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Event || Mysterious Fathoms Below

Who: All characters who signed up
When: June 23rd-25th
Where: Ka'Pandol, the underwater city
What: While the outworlders and their guides are touring the new arena at Ka'Pandol, the city begins to flood. It is up to them to activate the ancient drainage system beneath the city before the Blitzball Association is forced to cancel the upcoming tournament.



The Zora guide, Pharce, is leading the group from the Curti Center through the center of town, waxing poetical about the legend of the First Zora, when the sirens begin to wail. At first, the residents of Ka'Pandol wave it off as a drill, but the sirens do not stop, and as they walk, the visitor shoes are beginning to get soaked through with sea water that is slowly rising.

"Come along, quickly, all of you!" the guide calls, leading the group to the Bureau of Tourism near the city center. As they walk, the group will see the aquatic residents quickly deploying bubble helmets around their 'exotic' pets -dogs, cats, parrots, squirrels- heads, just in case City Management takes their time righting whatever issue the dome is having.

"Inside, please. Safety first is our motto, so let's get you outfitted," Pharce says, waiving them inside. Each person is given one of the patented Ka'Pandol Bubble Helm, which will allow them to breath comfortably for several hours. Those that cannot swim are issued an emergency life vest as well.

The water had reached knee-level now. An emergency evacuation message broadcasts from loudspeakers.

"Well, yes, you could...but where's the fun in that?"

Pharce waves at the Hypello gift shop owner, and the two bow their heads in discussion for a moment. When they part, Pharce pats the Hypello (whose nametag declares him 'Shtan') on the back.

"My good friend will lend us some of his wares, if you will join me in saving the city. We wouldn't want this little mishap to delay the big game, after all."

Those that agree to hold off on fleeing the city will be split into groups and given instructions on where to go in order to help the sinking city of Ka'Pandol.
likewishes: (⚜ Beneath the breakage)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-15 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Promise me that you won't blame yourself. It wasn't your doing.
euphemia: (► I've always come to the conclusion)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ How .... does she even respond to that? That request. Well it just makes her look like this. ]
likewishes: (⚜ Of every chance we were)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-15 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Promise me.

[ Not budging on this! ]
euphemia: (► 018)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Can she promise him that? Not ... sure. Why is he asking that? What did she do that she can't take responsibility for? If she says yes, can she commit to it? ]

I ... I'll try.
likewishes: (⚜ To die upon)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-15 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ It will have to do... ]

When we were talking, you didn't believe me about my power. [ Who would? ] So I wanted to put into perspective how horrible the command I could give you could be. That's when Geass went active against my will.

[ Mmmn. He shifts. Lelouch isn't actually comfortable with sharing. He knows how Euphy is going to react. ]

I told you that I could command you to kill the Japanese.
euphemia: (► 197)

1/3

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Kill the...
euphemia: (► 196)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay. Maybe she wasn't prepared for this conversation after all. That is... this is ... that she? ]
euphemia: (► 048)

3/3

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a quick and sudden shriek from her only to stop once her hands clasped over her mouth. Horror. So much horror. All she can do is stare in disbelief as tears threaten her eyes but never falls.

The truth. The reason it hurt to mention them by name. Just hearing the name triggers her just enough to take a few steps back. The command was subdued, but the will to do it bothered her immensely. ]


No...
Edited 2018-07-15 04:41 (UTC)
likewishes: (⚜ Every season in its place)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-15 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Now Lelouch doesn't know that she is about to have such a violent reaction. He had known she would be upset. Maybe yell at him and possibly slap him again.

But he takes a step or two towards her. Instinctively. Then he stops. Lelouch reminds himself that he is the reason for this. That she probably shouldn't and doesn't want him to try to provide any comfort. ]
euphemia: (► 185)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's a reaction she wills herself to try not to think or even believe is possible. That she could do such a thing. That she could want to do such a thing. No, not want. Forced. It's hard to accept or even think he could give such a command, but now all the pieces were beginning to fit in and make sense. It was actually ... disgusting how much it was beginning to make sense.

She couldn't will herself to talk even if she tried. All she could do is stare at him in utter disbelief. Disgust. Appalled. Fear. Did she kill people? Killed people? She killed the Japanese? ]


...how could you?
likewishes: (⚜ Upon every grave)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-15 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lelouch says nothing. He isn't going to say something nasty. But he has no answer either. Because he hadn't wanted this. There's no "how could you" when it comes to an accident, is it? Yet he is responsible. ]
euphemia: (► One day you'll be the face of a strang)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
I killed people? [ It hurts to say. It hurts to use herself to say it. ]

Who? How many? Where?
likewishes: (⚜ And cold hands shaking)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-15 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
You didn't. The soldiers did. I did.

[ The blood on her hands isn't actually hers. It's also Lelouch's. ]
euphemia: (► 004)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
But who gave the order? [ Choked. ] Sister said... you felt I was too far gone to save. What did that mean? What did I do to them?!
likewishes: (⚜ And this is the line)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-15 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
You were too far gone to save because I've only met one or two people that have managed to break Geass. The power itself is too strong and you wouldn't have stopped. Couldn't have stopped.

[ Lelouch just kind of sounds lifeless. ]

Besides. I was the one who did it, right? I gave the order?
euphemia: (► 162)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-15 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ He won’t say it. He can’t. He insists he did it, but her hands were quite literally the ones dirtied. Wasn’t it? That’s why he shot her. To get her to stop. To stop killing them. Because she was too far gone. An accident. It was an accident he started and ended. He saved them... by stopping her. ]

....

[ How can she not cry? The tears came but no sound. Just a dead stare in his direction. Not mad. Not upset. But... ]
likewishes: (⚜ Trying all you could)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-16 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Lelouch hates it when his sisters cry. He knows that it is going to happen, but it makes him feel even worse. Partially because he is the cause of those tears. Because he should do something to fix them. He wants to fix it. However what can he do? He is the problem. The cause. All he does bring her pain and suffering.

So he stands there. Doing nothing. Saying nothing. ]
euphemia: (► 036)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-16 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well she isn't sure what to say now except cry. She knew it had to be something incredibly bad, but on this level? To that capacity? It's painful. She doesn't even want to ask how many. It had to be many. If it was during the event where there was a bunch of Japanese in one place, she can only imagine. No, she doesn't want to imagine. So her eyes closed as she keeps her mouth covered and continues to cry in silence over her actions... forced by Lelouch. ]
likewishes: (⚜ No witness)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-18 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It isn't your fault. You didn't do anything wrong. It was something I should have been prepared for. I shouldn't have been so careless.
euphemia: (► 019)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-20 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not your fault...
likewishes: (⚜ And now we will rise)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-23 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
No, Euphy.

[ Don't. Just don't. To stand there and say it isn't his fault is wrong. Not with that expression. ]

I decided to accept this power. It was my ambitions that I decided to go forward with. Even if you say it wasn't my fault, it is my responsibility.
euphemia: (► It's going going)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-26 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hearing this only conflicts her own feelings. His unwillingness to hear the word along with the rest of his expressed thoughts only reaffirms the belief that his intentions were genuine after all. A mistake is what cost them a chance at peaceful resolutions, and despite this, Lelouch bares the fault. ]

[ Unsure of how to proceed, Euphy looks off for a moment, brows furrowed and lips pinched to a frown. Yet as time ebbs on, she comes to a quiet conclusion of her own and slowly steps forward to close the distance she put between them. ]


likewishes: (⚜ I'm over the reeling)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-29 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The silence dragging on has Lelouch thinking that maybe this is it. Maybe Euphy can accept that it is not she that did wrong, but Lelouch. Or maybe she is just resolving herself to quit speaking altogether. He isn't going to blame her if that is the case. It might be better that way?

But that's not, apparently, what she has been doing. He should know better by now, but Lelouch just keeps being surprised by his half-sister. Her presence now invading his personal space has his head jerking up. Alarmed, maybe. Unsure, definitely. What's going on in that brain of hers? ]
euphemia: (► 007)

[personal profile] euphemia 2018-07-30 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Really, she didn't know what she was doing other than ... whatever first came to mind. In this case, it was fixing the distance she put between them for so long and stood before him, eyes to his and expression stern.

After wiping away a few of her tears, that same hand reached to press against the cheek she remembers branding hard over a month ago. ]


It was wrong of me to hit you like that.
likewishes: (⚜ That you hide)

[personal profile] likewishes 2018-07-30 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ That... Isn't what he thought she'd do. At all. The touch is gentle and he knows he is unworthy of it. Sighing, his hand slides on top of hers. He doesn't quite know what to make of it - not entirely anyway - but he knows at least one apology is occurring here. Of sorts. ]

No. [ And help him he can't help but leans into the touch a little. ] I think you had every right to do it.
Edited 2018-07-30 02:07 (UTC)

UHM EXCUSE ME.

[personal profile] euphemia - 2018-07-30 02:58 (UTC) - Expand

you're not really excused

[personal profile] likewishes - 2018-08-07 23:23 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] euphemia - 2018-08-11 21:31 (UTC) - Expand