towerofanimus | Event: Quarantine

Characters: any characters trapped in rooms during the event
Setting: dormitory level rooms
Format: any
Summary: An unexpected series of explosions has trapped residents in the dorm rooms with no power and no way to get out. Try to communicate with the outside, deal with being stuck in a small room with other people... Deal with the really strange things that seem to be happening, too.
Warnings: typical Animus horror event warnings

[There are several more explosions, and the sound of things falling and crumbling outside. The dorm rooms themselves don't collapse or cave in, but the furniture and trunks and nightstands may be rattled and knocked about. Eventually, the lights flicker and go out entirely, leaving everyone in the dark. There are small red emergency lights lining the floors, but they don't seem to have come on all the way, and flicker on and off eerily.

After maybe twenty minutes everything falls silent. However, if you try the door, you'll find you can't get out...]

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I should say something more often then, if things like this happen! [And so he starts humming to himself, gee it wasn't ever this crowded around here.]

Say, what's your name anyway Person-In-The-Dark?

Just make sure it's not during Ruana's month.

[She will probably make it crazier than this.]

I'm Minato Arisato. [First name or last name, Minato doesn't mind how he's referred to.]

But why not~? [He's really serious, why not?]

Nice to meet ya, I'm Henry! Hey, you seem pretty calm compared to everyone else out there, where's the panic and screaming?

If she heard it, Ruana might oblige with one of her games. [That kind of thing.]

It's easier for me to stay calm instead of screaming and panicking. [He's worried, but he can trust other people to take care of themselves. And stay safe with others.]

Heh, what's so wrong with a few games? [Minato if you're looking for a rational person who would be horrified at these things, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WRONG GUY.]

And screaming is half the fun! Now that I think about it, where's all the noise out there?

It usually depends on what those games are. [Going to keep an open mind here. For all he knows Henry might enjoy them, or he doesn't at all.

Even with that screaming comment.]

Noises? [Hmm.] Do you think it's from our fellow residents?

Well next time it's Ruana's turn I'll pay more attention. It kinda sounds like a real treat. [Definitely one of those people who enjoys them.]

It could be them, maybe if we talk loud enough at the door we can understand what the heck they're saying.

Don't be surprised if people start being angry at you.

[Well, seems like this guy likes them.]

Possibly. But we have to be careful about how we approach the voices, just in case.

Meh, people are going to like you or they're going to hate you. If they like you, all the better! [He worked for a Mad King what does he know.]

What do you think the voices do then? You sure do like being cautious.

I'm not sure. Maybe they can sneak in and surprise us with a joke? Or try to scare us in the dark.

[Like one of those haunted house attractions. But with the added bonus of actually being "real".]

Jokes? Man I would really like to hear them, they have got to have a whole bunch of them with the stuff that goes on around here, we might just die of laughter! [Henry.]

But what's so scary about the dark? I think it's really beautiful.

Similiar reasons why people are afraid of what they don't know. The fear of the unknown and what's lurking inside.

[All that and all.]

Well, dying of laughter is a pretty unusual way to go around here. [Unless it involves blood and pain, the usual drill.]

Really? Huh, then why hasn't everyone died of fright yet, there's PLENTY of things no one knows. [Except him, he's afraid of very little. If anything. It's a secret.]

Sounds like something someone should really try, there's plenty of people who can't seem to appreciate a nice and bloody death,

Why? People are usually pretty resilient. It's easier to die from being killed by an object or magic than being frightened. Unless the shock is really strong.

[Since the human body is more inclined to try and survive as long as possible.]

No one really likes dying, so you'd be hard pressed to find people willing to try even if we come back the next day.

Of course! But it's still possible to die from being scared, maybe it changes that much from person to person.

[He's seen it happen, that's for sure. But there wasn't enough blood that he would want to go out that way.]

If I could die a bloody and gruesome death here, all the better! But I already promised Urotsuki I would avoid that, even if it's more boring now

I won't discount that, since we all have different level of...endurance?

[Sure, let's go with that.]

You know Urotsuki-chan as well?

[Yes, let's call it endurance for now.]

Yup, sure do! She did this weird thing with her head when I met her in the graveyard after getting here, and we keep running into each other since. She's a good kid.

She is, and I'm glad she gets to meet more people.

[The more people Urotsuki meet, the more she might find people willing to be her friend.]

Hm? The thing with her head?

She is a little quiet, I'll give you that. But really why wouldn't anyone want to be her friend. [Colour him confused over that riddle.]

She had a tombstone for a head! I asked her if she could teach me the same, or if I could put it somewhere else on my body! It's a bummer that she couldn't tell me how.

Not everyone can get along, so they usually have their own reasons.

[Like finding her weird. Which is a bit of a minor thing when you look at the rest of the residents.]

Ever thought it might be something only she can do? One of those cases where you can't teach it to someone else for some reason?

Ehh, that's true. It's their loss then! [Weird? Nah, that just made her all the more great!]

I did think about that a little, in my world it's not possible for everyone to learn dark magic. Heck if your body couldn't handle it, you might die! I know my friend almost did, but I wasn't trying to kill anyone on purpose that time.

Event: Quarantine

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