Betrayal

[euphemia]

Who: Geass Cast & Friends
Where: A-01 and Various locations
When: Anytime after June 5th
What: Aftermath of Revealed Truths. Various threads.
Warnings/Notes: Spoilers, Genocide, Murder, more added when unfolded.

A scene is transpiring at the house of Cornelia and Suzaku. The aftermath of certain events, however, leads to several stories.

ooc: top-levels inside.

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Suzaku and Lelouch in A-01

[likewishes]

[ After the disaster of just minutes before, Lelouch just watches both of his half sisters leave. He's still in shock. Lelouch doesn't feel it, though the hand cradles his cheek. When it got there, he doesn't recall.

He's just staring at the open door. Unsure how to process this. Actually, the reality is that his brain hasn't caught up with him yet. He isn't processing this. Which is probably going to cause a crash here in a couple of moments. ]

[euphemia]

A. Betrayal (Closed to Cornelia)

[ There were several opportunities he could have done this. At the hotel. At the island. Even during their meeting at SAZ. And every time he hesitated. Because of reasons. Because...

She got too bold, too confident. Too assured that this reason would keep her safe. But that wasn’t true at all. Because he was clearly just waiting for the right moment. Right? That was why? Was that why she couldn’t remember the moment? No, she did. That was the worst part. The memory confirmation. By admitting it, it brought back something that was a little unclear. Something like...

'Lelouch... why?'

Why.

It was that lack of a 'why' that sent her storming across the room. Made her stand before him with eyes filled with immense pain. And after a prolonged silence between them of just staring ... only them did she raise her hand.

... and the sound of her hand as it crashed on his cheek might as well silenced everything.

And she would have! Should have! Going to! Wanted to slap him again! The hand raised again eager to do just that because she wasn’t done there! It was rotten and cold. Cruel and heartless. Fooling her to believe he was there and then—and then—!

—yet she can do nothing but hold her hand up hesitant to bring it back for a second round. Because her eyes fill with tears as she feels her insides turn to nothing.

... a choked sob is all he gets. And with that, she turns and sprints out the door. Sprints. Never to look back again... ]

B. A House Visit (Closed to Adrien & Hunk)

[ It was the next day and one she spent hobbled inside the home of Cornelia and Suzaku. It was not made to fit two, but it wasn’t too much of a bother. She wouldn’t spend all her time in there anyway. Today, she wanted to get out and do as much as possible to get her mind off terrible events and try to process it thoroughly. The first thing? Go and visit Adrien and Hunk. It only made sense. She wanted to speak with them both, although separately.

For Adrien, it was a simple matter of asking if he could speak outside (B.1) and for Hunk, hoping he could give an impromptu lesson in baking cookies. (B.2) Her reasons for being there were going to be revealed. Eventually. ]

C. Nunnally. (Closed)

[ And then came the bigger news. News that she didn’t hear until much later. After everything had been said and done, the news came. It didn't really help her mood, but it made her relieved to know Lelouch would not be lonely. That her sister, Nunnally, was here to fill in where she cannot. It comforted her and stung her at the same time knowing just where Nunnally ended up. To think, had she never heard, all three could be there right now blissfully ignorant of everything and living just like it was the past.

But it was as Lelouch said, the could never go back. It was true, and she hated it. She wanted to go back, but...

So, it was a quiet plea to Suzaku that Euphemia made requesting that he bring her sister to the house for a short visit. She would have done it herself, but ... refrained. She wanted to speak to her face to face and not through some electronic iMog device. She missed her as much as she did Lelouch, and seeing her was precisely what she needed right now. ]

Nunnally...

D. Gardens. (OPEN)

[ She absolutely can't go to the one at her home. She was close to simply walking up and tending to her garden as usual. As if nothing happened. As if behind those doors wasn't him. Yet despite everything that wants that, she forces herself to seek an alternative. The Curti Center gardens. It's here that she sits and enjoys the sound of the hummingbirds, the flutter of butterflies, and the completely tranquil scene.

It's not her garden, but it will do. And she's content to distract herself with turning a few stolen flowers into flower crowns. Whatever keeps her hands busy while she ... thinks. ]

Library - Closed to Lelouch

[arosetowar]

[It isn't particularly difficult to find Lelouch; he is a creature of habit, and most of those habits centre on maintaining an intellectual advantage. So when Cornelia fails to find him at his house, she heads immediately to the library, and when he's nowhere to be found in the main area, she checks the private study rooms, finding him in the one furthest away, nearly hidden behind a stack of books. Whether he means for those books to serve as a shield or not is irrelevant; without so much as knocking, she steps inside, closing the door behind her.]

We need to talk.

[A statement, not a request.]

Closed to Euphy

[promisedtolive]

[ He had given the entire situation a day's rest. Cornelia was a better source of comfort than he could ever be. But he was worried, and wondered how she was doing. Living in the same house had made avoiding anything difficult, and he had made the mistake of falling asleep -- he had dreamt of the SAZ massacre, of her dying. But instead of Lelouch shooting her, she had come for him and his own geass effect had... won. He had snapped her neck and left her amid the bodies like a broken doll.

It was a familiar nightmare, but one that never failed to shake him.

He would have to apologize, if he had disturbed her.

He finds her in the small kitchen, and feels his posture stiffen, even though he offers a small smile. ]

There is some tea in the cupboard, but not much else, I'm afraid.