Test Drive Meme

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Test Drive Meme

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To get you started, here are a few optional prompts for you to use if you so wish:

Prompts
1. [Setting: Floor Twenty-Eight] There are musical instruments all around this floor, with a grand organ taking the center stage. It could be a good place to pick up a new skill or two! But wait... what's that? You hear music playing? Well, maybe there's someone already on the floor. Or maybe not... sometimes the instruments play themselves, after all.

2. [Setting: Floor Forty-Five] The walls on this floor are made of glass, which would be nice if there were anything to see. Sadly, there's not much, as the clouds are so thick at this height that you really can't make out if there's anything out there, anything below you, or anything above you. If you hear a skittering sound, that's just the faceless humanoid creatures crawling around on the outside windows. Don't worry, they can't get in... but they will skitter around to watch your every move.

3. [Setting: Floor Eighty-Eight] There's a bar here, and you better hope there's not any alcohol. Most of the time there isn't no matter how hard you look - but sometimes there is, and more often than not even a little bit of it will make you violently sick from alcohol poisoning. But if you're really lucky, you'll just get drunk. There's a pool table in the center of this always-smoky floor, so even if you can't drink you can still act all adult and sophisticated.

4. [Setting: Floor Twenty-Two] Are you a cultured person? Then this is the floor for you. It seems to be an art gallery, and there are paintings from many different worlds on display here - maybe even one or two from yours! But don't get lost, because if you do, you may not like what you see. Paintings of the worst atrocities known to mankind have been known to be on display around here, and if you're really unlucky, you'll stumble across an entire section filled with paintings of the things you fear most.

5. [Setting: Floor Ninety-Four] This is a darkroom, and it's okay if you don't own a camera, because there are a few old-fashioned ones you can borrow to take pictures. Maybe this is a good time to pick one up and try your hand at photography. Or maybe you've turned off the lights, but if that's so, don't look too closely at the shadows. They'll sometimes become humanoid figures that will follow you around, and if you look directly at them they'll possess you, crawling into your throat - you won't be able to leave the floor, and you'll try to kill anyone who enters, but this will only last until you are killed or the lights are turned on.

6. [Setting: Floor Three] A bookworm will feel right at home here, among the towering shelves filled with books of all kinds. You won't find anything about the history of the Tower, though, and you certainly won't find anything about the world you or anyone else here came from, but if you're looking for a tale to read or something to study up on, you're in the right place.

7. [Setting: Anywhere] Uh-oh. That's a monster, or maybe more than one of them. You might be equipped to handle it or you might not. But the question is, what do you do? Do you face it head on... or do you flee? Or maybe the monster has already spotted you, and you're in need of a rescue. That's alright. It happens quite often here.

Comments

[sicharia]

I believe so. [Other than the fact that some of the artwork is eerie, but there are many floors here that are eerie regardless of whatever else their intended purpose seems to be.] Would you like to continue?

[It's natural that she would want to show her Servant around as much of the Tower as she can...!]

[glassceiling]

Yes, please. There is nothing for me here.

[Her claw goes back under her cloak.]

And are all floors of the Tower so specific?

[sicharia]

Most of them are, I think. There are some that are more like free areas, but... Most of them seem to be dedicated entirely to one specific purpose.

[She waits for Assassin to return to her side, then starts back toward the stairs.]

[glassceiling]

I see.

[She shuffles closer to Claudia.]

Are there any that are particularly useful? Those that serve a more than just decoration? Or are there any more dangerous than the others?

[sicharia]

Mm. [She hums out an affirmative, nodding briefly.] There are several that are dangerous just by their nature. There are others that have some practical purpose, though... For example, closer to the middle of the Tower, there's a floor with the materials and supplies necessary for sewing.

[glassceiling]

That sounds like a good floor.

[She makes a note to remember it, since either she or Claudia might need more clothes at some point.]

Are there any warnings then, for the general populace? Or must these floors have been experienced by someone, and their knowledge passed by word of mouth?

[sicharia]

Mm, it is. The materials there aren't the best, but it's better than nothing.

Diarmuid has been working on distributing a guide to the various hazards here, but it's mostly as you said. There are no warnings from the administrators, so we've needed to figure out everything on our own.

[glassceiling]

Will you describe this Diarmuid to me, Claudia? I wish to thank him if I ever encounter him.

[sicharia]

You've seen him before. [She smiles a little as she says that, though the expression is a dry one.] Lancer.

[glassceiling]

Oh.

[She frowns, just a little bit.]

From the way you speak about him, it seems like he was willing to speak with you. I do not know if it will be the same with me.

[After all, Claudia had been a harmless woman without her Servant. While Assassin was an enemy Servant, not to mention the one who had slain his Master.]

[sicharia]

[She shakes her head.]

To start, he's not from the same version of the War that we are. And... I've told him of what happened in our War, because it felt dishonest to do otherwise. He was understanding, and I can't imagine his attitude would be any different toward you.

[glassceiling]

If he holds the same view toward me as he does you, then it would make him a virtuous man.

[Too virtuous, perhaps, to have been forced into the blasphemy of the Grail War.]

If God (Glorified and Exalted be He) wills it, then I hope the other Servants here will also be like him.

[And she prays that none will be like Gilgamesh.]

[sicharia]

He is. He's a good person.

[The faint bitterness of her smile remains as she says that, though. She remembers him telling her the end of his life as a Servant was crueler than what had happened to him in her own timeline, and that his Master had killed her father-in-law.]

I've found most of them to be agreeable enough. [Regardless of whether or not she likes them on a personal level.] As I've told you, there's no reason for us to fight here, and most seem willing to respect that.

[glassceiling]

Most of them. You speak as if there are one or two who do not fit that mold. Who are they, Claudia?

[sicharia]

Mm... Well, for one thing, Kariya has told me that Caster's Master is here. [Her lips purse together.] Killing him won't do any good, but...

[Well, she won't tell Assassin not to.]

[glassceiling]

He is still a murderer, and a blasphemer against God (Glorified and Exalted be He).

[While she knows that a Master without his Servant is no danger, she still cannot help but feel that some sort of justice should be inflicted upon him. Even if it would not necessarily come at Assassin's hands.]

Does he still commit his atrocities?

[sicharia]

[She nods. She can't argue with that.]

I haven't encountered him myself yet, but I wouldn't be surprised. But... [A frown crosses her face.] Kariya told me he takes some perverse pleasure in being killed. I'm not sure if his death would achieve anything.

[glassceiling]

Then there needs to be some other way to stop him.

[She falls silent for a second.]

I am glad it is no longer the Grail War. Killing is no longer the only option to deal with enemies.

[It is a simple one, and an effective one. But she knows it is not the best one. Better to spare the enemy, forgive him, and convert him. Have one more soul in the world doing the will of God (Glorified and Exalted be He). Killing is for when leaving the opponents upon this world would do more harm than waiting for them to redeem themselves. It is like cutting off a festering limb.]

[sicharia]

That's true, but many of the options opened up to us are unkind.

[She's willing to do such things for the greater good, but... She has never enjoy it.]

There is a floor with prison cells.

[glassceiling]

How secure are they?

[sicharia]

I'm not sure. I haven't had reason to test them. [She pauses briefly, head cocking slightly as she considers something, then adds:] We could test them, if we reach that floor today.

[glassceiling]

I would like that very much. How many floors do we have to go through?

[sicharia]

Well... If I remember correctly, it's in the middle section. If we simply head upward from here without stopping, we can probably reach it without any trouble.

[glassceiling]

[She nods, and a hint of a smile appears on her face.]

I see. That is good. And if you ever wish to ascend the stairs faster, then I will carry you.

[sicharia]

Oh, no, that's... I wouldn't want to be any trouble! [She laughs, somewhat sheepishly, a hint of color rising to her cheeks as she tries to wave the suggestion off.] I'm fine with walking. Unless you don't want me to slow you down?