provenworth: (Professional | Its all in the suit)
provenworth ([personal profile] provenworth) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2013-12-11 09:07 am

And then I woke up with a better focus, my goal clear in the midst of the fog

Characters: Elena and you!
Setting: Various! See prompts below.
Format: Either/Or
Summary: After spending a few weeks on her dead planet, Elena has finally returned to Tower. Clearly she needs to find out what has happened during her absence, as well as let those close to her know she’s returned, and start looking into a few things that were mentioned to her before her leave.
Warnings: None to speak of at this point.


[Notes slipped under recipient doors]
R,
Floor 100 at 0700h. Will be here until you arrive.
~E


S,
Just checking in; just got back. Meeting with Reno first, but then I’ll be on the 4th floor. Should be there around 11h. Come by when you’re free after this time – I’d like to get an update on the going on’s. Bring Xion if you can.
~E


X,
Just got back to the Tower after a short absence and would like to check in with you. I’m meeting with Reno first, but then I’ll be on the 4th floor around 11h. Would like a debrief from you and Shion on any recent incidents.
~E



[Prompt A – Floor 100 | Early Morning]

[Returns to the Tower always start the same way – with that uncomfortable paralysis that forced you to stare up at the ceiling above you, leaving you bored if you didn’t panic. Which Elena didn’t do, given the numerous times she’d been through the process. Once able to move, she checks on the time before writing several short notes, slipping them under the door of the recipients, then moving onwards to nearly the topmost part of the Tower.

It doesn’t take Elena long to get to the floor, though the trip was only partially paid attention to, her mind slipping back to the weeks on her dead planet. It’s what drove her to this floor. To remember what Gaia had been like before its destruction. And Elena is not left wanting when she steps onto the floor.

Walls change and shift, molding into the familiar setting of Healin Lodge. The wall of windows that overlooked the drive up to the building, properly shaded to allow just the right amount of sunlight. The couch that stretched beneath the large, framed ShinRa logo. The small coffee table with a pair of half-filled mugs. Despite herself, Elena bends over, reaching out to pick up the cup, only to watch the image flicker with her hand in the middle. Which, in turn, earned a very disappointed, if not heartbroken, expression.]



[Prompt B – Floor 4 | Mid-Morning to Early Afternoon]

[With the temperature in the Tower getting to uncomfortable levels of cold, Elena opts to not engage in too much activity that would cause her to lose body head. And seeing that coffee wasn't an option, she’s at the lounge, curled up under pile of pillows, a physics book she borrowed from the library on her way back down atop the mass in her lap. That’s what would explain the confused and perplexed look on her face as she slowly works her way through the very difficult read.]


[Prompt C – Floor 19 | Mid-Afternoon to Early Evening]

[So that physics book she got was way beyond her understanding on the subject, but Elena is determined to grasp the concept. There had been comments made to her before her little absence that had made her curious and, instead of going to the source first, she wanted to brush up her understandings first.

So she’s in the 19th floor library, a couple of books tucked under her arm: Introduction to Organic Chemistry, Introduction to Biochemistry, and Introduction to Analytical Chemistry. And she’s still searching for even more books.]



[Prompt D - Floor 77 | Late Evening - Closed to Reno]

[She had told Reno to come to the sauna floor later that evening after she took care of several other items that she needed to address. Like starting her collection of educational materials that would help her get a better grasp of the situation in the Tower. Maybe find a way to help put together the bits and pieces of information she had picked up and try to make sense of it all. And given the headache that she felt coming on near the end of the day, it was going to take some time.

Elena doesn't bother with the gender specific rooms, checking the unisex room to see if there was anybody already there before slipping into the unusually large room. Even wrapped in a towel - though really she had to question whether the towel was <i>meant</i> to be barely larger than a washcloth - she felt exposed. Vulnerable. The locker with her name on it was a nice bonus, locking up her clothes and firearm from possible theft. But that meant any potential danger would have to be fought hand-to-hand and she very much did not like the idea of having to do so half naked.

Sitting back on one of the benches along the wall, she poured water over the burning hot rocks, increasing the steam in the room, and waited. When Reno finally does show up, he might hear a
soft, almost reverent tune being hummed in the room.]
midgarhorizon: ((BC) Calculating)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2013-12-11 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[As early as he got up every day, somehow Elena managed to get up even earlier. He grabbed the note and headed out immediately, skipping most of his early morning routine.

Running down the stairs, he pauses just before stepping off, catching sight of her. There she is, whole and safe. It's sort of hard to describe the kind of thumps his heart made, panicking that she might be some sort of hologram herself.

That's silly.]

Elena.

[Walking to the middle of the floor, he glances around, expecting to see the golds of Junon but- where the hell is this?]

You all right?
fionnuisce: (it was your heart on the line)

floor 19

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-12-11 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[With one of the cloaks Enoch had made draped over his shoulders, the ponytail-wearing lecturer had to admit he felt a little ridiculous. But considering the alternative was freezing to death far more easily, Waver couldn't really complain.]

[Other than the weather it was business as usual, which meant one of the few breaks the magus took to venture out of the laboratory found him here. He was flipping through some higher-level chemistry texts when he noticed Elena and her own selection out of the corner of his eye.]


...Looking to take some science lessons? [The tone was casual with a flat edge to it, as though he wouldn't have cared much should she have declined to answer.]
savedbyasong: (tiny smiles)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2013-12-11 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Elena! [Shion is a little early. He looks worried though, he hadn't been able to find Xion, though he hoped it was because she was off doing something, rather than she had disappeared just as they had gotten Elena back.] Are you okay?
fionnuisce: (pain held in your hands are shaking cold)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-12-12 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Close, but not exactly.

[With a dismissive shrug, Waver looked back to the open book in his hands.]

I specialize in alchemy; it's not entirely the same thing.
midgarhorizon: ((Helicopter Chase) Suspicious)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2013-12-12 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, 'bout that...

[He's looking around in confusion. The place seems familiar, but not in a way that was pinging any particular memory.

From what she says though, he got the sense it was a place special to her. Should he even-]

This is... that mountain lodge retreat for employees, right?

[The memory came up unbidden. A long time ago, they had used it during one of his rare vacations. It hadn't been a bad place to relax, but his tastes ran more to places like Wutai or Costa.

The affect it has on her, though, worries him enough that he starts to grow really concerned for her.]

Why is it showing you this place?

[His hand is warm, at least, rubbing a small circle against hers with his thumb, a reflex to comfort the hurt and pain she wore as plain as the view around them. That smile doesn't belong on her face, so he brought his free hand up to poke her nose.]

You miss it here?
midgarhorizon: ((Fanart) Hey there)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2013-12-12 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Us?

[He doesn't really want an answer. Somehow, he hadn't gotten the sense before that they had ever done anything much beyond a friendly hug, so that couldn't have been how it sounded.]

C'mon, El, let's get some breakfast.

[He's tugging at her hand, moving toward the staircase. The sadness isn't something he could cope with yet, not when he just got her back. These ghosts darkening her face, a stark change from the moments they had shared together last time they saw each other really disturbs him. It isn't doing much to curb the hero thing she yelled at him for.]

You've been gone for weeks, Jason's in charge now, and I want to be disgustingly domestic with ya.
fionnuisce: (could be a night when your life ends)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-12-12 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Looking up again, he turned his attention on Elena a little more fully. The book in his hand was closed with a quiet snap almost as an afterthought.]

I should think on the former subject, it would be efficient to talk to someone actually working on the fluid itself. Even if you did, there likely isn't much one could learn about the substance itself.
midgarhorizon: ((Fanart) Professional)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2013-12-12 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Reno's mood crashed through the floor, but he nods, listening to her talk about times they never had together. He perks up a bit when she asks about pink aprons, but he feels a little stiff in the hug, an unseen tension coiling around his body.]

Nah, I just wanted to show ya the food we got stored downstairs... y'know, maybe cook a little of it together.

[Okay, so it was a fantasy he'd been having the past couple weeks since their fight. There hadn't been any time to get it in before she left.]

If you're not feelin' up to it, it's fine. I just got to go get started on the missions today.
savedbyasong: (oh but I thought...)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2013-12-12 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Shion blushed and looked down as he was hugged, hugging her back tightly] I was away as well, for most the time...
bashfulshifter: (Lovely!)

Floor 4

[personal profile] bashfulshifter 2013-12-12 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[The lounge is always a nice place to be, especially with the air growing uncomfortably chilly and the couches being so snug and pleasant. In any case, going about his business is still kind of awkward with his new worker unit following him close, even if his collar is chipped and is supposedly very helpful. It's just so weird trying to get stuff done when the guy is looming over his shoulder...at least when he naps, he doesn't have to see him staring.]

[But today there is a distraction! Rick approaches Elena with surprising enthusiasm.]


Uh--h-hi, Elena! [The smile on his face is warm but hesitant, hands are tucked in his pockets and he rocks anxiously on his heels.] Are, um...a-a-are you b-b-busy?
midgarhorizon: ((Fanart) Responsibility)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2013-12-12 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Food. C'mon... I know that sound.

[He beckons her to follow, a faint grin on his face and trying to guide her off the floor onto the steps. As soon as his feet hits the first few, he starts to relax, unable to see the image she had taken in to her heart.]

I don't have an apron, but I got some new clothes. Y'wanna see, El? I got a tanning workshop set up in the kitchen. Xion made a cloak for me, but I've been using some of the bad pieces to make gloves and bags.

[If she asks, he would deny feeling uncomfortable at all. They were her memories of a time and place that is dear to her, he just doesn't want to ruin it trying to remind her he wasn't her Reno.]

Just wait til ya see all the meat stored down there.
fionnuisce: (move along just to make it through)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2013-12-12 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Then you'd want to talk to someone that knows what they're doing and wants to discuss theories.

[He replaced the book on its shelf, brushing a long black ponytail back off his shoulder.]

Luckily, you seem to have found someone fitting the description.
bashfulshifter: (jsdlfjasl;fjals;djfasl;kfj;;;;;;;;)

[personal profile] bashfulshifter 2013-12-12 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah, yes--the same expression she was giving that sewing machine when they first met. Rick knows it well. Perhaps he can help with this, too?]

Oh, uh...j-just m-making sure y-you're d-d-doing o-okay. [A genuine concern! Elena had been really shaken up about Reno the last time they talked; hopefully their discussion hadn't caused any unnecessary strife between them. Reno seemed to be doing well enough, anyways, but he's kind of hard to read.] ...Can I a-ask...what's the b-b-book a-about?
savedbyasong: (serious)

[personal profile] savedbyasong 2013-12-12 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[He sat down next to her, still close] A few days. I am still catching up with everything I missed. [Mostly in collar research.]

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