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[misakiyata]

[A rather young looking redhead appears on the screen, looking extremely annoyed. Well, he's usually annoyed, but people watching most likely don't know that because he's new to the tower, assuming the people here are strangers. ]

"So...they bring us here and tell us our world has been destroyed and saved us. Yeah, okay, maybe that's a possibility... (after all, hadn't Mikoto-san's power been going out of control when he and that shitty monkey had been fighting the Black Dog? Not even he couldn't deny it then. Had Mikoto-san actually...done it?) So what the hell do the people in this tower want with us?"

[He's talking very excitedly, and here he pauses to take a much needed breath

"How can we be sure it isn't the people of the Tower who destroyed our world? He bites his lip here, not wanting to admit that it was probably actually his hero that destroyed his world in his particular case) Yeah, I'm pretty sure some of you already wondered that. But I just got here and I want to know what the people already living here think..."

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[snowdriftassassin]

[This place sure liked bringing them in young. Not that she was much older, but she wondered if most of the younger tower residents were ready for this kind of hardship. Regardless, she had gotten used to at least welcoming a new face whenever she had a chance to and today she really had nothing else at the moment.

A mint hued, odd looking gal comes into view and smirks. You also immediately notice her thick accent.]

Take it how ya will mon, der be many tings people be believin' but da general notion is dat our worlds be gone. At da least, da ones dat we came from in particular.

[Because there were multiple worlds, realms, realities, dimensions, timelines... enough to make anyone's head spin.]

As for wat dey be wantin'. Dat's up ta joo ta decide. But as a general rule, joo best be gettin' ready ta play guinea pig for dem experiments dey like runnin'.

Dis won't be a walk in da part, at da least not fer da majority. But least I can be doin, is welcimin' joo.

So, welcome to da Towah mon.

[misakiyata]

[Yata is pleased that first person he speaks to is somewhat friendly. The boy may be a bit brash, but he knows when to show some respect. He was a HOMRA, after all. No matter what anyone said, a member of HOMRA had pride. He's a little shocked by the appearance of her skin, but he likes the sound of her voice.]

"...So our worlds were really destroyed? There must be a whole lot of worlds out there, then...I noticed my own room was full when I came to use this thing..."

[He seems a bit too curious yet confused to be anything other than somewhat polite as he speaks to her.]

"So there is a catch! They do...experiements? What kind of experiments? Maybe that's why they're collecting us..."

[snowyvalemaiden]

[Xue smiles and nods. He lies that he's rather calm, at least as calm as one could feasibly be considering the situation.]

Aye mon, as far as we be knowin', dose of us who be here have lost our worlds. Der be people from all walks of life here, so while der will be nice folk who can help ya deal wit tings, der be a few dat... well, ya know wat dey be sayin'. Ders always someone lookin' out only fer demselves and don't care if dey be hurtin' odas.

[As to the latter question, she shrugs.]

Aye, ain't it always da case? Always a catch mon. [She says as she sakes her head and chuckles.]

All sorts of experiments mon, as to why? I be not too sure, I try not ta tink 'bout it.

Last month I be havin' ta replay a departed spirit's death personally an' privately... Den dey had her spirit haunt me fer da remainder of da month... It was ratha unsettlin', not ta mention da fact dat it was a fatal experiment if I be failin'...

[Oh, right... that... She supposes she better explain that.]

Also... as far as we be knowin', ya don't stay dead in dis towah... Dey be bringin' ya back, which makes it convenient for da experiments ta not have ta worry 'bout killin' us...

[misakiyata]

[The boy sighs. This didn't sound good at all. But he supposed that not being able to die completely for a while wasn't such a bad deal.]

"So do they like...try to kill us? Or not care when we get thrown into dangerous situations? I don't like the idea of being dragged to a place where I'm killed all the time. Uh...I don't know, I guess I could eventually deal with it. I wish Mikoto-san was here...'

[He trails off, looking very much like a lost little child for a moment before snapping out of it]

"Damnit, I'm not gonna let the bastards get me down! I'll make the best of this!"

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[noglory]

I'll admit, the thought hadn't crossed my mind until just now. [ Mostly because he can't seem to admit that his world might actually be gone. ] I haven't really been here all that long, though, so I can't claim to know anything about the intentions of the other's here.

[misakiyata]

"That's fine. I really just want to gather the thoughts of others here. I don't expect a whole lot of information. I guess I'm just going to have to deal with it as it comes right?"

[snowdriftassassin]

Aye, dey do. Not always doh, dem experiments are sometimes pretty simple or a bit nonsensical but der be always, always a chance at dyin' here mon.

[Mikoto-san? Maybe that was someone close to them. She hadn't heard of anyone by that name here but she'd keep an eye in case she could get those two together.]

Dat's a good spirit ta have. If der be one ting ya can do in dis place, is nevah give up and nevah let em' keep ya down mon. Jus' keep on movin' forward.

[misakiyata]

"That's exactly what I'll do! I won't let Mikoto-san down! I'll show this place what it means to be in HOMRA!"

[He's too bus beaming with pride to exactly explain who Mikoto-san and Homra are, respectively, even though he's aware that the lady he's talking to won't know.]

"O-oh, sorry...you don't know who they are? I can tell you if you life, but this doesn't seem to be the best type of place to have a friendly chat about worlds...but I'm up for it you want to!"

[snowdriftassassin]

[Xue couldn't help but laugh sincerely at his attitude and his enthusiasm. She really liked it, it was the sort of attitude that she wished wouldn't be drained out of him during his stay here.]

Tis alrite mon, I actually would like ta be knowin' more 'bout joo, joor world and dis Homra ting ya mention as well as yer friend?

[She didn't want to assume who exactly this Mikoto was to him.]

But joo be partially correct, sometimes it be best ta speak in person dan on dis network.

If ya be havin' time an' wana chat, jus' lemme know an' we can be meetin' somewhere ta chat.

[misakiyata]

[He seems to appreciate the fact she's being rather nice and taking an interest in him. He's used to being either ignored, treated as errand boy, or constantly overestimated. HOMRA fixed that...until it fell apart. It was nice to see to someone curious about him and him alone.]

"It'd be nice if we could meet somewhere to chat. Where do you suggest? I don' really know the lay out of this buliding..."

[snowdriftassassin]

Well, da cafeteria and da dorm floors be da safest, so if dat be workin' for joo, we can make our way ovah der an' talk.

[She had other preferred floors, but right now she wanted to keep things simple since he was new.]

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[obsessing]

And what if I destroyed the world myself?

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[warriorscribe]

We...aren't sure, on that point. But...

*Hm...now that he thinks of it. "Pressure" and "power" are the same things, especially when "power" is described as "pushing".

...Well, that certainly doesn't help things. It isn't as if he's going to make a move.*

One of them may be suspect. But we should be careful with accusations like these, they watch this network.

What they want with us depends on the host watching us - one wants playthings, one wants experiments. One only wants to save us...

It was once two...

*For a moment, Enoch is lost in thought. Not good thoughts, if the way he's lowered his head to hide his face is any indication. He only raises his head slightly before he speaks, and his voice is softer.*

...and the last, we don't know.

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[canofworms]

I'm a recent arrival, so you might as well take my words with a grain of salt.

Everything I've heard so far points to the fact that the 'administrators' can't be trusted. Wondering whether or not they could have been responsible for world destruction seems like a waste of time and a good way to go prematurely grey.

[misakiyata]

...Which world? My world? Your world?

[Such a reply unnerved him. After all, hadn't he just been trying to avoid admitting it was most likely the person he looked up to the most that had destroyed his world? Of course, he had no way of being sure...]

[misakiyata]

Do you want to meet now or later? I'd prefer somewhere we can at least sit down.

[He gives her a a grin]

Just tell me where you'd like to meet

[misakiyata]

That doesn't sound too unreasonable. And...I suppose you have a point...well, you see...my world was in danger of being destroyed right before I left it. That's really why I was wondering. But you're right, there's really no point to it

[canofworms]

I understand. There was something similar going on in my world, but you have to remember that there seem to be countless worlds represented here. Not all of them were in danger.

It's safer and more useful to assume our worlds are still there, rather than that some worlds ended much more suddenly.

[misakiyata]

[Yata is a little disturbed by how oddly this man put together his words. He could understand the guy, but was startled at how disorganized he was. Had this tower done that to him? Or had he always been that way?]

...Oh. So you're saying that the bastards who run this show all want different things? No one's considered trying to encourage them to fight amongst themselves in hopes they all kill each other off?

[Ordinarily the boy wouldn't operate like that. He'd just go in with guns blazing, so to speak, but common sense said if a "guns blazing" attitude was all it took to get the hell out of here, someone would have already done it. Besides, he was trying his best to make HOMRA proud and prove to Kusanagi-san he wasn't a complete idiot.]

[misakiyata]

...Maybe so? I don't know. I'n not much more than a kid and ll I know is I don't think it's right for them to keep us here. I think our priority should be safety, because from what I'm hearing from everyone else, this place is dangerous. I hope there aren't children here.

[knifeinthe]

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[knifeinthe]

And yet there's no proof that it was those in the Tower who destroyed the world.

Even you should be aware of the position your precious HOMRA was in, Misaki.

[misakiyata]

[Out of all the people in Yata's home world that could have followed him here it had to be this bastard.]

Of course I fucking know! You were right beside me, idiot. Don't you remember?

[Indeed, the last thing he could remember was Fushimi laying beside him in the snow as his mark burn]

[knifeinthe]

[Between having to room with other people, the oatmeal, the incident with the recorders, he's hated the tower so much, so much. And now Misaki is here. Misaki is here, and--]

... haah? What are you talking about?

[misakiyata]

...You don't remember? We fought the Black Dog together...we...were on the same team again...and it...

[He trails off here, leaving a lot things unsaid. He'd almost enjoyed fighting by the monkey's side. again. But it was also sad, because it reminded him of why he'd taken the damn traitor leaving him so hard]