towerofanimus

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Characters: Anyone coming to Zo's carnival
Setting: Cafeteria; please specify the date and location in the carnival in your subject header!
Format: Anything
Summary: Zo has set up a carnival for the residents, but it's not meant to last. Anyone wandering after the bombs go off might see things they never wanted to see...
Warnings: Psychological and body horror
Note: Characters entering the carnival from the 27th to the 30th will experience visions! Please refer to the info post for details and reply to this thread if your character enters the carnival during these days.

[The carnival has taken up the entirety of the cafeteria. A large roller coaster and ferris wheel tower over the residents, while a child-sized roller coaster, a merry-go-round, and spinning teacups project much less daunting silhouettes. Stands are set up with standard carnival foods available, from ice cream to cotton candy. These stands do not ask for anything as payment.

On the twenty-seventh, the carnival appearance changes. The machinery all appears rusted and broken down, as if weathered with decades of rain and snow. Plants grow up and around the rides, ruining them, and all the food is rotten.]

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You...you don't need to kneel...

*And of course Lucifel would find them first. Just as he was wondering if he'd ever gone by that name before, too. He looks up at Lucifel as he appears.*

Ah...impeccable timing. We were just going to look for you.

Edited (it's better the other way around.) 2014-01-02 05:07 (UTC)

[Assassin, upon hearing Enoch refer to Lucifel as the one they would look for and therefore the aforementioned angel, gasps and turns her face away, covering her eyes with her hands.]

L-Lord Angel. One so base as I am not meant to look upon the glory that God (Glorified and Exalted be He) has given to you as His Messenger.

Oh?

[And that's something he hasn't been called in... he didn't remember how long.

He turns to look at Assassin then, tilting his head.]

It's fine to look, you know?

*Enoch gives Lucifel a helpless sort of look and crouches down to Assassin's level.* We're all only prisoners here. It's all right...

[She slowly turns her face toward Lucifel, though she still keeps eyes lowered.]

I am grateful to have received this permission.

[A long pause.]

You two are...the first Angel and the first Prophet I have met. It is the greatest honor I have ever received in this life.

[He got so used to Enoch being informal with him - as well as those he met here in Animus - that it feels a little odd with Assassin talking to him like that.]

Ah, you haven't been here for long then, have you? Where are my manners, I should introduce myself, shouldn't I?

I'm Lucifel.

*Enoch stood up again and gave Lucifel a little smile.* I thought it would be good for you to meet another believer. *To Assassin:* And for you, as well.

*Those with a kind god seemed to be in the minority here.*

M-my name is Assassin.

[She looks toward Enoch.]

Thank you. Even if the one you had introduced me to was a normal man, I am still grateful for your efforts.

Nice to meet you

[Well. That was a nice surprise, that his name apparently didn't ring any bells which would make her panic.

Lucifel smiled at Enoch.]

He's a good guy like that.

Nice to meet you. *Said almost in sync with Lucifel. It was an odd name (and certainly a title rather than a name), but he wasn't going to ask questions if Lucifel wasn't.*

It seems worlds like ours are in the minority. At least, of the worlds we know for certain.

[She smiles and nods as Lucifel says Enoch is a good guy, but her expression falls as she hears the next thing Enoch says.]

That is a shame. This Tower could do with more faith.

[If she was going by a title then that was fine too. He won't be questioning it.]

Different worlds, different circumstances. Some have several deities, others suffer from their god being a tyrant.

We can be happy there's no religious war here. It's the least we need.

Yes, that's what I meant. Until now, the only world with a kind God I knew was the one Lucifel and I came from...unless...unless you come from the same world.

...A tyrant God (Glorified and Exalted be He)? I do not think that to be possible.

[She shakes her head.]

I do not know whether or not we come from similar worlds, but I know that in my world, God (Glorified and Exalted be He) is perfect and merciful.

I don't like that thought either, but with so many worlds there sadly is the possibility for one like that to exist.

[Just as much as he doesn't like the thought of falling.]

It's been a while since I heard another person speak of him with awe like that.

I didn't think it was possible, either. But when four people independently say so... *He shakes his head.*

That sounds...very sad.

[She tries to imagine a world like that, but she finds that she simply cannot. God (Glorified and Exalted be He) means too much to her. She will not slight him, not even when thinking of alternate worlds.]

Was it painful for you? Not being able to find many who think of God (Glorified and Exalted be He) in the way you do?

Tell me about it.

[That was the fate of some.]

I'd say there is worse... line being unable to contact Him. Or not getting contacted by Him anymore.

*Or knowing He's dead or twisted and broken, Enoch doesn't say, instead reaching up to put a hand on Lucifel's shoulder.*

...No. Only in knowing that there are tyrannical Gods on other worlds. But it's always refreshing to see those who come from another like ours.

It must have been a beautiful feeling to be contacted by Him, so all the more painful if it is taken away...

[She has neither experienced the joy of speaking to God (Glorified and Exalted be He) or the pain of being separated from him afterwards, but she can imagine it.]

I am sorry for making you think of it, Lord Lucifel.

Don't be, hopefully we will change the situation soon.

[He doesn't want to think of Him being broken or twisted. Imagining it was already more than cruel to him.]

And you can just call me Lucifel.

That's right. We will be able to restore our worlds, and with them...everyone on them.

*Even God. But he knows how much it upset him, and the tower is upsetting enough as it is, so he doesn't say it outright.*

I hope so.

[She wishes she could say that has has faith God (Glorified and Exalted be He) will bless their endeavors, but given what Lucifel is staying, the words get stuck in her throat.]

Again, I will do all I can to help this goal along.

[The implication itself is upsetting enough. Hope was all they had left in this Tower.]

Every form of help is appreciated.

*Enoch nods.* Though all we have right now is the research on our power limitation, it can only open opportunities to do more.

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