destructiveprinciple: so why did you choose (☠the pull on my flesh is just too strong)
αveɴɢer (アヴェンジャー) ([personal profile] destructiveprinciple) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-12-01 07:53 am

☠ 008 | the cosmos cares nothing for us and our like

Characters: Avenger and OPEN to all.
Setting: Wildcard wanderings, the tenth floor, the twenty-fifth floor, and the fifth floor.
Format: Action spam would be preferred.
Summary: Coming off a short hiatus, Avenger kills time and avoids doing anything of value. And interacts with other people, somewhat unfortunately for them.
Warnings: All The Evils Of the World, that's it, that's the warning (also dead fish)

[ SCENARIO A || FLOOR 10: AQUARIUM ]

[ Angra has strange ways of amusing himself to pass the time, and it had been awhile since he'd gone to play with the fish.

The glassless tanks of water suspended in place contain a countless, teeming multitude of fish, all darting to and fro or drifting lazily through the blue and caustic light dappled the ground and the tiny black figure of the Servant in front of it rippling patterns. Schools of the fish swirled and dove in unison, faint light glimmering off their scale. Down further, people could be able to make out the distant blue shapes of larger marine creatures, much less harmless and much more deadly.

The Servant dipped his arm into the horizontal surface of the water, dozens of bubbles flying upward inside, and after several patient attempts, snagged a small fish. Pulling his dripping wet arm out of the aquarium, he inspected the fish that wiggled and squirmed in his grip, the curved lines of the gills flaring pointlessly for oxygen, and then calmly ripped it in half.

Once he was done with pulling the unfortunate fish apart, he would toss the bloody bits back into the aquarium so the carnivorous fish could have an easy meal. It wasn't like he himself felt any hunger for what he was killing.
]


[ SCENARIO B || FLOOR 25: MEADOW ]


[ The meadow is as warm and flowery as ever. But the bright atmosphere over in one corner of the grass expanse is kinda ruined by the usual strong taint that comes off the asshole lazing away from the stairs.

The Servant is sitting with his head down, in a reading position and seemingly engrossed with something in his hands. It's not a book he's preoccupied with: it's a picture puzzle, a simple, childish game with the picture broken up into 16 pieces, and one piece removed so the rest can be shuffled about like he is doing. It's something that had been in his trunk from the beginning of his stay in the Tower, and even if it's just a piece of stupid film, he still plays with it out of habit.
]


[ SCENARIO C || FLOOR 5: VIEWING STATION ]


[ Recently, Avenger often himself at a loss for things to do. Killing other residents like he wanted to was only appealing when the death actually stuck, and the distraction of killing the Tower creatures was rapidly beginning to grow. . . stale. And it took more effort than he was willing to bother with to come up with something new. He was getting trapped into a rut of boredom, restlessness, and the steadily increasing, itchy sense that he was slipping downward. Like he was enclosed in a cramped space much too small for him and it was slowly growing smaller and smaller every moment.

So he wandered aimlessly from floor to floor.

After spending an hour or two at one of the viewing stations, looking at the ruined wasteland of his dead world, you can catch him leaving the outer area and heading back towards the stair through the central security station.
]


[ SCENARIO D || ANYWHERE IN THE TOWER: YOUR PICK]


[ Generally, Angra wanders through an assortment of floors at night (or during the day) and shows little concern for which ones he ends up on as long as they are neither overly threatening or extreme. It's entirely possible to cross paths with him at some point. He's more likely to be met at night however. ]
puppy_lancer: (Ye'll have to be put with a bowl to beg)

OOPS

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-12-14 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[The noise that Lancer makes as the kick connects is a bit more higher-pitched that it should be. Sure, Avenger is barefoot and has measly strength and Lancer's endurance is pretty high. But he took a kick right in the groin. It hurts. It hurts a lot.]

[For the moment, he's just...gonna keel over.]
destructiveprinciples: (☠ the starting penalty is five)

[personal profile] destructiveprinciples 2013-12-15 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Good. And right after Lancer crumples down in entirely understandable agony, as if to add insult to injury, Avenger follows up with another kick, right into his face.

And then another. And then another. And another.

Then before another kick is delivered, he belatedly restrains himself, a shudder of effort running through his thin frame. His pupils dilate in rage. It wasn't out of kindness that he stopped. He'd just abruptly recalled that if he went any further, he'd have a bunch of annoying busybodies on his case.

He glares angrily at Lancer, aching to hit him more while he's down, hit and beat and tear apart and attack him, but just walks over to that wooden bucket in the corner and knocks it over instead.
]
puppy_lancer: (Default)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-12-15 01:21 am (UTC)(link)


[The pain in Lancer's nether regions is such that it cancels out the pain from Avenger kicking him repeatedly in the face. He barely registers the action, just like he barely registers the feeling of blood trickling out of his battered nose and torn lips. It's not until Avenger kicks over his bucket of fish that he even starts regaining his movement.]

You--!

[He's on his feet in an instant, summoning his armor and spear.]

You bastard!

[If looks could kill, then he would have roasted Avenger with the rage blazing in his eyes.]

[personal profile] thirdbestmurderer 2013-12-15 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill kill kill kill kill Avenger looks sheepishly down at the spill of dead fish on the floor, where the one fish that had just been hooked wiggles towards the water while the rest lay still and wet.

In reaction to Lancer's burst of outrage, blood streaming down from his nose, and the following summoning of his battle gear, he merely laughs in anger.

It's like he doesn't care at all about the obvious aggression.
]

Whoops.

[ He and Lancer would be a bad match if they fought it out here. That spear of his would grant Lancer a longer reach than Avenger's own short, twisted swords would; he favored close combat, which the usage of lances didn't mesh well with. ]
puppy_lancer: the-man-of-light@tumblr (She was so sweet from her two bare feet)

[personal profile] puppy_lancer 2013-12-15 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
You. Have. Five. Seconds. To run!

[He spits out almost every word. His hand clutches Gae Bolg so hard that veins are visible even though his glove.]

[While he has the advantage in weaponry, his stance is unbalanced. He still hasn't quite gotten over the pain in his crotch.]

[personal profile] sixbillionsins 2013-12-15 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ KILL ]

[personal profile] sixbillionsins 2013-12-15 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ . . . no if he breaks his current streak of 'no killing the residents' he wouldn't stop there.

and that would be a hassle. siiiiiiiigh.
]

[personal profile] sixbillionsins 2013-12-15 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ He smiles obnoxiously, tightly, angrily. Then the grin smoothes out and empties, something unstable to it. The itch is back and the sensation of being trapped in a shrinking space doesn't go away. ]

Fine, fine. See ya' later, loser.

[ The single living fish flops back into the water with a splash and in a flash, swims away. The Servant dematerializes.

Avenger's presence on the floor fades away soon enough, leaving Lancer alone with his bucket of spilled fish, a beaten face, and quite a lot of fury.
]