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[maskmastery]

My, my - this is quite an unconvential kidnapping.

[His expression is solemn, though not without frustration, not without urgency, for such things are to be expected, it would be entirely unnatural were he without such subtleties. However, his lips are set in a small, almost nonchalant smile - in fact, he even seems a little amused, as if there's

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[keptdown]

[ ah. he knows that voice- knows that face, too. and, somewhere in the back of his mind as he grips the end of the table a little too tightly, he wonders if Madoka can hear him stop breathing for a moment.

(but, no, she's a good girl -- probably in her room, writing or something. minding her own business, not getting in the way as she'd say. a good girl.)

Schneizel. that's who this is. (his) Schneizel who has been Geassed? or Schneizel from an earlier time? he can't tell from just this, but he hasn't immediately tried to find Nunnally or himself yet. but, no need to assume something he doesn't know... maybe that's the information he wants. not, of course, that Suzaku will mind as much. he just wants to know. ]

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[ what should he do? (answer, of course- but what else?) his hopes are already high enough, and it's not as if Schneizel is any harm to him anyway. but, at the end of everything, there's the Empress and this man at his side and he at theirs, so... he has to do something. like not letting Lelouch get to Schneizel first so that everything blows up in his fucking face.

no, that's the last thing he wants. this is not something to be indecisive about. ]

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[ hesitantly grabbing the Dreamberry to answer. even more hesitantly turning on the video function. (not that it shows on his face, as blank as ever.)

if Schneizel wants information, 'Suzaku' can give him that much. 'Zero', on the other hand... ]

Ah. [ except he doesn't... know how to answer. ;; ] What information do you need, Schneizel?

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[maskmastery]

[Suzaku Kururugi.

He expected this. His brother and his confidantes were not likely to go without noticing him, after all - he credited them with more than that.

And so it isn't a surprise to hear that voice, and yet, to hear it first, before any other...

How very like you, Suzaku, always perfectly on cue.

He smiles again.]

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[aevitas]

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[aevitas]

. . .Here's a surprise. [voice quiet, no sign of shock, unease. just smooth blankness, even this ancient sort of amusement]

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[maskmastery]

[That voice.

He doesn't recognize it - it pulls at some part of him, ghosts against the edges of his awareness, but he can't place the owner. But it doesn't take him long to put it together. Her response is a knowing one - and there was only one other name on that list that he had known of.

C.C. The one they whispered witch about, Lelouch's stalwart accomplice, and the source of that cursed gift of Geass.

The board was set against him, it seemed, especially with little way of telling how long they'd been here. How long they'd been setting things up as they wished.

It crossed his mind once more that this could very well be their doing. But he recognized idle suspicion, and dismissed the thought as he had done before. No, this wasn't put in place by their hands, by his brother's hands.

But it was all too convenient.]

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[maskmastery]

[There's a lilt of a smile in his voice again, and a genuine interest he doesn't see a reason to hide.]

It certainly is.

[And the battlefield can hold oh so many of those, but he's never been a man to fall prey to them easily. Now, though. Now the power has been so neatly ripped from his hands in a way it never has been.

He wonders where this leaves him.]

[Video]Rawr~

[thatpeskyninja]

I didn't have the time to write out a ransom note.
[That's usually the important part. Course she's just teasing.]

Well, seems like you know where you are at the most. Even if it sounds pretty redundant. Kinda restricted for a dream world though.

Did you want to know anything in particular?

[Video] /squeaks HE HAS NO MATERIA YUFFIE

[maskmastery]

[He laughs lightly.]

Oh? Was there some great rush to consider?

[Yes, actually. But he doesn't show his ire. Instead he shakes his head.]

My interest first and foremost lay in the timeframe I might expect to be here for, but I'm lead to believe that I shall be here indefinitely. Is this correct, miss..?

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[thatpeskyninja]

I'm a woman of action. Act now and think later.
[Which she tends to do quite a lot...depending if the situation considers some common sense.]

Well, it's not permanent per se. Gotta wake up sometime, right? People come and go...so there's no real set time to when you can be here. I've been here for a few months.

[Video] If you put him in stocks Lelouch might pay good money to punch him?

[maskmastery]

[He smiles at her words, but it's what she says that's really of interest.]

A dream world in the literal sense, is that so? I cannot say I'm familiar with dreams that last for such a long time, however.

Voice.

[maskmastery]

Thank you kindly, sir.

[He smiles pleasantly.]

Is there anything else you might be able to tell me regarding Somarium? Advice, warnings... Anything of use to a new arrival.

Voice.

[maskmastery]

That tends to be the nature of many dreams, I suppose.

[halfthelady]

[Jessamine is admittedly a bit curious about how the man seems to know so much about Somarium.]

Have you been here before, sir?

[maskmastery]

[He greets her with a courteous smile.]

Not to my recollection, though if I've found myself in a dream world, I imagine that recollection provides little confirmation.

[halfthelady]

Found yourself in a dream world? I hadn't the faintest idea that there were more.

[maskmastery]

Perhaps regrettably, I can't claim to be an expert on such a subject.