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[madannoshashu]

[ Hey there, kids. Somebody's decided to take the time to test this network thing out, so here he is, coming to you live from the nineteenth floor.

He gestures at the camera. ]

So, dudes and dudettes- a question: What's the worst thing that's happened since you've been here?

[ He tilts his head at the screen, a wry look on his face. ]

Color me curious.

Comments

[madannoshashu]

That so?

And the things that show up there can take your organs?

[moontothetide]

Thing. Um, s-singular. A-And, um, yes.

And your skin. It, i-it takes that first. [Well, it kind of has to.

Go ahead. Ask how she knows this in quite so much detail, Xigbar. It's amazing what you can stay conscious through.]

[madannoshashu]

A nasty critter, is it?

[ He seems to think about this. ]

What's a nice thing like you doing wandering around a gritty thing like that?

[moontothetide]

["Nice thing" gets a noticeable frown, but is not commented upon.]

Um, I, I kind of w-wasn't expecting it to be there. I-I don't...I don't usually go looking for monsters. I'm not that strong.

[madannoshashu]

So this thing just ripped you apart for no reason.

How'd you come back?

[moontothetide]

What do you mean? You just...come back, here. You just wake up and, and you can't move for a bit, and then you come back.

...of course it, it wasn't that way, with me. Th-The power was out, so...well, they, um, they couldn't do whatever they do. Whatever it is.

[madannoshashu]

[ ...well. That is interesting. ]

...sounds like they know how to hold onto their specimens.

[ A beat. ]

Has anyone ever left the tower, returned, and remembered their stay?

[moontothetide]

I-I don't think anyone's left the tower. Have you seen how tall this place is? Wherever they take us to, um, to bring us back, it's probably in here.

[madannoshashu]

And the people who disappear?

Where could they possible go?

[moontothetide]

M-Maybe they're still here. We, we can't know all the floors that are here. Even the cafeteria is still in cloud cover.

...and, and maybe they went back to...whatever's left of our worlds. I-I don't know. I haven't disappeared.