Backdated to the evening of Rest Day

[cheesetwo]

Characters: C.C. and anyone in the dining hall
Format: Anything is fine :D
This log is: open
Location: Dining Hall
Summary: C.C. recruits Weapons?
Warnings: None at the moment

Dining communally like this was ridiculous enough as it was. But did this school really not have pizza?

Staring at the unappetizing food on her plate which was certainly not pizza-like in the slightest, C.C. sighed and poked at it with her spoon. What was it even? Actually, she didn't care. Even Kallen's curry was better than this.

Standing up, she decided enough was enough, and raised her voice to address anyone who happened to be present. "If you can cook a halfway decent pizza for me, I'll be your Player," she announced to the masses. But it better be good.

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[wasabisandwiches]

The food here, Cécile concluded, was definitely lacklustre. She desired to cook something of her own-- something delicious and spicy, but perhaps a little bit sweet... Oh, that would be marvelous! For the moment, though, she was drudging through the normal fare of the dining hall, attempting to make it palatable with the addition of salt and pepper. It wasn't working.

When she heard C.C.'s voice raise and the request for pizza, Cécile perked. And then perked a little more. Here was the chance she'd been waiting for! She'd be able to cook something absolutely delicious.

Her hand shot into the air before she even fully thought about it. "I'll make you one!" she said, voice cheerful. What could go wrong?

[cheesetwo]

Well, there's a somewhat familiar face that C.C. hadn't seen earlier today. But she was not exactly surprised, having seen Lloyd here earlier in the day. "Oh, you will?" she replied, stepping towards the engineer. "I didn't know you could cook, Cécile." For the short while she had been in Pendragon, the witch had been living off of the pizza cooked by the palace chefs, after all.

But how fortunate this was. That took far less effort than she had expected.

[wasabisandwiches]

Cécile's expertise was hardly in pizza, but that was already. Her mind was already spinning out delicious combinations. Wasabi soy sauce glazed chicken pizza with mayonnaise? Ginger cinnamon pizza with a wasabi crust and salami? Perhaps if she did a tomato-jam sauce with anchovies and jalapenos...?

"Oh, of course!" she responded. "I love cooking. I made snacks for Lloyd and Suzaku all the time, when we were all working together." She missed those days, sometimes, but-- well. At least they were both here again!

[cheesetwo]

How enthusiastic, C.C. noted. This could be a quite beneficial arrangement if Cécile puts that much into her cooking.

"Is that so? That will work perfectly then." What was it she had to say? Just a vow of protection? That would be simple enough. "In exchange for my protection, you shall be my Weapon and grant my wish. Do you accept this contract?"

[wasabisandwiches]

"I accept," Cécile said, easily. Being in the military for any length of time made her considerably less affronted to being someone's weapon than she might have been if she had been younger. Taking orders and fighting, well, she wasn't really someone who was on the battlefield much, but she could do it sometimes! She did enjoy piloting Knightmare Frames.

It was a pity she still couldn't remember how to turn one on. You had... a key... and then you...? Assumedly, you plugged it in somewhere, but she couldn't for the life of her remember where!

"Do you have any favorite flavours?" Cécile asked. She'd hate to use something C.C. didn't like.

[cheesetwo]

Now that it has been arranged, C.C. could take part in this unpleasant game. Real or not, fighting was just a hassle she would rather not deal with. But she would need those tokens somehow.

"Anything is fine, so long as the tastes blend." But nonetheless, she listed off a few of her more recent orders from Pizza Hut: "Crab & Shrimp Mayo King. Potato Mayo Gratin. Milk Seafood. Camembert Deluxe. Idaho Special. Something like those would be fine."

[wasabisandwiches]

Cécile nodded, taking in the information. Those were all fine pizzas, but Cécile knew she could certainly improve on those recipes without trouble at all! C.C's tastes might just be eclectic enough that Cécile's cooking wouldn't be too horrible. Maybe. It depended on how used to the cooking facilities here Cécile was...

"I'll do my best, then!" she said, cheerfully. "I'll start just as soon as I--" finish eating, she almost said, casting a look at her plate. "I'll go ahead and start right now!" If she could get away with it. She'd be able to prepare something considerably more delicious for herself, after all.

[choseanidiot]

A bit down the table, despite the fact that there were perfectly serviceable chairs and benches, Enki sat perched on the edge of the tabletop. Beside him was a plate with the current vegan option and a pair of discarded chopsticks; whether he'd decided the food wasn't good enough, or he'd forgotten something, however... In any case, the food had been abadoned for fruit.

"Why not just make it yourself?" Enki looked up from where he was demolishing a peach, thoroughly frustrated. When was he going to stop finding memories he'd... well, forgotten? Peaches, too!

[cheesetwo]

"Maybe it's that I've forgotten how to make one," the green-haired woman replied, idly looking over the curious man's perch. "Have you considered that?"

It's not the truth, of course, though it's an easy suggestion to make, what with having been outright told that she's forgotten things. But having other people cook for her was far more convenient than doing that work herself.

[choseanidiot]

While there was a minisucle wince of 'oops' and a faintly apologetic grimace flittered over his face, in the end Enki simply raised an eyebrow at her at waved at the people behind where the bood could be collected.

"Why not just ask them?" He doesn't see anything strange in this; food has, after all, always been provided, one way or another. "And what sort of offer is having them cook for you while you're their... Player?" He cannot say that straight. The meaning behind the otherwise so innocent word stick in his throat.

[cheesetwo]

C.C. regarded him back stoically. "It's like they said - Players protect their Weapons, don't they?" she replied. "That's quite a generous exchange. They can go wherever and do whatever, and even have dessert tonight. Just for making some pizza. It's an easy decision, isn't it?"

"Unless, of course, they want to be treated like second-class citizens," she added.

[choseanidiot]

Generous exchange? Enki couldn't really agree. A short, cynical laughter slipped out.

"Sorry, but... In a feudal setup, there'll always be 'second class citizens'... And I think it would be the repsonsibility of those privileged to not abuse said privilege," Enki said, feeling bile rise up again. He hadn't really thought of it, but this was basically asking a few of the people here (however temporary) to act as kings of their 'subjects'... except here they were expected to fight with them. These were lives they were having fun with, people, not things!

"And what sort of protection is inflicting pain on them, anyway?" He was not angry at this woman, but the situation, those in charge, but there was nothing to do.

[cheesetwo]

Idealists. This place sure seemed full of them. C.C. had been through far too many centuries of suffering and death to see the point in that in anyone until Zero came along. But she was still far too jaded to see the point in arguing with brick walls.

"Ask them that," came her response as she turned away. "But I doubt they'll listen to you if you don't play their 'game'. Unless you're content to sit around this place forever, that is."

[choseanidiot]

With a grunt, Enki went back to his fruit, because he was perfectly content with letting her go and stop this conversation. It wasn't as if he was going to be able to explain to her the impossibility of him participating.

He was also certainly not gonna offer to be her Weapon, both due to the fact that it would end badly, and because... However superficial this vow was of Players owning Weapons, the idea raised his hackles. He had one master, one king, being absolutely his (even here) and that trancended all else.

[swordofzero]

He had known she was here, he had seen her name on the list of players and the moment he heard the voice demanding pizza he knew exactly who it was.

"CC," he said as he approached her and stood by her table.

[cheesetwo]

No surprise at his presence either. But does that mean Zero is here too? C.C. has seen no hint of him so far. But Suzaku would know.

"Hey, Suzaku," she responded aloofly. "Do you know how to cook pizzas, as well?"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded, curtly, "Yes, I can cook pizza... somewhat." Not well enough for her tastes, he guessed. "Have you had any offers?"

*hammers into continuity*

[cheesetwo]

"Just Cécile, so far," she replied. "But let me guess: you're with the princess right now, aren't you?" Rather hard to miss her presence here.

pfft continuity!

[swordofzero]

So Cecile had joined with CC, that made sense. Suzaku nodded at the question, "Yes, with Princess Euphemia. Have you seen Lelouch yet? I am sure he will join with you."

[cheesetwo]

"Lelouch?" C.C. looked at the boy questioningly. "Who is that?"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku blinked but recovered quite quickly, forgetting names of those around you was one of the more common memories this place had stolen. Usually some description or mention of a title made people understand who you were talking about.

"Lelouch, the emperor, your friend, black hair purple eyes." He waited for CC to realise who he was talking about.

[cheesetwo]

"I don't know what you're talking about," C.C. replied dead seriously. "The last emperor I know of was Zero. And before him, Charles. There was no 'Lelouch' at all."

[swordofzero]

Zero? Zero was the emperor? No... No that couldn't be... Zero was a terrorist, a murderer; he had killed Euphie.

Anyways Lelouch was the emperor, he was the emperor and Suzaku was his knight. Zero couldn't be the emperor unless...

The pieces clicked together in Suzaku's head and his eyes widened, he stumbled backwards. "No... It can’t be true... Lelouch is..."

His eyes glazed over and he blinked confused, looked around at CC. "Sorry... What were we talking about?" He gave an apologetic smile, he had completely zoned out, "something about Cecile wasn't it?"

[cheesetwo]

That was quite a reaction, but over what, C.C. was not sure. Whoever this...what was the name? She had already forgotten. Oh well.

"Nothing important," she responded. "She's my Weapon now. I suppose I'll have to take part in this charade one way or another." What a pain, penalties for not taking part as a Player...

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded the fuzziness fading from his mind. "Yes, it seems to be the only chance we have of going home."

[cheesetwo]

This would be so much easier with Zero here to do more of the fighting for her. But that can't be helped, she figured.

"Those other Knights of the Round are here though," C.C. added. Gino was pretty hard to miss sticking out above the masses like a giraffe, and she'd run into Anya earlier in the day. "What's the situation with them?"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku sighed and shrugged, "Gino has forgotten a lot." Including that Suzaku had betrayed him, "So he is acting as if I were still a Knight of the Round." Suzaku did not feel comfortable with that, he felt like he was betraying Gino all over again.

"Anya... I haven't seen her yet..." He had heard that she was here though.

[formerly_known_as_prince]

When she had finished interviewing scabbards/pizza chefs, Utena slid in across from C2. Her plate was piled high and she began attacking it with gusto, having already sweated out some of her anxieties at gym class. Sure, the food wasn't great but it beat the fuck out of shaved ice every day.

"Hey...The notice board says we're roomies now." She said after hurriedly swallowing.

[cheesetwo]

Well, isn't that great, C.C. thought to herself. It'll be like living with Kallen.

"Is that so? I hope you don't snore."

[formerly_known_as_prince]

"I most definitely do not!" She said, perhaps protesting a bit too much. "So why do you want pizza so much?"

[cheesetwo]

"Because it's the only food worth living for," C.C. replied, perhaps a bit wistful. "Nothing else compares."

[formerly_known_as_prince]

Utena came to a sudden realization. She's just like the Rose Bride was...is with shaved ice, tea and cookies. A food to solve all problems.

"Aren't there any places that deliver to here?"

Her last school had had great food, if a little heavy on the ornamentation and light on the actual portions.

der, I forgot to submit this.

[cheesetwo]

C.C. turned slightly away. "This school? With the one-way tram ride, I wouldn't count on many companies wanting to deliver here."

"Besides, they don't seem to have any phones here, now do they?" she added. "I doubt we'll have any contact with the rest of the world from here."