towerofanimus | At least the food's free

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At least the food's free

Characters: Ling and everybody ever that existed.
Setting: Room 1-18, the Cafeteria, and anywhere in between.
Format: Starting prose 'cause my existence is tl;dr, but whatever you want!
Summary: Ling wakes up and is smart enough to not freak out and starts exploring. Except he's not smart enough to not be unconcious.
Warnings: Possibly massive intakes of food in the Cafeteria.

Sleep paralysis didn't sem to be a big deal for Ling, and actually he had opted to just keep on sleeping while he had some peace of mind so it didn't bother him-- wait.

Peace of mind?

It was at that thought that Ling sprang up on his bed in bewilderment; where was Greed? He could tell the Homunculus was still there (though he did check the tattoo on his hand to be extra sure), but he seemed awfully quiet. Was he still upset over kiling his friend? Perhaps he shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

He had changed out of that weird suit and into the black outfit that Greed was fond of, giving the letters a quick read over. Destroyed? It was true that another unsettling thing had come to mind-- he could feel the Qi from people, but this place.... it was different in an eerie way that made it almost as weird as the place those Homonculus had been, though different.

No, that was possibly more unsettling than Greed being quiet. Throwing on his trench coat, Ling grabbed his sword from the trunk and left the room. It was time to investigate, which meant going through each floor of the Tower as he progressively went farther and farther down the staircase from the dormitories.

In fact, he had gotten all the way to the first floor cafeteria and was doing pretty well. Until he realized he hadn't eaten in-- he actually did know how long was the scary part! Plus he was still tired from Greed's fallout with Wrath. Really tired. More than he remembered actually!

A growl of his stomach later and he was passed out on the cafeteria floor. In retrospect, maybe he should've gotten food first.

(OOC: Feel free to bug him on any floor between the dorms and the cafeteria, if you so please, just let me know where you are! Roommates are welcome to bug him in his room too~)

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Cain had been in line to get some food to take Abel, while his brother stood in vigil at the never-opening elevator. Just some sandwiches and something sweet, he liked to make sure they met up at least twice a day to check that nothing untoward had happened.

Truthfully, he hadn't been paying much attention to the other man... that was, until he had collapsed in a dead faint on the floor. Cain's eyes widened in surprise, and he was quickly hurrying over to crouch over him.

"Sir? Can you hear me?"

Looks like he was pretty KO'd there. A few more minutes though and Cain might finally see the guy stir, and crane his neck to look at him.

"Aaah... so hungry....!" Which you could probably interpret as a yes.

That was why he had collapsed? Cain blinked at him for a moment, before trying to assist him into a chair.

"Just rest for a moment, I'll fetch you something."

Sorry Cain, no over dramatic reason of exhaustion here, just an idiot who doesn't know when to eat properly.

He lazily allowed himself to be assisted into a chair, and then slumped over onto the table in front of him. Welp.

Cain collected some food from the cafeteria, just some simple sandwiches and a chocolate bar for extra energy, before putting the tray in front of the hungry man.

"Here, just take it easy."

Once the food was in front of him, Ling immediately sprang up and began consuming like a madman as if he hadn't eaten in weeks. Which is a distinct possibility, but probably not true.

He was finally able to get out an expression of gratitude in between bites. "Aah, thank you so much! To think I would find such a kind stranger in a place like this!"

Cain is quite amused, reminded strongly of his brother when sweets were placed in front of him.

"It's nothing, really. I couldn't let you collapse like that and do nothing."

You can basically just assume that whenever he's not talking, he's eating.

"I can't thank you enough, really!" ~~You're lucky no one has to pay for this stuff here or else your debt would be getting really high.~~

"Oh, if you don't mind me asking, who are you?"

His smile in return was a little sheepish at all the praise, but warm and friendly all the same.

"Cain Knightlord, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Nice to meet you," Ling said with a nod.

"Mm, how long have you been here, if you don't mind me asking?"

"A while now, over a month."

It still seems strange to think that they had been imprisoned so long, let alone the ramifications for what that could mean for their world.

"That long?" Yeah that was mildly concerning. "Have you figured out why or what for then?"

"I'm afraid that's something we're still working on, but I know we will soon enough."

He has utter faith in his abilities to find a pattern and eventually outwit the people keeping them here, it was all just a matter of patience.

"Hmmm.... That long and nobody knows...." Ling propped his elbow up on the table and leaned on his hand, taking the chocolate bar and chewing on it a bit as he thought. Why would someone kidnap a bunch of people without demanding anything out of them? Or perhaps they were demanding something out of someone else? Hmm....

Seems Ling was a bit lost in thought now.

"Maybe not yet, but we will given enough time and research."

People were always so impatient, looking at the here and now instead of the big picture. What did it matter if it took a few months in the grand scheme of things?

Ling couldn't help but give a small laugh between bites. "Don't worry~!" Yeah he was taking this all pretty casually. He's been in some worst situations at this point, and if it kept Greed at bay for now, so be it!

"I need to get out of here as soon as possible, though."

"It's something we're working on, don't worry."

Working on, but not yet succeeded. Still, Cain had perfect confidence that he would be able to solve this given enough time.

[..... Oh what the hell was this. This was a joke, right? Granted, he was relieved to see him, but of all places to find him it had to be here. He just had to find Ling passed out on the floor of the cafeteria. His life. What is this.

He crouches down next to him, poking him in his side. ... ]

Ling, get up.

[You know your life just got so much better now that your good buddy Ling is here!]

[Initially he's indifferent to the poking, but when he turns and sees who it is, he's sitting up a little and looking overjoyed.] Aah, Ed! I would have never imagined meeting a friendly face here...!!

[he's so overjoyed he's getting emotional, man]

[That's debatable.

But he was sitting up. This was progress! And he knew, at the very least, that this was actually Ling. Greed would never let himself pass out on the floor like that. Nonetheless, he can't help but smile a little.]

Good to see you too. [He stands up and offers Ling his hand to help him up off the ground.]

It feels like it's been so long~

[Ling gladly took the hand with a smile, using the help to pull himself off the ground. The observant viewer however, would note that the ouroboros tattoo was still easily visible on the back of his hand.]

How has your search been going?

[He notices that rather quickly. So Greed's still in there somewhere.]

... Ah, that's... kind of complicated actually. [since lol Al is here and human what] We can talk about that in a minute. What's the last thing you remember? From back home, I mean.

Hm? [Well that was an odd request. He folded his arms as he thought a bit.]

Greed accidentally killed one of his old comrades. When he realized what he did, he freaked out and attacked Wrath. After that he ran away and I was able to get control back for a bit. Why?

[Ed's brow furrows and he scratches lightly at his face.]

Did you read the letter by your bed when you woke up?

Of course. [Skimmed it, but he still read it.]

...Do you think it's true then? Did the Homunculus do this?

[He shakes his head.]

No. This is... this is way beyond what they can do. I don't think our world's been destroyed either. [He walks over to the nearest table and takes a seat, motioning for Ling to do the same.] See, the last time I saw you was back in Central, not too long after we went back through Gluttony's busted Gate. I just left Briggs when I showed up here.

[He followed without much hesitation, taking the seat across from Ed.]

Central? [Hm, that was quite awhile ago from what he remembered.] Have you been messing around at Briggs instead of working, shorty?

No! I haven't been slacking off damn it!

[..........

wait.]

[Hey, look to your left, Ling. You see that empty tray? The one Ed is picking up RIGHT NOW? Yeah, HE'S THROWING THAT AT YOUR FACE. D< ]

I'm not short, shut up!

[Noooonchalantly leaning back to avoid a collision of his face and the tray while he's giving a few chuckles.]

OK, you're the real Ed. Just had to check! [You could never be too careful when you wake up in some strange bed at a foreign location and find someone you haven't seen in who knows how long.]

Romeo was in the library, after his month of not having hands to turn pages with he was determined to catch up with reading. He looked up at the man who he had never seen before and gave him a polite smile. "Hello sir!" He went back to reading.

"Aah, hello~" Ling greeted cheerfully when he saw the kid in the library. Nothing seemed overtly suspicious here, so he casually strolled in towards the boy at the table.

"What are you reading?"

Romeo smiled at the man as he approached and turned over the book so he could see the picture on the front of a castle. "It's a fairy tale book, with lots of different stories sir!"

"Aaah~!" Ling peered at the front of the book (thought it was hard to tell since his eyes were closed) with interest, though he was probably just humoring the kid. Felt like a perfectly normal kid though, so it couldn't have been bad.

"You like stories? What's it about?"

Romeo nodded, "I do, stories are realy fun to read sir, this one's about a dragon and a knight who has to rescue all the people and there's also a princess and she's trapped in a tower and wants to go home."

"Stuck in a tower?"

Ling invited himself to sit down across from Romeo, his arms crossed in front of his chest as he leaned forward on the table.

"Sounds like it's a bit close to home, doesn't it?"

Romeo nodded, "But there are no dragons here sir, just bad people and no knights either," He frowned, "So we have to rescue ourselves."

Well that was some decidedly unchildlike behavior coming from a kid like that. It was concerning, but mostly he was just kind of confused.

"Rescue yourselves from this place you mean?" He unfortunately doubted there was much of a way to go about that given the feeling of this place, but....

Romeo nodded, "I'm going to try and rescue everybody so the bad people can't hurt them anymore!" So far this had proved impossible but Romeo wasn't about to give up. Not ever.

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At least the food's free

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