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Lavi | nameless ([personal profile] historyrabbit) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-09-18 01:26 am

[open] Chapter 1 "Mourning a New Life"

Characters: Lavi (ou) and you~ :D Lucky duck
Setting: Room 1-20, Bathroom/Hallway, Floor 19, Floor 25, Cafeteria
Format: Prose here but prefer brackets.
Summary: Waking up and wandering around basically, new is this one!
Warnings: No warnings that I can think of~

Room 1-20

The first moment of awareness filled Lavi with surprise, eye still closed he hadn't realized that the force of the Noah's hit had knocked him out. Even for a few moments. But then he notices that the softness underneath of him isn't the stiff armchair he had been unceremoniously placed in and then thrown against the wall in. Instead it's soft and giving - like a bed - and it's wrong.

Lavi sits up and opens his eye, looking around the stark room with three other beds. Their placements and furniture all identical, except they all look as if they're lived in. Where as he was placed (unceremoniously again) on top of the sheets, note now on his lap where it was once on his chest. The redhead frowns at the note, picking it up and reading it, mouth moving along with the words. And he pales, oh how he pales, at that first sentence.

They had failed. Somehow along the line, the war had been lost. Humanity and everyone in it that he had started to hold dear was gone. He should have been gone with them. Should have and yet here he was, alive and...moving?

The simple mechanics of mobility hadn't been his first thought when he awoke but now he takes stock of himself. Looking over and moving each limb as if for the first time. "What... Ho-how..." The last thing he remembered was not being able to move, had they saved him from the parasites too? Whoever these people were that saved him?

He had to find out answers. But not in that strange outfit they had put him in. Lavi spied clothing sticking out of some chests at the foot of the beds and moves slowly to look into his own. The redhead sinks to his knees at finding Tettsui there safe and sound, hand reaching out to make sure it was there and real. It crackled as it always did in his touch, responsive and ready for whatever he needed the Innocence for. Lavi lets out a relieved sigh and relaxes, ready to put on his uniform once more. It was all he had left of home.

Bathroom/Hallway

Rather than change in the open room where any one of his three new roommates could walk in at any time the redhead uses the bathroom he came across. It was nice to wash up as well, the dirt and sweat of the battlefield wasn't pleasant to be walking around in for long. Especially not in clean clothing.

Hair still damp and curling he wraps the scarf around his neck regardless, anything to hide the unsightly collar he noticed only when he entered the bathroom. He was way too happy to be moving earlier to notice. Lavi winces again at the thought of it, "If they saved us then why do they need to collar us..."

The "us" had to be true if there were others in this place, his roommates aside, why put him with the general populace if he was the last of his own world? Lavi shakes his head at it all, maybe there'd be answers in a library or records room. He just had to find it.

Floor 19

The library.

He snorts under his breath as he looks at all of the bound pages in front of him. If anything at all it would be a dreamer's world in the first one he encountered on the third floor, not one page of truth or one word of history. Here... While he could tell that there was text that was more substantial and actual "food for thought" books, there was nothing that he wanted. Nothing about this place at all, why it was here, why it was saving people.

"It's almost as if they don't want anybody to know the truth..."

Part of him doesn't want to stand for it, he wants to find those in charge and sweet-talk them. Maybe see if they need a historian, he fits the job description after all. It annoyed him that nothing was being done to note what was happening, the true happenings, except by what was experienced by himself and others here like him.

Then again... With what was revealed to him at home, did he really want to continue this path? Was he still required to? It's not like the old man was required to tell him, perhaps it was too painful. But that thought as well made him snort again, muttering to himself, "Not supposed to feel that sort of pain..."

He had felt it, it was expected of an apprentice, but not of a Bookman proper. Not like Lavi could get his answers now and an ache in his chest made itself known for his mentor. Even if they had their differences he still thought of the old man as a grandfather. The pain of losing him... Lavi grit his teeth and banged his fist against a bookshelf, letting his head hang. "Damn you, old man..."

Floor 25

He climbed, climbed to clear his mind and climbed to find out how blasted tall this tower was. There were things he wasn't quite sure were real, things he had to stare at and watch. Even now he could see the staircase stretching on upwards, but the contents of this floor stopped him dead.

Not quite literally but you get the picture.

It wasn't the first "outside" room that he had seen. But this one filled him with such a sense of home without even being his home. The home that he yearned for at times in those dreams of his, a land that wasn't torn asunder by war. One that was just peaceful and blooming, living as they were all intended to do.

Lavi walks out into the middle of the floor, or as close to it without losing sight of the staircase and sits. Flowers and their scents surrounding and overwhelming him, a grin stretching across his face. This...he might be able to get used to. If it was safe.

Cafeteria

The rumbling of his stomach was what brought him down out of the meadow, back down through the interesting and nightmare-ish rooms that almost made him lose his appetite. But his hunger was persistent, a gnawing that hadn't been filled in hours, hours before his capture and hours since waking here. Really it was past time he did something about it.

Lavi walks into the cafeteria, leery but at the same time too hungry to care about the food's safety. Others were eating it with no problem and there didn't seem to be a need for money, not that he had any or even if he did they probably didn't accept his world's currency. He fingers the beads on his coat, grateful that he wouldn't have to hawk them in order to eat or pay board.

It was just a matter of finding the right food now. Mouth watering for some of the chicken he saw and the bowl of simmering curry but he moved on. Despite not being able to feel his injuries from the hit, something plain and simple would be better suited. Throwing it all up wouldn't be the best way to find out that his ribs were truly cracked or broken.

He looks mournfully at the delicious looking food and picks up a bowl of oatmeal, loading it up with cinnamon and honey.
lotuslover: Credit to <user name="bavarois"> (windswept white)

Floor 25

[personal profile] lotuslover 2013-09-18 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Kanda has been looking through the floors. He didn't really have interest in most of the floors, but after finding that there was a floor with a forest in it, he wanted to see if there were more outdoor floors. It would mean he'd have somewhere to fall back to if the floor with the forest was crowded for any reason.

That, and just floors that would be good for meditating would also be nice.

He hadn't seen Lavi in awhile. Hadn't expected to see Lavi here. For some reason, he wasn't really expecting to see anyone (this place was actually really big). He steps into the meadow, scanning before his eyes fall on the redhead.
bloodyashes: (Whoa what the hell -)

[Floor 25] redheads all day erryday

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-09-18 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[At first, seeing a relatively small splash of red, Asch assumes the figure is the newly arrived version of his replica.

A approach for a closer inspection, though, reveals otherwise - the hair is too short, but more importantly, Luke sure as hell doesn't have an eyepatch.

So a little ways off, there is now a fellow redhead - with hair long enough to rival Kanda's - with a hand full of flowers. This is not the weirdest thing you'll see today, Lavi.]
lotuslover: Credit to <user name="pastries"> (fuck off!)

[personal profile] lotuslover 2013-09-18 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
People actually use the gym! How can you meditate with that much noise and so many people making it? Of course he can't! You need peace and quiet. Something you probably don't understand with that mouth.

He should be relieved. Should be happy to see Lavi. Except...

Kanda totally just pulled Mugen out and pointed it at Lavi. He looks mad. "Don't call me by that name! If people hear you, they'll start using that name too, idiot!" He doesn't even bother to think that Lavi might be an illusion. He's too mad being called by his given name.
lotuslover: Credit to <user name="pastries"> (die!)

[personal profile] lotuslover 2013-09-19 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
There's no place in the gym like that!

Kanda just looks like he's getting madder with every word Lavi says. "That's not the damn point! Stop calling me Yuu." He looks like he might actually try cutting Lavi with Mugen if he isn't careful. "Oi, stop looking so happy and bliss in a place like this. We don't even know where we are and you're smiling like an idiot."
odetothefallen: (Or give up what I started)

Cafeteria

[personal profile] odetothefallen 2013-09-19 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Whether he wants to admit it or not, he has to eat. Allen grumbles to himself about the demands of his abilities as he shuffles across the cafeteria.

Oatmeal would be the easiest thing to tell if it was drugged, wouldn't it? One bite and he could stop immediately if it tasted funny. If he didn't eat, he couldn't fight. The catch twenty two doesn't comfort him. It's enough to blacken his mood as he sighs and steps up next to someone tall and red-

Allen stops. His head turns, letting him see Lavi. For a second he just stares with wide eyes. "Lavi?!" His voice is a bit too loud and he winces while reaching for a bowl of oatmeal. "What are you doing here??"

Come to think of it he hadn't seen Lavi since before he got captured. They'd been sent to different locations. He hadn't heard a single thing about him and had been too busy keeping ahead of the Noah and that creepy Apocryphos to find out his fate. "When did you get here? Where were you before??" The questions spill out of him before he can stop himself. "Where are we?!"
lotuslover: Credit to <user name="pastries"> (so boring)

[personal profile] lotuslover 2013-09-19 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You're free to complain and somehow have somoethinglike that exist!

"I don't die that easily," Kanda replied bluntly. He came back, after all. And the state of Kanda's being doesn't make dying very easy. "So you think that letter they gave us is true?" Kanda has his doubts. Even if it were true or false, they were stuck in this place either way.

He finally sheathes his sword again, although it almost seems begrudgingly. "I assumed everyone thought I was gone for good. Lenalee and Marie sure as hell weren't expecting to see me again. I didn't see you when I came back though. I'd imagine you'd be the loudest of them all if you knew I was around." What happened?
lotuslover: Credit to <user name="pastries"> (lenalee: gurl what)

[personal profile] lotuslover 2013-09-19 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would be too convenient for them to leave useful information. The fact they left that crappy letter for us with no other information makes it unsurprising we can't find anything about this place." Not that Kanda checked.

"You'll figure out later." By that, Kanda probably means he isn't gonna talk about it. He's better off trying to find someone who knows what happened and asking them. Maybe if he harassed Kanda enough, he might at least brief the other on what happened (with probably little to no detail) "Doesn't matter now since I came back. Where did you end up if you went missing? The Order is pretty stingy about losing exorcists." Wouldn't they have looked for Lavi? Not that he cares or anything. He doesn't. If Lavi can't take care of himself, it isn't his problem.
odetothefallen: (Rhode?)

It's the perfect place :D

[personal profile] odetothefallen 2013-09-19 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Before now I was-" The images flash before his mind's eye. Bending over Johnny and the Earl looming over the both of them.

'Mana' is the cause of everything.

His expression goes surprised to completely unreadable. Allen turns to pick up the oatmeal and a spoon. "Fighting." With one hand he indicates the farthest seats away from everyone else. "Let's wait to talk about it when we're sitting down."

Something isn't right. Now he's sure of it. The Earl hadn't knocked him out. The gap between that moment and waking up hadn't been like when he'd woken up to Johnny bleeding and it was all his-

He takes a deep breath and walks away, trusting Lavi to follow. They'd figure it out. It would be okay.
bloodyashes: (Just another lurker lurking)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-09-19 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Asch is exactly as impressed as you might have expected, ie not at all. At least this guy has enough wits on him to open his eye when he hears someone.]

There's a few of us around.

[Not very friendly, this guy.]
reassures: (fade ☙ they hurt like hell)

[personal profile] reassures 2013-09-20 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Nill doesn't entirely want to interrupt him. It's a little on the cruel side when he doesn't seem to be doing well, but... that also probably meant he was new, which was worse to leave him the way he was. She doesn't approach exactly, instead staying over near a shelf. She lifts her free hand, and knocks against the shelf firmly, once and then a second time, to get Lavi's attention. There's a book or two held with one arm - language books, at a glance - but that's not really important. She doesn't have words to use to speak to him (she's not willing to reveal her actual ability to talk to people), so she just needs to wait for the moment, because there's no good way for a woman without a voice to surprise someone who seems to be in pain.]
woodpeckermaruta: (disappointed; just... whatever)

Library

[personal profile] woodpeckermaruta 2013-09-20 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
He needs a quiet place to think; and, that is what he hopes to find in the library--a place to readjust himself and come to terms with his new discovery, of sorts. Reaching up, he picks a book (a random one that he had given a brief glance over) out and begins walking down the aisle. An unfamiliar redhead seems to be deep in thought, but Ganta has seen that look so many times, lately. Therefore, he thinks nothing of it, and continues on his way. Or tries to, at least.

The black-haired teen blinks the second said redhead suddenly bangs his head against the shelf.

Well, that's no good. The Deadman furrows his brow, stops, and turns to give a concerned frown. Sure, Ganta may be having problems of his own; but, that's no reason to go without at least asking if this guy is okay. His voice is not exactly enthused, but it has nothing to do with him feeling obligated to offer help to the stranger. It's simply a matter of him not feeling very lively, at the moment. Finding out that your best friend murdered every single one of your friends, resulting in your ending up in prison, ...can do that to a guy. Tilting his head downward to look at the floor, he sighs out the statement.

"I'd ask if you're alright, but... you're here. My name's Ganta and I've been here for a while, now. Anything I can do to help?"

His definition of 'while', although not accurate in most people's opinions, is true in the fourteen-year-old's mind. Nearly two months in this place is nearly two months too many.
Edited (... first tag and already I'm failing.) 2013-09-20 23:44 (UTC)
desireforchange: (Embarrassed/Shy; ah ha ha...;;;)

+1 green-eyed redhead to the Cafeteria Party

[personal profile] desireforchange 2013-09-20 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
He's only there to get something to drink. Eating isn't exactly on his 'to-do' list, for the day--not after what he discovered, recently, anyway. Luke sighs and begins making his way towards the exit, drink in hand. He stops when he spots a head of red hair, though. He must be new, too, since he's eating that absolutely awful tasting oatmeal. Making his way over to the newcomer, Luke sits down across from him. He could use a distraction, and this person could probably use some answers--of course, that all depends on who this stranger's talked to, so far.

"Heh... Wish I'd thought of that," he speaks in a friendly tone, offering the stranger a smile, "I'm Luke. I'm fairly new here, myself."

His smile is genuine, for the most part. There's a hint of sadness lurking there, but who isn't sad about being here? Luke props his arm on the table and takes a sip of his drink while he waits for the response.
bloodyashes: (Just another lurker lurking)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2013-09-21 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Down here? No idea.

[It's not his specialty. After a moment, Asch reaches down and pulls a somewhat wilted red poppy free of the woven flowers on his belt.]

These, on the other hand, will put you to sleep and you won't wake up. There's a similar field of them upstairs that puts anyone who goes in unprepared to sleep the same way.

[No comment on why he's carrying them.]

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