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Characters: Britannia and yooou~
Format: action/prose
This log is: open
Location: Dock area in the evening, just before the sun sets.
Summary: Britannia's relaxing and has no one to bother. Yet.
Warnings: Nothing yet.

[Over on the dock, bare feet dangling over the edge, Britannia lays on her back with her pant legs rolled up and staring up at the darkening sky. Her shoes are next to her head, not that she seems to particularly care about them at the moment as she allows herself the undignified position in the absence of any human company. No, right now she's currently debating whether or not she should go bug Kiku or stay here and watch the stars come out. Surely there's no such thing as a curfew at this school, right? And especially not for her when she's a professor of all things.]

Oh, maybe I can get Kiku and we can watch the stars together. [The thought is brilliant, of course, a compromise. She could even get Antonio, Suzaku, Lelouch and England too. Except...] Hmm... they're probably all busy and it would take too much time to gather them up.

[Another sigh.] Oh well, I guess I'll just wait alone.

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[ the docks are... well, nowhere near Conquest, if he's totally honest. But from the restaurant he's inflicted himself upon for extra raks to Conquest is either a boring walk through the town or a ramble around the outskirts. and the outskirts on this side are mostly lakeside.

Better view, too. Speaking of which. He's just gonna peer down at you. ]

Oh, hey. You that chick who's also the empire?

[Well so much for lack of company.

Rather than act embarrassed at being caught in this position, Britannia opts to stay in it as her gaze of the sky is suddenly blocked by a rather familiar face. One she hadn't seen since her first day here, though she can't say she's been actively seeking him out. Confrontations with rebellious knights isn't exactly her job, very strictly on the "not allowed to meddle in" side of things she's only allowed to observe. Resultantly, she's decided to let Gino be until Schneizel, Charles, Cornelia or Odysseus shows up.

Although by now she knows the truth, that Suzaku is ahead in her time and Gino is probably further than that. ... or he might be a traitor all the same, who knows for sure?]

Yep, you can just call me Britannia.

Sure, sure. Britannia. [ that's weird. But kind of awesome at the same time. He sits down beside her without any real embarrassment at catching her relaxed like this, and sets a pizza box next to him. ]

How does that work, anyway?

[She'll eye the box for a second before returning her gaze to the knight who's taking a spot up at her side. No, of course she isn't skipping meals due to the fact that what they're serving discards can hardly be called edible.]

Who knows? I'm here though, so that's all that really matters.

[ he hums agreement and pushes the box over to her with an internal shrug. They'd handed it to him as payment for doing extra work before meeting Aisha but, hey. When someone's eyeing it up like that. ]

Empire first.

[Okay, that gets her to give a quiet blink of embarrassment. She's usually not this weak but even she can't handle the food in the cafeteria. So, sitting up slowly, she'll give him a calm:] Thank you. [And dig in, delicately biting off mouthfuls of pizza.]

So how come you're listening to what Zero says?

He's an ally of the crown. [ and now an external shrug! We're pulling out all the emotive stops right now. ]

Amnesty, citizenship, the whole deal. Practically a Knight by now, so...

Huh-!? [She nearly chokes on her pizza at that.] Even after everything he did? Who said that?

The Empress, the United Nations... You name it, he got concessions from it! I guess killing the demon emperor gets you a lot of credit. [ he doesn't really agree, but hey. The guy stopped his execution. ]

Zero kills Lelouch? [A pause, and then Britannia gives a thoughtful hum and resumes munching, wondering how to take that piece of information. So much for Lelouch's plan of remaining completely incognito while he's here, is what she's thinking. Not yet knowing that they're the same person. ... sort of.]

So I have an Empress in your time? Who is it?

[ he huffs, not particularly content with the explanation but at a loss to explain the huge clusterfuck that was the Zero Identity Intelligence Reports and such issues that he was only peripherally involved in thanks to the OTHER clusterfuck that was the European frontlines.

It's hard being a side character. It's hard and no one understands. ]

Couldn't tell you. [ taps the side of his head ] S'one of the things they took. She's here, though.

[Aaah, lost memories. She doesn't know whether to be relieved or concerned that she doesn't seem to be as affected as everyone else. Of course, that could just mean they've taken more important information that isn't necessary for everyday life. Pros and cons.

And there there, Gino. At least it also means your chances of being killed are... less-ish? Also- another member of the royal family is here? Eeeeek.]

Can you tell me what she looks like?

Sure, that's easy. She's the cute girl in the wheelchair.

Wheelchair? [Now who in the royal family is currently wheelchair bou-]

Nunnally!? [Maybe it's because she's got Lelouch on the mind that his sister immediately comes to mind. After all, she is the only member of the royal family that is currently crippled from the waist down. But... how did that small child become empress!?]

[ he looks on the verge of agreeing when his eyes go blank and he sways a little. A second later, and his companiable smile is back. ] You say something?

[... well that's pretty much answer enough. siiiiiiiiiiigh]

... nothing that bears repeating. Gino, what year is it for you?

It's... [ he stops to work out if they've passed December back home yet. Nope, he doesn't think so. ] a.t.b. 2019.

[Excuse her while she hangs her head and let's out an exhausted sigh.]

Less than a year? What the heck is going on...?

Ha-! It was a busy year.

Yeah, but for an emperor to last less than a year... was it a plot by the empress to steal her brother's throne? Is that why Zero was pardoned?

That's not it. In terms of history... The 99th Emperor Lelouch was a tyrant. He abolished the empire and took control of the entire world through fear and force. The people overthrew him with the help of the unknown masked man, Zero, who assassinated him in 2018.

It's more complicated than that, but...

[Excuse her while she shoots to her feet and nearly trips into the lake at her sudden rise.]

He what!? Why would he do that? We were so close to unifying the world under my flag!

[ he just shrugs ] The historians are out on that one.

That doesn't make any sense- why would he kill Charles for the throne and then disband the empire? [Because all Britannia is really thinking is that she's going to lose everyone. She'll be weakened, vulnerable, people could invade and wipe her out.

She could die.]

[ Gino just watches her freak out with wide eyes. Thinking about it, it'd be pretty scary to know that you'd stop existing if the country did, but then again, that's what coups and executions do. He can sympathise. ]

It's still Britannia. It's just been downsized. A lot of the territories wanted independance. [ which baffles him a little but hey. Kallen's tried to explain it before. ]

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