[001 ★ voice]

[guiltapalooza]

So... my world's been destroyed. Yeah, not buying it. It's been tried before, by bigger and, well, probably better than whoever's behind this. In fact, I was sort of in the middle of the whole preventing the apolocypse game show right before I got zapped here, so if I could pretty please go back to that

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[voice]

[weaponiser]

Oh, fantastic. [That is one dry, irritated voice you got talkin' to you.] The world gets destroyed and yet, I still find a way to get locked in a tower with a witch. Out of the frying pan and into the fire, I suppose.

[voice]

[guiltapalooza]

[instantly offended!] Hey, what do you have against witches? We take the thunder out of your bake sale with our Athena-themed cookies or something?

[voice]

[weaponiser]

[Just as planned.jpg]

It's more the fact that I've never met a witch who didn't want to kill me. I've been stabbed, scratched, pecked, and nearly been hit in the face with explosive tadpoles. Sorry I'm not exactly a fan of your ilk as a result.

[voice]

[guiltapalooza]

Goddess, who uses explosive tadpoles? [She's evidently deeply disturbed by the idea.] Eeuugh... frogs.

The only people I want to kill are... well, no one. The occasional demon goes the way of ashes, but most regular people aren't my jurisdiction. I know some witches are more of the cackling evil type, but no cackling here. I swear.

[video]

[lamentless]

Wow, you're a witch? [Sorry, he's always impressed by magic.]

Oh! [An awkward headscratch.] I don't think anyone's made a concrete map of the tower, come to think. But I know there's a guide some of the others made to help people read between the lines. I don't have a copy, you'd have to ask Minato.

Uh, what else... [Roxas seemed to think for a minute.] ...people get experimented on, and we can't seem to die permanently. That's useful for immediate knowledge.

[video]

[guiltapalooza]

Yup, that's me. [waggles her fingers in the air, as if that gesture signifies magic] Wicca or something like it, anyway.

If I run into him, I'll definitely ask for a copy, thanks. I'm all about reading the manual before I play the game. And see, the experimenting I can sorta expect, but is death really not permanent? [She gets a little frowny over that.] That messes with all sorts of natural laws. I'd think there'd be some kind of repercussion.

[lamentless]

Wicca...? [He's never heard of that before.]

Yeah, I've died twice before. [A frown.] Once was an accident, the other time was because I didn't sleep in my room for a long time. If you do that, you just wither away.

[A pause, and he scratched his head.] Oh, and make sure you eat the oatmeal first or you get really sick.

lmfao poor Roxas i'm so sorry about her a thousand and one pop culture references...

[guiltapalooza]

The religion of witches, basically.

You wither away from not sleeping in your room? [That part actually seems to weird her out.] I guess they really want us to bond with our roommates. You seem okay for having died twice - no ill effects?

... Eat the oatmeal, not the Kool-Aid. Check.

[wwaterboy]

[There's a horned young man in a wizard's cape and a slightly moth-eaten scarf who comes walking up the row, then pauses when he sees what Willow wrote on her screen]

Are you fuckin' serious?

[akshun forever]

[guiltapalooza]

[Pause. Turns back to look at him, and manages to only do a very minor double take. Horns and fins? ... And a cape? The cape was really the unbelievable part here.]

Um... yes? I'm going to go with yes. I'm very serious right now. What am I being serious about?

[Yus all the akshun]

[wwaterboy]

[She's got the most ridiculous red hair he's ever seen on an alien, but he supposes that's not much weirder than anything else he's seen. He eyes her skeptically, his facial fins lifting a little with curiosity]

About wwitchcraft, and magic.

[guiltapalooza]

[She tries to resist the urge to ask what was with his cape... and his accent.]

Oh - then, yes. Deathly serious. Why, are you an unbeliever? In a place like this? [She just assumes there have to be other magic users around that aren't shy about it, considering the circumstances.]

[voice]

[nursenotweapon]

U-uh...witch?

[voice]

[guiltapalooza]

Good witch. Like Glinda, not-- [Yeah okay, is this person even going to get that reference? She cuts herself off.]

Good witch, [she repeats firmly.] I seem to be getting that reaction a lot today.

[voice]

[nursenotweapon]

Oh. Kinda like my friend Kim then I guess...

Y-yeah. There's, um, kind of a reason for me, not sure about everyone else. I'd say welcome to the tower, but...

[voice]

[guiltapalooza]

It's okay, I've met the bad witch variety myself. They give us all a bad name.

Welcome is still appropriate! I'm anxious to get home, but I appreciate everyone being friendly. I could be stuck a lot worse places, and trust me, I can think of several.

[voice]

[guiltapalooza]

[cheerily,] It's nice to meet you, Nina. Starting wherever you want to start is fine.

I just can't buy it, personally. That our worlds are gone, I mean-- mine at least has had an annual almost-apocalypse for the past seven years. Telling me this is the one that did it is a little hard to swallow.

... What's been going on on the terminals?

[voice]

[guiltapalooza]

Someone else mentioned that to me. Not sure I can figure out what the fascination with oatmeal is, but I'll be sure to.

It actually... is every year? Not every seven years. [Willow sounds vaguely sheepish about it, as if it's somehow her fault.] It's more that we're a popular vacation spot for demons of all sorts, so they like to try to, you know, make it more demon-friendly. Put up permanent residences, restaurants, and okay, this metaphor is going too far. But I guess it is pretty dangerous; I'm just used to it by now.

I've seen that happen before. [frowning, much more business like now] Maybe there's something I can do.