Endgame: Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams

[animusnpcs]

Characters: open
Setting: floor 101/hidden floor; June 2
Format: action brackets, please
Summary: Something arrives.
Warnings: psychological horror, physical horror, violence

[The thing arrives on the twenty-third floor where no one is around to see it. But even if there was anyone except the retrieval units there, they would hardly have a chance to spot a single shadow, as the Tower pushes around and caresses the thing, hiding it away. The Tower ripples, then, and delivers the thing up and up, skipping floor after floor.

Floor one-hundred and one goes dark, and the glamour fails entirely. There's a thing lurking about in the darkness, approaching the way to the hidden floor. It can't be seen in this gloom, but it can be heard taking heavy, laden footsteps.]

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hidden floor

[wrigurun]

[ギリギリセーフ!

Wriggle tumbles into the floor and lets out a small victory cry. This isn't the time to be lying around though and she quickly stumbles to her feet. She came here to warn people and warn people she will]

Hey! I don't want to alarm anyone but there's something downstairs and I think it's trying to find you guys.

I might be wrong, but I think it might be the tower.

[Because that makes total sense]

[oathshackledbird]

Wriggle, what do you mean the Tower is looking for us?

[Something tightens in Diarmuid's stomach as he steps toward her when she tumbles onto the floor. After the light and glamour failed, he and Waver had decided to stay back and help guard the healers and injured. As much as he would like to be fighting, Diarmuid had been relieved Waver had agreed to stay back since the magus is still recovering from the previous battle.]

Are you hurt?

[wrigurun]

I'm fine!

[She's only shaking a little but that's more to do with the fact she's still a bit high strung]

But there's some big metal thing downstairs. The whole tower is alive, I can feel it!

[myblueskies]

[Romeo is with the fighters but he is near the back and turns round to Wriggle when she speaks, it sounded like she had found the thing making the footsteps] Big metal thing? Like a monster?

[wrigurun]

I don't know! Probably!

When is it ever not a monster here?

It was looking for something but... it wasn't actually seeing. I think it was trying to feel the vibrations in the air, wherever it looked there was this strange energy...

[She tries to describe it the best she can but the truth is even she isn't sure what she felt down there]

[oathshackledbird]

The Tower is alive. It wasn't seeing...but feeling...

[As glad as he is that Wiggle isn't hurt, her words do nothing to ease the tightness in Diarmuid's stomach. In fact, the knot only tightens when something in his mind kicks into overdrive, processing what she has said in response to Romeo.

And then, in a flash, the answer is there. Perhaps, it is just that obvious or perhaps, for once, his Eye of the Mind trait is finally working the way it is suppose to be in this blasted place. Whatever the reason, the realization causes Diarmuid to curse under his breath.]

It has to be Riki!

[myblueskies]

Riki? [Romeo looked over at Diarmuid] So he's a monster too, like Jason was?

[oathshackledbird]

It sounds like it, Romeo. I cannot think of anyone else who would have the kind of connection to the Tower that Wiggle is describing.

[It only makes sense to Diarmuid that Riki can make the Tower seem 'alive.' It's his baby, after all. In some ways, it almost sounds like Riki is using the Tower to search for them just like Waver might use his Mystic Code to do the same.]

We should pass word back to the others, so they can prepare. Do you think you guys can do that?

[myblueskies]

[Romeo nodded Riki had built most of the tower so that made sense.] Of course! I'll go this way! [He pointed] Wriggle you go the other way and we can let everyone know!