[MEETING] We've no idea what the end picture will look like

[withani]

Characters: OPEN
Setting: 4th Floor lounge
Format: Anything and everything
Summary: A meeting to put together the pieces all of the characters got during 1369
Warnings: Mention and discussion some of the contents of the visions from 1369, which include disturbing and even gruesome content.

[The problem with having an impatient twelve year-old set up a meeting is that there isn't nearly as much in the way of amenities. Unless someone is able to make or bring any snacks, there's nothing of the sort available, nor any sort of decoration or notice hanging anywhere. All that can be found is the aforementioned twelve year-old standing near the stairs with her arms crossed.

She'll quite cheerfully tell anybody who wanders onto the floor (whether on purpose or accident) what's going on. Even those who missed her network post will be able to find out easily what's happening on this particular floor today.

And after that... well, then the discussion can begin.]

[[ooc; Feel free to start your own threads and subthreads and such. No real restrictions here]]

Comments

[glassceiling]

I wonder if anyone had experienced visions together, or if the visions were all individual...

[Her thoughts turn back to the children.]

I take it those children are no longer in this world?

[warriorscribe]

I...

*Does "eaten by Ruana" count as "no longer in this world"?*

...Ruana is their only survivor. And possibly Zo, from the sounds of it.

[sageprincess]

If Zo truly was among those children, it does not seem as though he remembers it. He believes himself to be only as old as the "rescue mission" they have been running. Two and a half years, give or take...

[Though with how much influence Ruana has over their memories, who's to say if that is really the truth?]

[glassceiling]

Are you saying that Ruana removed his memories?

[She slowly shakes her head.]

Even so, he should not be so quick to believe that she had created him.

[sageprincess]

She may have. I do not know. Until now, we have been working under the assumption that she killed everyone who had inhabited this Tower before, and had been the sole survivor when world-destroying 'virus' had hit this world.

The administrators say they have never left the Tower walls. In the absence of anyone else to birth them, the possibilities of their creators should be limited...

[warriorscribe]

If she did create Zo, it was from the memory of her companion.

*He sighs.* They...certainly don't seem all that "balanced" right now. The scales are tipped towards Ruana. But Zo...he may be the only person who could ever get through to her about anything. Or who could even begin to compare to her.

[glassceiling]

Then should we tell him to devote his energies to getting her to free us and save our worlds, instead of creating carnivals that can easily be destroyed. Would he be able to do that?

[sageprincess]

... Perhaps, but...

[She grimaces, unpleasant memories coming to the forefront of her mind.]

Failure is harshly punished. There was once another administrator that openly sympathized with us, and eventually outright rebelled against Ruana herself.

She... She consumed him, when he lost.

[To put it politely.]

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch lowers his head, solemn.*

Yes...This is what I meant, when I said our hosts were "once five". It's best Zo stay in her good favor as long as he can.

[glassceiling]

I will do my best not to make too many requests of him. Lest he incur her displeasure for us.

What responsibilities did this fifth administrator bear? Before he was consumed?

[warriorscribe]

General day to day maintenance. He was a leader to them, as well.