[WEEK 2, SUNDAY POST-EXECUTION: Lelouch]

[spinatalltale]

[HA I SPELLED HIS NAME RIGHT ON THE FIRST TRY]

[after everything that happened at the trial, all the accusations leveled against Lelouch and the one vote he managed to garner, she's approaching]

Hey.

Did you do it?

[she doesn't actually think he did. that's why she hadn't voted for him. and yet, Magilou never did beat around the bush for things like this.]

[her injury, btw, has been taken care of. it's wrapped in a bandage, all cleaned and everything]

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[spinatalltale]

[it's higher than average!! but still not that great. Jaffar would cream her in a straight up melee fight without her artes]

My artes are my secret weapon, but no witch worth her salt would rely solely on those!

Trickery is my next favorite tactic.

[i.e. the ladle]

[chessking]

[ THAT'S BETTER THAN HIM, HE'S A SQUISHY MAGE who would probably die in an actual rpg I guess. magilou could also probably cream him, honestly. ]

That's generally why they would call it a secret weapon. [ I'm so sorry he's such a deadpan snarker.

that also pulls a kind of amused snort from him - he'd stuck around enough to see the scuffle although he hadn't participated in it to avoid being dragged into a physical fight.

like. pick and choose your own battles. ]

Smart move. [ he approves of the ladle! that was also a vague compliment. ]

[ another pause. ]

I don't think you came here just to ask me this if you were already convinced I didn't do it.

[ spit it out, magilou. what are you here for? ]

[spinatalltale]

[it's cool, she was able to take care of herself. no one needs to defend the Magilou!!]

Hey, I'm hurt! Why would you ever suspect someone as honest and truthful of me of having ulterior motives?

[chessking]

Call it a hunch.

[ it's followed by a winning smile! or a guileless one, like the one in his icon, although whether she believes him is up to her. ]

You remind me of another witch I know, after all. [ he's mentioned C.C. before, anyway, even if not by name. ] She was probably as cryptic as you are, or maybe worse.

[ it's a compliment...... kinda...... ]

[spinatalltale]

Truthfully, I wanted to follow up on those mai tais. You never told me where you got it.

[yeah okay Mags]

[at his next statement about witches, she arches both eyebrows]

Uho, this is the one you were talking about before, I assume. Am I competing with her for title of "greatest witch to ever live" now?

[chessking]

[ ...... okay... magilou...... ]

You should ask the Chiefs. They were responsible for the mai tais. [ ... in hallucination form... does she want to know the truth. DOES SHE. the truth is going to hurt!!! ]

One and the same. [ he'll grin. ] Do you want to turn it into a competition? I'm technically still contracted to her.

[spinatalltale]

[look illusions hold no power over her she'll be fine]

Um, no thanks. One of them lies and I still don't know which one it is.

[shrugs]

And I do happen to be a very competitive soul at heart! It keeps me youthful. [how old are you even] What is the nature of your contract? I bet I could give you a better deal.

[chessking]

[ prepares to break her heart I guess ]

Want to bet? My money's on Hal.

[ because... pal seems to be the more straightforward one? whatever. ]

The mai tais were a hallucination, anyway.

[ beat. ]

Ah. Considering that I would have to kill my contractor for the contract to be fulfilled, I'm not sure if you could give me a better deal. [ sheepish smile! this is actually legit geass canon I hate this. ]

[spinatalltale]

You're on. 100 gald says it's Pal.

[:)]

[. . . :(]

Of course they were a hallucination. How disappointing [she doesn't sound surprised] Why do you have to kill them, again? Counterproductive.

[chessking]

[ what is the equivalent of bullshit rpg money in bullshit anime money what currency does code geass even use /WINGS IT ]

So that's what, 20 pounds? I can work with that.

[ casually ignores anything about exchange rate or whatever. ]

If it helps, I would have brought back one for you, except that it turned into a dead fish of some sort, and I don't think you would have appreciated a dead fish mai tai.

[ and he'll shrug. ] She granted me power befitting a king in exchange for her one true wish - if I killed her, then she could transfer her immortality to me.

[ is the world ready for immortal lelouch????? maybe not...... ]

[spinatalltale]

[gald is roughly equivalent to yen so YOU KNOW]

Huh? No, 100 gald weighs only a few ounces at the most.

[LOOK. . .]

Her one true wish was for you to be. . . immortal??? Or-- [okay no this makes more sense] -- she had lived so long she was prepared to die.

[chessking]

[ that's fair but he doesn't know that. ]

Does it? I'll take you up on that wager with the equivalent of 100 gald in my world's currency.

[ which is like. 70 pence. or something. assuming gbp but w/e ]

Correct. Only someone she was contracted to could kill her. [ a shrug. ] My gift from her was the power of absolute obedience.

A shame that it isn't effective here, or this game would be over in mere moments.

[spinatalltale]

[absolute obedience]

[that seems to stoke a chord with her, although the only thing that makes that obvious is the way her facial features suddenly tighten]

My.

The power of "absolute obedience" can be a double edged sword, you know.

[chessking]

[ he doesn't miss that, he's sharp enough to notice it, although to his credit, he doesn't exactly call her out on it. ]

I'm fully aware of that, yes. It has its uses. [ a wry smile - and that leads into a topic change, because evidently this is an uncomfortable topic for both of them. ]

So tell me, what kind of a deal would you have offered to me instead?

[spinatalltale]

[free will is important to her!!]

Ooh, probably something simple. In exchange for the use of my magical powers, I would've given you a lifetime supply of free tickets to my comedy show.

[chessking]

[ free will is super important to him as well in the grand scheme of things but that is another story for another time!! ]

... Like the one you held on Monday?

[ someone doesn't sound impressed. ]

[spinatalltale]

[hehe]

What'd you think of it? Good, right?

[chessking]

[ unsure face emoji. ]

Hm.

[ a pause, and then a sly grin, because you gave me blanket permission for lelouch to bully magilou. ]

I've heard better.

[spinatalltale]

What?! Who! When! Where?

Do I have to kill them?

[chessking]

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

[ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]

[spinatalltale]

Please.

Do you know how impossible it is to kill a witch? Nevertheless the great, the illustrious, the mysteriously mystical and magnificently magical Magilou?

[chessking]

I can guess.

[ he grins. still playing along, apparently ]

About as hard as it is to kill a warlock, I suppose.

[spinatalltale]

. . . have you actually killed a warlock, or are you messing with me?

[chessking]

[ oh.

he's not expecting her to call him out on it. ]

[ he blinks. ]

... That depends on your definition of a warlock, actually?

[spinatalltale]

[um]

Witch, but male?

[chessking]

[ ok so. not really him. maybe. ]

... One. Had to get him to mortal before killing him though.

[spinatalltale]

[UH HUH, LULU]

Uho, and how'd you manage that? Give me all the juicy details!