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Tweak says, "Monkey Boy!"

C.C. (tsuntsuntsun) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-06-13 12:31:00

Current location:	Sector 3
Entry tags:	c.c., euphemia li britannia, jun kanzaki, lelouch vi britannia, suzaku kururugi

Day 380 [Video/Action][Open]
[ "The rest of your natural life." C.C. wonders how long the technology in this prison was designed to last. The "lush and abundant setting" she wakes up to fills her with a profound sense of unhappiness -- an eternity in a single place isn't what she expected when she made her most recent choices. Will she still be able to find the World of C? Is she going to go back to being all alone, just when she learned the value of not being so?

She's still laying on her back in the middle of what looks like a park, pushing buttons on her communicator to see what it does. Finally, she manages the settings for a video message.

A bored-looking young woman with amber-colored eyes and bright green hair is asking a very important question, fellow prisoners: ]

Is there pizza here?

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	action; imperious 2016-06-20 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	[ He can... feel that. Just keeps -- staring down at the top of C.C.'s head. After a beat, he brings his hands up to her... upper arms, seems like a safe bet. ] ...I said? [ Six months after. After his death. For a fraction of a second, it doesn't make sense. Then: ] ...from the World of C? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; tsuntsuntsun 2016-06-20 10:07 pm UTC (link)
	[ C.C. seems to relax a bit, when his hands touch her arms. And she seems to gain a little more control over her composure. ] Mm-hmm. You've been keeping me company. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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imperious
2016-06-20 10:12 pm UTC (link)

[ ...for six months. ] [ It's such a strange idea. He'd thought... he expected... well, he's not sure. But he hadn't expected to be able to keep interacting with... anyone still alive. ] [ Not everyone stays on in the World of C. Right? So, what does it mean about him, that he does? ...is it a matter of will? ...a matter of having something specific you feel you need to take care of? ]

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	action; imperious 2016-06-20 10:14 pm UTC (link)
	[ ...He's been keeping her company. Lelouch feels a small smile working its way onto his face. Murmurs, ] Well, I -- did have a promise to keep. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; tsuntsuntsun 2016-06-20 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	[ She looks up at him, at that, tears still in her eyes, but she's smiling. ] I can't really complain, so far. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; imperious 2016-06-20 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	[ And there, his own smile cracks. --Tears? ...Tears for him? ] That doesn't sound like you. [ A slightly hollow tease. And -- clearly not true! She's crying, she must have complaints!! ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; tsuntsuntsun 2016-06-20 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	[ She lifts up on her toes and kisses his cheek, before stepping back, letting her hands clasp behind her back. ] Witches are mysterious creatures. You should know that by now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; imperious 2016-06-20 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	[ ...C.C.... ] [ He kind of wants to bring a hand up to his cheek like a shy child. Resists the urge by -- crossing his arms over his chest instead. ] --I've given up pretending to know anything about witches. [ Soft. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; tsuntsuntsun 2016-06-20 10:45 pm UTC (link)
	Oho, so he can be taught. [ There's no bite to her teasing, but she's feeling more comfortable in their routine. ] I heard you have pizza in your refrigerator. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; imperious 2016-06-20 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	[ Can he? Lelouch currently feels completely unteachable. But his lips turn back up again at that last bit. ] --So we do. It's leftover payment from some housepainting we engaged in. [ And technically speaking, he cooked it himself. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	action; tsuntsuntsun 2016-06-20 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	Physical labor? You? [ Looking around as if to try and see which direction they're going. Because pizza. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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imperious
2016-06-21 07:22 pm UTC (link)

[ It'll be back in the direction he came from, you... ridiculous person. Lelouch hesitates a beat more, then... starts to lead her that way. ]

It only makes sense to ingratiate oneself with the local authorities, when given the opportunity. And don't think I missed that implication.

[ Normal. So very normal. When nothing else has been, not for days. After a beat, he adds, ]

This place is... strange. Even by your standards.

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	action; tsuntsuntsun 2016-06-21 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	It must be, if computers reward manual labor with pizza and goodwill. [ Follows along beside him. ] Does... Suzaku live with us, then? [ Having to say his name with care feels more than a little sad. ] He can have my room, but I get to keep the closet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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imperious
2016-06-21 11:13 pm UTC (link)

[ He had a tease on the tip of his tongue -- multi-level teasing, even -- but that question, the hesitation, all of it... just rounds his shoulders a little. Lelouch is silent for several revealing seconds before he says, ] He lives with Euphemia. I've been staying with them.

[ The stupid, clumsy moment during the heatwave was -- was progress, undeniably. Somehow, progress. But there's still such a... gulf between them. And C.C.'s question, her silly suggestion, is a painful reminder of that gulf. ]

[ Months ago, that's where they are now. Before Baghdad. Before that first awkward night, where they scraped together just enough cash for a single room at an inn. If it hadn't been for C.C.'s impatience with them, that first night would have come to blows.

And yet, it was still just a few days ago that he spent what was supposed to be his last night with C.C. pressed to his chest and... Suzaku at his back. It shouldn't have been comfortable, but it had been. It had been. ]

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tsuntsuntsun
2016-06-27 12:28 pm UTC (link)

[ If she were the type to apologize, she might offer one for not being a little more sensitive to the situation. Suzaku hadn't seemed outwardly angry at Lelouch, but she remembers how he'd been in the World of C. And, aside from his sister's safety, the then Lelouch had always wanted had been for his friend to be at his side. To have achieved that and then lost it...

C.C. just takes Lelouch's hand without comment as they walk. ]

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imperious
2016-06-27 09:21 pm UTC (link)

[ H, hand taken. He glances at her sharply, then away with just as much haste. ...Of the times she's shown him physical comfort like this, they've all had one thing in common. Lelouch works his jaw for a few seconds, clears his throat. Wants to speak like an emperor, a warlock, an accomplice -- not a pitiable child. ]

Apparently, it's not the first time. [ Smooth. Strong. ] We've all been here before. [ And Nunnally. Two of Nunnally. ] I couldn't say whether he let you have his closet space last time. [ Smiling, even. ] We were... from closer to the same time, before, I suppose.

...We told Euphemia everything. [ Apparently, he doesn't repeat. Some version of us, he doesn't add. ] [ And this is not precisely true, or at least the order of events he's presenting is misleading, but. The truth was, as always, complicated. And he doesn't have the energy to sort it out. ]

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	action; tsuntsuntsun 2016-07-26 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	Were we insane? [ She sees you trying to pretend like you don't like her attempt to comfort. She's going to hold your hand anyway. Most of the information he gives washes over her. Except the part about Suzaku makes her sad. ] Telling anyone everything hardly seems like a smart thing to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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melioristic
2016-07-26 11:29 pm UTC (link)

[ He's definitely not pulling away. The comfort itself is nice, he just--... he doesn't like knowing that he must visibly need it for her to offer.

But that question gets a short, snoring laugh. ]

You'll have to take it up with our previous incarnations. But she knows about the Requiem. She knows... [ His throat closes, and he can't speak for a beat. ] She knows what happened at the Special Zone.

[ She also knows about his ridiculous crush but that hasn't come up yet thankfully, he would dig a hole and never come out again. ]

Everything relevant to her, and probably several things that are not.

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