...but his definitely did.

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

Characters: Ienzo and you.
Setting: Room 1-12 and surrounding area; backdated to whenever people first got their rewards
Format: Starting in action, but I'll do whatever.
Summary: Ienzo gets a super-cute purple thing as his reward and thusly proceeds to flip the fuck out.
Warnings: Extremely repetitive icon usage.



[Whatever unfortunate schmuck who happens to be walking around the first dorm level today will notice Ienzo walking down the hall, minding his own business. He opens the door, also minding his own business. By this point, the unfortunate schmuck may have turned away because, whatever, it's just some kid who never talks.]

[The unfortunate schmuck will be repaid with a LOUD, SHRILL SCREAM.]

[He does this for a full five seconds before slamming the door shut and pretty much standing there going 'oh shit oh shit oh shit'.]

[Enjoy your present, Ienzo!]

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[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[Naminé is not an unfortunate schmuck who happened to be walking around the first dorm level. Instead, she is an unfortunate schmuck who happened to her sitting in her own room on the same floor, minding her own business, when she heard said scream. It has her freezing in surprise for a few moments before scrambling off of her bed. She doesn't immediately recognize the voice, but come on, someone's screaming down the hall and in a place like this who knows what might be going on? ...Not that she's eager to be part of it, but she'll at least poke her head out of the doorway to see what in the world is happening.]

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

[Oh man oh god oh man...]

[He becomes terribly aware of another door opening somewhere nearby, and turns to face it, with an expression rather akin to a deer in headlights. Or perhaps a child who's just done something he really, really shouldn't have done, and he knows it. And, of course, it can't be just any person in the door, nope... it has to be That Girl.]

...

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

....

[Of all the people to be screaming from down the hall, it has to be Ienzo. For her part, she just stares back, her own expression surprised with just a tiny hint of suspicion around the edges.]

...and thus, a vast chasm of awkward opens in the depths of space.

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

...

[He kind of catches the look on her face. Though he isn't really thinking very clearly at all; most of his thoughts now consist of 'oh god, she's looking at me, make her stop looking at me, what were you even THINKING self, what is that thing doing in there' and the like. But he eventually looks at the floor again and mumbles something which sounds very, very faintly like 'sorry'.]

Hopefully it won't suck in any more worlds. Goodness knows they're losing enough of those already.

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[If she hadn't been listening so intently, she wouldn't have caught it at all. She does catch it, though, and it makes her straighten up a little. She still doesn't trust him as far as she can throw him (and she's definitely not capable of throwing him very far) but... they did always say to keep your friends close and your enemies closer. She's not so sure about that, either, but she may as well see what's apparently got him distressed.]

...What was that about?

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

...n-nothing...

[Lies? Yes. Blatant lies? Absolutely. He knows it, and she probably knows it too. Even staring pathetically at the floor is preferable to looking at her right now. But when a little skrith-skritch sound comes from the other side of the door, he immediately jolts up again, staring at it like it's going to eat him.]

[lethechained.livejournal.com]

[Oh, she definitely knows it, especially once the noises start. They make her jump, too, and she glances at the door and then back at him. There's definitely a small frown on her face, after that. Care to rephrase, Ienzo?]

[romcomedian.livejournal.com]

[Karkat screams right back when he hears Ienzo scream, much more shrill and panicked. Oh god, he had been afraid of him coming back too soon, he hadn't gotten a place to hide Spidermom yet.

So when Ienzo shrieked and Karkat shrieked, the spider immediately rose behind him and snapped its jaws, to which the younger troll had to duck from.]

Fucking Jegus, just don't freak out for a second. Look, can we talk? Please? Before you flip your shit?

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

...I--what?

[He's pretty freaked out right now, Karkat. So much so that he's not even bothering with the normal low volume. A second later he catches a glimpse of Spidermom -- and then looks to the Unversed. And back to Spidermom. And back to the Unversed. And then, finally, at Karkat.]

...Um. Yes. I suppose.

[He's still eyeing the little purple thing.]

[romcomedian.livejournal.com]

[He follows his eyes to the purple creature, which reminded him strangely of an imp, before shaking his head and looking back to Ienzo.]

I don't know what that thing is, but I guarantee I have bigger problems right now.

I'll explain as long as you fucking promise to keep your fucking protein chute shut about it.

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

...I will.

[The thing has moved into an opposite corner. Good. At least he can, you know, move now. His expression is a little closer to static, which is probably for the better, because his mun is running out of icons.]

[romcomedian.livejournal.com]

Good.

[He pauses for a minute anyway, before simply sighing and deciding it was better than he knew, rather than find out the hard way.]

This is my lusus. Guardian. Mother? I don't know. She raised me. Granted, she's like one eighth of her normal size but.

Yeah.

[She is also staring at you accusingly, bro. This mun knows your icon pain.]

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

...She raised you? [He's looking completely at Spidermom now. He failed to see how a giant arachnid could possibly raise any creature except another giant arachnid, which obviously Karkat was not, even if he was a troll. But he's just not going to ask any more questions.] ...Alright.

[He should probably explain to Karkat now what that stupid purple monster was, except he didn't actually know; no one in his world had yet correctly identified it as an Unversed of the Flood variety, as they had all just been calling its kind "monsters" and leaving it at that. Regardless of what it was, shortly before leaving for the tower, Ienzo had pretty much been mugged by a bunch of Unversed -- not all of them short and cuddly like this one.]

[How was he going to explain that to Karkat, though? Ienzo didn't even want to admit that they had no proper name for them, much less that he has a serious phobia now.]

[prayerless.livejournal.com]

[Like Naminé, Aqua is also not an unfortunate shmuck walking around the dorm level. She is something that she wouldn't consider unfortunate nor a shmuck, since she could be much worse off and she had to have shown the Mark of Mastery for something like lack of shmuckery.

That said, she is a somewhat-below-average-in-fortune not-shmuck with your average human hearing. Meaning she heard that scream loud and clear.

And where there is a scream, there is trouble. Keyblade wielders either start trouble, end it, or both. Aqua prefers the latter, herself.

So she practically vaults out of her bed and away from her spellbooks, snagging the Master Keeper from where she has started to keep it beside her pillow. She accordingly rushes out of the room and down the hall in the direction that the scream came from. She is met with the sight of a kid, which is basically the insta-powerup button for her bigsis instincts.]

What happened? [She does not see danger. But that does not mean that it is not there.]

aww aqua <3

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

[When he hears a voice that isn't "skree skree skree" as he might expect the Flood to make, Ienzo turns to find where it came from -- and discovers a woman with a Keyblade! Yes! Thank goodness! He feels a bit better with the Keyblade bearer around, enough that he can actually take a moment to regain some of his composure before speaking.] ...there's... some kind of monster in there. ...i just...

;u; she's a protector

[prayerless.livejournal.com]

[Composure or no, a scared kid is a scared kid; Aqua doesn't take much note of how well he articulates for the time being. She raises the Keyblade, bending her elbow to hold it at the ready while she looks at the door in anticipation.]

What does it look like? [She needs to know what she'll be up against -- not all monsters in this tower are like the ones she's used to.]

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

[He can tell already, he's going to sound really pathetic.] ...it's... small. purple. with red eyes... [Oh god is that a dark circle appearing on the floor?! Oh man oh god oh man--]

[A wild FLOOD appeared!]

[prayerless.livejournal.com]

[That sounds awfully familiar, but it would be bad to assume.] Don't worry. I won't let you get hurt.

[And it looked like she was going to have to make good on that promise very soon, with the appearance of the unnamed monster beneath the door. She stepped back into stance as it solidified itself, confirming her suspicions.

She wasted no time in putting herself between the boy and the Flood, magic gathering at the tip of Master Keeper as she pulled it from the air.] Freeze!

[The Blizzara spell shot towards the Flood -- with her magical strength, the thing would probably easily be done for if the ice connected.]

<-- Pretend someone slapped X-es over the Flood's eyes in Paint. Idk.

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

[And just like that, the Flood was gone.]

[This was the second time that Ienzo had gotten his tail saved by a Keyblade bearer, one who he hadn't even talked to yet. It was starting to become a pattern. But there was no time for that now; he was more concerned with shaking off the definite awe that had washed over his face. And thanking Aqua, of course.]

...

[Just... give him a moment.]

[spiritsup.livejournal.com]

[Romeo had been walking down the hall when he heard the scream, he ran towards it because that meant someone was scared, and needed help. His eyes widened when he saw who it was, because he had never heard Ienzo scream before! He had never even heard him shout!]

Ienzo! [Romeo ran towards him] What's wrong?

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

...!

[Oh god. He knew that voice. He stops eyeing the door for a second to look over -- no Romeo get away from here please!]

...i was... just... startled. ...that's all.

[spiritsup.livejournal.com]

What scared you? [Because Romeo knows a scream of fear when he hears one. He looks to the door, which Ienzo had been staring at] Is something scary in there?

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

... [Oh god. He doesn't even know what to call it.] ...it's... no. it's not... terribly scary. [To Romeo, anyway.]

[spiritsup.livejournal.com]

But you screamed. [Well if its not too scary he will go towards the door with the intent of opening it and telling whatevers inside to stop scaring his friend!]

[tempustemporum.livejournal.com]

...it was a knee-jerk reaction. [By which he means, "I have an irrational fear but I don't want to admit it."]