Curiousity killed the cat

[swordofzero]

Characters: Suzaku and Lelouch
Setting: Starting in dorm floors and going to floor 101
Format: Either
Summary: Suzaku has been good, done what Diarmuid told him and left Lelouch well alone. But curiosity gets the best of him at the end
Warnings: Angsty, angry boys, mind wipe, betrayal, Code Geass awfulness also spoilers

Suzaku had been working hard all month, focusing on the collar researching and doing his best to avoid Lelouch and Rolo. But he couldn't put the matter out of his mind. Diarmuid had told him to leave it but he had to know. If this was a Lelouch from another world then his worries would be for nothing. Even though it was still not healthy for Rolo it was safe and Suzaku couldn't exactly begrudge happiness, since these would be the last months Rolo was alive. Even if the worlds were restored... Rolo was dead.

However is Suzaku was right, if this Lelouch was from his own world, having lost his memories due to Geass. He could be dangerous to Rolo, and to others if the glamour went off. It had flickered a bit the last month and Suzaku had heard nothing, but he needed proof.

So he was at his door, Arthur in his arms, teeth sunk into a finger and his gun at his side like always. He knocked.

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[doasisay]

Lelouch's lips curled in to a small smile as he nodded, "I'll hold you to that." He said. He kept the gun in his hand and close to him as he waited for the other to start moving to where he wanted him to go.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded, more like a small bow though he catches himself and begins to walk down the corridor. "I was trying to save him." He said softly, "You have been here more than a month now, so you know who Ruana is, right?" He assumed Rolo had brought him up to speed.

[doasisay]

"I've heard of them and about them, but haven't actually met them. And I haven't met anyone else who seems to be in control of this place. What had happened?" Lelouch walked beside the other, not wanting others around them to think that he was taking him somewhere by gunpoint or anything.

[swordofzero]

"Let's hope you never do." It was a futile hope, Lelouch would end up being part of one of Ruana's games eventually.

Suzaku walked as casually as possible, for much the same reason that Lelouch was walking next to him, it would be easy to misinterpret if anyone saw them. Especially anyone who had known the last Lelouch to walk these halls.

"She turned a small group of people into monsters, monsters that only appeared at night. In the day time they were themselves, with memories of only sleeping or helping defeat the monsters at night.

If a resident killed a monster they became a monster themselves. It was chaos, the only way to make a monster turn back into a human for good was to kill them during the day time, when they were human." He looked down, "I had reason to believe Rolo had been affected, that he was one of the first monsters, but I was wrong."

[doasisay]

That seemed rather...reasonable. He didn't blame the other. It did seem like he had been looking out for Rolo... Lelouch hadn't expected an answer like that and was a little surprised. There was a long pause from him.

"Even though you did hurt him, I wanted to thank you for taking care of him. You did what you thought was right at the time and I can understand." He said and gave a nod to the other as they continued to walk, "I hope that doesn't happen to me. I've been very careful since I've arrived here."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku looked down, "It was wrong, and I understand why Rolo is still angry about it. It is made worse by the fact that it turned out I was one of the original monsters..." He looked over at Lelouch. "Being careful is not really enough, Ruana is cruel and so are her games."

[doasisay]

"You were?" Lelouch frowned deeply, "Could it happen to you again? And what games are you talking about?"

[swordofzero]

"I was." He nodded and shrugged. "Such things happen a lot. Ruana is childlike in a twisted way. She enjoys playing games, last month did you know anyone who claimed they could see sweets lying around? They were part of such a game."

He stroked Arthur absently, "Once she had us play hide and seek with teddy bears, which murdered us when we were found. Those sorts of games."

[doasisay]

"No, I'm sorry, I didn't even hear about any of that. I suppose I was too preoccupied..." Lelouch looked over at him with a surprised expression, "How... Why?"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded, it was understandable since he was still learning his way around. "Because she is all powerful and sees us as toys to play with. She is the cruelest of the administrators."

[doasisay]

"I can see why everyone is so eager to get away from this place." There was a pause from him as he was thinking, "Do you think they can do it?"

[swordofzero]

"No." Lelouch was perhaps the only person in the world Suzaku would admit this to, even if it was a Lelouch that didn't really know him. But the task was too big, the groups too fractured, the administrators far too powerful.

"But they believe it, and I have seen the impossible done before." Usually because of Lelouch, but not this one. "So I will fight for them anyways."

[doasisay]

Lelouch frowned at his answer, he didn't think the other would be so blunt about it. But continuing on when he knew that there was no hope was also surprising.

"That's brave of you to keep on going like that. Even though you think you won't succeed."

[swordofzero]

"I am not sure if it is brave or just foolish. But I fight for the friends I have made here, and their hope."

Suzaku paused, because they were almost at the staircase. "I hope you have not found things here too difficult so far."

Jesus i never got a notif for this im so sorry!!

[doasisay]

"Not at all. Things aren't the same as they are at home, but it isn't that horrible. Thankfully I haven't had to fight anything."

Lelouch glanced behind Suzaku at the staircase, "Where are we going?"

It's okay!

[swordofzero]

"I hope you won't need to." He said, and he really did. It would be cruel to expect a Lelouch who thought himself nothing more than a Britannian student to fight.

"There is a hanging garden, it is quite interesting to see."

Re: It's okay!

[doasisay]

Lelouch gripped the gun in his hand, looking worried as he followed. a garden... that sounded nice enough but what of the monsters?

"How far up the stairs is it?"

[swordofzero]

"Down." He pointed, unnecessarily. "Four floors, it's the highest floor that is not a dorm floor."

[doasisay]

Still...to see something nice in such a place as this made him curious. He gave a nod and walked with the other .

[swordofzero]

They walked down the stair case in silence until they got to the glowing step that would place them on the hundredth and first floor. Suzaku took a deep breath and stepped onto it, appearing on the floor and turning to Lelouch. This floor negated powers, including Geass, and it was time to see if what he had suspected was correct.

i promise to make this as harsh as possible ;*

[doasisay]

As Lelouch steps onto this new floor, he looks around. He doesn't say anything, though he keeps the gun in his hand. That innocent school boy look in his eye has somehow vanished and he's looking...more serious. He's quiet for the longest time.

"Where is this garden?" He asks. There's nothing different about his voice or anything, just the way he's carrying himself. It might not be obvious to someone who's only been around him for a while, but for Suzaku, he should notice it.

cry

[swordofzero]

"Here." They stepped further out and they were in a garden, with thousands of different plants of all shapes and sizes, growing up to the ceiling or hanging down from it. Suzaku had noticed the difference in the way he was carrying himself and it took him a moment to speak.

"Lelouch?"

/luffs ;~;

[doasisay]

Lelouch didn't respond at first. He stepped forward, looking at all of the plants around them. Some of them, he didn't even know existed. It was like a lot of them were foreign to him, maybe even foreign to his world.

"Suzaku," he began, "What was the real purpose of bringing me here?"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku turned to him, facing him straight on and trying to look calm, in control. "This, like a few of the floors here take away peoples powers. This includes Geass that has been cast on people." Complete honesty, either Lelouch would have no idea what he was talking about, in which case he was from a different world, or he would realise Suzaku had tricked him, again.

[doasisay]

"Again." Lelouch said with every ounce of hatred in his voice. He glared, moving as quick as he can to slam the bottom of the gun into Suzaku's head. If that doesn't work out, he's already turned the safety off and his finger is on the trigger.

"Do you enjoy doing this, Suzaku?!"