towerofanimus | February post

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February post

Characters: Shion and his roommates and then Shion and everyone
Setting: His room and then around the tower. The first prompt is pre event roommate shenanigans, the second is Shion in the valentines event
Format: Either all
Summary: Roommate shenanigans for 2-12 and then Shion hating everyone he cares about
Warnings: valentines event, angry Shion, evil teddy bears, stuff like that.

[Room 1-12] The exhaustion had not gone away. He felt tireder than he usually did and it had been like this since he had arrived back from the place of nothingness and darkness.

He was sat on his bed copying out reports, Reno had told him not to worry about it but it was Shion's job and so he was determined to do it.

However it wasn't all that easy, especially when he found himself back in the place of nothingness, stuck there until he returned, falling back onto place on his bed.

"How long was I gone?" He sounds frustrated but resigned, it was hardly the first time it had happened.

[14th February] Shion had not had nightmares about teddy bears in a while. This wasn't, he had figured, because the fear of that overly long night had gotten any less but because there was so much that had happened that his mind could chose for nightmares.

But he awoke with a gasp, trying to shake away the memories of the dream. He got dressed, frowning as he noticed his bear, usually stuffed in the bottom of his trunk, was no longer there. He shook his head, refusing to think about it, he had probably put it in his locker or something.

He left the room and his frown darkened as he saw someone he knew, not wanting to waste time talking to them he turned to go in the other direction, planning to go and start his work in the library.

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"Shion!" The voice is slightly irritable and definitely in grump mode. Reno had been on his way to see Shion, to talk about setting up a time where they could go over some papers, but the instant he saw the kid- no, young man- Reno's mood darkened. "I want to talk with ya! Don't walk away."

Shion's face darkened as he saw exactly who it was. "You're not the boss of me, I can walk away if I want."

And he did so, turning his back.

That took Reno aback for a second, but only for a second. Angrily, he stomped over and grabbed Shion's shoulder to stop him. "Don't talk like that to me, kid. I said I wanted to talk!"

On Reno's forehead, there was an off center red heart painted there, matching the color of his hair. Of course, his bangs flopped over it, so it's a little hard to tell.

Shion was spun around to face him and glared at him. "What if I don't want to talk to you."

"Tough. You're on the team, ya don't get the luxury of walking off. Now..." Reno frowned at him, folding his arms and trying his best to look intimidating. "I want to go over some of the papers with ya. An' then I promised Lancer we'd make a cake for Diarmuid and Waver. I musta been outta my mind but I'm gonna wind up cooking myself if ya don't come down and help."

Irritation with the kid surged, however, and he was downright scowling when he finished. The thought of doing all that with him made his skin itch, but damn it, he did promise. Nasty bunch of losers, anyway! It's a good thing Reno was so duty bound underneath everything, he'd just tell them all to shove off up their own butts.

"The hell is wrong with ya anyway?"

Shion sighed, "Can't they make their own cake?" It was enough to make him figure he should go with Reno though, despite wanting to be alone. Reno was useless in the kitchen, he'd just end up setting fire to something.

"Nothings wrong with me." He glared at Reno, if Reno looked carefully he might notice the heart on Shion's neck, just below the collar. A slightly darker shade of red than his scar.

"Yeah, I'll believe that when you're not berserking all of the place whenever y'get angry." Reno rolled his eyes, pushing Shion slightly to continue going so they could get to an elevator and get supplies. "I'm surprised ya haven't destroyed the reports with one of your stupid fits."

Unfortunately, he wasn't looking too carefully, or he might have... and he didn't seem to notice the paper on either his or Shion's clothing.

Shion glared at Reno, eyes even angrier than before. "At least when I write the reports people can actually understand them."

He walked faster so Reno wouldn't have an excuse to push him again.

"Oh cry me some tears. My handwriting isn't that bad." Reno's eyeroll knew no bounds. "Why'd I get in league with a whiny fussy coward like you, anyway?"

"Like I know what goes on in your mind." Shion sneered at him, "It clearly isn't much."

He rolled his eyes, someone learned from his dad apparently. "Or maybe it's because your a coward yourself."

Reno stopped dead in his tracks there on the staircase, processing what Shion had just said. "Like you'd know. You can't even face me in a spar."

There is cloying fear at the very thought of sparing with Reno, but it is distant and Shion can't remember why he would care. "I would spar you, you just never ask. You're not a very good teacher you know."

"W-..." Reno sputtered for a moment, his face turning red. Without another word, he punched Shion in the shoulder and turned around, stomping back up the stairs. "Fine, I don't need ya for a son or a student. You're a hopeless nutjob an' I'm glad to get rid of you."

Shion stumbled back at the punch and shoved Reno back, hard. "You're firing me?" His eyes blazed, "Fine, does that mean I don't have to watch your pathetic attempt at baking?"

He looks ready to walk away, he wanted to be alone anyways.

Reno stumbled, but caught himself at the last second and turned angry eyes at him. "Yeah, go on! I don't need you!"

"Fine." Shion glared at him and turned to march off down the stairs, "Don't come running back to me when you can't be bothered writing your own reports."

Ira isn't much of one for libraries. This is the main reason why he's kicking back on one of the chairs with his feet up, slurping noisily on a drink he got from somewhere (best not to ask) and ignoring any filthy glares shot his way.

Today's been a weird day. Some of the people he's spotted have had their Psyches messed with... At least, they couldn't really be gone, right? Even if it looked like it to his senses. Or else they'd be out cold and a Selfishness would be running around. He doesn't know how to take that. Is this a new trick by the higher-ups or what? Not that he's seen anyone he knows since he woke up in this stupid Tower.

When Shion passes by, he draws Ira's attention for the aforementioned lack-of-heart reason--but this time, he spots the note on his back. Yellow eyes widen as he reads the message, and he twists around to stand on top of his seat.

"Hey, you!" he yells over to Shion. "What's the deal with that bear?"

Shion looked around annoyed, though he didn't know this person so the irritation wasn't all that much. "Bear? What bear?" His voice held a tinge of fear, the nightmare was still fresh in his mind. But he had never seen this boy before, and he would have no reason to know about it.

Ira jumps over the back of the chair--or rather, he flies over it, given that he comes to a stop in mid-air a bit in front of Shion. He frowns, hands shoved in his pockets, as he notes the painted-on heart now that he's closer. The others had that, too.

"There's a note taped to you that says a bear stole your heart," he tells him with all the grace and subtlety of a sledgehammer swung into a gong. "That bear, genius."

Shion frowned, peering around to try and see the note. "I dreamed about a bear eating my heart." Said like it was normal, "But it's not true, you can't live without your heart."

"You'd be surprised what you can live without," Ira replies, frowning. "But still, I'm pretty surprised to see you walkin' and talkin' without one. I don't usually see that."

Like it was normal. Why not? It was just a dream. ...Or was it? The fact is, this kid's Psyche is... well, either it's missing or Ira can't see it, and the Selfish doesn't like either of those possibilities.

If someone's going to be messing with people's Psyche's, it oughtta be HIM, dammit.

But, he suddenly realizes, on the other hand-- "Oh well!" he says abruptly, smirking as he lands. "Seein' people walking around without a heart might be pretty fun too. Where you headed to?"

Shion blinked at him, "I'm glad you find this amusing." He was a little worried, though he didn't think his lack of heart was doing him any harm. He had gotten most of his tasks done, even if Reno had insisted on wasting his time, and fired him afterwards.

Fine with Shion, it meant he had more time to spend on his other tasks. "I work here." Shion told the boy, "In both libraries, so I am just restacking these books as people seem to be too lazy to do it themselves." Pointed look at the boys feet on the table.

A few moments of time after that Jonouchi returned from to their room. The blonde was a busy body and always going back and forth between floors. Compared to the number of people he was friends with before, their numbers have since dwindle to a small amount. Jonouchi was even hesitant to make new friends in fear that the friendship would be dated.

When he returned, he noticed that Shion was finally conscious. It felt like more time had passed than it actually had.

"Oi, Shion!"

Of course the blonde was always happy to see him. He was happy to see anyone he called his friend.

"You're looking better."

Shion smiled at Jonouchi as he saw him, they often missed each other, as they had a lot of things that they did on a day to day basis. "Thank you, I feel a bit better." The exhaustion lessened day by day and Shion hoped that that meant whatever damage had been done to the light inside him, which he assumed was his soul, was repairing itself.

"How have you been?" He put aside the frustration of disappearing for the moment.

Well he would have liked to help his friends who got caught up, but that couldn't happen.

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"I've had better days, but I haven't been that bad off."

He stretched his arms out before pulling them in and resting his hands on his hips.

"Need me to fetch you anything? You shouldn't be running around." NOT THAT IT WOULD WORK, but he could try.

"I'm alright." Shion gave him a soft smile, "I probably should do more than sit around in bed anyways, I'll get unfit." And it had taken him a long time to be fit enough to survive here, he disliked feeling so tired and week all over again.

"Hold on a sec!" He was never the unfit type, Jonouchi was always known for his stamina and his strength. He had friends back on his world that weren't as fortunate as he was athletically, but that was no reason to overdo it.

"You'll make your condition worse if you haven't fully recovered."

Shion blinked at him, "I don't know what condition it is, or how long it will take to recover." He shook his head, "I can't just do nothing, I feel a lot better than I did a few days ago."

The blonde paused momentarily, giving the other a look over. There really was no convincing him.

"Fine, but if you collapse I'm gonna punch you for it."

Shion smiled sheepishly, "I won't collapse." He hoped, "If you want you can come with me, and make sure I don't." Shion didn't really want to be alone, his moments of disappearing into the void were enough that when he was actually in the tower he wanted to be around people.

Jonouchi would happily take him up on that offer. Not just because he thought Shion might collapse at any point, but he enjoyed his quality time with the other.

"I'll take you up on that." The blonde visibly happy about this. "Where are we headed to?"

Shion smiled at him, and then paused since he hadn't thought of a destination, just that they needed to get out. "Are you hungry?"

The blonde sparked with momentary excitement. Really you could never go wrong with food...like ever.

"You bet I am."

Jonouchi pivoted toward the exit.

Shion smiled at his roommates excitement and followed him, slower since he was still exhausted. "There is more than nutrient bars right?" Even if everything was nutrient bars really, Shion was willing to believe the glamour if it meant eating actual food.

Jonouchi didn't even pay attention anymore. The cafeteria was a good place to hang out and thats all he knew.

"Come to think of it. I don't remember." A sad honest answer.

"We can always hunt something on one of the floors if they do."

Shion nodded, "Are you a good hunter?" Reno had been teaching him but he wasn't very good, he was usually sent to go and gather berries and such instead.

"I wouldn't say good." He could get by, which was enough to qualify for something? "A friend who use to be here taught me a few things." So he could at least fetch more than ~~poisonousness~~ berries.

"Between us we will probably catch something then." He smiled, though it probably wasn't true. He just hoped there was actual food in the cafeteria.

He stifled a yawn, he was still exhausted, sometimes it felt like this new exhaustion was never going to go away.

"Sure beats pulling from the cafeteria line every day!" He felt bad that they were perpetually exhausted. Surely it had to wear off at some point right?

"Ever had rabbit before?"

Shion shook his head, "Not sure I have." It wasn't anything he had had in West Town and he didn't think it was something Reno had ever cooked. He tended to go for bigger creatures, so that they would have food for a long time.

"It taste good...better than some birds actually." Now that he thought about it. So anyway, they can catch a rabbit then! It's not much of a meal, but it'll hold them over.

"It sounds nice." He smiled, "Shall we go and try and catch one?"

He's still not sure if they will succeed but it will take his mind off things for a while.

"Yeah! Wouldn't want to waste the day light."

Jonouchi was on his way to the floor where people typically caught food to eat. It was one of the more friendly floors at that and fun just to hang out in when you wanted a bit of nature.

Shion nodded and followed happily, if a bit slow. The tiredness was hitting him fast and it annoyed him being so tired.

He stubbornly kept on, trying to not slow Jonouchi down.

"Do you wanna roast the rabbit or grill it?"

Only two good ways to cook it without getting more utensils.

"Um..." Shion had no idea, "What do you like best?"

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