A lost knight [open]

[swordofzero]

Characters: Suzaku and you
Setting: Dorm halls, floor 46 (monster room), outside floor 96 (forgetting floor) and then staircases between floors 92 and 96
Format: either
Summary: Lelouch disappears, cue Suzaku breaking
Warnings: so much self destructiveness, self hating, I'll add if anything else happens

[Discovering] No. He couldn't be gone, Suzaku has seen him yesterday. From a distance, they had still been at odds since the fog incident but Suzaku was his knight so he still watched over him. It couldn't have been more than six hours ago, and now he was gone. Suzaku stared at the nameplate, as if staring at it would bring the name back.

He didn't even bother going to the graveyard, this was proof enough, his things were gone the name was gone. Lelouch was gone.

He couldn't do this anymore, everyone disappeared. He had to find Rolo, he probably already knew, he stalked Lelouch as much as he did Suzaku. But Suzaku had no words with what to comfort him, wouldn't be able to help him at all.

He thought very briefly about going to find Diarmuid, the man had told him he could. But Suzaku remembered his reaction when Suzaku told him about Lelouch, and didn't want to upset him again, didn't want to stir up memories.

[Floor 46] Suzaku jumped off the stair case, his gun out. Monsters attacked him instantly, but that had been the point. It was the quickest way to attract a lot of them that Suzaku knew. He needed to fight, he needed to forget and with this many monsters the Geass took care of that. His eyes flashed red as he dove out of the way, kicking monsters, shooting monsters. Continuing until his body was too exhausted and his Geass forced him back to the staircase.

[Outside Floor 96] He hadn't been to this floor since Diarmuid had told him not to. But he was tempted, he stood on the staircase staring at the white room. Thinking about how easy it would be to forget.

But did he want to forget? Lelouch was gone, gone from the tower, his soul lost. Even if they found some way to free them all Lelouch would be gone, he was dead. Dead with the whole world thinking him an evil tyrant, it may not have happened in Suzaku's world but he knew it would have, if the world hadn't ended.

Suzaku was the only one who knew the truth, except Nunnally who was also gone, and Rolo who was also dead. The only one to know that Lelouch wasn't the monster the world saw him as. He had a duty to remember.

[Staircases] His mood had gotten bleaker and bleaker, hatred turning inwards, anger that he hadn't been able to save Lelouch. He walked up the staircase towards the next floor, and blinked as he found himself back on floor ninety six.

He tried going down, past the ball pool, the darkroom, the hallway, the pyramid and... He was back on the staircase at the pyramid floor and finally understood what was going on. It had happened a couple of times in the past, his Geass keeping him on powered floors.

He sat down on the staircase defeated.

Comments

[looselips]

So is sulking around on the stairs one of those "more productive" things you suggested I do?

[swordofzero]

[How did he know that was coming] No, it's not.

[looselips]

So you're a hypocrite?

[swordofzero]

I have been called such before yes.

[looselips]

So that's it? You're just going to stand here and accept it? How do you expect me to take anything you say seriously after this?

[COME ON DAMMIT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GET ANGRY HE IS TRYING TO MOTIVATE YOU HERE.]

[swordofzero]

There's no point in getting annoyed, it's the truth.

[looselips]

Fine! I don't care, then! You can just sit here and die or whatever it is you want to do!

[His patience, such as it is, finally exhausted, Shinji moves to stomp away.]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku was torn between the despair he felt crushing down on him and being a good influence on the kid who shared his room, it took a lot of effort but he stood.] What would you suggest then?

[looselips]

[That's a good question. He hadn't really thought that far ahead, in all honesty. He has to rein in his temper some to think.]

Well... You said you could help me learn how to fight, didn't you? What happened to that?

[Not that Shinji suspects he'll be any talent for it, but if it'll get the guy to stop whining...]

[swordofzero]

I thought you weren't interested. [And he wasn't going to force a kid to train, even if it was important in a place such as this.]

But if you wish, I have nothing else to do right now.

[looselips]

It's not like I think it's going to do any good, but it's better than being subjected to your emo whining.

[swordofzero]

Well you can always try. Trying is better than nothing.

[looselips]

If effort isn't going to yield results, it's just a waste of time. Then again, if it's someone like me, who knows? Maybe I'll be a natural prodigy or something.

[...Not that he really believes this, but, you know, he can't just admit that he isn't actually perfect.]

[swordofzero]

Perhaps. [He's still young enough he could pick it up with ease, though Suzaku noted the tone and hoped the boy wouldn't give up if he found it difficult at first.]

[looselips]

[...Wait.]

Wait, you're not going to argue with me about it?

[swordofzero]

No, but we can go and find a suitable floor and begin your training, see if your claims hold true.

[looselips]

F... Fine. Let's go, then.

[Not that he knows where a suitable floor is...]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku nodded and led him down the stairs until they got to the gymnasium, it was a large enough area for what they needed.] This will do.