the flight of icarus

[terra_nullius]

Characters: Terra-Xehanort (terra_nullius) and anyone who wishes to see what he's up to
Setting: Assorted floors, but primarily floor 91
Format: Action to start, will do prose if you desire
Summary: Derpface is bored and wants to try something particularly foolish, so he prepares for death.
Warnings: None that I can think of, will update.

Floor 15
[His first stop for the day is the workshop, where he takes a bit of time selecting some hard wood and cutting it carefully into long strips. He finds some hinges, and screws them into place, and adds some other attachments to the things to create what looks like two large, open-ended frames of some sort that can pop open to lock into place. Satisfied with the clumsy construction, he slings them over his shoulder and departs.]

Floor 51
[How amusing. Floor 51 is his next destination, after floor 15... fitting. He opens up his frame and spreads it out, before selecting a swatch of random fabric. He begins to clumsily sew the fabric onto the frame, giving it the appearance of half of a large kite. It's quite large, so it does take a long time, and he mutters and yelps as he pricks his finger numerous times. The second half he switches to a red fabric to avoid the visible dots of red that become more numerous on the first one. Not that it'll matter in the end, he muses.

When the second frame is finally finished, he takes off his shirt and lays it out, with the frames on either side. Then he begins to sew the things on to his shirt. When that is finished, he does the same with his pants. This takes much longer, as the cold temperatures leave him shivering and his fingers not cooperating quite as well.

When he's finally finished he puts on his clothes awkwardly, snapping the frames closed so that they're not up and making him look bigger than he actually is. It's not perfect, but it'll work well enough for what he wants to try. With the frames open, they look almost like patagia, extending from his arms out to his feet. Like some sort of humanoid flying squirrel. With that step complete, he departs as well.]

Floor 91
[With a rough ability to glide and control his descent somewhat, he now comes to the highest point he can tell opens to the outside of the world of the Tower. Staring out over the abyss, all he can see is the cloud layer. What lies beneath that? Is there a vista to behold? Is there nothing but ravaged land? There's no real answer forthcoming. The only way to find out fur certain is to jump.

He walks all the way back to the staircase, preparing for a final run to give himself momentum for when he jumps off the edge.]

Comments

15

[heartismyown]

[It's the first time he's walked onto the floor, looking around the workshop with curiosity. Roxas is completely unfamiliar with everything there. There is someone else in the room, and he wanders over.]

What're you doing?

[terra_nullius]

[He looks up from where he's carefully screwing in a hinge between two long strips of wood.]

I'm constructing a frame with a hinge so that it can flex outward and hold, but can be folded to keep it out of the way as well.

[heartismyown]

[The answer is something else, but now that he's getting a good look at him, he swallows nervously. Who would have thought Xemnas would be here? Roxas isn't sure what he should do, but maybe there's a time thing and he won't want to have him eliminated.]

[All Roxas can do for a moment is gasp softly.]

Xemnas...

[terra_nullius]

[He gives a bit of a laugh.] No, that's my brother. I'm Xehanort. I assume you know him... and probably not in a good way, from that reaction.

[He puts down the screwdriver to look up at Roxas curiously.]

[heartismyown]

Xehanort? Ohh. A brother.

[Roxas nods in understanding. He's also been told about the timeline thing, and he's sorry for the mix up. Even if he was Xemnas, he might not be his Xemnas.]

I don't know him very well, he was in charge of the Organization, but when I left, they were trying to eliminate me.

Floor 15

[sunflowerfairy]

[While Yotsuba had a sling, it was useless without any stones, and it was hard carrying both the sling and it around without a pouch of some sort, so she had decided to try and make something in the workshop. However, she got a bit side-tracked when she saw the white-haired man from before. She couldn't quite remember his name, but she remembered him being nice, so she rushed over to greet him while he was working, not really caring that she might have been bothering him.]

Oh, white-haired man! It's good to see you again! Are you okay?! What are you making?!

[terra_nullius]

[Oh, a familiar face! He smiles a little as he sees her.]

It's going to be part of a frame. This hinge is fitted so that it can snap outward and hold its shape.

[He demonstrates with the half-finished hinge.]

[sunflowerfairy]

[And Yotsuba just looked awed and puzzled by this device.]

Oh..but what's a frame?! And what are you gonna do with it?! Fight monsters?

[terra_nullius]

[He shakes his head, setting the hinge back so that he can work on attaching more of the ribbing.]

A frame is the part that goes around the outside to make it look like what it's supposed to. This is going to be a rather crude-looking wing. I'm making it because I want to try something.

[sunflowerfairy]

[As he did so, Yotsuba would gather up some cloth and look through everything for a needle, thread, and scissors.]

Really?! You're gonna try and fly?! That's awesome! Can Yotsuba fly too?!

51

[terreifying]

What'cha doin'?

[Rei pokes her face over the man's shoulder, watching him stretch cloth over the frames.]

Ooh! That looks cool!

[terra_nullius]

[He looks up, a bit startled at the close proximity of the other person, then yelps as the needle once more finds its way into one of his fingers.]

Ahh--! I was attempting to attach this fabric onto the frame.

[He pops his injured finger into his mouth irritably. Not againnnn...]

[terreifying]

Oh.

[She watches him nurse his wounded finger.]

Is your hand okay? Do you want me to get you a band-aid?

[terra_nullius]

No, it's quite all right. It's not the first one that's suffered so.

[He takes his finger out of his mouth long enough to show that the others have been pricked in various places as well.] I'm not terribly good at this, but with any luck the stitching will hold long enough for what I need it to do.

[terreifying]

Ouch.

[She kneels down and looks at the piece of work that has caused its maker such trouble.]

You need help or anything?

[Not like she wouldn't prick herself. She would just heal from any pricking.]

15

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch emerges onto the workshop floor to search for material for cloaks for the day. He doesn't expect to find someone doing something with some wood, something he doesn't immediately recognize at all...*

What are you making?

[terra_nullius]

[He's since moved on to the next section of ribbing, carefully anchoring it in place with another screw.]

I suppose one could call it a rather rough wing.

[warriorscribe]

A wing?

*Aircraft hadn't been invented in his time yet, and he'd never encountered them either here or in Meridian. The tale of Icarus was from another location - and time - entirely. Sure, there were Azazel's flying machines, but those were made to resemble flies, making him think of them in terms of their own entities rather than being crafted automatons despite logically knowing this. So Enoch didn't come to the conclusion that he was making wings to fly with. For some sort of sculpture, perhaps?*

What for?

[terra_nullius]

I have something I wish to learn, and unfortunately the general consensus I've discovered has encouraged me to engage in my own endeavours to learn things as they do not wish to dally with an outsider. When this is completed, I am going to glide, and see what I can discover.

[He punctuates his words with the twist of the screw, face screwing up slightly as the screw digs deeper into the wood and he has to put more into turning the screwdriver.]

[warriorscribe]

I've...I've been here quite a while. Perhaps I can help with whatever it is you're trying to learn?

*A little knowledge beforehand couldn't hurt, could it?*

Floor 91

[derping]

[There usually weren't many reasons to climb so far up the tower. Sora wasn't even sure if he could pretend to have an excuse - it was dangerous, and maybe a little pointless, but it had been so long that he barely remembered what was up here anymore. Which was kind of a reason, maybe, but mostly...well, he just needed something to do, anything. Not having that, especially lately, had been hard for him to deal with.

Sitting around and waiting wasn't going to change anything. Climbing to the top of the tower probably wasn't, either, but at least it was something to do.

Which is the only reason why he climbs up to the open floor, not initially planning on stopping until he sees someone familiar backing up to the staircase.

So naturally this is a chance to walk up and be nosy.]

Hey, what are you doing?

[terra_nullius]

I'm going to test something.

[It's said matter of factly as he prepares himself, making sure that his homemade gliding apparatus is ready for his downward hurtle.]

After all, everyone says that I should go ahead and try whatever I want to try in order to learn more. So if I have to throw myself off of this building in order to learn something, I will.

[derping]

You're gonna what?

[While a while ago Sora would have been against people recklessly throwing their lives away to make progress - and he still wasn't really comfortable with the idea - it's gotten to the point where, sometimes, that's was only way to get things done, like with that big infiltration they all tried. Everyone comes back afterwards, anyway, and Sora hopes that won't change anytime soon.

That wasn't where his reaction was coming from - he wasn't shocked by the idea so much as he was confused.]

Um...how are you going to learn anything from that?

[terra_nullius]

If I survive the fall, I will have learned what I want on the way down. If I do not, well... what happens next remains to be seen, I suppose. If I fail, I simply wake up inconvenienced.

[He shrugs, which looks odd with the contraption attached to him.]

I don't see the harm in it. Besides, the brief feeling of flight will be quite worth it regardless of what happens.

[derping]

So...you just want to see what it looks like out there or something?

[Maybe? He's really not sure if he's following right.

It does kind of make sense, though...]