This is a bad idea

[swordofzero]

Characters: Arthur, Vane and Suzaku
Format: Prose?
This log is: Closed
Location: Conquest Courtyard
Summary: Arthur vows to Vane, also Vane and Suzaku link
Warnings: Awful things

After handing out upgrades to people Suzaku got Arthur to buy a link charm and they went back to the courtyard to meet Vane. Suzaku letting the necklaces slip in and out of his fingers, lost in thought.

"Are you sure this is alright?" He asked Arthur, aware he had pretty much just informed Arthur he was getting another Weapon.

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"That's true." Vane remarked after a brief moment of silence, nodding his head in agreement though he was obviously reluctant to do so. After a moment, he finally shrugged his shoulders ruefully as if to say 'what can you do?' and glanced at Suzaku with a smile on his lips again.

"Do you have the charm?"

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Suzaku tilted his head, after all this had been Vane's idea in the first place... "Are you still alright to do this? We don't have to." He produced the charm necklaces anyways.

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"I want to help." Vane replied with a nod towards Arthur as he reached out for the necklace offered by the knight. Taking the chain in hand, he rolled it between his fingers and visibly hesitated once more. "But I know I'm not the most able partner you could have. I also can't fill the position left behind by your friend." Here he paused and gave Suzaku a meaningful look.

"But if you're okay with this Suzaku, then so am I."

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Suzaku nodded, "I am," he wasn't sure what to say to reassure Vane, to convince him that this was alright. So he just put the charm around is neck, it still hung loose and would do until Vane put his own on.

"Honestly... I want to help you and combined strength is always more than trying to do things alone."

[It only took Suzaku his entire 19 years to realise that...]

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With a silent nod, Vane waited and watched while Suzaku clipped the necklace around his neck. Once it was there and secure, the engineer had one more moment of hesitation before he too reached up and placed it around his neck.

His face, stonily still as he did the deed, winced slightly when he felt the metal links closed around his throat and lock in place. Was it supposed to feel like a collar? As the sensation passed and the metal warmed against his skin, he reached up and rubbed it uncertainly before looking back at Suzaku and offering him a smile.

"That was... anticlimactic." He admitted, a small laugh escaping his throat.

wow did I manage to mix prose and action in the *same* tag...

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The necklace tightened around his throat and stuck there. It felt... normal since he had worn one for so long. But Vane wasn't Lelouch. But it was done, and hopefully it would help them both.

He blinked and nodded, "It is a bit..." He turned back to Arthur, glancing first at Vane's hand to check for the mark to say it had worked and he was now Arthur's Weapon.