[IC: post-dark!Zero]

[thekingsgambit]

[following his encounter with cornelia, one ill-fated prince who really has had better weeks is in route to the sewers to seek assistance from the only person he can really ask right now]


((OOC Notes: Because I screwed up my timing, the top and bottom threads are about a week apart. We are assuming after talk with C.C., Lelouch chilled in the sewers for a while and later ran into Suzaku while the knight was Zero-hunting. Just go with me here. o/))

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[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

[ITT: Time and space are our bitches, and Lelouch has already had his Serious Discussion with pizzawitch. Therefore--]

[. . . well there's a face that he hasn't seen recently]

-- Lelouch!

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[--!! now see i really didn't expect to run into you just yet...]

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[aaand scrambling to regain that composure]

Ahh... Suzaku, I wasn't aware you frequented this area as well.

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

I don't. . . I was only taking a walk. I usually stay closer to the cabins.

[staring at him, with a conflicted expression]

It's -- it's been awhile.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[trying to not let stare linger on suzaku's bandages but also knowing better than to completely look away]

My absence from the cabin you mean? I apologize. I've had trouble recalling what's happened over the past few days. I think it has something to do with this headache I noticed only recently.

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

[holding his eyes]

A headache. . .? So you remember nothing at all?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[it's a good thing i'm a good liar]

Unfortunately... You seem surprised. It's not that unusual an occurrence in this place. Though I can't say I don't wish to know what caused it in particular.

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

Yes, you're right. It's only that. . .

[shakes his head slightly]

What's the last thing that you can clearly remember doing?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[notices that head shake and is a bit perplexed...]

Before the headache? I believe I was having a conversation with Euphie.

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

Ah -- I see.

While you were gone. . . there were some things that you missed.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Probably ones that I should consider myself fortunate to have avoided.

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

-- Yes.

Zero showed up in the main camp.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Zero? I wouldn't have expected him to get caught like the rest of us. Are you certain it wasn't one of camp's typical tricks?

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure. He was behaving strangely, but otherwise. . . he seemed like the real thing. But I haven't seen him since the night that he appeared.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

Behaving strangely?

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

He announced that he was going to destroy all of the bees in the camp.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

... He doesn't sound like the same person from the reports. An impostor?

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

I would've thought so, if we were still in our world. . . but no one else here should know about him, right?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I have heard about people occasionally assuming the form of others from their world who are not in camp. It may be another of this place's abilities.

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

But he recognized me as the pilot of the Lancelot as well.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

So he had his memories as well. I should hope this doesn't indicate the camp is learning new methods of deceit.

[oneknightstands.livejournal.com]

[considering. . . considering. . .]

. . . you think that the camp would go that far?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

I try not to make any guesses as to this place's capabilities after what I've already seen.

[pizzapathy]

[watching and listening, discreetly]

[pizzapathy]

[flees!]