18;

[cruxified]

[Private]

[dictated in an annoyed fashion while pacing his room]

When I wished to be his mentor, I did not ask for all of this that went with it. Although, even then, I can't regret my position in this. I only regret that I cannot take the situation into my own hands.

Yes, that would be unwise. And still I—

Damn this castle. Even with death being temporary, grudges can go on far longer. I want to end him, but I wonder if that would make me any better than he is.

[He sighs, a slow hiss through his teeth, and grasps his sword off his bed.]

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[Yuan]

Yuan.

[ooc: I'LL MAKE AN UNFILTERED POST EVENTUALLY. S-sorry ;_; What semi-hiatus?]

Comments

Yuan

[cruxified]

I made something of a promise to watch over the girl who showed up injured once, though obviously if I had possessed more sense I would have been guarding Gino instead.

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

You couldn't have known the kid would go nuts this soon. ...Do that, and let me know if you need anything.

Yuan

[cruxified]

... All right. [Still kind of strained. He wants to murder someone, but he won't.]

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

We'll get him. Just...not yet. Let him watch everyone else run around for a bit.

Yuan

[cruxified]

I need to get him away from Lelouch.

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

Impress that upon Lelouch, then, and let him do the keeping away.

Yuan

[cruxified]

Rolo is greedy, possessive, and powerful. Lelouch is sacrificing himself to save his friends. It's - [familiar? He trails off there.]

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

It is not going to get that far. We're going to stop him before he stops listening to Lelouch. One way or another.

Yuan

[cruxified]

[That only makes him feel marginally better. He can't think of anything else to say as rage leaves him empty and frighteningly cold, so he just... sighs.]

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

...What can you tell me about their situation? Why is Lelouch having to keep such a careful balance, what could go wrong? I'm concerned for him, too. [And mining for information he can give Reno, but shh.]

Yuan

[cruxified]

[Fffffffff two-faced bastard.] I think Rolo has some kind of power that makes it difficult to kill him. I'm not sure of the details, but Lelouch is aware of my capabilities and wouldn't have warned me away from him if he thought I could handle it.

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

I see. ...Be careful, then.

Yuan

[cruxified]

If I had my magic...

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

You'd still have to confront him. We don't know how strong that ability is, or the nature of it, so that would still be a foolish course of action to take, magic or no.

Yuan

[cruxified]

I don't care about what might happen to me at this point. It is only the repercussions on a long term level that are keeping me here.

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

What long-term repercussions could there be?

Yuan

[cruxified]

He seems the type to take joy in killing someone over and over again.

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

That would be problematic, yes. We'll have to keep a watch on Gino when he gets back.

Yuan

[cruxified]

Yes. [And now... he just sounds tired.]

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

We can get through this. ...See if you can find out from Lelouch just what Rolo does. Once we know, we can be prepared to deal with him.

Yuan

[cruxified]

... I will, later on. I doubt asking him while he's in his current state will yield any sort of information.

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

Fair enough.

...How's he doing?

Yuan

[cruxified]

He was suitably torn, motivated toward revenge, but not in the frame of mind he would have been had he completely grasped the situation.

Kratos

[cloakand_danger]

A shame; with him incapacitated by this loss, we lose our most vital source of information about the nuances of the situation. All the more reason to play it safe for now, and just make sure Rolo doesn't harm anyone else.

...Including you. Is he aware of how close you are to Lelouch?

Yuan

[cruxified]

[A noncommittal noise at that first part, yes, he's thought of this. But it's nice to have Yuan vocalizing it, because he won't listen to himself so much as he'll listen to Yuan.]

... If he stalks the journals, he very well may be. We began to filter mostly because of Mithos' possible interference. He would know that we've spoken, at least...

I also attended Lelouch's party before his loss began.