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Riku ("Ansem") ([personal profile] justabignobody) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2014-02-16 09:52 pm

May the odds...

Characters: Minglelog for anyone not involved in the event
Setting: During the first part of the event, in the media room or near any terminal
Format: Whatever!
Summary: As Ruana's chosen dogs set out to hunt and/or run, the rest of the tower watches.
Warnings: very possibly mentions of violence and character death? Will update as needed!

[Sometimes in the morning, strange events start to be broadcasted to the screens of the media room and the terminal, showing familiar faces, though some maybe in not quite so familiar get-ups. Looks like Ruana's game is just about to start!]
midgarhorizon: ((Seventh Heaven) Arms folded)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-01 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
Something Enoch said and a couple other things that happened.

[A pause.]

Rularuu?
megazero_to_superhero: You tell me where, I'll tell you when. (✪ Serious ★ Conversation ★ Listening)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-01 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
Rularuu da Ravager's dis dimension-eatin' punk we tangled with decades ago. Or rather, da Midnight Squad did. Defeated him an' put him in dis dimensional prison we call da Shadow Shard.

[David's expression takes on a darker look.]

Rularuu tried to break out a few years ago, an' more recently a mage had dis crazy scheme to try an' assimilate Rularuu into himself. An' he killed two of da world's strongest heroes tryin' to do it.
midgarhorizon: (pouty)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-01 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Figures.

[Honestly, Reno isn't surprised by the story, and he just shakes his head.]

I'm really startin' to not get why people do things like that. I mean I get the thrill of power but there's gotta be a line drawn somewhere.
megazero_to_superhero: Oh I'll show ya some Blaster's Wrath, alright ... (✪ Determined ★ Angry ★ Looking Up)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-02 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
I think in cases like Wade, dey don't have a line drawn anywhere. So I heard from da rumors, at least.

[David shakes his head, remembering just what it was Primal Earth lost thanks to Darrin Wade's crazy scheme.]

Far as I know, he was obsessed with tryin' to defy his nature as a "mere human." Killin' Statesman an' Sister Psyche an' takin' dier powers was bad enough—but to think he actually had a chance of takin' over dat dimension-eatin' abomination— ...

[David cuts himself off, spending a moment to fume silently.]

I gotta tell ya, Reno—first day I was here an' I got told all dis stuff about dat thing killin' off all our worlds? I thought it was 'cause Rularuu got loose.
midgarhorizon: ((Helicopter Chase) Suspicious)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-02 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Understanding crosses Reno's face.]

Yeah, I get it now.

[But that's more to the 'defying a human nature.' Humans have a great capacity for screwball...]

I don't blame ya. I'd be confused too if Jenova was universe eating instead of planet eating.
megazero_to_superhero: You tell me where, I'll tell you when. (✪ Serious ★ Conversation ★ Listening)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-02 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Heh.

[Another humorless laugh from David. Though the name gets him curious.]

Dat Jenova thing related to da apocalypse stuff you told me about before?
midgarhorizon: ((Helicopter) Worried)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-02 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[Reno's train of thought got crossed, and he's blinking while trying to catch up.]

Oh, yeah. Sort of. We had a planetary crisis several times within a couple years. Jenova and Zirconiade weren't really related, but they had the same MO.
megazero_to_superhero: Now where'd that last goon go? (✪ Observing ★ Conversation)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-02 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. Sounds like you guys're about as busy back home as us heroes are in Primal Earth.

[David gives Reno a sympathetic grin, though a little tired-looking one. After all, Reno's probably had his days where he wished the world would "stay saved."]
midgarhorizon: ((Fanart) Serious/Anxious)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-02 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He's been there.]

Yeah. Got any more questions?
megazero_to_superhero: Just yer average ordinary everyday superhero. (✪ Neutral ★ Looking)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-02 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Lesse ...

[David turns back to the reports, glancing through them to see if there's any immediate questions about them he might have. Though, he has questions unrelated to them to ask Reno.]

'Kay, about dis Ragnarok an' Pandora thing—is helpin' you guys out an' "either/or" kinda deal?
midgarhorizon: ((Seventh Heaven) Arms folded)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-02 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want it to be. We're workin' together on some things, like the alternative kitchen down on Sixty. Stuff that benefits the whole place. I put this stuff up here so everybody could access it.

[Reno pauses, then adds;]

Pandora kinda got started by Dax. Ragnarok is... more along bein' neutral. We've been lied to so many times it's kinda hard to trust anything, though we got to in some cases.
megazero_to_superhero: I gotta fight Hamidon in a bikini?! (✪ Conversation ★ Surprise)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-02 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Huh, Dax started Pandora?

[That honestly surprises David. An admin founding a resistance against the admins. He didn't register the "kinda" there, but that can be chalked up to his surprise over hearing an admin's involvement in any fashion.]

So I guess Ragnarok's kinda like da backup safety, den. In case Dax's stuff turns out to be all a trick?
midgarhorizon: ((Reno Worries Scene) Nap)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-02 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
From what I heard.

[He points at the report with Dax's research.]

That had something to do with it. You'd have to ask Enoch. I don't know 'bout it being a trick, he's the one that got the holographic stuff to glitch, but I don't know what his agenda was and considering how fucking weird the administrators are it could be anything.

[He chuckles.]

I'm one of the most pessimistic people 'bout Dax in the whole Tower, so I'm probably biased.
megazero_to_superhero: You tell me where, I'll tell you when. (✪ Serious ★ Conversation ★ Listening)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-02 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Eh. Pays to be prepared, I guess.

[Though, thinking back to when he worked with Crimson and Indigo, a lot of the missions they sent David on involved taking advantage of Malta Group's tendency to be paranoid. Mind games, in which he was an instrument.]

Next time I see Enoch I'll ask 'em about it. Well, when we're somewhere safe.

[He hopes Reno's not letting himself get too worked up on Dax ...]

I never heard about dat kitchen, by da way. Man, if I'd knew? I wouldn't be skippin' dinner all dis month.

[He doesn't care if it's just edible film or whatever disguising oatmeal and nutrition bars—he will not eat human hearts and drink blood.]
midgarhorizon: ((Helicopter Chase) O...k)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-02 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
You can grab dinner down there. Mostly stuff the hunters bring in, so tough luck if you're a veggie lover.
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[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-02 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[David grins.]

Think I'll manage.

[Seriously, he loves himself a good gyro. Or burger. Or pizza.]
midgarhorizon: (coy)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-02 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Beats having to put up with the weird shit they serve in the cafeteria, huh?

[David gets a light fistbump in the shoulder.]

Oh yeah, I almost forgot... you said you wanted to learn more 'bout hand to hand fighting?
megazero_to_superhero: Just yer average ordinary everyday superhero. (✪ Neutral ★ Looking)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-04 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[David smirks and nods at Reno's first statement, even chuckling a little. "Weird shit" was right—though, when David thinks about it ... if all the food served in the Tower's eateries are just disguised bowls of oatmeal and nutrition bars, then what of those animals Reno's got people hunting for the speakeasy? Maybe they're just piñatas full of oatmeal ...]

[Reno's question snaps David's attention back to the here and now, though. He looks to Reno more directly.]

Yeah. Gonna have to, if I'm gonna try an' pull my weight here in da Tower.
midgarhorizon: (on the job and not amused)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-04 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Right.
[Pausing a moment, Reno goes over the information he wants to give...]

Best person I can direct ya to is Diarmuid. He sort of runs a few classes here. I can teach ya myself, but it depends on what you want to learn.

[His eyes flick over the reports on the desk, and he frowns. He'll have to talk to Diarmuid about getting a copy of the willing to teach roster up here.]

Diarmuid's got a whole list of other people though, you'll talk to him anyway to fill in what I can't. I do martial arts and blunt clubs, he's got swords and lances and he dual wields, but if ya don't mind just learning basics, y'might try asking Xion or Shion. They're students but they got basics down.

[What else?]

Y'know about unlocking real abilities, right? The collar fluid?
megazero_to_superhero: I gotta fight Hamidon in a bikini?! (✪ Conversation ★ Surprise)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-04 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
[David's expression changes subtly at the mention of Diarmuid—it's the sort of look someone might have if they had been missing a very obvious neon sign that pointed out whatever it was they were looking for. Reno's mention of the guy makes the third time the Irish warrior's been recommended to David. And three times being the charm and all, well—he's got to seek the guy out, no question.]

[David takes note of the other names mentioned, though, and nods, still listening to all of what Reno has to say before replying. Then, when Reno asks about the collar fluid, David speaks up.]

Naw, nobody told me about dat yet—wait, real abilities? Yer serious?

[He'll be hearing about the collar fluid again when he and Zelda run into each other in the void, but for now, consider David surprised.]
midgarhorizon: (oh look what we have here)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-04 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, that, and the fact Reno's sort of Diarmuid's adopted brother made him mention it.]

Yeah, long as they're part of your self, like magic or somethin', you get 'em back after some adjustment period. Your suit run on magic?
megazero_to_superhero: Now where'd that last goon go? (✪ Observing ★ Conversation)

[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-04 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
[For a moment, David was eagerly plotting just how wonderful it would be to have a real suit again, one that wasn't made of film and subject to the Tower's glamour system to work as it should—but when Reno clarifies what it is the collar fluid does, David's anticipation deflates.]

Eh—nah, I'ma Technology-origin hero. [A short beat later,] It won't work 'cept on Magic-origin types?
midgarhorizon: ((Fanart) Serious)

[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-04 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
It'll work on us, just means the Tower itself don't has as much effect on us. Trouble is, if I take it, I lose bein' able to use my healing spell. It works bout as well as a real one would, y'know, since our bodies are film anyway.

[A better way to put it...]

Basically, I kinda lose effectiveness against the monsters, but I'm more prone to gettin' screwed with. I'm figuring that's a fair trade off if it'll help the violets.
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[personal profile] megazero_to_superhero 2014-03-04 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
I getcha. Well—I oughta look into it anyway. Nothin' to lose dat I ain't already lost—[Here, David's referring to the lingering fatigue, lack of powers, and occasional trips to the void that have been the bane of his Tower life throughout this month February.]—but hey, da Tower havin' less hold over me's somethin' to gain.

[Speaking of ...]

Who's dem violets?
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[personal profile] midgarhorizon 2014-03-04 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
People who got the violet collars. They kinda tend to have real powerful magic or something 'bout them. Most of 'em aren't bad.

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