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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[slightlyoblivious]

[This was not what Yukiko had been expecting to wake up to after passing out the way she had. The best-case scenario had been 'waking up at home with everyone with me', and the worst-case that she'd been able to think of in the moment she lost consciousness had been never waking up at all.

Somehow it's worse, being caged up like this, than it had ever been before.]

- can anyone hear me?

[witchoftheweek]

[If she hadn't seen everyone else around her faint at the same time, Patchouli would have guessed that she had simply fainted because of pain and lack of breath.

That hadn't been the case, apparently.

The 'walls' of the cell, as they are, don't feel like something that's safe to lean against, and she needs that much, given the injuries she's taken. As it stands, she's lying on one side, breathing a little harder - if it can be called breathing at all in a wire frame - than she should be.]

[fionnuisce]

I can hear you, Yukiko. [This was no time to sound so calm and be smoking like a chimney, but Waver really never changed.]

We shouldn't start panicking--not yet, at least.

[fionnuisce]

This is some fucking bullshit.

[Frowning, Waver lit a cigarette--thankfully he still had that, at least. His voice was lacking much in the way of anger; though Waver was annoyed, he mostly sounded worn down and exhausted.]

Someone's a sore goddamned loser.

[slightlyoblivious]

- Waver-san?

[She turns and breathes a sigh of relief at being able to actually see him. She hadn't been entirely sure she'd be able to see or hear anyone.]

Mm. It's kind of hard not to panic, considering the timer and the fact we all passed out and wound up here, but I'll try.

[bloodyashes]

[So. Someone was asleep when the whole thing with Riki went down, because they waited until they absolutely had to sleep in their dorm.

Someone woke up just in time to pass out again when Ruana did whatever the hell she did.

Someone is in a cell and not very happy. Well, lots of someones, but Asch has a particular kind of displeased that comes from not having the faintest idea what just went down. And he is expressing it quite vocally.]

Okay, what the hell did you idiots do to piss her off while I was out?

[He can't take you guys anywhere. For anyone who can manage to look in, Asch is sitting with his knees propped up in almost the exact center of his cell, arms folded, annoyance radiating off him in waves, but from the way he keeps glancing from side to side - it's clear he thinks something awful is going to happen here any minute.]

[fionnuisce]

I know--frankly, we might just be screwed. But we don't know for certain that we are just yet. If we jump to assuming the worst, we do likely just what that psychopath wants.

[notachickenhawk]

[Shit. Tobias hunkers down in his cell - there's not enough room to fly, barely enough room for him not to lose his mind, and he does not like what the 'walls' look like. He tries to keep his 'voice' calm as he calls out, but there's strain and fear obvious in it.]

<Hey! Who else is here? We have to... we have to figure out how to get out of here.>

[septette]

...Patchy? [ her voice is oddly scared. unbefitting, really, even after everything that's happened. ]

[miseris_socios]

I'd... like to not be stuck in a cell again.

[Ken's sprawled out on the floor of his cell. It's just barely big enough for him to do that comfortably so he might as well take advantage of it.]

Considering the last time I got vivisected and turned into an eldritch abomination, unless I've suppressed some memories. Being stuck in the dorm rooms doesn't count.

[bowandblade]

[Gilgamesh frowns to himself when he awakens, instantly alert; he's aware enough to remember the fight that had been occurring, but to suddenly be knocked out...

Perhaps he shouldn't be surprised, where the administrators were concerned. However many administrators still remained.

He pushes himself to his feet and immediately tries to open a gate. When that fails, he scoffs.]

Really. Dismissing all illusions of control, aren't we?

[attheclocktower]

[When Xion wakes up, she gasps and sits upright immediately, eyes wide as her heart races. It takes a moment to take in her surroundings, but already she can feel a pit forming in her stomach. She didn't like the looks of this.

She tries to push herself into a standing position, but the pain in her knee flares sharply and she falls back to the ground with a sharp cry of pain. Well. She hadn't died then, at whatever Ruana had done. She lifts a hand to try and gather healing energy, but nothing comes.

Great. So she was stuck like this.

Still... there has to be something she can do. She shuffles towards the front - or at least she thinks it's the front - of her cell, getting as close to the barrier as she can, trying to peer through it. Her voice his high and worried. She calls the names she knows first, from the group that went down.]

Riku? Minato? Enoch? Who else is here?

[Anybody?]

[fionnuisce]

I'm going to be completely frank with you and say I think one of two things could happen.

Either Aria and Zo manage to avoid the psychokinetic bitch and save our asses, or we're all going to die horrifically.

Personally, I just take solace in the fact that that latter choice isn't a guaranteed certainty yet.

[slightlyoblivious]

I wasn't going to put it quite like that, but it's true. We might very well be entirely screwed, but we don't know.

I still don't like the looks of it, though. Whatever broke in Ruana must have really broken.

[notachickenhawk]

[There's a very quiet voice that calls out to Asch. He keeps it private for now, if only because he doesn't want other people to hear how bad he feels.]

<... Asch?>

[bloodyashes]

When it ends with all of us in cells, I don't think it counts as losing.

[Hey Waver, your grumpfriend is here to bitch right along with you.]

[fionnuisce]

Compromise and call it 'taking us down with her'. Bullshit no matter which way you slice it.

[bloodyashes]

[Hello mindvoice that isn't himself in stereo. If Tobias is somewhere where he can see Asch, he'll see the redhead tip his head a little to one side before actually verbalizing a reply.]

What is it?

[fionnuisce]

She was always a goddamned lunatic, but recent events do seem to have made that worse.

I hate to say it, but we could have nothing to do but wait.

dammit account juggler

[witchoftheweek]

I'm here, Remi.

[She pushes herself up to a sitting position.]

It's a stupid question to ask, but are you okay?

[bloodyashes]

It sounded more like a child throwing a tantrum to me.

[A tantrum because they didn't let her get what she wanted, yes, that summarizes Ruana's behaviour very well overall.]

What the hell happened?

EDITS.........

[septette]

[ placing her hand on her neck and cracking it awkwardly ]

Moderately so. Have you seen Meiling? And gods, what happened down there...?

[notachickenhawk]

<... Just trying to hear other people. I'm trying not to start screaming.>

[fionnuisce]

Tell you the truth, at the point I don't even fucking know who screwed shit up and where.

[oathshackledbird]

It's good to hear your voice, Mo Stór.

[Diarmuid shifts his position in his cell so he is closer to the direction he hears Waver's voice coming from.]

I have a feeling we won one battle. Lets just hope we haven't lost the war. Any ideas how to get out of these things?