An ominous tower has sent invitations of a new tournament. Telling its promise of rewards: wealth, wishes, and more. But what hidden secrets does this tower have in store for it's contestants?
In the heart of the tower sleeps an android whose energy derives from living beings around it. After completing its eons old mission of collecting knowledge throughout the universe, it reconstructs itself into a tower, sheltering all of the archived knowledge within. In an urgent search for more energy, the tower reawakens and lures its combatants into a false tournament. All fight their way out for their reward, little do they know the horror that lies before them should they lose.
Each doorway and floor of the tower is comprised of the android's memories and are projected as physical holograms that can very well kill you at the wrong step. These memories contain environments from all over the universe, try to expect the unexpected. Nothing is as it seems...
Tell Me About My Father: Rent protects Aaron as a promise he made to Aaron's father many years ago, before he dissapeared. They entered the Tower Tournament in hopes of finding him.
Genre Savvy: Kakei watches a lot of movies and TV shows from all over.
Humanoid Aliens: She's an alien and she's humanoid... need I say more?
Higher-Tech Species: Her species, the Etea, have civilian space travel, energy weapons, translating devices, and pieces of technology that can change a person's shape.
Little Miss Snarker: Kakei can be highly sarcastic when she wants to be... which is often.
Little Miss Badass: Kakei might be 4'6", but she can still kick your ass.
Little People: Kakei's species is usually under 5 feet tall with some variation.
Partial Transformation: Setas can shapeshift into "demi-forms", where he retains a human shape, but gains added animal abilities, i.e. wings or the ability to breathe underwater.
Jack is an anthropomorphic dog character that follows Shikyo loyally, despite the obvious threats she's shown to give him. He searches for Shikyo's targets and seems to hide in the background.
Badass Normal: While mythical creatures, Shikyo and Jack are relatively "Human" creatures. No super powers as we know of in any form. And They're going to take on a tournament in the universal archives.
Berserk Button: Shikyo does not want to hear you tell her that her mission is meaningless.
Butt Monkey: Of most fan art of Jack, he's usually seen overpowered by Shikyo. Not that it's too far off, as Shikyo seems to frequently ignore and threaten him according to the audition comic.
Cat Smile: More like a cat frown in Shikyo's case. She rarely smiles to begin with.
Nai on the other hand does this throughout most of the audition.
Hypocritical Humor: The entire audition comic seems to build up just how hypocritical Shikyo is.
"I'm not going to some silly get together a bunch of battle crazed detectives are invited to!" just a page ago she talked about how she took out a target because he badmouthed her.
"Obssessed over a hunk of tech. How shallow can you be?" What's Shikyo's biggest drive again? Oh yes, revenge.
What Could Have Been: There's implications that another group of characters were considered for this tourney. But they were busy and Shikyo took the call.
Great-Leo had explained he was originally going to have the duo crash INTO the Tower.
Youkai: A notable feature of the duo, Shikyo's listed as a bakeneko (Monster cat) and Jack is listed as a bakeinu (Monster dog). Thing is neither seem very powerful in the magic department. In their audition, their perky bartender "Nai" points out that all sorts of youkai exist in their dimension.
