Not as planned

[withani]

Characters: Anybody on Floor 101
Setting: Floor 101, in the immediate aftermath of event start
Format: Any you like
Summary: A general reaction log for the immediate aftermath of this for those characters who didn't get trapped in the dorm rooms. The post will start with a prompt for Dani herself, but if anybody wants to make use of this log as well rather than spam the comm, feel free. Also a reminder that powers do not work on floor 101 since a lot of us forgot orz
Warnings: Nothing yet, I'll change it if this does

[In all the chaos, it was easy for Dani to slip downstairs to try to change into ghost form without being really noticed. Except... she can't. The telltale rings never appear. That's right - she realizes - this floor doesn't allow her to use powers. Frustratedly, she hops back to the glowing stair going up. By the time she gets there, though, it's already blocked. She tries, in a last ditch effort, to phase through even without going ghost, but it's still no use. Besides, she feels a strange pressure on her hands as she tries - almost like something's pushing back]

I can't get through!

[At last she gives it up, staring up at the ceiling frustratedly. This was the first time something real had happened since she arrived, something she could actually do something about, and now she was trapped down here?]

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[gradosfinest]

[It had been so sudden she'd had no time to think, only just enough time to react on instinct. A proper soldier keeps a calm head in a crisis though and now that she's on Floor 101 with more than a few others, she's doing her damnedest to keep a level head, mind racing at a million miles an hour, sorting through what information she had to work with.

The explosions indicated some kind of potential attack, but there was no obvious attacker. The damage was probably quite extensive. And it didn't look like they were getting back up there without a ton of effort.

First things first, headcount of those that had made it. She knows she'd seen a couple of people she recognized up there, and they're as good a place to start with as any.]

Sheba! Asch! Kyoko! Where the hell are you?!

[The lack of a prompt response tells her everything she needed to know and she swears under her breath, eyes scanning the room for anyone that looks like they might be especially useful at a time like this.

Sitting here hoping her friends hadn't been blown to hell isn't helping, so she's doing her best to remain composed in the rather chaotic aftermath and come up with a plan.]

... who made it out and what the hell just happened?

[withani]

[Once she's caught her breath some, Dani stands upright again.]

How should I know? All I know is I can't phase up there. Powers aren't working here...

[She sounds rather frustrated about this. She still doesn't like how this Tower tends to just... turn off powers at the drop of a hat. She turns to look back up the stairs, where the debris is pretty thick by now.]

Everyone's still up there, I think.

[undroppedeaves]

Sam hadn't gone up to ask questions. He had questions mind you but he did not trust this Riki to tell the truth, or give them full answers. So he had remained on floor 101, wandering the gardens. He thought that if there were anything important said he could find out from someone.

The explosions almost knocked him off his feet and when he realised they had come from above him he rushed to the stair case. Worried about all those he had seen going up there. Had it been some sort of trap?

The way above was trapped with rubble and he stared at it for a moment before trying to pull at it, after all there would be people trapped above and it would take work to get them out.

[ambassadorasshat]

[Someone had missed the Q&A. Not entirely on purpose, as he was making his way up from the lower floors, stepping out of the elevator just before the explosions hit. Well, more like 'getting out of the elevator as fast as possible', because he doesn't want to be inside it just in case the cable snaps or something.

His reaction was to flee downstairs several floors, getting as far as the white room on the ninety-seventh floor before stopping. He's down there for a few minutes after everything quiets down, then he heads up.]

What the hell just happened? Did part of the tower collapse...?

[He can't move much of the debris himself, and he's not going to try too hard, just in case it collapses on him. But he is looking for a way up--or at least an sign that the dorms are collapsed or not.]

[alae]

[Dark Pit followed Luke, either out of some desire to keep the idiot safe or just lack of ideas. He rolled his eyes a little at the questions, though.]

Stuff exploded, and probably.

[SOMETIME LATER - fonic link]

[bloodyashes]

[And about an hour into the insanity -

Where are you?

Asch's mental voice sounds irritated and already tired of this bullshit.]

[bashfulshifter]

[So this month suddenly just got a lot worse.]

[Having been upstairs asking questions--rather, listening to others asking whilst he listened in--Rick was in the thick of things when the Tower started collapsing around them. Confused, panicked and in an unfamiliar part of the building, his first instinct was to go to his room, four floors above, a familiar haven in times of distress. Unfortunately, in his haste to sprint to the stairwell, he's blindsided by debris and suffers a fairly nasty blow to the head. He's dazed enough when he recovers that he stumbles down the stairs instead of up (impossible anyways since that way's been blocked by this point) and he soon finds himself on the glowing step to floor 101. By the time he realizes his mistake, the way back has already collapsed behind him.]

[He's too exhausted to freak out fully. Rick settles instead between bracing futilely against the broken Tower structures in his path and pacing quick circles, pausing to mutter from one breathless gasp to the next: ]

...What just...where...a-are they...t-t-t-trapped? D-Dead? Oh god...I c-can't...s-someone...

[He's winded from running, his left wrist is inconveniently swollen and there's an alarming amount of blood running from his scalp, but none of those problems are quite as pressing as the nervous breakdown he's about to have.]

[notachickenhawk]

<Rick, it's me.>

[Tobias right now is little more than a small beak peering out from some of the rubble.]

<Sit down. You're hurt and you're not going to help yourself like that. ... Or help me out, that works too.>

[withani]

[Dani's still trying to find her way in, along with an occasional re-attempt to go ghost so she can try to phase through the barrier, though it's still useless. After a little while though, she stops a moment to assess who's here with her. Oh it's that dude she met on the meadow floor. And... ouch.]

Yoooou don't look so good. Maybe you should take a bit to sit down?

[The explosions seemed to have stopped at any rate, thankfully.]

yeah screw timelines i don't care

[unkindnessof]

Snap out of it. You're not helping anyone like that.

[ very calm military commander voice, yeah guess who used to be one. It's accompanied by a restraining hand on Rick's shoulder when Raven eventually approaches from his spot on the floor (perhaps close to a certain tree from the month previous), and in fact might've been likely to have been more physical, a light cuff across the back of his head or back or something were it not for the obvious presence of what is clearly a head wound. ]

[sageprincess]

[Perhaps she should be thankful she has experience in dealing with crumbling towers. Her first instinct had been to go down, as she had when Ganondorf attempted to take her and Link down with him and when that strange flying whale struck the Tower over a year ago.

Of course, that leaves her unable to get back up when she realizes some of her closest comrades didn't follow, and as she watches others attempt and fail to clear the debris blocking the way, it does not appear like that fact will change any time soon. Arthur, Arturia, Enoch, Asch... could they be...?

No.

Riki protected them all from the shrapnel, right? And... even if he didn't, Zo has his hold on their souls. They will be fine. She has to believe that, in order to focus on what must be done now.]

We need to clear the way to the infirmary. We have injured, and unless I am mistaken regarding the date, we will start falling unconscious due to missing our collar checks soon. If we are to figure out how to reach our friends again, we need to at least be mobile.

[Standing near the downward exit of the hanging garden, she speaks resolutely to whoever will listen.]

If you would join me, please come now. It is a long way down, and time is precious.

[justabignobody]

[There is one person definitely willing to listen - even if he's only just arrived from downstairs - he had used a Corridor to get out, more out of reflex than anything - lips pressing together as he makes a step forward.]

I can make us a short cut. We just need to get to a floor where powers work.

[There are some risks to that, of course, but those are definitely out-weighted by the present concerns.]

[doc_brown]

[ Doc had been on his merry way to the dormitory floors, together with his dog Einstein. He had a lot to speak of with Riki. Not only to ask questions about pretty much everything but also maybe he could help, probably. He knew of cheap and easy ways to produce energy after all, such as his Mr. Fusion when it didn't explode.

All of this aside, he froze in his tracks as he heard the explosion before he had a chance to reach the first floor. ]

Great Scott! Another explosion?!

[ Einstein immediately started barking and, as the courageous dog it was, ran headfirst into the dormitory levels.

... Alas Doc couldn't follow him. The shock of the explosion caused him to fall back down into the staircase, landing quite brutally on the 101th floor. At least he was safe from danger. Doc got back up as fast as he could, but by the time he did, the way was already blocked ]

Howdy doody time...

[ He immediately went to the blocked path, but obviously he couldn't do much. Ironically, they'd need explosives to open that up, he figured. Still eh was worried, not just for his dog but for anyone possibly stuck. ]

sometime after the initial shock?

[terreifying]

[A while later, Rei comes trotting up, a tank of collar fluid being carried over her shoulder.]

Heeeey~. You're one of the scientist guys, aren't you?

[Rei had been watching the collar fluid when the explosions hit. While she was concerned about the people in the Tower, she also knows she has to secure the collar fluid.]

[guardianlight]

Move over, kid.

[Maybe it had been instinct on her part, heading down instead of into a room when the order was given (or perhaps just common sense since she had the suspicion that it would end with her trapped; staying in an easily-isolated place did not bode well). Regardless, it wasn't just one ghost kid trying to break through. Ignoring the blade she could summon on her own, she began swinging down on the rubble blocking her path back up with her old one they'd been so kind to give her back. Maybe it was for all the memories...

'Yeah right. Like they give a damn what we want.'

Maybe she's just hoping to break them into smaller bits for whoever tries after her, but who all knows. What she does know are there are still people up there, and while she doesn't know much of them at all... it still felt right.]

If we can't [slash] go through [smack] we BREAK [WHAM] through!

[Or at least try.]

[withani]

[Dani steps back, especially once she brings out her own weapon. She watches Lightning - recognizing her from their run-in in the Cafeteria - with no small bit of awe.

Unfortunately, not much seems to be changing. She's no expert at this, but it seems like while there's a lot of rubble shifting, they aren't making much progress]

Any luck?

[pureply]

[Staying calm in any emergency situation is the key to survival. After making sure to take cover from the initial explosion, Mia's first reaction once the rubble settles is to try to clear it away with her psynergy, in case there's anyone trapped inside in need of immediate medical attention. Only, it's not working. She suddenly realizes that there's some sort of seal on her power; it was something more complicated and more overwhelming.]

[Which is making it drastically harder to stay calm. Unlike many of her counterparts, without her healing or attacking powers Mia was next to useless; she could diagnose ailments and set broken bones, but without healing items or access to psynergy, she couldn't do anything to actively fix the problem. Nor was she strong enough to do any serious damage, especially to a cave-in like this, herself.]

[For now, she's going to stand staring at the rockslide, trying to think of a way to move it. At first glance she's calm, but anybody who looks closely might notice her shaking.]

[ajealouswind]

[Kain's footsteps crunch upon the rubble-strewn ground as he comes up alongside Mia. Maybe it's his imagination... but she seems frightened. And seems like she saw more of this than he did, having just gotten to the floor from below.]

What happened here?

[He pulls his gaze away from the mess, and looks to her instead, though his helm obscures most of his face.]

Are you alright?

[justabignobody]

[Riku's first reflex upon the chaos and shouting and Riki's advice to get downstairs or into a room, had been to draw the Darkness close, to wrap it around him and let it drop him on the first floor he can think of - the one that he would usually be at during this time of the day.

That's how he regains his footing right in the middle of the garden of the twenty-ninth floor, frowning worriedly as he tilts his head up. He has absolutely no idea what happened to his friends and allies, if they've made it to safety themselves - but most of them have been long enough in the tower to know how to deal with situations like this, surely everyone is...

Well, wondering isn't going to get him anywhere, which is why Riku is opening another Corridor right back upstairs... though he settles for getting out at the ninetieth floor and climbing up the stairs the rest of the way, eyes sharp as he searches for familiar faces. Who else has made it out of the Dormitory floors?]

[woodpeckermaruta]

[This guy, here, had been heading down from the Dormitory floors--

To put it quite simply, he has absolutely no idea what's going on. He had been heading to the cafeteria, when suddenly... BOOM. The black-haired Deadman immediately began running, the second he recovered from the massive shaking he had felt under his feet. That's when he spots another person climbing towards him. Is there something wrong with going that way?]

H-hey, what's going on?!

[Gray eyes are widened as he can feel his heart racing even faster. That guy seems... fairly worried about something. Ganta could have sworn he heard faint yelling and whatnot. Something is wrong, he can feel it. The thought of Darres and Ishtar being in trouble suddenly prods at the back of his mind. Even that annoying dog-eared guy. And... Shiro. Even though... he learned that about her. He's still worried. He can't help it. Clenching his teeth he finds himself incredibly worried, now.]

[hardedge]

[InuYasha was one of the last people that would ever ignore a series of explosions and not see what was going on. As much as he didn't linger around the general public, he did care some for the people who did choose to stay here.]

More problems. He paused momentarily picking up the scents, though the ones on the other side were more faint, likely because of the debris and everything that was blocking them.]

Those idiots!

[The demon grasped onto one of the larger boulders and was about to yank it from the pile.]

[ambassadorasshat]

You're one to talk! Watch what you're grabbing.

[Look Inuyasha, it's one of your redhead buddies. In a loose sense of 'buddy', that is.]

You'll cause the whatever's up there to collapse on top of us if you're not careful.

[ajealouswind]

[Kain had been smack dab in the middle of the tower when Riki's announcement rang out, and had attempted to waste no time climbing the stairs to the dorms. He was certain that he could make it faster than the elevator could manage. And the elevator would likely be overloaded with others eager to come up and have a chat.

It's only now that he arrives, right after the explosions and the caving in. And he stares in horrified confusion at the mess and the gathered, disoriented tower residents.]

...what in the blazes is going on?

DYNAMIC ENTRY!

[megazero_to_superhero]

[You'd think that, after having spent a considerable amount of time in the Tower, David would remember which floors have Power Suppression and which don't.]

[Well, he forgot in the heat of the moment. He was down checking the game room when it happened; it's taken him quite a bit of time to fly all the way back up here, but given the cave-in he's forced to fly off the stairwell as he enters this floor.]

[Which causes his flight system to immediately cut out. Inertia lobs him into the air, then drops him back down to the floor with a shout of surprise. At least this time he doesn't go falling off the side of the tower. Instead, he collapses onto the floor into a tumbling roll, stopping in a kneeling position nearby someone else here.]

[He doesn't get up right away. Rather, he's looking over his shoulder at ruined way to the dorms.]

Great. We gonna have more of dose creepy shadow kids after us again?!

[ajealouswind]

[Well that's an entrance that Kain hadn't expected. He jumps (quite mundanely) to the side to give David a little more room to skid and land, quite startled.]

I would hope not!

[There's some evidence around the dragoon of rubble being shifted about. It's pretty subtle. There is a whole hell of a lot of rubble.]