[Area] Seth's Clock tower, Underworld

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(rolling for which floor, 22 possible)
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The elevator closes its doors and prepares to go up. It goes up at a reasonably quick pace, though not breakneck like earlier. Likely it does not need to break the barrier between life and death to get to its destination.
After a while, the elevator slows to a stop.

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As Theta turns around to begin walking in some direction, the elevator emerges from the floor and the doors open. Inside of the elevator is Eniar and Link Seth.
"I guess we don't have to search for the exit after all. The elevator is right here."
Theta motions Medi to follow him into the elevator.

"...seriously? we landed back here again? And with that Theta fuckface still here!" Link Seth groans as the student reaper makes his way forwards.

Theta notices the strange guest in the elevator. A guest who seems to be gifted with life?
He pulls his hood down over his face and hold his plastic scythe in a vaguely ominous fashion.
"...lost one, make room. This is my elevator and I currently have business to attend to."

"Business? You almost fucked up last time I was in here! You don't even have your fucking license yet!"

Theta stares coldly through him in silence, and then just walks past link seth towards the control panel of the elevator.
He stands and waits for Medi to enter.

1-22

"...yeah." link seth just kinda glances over at Theta.

"We are on our way to visit a certain someone by my client's request. I'd assume because of... related circumstances, Seth over here may wish to join. We do have yet to complete the initial tour, after all." Theta glares back.

"Whatever. This guy over here says the others like me are busy fighting to save some important shit right now where he was at. I'd think that would be something worth joining."

"For your information, the rest of the dead seths are in a... very dangerous position right now. They usually reside within the tower I am the overseer of. From what I hear, their current enemy is particularly hazardous for those of your current state. I would suggest that you find answers to any unanswered questions before seeking a possible conclusion."

"English, motherfucker, do you speak it? What the fuck are you trying to say? I swear, you have the biggest stick up your ass right now."

Theta glares at link seth again before resuming his speech. "It's called being professional. Maybe you would have learned that at some point. To be more clear, we are on our way to visit the most available version of your assailant. There is a high chance going off to fight will end your existence permanently. I would suggest quelling any sources of regret before facing such a threat."

Theta hesitates for a moment, and then speaks. "We are going to see Chronos. Likely a notorious enough figure for you to have perhaps heard about, but his glory days are long gone. The version we plan to visit may not be the exact same, but it is the safest most available option, as this one is currently being held in a local prison indefinitely."
Link seth huffs and crosses his arms, looking away from Theta and the others. having saved enough ambient energy from interacting with a living person, he's able to think about things a little deeper.
On one hand, he's wanted to have a chance to speak to his father for a while. But on the other, he did ruin absolutely everything.

Still yet, his plan to join the other dead seths appears to be a double-suicide mission, though if what this strange person says is true, not fighting would just yield the same result in a different manner.

He wonders who or what the fuck this reality-ending fuckface is suppose to be.
"Theta, as much as you're a piece of shit excuse for a reaper, I think I'll take up your offer to visit the old man. After that, I'm going to join the fight though."

"...Fair enough. I apologize, dear living person, but we will be taking a trip to Necropolis. You're welcome to follow along, but it would be best to heed extreme caution, least an unfortunate fate traps you here. The lower levels of the tower should be safe in case you wish to stay behind."

Theta types in 1 on the pad and pulls the lever.

The elevator swiftfully but carefully descends as the group converses.

"Very well. Just don't say I didn't warn you." Theta looks over at Eniar for a moment longer than usual, finally noticing the strange... burn marks on this person's face? It's difficult to tell when they appear to be entirely in photonegative colors.

"So, you knew him? Or at least had to deal with his fucked up shit?" Link seth asks Eniar.

The elevator appears to be slowing down as it reaches its destination.

Something seems fishy about Eniar's vague story, but it probably shouldn't be pursued too closely. Probably has some painful memories attached to it.
The party exits the elevator and they are back on the 3rd floor. Theta leads the way to the stairs and they make their way down.

Link seth looks over at Medi.
"Raine, I know this whole thing has been complete bullshit, but we have to make the most of this. At least we still have a chance to see that asshole that did this to us, right?."

They make it to the 2nd floor. The recently turned back on fountain in the center of the room continuously gushes an odd slightly purple liquid.

"While we're on our way, I may as well give an overview of a few things. The fountain over there is there for energy recycling. I'd suggest only drinking from it if you are already dead however. Nearly any food or drink down here tends to have fatal results, as some visitors have learned the hard way..." Theta remembers having to handle initiating a seth that had drank from the fountain while still alive. Definitely hard to calm him down after that...
"Also, just as a house rule, you're expected to use a cup when getting something to drink from the fountain. Most of us seths don't really like slobs around here."

Theta begins to go towards the 2nd floor stairs to go down. "there's not much else on this floor so we should keep going."

They make their way to the 1st floor. A sign outside of a doorway says "Hot Topic" on it. A red carpet leads the way out a pair of double doors.

Link Seth tries to hold Medi's hand to maybe assist her a little bit, if he even can.

"There is a gift shop, though the shopkeeper is currently unavailable. There's not much there besides CD's and accessories. I doubt they'll be durable enough to last outside of a bubble medium however. Though I guess you could copy the data on the CD's if you have a computer on hand with a CD drive... We should keep going." Theta quits his tangent and continues towards the exit.

The party exits the tower. They are now outside and it seems just about as misty and boggy as usual. A wooden boat, the S.S. Death, sits at the far end of a dock straight ahead. Theta leads the way towards it. "We'll be taking a boat ride to get there. It is not a good idea to fall into the water here, as there is a high chance something could pull you under. I do have a fishing pole just in case, but it's best we don't rely on it for all of our safety."

Theta hops into the boat, it rocks slightly.
Link seth offers to help Medi get into the boat safely.

Link seth flinches back from the chilling sensation. It seems difficult for him to remember what being cold felt like, but that seemed to be enough of a reminder for him.
He hops onto the boat after the others.

Theta claps his hands together, the long sleeves of his robe bumping against each other. "Now that everyone is on board, let's get going!"
He steps to the front of the boat and points off into the distance. He's taken this trip enough times that he knows exactly which way to go through the fog.

The boat slowly begins to move in that direction on its own, likely by some sort of magical enchantment.

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