A return

[myblueskies]

Characters: Romeo and open!
Setting: Room 1-02 and meadow
Format: Either
Summary: Romeo returns from his dead world, and discovers a gift in his mailbox
Warnings: Nothing I wouldn't think

[Room 2-02] Every time Romeo went back to his world he was scary that he would nver return. The Tower was a very scary place but at least he had friends there, he could help them and they could fight the administrators together. To either restore their worlds or go to heaven together.

But here there was just emptiness and dead bodies. Just Romeo alone and it was very hard to keep his spirits up. So he was very relieved when he opened his eyes to see the bedroom that had been his for a long time now. "Hi Pinocchio!" He giggled as the weasel snuffed at his neck.

He looked around and saw a book with a note on the end of his bed. He opened the note and grinned, it was from Zo! Romeo had wondered if he had gotten his present!

You remember that? I wish you could've talked back! I really liked the story; I made another copy of it for you!

Romeo's mouth dropped open and he opened the book. It was beautiful! All the pictures he and Zett had made but better, and they moved! Even the story was better and the words written properly.

"Zett!" He didn't know if his friend was in hearing distance, "Come look!"

The meadow] Romeo took the book to the meadow. It was cold now so he had his hat that he had gotten a while ago as a reward, and the scarf that miss Tohko had made for him. Bundled up in those he sat and read the book happily, pointing things out to Pinocchio.

Comments

1-02

[scentofmakai]

"Huh?"

Romeo had been gone a while, and so it was a relief to enter his room and find his dearest roommate there. "Romeo, you're back!"

He didn't even notice the book. Romeo was getting hugs.

[myblueskies]

Hugs! Romeo hugged back tightly, he had missed Zett. "I am, sorry I was gone!"

[scentofmakai]

"It isn't your fault. But I've missed you," Zett answered with a squeeze. "I hope it doesn't happen again."

[myblueskies]

"I missed you too," He had missed everyone, it had been lonely. But he grinned, keeping his spirits up and held out the book. "Look what Zo sent us!"

[scentofmakai]

Zett takes a look at the book, flipping through some of the pages. "This is really amazing..."

Even in his Makai, moving pictures aren't that common and this book would be impressive.

[myblueskies]

"It is isn't it!" Romeo grinned. "I've never seen anything like this before!"

[scentofmakai]

"So, he must have really liked the story, huh?" Zett asked, turning another page. "He even fixed our spelling."

[myblueskies]

"I think he did! I'm glad if it made him happy." He stared at the book again grinning, it was one of the prettiest things he'd ever seen.

[scentofmakai]

"You have good ideas, Romeo. Tell me if you come up with anything else fun and exciting, okay?"

Fun and exciting was hard to come by in the tower.

[myblueskies]

He grinned, "I will!" It was important to have fun! "I want to write a book about all the heroes here, so no one ever forgets them, you can help with that if you want!"

[scentofmakai]

"Really? Who's going in the book?"

Zett could think of a lot of maybe-heroes in the tower.

[myblueskies]

"Everyone!" He grinned, "Or as many people as I can remember. Because everyone is really brave in their own way!"

[scentofmakai]

"My uncles will be there, then? Enoch and Lucifel."

Everyone means everyone, but Zett had to make sure.

Meadow

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch has come here to enjoy the almost-silence Zo has granted him now. Finally, he's able to do fairly quiet tasks - so long as they are tasks without slowly losing his mind.

When he sees Romeo, he approaches him, pulling a completed short cloak from the few he had been working on before in his usual spot and offering it to him. He's wearing one, himself, along with a scarf and gloves clearly made by inexperienced hands, and a much more professional-looking flat-topped hat.*

Hello, Romeo. I haven't seen you in a while.

Re: Meadow

[myblueskies]

Romeo's eyes widened as Enoch held out the cloak to him. "For me, sir?" He takes it slowly, fingers running over the material, not sure why Enoch would give him such a thing.

"It's nice to see you too! Are you alright?"

[warriorscribe]

Enoch nodded when he took it. "I've been making these for as many people as I can." And he sits down to work on the rest. Hopefully he won't lose a sewing needle in the grass.

"I suppose I've been well enough, considering that. It's been a while since I've done a large project like this."

[myblueskies]

"That's really nice of you, sir!" Romeo grinned and looked at all the cloaks. "It must take you a really really long time!" He put the cloak on, wrapping it around him happily, it was lovely and warm.

[warriorscribe]

"To make so many? Of course. It's been over two months now since I've started. Though, I've gained help."

He picked up the one he'd left off on, and resumed forming the hood.

[myblueskies]

"That's good." He grinned, "Can I help you at all sir?"

[warriorscribe]

"If you'd like to. I wouldn't turn down any help. I do want to provide for the whole tower, after all." He smiled, then looked at Romeo's book. "...But I wouldn't want to interrupt your reading."

[myblueskies]

"It's okay." He smiled and then passed the book over to Enoch, "Zo made it for me, it's pretty isn't it!"

[warriorscribe]

"He did?" Enoch took the book and began looking through it. "The illustrations are beautiful..."

[myblueskies]

"He did! Me and Zett wrote him the story and drew pictures and he made it into a proper book and made all the pictures beautiful, and they move, look!" He grinned and turned a page.

[warriorscribe]

Enoch couldn't help but smile as he read the story and watched it play out. "It's a charming story. I'm glad he liked it enough to recreate it."

He didn't know that he could forgive Ruana. What she had done was gruesome. What she could do was demonic. He could not forgive her. But he could and did pity her. It seemed strange to think about, but it was there nonetheless. In this sense...Romeo was not a younger version of himself - Romeo was better than he was, if the thought of being friendly with Ruana didn't make him uneasy.

He would have to rely on his pity, should he encounter her. Not his anger.

[myblueskies]

"I am too, sir!" The idea of forgiving Ruana was not alien to Romeo, who believed everyone had good in them somewhere. He liked Zo and Zo seemed to like Ruana so Romeo trusted his judgement.