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Lelouch vi Britannia (imperious) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-05-25 22:06:00

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kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), lelouch vi britannia

Day 376 | private voice; (backdated, sorry!)
[ This voice call was meant for Kitty Pryde, Sr., but Lelouch was not quite specific enough when he made it, so both Kitties get to enjoy this brusque interjection into their regularly-scheduled routine. ]

Miss Pryde, I presume? [ And then, immediately, ] I'd like to report an incident.

[ Specifically, he'd like to report Suzaku's terrible life choices. Is there a form to fill out for that? ]

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kitty_has_claws
2016-05-27 01:58 am UTC (link)

I must.

[She listens to the complaint until he is finished.] I assume you're coming to me about this because of the Defense Force. We don't push arranged meetings like you describe, and I'm not in the business of regulating people's personal lives.

If something happens, we'd respond to it, but preventing him from meeting someone, questionable or otherwise, would be overreach.

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imperious
2016-05-27 02:13 am UTC (link)

...I'm not asking you to prevent it.

[ Fingers curling impotently where she can't see them. Maybe she doesn't know. Regulating people's personal lives? He feels thoroughly deflated. Tries to shake it off. ]

I-- He seems to feel he has a duty to meet this person, "Sai". To find out whether or not he's dangerous by offering himself up as a target.

[ But even to his own ears, that still sounds like he's asking Kitty to put Suzaku in time-out or something, so he continues hurriedly: ]

He says asking for assistance from the rest of the Force would -- somehow be a display of mistrust. ...But I, for one, thought it might be beneficial for you to be warned. So that... in the event that it goes badly -- you could be ready.

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	kitty_has_claws 2016-05-27 02:36 am UTC (link)
	[Making himself a target to protect others? The DF leadership really had "a type" didn't it? She sighs softly.] We're a team. Assistance is kind of the whole point. [She should talk to him about that if nothing else.] What made him seem dangerous? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

imperious
2016-05-29 10:09 pm UTC (link)

[ There's a hesitating beat, but... this reaction is better. ]

I'm hard-pressed not to say everything, but... it was what he said, and how he said it. [ "I like fighting ♥" ] When he expressed interest in fighting someone here -- especially someone with 'powers'... I asked him if he fought in a league or something similar where he came from. He told me that having to follow rules would... spoil his fun.

[ Lelouch goes over the conversation again in his head, scanning it for... something more concrete. Then allows, ]

I'm not saying anyone should go -- arrest him, or however it is you handle such matters. I know the suspicions and discomfort of a stranger are not enough to merit that kind of intervention. [ Even though, being him, they're very reliable suspicions and discomfort! ] But even Suzaku agreed it might be dangerous. [ And bullheadedly insisted on not taking basic safety precautions anyway!! ]

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kitty_has_claws
2016-05-30 05:12 pm UTC (link)

[She thinks of Sougo at first. Someone she was never comfortable with, but also not someone who ever actually caused problems except with his mouth. Maybe the bragging is a good sign? someone more serious might just act instead of talk, but there's nothing stopping someone from doing both.]

I assume you already tried to talk him out of it as a friend with less than favorable results? [She never knew the extent of their relationship previously, but "friend" felt like a pretty safe assumption along with whatever else it might have been.]

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imperious
2016-05-30 06:34 pm UTC (link)

[ Friend feels pretty hilarious at the moment, actually. Ah, yes. His closest, dearest friend. Making this a voice call was such a good choice, it hides the less-than-wholly-stable smile that settles briefly on his face. ]

--Yes. [ And then Suzaku said all of the unhelpful, worrisome things he's related, like, "Going into dangerous situations unprepared is somehow my duty," and, "Even so much as alerting the Force that I might need help would be a display of mistrust." ] If there's nothing you can do, I'll understand. [ Smoothing his tone out, solicitous, trying to cover for at least some of the vulnerability he's already put on naked display. ]

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kitty_has_claws
2016-05-30 07:25 pm UTC (link)

I don't want anyone here—Defense Force member or not getting hurt especially needlessly. I do think he can take care of himself for the most part, but it's hard to know someone else's abilities here. The force is always ready to back someone up. He just has to ask for the help when he needs it, so I'll talk to him about that.

He does seem...different from the way he was when he came through the first time. [Less social certainly.]

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imperious
2016-05-30 07:42 pm UTC (link)

[ He's nodding, automatic, and trying to feel -- less agitated, at least; it's what he wanted, with the bonus of someone else who knows Suzaku, who he presumably trusts more than he trusts Lelouch right now, talking to him about this...

...but Lelouch is brought up slightly short by that last observation. ]

Does he? [ Different in what way. He can only think of... the way he's been alternately despairing and angry about, which. can't be the way she means. ]

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	kitty_has_claws 2016-05-30 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	He seemed more focused on acting as a team and more social in general. He used to run the Defense Force. [You can see where managing him now might feel a tad awkward for her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

imperious
2016-05-30 08:08 pm UTC (link)

[ Oh. That leaves Lelouch briefly a little blank, and then also a little... ]

...His last memory from -- our world was. Not pleasant.

[ It's easy to assume that Kitty's previous Suzaku was brought here before he used FLEIJA on the Tokyo Settlement, though -- after a few seconds, he realizes with some discomfort that he's not sure when Suzaku could have been removed from his timeline that he would have seemed... "more social in general". ] [ Kitty thought they were friends? Was... maybe told that, by one of them? ]

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	kitty_has_claws 2016-05-30 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	[They did live together. It didn't take much to parse. Then again they live together now so...] The wardens like to play their timing games. Then again some worlds just have too much opportunity for unpleasantness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1/2 imperious 2016-05-30 08:20 pm UTC (link)
	[ The most bitter of smiles, for one or both of those statements. ] Indeed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	imperious 2016-05-30 08:22 pm UTC (link)
	Forgive me for assuming, but I'm sorry for whatever experience you've had with the same. [ Trying for -- something more... thoughtful and sympathetic. Something that might build bridges rather than just... marinate him in his own unhappiness! ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-05-30 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	That's okay, assume away. You'd be right. It wasn't a version of reality I'd wish on anyone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-05-30 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	[ That's... a very heavy thing to say about your own world. Lelouch tries to imagine saying it about his, and can think of too many people who were happy even before the Zero Requiem. Carefully, ] Then I suppose it's better to be here instead? [ Timing games or otherwise. But he makes it a question, definitely not an assumption this time. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-05-30 09:07 pm UTC (link)
	For me. For some of us. Really, for anyone who'd be dead otherwise, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-05-30 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	[ Euphie is still his first thought. And then, less comfortably, himself. ] ...I still don't understand why they wait so long to arrest us. But I suppose that's my... linearity limiting me. [ Belatedly, ] Are there a lot of [ them ] [ us ] people like that here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-05-30 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	That is probably what they'd say, yeah. I suspect it has more to do with none of this actually being a prison. But that's just a hypothesis. [Hard to test.] Mm, there have been a decent number and probably more than I'm actually aware of because we don't tend to advertise it. It's not the majority as far as I know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-05-30 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	Well, it's just such a personal detail. [ A little bit. Droll. But it sort of is. And... he's not sure he wants either of the people from his own world here knowing, which makes telling strangers less appealing. ] You think it's an experiment instead? [ Instead of a prison, that is. Yuuki suggested... ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-05-30 10:28 pm UTC (link)
	One of the most personal. [Agreeing.] I don't know to what end, but yes, I think that makes more sense than believing they think all of this will lead to protecting timelines or rehabilitating us. We're investigating all avenues, but I think this one is the most likely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-06-01 03:14 am UTC (link)
	"We"? [ The prison at large? The Force? A smaller group of your own choosing? And... let's stick to this topic, at least for now. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-06-01 03:56 am UTC (link)
	The investigative team. It's a branch of the defense force. Brute force alone isn't getting us out of this place. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-06-03 03:15 pm UTC (link)
	[ Well, no, obviously not. But. Lelouch lets out a willfully-steady breath. ] Especially not if you believe that this is all... simulated. [ Testing. Curious. Do you, Kitty? For his part, the actual escaping... doesn't seem to have much of a point. But information-gathering? Yes. Always. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-06-03 06:07 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think it's a possibility we can ignore. [And yes, she tends toward believing it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	imperious 2016-06-03 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	[ Mmm. He smooths the lines of his shirt for a beat, thinking. ] If they control everything about this environment, investigation is only more difficult. [ Maybe they're not experiments, but they're certainly toys to the wardens, he thinks. If this isn't his real body, the choice to scar it was very deliberate. Just... as a small example. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)