03: Failed Sanity Check

[doublechecks]

Who: Lelouch and You!
What: He had awoken only to find himself back in the Tower.
Where: ANYWHERE
When: July 3rd!
Format: Action-log, but I'll adapt!
Warning: Suicidal Thoughts, Frayed Sanity

[Ah.

He is awake.

Death, loneliness, failure, nightmare, Nunnally, Nunnally, Nunnally, Nunnally....!

Echoes of his own voice resonated within him as he woke up with a scream, only to find himself staring at a ceiling.

This place...

Was it all a dream? Was it all a nightmare? Was the desolate world he walked through these month? weeks? years? He's not sure, everything blurs together when he was stuck in emptiness. Lelouch Lamperouge's mind is frayed, the length of time he spent there was just relative to the pain he felt.

But he now know. His plan... His plan to create a world where Nunnally could be happy.

Ah, that was just wishful thinking wasn't it? He wanted to scream at the tower, to just do anything to get away from the revelation that his own world is dead NO IT IS NOT DEAD IT WAS JUST A LIE, A LIE, A LIE...!


The sudden movement caused him to fall onto the floor, before he stumbled out of his room without even giving a glance to who exactly is there, he needed to get away get away get away from everything, everyone, ANYONE. So blinded by despair was he that he doesn't even turn to look at anyone he sees or hears, he continued to run, to run to run to run to run towards ANYWHERE NOT THIS TOWER.

Thus, Lelouch Lamperouge could be found throughout the Tower with a haunted look as well as just walking past you without a care in the world.]

Comments

[nemophila]

Uh--

[He'd spoken up when he saw Lelouch walking, but then the guy just kind of... went right past him. Huh. OK.]

Hey-- Is.. something wrong? [He spoke up a little louder, a hand subconsciously reaching out a hand as if to grab him, but not actually meaning or intending to do anything like that. The guy certainly didn't look OK.]

[doublechecks]

[Well, that's a wrong move as any, as he just whirled to face Jun, eyes glaring at the male.]

What?

[nemophila]

[Alright so something was definitely wrong. He instinctively took a step back at the whirl and the glare, and grimaced.]

I was just asking what was wrong... If there's anything I can do...

1/2

[doublechecks]

["If there's anything I can do..."

Answers, he needs them, to know, to gain leverage, to change this tower, to change everything.

He puts his hand over his eyes, before pulling it back revealing a pair of eyes with sigils.

The Power of Geass, The Power of Absolute Obedience, he sealed it the moment he became Emperor, the moment he died by Suzaku's hands. However, as he still lives, the Power still existed, waiting to be used.

His name was Jun Kurosu, wasn't it? No matter, he needs to know, and he was so willing to help, so why waste it?]

2/2

[doublechecks]

I, Lelouch vi Britannia, command you, Jun Kurosu-

To answer every questions that I pose to you.

[And thus, with his words, the Curse was unleashed, and Jun's mind is re-arranged as the sigils formed within his eyes for all but a few mere seconds.]

[nemophila]

Huh--?

[He looked at Lelouch suspiciously when his eye seemed to change. It looked sort of like a bird...

If his mind had been his own in the next few seconds, he would have wondered about Lelouch's full name, but that wasn't the case. His eyes went wide in surprise and for a minute it almost felt like he wasn't... there. A red ring formed around the irises of his eyes, and the next thing he knew he was speaking without realizing what he was speaking.]

Yes, Your Highness.

[doublechecks]

[Placing his contacts back, Lelouch continued speaking.]

Answer me.

What happened during the month of June?

[nemophila]

A selection of the Tower's residents were taken from Tower proper to another location, where they met with the Tower Administrators. There, they were divided into three groups, each of which would be under the supervision of one of the main administrators-- Jason, Dax, and Riki. They competed to see who would be the most apt to care for the residents of the Tower, and this competition was overseen by another Administrator-- a girl named Ruana, no older than 16 I believe. The three groups were separated, with different living conditions, and competed in different challenges each week.

At the end of the week, they were brought together to announce the results of the challenges. Whichever group failed the challenges was forced to vote off one of their own to die and leave the competition area, the number of which changed depending on how many challenges were lost. I was placed in Riki's pod, so my knowledge of the others is limited; but as I understand it, Riki's pod was subject to abnormal physics and structure, Dax's had relatively normal conditions, and those in Jason's care were physically changed in...rather grotesque ways.

However, in the end, I believe it turned out that the competition was only to see who would be in charge for a single month. Riki was the victor, but I was voted out of the competition after the second week.

[doublechecks]

...Very well, onto the next question. Who else were with you at the time? If you're also able to remember them, recall the names of your friends that are located in a different pod than yours.

[nemophila]

Eikichi Mishina, Tatsuya Suou, Al Suha, Miyabi Hanakouji, Ciel Phantomhive, Karkat Vantas, Fran, and Suzaku are the only ones I know the names of who were in my own pod. Minato Arisato, Chidori, Jin, Ken, Yu Narukami, and Arthur Kirkland are those I know of from Jason's pod, and Kuja, Ventus and Tara are those I know of from Dax's pod.

[doublechecks]

...Suzaku was there.

[Ah. That explains a lot, how he acted when he confronted him with his lack of sanity earlier. Well now, isn't this interesting...?]

...Would you kindly tell me what happened when you were voted out?

[nemophila]

Our group had lost five of the challenges that week, so five of us were to be voted off. Everyone lined up to take their turn in the voting booth, and after some discussion, my friends-- Tatsuya and Eikichi-- and I decided to vote ourselves off. I spoke with Narukami and a few others while the voting was being conducted, and when the time drew to an end, they announced the results. My friends and I, along with Vantas and Phantomhive were selected from our group, and Tara was selected from Dax's group. She died painlessly, while the five of us were ushered into a tube of sorts and crushed to death. After that we woke up back in our rooms.

[doublechecks]

...I see.

[There was a small silence, as he opened his mouth, as if to ask something else, before.]

You've done well. Thank you for your cooperation, Jun.

[He looks to be sane, but... yeah no, he's still a bit twitchy.

[nemophila]

[His mind idly noted Lelouch's..."twitchy," stature, but it was just a side note in the corner, and he most likely wouldn't remember that note later anyway.]

As you wish, Your Highness. [He even gave a slight bow of his head.]

[doublechecks]

[And with that, he's going to turn and start walking away from Jun. He had served his purpose for now. Who knows what time will bring in store for the both of them later on?]