Petal 001

[roses_remembered]

Characters: Ib and everyone else
Setting: All over the tower.
Format: Prose to start, will switch to match.
Summary: Ib awakens at the tower with no clue what the heck's going on
Warnings: Cuteness? Nothing, will edit if something comes up.

"Your world has been ????. I saved you. Let's all be happy here."

Ib tilted her head at the words on the paper, one of which she didn't understand. She rubbed her collar some as she tried to figure it out. It was confusing, to wake up away from home, away from her mom and dad, with a collar on her neck, and the clothes and the letter... none of it made any sense. Speaking of clothes, Ib frowned, rubbing at the skintight white material. It was uncomfortable, and she didn't like it. Setting the letter aside, Ib stood, opening the trunk in the room. On one side was a teddy bear. On the other (to her relief) a set of normal clothes. And in the middle... a red rose.

Ib picked up the rose, finding it to be made of silk. This wasn't the gallery, but if she was here and she had a rose... Maybe Garry was here with a rose as well. She set it down for only a moment so she could change. Eerily enough, it was the outfit she had worn to the gallery: a long-sleeved white blouse with a deep red neck ribbon, a matching skirt, and black knee socks with red Mary Janes. She eagerly peeled off the white jumpsuit and put on her normal clothes. She tired to take off the collar, but no dice; she appeared to be stuck with it. Closing the trunk, Ib picked up the rose and walked out of her room, proceeding to wander the tower.

Maybe Garry was right around the corner...

Comments

The dorm hallways

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[It's not everyday that Veronica gets a regain. And this particular regain was special. It was her Older sister's coat of all things. And when she got it, she obviously had to wear it around, with a shirt of course.

So, Veronica made her way out of her room into the hallways, curious as to what was going to happen today.

And then she spied Ib. She gave a little wave to her.]

[roses_remembered]

[Ib wasn't sure what to make of this place, but to finally see someone else was comforting, even if it wasn't Garry.

Her own small hand raises in a tiny wave, her other hand clinging to the rose and holding it close. She knew she couldn't lose that rose, or something bad would happen.]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[Ib was certainly a new person in Veronica's eyes. She'd never seen a girl as young as her around, other than Yotsuba of course.

Curiously, she walked over to the girl, trying to remain calm looking and safe.]

Uh... h-hi there. H-how are you?

Dorm Floor 3, I apologize in advance for him

[kindofademon]

[Ryuunosuke had taken a while to get out of bed this morning. Still rubbing sleep from his eyes, he nearly walked into Ib as she passed his room.]

Oops! Sorry about that. I didn't see you there.

[She looked like she was in his target range for typical victims, great! You could never have too many kids in the tower to kill..]

[roses_remembered]

[Ib stumbled, but managed to stay upright, shaking her head at his words.]

It's okay... Um, could you tell me where I am?

((OOC: Oh dear. We have reached the point in the conversation where I point you at my permissions post. |D))

[kindofademon]

Newbie, huh? You're in a horrortower called Animus.

[Got it~]

Sorry to tag late! I hope floor twenty-nine is okay

[god_damned]

[ Given that this is a garden, it should not be any surprise to see a young girl with a flower in her hands. However, when Kirei finds himself close enough to notice just what the rose is made of, it is enough to give him pause.

He stills in step, stopping to speak to her. ]

You could not have found that here?

Never too late~

[roses_remembered]

[Ib blinked, tilting her head up at the man, then shaking her head.]

It was in my box when I woke up... You don't have one?

[god_damned]

[ That explains things. Kirei frowns somewhat, and replies simply. ]

No. The trunk contains belongings from your home.

It must be important to you.

dorm hallways!

[glassceiling]

Hm?

[Assassin gives a small nod at the girl going through the hallways. She has to wonder if the child is a new arrival.]

[roses_remembered]

[Catching the nod, Ib nods back. She pauses a moment, then approaches.]

Um, excuse me... Could you tell me where I am?

[glassceiling]

You are on the dormitory floors. In a Tower named Animus. Where it is located in relation to other places in this world, I do not know. I only know that this is a different world than yours or mine.

[myblueskies]

Romeo was patrolling the tower, Pinnochio on his head and knife not too far away from his hand. He had spent the days since the big fight making sure all his friends were okay and beginning to go through all of the letters people had sent him about the heroes of the tower.

He saw the girl and moved towards her, because he had never seen her before and he knew most of the children in the tower. "Hello!" He called out to her, smiling brightly.

"Did you just wake up?" The weasel on his head snuffled his nose in her direction, interested in this new person.

[roses_remembered]

[Ib is pulled out of her thoughts by the voice, and she nods. She smiles faintly at the animal; it was cute, even if she wasn't quite sure what it was.]

[myblueskies]

This is Pinnochio! [Romeo saw her smiling at the weasel and lifted it off his head, holding him out to her.] He's really friendly and won't bite!

[chainsawn]

[ Don't mind this girl walking around over here, Ib - she still seems young although older than Ib herself is (probably about fifteen or so) but the interesting thing is that she's carrying a chainsaw in her hands. She doesn't seem particularly dangerous or anything though with the completely blank expression on her face.

In fact, when she spots Ib in the hallway, she even stops walking for a moment to wave at the girl with the same expression still there. ]

[roses_remembered]

[Ib, for whatever reason, is unafraid of the girl with the chainsaw; maybe she was a gardener or something. She waves back with a small smile, holding her rose close.]

[chainsawn]

It's pretty.

[ It probably shouldn't take long to find out what Urotsuki is referring to, considering Ib's rose is really the only special thing around here - aside from her chainsaw, either way. But that's quick to suddenly vanish into thin air from Urotsuki's hands as she approaches the other girl. ]

.. Is that yours? Where did you get it?

[frilliance]

[Hey, Ib, have you paid a visit to the media room?

Because there is a hooded figure sitting on one of the sofas, appearing to be watching a certain show.

Surprise him?]

[roses_remembered]

[Sure, why not?

Ib silently walks up behind him, and after a moment, speaks.]

What are you watching?

[frilliance]

[And suddenly, the man nearly jumps.] Ah! Um....[Whoops. Caught again.]

Floor 3 (Library)

[sarcasmancer]

After logging off of one of the communication terminals, Jade stands up, pushes his seat in, and turns, hands in his pockets. As he crosses the library at an unhurried pace, he happens to spot a young girl in a blouse and skirt. He doesn't recognize her, though that hardly means anything; being new himself, he could simply have never met her before. No, what indicates to Jade that she's not familiar with the Tower is the way she stares at everything as if it's new.

It's not his typical modus operandi to be overly helpful to strangers, but Jade has nowhere in particular to go after this, and the occasional conversation with fellow captives of the Tower is typically useful. He thus offers her a polite smile and a nod of greeting. "Are you looking for something, miss?"

[[OOC: Making some small assumptions. Let me know if this is okay, or if you need me to edit anything.]]

[roses_remembered]

The voice gets Ib's attention, the girl pulling the rose close. She thought it was a girl at the very start, due to the hair, but the voice quickly corrects her. At his words, she nodded. "Um, my parents... I think they bought me here." She knew she really shouldn't speak to strangers, but in this situation, she really didn't have a choice.

[OOC: It's all good.]

Floor Twenty-two?

[averytinyparticle]

((Because what's Ib without a visit to an art gallery? Also, I'm really sorry for how late this tag is! I've been super busy but I've wanted to tag you so badly; if you'd rather not reply though, I'd understand!))

This floor's always given Quark the creeps. He would have much more readily continued to bounce his way down the stairs past it and not look back...but he's never been good at keeping out of other peoples' business. Especially not when the other someone, in this case, that he saw ducking into the art gallery, was a girl who looked around his own age. A knot forms in his throat as he hesitates, then turns to enter the floor as well.

"Hey," he calls as he jogs the rest of the way to catch up with her. "You shouldn't go to far in this floor, you know? The paintings get really scary!"

Having never seen her before, Quark supposes she might just not know.

[roses_remembered]

Ib turned to look at the source of the voice, face tinged with fear, eyes full of tears. She honestly thought she was back in the gallery. "I-I thought I escaped... I thought..." She then trailed off, looking at the boy's hands. No rose. Fingers curled around her own just a little bit tighter. "You lost it, didn't you?"