towerofanimus | [Semi open] There's a pink one, and a green one, and a blue one, and a yellow one...

Characters: [A] Shiro and Cie (Toto and Ganta)
[B] Shiro and Wilhelm
[C] Shiro and EVERYBODY
Setting: Candy hunting in the Tower, during the whole event.
Format: prose to start but I'll match.
Summary: This is Shiro's dream event. Candy everywhere!!! Wretched Egg however hates this event so she'll be nowhere in sight. Anyone want to pair up with a Candy Hunting Specialist? Just apply here ^_~
Warnings: PG to be safe (since WE is not here, it should be pretty soft and not to violent XD), will update if needed.

[A] Shiro pushed the aeration grid out of the way and then hung upside down for a bit to check if it was actually in the right room. She beams at someone still hiding in the shadows.
"Shiro was right, Toto! This is Ganta's room!"
Shiro made a somersault and she landed back onto her feet on the ground. Then she leaped onto Ganta's bed.
"Gaaantaaa! Wake up, Ganta! There are candy everywhere in the Tower and Shiro is gonna find them ALL!"
And you're officially recruited as part of Shiro's Candy Hunting Team. Be proud.

[B] Shiro was sure she'd find lots of candy in the library. There were so many shelves and secret corners where one could hide candy bars or lolipops. She was trying to use some kind of 'method', systematically checking the row in the same order and so on... But Shiro was not the patient kind. So it was kinda hard for her. Someone in the library would hear lots of sighing, and books falling down the shelves before being put back in place.
At one point she reached that particular corner of the library in between two bookcases that Wilhelm called his 'office'. That's where he would play chess with Aceman. Shiro came closer to it, wondering if she'd be able to find more candy there. Wilhelm didn't like candy much anyway (although he'd never refuse to share a snack with Shiro), so he probably wouldn't mind...

[C] Shiro stepped onto that new floor and started scanning the whole area around her with the expert eye of the Professional Candy Hunter. She knew there were candy to find here. She could almost 'feel' them even if she couldn't see them yet. But it was only only a matter of minutes... or seconds really until she'd find them. She striked a pose and exclaimed to all and sundry.
"Shiro's here! And Shiro's gonna find ALL the candy! And Shiro will only share with people who help Shiro find the candy!"
There, you've been warned.
[ooc: Tell me what floor you choose in the subject line! Thanks ^_~]

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"There were few in my world who ever did have that opportunity, and fewer still who lived as long as I have," Wilhelm answered. Yeshua and Mary were the only ones, and while he and Yeshua didn't see eye to eye on a whole lot, neither of them considered the other an enemy. There was a strong mutual respect, there.

"Sometimes. But I do not have the luxury of dwelling on such feelings. Besides, the Testaments kept my company well enough."

He also has a special detachment of Realian servants, though he doesn't use them for anything beyond the most rudimentary of tasks, like cleaning his office and cooking for him, just to keep up appearances.

"What about here, Wilhelm?"

After all, he was the one who kept saying that here was different because they weren't in his universe.

"Death is irrelevant, here." Not exactly what she was asking, but, well, this is Wilhelm. "As for company... I have several people in this world that I interact with regularly. It is not the same as my own world, by any standard."

Shiro nods. "People don't stay dead. But people can disappear."

You never knew how long you'd get to enjoy someone's company in the Tower. So to Shiro, it wasn't so different from back home. But for Wilhelm who couldn't die back home, this place was probably a big change.

"Interact? Interact is not what Shiro meant." Not exactly at least. She gave him a gentle smile. "Shiro wanted to ask if Wilhelm had made friends here?"

"Yes. Though what happens to those that do... I don't know if I believe it, or not. Nothing here is as it seems, and just when you believe you have it figured out, it changes yet again."

Wilhelm was openly admitting he isn't five steps ahead of everyone else, for once. And he's admitting it to Shiro of all people.

"Why don't you tell me, Shiro? Have I?"

Admittedly Shiro was probably the less risky choice, if he was to tell that to someone. Except that whatever Shiro knew, Wretched Egg knew as well, but.

"Shiro can't answer that. Only Wilhelm knows." Ganta had taught Shiro, even if he was probably not aware he did, that friendship worked both ways. "Shiro likes Wilhelm. But does Wilhelm think of Shiro as a friend?"

But, hopefully, she has no use for that kind of information, beyond simply getting the pleasure of hearing it from his own mouth, instead of speculating.

"Yes, Shiro. Of course." Because, well, why not? She's been kind to him without any sort of ulterior motive (the same can't be said of Wretched Egg). She's always trying to talk to him. She's never been anything but sweet, and he sees no reason whatsoever why she would interfere with his own personal goals, both here and in his own world.

Hearing it from Wilhelm was almost disappointing to Wretched Egg but no, she had no use for this information. Not right now at least.

"Really?" Shiro blushed and gave him the happiest smile ever. Then, without further ado, she hugged him. "Shiro is happy Wilhelm thinks Shiro and Wilhelm are friends too." Even the Candy Hunt was momentarily forgotten, which was quite the feat. Wilhelm should feel proud.

Wilhelm was taken aback by the hug. He didn't flinch or back away, but he was very unused to any kind of physical affection, from Shiro or anyone else. Regardless, Wilhelm tentatively placed a hand on her back, in a sort of pseudo reciprocation of the hug.

"Of course."

Fortunately for Wilhelm, the hug didn't last very long. But Shiro smiled as he placed that hand on her back. She pulled away, slowly. The blush was still visible on her otherwise pale cheeks.

"Shiro is glad to play the Candy Hunt game with a friend."

The compulsion was still there and she was starting to feel the urge to resume looking for candy. Not that she minded.

"Maybe Shiro and Wilhelm can trade candy too. It's probably better to have many different kinds of candy, right?"

He releases her as soon as she releases him. Wilhelm was not used to that, and barely even knew how to react. Despite this, there wasn't any sort of sense of relief when she released him.

"Are you not being accompanied by others already?"

And at her offer, Wilhelm nodded.

"Of course. If that is what you need, you know where to find me."

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