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Zidane Tribal ([personal profile] theherotail) wrote in [community profile] paixaorpg2012-08-09 02:55 am

I've been searching through the dark [active/open]

Character(s): Zidane, open to anyone
Content: Zidane's finally come to terms that his girlfriend and brother are probably gone-gone, and searches through rubble.
Setting: Around Joutenheim Gate, outside then back in.
Time: Week 42, late evening, a day or two after the collapse
Note: Could be taken as a narrative if no one bugs him, which is fine XD




Zidane weaved from group to group, though he had grown tired, having been at it most of the day. "Hey, have you seen -" had been his opening to any conversation as he pulled citizens aside, describing the two from his worlds that he had hoped were still safe and sound but... Well, he hadn't heard anything from them before the collapse, let alone after.

No, it had seemed that his girlfriend and his brother were long gone. Kuja, yeah, maybe that was for the best, but Dagger... Dammit, come on, Paixao! That just wasn't fair. Frustrated, Zidane kicked at the ground, throwing his head back and letting out a yell, startling away the small cluster of wary citizens that he had just asked.

Sometimes, he really hated this city. And there wasn't even much of a city left to hate!

He glanced back towards the still-standing gate, the two giants holding up strong despite the domes' ceiling that came around them. Zidane should take something from that. Not everything was destroyed, after all.

He sighed and headed through the grass towards the gate and gave it a thump with his fist. "If you guys can stay strong, then so can I, eh?" He moved over rubble, pulling free a piece of wood and giving it a thoughtful look. The more he moved into the ghost of a city, the darker it was; staying in the fields would be wise, but he hated sitting around idle. With some searching and some effort, he was able to fashion the piece of wood into a workable torch, and the proceeded to move along the rubble in search of... well, anything or anyone.
vorpalrising: (♠; I wish that I could just be brave)

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-08-09 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Alice had been watching the events with a rather transparent attempt at disinterest. Truth be told, she had been every bit as shocked as everyone else at the collapse of the city, especially once she realized the destruction wasn't all just a hallucination of hers. She had grown to enjoy her life in Paixao, once the initial shock had passed; she'd been able to eat what she liked, dress as she liked, and generally do as she pleased. It was a freedom she had been entirely unaccustomed to after years spent in the utter hell that had been the asylum and the empty jerking about that had come from Houndsditch.

And now it was gone. The fragile sense of what had almost been happiness had been completely and utterly crushed, leaving her and countless others with nowhere to go. She wasn't sure whether to cry, scream, or stare blankly at the wall and mutter nonsense so people would leave her alone. But upon hearing the young man's statement, Alice stood, brushing off her pantsuit. "I must admit that's a rather helpful way of looking at things," she told him, "especially given the circumstances."
vorpalrising: (♥; I look around)

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-08-10 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
Alice didn't really know why she was here. The city was gone, and it would not likely be rebuilt anytime soon. "I suppose," she replied slowly, giving the citizens a cool glance. They'd always stuck Alice as rather vapid and empty, and she tended towards sarcasm whenever she'd found herself having to speak to one in a social setting in order to keep herself from asking what was wrong with everyone native to the city.

Changing the subject, the Londoner shrugged. "I suppose that all things considered, this place is still much better than the world I left. But what will happen now, I wonder?"
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[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-08-10 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
So the city had been damaged before. One couldn't tell, what with how immaculate the city had appeared. "True," Alice mused, rocking back and fourth while balancing on her heels, "but the other floors are quite dangerous, from what I've seen of them." The beach had been nice, however. Alice wouldn't mind visiting that again, and... was that a tail? How curious. She had never seen someone with a tail before, and found herself staring for a moment.

"The Organization," she murmured, tearing her eyes away at last. "I've heard of them. Aren't they the ones who are doing something with hearts? But if not them, then who else could be doing this?"
vorpalrising: (♥; Here I am)

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-08-10 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Lumens?" Alice repeated, her brow wrinkling in confusion. "What are lumens?" She'd seen the glowing creatures occasionally in the city, but did not know what they were called. But the talk about the Organization distracted her, and she nodded. "I read the report that was released on the journals. I wondered why they were doing it." It was odd for Alice to think so now, but she had felt so much safer in Paixao than she ever had in London - but that was over now.

Still, even with the danger, she much preferred this place to London, and would gladly stay here, even now.
vorpalrising: (♥; I look around)

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-08-10 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Alice nodded. "So that's what they're called. I wondered about that." She'd found them lovely, but they had always appeared to look at her with suspicion, and so Alice had stayed a careful distance away. But why was the other cringing? Had he had an unpleasant experience with them?

"Of course I saw them," came the reply, Alice turning her attention to the subject of the odd report. "It was, after all, laid out for everyone to see. It would have been foolish of me not to pay attention to it."
Edited (Sticky caps D:) 2012-08-10 05:30 (UTC)
vorpalrising: (♥; I must become a lion-hearted girl)

/kicks self awake 8|

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-08-22 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Alice nodded at Zidane, her face blank. She and the other patients at Rutledge had been subject to the occasional experiment,but she remembered little of it and didn't like to think about that time. She very much doubted Zidane would like having his own experiences talked about, so she merely nodded.

"Alice Liddell." She didn't bother with niceties at the moment; she was far too tired and sore and impatient. Still, she couldn't say it was unpleasant to meet someone who wasn't a citizen of this place, what with the way they'd been glaring non-stop at her and the others.
vorpalrising: (♠; I wish that I could just be brave)

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-08-27 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"A pleasure." It appeared Alice could remember her manners, when she so chose. She listened to Zidane's descriptions of the people he'd lost, thinking back as to whether or not she had seen them. After several moments, she shook her head. "I'm afraid I haven't seen anyone by those descriptions," she replied. Perhaps they'd gotten crushed in the rubble, or lost, or had disappeared like the Hatter - but no. She didn't know what had happened to them. For all her apparent lack of care when it usually came to others, it would be terrible if they had been hurt.

"I... hope you do find them," she continued, the words sounding strange to her. She wasn't used to being concerned for others. Perhaps this city had done her some good, after all.
vorpalrising: (♥; Here I am)

/ALIVE AGAIN

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-09-10 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've lost some people I knew here as well," replied Alice, remembering Basil and the Mad Hatter - the version of him that had been before things had gone so very wrong with Wonderland. She stepped a bit closer, watching the other's actions curiously. "What is it?" she asked after a moment, closing the distance between them. She had never seen anything like this before, not having bothered with leaving the city. But it didn't matter, not now that the citizens had pushed them out. There was nothing to keep here here now.

"Perhaps we should investigate," she suggested presently, a hand on the knife she kept attached to her belt. "There must be a reason for it."
vorpalrising: (♦; This is a gift)

[personal profile] vorpalrising 2012-09-26 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"And what floor is it from?" Alice asked, stepping a little closer in order to have a better look at it. She rarely bothered to go to other floors, having been rather content with her life in the city. But now that it was over, and there was no chance of regaining it, she may as well branch out at last. The only floor she'd previously visited had been Wonderland, and that didn't have anything like those strange plants.

She almost smiled, then, at the compliment, and nodded. "Well, then, shall we?"