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Patrick Dawn ([personal profile] bashfulshifter) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-10-02 03:53 pm

Regains and Such

Characters: Rick and anyone else!
Setting: All day on October 2nd; prompts are floor 100, floor 26 (morgue), then floor 27 (laboratory).
Format: Starting action-spam, will match though!
Summary: Rick has feels about his regain, then goes about his usual jobs in the Tower.
Warnings: Rick has feels.

Floor 100

[The park was always most pleasant in the early fall. Its trees' bright orange and yellow leaves basked the fountain square in a perpetual glow of warmth despite the crisp weather, shielded from the main street and lakeside venues like a grotto within a wild forest--the cut stone path would be the uneven pebbles by the shore of a creek, and the fountain its burbling currents.]

[Pumpkin tea would not have been Rick's first choice of beverage to consume whilst resting in this clearing. But then again, he wouldn't have chosen to sit on the ground, either, since the bench shaded by the old oak wouldn't have been a hologram. The warm drink might've held more weight if he could feel the occasional gust of wind that very clearly rustled the loose leaves around him.]

[All of this is well and fine. Rick doesn't need the physical feedback of floor 100 to remember sitting in this park and all the feelings associated with that. It does help, though, now that he's found his wallet in his trunk--which in itself wasn't terribly important, and neither was the money, cards, receipts or other random scraps and notes and identification found within.]

[The small picture in the front pocket seems to have done a much better job at catching his eye.]

[He sits at the end of the room facing the holographic fountain, alternating between staring at the photograph and nursing his tea in listless silence.]


Morgue/Laboratory

[Of course, Rick can't stay in the park forever. It isn't until well into the afternoon when he finally gets around to his other tasks, namely cleaning the morgue and his usual collar fluid-related duties, and he'll be oddly distracted when he does. His mind is obviously somewhere else.]

[Someone should probably snap him out of it before he gets stuck in a cold locker or drops a beaker in the sink or something.]
notsogrimreaper: (Ryoji Mochizuki: 93 million miles)

Floor 100; it was only a matter of time before he ran into you

[personal profile] notsogrimreaper 2013-10-02 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ryoji tends to barely give this room much of a once-over when exploring the upper floors of the Tower. While most found it somewhat comforting, Ryoji just found it unsettling. He'd seen so little of his world, and the place that was most important to him was his high school, if only so he could spend time with his friends... friends that were eerily absent in the hallways of this illusion. Seeing his school like this, so similar to how it had looked when he had returned to his destroyed world, was enough to make him turn and run almost immediately upon entering.

When he spots a familiar figure sitting on the floor, however, Ryoji convinces himself to stay a bit longer. He can't recall the man's name, but he had been meaning to talk to him after the infiltration, and ask him what had happened... More importantly, it was clear to him that something was on the man's mind, and he'd like to help him out if it was possible.

He takes a few steps forward and clears his throat, a bit awkwardly.]


Um, excuse me... Are you all right?
stitchedupbodyguard: (Huh?)

Morgue

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-10-03 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Whoa!

[Veronica reached out and grabs the locker door that was about to close on Rick. His rag-stick-thing seemingly forgotten.]

Careful.
notagiraffe: (lost child)

Laboratory

[personal profile] notagiraffe 2013-10-03 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... um... [He's just going to grab that beaker and put it on the side, blinking worriedly at Rick. He understands though, the last week has been hard and Taiki is jumpy himself.] Are you alright?
notsogrimreaper: (Ryoji Mochizuki: leading the way)

:3

[personal profile] notsogrimreaper 2013-10-03 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[For a moment, Ryoji has no idea why his interruption has been met with such shock. He didn't look threatening at all, and he wasn't really one for hurting people when he was in his right mind. And besides, Rick knows hardly anything about him. They just met during the infiltration...

Ah. Ryoji can see why that bothered him. Death is a regular part of living in the Tower, but it had taken a long time for Ryoji to get used to it. He'd been so convinced death was something that marked the end to a story, that was something unavoidable and something that made life unattainable. Yet here, people returned from the dead the very next day. Perhaps it was only fair with the dangers of this place, but there was still a small part of him that couldn't accept it. Perhaps Rick had the same problem.

Ryoji keeps standing awkwardly, but he doesn't look away.]


I... I'm sorry, I didn't realize I would surprise you. I didn't mean to upset you...
stitchedupbodyguard: (Default)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-10-03 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Your uh, stick thing is over there.

[She points to the item, still sitting in its bucket where Rick had left it. Had he used it at all?

It doesn't take a genius to see that something was wrong with Rick. Veronica could tell.
]

Uh... are you doing okay?
fragileprophet: (You've got to be kidding.)

Floor 100 DON'T BE SAD RICK Ion is coming Ion is here

[personal profile] fragileprophet 2013-10-03 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[To Ion, it looked as if Rick was sitting in front of the Daathic Cathedral's great, beautiful alter. If the blonde hadn't been looking at something in his hands, or sitting so informally, the boy would've suspected that he was, indeed, praying. Perhaps Rick had his own Gods; Ion had never thought to ask.

As he approached his friend with quiet footsteps, Ion wondered exactly what it was that Rick was seeing around him. The closer he got though, the more worry knitted his brow, and he knew the question would be inappropriate. Granted, the man always seemed to look some shade of troubled...but Ion noted the difference between the normal tension in his shoulders compared to they way he was slumped, now.]


May I sit with you?

[Ion's voice is always gentle, but he makes a valiant attempt to sound even more so, hoping not to startle his friend. He gives a sad, understanding smile.]

Unless...you'd rather be alone?
Edited (I FLUBBED MY OWN STUPID TITLE HAHA) 2013-10-03 19:40 (UTC)
notagiraffe: (lost child)

[personal profile] notagiraffe 2013-10-03 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It's okay... [He blinks at him worriedly] You... um you should come and sit down... [He shook his head] No... sorry... I'm a mover though...
stitchedupbodyguard: (nervous/saddened)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-10-04 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Thinking.

[That's certainly one explanation. She wasn't really for it though. Something seemed to be wrong. Her co-worker didn't act like this, except for that time they met.

Something was probably wrong.
]

Y-you sure? Nothing's wrong?
stitchedupbodyguard: (nervous/saddened)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-10-05 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Nervously, Veronica watched him. Something was indeed troubling the guy. At least he was telling her about it. Though how much good that would do is up for debate.]

Found something...

Its... not like... the last time, is it?
stitchedupbodyguard: (nervous/saddened)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-10-05 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Her eyes scan the leather mess for a moment. Well... okay, it was a wallet, pretty simple.]

...W-well, that's g-good... I mean, unless it's not...
notagiraffe: (lost child)

[personal profile] notagiraffe 2013-10-05 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad... um... [He smiled nervously back] You should still rest though... sorry...
stitchedupbodyguard: (Huh?)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-10-05 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Veronica looked over the contents. The first thing she noted is that Rick's name is actually Patrick, which was actually a little obvious. The entire wallet seemed to be stuffed to the breaking point with old and new things.

But, it did seem to have something to it. A kind of value that Veronica was unfamiliar with. She just stood there for a moment, a bit confused. At least Rick had something from home now.
]

Uh... wow, it's really cool. But, how did you find it?
stitchedupbodyguard: (happy)

[personal profile] stitchedupbodyguard 2013-10-05 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Veronica gives a little laugh of her own, as well as a small shake of the head.]

N-no, no, it's alright.

It's good that you got something that makes you happy. I'm glad that you did.

[She looks down at herself, a thoughtful expression on her face.]

Wonder if I'll get anything from home.

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