For Thine Is; Zo

[animusmods]

Characters: any characters who are still within the Tower
Setting: the hidden floor
Format: any
Summary: Zo needs help. What will you do?
Warnings: psychological horror

Aria and the other retrieval units stand guard in the room and regard each person who enters with a little bit of caution. The reason quickly becomes clear: Zo lies unconscious on a bed that appears to have been stolen from a hospital recovery room. With the glamour down, he looks spectral: it's possible to look through his body and to the bed beneath. He's not quite a ghost, though, as he can be interacted with.

If Zo is attacked, the retrieval units will be quick to retaliate. They can't help Zo on their own, though--so maybe there's something you can do...

Comments

[slightlyoblivious]

[If she had a handkerchief on her, right now is when she'd offer it. A crying child is a crying child, no matter how they look. Instead, she opens her arms - she doesn't know if Zo will want the hug, but she's offering.]

The person I love most here has done things that hurt me. He never once meant to, but it's happened, more than once. That doesn't make him bad. I -

[She takes a deep breath, trying to think of how to word things.]

Sometimes the people we love the most don't always do the right thing. They do things that are bad, or that are wrong. It's never easy to know what the right thing to do is, when that happens.

[Yukiko will fiddle with the ring that should be on her left hand a little more as she thinks.]

But I think listening to your own heart and your own feelings is a start. I know you're hurting right now, but the only way to really heal is to open up and let that hurt out.

[animusnpcs]

[Zo approaches shyly. He taps her arm once, carefully, and then clings to her.]

I don't think Ruana does many right things.

[slightlyoblivious]

[Yukiko smiles gently, folding her arms around him.]

I can't say I disagree with you. I think she's done a lot of things that have hurt people.

...I hope she hasn't done anything that's hurt you, Zo-kun. I think you're really sweet.