Endgame: This Broken Jaw of Our Lost Kingdoms; Part One

[animusmods]

Characters: open to those trapped in cells
Setting: the cells
Format: any
Summary: Those left abandoned in the Tower have some time to speak to each other. In the middle of the room, a clock counts down...
Warnings: general animus endgame warnings

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[bowandblade]

Mm. [A noncommittal sound. He really wasn't sure how long they had been stuck outside.]

A preference to a quick end?

[neverbeamemory]

Not at all.

[It's more of a scientific curiosity- Sephiroth very nearly pulls a face over that thought, he's done more than enough self-analyzing in the recent weeks. Doing so now is only going to drive him further insane.]

Just curious. Quick ends are so final. I'm sure she wants us to suffer for what has happened, first.

[bowandblade]

She does have an aggravating cruel streak.

[His brow twitches in annoyance as he recalls having been turned into a laughing monster during one of her "games."]

But I only know what it is like to be "dying" outside of the Tower. How Ruana plays a part in the end of the Tower is a mystery.

[neverbeamemory]

Hm. [He agrees, though he's not personally suffered so much directly at the hands of Ruana's games. Jason's experiments were more of an issue for him]

You've been there?

[It's good to know, after all.]

[bowandblade]

In the world directly outside of the Tower. Yes.

[He still debated whether that was an unfortunate or fortunate happening. After staring at the cell for a long moment, he decides he might as well take a seat on the floor again.]

Blackness. Like the world no longer sees sun or stars for one reason or another. The Tower was the only thing emitting light out there.

[neverbeamemory]

[He hadn't been there, he'd been the one trying to escape just before Zo had thrown people out there.

Sephiroth watches Gilgamesh sit back down, they are now more at eye-level. He pulls arms up into being folded over his chest in the meantime.]

Like a beacon on an otherwise dead World. [He muses, trying to encourage Gilgamesh to continue.]

[bowandblade]

A useless beacon that is nearing the end of its life.

[Despite the finality of his words, Gilgamesh doesn't sound particularly put out.]

The city at the base of the Tower was lifeless, of course. But it at least provided scenery, with the light that much closer.

[neverbeamemory]

[There couldn't be a more true statement. Still, learning about what the World was like outside from Gilgamesh is better than staring at the seconds tick away.

No information is not worth considering, at this point.]

Just like the visors that showed us our own Worlds, then. It's good to know though, I suppose.