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001 Spells Cast//Video/Action\\

[Jade's finally awake, but he doesn't feel like he is. As the sleep paralysis wears off slowly, Jade becomes aware he's not in his own room. Nothing felt right, not to mention that he never slept in his uniform, even if it wasn't the complete thing. When he could move, Jade pushed himself up in the bed, wincing as his joints made complaints at the sudden movement. Seeing the notes, he picked up the first and glanced it over briefly, a frown crossing his face. Immediately concerned, Jade tried to get out of bed, only to have the lingering effects of the sleep paralysis turn him into a jumbled mess of blankets on the floor.

When he's finally back up, muttering to himself about the damn situation, he seems to search for something and finds the collar around his neck. After a few good minutes of attempting to remove it or find some sort of catch, Jade gives up and he's heading to the door. When he opens it, he leans on the doorframe and rubs his eyes before he surveys the area.

This was entirely abnormal and Jade did not like it one bit. There seemed to be people around, so he wasn't the only one who'd apparently been kidnapped. The Tower? Auldrant was destroyed..? No, there had to be some other explanation. He wasn't stopped, so he assumed the environment wasn't as hostile as he'd initially thought.

Jade finally spotted a Terminal in his searching. Being at least somewhat decent at technology, he approached it and began to fiddle with it, figuring out just what to do with it and how in a few minutes. He didn't have control of the system, so 'Corpse Hunt' was certainly not a command he could use. Too bad this wasn't the Tartarus.

When he did figure out the video function, Jade appeared over the network with a stern expression, the dishevelment from before smoothed out.]

This Commander Jade Curtiss requesting to be properly informed on the situation immediately.

[Even if this was going to result in setting off an alarm, he'd get some reaction from the place that would explain the situation a bit better. At the very least, he'd get some answers.]

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[Hearing the voice surprised Jade a bit more than he'd like to admit, so when he turned around, he was more or less ready to defend himself. See it was only Tear, he sighed in some relief and straightened up.]

Tear. You're here as well?

Yes.

[She just continued to stare at him, because his glasses seemed to be missing.]

Colonel, Luke and Asch have also been transported here, but they both suffer from differing amounts of memory loss. Luke doesn't remember anything after our fight against Major Legretta at Deo Pass.

Luke informed me that he has been here for months. There are a group of administrators in charge of the tower that seem to be using the prisoners in some kind of experiment. There are many prisoners, and none have found a way to escape.

They also force you to eat oatmeal as your first meal.

[All rattled off like a good soldier.]

An experiment?

[And memory loss? It sounded like there were at least four of them here for now. Jade lapsed into thought, the stern expression lingering.]

Well, this seems a rather dismal situation. Is there anyone else here from Auldrant aside from Luke, Asch, you and I?

[Might as well get his bearings as best he can as well as set up a network of allies if he was able. Having companions here right off the bat was comforting in a way.

The administrators gave Luke a cheagle, but otherwise, no. There isn't anyone else from home here.

That's odd.

[Jade sighed and put a hand to his head to rub at his temple a little bit in exasperation.]

So I'm guessing we're expected to accept the circumstances.

I'm not sure. I was surprised by the amount of freedom granted inside the tower, but I still don't know much, aside from what Luke has told me. I tried exploring yesterday, on my own, and there are many dangerous places.

[And places that seemed haunted, which is why she eventually gave up on exploring by herself...]

Dangerous? In that case, I'd like to take a walk around if you'd accompany me.

[After getting the rest of his uniform on if it's around. He should probably check that storage chest.]

Alright.

[He should! Because she'll just wait for him to lead, or to... get the rest of his stuff.]

[Jade headed back into the room, tugging the door to almost close it. He was in there a few minuted before he returned to the hallway, looking as he usually did.]

Much better. Do you know anything about the collars?

[His is blue and matches his uniform, but it's not a fashion statement. Obviously that's what Jade is upset about. Obviously.]

No. Just that something bad happens if you try to remove them.

That's rather vague.

[Jade started down the hall, his eyes moving constantly to take in anything new.]

Are the other residents allies?

[She followed along.]

The ones I have met are. Several have offered to help me get acquainted with the workings of the tower.

...However, many appear to be ill. There is a virus going around.

Is it a permanent thing or just a small epidemic?

[If people would offer him the same thing, he'd be obliged to figure everything out. He didn't like the lack of control of his situation.]

[Tear didn't like it either, but a lot of what she had heard was speculation. No one had any definite answers, and she had yet to find any for herself.]

It seems like a normal flu. The people I've come across who are ill have refused any help. But it was obvious they were unwell.

[When they came to the elevator, she stopped.]

The elevator doesn't stop at every floor. Just the bottom floor, and two other floors in between. The dormitories are the top floors, and the cafeteria is the bottom floor.

There are floors other than those?

[If so, Jade was curious as to the avoidance of the other floors. However, he pressed the call button for the elevator and waited, turning to Tear again.]

I assume they simply don't want to inconvenience anyone. Either that or it's something that can't be helped by outside sources.

Yes, many.

[When the elevator doors open, she entered, then turned to Jade again.]

I'm not sure if it's possible to travel from one end to the other without the elevator. I tried exploring, but I had to turn back when I--

[She paused for a moment, recomposing herself. She didn't want to admit that she had been scared by a room full of bloody hand prints and screaming but...]

reached a floor where it was too dark to continue.

[That works.]

[Jade frowned until her sudden cutoff. He remembered her fear of ghosts but said nothing to her past that.]

I wonder if it's possible to leave the elevator and climb the shaft to one of the closed floors.

[He looked at the buttons and clicked one that could take him to the bottom floor at the cafeteria.]

I'd like to check out that corridor, though. If they're hiding something there, I'd like to find out.

....That was 17 floors up from the cafeteria.

[Oh god, maybe he would get distracted by the the cafeteria and they wouldn't have to go there.]

Alright.

[Jade waited patiently. She'd mentioned something about the oatmeal, but Jade wasn't hungry for anything right now, much less oatmeal. He stood straight, arms crossed over his chest as he quieted and thought.]

[She waited quietly as well, dreading more tower exploration. She was a little envious of Luke then, since he'd said he didn't often venture into other parts of the tower.

But when the doors opened, she stepped out.]

Luke told me that the cafeteria menu states which administrator is in charge of the tower for the month. I'm not sure what that means, aside from the type of food available.

[Jade followed, hands moving into his pockets.]

If that's all they did, I wouldn't understand the fear they seem to put into everyone.

[A bit of humor, despite the situation.]

Luke didn't give me the specifics... Aside from implying that they perform cruel experiments.

[Then again, think about nutrition bars for a solid month... It's a little scary.]

[Great. That sounds. Great.]

This Tower doesn't live up to its proclamation of salvation.

[She nodded, as they arrived at the oatmeal receiving area... whatever.]

I'll wait for you to eat.

[Jade made a bit of a... negative expression at that.]

I'll pass. I'm not quite hungry.

[Not for oatmeal. Plus, he couldn't eat before finding out more. Curiosity trumps appetite.]

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and 100 years later!

Well now I'm all dust and stuff. Oh noooes