midgarhorizon: ((Fanart) Facepalm)
Reno ([personal profile] midgarhorizon) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2014-02-01 11:42 am

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Characters: Anyone who stayed behind
Setting: 29th to the 31st, Anywhere
Summary: After the volunteers went below, what did those who stayed behind do?
Warnings: Usual Animus warnings, check for subject lines!


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neverbeamemory: (Hovering)

Sephiroth | 31st Jan - Daytime | Stairwells

[personal profile] neverbeamemory 2014-02-01 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dodging bright electrical arcs is fun?

Almost as fun as then dodging right into one of those foreboding rips in reality and blinking out of existence completely for anything up to an hour. Only to then reappear having lost that time forever.

With the power continuing to be unreliable in the Tower, Sephiroth isn't taking any chances being stuck in an elevator for who-knows how long again this week. So getting around has to be by pounding the steps, keeping a careful eye out for anything that looks like it might spark in his direction. Pausing intermittently on the stairwell every time there is a louder hum or rattle, just in case -since who knows- the whole thing might just give up. He'd trust his powers to keep him from falling. Especially now the problems he's been having with them seem to be calming down, typical.

His now-real black feathered wing is manifested, in preparation for anything.

Feel free to encounter him as he dodges into your path avoiding sparks, or even as he blinks back into reality at times.]
myblueskies: (so surprised)

HI

[personal profile] myblueskies 2014-02-02 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Romeo is patrolling the halls, since Ken talked him out of going down with the others he was doing his best to look after those who had stayed behind.

He made a sound of surprise and stumbled back as a figure appeared in front of him. "Mister Sephiroth?" He looked around, wondering where he had come from.
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neverbeamemory: (In the Darkness)

ajbedkytawvuykb Romeooooooo

[personal profile] neverbeamemory 2014-02-02 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Sephiroth blinks and spins on a dime to face the small boy. To him of course, Romeo is the one that has appeared out of no where.

"You."

Quickly though, Sephiroth recognizes the boy and knows he's not a threat; just bound to be an irritation. It takes a bit longer than normal to unwind from his defensive stance though. The feathered wing arched up and curled in on his right side still looks about ready to assist in propelling him away if provoked.
bloodyashes: ([F] Sorry about him)

slides in

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[The brainstorming not going well is obvious if you're paying attention, yeah. It's probably not too much longer that Reno will find a plate nudged under his elbow, with some kind of makeshift, warm eggs-and-meat sandwich on it.

Truly the redheads have fallen, if Asch is reduced to mother-henning.]


Figured anything out?
bloodyashes: (The chibi has a map -)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Finally someone who accepts the cooking without complaint. Asch pulls out another chair and takes a seat, a quarter turn of the table away from Reno.]

Can't be helped. Most people are more worried about saving their mental health than they are piecing things together.

[He pushes a stray pen out of the way and starts skimming some of the notes.]
bloodyashes: (The chibi has a map -)

this icon all thread long

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[An absent nod - still reading.]

Whatever that piece is, it's entirely possible that it was just lost, when whoever knew it disappeared.

[Which reminds him of something - Asch sets the notes down to shuffle through for a blank sheet of paper.]
evokingfool: (Action - Sword user)

[personal profile] evokingfool 2014-02-03 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
[When it start sparking, Minato made sure to mentally equip himself with his electricity immune Persona. He's more vulnerable to two elements as a result, but as long he's careful, he won't die another death.

Accompanied by a beast adorned in golden accessories, Minato traveled through the floors and avoiding the rips in space as much as he can. Between the void and avoiding any possible monster encounters, he was tense and on guard.

Which meant Sephiroth's sudden appearance startled him. He raised his sword and Barong stood protectively in front of him
]
bloodyashes: (The chibi has a map -)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Something blank.

[Aha, victory - Asch drags a couple sheets out from under a stack and snatches up the pen again, starting to sketch.]

The person who originally found this out is gone - it's a sequence what removes the collar from the body. One of the Rikus had the stylus for it, last I knew.
bloodyashes: ([F] Why do I let you talk me into these)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
Trust me, I feel the same.

[He keeps sketching the five step pattern - Asch is no artist, but it's clear enough to memorize.]
bloodyashes: (The chibi has a map -)

this conversation now turns towards "one of them is going to end up yelling"

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Scared of what? Dying?

[Asch doesn't even look up as Reno paces behind him, his vision locked on the page in front of him as he continues to sketch the pattern, firming up lines and scrawling notes.]

Personally, I'll take that over spending the rest of eternity wandering Auldrant, trying to find grave space for all the corpses.
bloodyashes: (Hmph. Useless as ever.)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Finishing the notes, Asch looks up, his expression sour.]

Then congratulations on being the first person who actually understands what I'm shooting for.

[The pile of sketches gets set off to the side. He's still angry, when he thinks about it - still wants to smash Jade's face into the wall about it. But Jade's not here - he went down, the way Asch didn't, couldn't.

He kicks lamely at the table leg, semi-intentionally missing.]


...It's not something I have any answers for, either.
bloodyashes: (Red disdain)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
That's a good summary of it. As it happens, I wound up taking a vacation for most of the rest of that month myself.

[He idly straightens the couple of pens within his reach into a neat row.]

I doubt she'll kill him as long as he's useful. It's not like she has anyone handy to replace him the way she did with Dax and Zo.

[He starts straightening the piles of papers next, evening up the corners before putting them back in place.]

I suppose it would be too sweet to hope for her making him into a drone.
bloodyashes: (//tilts head)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
[At Reno's question, however, Asch's eyebrows shoot up - he doesn't hear too much these days of the time before he arrived at the Tower, and it's clear from his expression that this is one he's never heard before.]

They did what? That all must have been before my time.

[He sets the last of the notes aside.]

While you were gone, one of the things Jason did was use a good portion of us in place of the drone units, with degrees of brainwashing ranging from "acting completely normal on the surface" to "none at all, just trapped in your body while it works."

[He can almost talk about it without flinching, now. Almost.]

It's too much to hope that he'd get a taste of his own medicine, probably.
myblueskies: (so surprised)

[personal profile] myblueskies 2014-02-03 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes it's me, sir!" Romeo blinked at him, "How did you do that? You just appeared from no where, is it part of your magic?"
bloodyashes: (Whoa what the hell -)

[personal profile] bloodyashes 2014-02-03 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
...Nothing good.

[Congrats Reno, you hit on one of maybe two things he prefers to not talk or think about. Asch's words come with a clipped tone that's clearly struggling to stay detached.]

In addition to the brainwashing, Jason modified people mostly according to ironic whim, with worse modifications for those more brainwashed. I was in the group trapped in their bodies, but I couldn't recognize anyone. Wound up getting killed twice by people more brainwashed than I was.

[He makes an aborted gesture towards his ears before managing to still his hands, shifting uncomfortably.]

If you're having trouble remembering it now, write it down before you lose it.
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