IC: Shortly after the Mistletoad debacle

[thekingsgambit]

[The silence between the cornfield and Boys 4 has just been interrupted by a loud, pathetic puppy cry. Those interested in going after the poor creature might discover the tiny black kitten that is presently clenching said puppy's paw in its mouth and puffed up to twice its normal size.]

-- I told you to put me down!




((This is actually open to whoever wishes to jump it and save the poor puppy. ;;))

Comments

[ascendthethorns]

The doors lock. It should be no issue.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[I don't entirely trust Luca with locks.]

We will keep Luca away from the rest then. She should be manageable.

[ascendthethorns]

Very well.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Nods and tries to keep focused as a butterfly flits by.]

[ascendthethorns]

[...]

Your managability, however, remains in question.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Fur rises. Butterfly lives to fly again another day.]

I have it under control.

[ascendthethorns]

[You say that like you could have succeeded at catching it... but watches the buttefly fly away.]

As you say.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[I could have. :\ Will groom instead, with tiny pink tongue.]

I have dealt with it before.

[ascendthethorns]

And I am not arguing you, Lelouch.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

A reminder then.

[ascendthethorns]

[For a moment she looks taken aback but then she narrows her eyes and frowns and loosens her focus on Lelouch, still maintaining, through no deliberate effort, the inward quality of her reaction while attempting to subdue the throbbing presentation of a struck nerve.]

I see. Unnecessary, but nonetheless noted.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Ears flick at the expression.]

... Reassurance, elder sister. Nothing more.

[ascendthethorns]

[Refixes her focus and gives him a deeper frown, the one she wears to communicate a stepping out of line when simple scolding can't serve her, or dismissal either, because her pride has been spurned and any further exploration into the matter — even indirect or of her own expedition — would harm rather than help. Her look doesn't communicate anything near that much, however; it just warns with a more natural detachment than she's usually capable of, owed to the unfamiliarity of Lelouch's form.]

Was it only the relocation of the cats that concerned you?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[... Turns away and flips his tail in contemplation, his present form making him more unreadable than usual.]

There is one more thing.

If the circumstances arise, I will require your assistance in convincing Nunnally against pursuing an unusual singing that has been coming from the fields.

[ascendthethorns]

Singing? What is its source?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

A detestable creature.

[ascendthethorns]

Don't be so vague. Is it the cause your and Kururugi's transformations?

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[... Bristles.]

I cannot be certain, but I do not doubt that it has had some influence over the plant life in that area.

[ascendthethorns]

What specific area? "The fields" is too general.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

The center ones. There is a grove there.

[ascendthethorns]

A grove...?

[Considers, considers, corn, sunflowers, daisies, puppies, kittens, plants, the season—

—she blinks and gives him an altered look; the one of deep-seated, unchecked accusation; the one that is also doubtful and protective and mournful for its intensity; the one that sometimes asserts itself in tense conversations on subjects that can be related back to Euphemia.]

She will be kept clear of it and any distant sounds of music.

[thekingsgambit.livejournal.com]

[Manages to keep ears from flattening at that look, as it brings everything about the situation back to him. His claws tense on the ground.]

Very well.

[A long silence.]

That is all there was.

[ascendthethorns]

[yeah she's just glarin' and goin']