Time to catch up | Conquest dorms

[veepofchess]

Following the fight with that... troll, the last thing Lelouch wanted to do was sleep in that room. So he stayed in his own dorm lobby until very late, and made his way to Suzaku's sometime in the wee hours of the morning. He made himself comfortable on a couch, using a blanket he'd brought with him. He knew Suzaku was an early riser, so he didn't anticipate any trouble for his moving from one dorm to another. All he needed to do to was move the blanket and the remnants of his uniform would tell the story.

Why he was back, he didn't know. But he wasn't going back there anytime soon. He would at least have to speak with Dolorosa.

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[swordofzero]

Suzaku was a ridiculously early riser, and snuck out the room early so he didn't wake Lithuania and Kevin. He blinked when he saw Lelouch.

"Lelouch? What are you doing here?" He looked around, worried that the headmistress or Santana were going to appear.

[veepofchess]

He groaned when he heard Suzaku's voice and pushed his hair out of his face as he roused. He didn't look like he'd slept well at all. "...Suzaku," he said roughly. Blood stains could be seen on the collar of his shirt and the parts of his sleeve that were visible.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku's eyes widened when he saw the blood and all thoughts of been caught left him. "Lelouch what happened?" He came closer.

[veepofchess]

"I was killed." Fairly straightforward. He pushed the blanket off of himself so all of the cuts, slices, and gashes in his uniform, and the blood that accompanied them, were clearly obvious. But the flesh seen through them was unharmed.

This was a bad couch for sleeping on. He was really stiff.

[swordofzero]

"Killed?" Suzaku blinked, "Are you sure?" It was a stupid thing to say but... how could he have been killed and yet be alive now...

"Who hurt you?"

[veepofchess]

"Very sure," he replied. He brought his legs and feet around to the floor. "Gamzee. He's one of the trolls. The one with the makeup and the long horns. I had chosen him as one of my Weapons because he appeared to be simple to use at first. Something changed.

"He was also, unfortunately, one of my roommates. So I slept here after I was revived."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku frowned, he had not met Gamzee but his gaze darkened. He had no idea how Lelouch was still alive, or had come back after being alive so he concentrated on the facts he did understand. Gamzee had hurt, killed or otherwise, Lelouch.

Lelouch looked fine, well no he looked a mess but he wasn't bleeding and wasn't close to death so he would be fine. Suzaku turned on his heal, planning to go find Gamzee.

[veepofchess]

When Suzaku began to leave, Lelouch's hand shot out to stop him. It wasn't even something he was aware of doing by the time he'd grabbed hold of his friend's sleeve. "No. Wait."

"I want to speak with Dolorosa. She is one of his kind."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku stopped immediately and turned back to Lelouch, "Dolorosa? Who is that?"

[veepofchess]

"Fortitude's Headmistress. I think I may have to request new sleeping quarters while I'm at it. Murder can put a strain on living arrangements." He finally stood, and somehow looked weaker than usual. Perhaps it was due to poor sleep, or the fact he still had the sensation of being killed to shake off. Even he couldn't help but be shaken by that.

"I'll be counting on you," he said. The last half of that sentence, 'to protect me from that troll,' went unsaid. But it was definitely in his eyes.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded, "We will go and see her now," because surely they would do something. Suzaku still wanted to go find this troll that had killed Lelouch but Lelouch's idea was better for the long term.

At his final words Suzaku snapped into a formal salute, bringing his arm to his chest. "Yes your majesty!"

[veepofchess]

He didn't really have the energy to ask questions about the salute. It was probably yet another lost memory he would have to fight for. He walked up to Suzaku and rested his head on the other's shoulder. He wrapped his hand that still wore the glove around his friend's wrist.

[effortless]

"My, how heart-warming."

Had she been there the entire time? It was hard to tell. The Fortitude prefect was seated neatly on the opposite sofa, leaning against the arm and watching them with a tired, half-lidded intensity. "Santana really is slipping, to allow so many of my charges into her campus without permission..."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku was a bit thrown off by the sudden contact, usually it was Gino who attacked him like that. Still Lelouch had been attacked and injured, and if he was to be believed; and Suzaku had no reason to doubt him, killed.

Suzaku brought his free hand to rest on Lelouch's head, he looked up sharply at the voice. He recognised her as the other prefect.

"Yet you allow your students to be killed by those in their dorms," Suzaku was still formal, but there was anger in his voice. "I believe it is you that is slipping."

[veepofchess]

At the interruption, Lelouch stepped back from Suzaku again. "I need to speak to Headmistress Dolorosa," he started evenly. He covered himself with his blanket around his shoulders, looking every inch the refugee prince he was.

[effortless]

"You need to speak with the Dolorosa... So you left her campus and walked to Conquest. I see. Of course, that explains everything," she smiled, continuing to slouch where she was. If his change in stance had made an impression at all, she didn't show it. "Ah... Suzaku, wasn't it? Would you have me intercede every time a weed is removed from a garden? Or every time a student steps on a bug... I would have no time to myself at all."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku frowned but nodded at the name. His eyes darkened as he stepped forward towards her. "And is that what the people you bring here are to you. Weeds and bugs?" He was furious, his posture stiff as he stared at her.

[veepofchess]

He lightly touched Suzaku on the arm to quiet him. Lelouch's voice and face remained impassive. "I will return to my campus once I've discussed a few things with her. If it's all the same to you, I hope the extenuating circumstances would grant me a reprieve."

Following Nanami's sending him home....

[veepofchess]

Lelouch suddenly sat bolt upright in bed. His hand went to his neck, and his eyes shot around to take in where he'd turned up. Back in his room. Fortunately, Gamzee's not here. He spotted the fresh uniform on his bedside table and rushed to put it back on.

[koyo]

There were unanswered questions. Who's blood was spilled in the room, who had done it, and where were Gamzee and Lelouch? It was strange being in the room as long as those questions remained open. Was it okay to stay in the room still? Should they find another place to go for now?

Spain had stayed the night in the lobby just in case. It wasn't a particularly restful night and he found himself waking up earlier than usual and still tired. He decided to go back to the room to see if anything had changed in the room. When he arrives, he sees that the blood is gone and there is someone else in the room-- his missing room mate. "When did you coem back?"

[veepofchess]

He jumped, but glared at Spain when he barged in. "Just now." It was the truth, even if he didn't elaborate on the hows and whys. His stomach turned in circles when he saw the little face written on the wall. He turned from it and continued buttoning his shirt. His hands were shaking a bit. He had to get out of here quicker than this.

[koyo]

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." Spain says with an apologetic smile.

"Where have you been?" He had been trying to find the others for some time to make sure they were well. Green eyes move from Lelouch to the face on the wall and back again. He won't talk about that for now but he notices Lelouch is different than normal.

[veepofchess]

"That is a more complicated question to answer than you think it is," he replied. "But trust me when I say it's in your best interest to stay away from Gamzee."

[koyo]

Spain wonders what Lelouch could possibly mean by that. "From the sound of things. . . we've been kidnapped from our worlds, brought to an island, and forced to fight with weapons drawn from our chests. I don't think anything could be more complicated than that." Of course, he's joking and he leans against the doorway, watching the other person curiously, "Did something happen to him?"

[veepofchess]

He nodded toward the :o) on the wall. "That's my blood. He killed me." He stuck his head in a mirror and started fixing his hair.