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[veepofchess]

Characters: Lelouch vi Britannia, Suzaku Kururugi, Shoryu, AND YOU
Format: Going action taggy mainly because I'm tired. If you want prose, I'll do it.
This log is: open
Location: Black dorm common room
Summary: Manipulation and exposition
Warnings: See above

[Lelouch is chillin' in the common room of the Black dorm, studying. Well, not studying anything related to any class taught on campus. Instead, he has several cook books spread out on the coffee table, and he has one on his lap over crossed legs. He's trying to figure out what is off in his cooking.]

[Pleas bother him.]

Comments

[goodtobetheking]

[don't mind if he does. He's got a few books tucked under one arm. The manual is obvious amongst them, but there are several others that look like trashy novels. He settles himself on one of the free chairs, and claims part of the table.]

[after a moment of silence as he finds his place in one of the novels:]

Lelouch, isn't it?

[veepofchess]

[Glances over.] Yes, you are correct. [turns page] You're new to this dorm, aren't you?

[goodtobetheking]

[he nods, absently.] As of yesterday.

[veepofchess]

[Eyes scanning over pages looking at nothing in particular really. Playing the 'I don't really care I'm just bored' gambit.] I don't believe I caught your name. [Lies.]

[goodtobetheking]

[a useful gambit. It does make the going rather slow when both of us are using it.]

No? I suppose it can get confusing with so many new faces. [oh, did he forget to actually give his name. How silly of him.]

[veepofchess]

Yes, it certainly can. [Page turn.] I must stand out if you've learnt my name so quickly.

[goodtobetheking]

Lucky guess. [shrugs, and turns the page in his own book, finally.] I happened to look at the door plaque this morning.

[veepofchess]

Lucky indeed. [That's calling your bluff out &heart;] I must have missed yours on the way back from the library. [Bullshit! He has no symbol on his hand. Not that Shoryu would know it manifests there.]

[goodtobetheking]

[well, they also manifest on the chest, and that's not exactly something you can sneak a glance at. On the other hand, the boy's name is on the Discard list. He lets the lie slide with a faint smile, though. For politeness' sake.]

I was just there myself. Would you recommend anything?

[veepofchess]

I'm not the type to sit in there and read for hours. I usually only venture in there when I have a purpose. But the selection is quite extensive. There are numerous things from places that do not exist on the planet as I know it. [Present on the table: Xingese Cuisine, Water Bending Bartending For Fun and Profit, and The People of En Through Their Food.]

[goodtobetheking]

[he lifts one eyebrow, and leans slightly to pick up first Xingese Cuisine, then The People of En Through Their Food. Was that a trace of amusement? Possibly. He places them back where they were - almost, they're a little wonky now - and picks up his own book again.]

It pays to know something about other worlds.

[veepofchess]

It does. [Turn page.] As well as to learn as much as possible about the one we've been thrust into.

[goodtobetheking]

Hmm? You'll have to share. For a place with so much literature, I could hardly find a single book about the world itself. Then again, that one is severely out-dated. You have to wonder if any of it is accurate. [indicates the En book with a wave of his novel. You've been good so he'll actually provide a topic]

/set before the Lelouch and Shoryu one

[swordofzero]

Suzaku also had a pile of books under his arm he entered the common room and spotted Lelouch and moved over to him. With a frown he put the books on the table, the top cover read: Alchemy; A beginners guide The classes were getting even more rediculous, first Turtle-Seals and now this... He sat down on the chair across from Lelouch.

Re: /set before the Lelouch and Shoryu one

[veepofchess]

Lelouch looks up from his books, and takes immediate note of the symbol on Suzaku's hand. "Who is your Player?" he asked evenly, not seeming to mind for the moment. He looked over the titles of the books, and gave them a curious glance. How would that even be considered a viable thing to study?

[swordofzero]

Suzaku raised an eyebrow, how had Lelouch known he had a player already? He shouldn't really be surprised though, "Shoryu, he only arrived yestersay," he said this in a tone that sugested he wasn't completely happy with being the man's weapon, after all this was the king who forced Enki to fight. Though from what Suzaku had seen himself he seemed nice enough. Looks could be decieving though, people could put acts on.

"Have you found a player yet?"

[veepofchess]

"Not as of yet," he replied. "What is this Shoryu like?" Whatever the case, Suzaku did not look pleased.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku shrugged, "He is alright, he is the king of some country in a different world." He shrugged again and wondered again if he should ask Lelouch if he wanted to become Shoryu's weapon as well, he was pretty sure he might be able to convince Shoryu only use Suzaku's weapon.

[veepofchess]

"Is there anything else?" The two had known each other long enough and trusted each other enough to be able to read each other. Well, Lelouch was a bit better at blocking Suzaku out when the need arose, but the reverse was not true.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku sighed and picked up one of his books. It made no sense and it definatly didn't distract him. "Well," he fell silent for a moment but he knew Lelouch would just keep prying until he made Suzaku speak.

"I was talking to a... friend... of his, he's lived for a long time, like CC. So has Shoryu apparantly, but Enki couldn't remember that Shoryu was his king and he told me that he detests fighting, completely and hates the idea of fighting even but that his king forced him to fight..."

"I didn't realise Shoryu was his king until I'd already agreed to be his weapon." He fell silent, he was still confused because when he had seen Enki and Shoryu together they seemed to be friends but that didn't fit with what Enki had said. He sighed again.

[veepofchess]

"Just like C.C.?" He expected Suzaku to pick up the nuances of that question. He didn't know who could be listening, and he didn't want the details getting out. "The same could have been said for you, once."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded with a frown, "I'm not sure, he said that it was the will of heaven that allowed him to bestow the powers of king on Shōryū, and that he did it in return that the king made the land a green and peaceful one." It was a strange sort of contract but Suzaku knew nothing about what the contracts were that the code givers made with those they bestowed powers on, apart from that they existed.

"However he made it sound like he had to obey his king, like he had no choice and that's why he could be forced to fight."

At the comparison Suzaku shook his head and frowned slightly, "I'm not sure I think he meant it differently, he didn't just like killing, the whole idea of violence at all was abhorent to him... He said that it was against his nature as a Kirin." Suzaku assumed that Kirin was either his rank or their word for the immortal's of their world, code givers or not.

[veepofchess]

Lelouch nodded, taking all of this into consideration. "Another King..." This place was rather fond of its royalty, it seemed. "Shoryu has been assigned to this dorm. I'll have to keep an eye on this matter, to see if anything can be done with it. A proper Player and Weapon relationship can be a useful one."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded, he was sure that Lelouch would be able to use this to his advantage. He sttudied the cover of his alchemy book again before speaking, "If you need a player, he is happy to take on anyone," he had told Shoryu that he would ask and so he did, he wasn't sure if Lelouch would want to though.

[veepofchess]

"I'll consider it," he replied. And he did, for about a moment. He wasn't interested in being at the disposal of someone like that. "I have some options I'm considering."