towerofanimus | one foot in front of the other foot

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one foot in front of the other foot

Characters: Anyone not stuck in the dorms
Setting: Anywhere but the dorms
Format: Pick your poison/party style
Summary: General mingle log for the rescue team side of things during quarantine. There will be subthreads for each day of the event!
Warnings: General horrortower warnings

[At least it's not a ~~space~~ flying whale trying to bring the Tower down this time around?]

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I may very well be.

[Be. As in being followed still. Perhaps under different circumstances, she would respond to Lucifel's quip with something more put-out, or maybe even a remark of her own, but anything other than answering honestly leaves her mind as she looks over her shoulder and finds those hands still reaching for her.

She shies away from them, bringing herself closer to the Archangel. Likewise, she does not look at him as she speaks, instead watching whatever's behind her warily.]

... You cannot see them, then?

[He can say the same, under different circumstances he would have been more playful but not at this moment. He raises an eyebrow, his head turning the entire time to escape the steady look for the eyes haunting him.

However, at her words he is all ears]

... That depends on what they are to you.

Arms. Reaching out as though to grab hold of me.

[She responds with a swallow, hugging herself as though attempting to make herself as small as possible.]

I started seeing them in the picto-box an hour or so ago, but now...

[Well, it shouldn't need to be stated that she's seeing them without the camera now, does it.]

[Lucifel is tapping with his foot, eventually moving a few steps but never too far away.]

I don't see arms. But eyes. Everywhere. And I only saw them in the camera as well. At first. Now...

[They are everywhere. Watching him.]

[Eyes? Hmm, maybe her guess at this being Ruana's doing isn't right after all.]

Do you think they are merely a side-effect of using the... [A brief hesitation, as she forces herself to use the seemingly more common term.] ... cameras? Or... something else?

[Ruana's powers going out of control or ghosts, she's honestly not sure which she would prefer at this point.]

[He shakes his head.]

I don't doubt seeing these things is a side effect of the cameras. However considering the events of the last month as well...

[He doesn't know either what to prefer.]

Maybe the original residents of the Tower.

There is a precedent for hauntings following bombings, isn't there...

[At least these ones are "just" unsettling, and not draining their collars of their color. Theorizing at least keeps her mind off of the hands that play at the corners of her vision.]

Perhaps they are even the ones behind the explosions, somehow. No one has been able to find anything that looks as though it might have once been a bomb, to my knowledge.

I'm not surprised that this is the case.

[Distraction might be the best to do to act against the visual distraction, even though that it doesn't make the eyes staring at him go away.]

I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case, but if, then why are they acting now? Why not before?

[Shaking her head, she shrugs helplessly.]

Another consequence of shutting off the power cores, perhaps? Or maybe the administrators themselves did something we are not yet aware of. All we can do is guess at this point.

Hopefully Riki will inform us of the results of this investigation, at least.

[If it turns out she's being haunted by visions of arms for nothing, she swears to the Goddesses--]

That was my first guess actually, I had thought Jason was playing one of his mind games with us. And I doubt Riki would do anything to damage that precious Tower of his.

At the time being we don't have enough clues to come to an actual answer.

[If Riki shares the information that is. That he has to endure the stares of eyes just to get nothing from it - aside from more mental damage - then...]

Is that not always how things are, though?

[Always more questions than answers, always a million half-baked theories changing constantly in order to attempt making some sense of this world, always acting on vague assumptions and hoping for the best.

She sighs.]

It seems to be in Riki's best interest to be open with us, at least. It looks as though he is unable to solve this all on his own, either.

Sadly. But at times it's better to achieve something by yourself than to be given everything and take it for granted.

[Although there are times where he wishes to have the answers they need.]

That and he probably is busy to take care of bombs if there still are any, as well as the reconstruction of the damaged floors.

[And oh, some immature, tired part of her wants to dispute that, to say she's fought and "achieved" enough that it should be obvious she wouldn't take any help for granted, but she can't find it in herself to argue. Instead, she focuses on the current situation.]

I hope they are doing as well as they can up there...

[There's no question in her mind that their friends are alive, but the state of things on the other side of the rubble is another matter entirely.]

[Princess, he's too aware of that and he wants to say the same but this Tower won't give any of them as much.]

They are going to be fine.

[Riki better made sure those trapped will be fine or he will hear from him as well.]

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