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towerofanimus2014-04-05 12:45 pm
morphballin) wrote in towerofanimus2014-04-05 12:45 pm
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Back in the Saddle, For Better or Worse
Characters: Samus and you!
Setting: Dorms, Floor 100, Floor 90
Format: Prose.
Summary: Samus is back and has a lot of change to learn about.
Warnings: Homesickness, violence against horrible crab monsters.
Dormitories
Time was all Samus had for a very, very long period. However, she didn't bother tracking it after a while. All she knew was that she'd been gone for a long time, wandering a dead universe on her own. And while she generally liked the solitude, it started to get to her after a while. No jobs to do, no old friends to have call at inopportune times, not even any space pirates causing trouble.
Old Bird and Grey Voice had charged her with bringing peace to the galaxy, but this? This wasn't what they had in mind.
Once Samus woke up in the tower, it was disorienting at first, but once she sat up and noted the room, and the things lying around - it all came rushing back to her. How terrible this place was - but on the upshot, there were people here. People in trouble. For the first time in months, Samus actually feels vigor. She dons her power suit in a flash, and heads out.
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Floor 100
It's not soon that Samus realizes things have changed - she's moderately certain that there are more dorm floors than before, and that broken-off floor is definitely new. Passing it by, however, she comes to the floor below, and stops cold. Chozo architecture, as far as the eye can see. Samus' helmet flickers out of existence so she can view this with her own eyes. Those passing by will definitely be able to tell she's fell for the illusion.
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Floor 90
After managing to realize what she saw wasn't real, and getting rather mad about it, Samus ventured on, opting to ignore some of the stranger floors - seriously, was that a ball pit floor - and instead explore the ones that looked a bit more normal. In this case, the lagoon looks rather interesting, so Samus disembarks from the stairs, and moves along the paths - though at one point, the path loops around a wide body of water. There are what looks like rocks poking out of the water, and so Samus decides to use them as stepping stones, hopping from rock to rock. The first one gives way a bit, which is worrisome, but Samus keeps going. The others have a similar feel, and after landing on solid ground, she turns to look.
What she thought were rocks were actually carapaces of mirelurks, that are now rather irritated and heading her way. Not too much of a problem she figures, but there are a fair amount of them.
Samus raises her blaster arm, and begins to open fire as she steps backwards...
Setting: Dorms, Floor 100, Floor 90
Format: Prose.
Summary: Samus is back and has a lot of change to learn about.
Warnings: Homesickness, violence against horrible crab monsters.
Dormitories
Time was all Samus had for a very, very long period. However, she didn't bother tracking it after a while. All she knew was that she'd been gone for a long time, wandering a dead universe on her own. And while she generally liked the solitude, it started to get to her after a while. No jobs to do, no old friends to have call at inopportune times, not even any space pirates causing trouble.
Old Bird and Grey Voice had charged her with bringing peace to the galaxy, but this? This wasn't what they had in mind.
Once Samus woke up in the tower, it was disorienting at first, but once she sat up and noted the room, and the things lying around - it all came rushing back to her. How terrible this place was - but on the upshot, there were people here. People in trouble. For the first time in months, Samus actually feels vigor. She dons her power suit in a flash, and heads out.
--
Floor 100
It's not soon that Samus realizes things have changed - she's moderately certain that there are more dorm floors than before, and that broken-off floor is definitely new. Passing it by, however, she comes to the floor below, and stops cold. Chozo architecture, as far as the eye can see. Samus' helmet flickers out of existence so she can view this with her own eyes. Those passing by will definitely be able to tell she's fell for the illusion.
--
Floor 90
After managing to realize what she saw wasn't real, and getting rather mad about it, Samus ventured on, opting to ignore some of the stranger floors - seriously, was that a ball pit floor - and instead explore the ones that looked a bit more normal. In this case, the lagoon looks rather interesting, so Samus disembarks from the stairs, and moves along the paths - though at one point, the path loops around a wide body of water. There are what looks like rocks poking out of the water, and so Samus decides to use them as stepping stones, hopping from rock to rock. The first one gives way a bit, which is worrisome, but Samus keeps going. The others have a similar feel, and after landing on solid ground, she turns to look.
What she thought were rocks were actually carapaces of mirelurks, that are now rather irritated and heading her way. Not too much of a problem she figures, but there are a fair amount of them.
Samus raises her blaster arm, and begins to open fire as she steps backwards...
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Zelda, hauling Samus off to the closet for makeouts does not constitute catching up."That so? Well, it's reassuring to see there's at least some good changes that have happened," Samus answers, dispersing the rest of her suit in a flash of light, then following after Zelda.
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Aww, man...Nodding, Zelda leads her back up the staircase, once again not paying any mind to the strange and impossible floors that have appeared in Samus' absence.
"Yes, we have learned a great deal about how this Tower and its administrators operate since you were here last." Her voice quiets, and Samus probably won't be able to see how worry weighs heavily on her brow as she continues. "Not all of it has been pleasant, of course, but with any luck we have a better chance against them now than we did then."
They only have so many chances left.
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"I'm more surprised that there's anything pleasant, to tell the truth," she adds. "Though I'm certainly not complaining, either."
As long as there's one chance...
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"The administrator that showed us the most empathy, Dax, was killed while rebelling against Ruana a little over a year ago."
As martyrs tend to be, however, his death was the beginning of something greater.
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"... Yes. She is the most powerful among them, and also the most terrifying," she answers, recovering and continuing upwards. Her next statement comes with some difficulty - she hasn't had to think about this for quite a long time. "If... you remember the month with the 'teddy bears,' as I believe they were called, that was her doing."
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That's all Zelda gets for a moment, as Samus' memories come back from being buried. "The bears, and the...candy..." There's an extended awkward silence before Samus finally clenches a fist at her side.
"So we've got a person to pin the blame for that on, then."