Endgame: In This Last of Meeting Places

[animusmods]

Characters: Aria, Zo, open
Setting: floor 001 for now
Format: action brackets
Summary: Aria and Zo reappear quite suddenly.
Warnings: standard animus event warnings

Aria and Zo tumble out of the elevator more than they step out of it. They look worse for wear; Zo's covered in minor scrapes and bruises, and Aria'a left arm hangs at her side uselessly, bloody and mangled. As soon as they're on solid ground, Zo turns and forces the elevator doors shut without touching them, leaving the broken car lodged in place behind it, and Aria slides to the floor, gasping for breath. They're both on high alert even for all their exhaustion.

SPEAK TO ARIA
SPEAK TO ZO
ESCAPE
-FLOOR EIGHT

Comments

[animusnpcs]

Yeah. Hi, Vietnam. [He smiles even in the situation he's found himself in.] I'm okay. Aria's hurt. We were running.

[hoasen]

It is nice to meet you in person, Zo. Thank you very much for your efforts. [A bow of her head!] That is good, but ah, how can we help Aria? [Glancing over, she winces. There's not much she can do other than basic first aid, which probably wouldn't even make a dent.]

What happened?

[animusnpcs]

Retrieval units came to get me. I hid and then Aria showed up and they attacked and there were monsters!

[hoasen]

What?

[Immediately she looks towards the elevator door.] Are they still coming?

[animusnpcs]

I dunno. [He looks over at the elevator shaft.] They chased us a lot so probably.

[hoasen]

Then they will keep coming, hmm. [Her eyes narrowed at the elevator shaft.] But Aria is in no good state to escape.