[ o-oh boy- first Euphemia and now Kallen. well, he knows for a fact that Kallen can defend herself as long as she takes her Knightmare with her and stays in it (he has faith in her to not die when he needs her to live), while Euphemia is but a delicate princess...
and yet he wants neither Euphemia nor Kallen to go out there.
(and he doesn't stop the swell of pride when she says Kallen Kouzuki, ace pilot of the Black Knights -- he doesn't bother to try and stop it, that is -- because she's the same as what he remembers.)
but, that's not something he feels he should say. ]
[ filtered ]radiant_willMarch 21 2011, 04:34:39 UTC
It's about Euphemia.
I talked to her, and she denied everything that happened at the Specially Administrated Zone. She claimed that she didn't know anything about it, and she…
Well, she sounded pretty sincere. But… how is that possible?
[ filtered ]radiant_willMarch 21 2011, 06:06:18 UTC
But she still admitted that she knew about the SAZ! She must have been planning to kill the Japanese, or at least known what was going to happen. She fired the first shot and gave the orders to start the massacre!
Oh? As if her sins were more grave than mine, Kallen.
[ a beat. ] Regardless, she is my sister and I will reassure her that nothing happened at the SAZ. That... was my miscalculation.
[ some part of him wondered if Kallen suspected that he used his Geass on Euphie- especially with how Suzaku acted before Kallen ran away, allowing Suzaku to capture him. (half of him is still bitter about that because how dare she -- his ace pilot -- run away.) he never wanted to deal with this, would have preferred to avoid it like some kind of plague, but... it seems death isn't so kind. ]
[ filtered ]radiant_willMarch 24 2011, 05:13:53 UTC
[She is suspicious. It has less to with how Suzuzku acted back then, and more with how Euphemia reacted to Kallen's accusations. The sincerity was troubling, and Kallen was aware of only one way to utterly manipulate someone's heart. At the same time, even with everything that Lelouch has done, she doesn't want to believe that he's responsible for that massacre as well.]
Don't compare yourself to her. I know why you did what you did. I've killed plenty of people too, haven't I? Innocent people. People who didn't deserve to die.
[Then something dawns on her.]
A miscalculation…
Lelouch, if you cared so much about your sister, why did you kill her? You could've used your Geass to stop her. Why didn't you do that? Why didn't you use it?
[ he can feel it coming on, a bubbling sort of anger, in his chest and spreading quickly. he doesn't like this. ]
You know why? [ a tone taken as if Kallen had just told him joke, privy to only the two of them, and Lelouch damn near laughs at the implications of such a thing. as if she could know -- know why he pushed everyone away, betrayed everyone, lied his way to the top, killed his father, used his Geass on even Nunnally, and took over the world -- even the half of it.
(then again, he'd always acknowledged that Kallen was smart.)
even so. ]
My Geass has its limitations. Euphemia was too far away for the Geass to reach her; I had no choice, other than to kill her. Even C.C. would tell you that much, should she ever appear.
[ not that she's here to baby him back him up on this one at the moment. and it's only a half-lie- had he the convenience of Jeremiah's Geass Canceler, then maybe the massacre could have been avoided. none the less, he's more than willing to take the blame on himself should he have to. ]
[ filtered ] (1/2)radiant_willMarch 24 2011, 07:36:43 UTC
[The tone almost scares her. It sets Kallen's mind reeling for a moment. Maybe she had presumed too much; maybe she didn't understand as well as she thought. Maybe it had been a terribly wrong thing to say.]
I…
[She pauses for a breath.]
I lived for awhile in the world you left. War and large-scale combat had come to die down for the first time in centuries, and you expect me to believe that that was a coincidence? You didn't do all those horrible things for no reason, that I know for damn sure.
[ filtered ] (2/2)radiant_willMarch 24 2011, 07:37:46 UTC
But right now, you need a better excuse. What happened with the SAZ didn't catch you completely by surprise, since you had us all waiting there as backup. You're telling me that with every miraculous thing you've pulled off in battle, after every incredible plan that you dreamed up, after all the brilliant tactics that you've orchestrated, that your Geass wouldn't work because you couldn't get close enough?!
[That had all come tumbling out. It took her a second to recognize that she had shouted the last few words.]
and yet he wants neither Euphemia nor Kallen to go out there.
(and he doesn't stop the swell of pride when she says Kallen Kouzuki, ace pilot of the Black Knights -- he doesn't bother to try and stop it, that is -- because she's the same as what he remembers.)
but, that's not something he feels he should say. ]
What is it?
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I talked to her, and she denied everything that happened at the Specially Administrated Zone. She claimed that she didn't know anything about it, and she…
Well, she sounded pretty sincere. But… how is that possible?
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Of course she would deny everything that happened. She comes from a time before that... incident. It seems Mayfield likes to play with timelines.
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Don't worry about her and leave it to me. I'll take care of it.
[ as soon as he gets his Geass back, that is. ]
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Yeah? And what are you going to do, keeping reassuring her that I was lying about what happened with the SAZ? That would be just great.
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[ a beat. ] Regardless, she is my sister and I will reassure her that nothing happened at the SAZ. That... was my miscalculation.
[ some part of him wondered if Kallen suspected that he used his Geass on Euphie- especially with how Suzaku acted before Kallen ran away, allowing Suzaku to capture him. (half of him is still bitter about that because how dare she -- his ace pilot -- run away.) he never wanted to deal with this, would have preferred to avoid it like some kind of plague, but... it seems death isn't so kind. ]
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Don't compare yourself to her. I know why you did what you did. I've killed plenty of people too, haven't I? Innocent people. People who didn't deserve to die.
[Then something dawns on her.]
A miscalculation…
Lelouch, if you cared so much about your sister, why did you kill her? You could've used your Geass to stop her. Why didn't you do that? Why didn't you use it?
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You know why? [ a tone taken as if Kallen had just told him joke, privy to only the two of them, and Lelouch damn near laughs at the implications of such a thing. as if she could know -- know why he pushed everyone away, betrayed everyone, lied his way to the top, killed his father, used his Geass on even Nunnally, and took over the world -- even the half of it.
(then again, he'd always acknowledged that Kallen was smart.)
even so. ]
My Geass has its limitations. Euphemia was too far away for the Geass to reach her; I had no choice, other than to kill her. Even C.C. would tell you that much, should she ever appear.
[ not that she's here to baby him back him up on this one at the moment. and it's only a half-lie- had he the convenience of Jeremiah's Geass Canceler, then maybe the massacre could have been avoided. none the less, he's more than willing to take the blame on himself should he have to. ]
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I…
[She pauses for a breath.]
I lived for awhile in the world you left. War and large-scale combat had come to die down for the first time in centuries, and you expect me to believe that that was a coincidence? You didn't do all those horrible things for no reason, that I know for damn sure.
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[That had all come tumbling out. It took her a second to recognize that she had shouted the last few words.]
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