Fellowship of Animus | First Council of Sages

[sageprincess]

Characters: THE FELLOWSHIP OF ANIMUS aka pretty much everyone
Setting: Floor 38, early afternoon - forward-dated to July 29
Format: Party style - pick your poison
Summary: After repeated delays, Zelda and Gandalf have finally called the populace of the Tower to discuss productive means of dealing with their situation.
Warnings: None yet, will edit should something come up

It's taken far too long to get to this point.

Come Sunday, the various couches and armchairs of the uppermost lounge have been arranged in vaguely semi-circle-like patterns, with chairs from other floors scattered amongst them to increase seating even more. The semi-circles face inwards towards a central point to facilitate discussion among a large group of people. Though this is by no means a party, small slices of Lembas bread are available on tables around the perimeter - though there is no shortage of food, the hungry tend to be less cooperative, all the same.

Outside, the sun shines brightly without a cloud to obstruct it, but the atmosphere inside is much less carefree. Considering the purpose of gathering here this day, it's to be expected. Should this council succeed, it may very well change life in the Tower as everyone knows it. If not, well... one should certainly hope individual efforts begin to bear more fruit than they have in the past.

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[swordofzero]

[Suzaku didn't really wish to be in this meeting but he had long ago promised to help and he still wished to. He really did...

However every time he had tried to help he had made things worse, every thing he did went wrong. He walked onto floor thirty eight and froze seeing Minato...

He almost turned and left right then.]

[evokingfool]

[When Minato saw Suzaku, he called out the other boy's name.]

...Suzaku-san?

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku froze at his name, he knew he had to face up to what he had done eventually. Though there was always the chance Minato wouldn't remember, Geass affected your memory. He approached, looking down] Minato-san.

[evokingfool]

Have you been well?

[As Minato don't know what to say, yet, he defaults to that question.]

[swordofzero]

[It was a loaded question. Suzaku hadn't been well at all, he was wracked with guilt and didn't know what to think or feel. It was like being in the army again, except there was an emptiness. He couldn't push his guilt away in order to move on and take on the next enemy. Destroy the next group of terrorists.

There was no anger, not like when Euphie died. He couldn't be angry at Lelouch, not properly. The betrayal and anger over the last few years had been numbed, he had promised to help Lelouch until his job was finished and even though one world had been destroyed they were in another where people were hurt by those in power.

He was still Lelouch's knight whatever Lelouch thought, but Minato was his friend...

He didn't answer the question.] How are you feeling Minato?

[evokingfool]

[He notice that Suzaku didn't answer the question, which told him enough. Suzaku haven't been doing well.]

...I've been doing alright.

[A little better than before, since his revival and his confusion over his memories. What happened on that day?]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku nodded though he wasn't sure how much Minato knew. Or remembered, however he knew it was unfair to leave him in the dark. Suzaku knew the gaps in memory that accompanied Geass well and it wasn't a pleasant feeling.]

If you have any questions about what happened... I will do my best to answer them.

[evokingfool]

[He was quiet for a moment. To stay ignorant or learn the truth? He know which decision to make.]

Do you know what happened that day?

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku nodded and met Minato's eyes.] You had something called a Geass cast upon you.

[evokingfool]

A Geass? [Minato's voice is curious, and questioning, waiting for Suzaku to elaborate.]

[swordofzero]

A power from my world, there are many different ones but the one that used on you was a Geass of obedience. You were given an order and could not stop until you had completed it or had died. [He paused, to gauge Minato's reaction so far.]

[evokingfool]

...Do you know what order I was given?

[swordofzero]

You were ordered to kill all those you deemed troublemakers. [As far as Suzaku had worked out, Lelouch hadn't told him the exact command and he wasn't going to ask. He was still avoiding Lelouch completely.]

[evokingfool]

[Kill.

It's worrying, to think that he was ordered to kill and he most likely did spill blood. And he didn't remember.

How many people did he kill? Or hurt?

It's not his entire fault, but the knowledge weighs heavily on him.]

...And who ordered me?

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku remained silent, letting Minato take that in. He understood, as much as anyone else knew what it felt like to be told you had killed and not have any memory of it.

He had wondered about telling him, about betraying Lelouch; yet again. On the one hand Lelouch had done wrong, but he didn't want people turning on him because that would just isolate Lelouch more.

However Minato deserved to know.] I will tell you, so that you know to avoid them. Usually only one order can be given in a lifetime to one person but since yours disappeared when you died they might be able to do it again...

However you are not to tell anyone else...

[evokingfool]

[It's a big thing to ask of Minato. If he know who's responsible, Minato would be able to warn people of the risk. On the other hand, that might provoke and push the culprit into desperate measures, depending on their actions.

If he give his word, he won't easily take it back. That's how he is.]

...I won't tell anyone, Suzaku-san.

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku knew he could trust Minato, more than Minato could trust him at least. He lowered his voice.] Lelouch... he is the only person here with that power as far as I know, and... I confronted him about it. It was him.

I apologise on behalf of him. [Because Lelouch never will...]

[evokingfool]

[Lelouch.

In a way, that made sense. That brief memory confusion when he came down and meet with the other boy...]

Thank you for telling me, Suzaku-san.

[swordofzero]

You're welcome... [He nodded again looking grim, but waited to see if Minato had any other questions.]

[evokingfool]

...Who else have the Geass power?

[swordofzero]

No one here that I know of. Unless there is another world with Geass in it.

[evokingfool]

...Thank you again for telling me, Suzaku-san.

[swordofzero]

Don't worry about it... Hopefully it wont happen again...

[But he still hadn't said anything he wished to...] I also wish to apologise for myself...

[evokingfool]

...Apologise for what?

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku looked to the side, this never got any easier. When death was permanent you never had to look those you killed in the eye and explain why. Families and friends were hard enough but this...]

When I realised what Lelouch had done, I knew the only way to stop you... was if you died...