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towerofanimus2014-02-01 11:19 am
sicharia) wrote in towerofanimus2014-02-01 11:19 am
six.
Characters: Claudia Hortensia & OPEN
Setting: Floor 1 (or 48, 50, 101)
Format: Brackets preferred
Summary: Returning from her dead world
Warnings: TBA
[Waking up in the Tower again is—nice. Claudia wouldn't have ever thought she would find such a thing nice, but when she opens her eyes and finds herself in the dorm room, all she feels is a dim relief. It's been days—weeks?—since she's seen another living human being, and she thinks that if she had needed to stay on that planet any longer than she had, she would have gone insane.]
[...But she doesn't really have much response other than that. On her world, she had wandered like a ghost, but now that she's here again, she doesn't feel much differently than she did there. She doesn't know what she should feel or do. So, she just does what she would normally: get breakfast.]
[Really, heading down to the cafeteria is probably the most logical decision she could make, anyway. After more than a few days in that world, she lost track of time, and she's been here long enough to know she can likely tell how long she has been gone by what's being served there. This is quicker and simpler than trying to find someone she knows, then asking.]
[The selection of food makes it immediately clear what month it must be, and numbly, she thinks she couldn't have been gone too long, in that case. With the same shell-shocked detachedness that pervades her thoughts, she takes her pancakes and moves to find a place to sit, not as alert to her surroundings as she maybe should be.]
[Around meals, she'll linger here before and after she eats, as most of the people she would like to see now will have to pass through here at some point in the day. When she isn't in the cafeteria, she can be found performing her rounds in the graveyard or skulking around Floors 50 or 101.]
Setting: Floor 1 (or 48, 50, 101)
Format: Brackets preferred
Summary: Returning from her dead world
Warnings: TBA
[Waking up in the Tower again is—nice. Claudia wouldn't have ever thought she would find such a thing nice, but when she opens her eyes and finds herself in the dorm room, all she feels is a dim relief. It's been days—weeks?—since she's seen another living human being, and she thinks that if she had needed to stay on that planet any longer than she had, she would have gone insane.]
[...But she doesn't really have much response other than that. On her world, she had wandered like a ghost, but now that she's here again, she doesn't feel much differently than she did there. She doesn't know what she should feel or do. So, she just does what she would normally: get breakfast.]
[Really, heading down to the cafeteria is probably the most logical decision she could make, anyway. After more than a few days in that world, she lost track of time, and she's been here long enough to know she can likely tell how long she has been gone by what's being served there. This is quicker and simpler than trying to find someone she knows, then asking.]
[The selection of food makes it immediately clear what month it must be, and numbly, she thinks she couldn't have been gone too long, in that case. With the same shell-shocked detachedness that pervades her thoughts, she takes her pancakes and moves to find a place to sit, not as alert to her surroundings as she maybe should be.]
[Around meals, she'll linger here before and after she eats, as most of the people she would like to see now will have to pass through here at some point in the day. When she isn't in the cafeteria, she can be found performing her rounds in the graveyard or skulking around Floors 50 or 101.]
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[ At first the girl doesn't reply, instead opting to snuggle against Claudia's shoulder for a moment or two before she seems to realise that oh, wait, it's not really bedtime, is it..
Slowly she opens her eyes again, although she doesn't move from her current position. ]
I'm fine.. [ Her voice sounds a little slurred though. ] Just.. a little tired.
[ That thing with the machine really drained her, although she doesn't seem to consciously realise it herself. She sleeps all the time, after all. ]
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If you're that tired, you should have slept in and rested a little more. [Wiggling her arm out from under Urotsuki while doing her best not to disturb her position on her shoulder, she touches her fingers lightly to her hair.] But since you've already come down here, you should probably just take a nap after you finish your breakfast.
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[ She doesn't move from her position even when Claudia moves that arm. She just lets the woman do that much since she's still comfortable even so. Then again, we're talking about Urotsuki, she could sleep practically anywhere if she had to.
And it's sort of comfortable like this, either way.. and warm. She's never slept much like this before.. ]
A whole lot. Like this. This is.. nice..
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[She had intended to stay in the cafeteria for a while, anyway, and if Urotsuki stays with her, she'll be able to keep an eye on her and make sure nothing happens while she's so exhausted...]
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You really don't mind me staying here..?
[ As nice as Claudia has been all this time, she's still really obviously an adult and sort of the parent type, so part of her can't help but always be a little wary about this. ]
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[All things considered, she's really happy just to see another person again, even if she feels worried for Urotsuki's condition at the same time.]
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[ Claudia seems kind enough. And people like people who are kind, right? She must be popular-- a whole lot more popular than Urotsuki herself has ever been. Or so she guesses. ]
.. But it's fine if it's me..?
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So when she hears those words, at first Urotsuki just looks surprised, but then a pink blush slowly starts covering her cheeks and she can't quite bring herself to look directly at Claudia anymore. ]
...
Thank you. [ Because she doesn't really know what else to say. What do you say to that once it finally happens? ] I.. um... I'm glad. I'm really, really glad.. it's like my heart's all filled up and warm.