[ week 11, day 5 | accidental video ]

[cursetheking]

[ There's a sudden rustling of a body in an expansive field, not far from the place of the great tree. A woman with hair green and flowing like the grass all around her cracks open her eyes - a distinctive shade of gold, quite a contrast to her ghostly skin. The angle makes it hard to make out any other features, as the Hitomi is laying some

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[video] /tsuns magnificently

[dramatic_cape]

[ Lelouch has to admit, he wasn't expecting a familiar face to show anytime soon. Certainly not a face as familiar as this.

But she's walking off now, and it might take Lelouch the better part of today to find her if he loses track of the direction she's walking in. ]

C.C. It's me.

Stay where you are. I'll come find you.

[ video ] /tsuns back

[cursetheking]

[ That insufferably haughty voice can only belong to one man. A dead man, as it turns out, so hearing it gives her pause. She smirks down at the Hitomi, turning to toe it with her foot. ]

And who is "you"? Someone so bold to command me...

[ Of course she knows. She's just being her usual irritating self, because it's Lelouch, and he deserves to be put in his place from time to time. ]

...must be awfully confident of himself, indeed.

[ video ] >C

[dramatic_cape]

[ And so it begins. ]

C.C., I know you know who this is, and I would find it extremely helpful if you didn't leave Himorogi. This isn't a world you know. [ He doesn't know for sure, of course, that she doesn't have her memories of Kannagara from last time, but call it a hunch based on her reaction to waking up. ] You might get lost.

[ video ] :3 you mad, lulu?~

[cursetheking]

[redeyeslasher]

[there is a certain mysterious flair about this woman that even Break can pick up over the brief video. She seems like quite the character and the way she speaks denotes vast experience. Oh what's this? She knows Lelouch? Even more interesting indeed. Now he has to speak with her]

You are quite correct about this place not being Kyoto, miss.

Welcome to Kannagara. You will probably be here for a while just giving you that little bit of heads up warning.

[cursetheking]

[ Well, it's not like she had any particular destination in mind, anyway. C.C. plops down among the tall weeds again and draws her legs to her chest, staring with mild interest at the face on the screen. ]

Of course I was. I didn't have any doubts of it.

[ She blinks those ethereal eyes once, twice, and offers a slight smile to Break, a lingering hint of condescension behind it. ]

The sentiment is appreciated, but I'm not concerned about that. So long as my partner is here, [ and he was, she could sense him wandering about the world that is not quite a world ] I'll be just fine.

[redeyeslasher]

[oh he knows that tone very well. After all he employs it himself quite often. Still he is not one to get hung up over such trivial details]

How fortunate for you. In that case all that's left of this conversation is introductions

[a small bow to the Hitomi.]

I am Xerxes Break. At your service.

[cursetheking]

[ C.C. quirks a single brow at this strange, strange creature. Is he even human? C.C.'s not the type to dwell on details, either, so she shrugs and moves along as he pleases. ]

People have taken to calling me C.C., but I don't particularly care what form of address you use.

[ Break will receive no such display of politeness from C.C. if he's hoping for it. She simply continues to wear a tight-lipped smile. ]

At my service? Contracting yourself to me is a serious commitment. Consider that my warning to you.

[video | private]

[mightstealyrcar]

[Wow, cool hair, and she strikes Matt as pretty on the ball. 'Toyed with' is just about the size of it. It's the first thing she said, though, that really interests him, and it's also the reason he makes this private.]

Another one yanked here from Japan?

[ video ]

[cursetheking]

[ At this point, C.C. doesn't know the difference between public, private, or anything else in Kannagara. However, she's no qualms about broadcasting potentially embarrassing information about others out in the open, so even if she could filter the response in turn she probably wouldn't. ]

That's right. And you are?

[ C.C. doesn't recognize the young man's face - doesn't care to, really, beyond filing the information away for future use and exploitation. ]

[video | private]

[mightstealyrcar]

Matt, and I came from Tokyo.

[If she recognized him, he imagines she would've said so, or reacted somehow. He's sure his face and car were all over the news. Probably a different time, or a different world, then.]

Who're you?

...this thing can filter messages, y'know.

[video ]

[cursetheking]

[ Probably not the same Tokyo she knows, C.C. deduces from what she can see of his style of dress. She nods. ]

A witch, of course.

[ They're still at the start of their conversation, and she's already falling into familiar flirtations. She cracks a wry grin. ]

So what? I don't have anything to hide. Do you?

[Video]

[nec_metu]

[Lenalee stares in some surprise at the new arrival's hair. Green? ... That's new. Blinking as the focus moves to the woman's chest, embarrassed for her, as she does not seem to notice or mind.]

[But her words... those are probably the most curious thing. Lenalee has seen quite a few people arrive in Kannagara, and this woman's reaction is unique. It certainly doesn't hurt to introduce herself.]

Hello. I'm Lenalee, I'm guessing that you just got here?

[ video ]

[cursetheking]

[ Wide golden eyes flash into view, discerning even through the tiny screen. Finally, someone she shares kinship with - a woman. She relaxes, just a little. ]

That's correct. You know about his place, I take it?

[ video ]

[nec_metu]

[Oh... she had been so preoccupied with the hair, she had somehow missed those eyes. Rather than unsettling, the color is somehow entrancing.]

Ah, yes. It's called Kannagara, I've been here for a while now. Is there anything in particular that you want to know?

[ video ]

[cursetheking]

[ What a pleasant, unassuming girl. C.C. is almost reminded of Shirley, except Lenalee is infinitely less annoying. She's off to a decent start, if getting on C.C.'s good side is her intention. ]

Not really. I just wanted to confirm the location, but I suppose any other details might be useful.

[ She could figure them out for herself, but she likes hearing her voice, she finds. ]

[voice]

[revengeisalie]

[Why hello there, unknown person. You need to be tested talked to.]

You're from Kyoto?

[ voice ]

[cursetheking]

[ Another stranger trying their luck with a weary witch? C.C. welcomes the challenge, barking back to the Hitomi. ]

No. That's just where I was traveling last, before I found myself here.

[ voice ] Sorry for super-extra-lateness. ;-;

[revengeisalie]

Ahh, I see.

[Not from the homeland, then. Not that she looks Japanese, anyway.]

Well, then. [A beat.] Welcome to Kannagara.