[As far as arriving in another world goes, this isn't the worst Koushirou has experienced or been told of. It isn't the best either, though, and more importantly this isn't the world he'd intended to end up in. That's the most pressing issue; ending up in another world unexpectedly isn't great, and ending up in the wrong world when you're trying to get to one in specific is even worse because something probably went terribly wrong.
But it's also fascinating, if quickly more than a little disorienting.
The Digital World is weird, but this place very quickly rivals it on the weirdness scale in a completely different way. He, of course, has a few theories at the ready to potentially explain some things, but others are not so simple and that's both concerning and exciting. Focusing on a mystery is a great distraction from the reality of what it might mean that he's here and not with the others.
So he explores for awhile, finding a very cool phone in a very weird case, as well as a few unremarkable objects and nothing particularly useful. The cooler temperature prompts him to dig his uniform blazer from his bag and put it on, which is better than nothing but still not great, and finding something better goes to the top of the to-do list.
At least until he discovers the shadows in the hallways.
He's not going to pretend that the shadows aren't creepy. They're creepy. But it's quickly apparent that there's a barrier effect that keeps them out of the buildings, and then decides some observation won't hurt. Right? Right.
Or course that's easier said than done considering the shadows are, well, shadowy, but Koushirou's doing his best. He's also doing his best to ignore that some of the silhouettes are a little familiar.
He gives it about an hour of just watching and making mental notes before deciding to step up the investigation. That's when someone might be able to find him carefully rolling--or more likely, throwing gently across the floor, since most things won't roll nicely--small pieces of debris toward the shadows to see what they do. He's totally focused on this experiment, and probably won't notice anyone approaching unless they're particularly loud or get close.]
[II. To the Ruins | Stairways | OTA]
[Labyrinths. Great. His favorite.
Again, this is a situation that could be a lot worse, but he's still not super into it. His last experience with a maze was a whole thing, even though it turned out to reveal useful information in the end, and hopefully this case will be similar. With fewer murderous centaurs, anyway.
So far, that last part is holding, although the trade off is that there are a lot more stairs. A lot more.
Thankfully they're going down, at least for now, and he follows them for some time before the getting--unsurprisingly--utterly distracted by the odd things scattered around and the impressions in the walls. Someone nearby in a branching path or hall may notice a bright light, courtesy of a small flashlight that Koushirou is using to inspect the walls more closely.
If they approach loudly enough to be heard, though, they might be temporarily blinded by a flashlight beam in their eyes.]
[III. The Wall | Ruins | OTA]
[This is more his thing, to a point where it's nearly nostalgic. Weird, unknown writing left mysteriously on a wall? Excellent. He can work with this.
Although he's been mostly been keeping out of sight for now, just to be cautious, he totally abandons that in favor of checking out the wall. This is way more important, after all, and so he can be easily found outside the first wall, standing just far enough back to be able to look at the writing without staring straight up.
He only notices anyone nearby if they get pretty close, in which case he'll ask in Japanese--]
Can you read this?
[Wildcard]
[ooc: Feel free to message me to plot something, or just throw out a tag of whatever seems fun! ]
Koushirou | Digimon | OTA
[As far as arriving in another world goes, this isn't the worst Koushirou has experienced or been told of. It isn't the best either, though, and more importantly this isn't the world he'd intended to end up in. That's the most pressing issue; ending up in another world unexpectedly isn't great, and ending up in the wrong world when you're trying to get to one in specific is even worse because something probably went terribly wrong.
But it's also fascinating, if quickly more than a little disorienting.
The Digital World is weird, but this place very quickly rivals it on the weirdness scale in a completely different way. He, of course, has a few theories at the ready to potentially explain some things, but others are not so simple and that's both concerning and exciting. Focusing on a mystery is a great distraction from the reality of what it might mean that he's here and not with the others.
So he explores for awhile, finding a very cool phone in a very weird case, as well as a few unremarkable objects and nothing particularly useful. The cooler temperature prompts him to dig his uniform blazer from his bag and put it on, which is better than nothing but still not great, and finding something better goes to the top of the to-do list.
At least until he discovers the shadows in the hallways.
He's not going to pretend that the shadows aren't creepy. They're creepy. But it's quickly apparent that there's a barrier effect that keeps them out of the buildings, and then decides some observation won't hurt. Right? Right.
Or course that's easier said than done considering the shadows are, well, shadowy, but Koushirou's doing his best. He's also doing his best to ignore that some of the silhouettes are a little familiar.
He gives it about an hour of just watching and making mental notes before deciding to step up the investigation. That's when someone might be able to find him carefully rolling--or more likely, throwing gently across the floor, since most things won't roll nicely--small pieces of debris toward the shadows to see what they do. He's totally focused on this experiment, and probably won't notice anyone approaching unless they're particularly loud or get close.]
[II. To the Ruins | Stairways | OTA]
[Labyrinths. Great. His favorite.
Again, this is a situation that could be a lot worse, but he's still not super into it. His last experience with a maze was a whole thing, even though it turned out to reveal useful information in the end, and hopefully this case will be similar. With fewer murderous centaurs, anyway.
So far, that last part is holding, although the trade off is that there are a lot more stairs. A lot more.
Thankfully they're going down, at least for now, and he follows them for some time before the getting--unsurprisingly--utterly distracted by the odd things scattered around and the impressions in the walls. Someone nearby in a branching path or hall may notice a bright light, courtesy of a small flashlight that Koushirou is using to inspect the walls more closely.
If they approach loudly enough to be heard, though, they might be temporarily blinded by a flashlight beam in their eyes.]
[III. The Wall | Ruins | OTA]
[This is more his thing, to a point where it's nearly nostalgic. Weird, unknown writing left mysteriously on a wall? Excellent. He can work with this.
Although he's been mostly been keeping out of sight for now, just to be cautious, he totally abandons that in favor of checking out the wall. This is way more important, after all, and so he can be easily found outside the first wall, standing just far enough back to be able to look at the writing without staring straight up.
He only notices anyone nearby if they get pretty close, in which case he'll ask in Japanese--]
Can you read this?
[Wildcard]
[ooc: Feel free to message me to plot something, or just throw out a tag of whatever seems fun! ]