough time before the power dies...?

These are the thoughts that preoccupy her as she makes her way through the dorm halls, and these are the thoughts that make her very nearly crash into the hooded figure on her march back to the workshop. She darts to the side at the last minute, managing to avoid a head-on collision but still dislodging a sheet or two from the stack of notes she carries.

"Oh! My apologies, I was not looking where I was going," she offers immediately, kneeling to collect the lost papers. The bedsheet hood does a terrible job of hiding one's identity if they are being looked up at, however, and suddenly she's surprised for an entirely different reason. "Reno...?"

Cafeteria - and i am the latest ever

[acceptedoblivion]

[You'd think that after a run-in with Light knows how many hooded figures he'd stop even trying to communicate with them. Especially since, you know, he tended to wear one of those coats since his old clothes don't fit. Still, when he spied someone coming back for that foul-smelling stuff, he had to do a doubletake from his own meal.]

You know you have to finish the bowl first. [Right? Or did they miss the memo?]