[Day 182] Boys and girls it's time to look ahead [OPEN]

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone!
Open: Open
When: Day 182
Where: Skyway
What: More places have arrived, and one of them is coming with a little extra
Format: Any
Warnings:Talk of blood re: Hope's Peak Academy location

[There really seems to be no rhyme or reason as to why these places are showing up, nor does there seem to be any set schedule. Days can pass between the next sighting, or they can be one right after another. Either way, it's keeping the Bastion survivors on their toes.

As the announcement goes out yet again that there are more places to explore, Zayna admits something strange: she thinks she saw something moving about at one of the locations. She can't be completely sure, though, and more than once place so far has had something potentially dangerous in it - so be careful, she warns. Now more than ever they need to be careful and diligent...]

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Memory's Skyscraper

[bastionpc]

[Information about Memory's Skyscraper located here]

[croceamors]

[All it takes is one look for Saix to recognize that tower. Out of all the places that could ever appear... It would be that place. There's no hesitation as he takes it and announces where he's going.]

[He also announces if anyone wants to come along, they have ten minutes.]

[That's as long as he waits before he takes off towards the Skyway with his Berserker in tow as always. There's no real attempt at conversation from the stoic man. It's only when the faint lights of the skyscraper are visible in the distance does he actually give pause.]

...Be careful of shadows here.

[Is it said simply 'shadows' or 'Shadows', as if that means something more? Both, likely. Things were always strange down in the city, the place they separated themselves by that floating castle that never deserved to exist.]

[Slowly, the fragments drawn to their feet become less grass and earth, turn into asphalt and concrete that's still slick with rain that's no longer falling. There's a few fragmented pieces of buildings about, but the main thing is the large road that slowly forms. And in its center... Memory's Skyscraper, although it no longer towers proudly above them all. Instead, it's been snapped in half. A good chunk of its middle is who knows where, but the top portion with all its many screens is still there. Somehow, just like the bottom is still brightly blaring neon, the screens are still flickering even though a good chunk of them are cracked.]

[The shadows here really do seem to twist strangely in the light... Maybe that's just the flickering affect of the skyscraper, or something else entirely.]

[orzelbialy]

[Frederic didn't want to be here. Upset from the state that he had found Baroque Castle in, from the statues he'd found and just how desolate everything had been in a place that was once wrapped in a cold yet still approachable beauty. He had returned only to wander off alone, hidden away in his room for days.

At least until Saix purposefully sought him out, told him to "get over it" and come with him. Argument ensued, of course, but by the end of it Frederic was worn down in to joining the Nobody on his trek out to the Skyway.

But he still didn't want to be there, and he trailed behind Saix with an irritated scowl, barely acknowledging the comment about shadows.

At least until they arrive there, at which point Frederic's irritated silence turns in to stunned silence. What in the world is this place... ?]

[coolerthansora]

[The skyscraper is a place Roxas recognizes well, too. Any Nobody would.

It's that thought that gets him to come rather than any real desire to go there, because the memories it calls up for him are unpleasant. But if Axel saw it-- it's a long shot, like everything is turning into the more time passes, but he has to try.

Once they arrive, though, he finds himself staring, too.]

It looks so... different.

[Somehow, he'd expected the perpetual night and rain that ruled the World that Never Was to carry over here. He's never seen the place with this kind of clarity, ruined though it is. It's like stepping into a dream.]

[croceamors]

That's only to be expected. It's been torn from Never-Was, after all. And even that world was never so... ruined.

[Just empty and desolate. Abandoned. It always suited the Organization well in more ways than they all probably admitted.]

I want to go check something.

[Even if he doubts he's here if he wasn't in the remains of Twilight Town-]

[The largest of the screens flickers again, full of static and 8 8 8 eight VIII 8 repeating against it, bright searing red.]

If I leave you with Chandra, will you be fine on your own Frederic? Roxas... Whatever you want to do, you can do it.

[Chandra is apparently the Berserker Nobody, who turns to presumably stare at the musician.]

[orzelbialy]

[Frederic returns the look, though all of that annoyance from earlier has faded and he simply looks more... stunned and uncomfortable than anything. But he nods, touching the odd, intricate looking weapon at his hip.]

I can handle myself. I will be fine.

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas gives the Berserker a curious look. How and when did it get a name? But he looks back to Saix with a nod.]

I'll- check around here.

[He feels a strange mixture of hopeful and tense in this place. As much as he wants to see Axel, part of him almost expects to turn around and find Riku. But this world doesn't want to screw with him that much, does it?

He glances over at Frederic. This is the second time he's come along with Saix.]

You're- a friend of Saix? [It's still a weird thought.]

[orzelbialy]

[One would think that, wouldn't they? But...]

Acquaintance would probably be the better term..

[coolerthansora]

I guess he's not so good at friends still.

[Maybe Roxas isn't either. If he'd just gone with Axel whenever it was that he left, then maybe...

He turns to check around the rubble at the base of the skyscraper, and maybe down one of the nearby alleys, ready to summon his keyblade at the first sign of Heartless.]

[orzelbialy]

He doesn't seem like it, no... but not everyone is capable of social skills. I doubt that means he doesn't care at least some one.

[After all, he continues to come for Frederic at the moments when he needs distraction the most...]

[coolerthansora]

Well- the more you care, the more you want to show it, right? Even if you suck at it.

[Yeah, he's not really talking about Saix anymore. He's halfway to forgetting he's even talking to anyone.]

[orzelbialy]

[Frederic notices that, so he simply gives a faint smile and nods.]

Yes, that sounds about right.