http://arisawa.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] arisawa.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2011-12-07 06:35 pm

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Characters: Tatsuki and whoever runs into her! WE ALL 'BOUT DAT OPEN LOG Y'ALL
Setting: Dorm 1-13, Floors 1 & 11
Format: Prose for the post, action for the tags
Summary: There's a distraught teenager wandering the tower. Approach y/n?
Warnings: Nothing to speak of!

[Dormitory]

For thirty seconds, Tatsuki lay there in bed. Thirty seconds of tortured struggling against her own inability to move, or even cry out. Frozen, trapped in her own skin for thirty agonizing seconds.

Twenty eight. Twenty nine. Thirty.

"Haaaaaaah!"

And then right on cue, she shot bolt upright in her bed - well, a bed. She'd never slept in it in her life. Not the bed, not the room... even the air itself was thick with a pervading sense of unfamiliarity. With each hyperventilated breath she took, the atmosphere felt wrong in her lungs. There was no familiar presence she could sense to reassure herself. Just the bed, the trunk at its foot, the weird, sci-fi jumpsuit she wouldn't be caught dead in if she could help it, and a letter, which, against her better judgement, she proceeded to read.

"No... that's impossible..."

It was safe to say she regretted that right away.

[Floor 1]

From the corner of the cafeteria, the sound of a teenage girl coughing can be heard, as she chokes down the bowl of sick the tower attempts to pass off as oatmeal. She knows she has to finish it, if only because she's starving, but every two or three spoonfuls she pauses to gag and rub her forehead in frustration.

[Floor 11]

There was nothing here for her.

Sitting there on the spiral staircase, she pauses for a moment to consider the possibility of diving into the water and swimming off the edge. Not for more than a moment, though. That wouldn't be her style at all, would it? Besides, there had to be some kind of catch. Everyone was fine, and Ichigo would pull his whole hero schtick like he always did. Everything would work itself out.

Right?

She spat into the water, fists clenched tightly. So tightly, the palms of her hands began to bleed as her nails dug in.
unexculpable: (I dunno...)

Floor 1

[personal profile] unexculpable 2011-12-07 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Take it easy. As soon as you're done with that crap you can eat whatever you want.
unexculpable: (Almost like dodging a bullet.)

[personal profile] unexculpable 2011-12-08 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
I'd think you were an idiot if it was. [Mind if he sits here? Too bad, he's not giving you a choice. Ed is sitting down at this table right in front of you]
unexculpable: (The ripple effect)

[personal profile] unexculpable 2011-12-08 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Look at all the fucks Ed does not give, Tatsuki.]

Think I'd still be here if I did? [HE IS TRYING TO BE RELATIVELY FRIENDLY OK. HE IS AWARE THAT THIS IS A SUCK ASS SITUATION. Look, he's even extending his hand -- HE COMES IN PEACE, CHILL.] Name's Ed.
unexculpable: (Say it. I dare you.)

[personal profile] unexculpable 2011-12-08 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[why him. He takes his hand back, frowning and more than a little annoyed.]

Look, I'm just trying to help you out. But hey, if you'd rather sit here hacking and gagging on some shitty oatmeal because you didn't want to listen to the guy who would've told you that eating it slower would probably help you not throw up, that's fine. You just go ahead and enjoy that.

[and with that he pushes himself up off the chair, stuffing his hands in his pockets. But before he leaves he turns to tell her one last thing.]

Oh and you might want to be careful whenever you head back to your room. There's a couple of floors that aren't exactly safe.
unexculpable: (Never calling you again.)

1/2

[personal profile] unexculpable 2011-12-10 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[What. Even. WHAT EVEN???

What is his life. WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN TO HIM? HE CAN NOT.
]
unexculpable: (WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN)

[personal profile] unexculpable 2011-12-10 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
ARE YOU CALLING ME A RUNT?!
ocariness: (Default)

Floor 11. I wanted to be serious but I just can't anymore

[personal profile] ocariness 2011-12-08 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ So there is an elf-looking person (guy? Hard to tell, pretty androgynous) who happens to be walking along the... bottom of the water. Brosis why you gotta spit into the pool?

In a blue tunic, fully loaded down with sword, shield, and equipment, and with nothing for air.

Wearing iron boots. What even...

Eventually said elf-looking person surfaces and is somehow miraculously not all that wet, or gasping for air, and the boots are put away (they're only heavy when she wears them DUH.) When they see Tasuki, their eyes make a beeline for the blood, and they're immediately concerned. ]


... You've injured yourself...

[ Hello I am Protag Obvious ]
ocariness: (Default)

[personal profile] ocariness 2011-12-08 09:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Well, there is really only one thing to surmise from that: they've got to be new. And frustrated, at that. ]

Did you arrive recently?
ocariness: (Unassuredly.)

[personal profile] ocariness 2011-12-08 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... That would explain it, yeah. ]

... I'm sorry.

[ For whatever it is worth, it is an honestly meant statement. You know, were she better at this, she'd probably try to comfort her more, but she really isn't. She's about as good at socializing as you get, and she likes people, but she's pretty bad with making friends or talking.]
ocariness: (Sideglance.)

[personal profile] ocariness 2011-12-08 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ It isn't fine, but she's not one to argue or press a point. ]

There is. This Tower is inescapable and there have been what others are calling "experiments" on those they've taken here. I do not believe anyone vile enough to harm others or force them to kill would have our best interests at heart. I would be on guard.
ocariness: (Confusedly.)

[personal profile] ocariness 2011-12-10 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hey, she never said she was GOOD at comforting people or social skills or anything ahsdlfkjhg OH WELL AT LEAST SHE'LL BE ON GUARD? ]

... I'm merely saying that this Tower... has a tendency to do odd things to people. U-usually, it's calm, if you avoid the dangerous areas.

[ ahsdfh pls to not be freaking out 8( ]

floor 1

[identity profile] dawnlotus.livejournal.com 2011-12-08 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
[So here's Vietnam just checking out the latest menu when she hears coughing. Locating the girl, she quickly walks over.]

Ah, slow down there. [She pats her back gently]

[identity profile] dawnlotus.livejournal.com 2011-12-08 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Vietnam waves her free hand vaguely] The first time is definitely the worst, but you don't want to go down because of it. Wait a moment. [She goes to find a glass of water, bringing it over.] Here we go.

[identity profile] dawnlotus.livejournal.com 2011-12-08 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Who has a gag reflex for icky oatmeal. DON'T TAAAASTE. Vietnam has to admit, those were very fast reflexes.]

This is especially bad oatmeal, I wouldn't be surprised that it's possible. But, at least now you'll be able to eat something more palatable.

[identity profile] dawnlotus.livejournal.com 2011-12-08 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Vietnam shakes her head, looking around carefully] It might not be like that. Some have said that they have seen their worlds, so it may be possible to do something about it.

Floor 1

[identity profile] savedbyasong.livejournal.com 2011-12-08 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Shion was eating the oatmeal slowly looking a bit ill, he had learnt the hard way what happened when you didn't eat the oatmeal. It wasn't too bad though, he had eaten a lot worse and at least there was food. Really it was more he would have expected for the end of the world...

He looked at the girl who was sharing his table and smiled at her.