[Wriggle sits at the terminal with her chin resting in her hands. She seems rather tired and irritable in her expression and the way she moves but when she speaks it seems almost bored]

So I've been thinking a lot, and then I realised that I'm not very good at thinking. I'm getting kinda sick of this place, I don't remember the last time I was somewhere that wasn't here but I've got important stuff to do.

You guys know the monsters that have been running around, right? The one with the blue mask, which one is that? That girl... Ruana? I was talking to her but she wasn't making any sense something about killing them when they're normal but I don't know what that means.

I know I don't really know a lot of you guys and I really hate to ask for help but do any of you know what we're s'posed to do? I don't wanna just lay low while all this stuff happens, I wanna do something but I don't know what.

I just hate feeling so useless all the time.

[From her, that's actually quite a big thing to admit]

[The network is happily greeted by the face of a young man with surprisingly golden hair staring into the screen. It's hard to guess what he's feeling right now, seeing as how he was given the news that his world was destroyed. However, that didn't seem to phase him much, so he's not as shocked as others might be. He's relieved to know that some of his possessions came with him, but...

Enough contemplation, he finally begins to speak up.]

A shame, isn't it? That our worlds are gone? It's nothing that I would have expected in the first place, seeing as it's a bit hard to believe. However, I'll have to put my trust into it that my world is actually gone. Needless to say, I'll be missing my partners over there- unless some of them were brought here, as well. If you've ever heard of a Guido Mista, or Trish Una, please contact me.

...ah, I suppose I should introduce myself in the meantime. My name is Giorno Giovanna, and I greet all of you who were taken to this "Tower". Hopefully time will tell if I enjoy this place, or not. The atmosphere is...undesirable, however. But I'm sure some of you might have gathered that much in time.

...also, if anyone is kind enough to show me around, I would be grateful to you. I need to learn about as much of this place as I can before I can truly adventure and claim certain parts as safe. Also, a bit off the subject, but have any of you heard of what a "Stand" is? If you have, then let me know. I have some...things I'll be needing of you.

[She's calming down from the whole thing, her eyes closed and a little shudder running through her. There was a part of her that was furious, wanted to hurt them, to punish the administrators for doing that to her, brainwashing her, cutting her, making her hunger like that.

Oh, that part, it wanted blood, but she tempered it, controlled it and as her eyes closed, she giggled. It wasn't a particularly sane giggle.]

That... that was a fun little game, wasn't it?

[snicker]

I wonder... was it merely a whim, or was there a purpose to our wanton playmates?

[The face on the camera is tired, the look in Diarmuid's eyes making it clear that the source of his weariness isn't physical, but mental and emotional as it so often has been since he arrived here.]

Has anyone see my brother?  Ah...you probaly know him better as Lancer.  I know he is still in the tower because his belongings are here and his name is still on the door, but I cannot find him anywhere and I have looked.  Those who know my skills know quickly I can do that.

I am worried because I just remembered something he said to Jason a while back.  He said he would volunteer for his next experiement and since this is Jason's month in charge and so many others have gone missing, I fear for what that means for him.

If anyone has seen him in the last few days, will you please let me know?

[Diarmuid pauses a moment, suddenly looking a lot more uneasy.]

Also, I want to apologize to all the people who were affected by my curse about week ago or got caught up in everything that was going on.  For those who don't know, I carry a curse that forces the women who see my face to fall in love with me.  It has been mostly inactive in this place but for some reason during the end of March and the beginning of April it flared back to life affecting both men and women.  Unfortunately, I have never been able to tell when it is active and when it is not so far too many people were affected before I knew what was going on.

I...do not know why this happened.  It has gone inactive again and I think by this time all those affected should have had the effects wear off.  If not, take the knowledge that your strange feelings are caused by something outside of you and focus on that...

[Suddenly, he turns away from the screen as if someone has tugged on his arm, which they have.  When he speaks his voice is quieter and directed at whoever is standing just off camera.]

Tony, just a moment, okay?  I will play with you then.

[Diarmuid turns back to the camera, quiet for a moment as if he is collecting his thoughts and then continues where he left off.]

Focusing on the fact that your feelings are not your own will help you overcome the effects sooner.  It is not something that worked that well during my first life, but there is a very strong pattern of it working here...

[There is a sudden scuffling behind Diarmuid and he is yanked away from the camera.  The scuffling continues as his voice drifts back toward the terminal.]

Tony!  Tony wait!  I'm not done...

Gah!  Does anyone know how to stop an alien abduction?



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(OOC: Diarmuid's responses will come a few hours later when he has given Tony the attention that the little gray alien seems to want so badly.)

[ Rare is it for Rin to use the terminals, but when she does her skill with it is anything but decent. Her typing is usually off, so when she uses video early this morning, it's only natural that it catches a a brief glimpse of her. Most of her head is clipped off by the edges of the camera, but she doesn't bother to move into position properly. Behind her mostly is an empty hallway, void of any life (human and monster) surprisingly. ]

Some of you have items that were damaged. [ A simple phrase, but she comes off as awkward in saying it. ] From the weather.

I'll try to help you with them. [ A pause, then: ] With restoration, that is. I might be able to assist, but don't get your hopes up. I'll decide when we meet face-to-face if it's something I want to do or not.

It'll cost you more than likely. [ It wont, but if she comes off too charitable in public, who knows what people might ask of her next. ] We can discuss that in person. It'd be scandalous to invite you to my room to personally discuss it, so think of another place we can meet up.

Okay?

Nutrition bars this month. Of course that has a more sinister meaning here in this tower, but it's also tedious to eat. If you're going to be gruesomely experimented on, there's no need to tolerate bland meals as well. I don't intend to put up with it all month, and neither should you. Here are places you can find the ingredients for better meals in the tower.

Floor 101: You can find many plants here, and they're no more likely to be toxic than anywhere else.
Floor 79: There are fish and other marine animals here which don't appear to be poisonous.
Floor 63: This floor also has fish, but many are very alien. It's impossible to predict which of the strange ones are poisonous.
Floor 62: More fish.
Floor 60: There is no food here, but there's everything else you could need in a kitchen.
Floor 33: I've examined the soil in this field and it appears to be arable. There are seeds in the shed.
Floor 32: There are deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds, etc in this forest. (But you'll have to kill them without any unusual powers you possess, on this floor.) There are also berries and mushrooms, but you're an idiot if you get careless with the latter.
Floor 10: More fish.
Floor 6: More deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds, etc but these are freakish mutants who also render powers useless near them.
All floors: Some of the monsters are edible. Others will probably do bizarre and terrible things to you if you consume their flesh. Choose wisely. (I can speak for the safety of the huge, bloodied yellow birds if you can corner and kill them, as well as the small and weak flying bulls, but I have tried no others.) Good places to farm for kills are the tower on floor 75, the maze in floor 72, floor 57 at night, and floor 30. If someone could find out how to get our powers to work on floor 97, that would be the best place yet.

Since I've already written this much, I'll add some warnings.

Floor 87: You are an idiot if you try to use any of these flowers as ingredients, and soon you will be a dead idiot.
Floor 86: Don't try to pick the mushrooms, much less eat them.
Floor 76: Did you really think they would give us a normal greenhouse? Most of what's here is poisonous.
Floor 71: It would be too convenient if we could carve up the flesh here for meat. The beast has defenses. Don't try it.
Floor 61: You can pick the mushrooms here, but I haven't tried eating them yet. I don't know what species they are. It's on your head if you risk it.

I won't babysit you if you want to try to use any of this information.

Is this some kind of joke?

[Why, hello everyone. Today on the screen is the very familiar Kidou Yuuto. Some of you may know him personally, some may have heard about him from a certain chainsaw-wielding girl. Either way, it seems like he's back from his vacation, and from the cold, almost venomous sound of his voice, he is none too happy to be back.]

I realize today is April Fool's day, but this is going too far. Dumping water on someone is one thing but messing with their personal items is not funny.

[And then he finally lifts the ruined item in question to show everyone what happened. What he has is an old soccer magazine. It looks as if it had been soaked in water for a week and then left untouched for three more. Which is.... exactly what happened. The cover is warped and it looks like there is mold growing on it....

Remember the flood earlier that month? Well, Kidou wasn't there for that, so of course he thinks someone decided to do this themselves. And judging by how visibly angry he was, (his face is literally red with anger), it's something that means a lot to him. Someone is going to pay for this.]

I have had an absolutely terrible time during February and the last month that I have been gone, and this is what I come back to?! I'm sorry, but did I do something to anger one of you? Is this why you decided to vandalize my things?!

[His voice raised to a sharp yell, and he takes a deep breath to calm down before he ended up screaming....]

Whoever did this had better be honest and confess. Because if not, I'm going to personally seek you out and teach you about ruining other people's belongings. [He's trying to sound very threatening but there really isn't anything scary about some kid with dookie dreads.]

[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..."

I guess if anyone cares and hasn't noticed, Rider, Alexander the Great, or Alexander III of Macedon, how ever you might have known him, is gone.

For those involved with the Holy Grail War, you likely know he was trying to gather us together to create a peace treaty for the time being. The Grail probably doesn't exist here, and unless we can confirm it does, and we are all still eligible to win it, we should have no reason to fight. That was his thinking. As his Master and faithful subject, I still have a duty to follow through with his wishes. He may have been the one to suggest it, but it's as much his Master's responsibility as his own.  I've seen Saber's message regarding this and it will be taken into consideration, but I don't consider it called off as of yet.


[Waver might also be found on floor 48, beside Rider's grave, trying to use magecraft to give the king a more suiting gravestone. Something big and flashy, to match the name engraved on it. He's trying to go for a lifesize ox-cart, in accordance with the story of Alexander cutting the impossible Gordian knot teathering them, which was said to have pleased Zeus and secured his position as conqueror of Asia.]

I have two things to speak of today, starting with the one directed to the residents of this Tower as a whole.

[She holds up a striped billiard ball from the bar on the 88th Floor.]

I wish to learn to play this game. Who can teach me?

[She then idly rolls the ball in her fingers as she continues.]

As for the other matter, it is directed to those from my world or a variation of it where a specific war takes place involving magi. With Rider gone, his ridiculous idea of a conclave amongst us to discuss the War and those of us involved in it should also disappear.

Though I understand why the King of Conquerors wished for the gathering, it was folly to believe such a thing could ever happen and remain peaceful. There are worst fates than a death that does not take here. I know that there was one that had been planning to use Rider's conclave as means to gaining power with all gathered in one location. Had Rider carried his meeting out before his disappearance, I would have seen to neutralizing that threat.

Should another of you be foolish enough to pursue this idea, I will not and you will reap what you sow.

[Currently on the network is one woman with a scarred face and long pink hair. And boy does she ever look annoyed.]

Stupid thing...is it working?

[She stepped back, blue eyes narrowing before a bright smile broke out across her face.]



Hah--! This is quite the development! Can anyone hear me, or am I merely recording my words alone here? [The implications of being entirely on her own didn't seem to bother Rider one bit.]

'Your world was destroyed'...So, some kind of system crash? This must be where deleted data gets shoved off to, right? Doesn't look like any part of the Moon Cell I've seen yet, though...

[The woman shrugged and shook her head, crossing her arms.]

If anyone's hearing this, call me Rider. If not, I suppose I'll make this my new logbook.

Wanted: tailor to make several wedding tuxedos.

Payment can be arranged.

[Yep. That's it. Secretly Reno is embarrassed he even has to go on the network and ask, but since the beans were spilled he figured to get it over with. What he's got in mind is something like this.]

 Um, hi. I was wondering if someone knows where I could get some new clothes, or even a new jacket. Found out that nothing is safe in this place, like mutated little animals.

[The Bambi movie from hell in real life.]

Also, I am kind of new here. If anyone has more information on the tower, I would very much appreciate it, and not end up in the stomach of mutated deers.

And...[He seems a bit more nervous on the next question.] Is it common for those that are dead to come back alive?

Well, everything's back to normal, or what passes for it around here. Isn't that right? So I've got a question.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't usually care much what others think. The only one worth listening to now is myself. But some of you guys have been here a lot longer than me, so I thought I'd ask.

What do you make of the claims about the destruction of the worlds?

That's quite a subject, I know. Feel free to take your time in answering.