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Claudia Hortensia Kotomine [AU: Master] ([personal profile] sicharia) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-10-23 04:30 pm

four.

Characters: Claudia Hortensia & OPEN
Setting: Floor 82, Floor 7, Floor 48, the stairs outside Floor 27, Floor 3, Floor 82 again, & choose your own adventure.
Format: Brackets preferred
Summary: Candy-hunting catch-all post
Warnings: Will add as necessary

I. Sunday - Floor 82
[Well... That was unexpected. Claudia, mask removed, stands alone in the ballroom that makes up this floor, a small bag held in her hands. She rifles through it, but she finds nothing of particular note; it's just more candy.]

[Then who, exactly, was that person? What was that all about?]

[She decides to go through with her seep of this floor as she had intended to, before the interruption. But, really, it's less about finding candy now and more about try to see if there's anything else to be found here that might provide some kind of explanation.]


II. Monday - Floor 7
[Claudia doesn't want to swim, but that doesn't mean she's going to ignore this floor. So today, rather than checking the pool itself, she can be found rifling through the lockers. In both locker rooms, actually, because she's completely ignoring the genders they're labeled with.]

[No biggie.]


III. Tuesday - Floor 48
[This seems like a natural place to search, given her job as a gravekeeper, so Claudia makes her sweep of this floor at the same time she performs her duties. At first she thinks nothing of it when she leans down to retrieve the chocolate roses lying across one of the graves, but then her eye happens to glance the name engraved there, and she frowns.]

[Aoi Tohsaka.]

[Surely... It must be a coincidence. She tells herself that, but she still finds herself lingering, her brow furrowed.]


IV. Wednesday - Outside Floor 27
[Claudia doesn't actually set foot on the laboratory floor. Instead, she lingers outside it, on the stairs, seeming uncertain of what to do. She could search this one. It probably wouldn't be too dangerous, provided she doesn't put her hands in anything they shouldn't be in. But...]

[But she can't bring herself to step forward, so she's stymied.]


V. Thursday - Floor 3
[Claudia doesn't intend to go searching for candy today! She's gathered quite a bit over the last four days, after all, and she thinks she's earned a break. So, this afternoon, she can be found in the library rather than roaming the Tower, quietly reading a book.]

[...The feeling that she should keep looking is nagging at her, though, so she's a little more unsettled and agitated than she'd like to be on her "day off." She's trying not to let it get to her, but the feeling probably comes across in her demeanor more than she would care for it to...]


VI. Friday - Floor 82
[For the third time, she's come to this floor, and for the third time, she's encountered that person. She doesn't know anything more than she did the first time; they said nothing to her even when she tried to speak to them. Truthfully, she feels rather frustrated. Mask discarded, she doesn't even bother to check the inside of the bag this time, scowling at the empty air.]

VII. Whenever, Wherever
[Other than the prompts given above, Claudia will be investigating the following floors on the following days:

Sunday, afternoon to evening: 101, 100, 99, 96, 94, 93, 88, 87, 86, 83, 81, 1
Monday, morning to noon: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21
Tuesday, afternoon to evening: 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60
Wednesday, afternoon to evening: 82, 21, 22, 25, 28, 19, 18, and most of the others she searched on Monday
Thursday, throughout the day: None! She can be found around Floors 1, 3, and 101 at various times, however.
Friday, afternoon: 62, 40, 39, 38

So if you'd like to run into her on any of these floors, have at it.]
puppy_lancer: (Oh Johnny I hardly knew ye)

floor 48 (hiatus what hiatus)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-10-23 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lancer looks curiously over at Claudia, seemingly rifling for something next to a grave.]

...Did someone get buried alive again?
fionnuisce: (it was your heart on the line)

floor 27

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-10-23 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[When it occurred to him that someone was nearby, Waver paused in his work--which today seemed to involve less direct work and more careful analysis and rewriting of notes in some form or another. Nothing he'd felt indicated a threat, so the magus hadn't exactly leapt to attack. Instead he simply looked up, glancing around until he caught sight of Claudia.]

What brings you around here? [Noting her apparent unease, Waver stood up and crossed to the stairs in a few casual steps, hands at his sides rather than at his pockets; since Claudia was no open threat, there was no need to have the Mystic Code in his coat pocket ready to attack.] Is there something wrong?
fionnuisce: (could be a night when your life ends)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-10-23 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I've noticed anything out of place around here today... [Waver looked over his shoulder, half-expecting to see whatever Claudia was looking for had simply escaped his notice. No such luck, apparently.] While I doubt I'll be all that helpful, what was it you were after?
fionnuisce: (speak to me)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-10-23 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't say that I did. Has Ruana started her usual nonsense?

[About time. Waver noted be probably should have expected she'd start playing games around a holiday.]
fionnuisce: (when you've lost yourself completely)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-10-23 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
...Don't tell me. She's got half the Tower running around like maniacs going trick-or-treating.

[It didn't take a genius. Luckily, Waver was one anyway.]
fionnuisce: (could be a night when your life ends)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-10-23 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Fan-fucking-tastic.

[Sigh.]

Go ahead and look around if it'll help. You'll hardly be in my way if you do.
puppy_lancer: (Oh Danny boy oh Danny boy)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-10-23 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Enoch got buried alive once. For not coming to his job.
puppy_lancer: <user name=hound-of-ulster> (The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-10-24 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Mm, that's good.

Then, what's going on with that grave?
pinnaculum: (it marked the edge)

floor 27

[personal profile] pinnaculum 2013-10-24 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course, Sephiroth is still interested in the laboratory, even if it doesn't tell him much and he knows the instruments aren't genuine. But he does like to run experiments. For instance, looking at tissue samples he's gathered through the microscopes...

Which is exactly what he's doing when he senses someone nearby and makes his way to where Claudia hesitates. He looks at her blankly, and his voice is toneless when he speaks, as if he doesn't recognize her (although he does).
]

Hello. May I help you?
puppy_lancer: from <user name=hound-of-ulster> (The pipes are calling)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-10-24 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Aoi...the name sounds familiar.]

...You mean, that friend Kariya is always talking about? Rin's Mom?

[He saw her for a little bit. And now she's gone.]
puppy_lancer: (and now am full of tears)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-10-24 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Hm? What thing?

[He hops down from his perch to stare at the grave mound.]

Can't see anything. Did you take it already?
chainsawn: (and your voice that calls my name)

floor 7

[personal profile] chainsawn 2013-10-25 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's okay even if you're in the male locker room, Claudia. In fact, Urotsuki is presently standing in there as well like it's no big deal. Whether she's aware of the fact is another matter entirely, but when she sees Claudia enter it, she doesn't seem to make a fuss out of it either. Instead she just watches her with her usual blank gaze, blinking slowly. ]
puppy_lancer: <user name=cu-chulainn> (my love and I did stand)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-10-25 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, did it already start?

[And for once it doesn't seem to involve him. Lucky.]

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