rakuen | [Round 3, Rest Day] And They Said: Let There Be No Light.

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[Round 3, Rest Day] And They Said: Let There Be No Light.

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Location: ALL OF CAMPUS
Summary: In a flash of lightning and the deafening roll of thunder, the power goes out across Utopia Academy.

It's early in the morning when it happens, about six o'clock. The clouds were gathering gradually through the night, the rain only getting heavier from the near-constant downpour during the previous week. Lightning crackles across the sky, the water around the academy is violent and the waves are high. And in a particularly loud clap of thunder, what lights were still on go out and the academy is plunged into darkness.

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In the pitch black of the harbour there was a figure. A figure battered by the wind, his brown hair plastered to his head by the unyielding rain. A very very annoyed figure. Well actually there were two figures, the smaller one seemed to be carrying the taller one over his shoulder, like a sack of potatoes. When they arrived at the dock the smaller figure dropped his load unceremoniously on the ground.

"You couldn't make this easy could you?"

This should not have been as difficult as it had been. A simple task of fetching Lloyd to the harbour so that they could escape had ended up with Suzaku been almost locked in a cupboard, Lloyd with a bloody nose and Suzaku carrying/dragging Lloyd to their destination.

Here they were, soaked to the skin but ready to escape. Well Suzaku was sort of. It didn't matter anyways he sighed, there was no sign of Lelouch. He hoped Lelouch had not ran into any trouble, after all he had only gone to fetch Kallen and Nunnally, how much trouble could he meet!

Edited 2011-03-18 13:43 (UTC)

Dragging Lloyd down to the docks had been akin to putting a harness on a cat. He was very dramatic about it, did everything in his power to make every step of the trip a complete pain, and now? He was sitting on the ground.In the mud. Refusing to get back up no matter how Suzaku might try and convince him to. He won't. You see, he is sulking. But since he was sulking in the mud, that meant he would have to do laundry later. Lloyd had no freaking idea how a laundry machine worked.

This, in turn, made Lloyd sulk even more.

"...we're all going to drown," he complained as he stared out at the thrashing, wild waves in the harbor.

Lloyd Asplund, what a ray of sunshine.

And then, suddenly, a Lelouch.

Well, not really. It was more a Gino with a Lelouch accessory, considering that the latter was semi-conscious with a slight smattering of blood for flavour. It had only taken him ten minutes to find the other knight, mainly because Kallen had pointed him in the right direction to get him back out of the shower block quickly. He blinked down at Lloyd, and then shrugged the ex-Emperor from his shoulder onto the ground at his feet. More mud, why not.

"Wanna trade?"

"It will be fine," he muttered to Lloyd with a glare. He was past caring, he had no idea where Lelouch was and he had convinced himself that if Lelouch thought this was a good idea they had to do it. He didn't care if he drowned. He thought they had at least a small chance of surviving anyways.

He looked up at the footsteps and a small noise of displeasure came from his throat. "Gino." He looked between Gino and the almost unconcious Lelouch, "What did you do to him?" He had taken a step forward anger blazing in his eyes.

"They didn't include how to stop Geass in the briefings," he remarked, almost conversationally. "So I figured knocking him out would work. Nunnally and Kallen won't be coming."

Lelouch groaned and wiped the smear of blood off of his face. He looked back at Suzaku, obviously enraged, but beaten for now. His chest heaved as he caught his breath. He never could take a punch outside of that helmet.

Adskhngbmgd don't look at him like that, Suzaku.

"You really haven't thought this all the way through," Lloyd continued to protest up until the blonde pilot and the ex-emperor arrived. At that point, the whining and complaining stopped and his mood swung right back around to that of good cheer.

"Gino! How good to see you again!"

Because he hadn't really seen the knight since he's spent most of the time holed up in a lab. Nonetheless, it was someone who didn't want to order him onto a boat to die. That was always nice to have around.

Lelouch had tried to Geass Gino? What on earth had happened, all he had been doing was fetching Kallen and Nunnally, how had the situation got so out of hand that he had had to Geass Gino.

It obviously hadn't worked, Gino must have been too fast, Suzaku shook his head and glared at Lloyd again before moving over to Lelouch and Gino.

"Get out Gino," he bent down to try and lift Lelouch to his feet, "Go away," he glared at the other knight. He was so angry he wanted to lash out, but that would be wrong, that would be doing exactly what he was angry at Gino for doing to Lelouch.

Not to mention he didn't want to hit Gino, not unless the other knight started something.

"Man, it's like you've never done a hostage exchange before." Gino had leant down to help Lloyd up even as Suzaku had gone for Lelouch, rightly assuming that the guy being covered in mud and his own blood meant he wasn't here voluntarily. "You can keep your false emperor, and I get my engineer back. No one gets hurt."

A pause, "Except for you and Lelouch, if you're planning to go out in that..."

Lelouch could stand fine, but accepted Suzaku's help anyway. He still didn't speak, but glared at Gino. He had one hand on his nose to try to staunch the bleeding. His split lip seemed less of a concern.

Well, in all honesty, the blood and the start of a bruise spreading across his nose are really all Lloyd's own fault. He'd made a complete mess out of trying to stop Suzaku. Anyway! He gladly accepted the hand up. "I have no qualms with this deal!"

He stepped back to make sure he was safely behind Gino before he added, "Though I still would like to point out that your chances of getting anywhere in that..." He gestured towards the little boat that their plan hinged upon. "Are slim."

Suzaku glared at Lloyd again as he helped Lelouch to his feet. He didn't like Gino's offer, after all he didn't want to leave Lloyd behind but Gino was probably right, there was not much chance of them actually escaping and he did not think that Lloyd could swim.

He looked at Lelouch who was still glarring a Gino he realised the emperor probably couldn't swim either. Despite the fact swimming was taught in Ashford, it was probably one of the lessons Lelouch found excuses to skip.

"Fine," he saw no other way, and if Lloyd didn't want to come, well he would just stay here while they escaped.

"And that's that." There was no way Gino's expression was anything but self-satisfied. He would, maybe, have given Suzaku some advice in any other situation, something like 'if you go out in this storm, you'll drown for sure', but he was still fairly ticked off by Lelouch.

In general.

The attempt at destroying his free will didn't particularly help, either.

"Dunno why you want to go back to a place where you're both dead, but that's not my decision."

But Lelouch's plan didn't involve immediately returning home. And it won't without Nunnally. There had to be something outside of this island.

He ignored Gino, and turned to the docks. He was content to let the Knight leave and move on from that entire abhorrent situation. He raised a hand to his nose again to wipe away more of the blood.

There wasn't much else that Lloyd could contribute here. If they weren't going to heed the warnings, that was that. He would just linger back behind Gino for now, making sure to keep that pilot between himself and the other two teens.

Suzaku nodded and watched as Lloyd and Gino left. He felt a little guilty about escaping without Sora and others who he had met here. But Lelouch's plan didn't include them and anyways, Suzaku looked out onto the rough stormy lake. It was probably better for them to stay safe and dry, he could always come back for them if they managed to get out.

"Ready then?"

Lelouch didn't even watch them leave. He started toward one of the small boats as it danced on its line beside the dock. He crouched to reach over and grab the edge of it. His first try missed, he caught it in the second, and was rewarded with a spray of seawater as a wave was squeezed between the two wooden surfaces. He sucked in a breath at the sting of it.

Suzaku followed taking a breath as the rain lashed at his face and thunder clanged overhead. This was... not going to go well. He was pretty sure that Lelouch couldn't swim... But he sighed and knelt down where Lelouch was to grab the boat while Lelouch got in.

"You did learn how to swim, right?" He asked, trying to keep his tone light.

"I had a match," he replied simply. And by that, Suzaku would know it was one of his infamous chess matches against the nobles that he periodically engaged in for pocket money. Before everything started, anyway.

He was sure Suzaku was more capable of keeping it secure than he was, so he climbed in. He crouched again to keep his center of gravity low. He then held onto the post it was tied to, waiting for Suzaku to join him.

Suzaku inwardly groaned, he should have known. Once Lelouch was safely in the boat he stepped across, keeping low and trying to ignore the wind and the rain and the thunder. He found the oars, and looked back to Lelouch. "Totally sure about this?" Though the question was mostly rheotrical, they had gotten this far after all, and he didn't bother waiting for an answer before he pushes off from the side.

Lelouch's answer came when he untied the mooring rope and reeled it in. He sat on the cross-bar, and pushed his hair out of his face again. This had to work.

From the off it was difficult, the wind was pushing them one way and the lake seemed to be surging to shore, not helped by the rain. Gritting his teeth Suzaku held tightly to the oars and he began to row.

It was a fight, Suzaku was no stranger to fights, no strange to physical work but this was as if the water itself was trying to fight him. It was not a human who he could understand, it was just water and wind and him trying to row in a steady time, trying not to spin round in circles. Trying to keep them upright.

The further away from shore they got the harder it became. They were tossed from side to side and Suzaku fought to stay in his seat, he had no idea how Lelouch, who was lighter than him was managing.

Lelouch had moved down into the actual bottom of the boat after he was nearly tossed out. "Go around to the bridge!" he yelled over the waves and thunder. That bridge had to be built at the narrowest point between this island and the nearest landmass. How near was hard to tell. But it also made for an excellent landmark.

Suzaku barely heard Lelouch over the howling wind and beating rain. He was soaked, he might as well be in the lake, he gasped for breaths that were stolen by the wind, felt like he was drowning with all the water in his eyes and mouth. He nodded, "Alright," he shouted hoping that Lelouch could either see or hear him and know he had heard.

He squinted through the rain, the only light coming from the flashes of lightning that lit up the sky. He managed to turn the boat slightly so it was in the vague direction of the bridge and started rowing.

A loud bang, the loudest clap of thunder yet, Suzaku thought the storm must be right on top of them. The rain lashed down and as the sky lit up once again Suzaku's eyes widened as he saw a wave coming towards him, water moved by the wind coming towards their tiny boat. "Lelouch!" Suzaku shouted out a warning.

Lelouch braced himself for it, but the beating they were taking was too much. He didn't have a lot of energy to hold on to the boat when that wave came. It hit him as hard as it would if it were a wall, and he was summarily tossed out into the water. He let out a shout, and tried to grab at Suzaku. But into the water he went.

He should have been in gym that day.

Attn Lelouch, potentially Lloyd and anyone else who managed to be convinced that this was a good ide

/overdramatics all over this thread

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