[IC] Happy family post!

[hopeisblind]

I'm a good girl , lying here all alone in my bed. All I can hear is the sound of rustling leaves caressed by the wind outside, and an occasional night bird ruffling its feathers at the moon. I don't know why, but suddenly this confusion, this feeling of displacement I've woken up with is replaced by this overwhelming foreboding sensation that has

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[breakanelm]

[Do you see the mists thinning as they move around you, swirling gently through the room? They carry summer's breeze now, and the smell of the Aries gardens with... what is that? The smell of his hair? Of metal and sweet perfumes and musky cologne? What is that from? Him, as he is here now? Or is it... yes. Don't you remember how you used to get in the way while your mother brushed your father's hair? Hiding behind strands twice, thrice your size? So playful and full of life you were back then. So full of laughter and mischief. It must be such a conflicting feeling.]

It is too late! Corruption has taken hold of him. This world of lies has guided him away from us. If he does not bear the strength to rise above its foolishness, if he will choose to look to the weak for his understanding of the very essence of humanity and the world, if he will fear and hate progress, then he is already a casualty of the times, my daughter. The moment for his return will come once the world has been cleansed of its system of dishonesty. Lelouch has made his choice and he must learn of his errors along with everybody else who would challenge the greatness of the Holy Britannian Empire and its vision. Until then he cannot walk among us as my son, as a Britannian prince!

[Which pull will be stronger, I wonder?]

[hopeisblind]

[Do you even have to ask? orz]

How can you say that? That's not true! If somebody has to perish, if somebody has to be punished for dragging him down, that person is me! Big brother is strong and noble. He has always done the best he could, always with his beloved ones' best interest in mind. He has never abando-

[ Now I pause, terrified at my own selfishness. What if he has wished to leave all the time and I am the one who clings to him like a leech? What if father is right and that's the best way of dealing with everything? What if love is nothing but weakness, but cruel duty?]

[I scream almost hysterically, reaching for the mists]

NO! We were happy back then. We certainly were. This is not a lie, I'm sure of it.

[I try to reach for those happy memories, but of course I can't move too far, and I roll off the bed, screaming like a hurt animal, my elbows and knees hitting the floorboard with a dead thud]

[breakanelm]

[:)

Steps so that he's looming over her now, as imposing as he has ever been. He draws out his voice as he calls her name.]

Nunnally. This is unfortunate. Disappointing. You are as blind now as you were with your eyes forced shut. I once thought it would give you strength and lead you down the path of truth but it seems I have overestimated you. Another blight on our family's proud name.

[hopeisblind]

[Okay, that hurt. And all that carefully build strength - real strength actually - is collapsing quickly. It is not the rejection. I'm used to that. It is just the ultimate fear that I've never known any of you at all, that nothing we have ever had was real.]

[And that's why I reach out for your cape, clinging to it, eyes wide open as I desperately search for any sign of humanity in your violet eyes.]

Please, please, WAIT!

[breakanelm]

[The mists pick up around her once again, the smells of family now interspersed with those of gunpowder and burning, as the ghost of her father stands firm. She'll find no humanity in his eyes but perhaps some in his honouring of her request. If she squints.]

Very well.

[hopeisblind]

[My heart beats so hard I have to force the words out of my lips. It is like a nightmare. My voice is gone, a simple whisper in the mists.]

You don't need to push us away, father. Can't you see that it is our connections that make us stronger? Big brother would take every single chance you gave him. He would be grateful for every act of gentleness. And he would give much more in return. He is this kind of person.

You've got to understand.

[breakanelm]

[His face twists in repulsion and arrogance and he silently regards her long enough for the mists to chill to sub-zero.]

You are the one who lacks comprehension, my foolish daughter.

[He turns and is gone as quickly as he arrived. A whisper of a familiar lullaby teases the sudden quiet in wake of his departure.]

[hopeisblind]

NO, PLEASE DON'T!

[Okay, I guess will just go hysterical now. o/]

[ascendthethorns]

[Which means it's time for me to barge in, right?]

Nunnally?!

[Rushes and crouches beside; give me a moment to realize that YOUR EYES ARE OPEN please. ;o;b]

What's wrong? A nightmare? What happened?

[hopeisblind]

[I'm pushing you away, flailing my arms like a crazy child]

FATHER WAS HERE! PLEASE, HELP BIG BROTHER, PLEASE!

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[hopeisblind]

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[hopeisblind]

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[ascendthethorns]

-what? Nunnally.

[I am checking vitals and trying to wake. Oh the futility. :(]

[ascendthethorns]

[... and now I am calling Lelouch and telling him to get his scrawny ass back to camp. everyone in Geass has a phone icon except for me...]

[ascendthethorns]

[And here is where we lift Nunnally and rush her to the hospital. END OF CHAPTER ONE?!]

[hopeisblind]

[o/]