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2013-08-12 10:51 pm

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General

- HMD
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Contact

Plurk: damua
Discord: damua#1089

Penance

~ Information and CR
~ Application
~ Sins
~ Inbox
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2021-02-28 03:20 pm

Sins

1. Mass murder
2. Slaughter of innocents
3. Violence to civilians
4. Patricide
5. Firing F.L.E.I.J.A
6. World domination (technically twice)
7. Helping create a slave army
8. Betraying Japan
9. Betraying Charles vi Britannia
10. Killing the emperor, Charles vi Briannia
11. Betraying Schneizel vi Britannia
12. Betraying Nunnally
13. Using Nunally as bait
14. Betraying Lelouch
15. Attempting to drug Kallen
16. Failing to save Euphemia
17. Failing to protect Shirley
18. Lying
19. Abandoning allies to die
20. Enabling Brainwashing
21. Betraying Kaiba
22. Attempted assassination of Yelena.
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2020-11-08 02:09 pm

Penance Info

Name: Suzaku Kururugi
Age: 18 (19 by now in game)
Birthday: July 10th
Physical Description: Suzaku is 176cm tall. He has brown hair and green eyes.

Room: 206

Inventory

~ A very fancy cloak
~ A gun
~ A sword
~ A pair of sunglasses
~ His knight pin from when he was Euphemia's knight.
~ Christmas gifts
~ Cat charm from Steve

~ Memory from Hellburbia

CR

October

Setsuna
Steve Rogers
Uldren Sov

November

Xiao Xingchen (MDZS)
Remy LeBeau
Obi Wan Kenobi


December

Dick Grayson

January

Jim Kirk
Caitlin


February

Adam Parrish
Josie Saltzman
Caroline Salvatore

Protoman
Tim Stoker
Héctor
Paul Hunnicutt

Rey

March

Gabriel Rodriguez
Carol Danvers
Ragnar Lothbrok
Loki Laufeyson

Squalo Superbi
James Kirk

April

Feitan Portor
Bucky Barnes
Darcy Lewis
Leonard Snart
Song Lan
Julia Wicker
Arthur Pendragon


May

Noah Czerny
Seto Kaiba
Jessica Jones

June

Xiao Xingchen (Untamed)

August

Mega
Peter Parker
Geralt of Rivia
Caleb Widogast

September

May Canady

October Y2

Pegasus
Thor


November Y2

Matt Murdock
James Holden
Nina Zenik
Kettara Bloodthirst
Portia Lin


December Y2

Wei Wuxian (AU)
Bela Talbot (Abby)
Kate Cordello (Katherine)
Peggy Carter
Leopold Fitz

January Y2

Yelena Belova (Helen)
Technical Boy (Aindreas)

February

Monika

March

Inorganic Angel Rosiel
Ryuji Sakamoto
Prince Lothric

Henry Sturges

May

Kisara
Homelander

June

Yoon Bum
L.L

July

Alice Dyer
Steve Rodgers (What If...)
Andrej Koscuisko
Kel Coyne


August

September
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2020-10-25 12:27 pm

Penance app

OOC Info
Name: Katy
Age: 31
Contact: [plurk.com profile] damua/ damua#1089
Current Characters: Shion


IC Info

Name: Suzaku Kururugi
Canon: Code Geass
Age: 18
Appearance: picture of Suzaku. He is a Japanese teenager with brown hair and green eyes, he is tall because clamp anime likes noodle boys.
Canon Point: Turn 25, after his defeat at Kallen's hands.

Background: Here we go.
CRAU: N/A

Personality: Simply put, Suzaku is a hero with a martyr complex, who was born into the wrong genre of anime by accident. His high moral viewpoint and incredible physical skills would make him an ace pilot and hero of the people if he were in a different, kinder world. But in his own one he is a kin killer, a traitor and a murderer.

When he was ten years old he killed his father in order to stop a war. This led to peace, but the price was the unconditional surrender and subjugation of Japan. Japan was stripped of its name, its people were stripped of their rights. Because of this act Suzaku knows that end never justifies the means. Evil done for good reasons is still evil. When we first meet Suzaku he is a Britannian soldier. He joined the military to try and change things from the inside, rather than fighting against Britannia on the side of terrorists. This is a belief he sticks to, he becomes a knight, sells out Zero to become a Knight of the Round. He does terrible things, all in the name of his goal, to change Britannia.

This changes when he fires F.L.E.I.J.A- a tactical warhead, a weapon of mass destruction. His world view changes completely, he decides that if this is what he is, a monster, a murderer, someone who kills his own people then he will stop at nothing to achieve his goal. All that matters is taking down Britannia, after C's world all that matters is Zero Requiem- Lelouch's plan to make the world anew. He becomes ruthless and completely goal orientated.

He believes in saving people, he wants to live in a world were people are not murdered, where there is no discrimination. The first time we see him he refuses to shoot Lelouch and is shot himself, we see him break battle formation to save civilians, we see him questioning orders to be berated and abused for it. He lets one million people, including terrorists, escape in order to avoid a massacre. This is something that slips and slips with every act of violence. His use of F.L.E.I.J.A kills 33 million people, mainly civilians and after that point his hands are so stained with blood that it doesn't matter what he does.

He believes in rules. He goes back to his court martial after being rescued, even though he has been arrested and tortured by those he served on absolutely no evidence. He accepts his order to die in order to capture Zero calmly, even going as far to say that death is 'better than breaking the rules.' Even now, when his whole moral world view has been stood on its head he still prefers rules, still finds it easier to follow orders rather than going about things alone. He is a solder and a knight through and through.

Being a knight and a soldier colours how he acts around others. He is formal and polite, falling further into Britannian formalities when faced with situations he feels out of his depth in. Though he hates having to kill and hurt people he enjoys being a Knightmare Frame pilot, piloting is something he is good at, one of the few things he can take pride in. He does terrible things as the pilot of Lancelot, but he also does good. As crazy as Lloyd putting an injured eleven foot soldier into an experimental knightmare frame was, Suzaku does not show any sign that he ever regrets agreeing to it. Despite everything that happens.

Suzaku is someone who has had to fight for every scrap of respect he's ever received. To the Japanese he is a traitor, he betrayed his country, he sold out, he fights for Britannia, he kills his own people. He is hated and scorned. To the Britannian's he is at best a useful tool and at worse a number who has rose far above his station. He is used to casual insults, he has been tortured by the army he serves, he doesn't expect people to like him. For the most part it washes off him, he doesn't care about what happens to him. After all no one can hate him more than he hates himself.

That is not to say that Suzaku does not have friends. He cares deeply about his friends at school, he adores Nunnally, he loved Euphemia deeply. Euphemia's death had a profound affect on him, as did Shirley's. He truly regrets that he and Kallen ended up enemies, he regrets that he and Gino ended up on different sides. He never truly gives up on Lelouch, even when he hates him for everything he had done.

That said; Suzaku can be a jerk. After Euphemia's death he becomes a harsher person. He barely smiles, he throws himself into his duty. He uses people, not caring about their feelings. He casts people aside as soon as they are no longer useful. He betrays people, kills innocents. He is driven by anger as much as he is by his desire to make the world a better place.

That anger hides great pain. Deep down Suzaku wants to die. He isn't someone who would take his own life but he desires to die in battle, saving people, to atone for his sins. This led Lelouch to cast a Geass of 'live' on him- forcing him to do whatever it takes to survive. At his canon point he is rushing towards Zero Requiem, Lelouch's plan to create the world anew. He knows what lies for him at the end, not atonement and death as he wishes but a life of eternal loneliness, hidden behind a mask for the sake of the world. It's a punishment that he accepts.

Weaknesses/Temptations: At the canon point that Suzaku is at he is very much on a 'whatever it takes' path. Though redemption will seem at least at first the quickest way to his goal (to going back home) it would not be impossible for him to be convinced otherwise, to go against hell if that promises a different solution.

He is quite easy to manipulate, so a lot of temptations will probably come from other characters convincing him something is a good idea. Though he claims he makes decisions for himself- he really doesn't. He is a soldier and he is best when taking orders. Sometimes those orders are terrible and he will do them anyways.

Also his geass of 'live' is a tool that can be used to push him into actions that he would not normally take. If his life is in danger he will do anything in his power to keep living including disobeying orders, running away from battle and firing a deadly weapon on his own people. This could definitely be manipulated.

Sins:

~ Murder (a lot of murder)
~ Slaughter of innocents
~ Violence to civilians
~ Patricide
~ Firing F.L.E.I.J.A (resulting in 33 million deaths)
~ World domination (technically twice)
~ Helping create a slave army
~ Betraying Japan
~ Betraying Charles vi Britannia
~ Killing the emperor, Charles vi Briannia
~ Betraying Schneizel vi Britannia
~ Betraying Nunnally
~ Using Nunally as bait
~ Betraying Lelouch
~ Attempting to drug Kallen
~ Failing to save Euphemia
~ Failing to protect Shirley
~ Lying

Powers/Abilities:

Fighting Ability Suzaku is a trained fighter. He is a soldier and is trained in firearms and hand to hand combat. He trained in Kendo until he was ten and has maintained his skills.

Physical Reactions Suzaku has ridiculous levels of hand eye coordination and reaction time. A lot of this can be put down to the Live Geass that has been cast on him. However he is able to destroy a camera mounted machine gun with a lag time of 0.05 seconds without being struck once before the Geass is cast on him. He is able to time a jump to cut the wire of a pendulum bomb perfectly. He is very strong and fit.

Knightmare frame piloting He is a skilled pilot. This is helped by his ability to take in a lot of information at once and to act on it. Even when Lelouch has managed to find a pattern to his movement

Intelligence Suzaku is not conventionally intelligent. He does not have a high level of education (there is a gap between when Japan was invaded when he was ten and when he attended Ashford at 17). He is shown to need extra help by Cecile though he is treasurer of the student council which suggests that he is good at maths. He doesn't consider himself particularly smart and indeed seems like one of the less intelligent characters because of how master mind manipulative every one around him is. He does however have good instincts, part of his success at Knightmare piloting comes from being able to understand a lot of information, he is able to work out who Zero is (though he denies it even to himself for a while) and later on in canon he is able to work out what Lelouch will do based on what he knows of him.

Live Geass He is under a Geass of "Live," this activates whenever he is in danger, or about to give up and die making his body do everything in its power to continue living. This doesn't make him impossible to kill- but it does make it very difficult to kill him and mostly causes trouble. He has no memories of what happens whilst under its affects. He has learned to fight with it- purposefully flinging himself into situations that will trigger it to make him fight faster and more desperately.

Items: ~ A very fancy cloak
~ A gun
~ A sword
~ A pair of sunglasses
~ His knight pin from when he was Euphemia's knight.

SAMPLES

Network: Past game network post

and another

and another.

Log: Test dive meme

More testing

Old game ~ This is from an earlier canon point and also Suzaku has no memories. But the actual thread itself I feel is a good example of character.

While there's no strict word requirement, we do ask that you show samples that you feel clearly show your grasp on the character and their motivations/how they interact with others.
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2019-06-10 06:27 am

Arise Sir Kururugi

The doors opened and Suzaku stepped into a large hall, full of people. At the end of a long aisle sat Princess Euphemia on a throne. As he walked towards her the nobles on either side of the aisle sneered at him, glancing his way just to look away with disgust.

"Even if he is an honoury Britannian, I don't think it's right."

"An Eleven..."

"I can't believe they are broadcasting it live."

"How did he win her favour I wonder?"

"Well even a Princess has needs..." Cruel laughter echos around the room as he gets closer to the dias.

The mutterings fade into stoney silence as he reaches the princess and knelt formally.

"Suzaku Kururugi. Will thou upon this day pledge thy fealty to Britannia and stand as a knight of the crown?"

"Yes, your highness."

"Does thou wish to abandon thyself and be sword and shield for the sake of the greater good?"

"Yes, your highness."

Suzaku drew the sword from his belt and held it out, tip pointing towards his heart as he offered it to the princess. She took it, serious and formal and he bowed his head. The sword touched each shoulder.

"I, Euphemia li Britannia do hereby dub thee sir Suzaku Kururugi in line with the history, decorum and honour of our great Empire." The sword was handed back to Suzaku and he sheathed it. Euphemia gestured with her arm, a grand gesture across the whole hall.

Suzaku rose and turned towards the sea of nobles. He was met with sneers once more and silence, a silence that seemed to stretch an eternity. Then finally, the sound of clapping. Lloyd was in the audience and he clapped, seemingly oblivious to the atmosphere. Suzaku kept his eyes low but looked to the side surprised as the knight overseeing the ceremony, stood on the stage, began to clap too.

At his gesture the rest of the nobles followed suit and soon the room was filled with the sound of applause.
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2019-03-01 10:47 pm

A daring rescue

He is on a trailer, kneeling on a huge moving platform. He is wearing a restrictive suit, tight and uncomfortable, His arms are strapped behind his backs with thick bonds that restrict him. Three of them around his chest and stomach. He is wearing a chunky metal collar. His face is bruised. All of him is bruised, a thousand pains that mean nothing when compared to the shame of this moment.

There are four knightmares flanking the trailer and stood on the trailer itself two soldiers with machine guns pointing at him. The streets are lined with people. A roar of noise, it's hard to pick out everything that is being shouted.

Murderer

Traitor

Idiot

Damn Eleven

Go die

Suzaku kept his eyes firmly down, his jaw firmly set, his back ramrod straight. Letting the hate wash over him.

On one of the Knightmare frames, a man is stood talking into a headpiece. A moment later he raises a hand, "All vehicles halt."

Suzaku glances up, shocked at this unexpected pause. Heading towards them down the otherwise empty road was a car, a car with a royal crest. It pulled to the stop a short distance from the platform.

"Come out you insolent fools who defile his Highness' vehicle. There was a flame as the royal banner set afire and burned upwards, revealing...

A figure in a purple cloak with a high collar, a mask over their face. There is a collective gasp from the crowd.

"I am Zero." Suzaku looked at him. Zero? An eleven?

"That's enough Zero." The leader of the procession spoke again raising a gun. "Your show time is over." The shot is fired into the air and four Knightmare frames drop down to encircle the car. "Now let's start by having you remove that mask."

The figure hasn't moved but now it did, it's hands moving to the mask before stretching to the sky and clicking his fingers. Behind him the panels of the car fell away to reveal a huge metal sphere with tubes protruding outwards.

"What?" The man sounded shocked.

A voice from behind Suzaku called out, "Lord Jeremiah, that's..."

He thought it was poison gas. Suzaku knew and he knew that it wasn't. It wasn't poison gas at all. "No that's..." As he raised his voice to speak, to call out the collar around his throat activated, shocking him with electricity. He winced, falling backwards.

Jeremiah raised his gun to point at Zero.

"You want to try shooting me? You should know what will happen."

Zero stood still, the wind making his cloak ripple around him.

Jeremiah knew he was defeated. "All right. Your terms?"

"An exchange. This thing for Suzaku Kururugi."

"Impossible." Jeremiah looked over at Suzaku. "This man is charged with high treason for killing High Highness Clovis. There's no way I can hand him over."

"No you're wrong Jeremiah. He isn't the culprit. The one who killed Clovis." Zero looked away, into a nearby camera. "Is me."

A gasp from the crowd, muttering getting louder as the news spread.

"For the life of one Eleven you can save many Britannian lives. I don't think that's a bad deal."

"This man is crazy!" Jeremiah shouted over the noise, "You should pay for the sin of masquerading around in his Highness' vehicle." The knightmare frames all raised their weapons.

"Are you sure? Orange."

There's a shocked silence, one of the soldiers speaks, "What's orange?"

"Who knows." The other answers.

Zero taps his foot and the car drives closer.

"It'll be publicly announced if I die. You don't want that."

"What are you saying?" Jeremiah sounded confused.

"With all your might let us go, Kururugi too!"

"I understand." Jeremiah turned to the guards. "Hand him over."

The voice from behind again, "Lord Jeremiah did you just..."

"Hand him over!"

The soldiers looked at each other, questioning.

"Hand him over, no one is to interfere with this."

"What are you planning?" One of the pilots exited their frame.

"Lord Kewell this is an order."

Suzaku was as confused as everyone else. But one of the soldiers undid the straps that bound him and Suzaku was allowed to walk off the platform, towards the car.

Zero came to meet him. The Britannian's were still arguing in the background. "That man is a murderer! What are you doing? Damn you!"

Suzaku blocked them out, focusing on the figure in front of him.

"Who are y..." The collar shocked him again before he could finish.

"So it appears you are unable to talk."

The driver of the car stepped forward. "Zero, it's time."

"Well then, we'll speak later." Zero raised a handheld device and pressed a button, there was a hiss as pink gas spilled out of the sphere. Chaos, screams as people fled for their lives. Shouts and the sound of battle as the Britannian's started to fight among them selves. Before Suzaku could reach Zero had gathered him up and jumped, flying through the air holding him to his side.
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2018-10-07 11:35 am

Through the dead (cw: description of dead bodies, dead children, war, children in war situations)

He was walking through a field, stumps of trees and branches were all that was left of any plant life and the few buildings he could see were reduced to rubble. The ground was churned up mud stained black with blood. Despite this chicadas chirped, an ever constant background noise. Suzaku was young, just a child in shorts and a t shirt with a tie. Beside him were the only two living people he could see, a boy around his age with black hair carrying a younger blonde girl on his back.

Around them lay the dead. Bodies sprawled in the mud, eyes staring unseeing to the sky. The smell of blood and rotting flesh was thick in the air. Suzaku's eyes flicked from side to side, looking at the bodies, noting the terror on their faces.

"Where are we going?" The little girl was asking. "Are we going to move to another place again?"

The black haired boy answered. "It's one of the Kururugi homes. This time it's the main house, okay?" Suzaku was only half listening to his companions as they walked. He stopped as he saw the body of a woman, a baby lying lifeless cradled in her arms. He glanced away but his eyes fixed on another family, a young girl sprawled next to a woman a destroyed teddy bear centimetres from her hand.

"Keep on walking, Suzaku." The boy sounded sterner than when he had talked to the little girl.

"But." Suzaku did not move, looking around at the dead once move.

"Keep on walking." The boy carrying the girl did not stop but a moment later the little girl spoke again.

"Where are we? It smells really bad here?"

"We're going by a garbage dump." This time the boy did pause and look back, his voice purposefully light "Right, Suzaku?"

Suzaku had not moved, his hands were clenched in fists and he stared at the ground shaking in rage. Tears pooled in his eyes.

The boy walked back towards him. The girls eyes were closed, had been closed this entire time and she spoke, sounding confused. "What's wrong Suzaku?" Her hand reached out to touch his face.

"I..." Suzaku looked up, "Nunnally?"

The girl was smiling, her hand still on his cheek. "My mother taught me that a warm touch is the best cure for teary eyes."

The memory fades.
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2018-07-16 09:00 am

Meeting Euphie

He is walking next to official buildings in a city that is clean, sparkling. His face is bruised and cut and he can feel he is wounded, mostly bruises but his chest hurts like he has recieved a more serious injury there.

"Look out below!" Suzaku looks up to see a figure falling from above. He reacts quickly, putting out his arms to catch her. A girl with light purple eyes and pink hair blinked up at him.

"Um are you alright?" He asked in shock.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know there was anyone down here!" Suzaku helped her to her feet.

"No I didn't think a lady would be falling from above either." He blinked at her, "Is something the matter?"

The girl frowned a moment before smiling at him, "Yes there is! The truth is you see, I am being chased by some very bad men. Will you help me?"

Of course Suzaku would help her and they left the buildings, going out into the city proper. Suzaku put on a pair of sunglasses and the girl walked beside him happily. "Of I don't believe I've introduced myself... I'm... um... Euphie!"

"Euphie?" He blinked at her.

"Yes!"

"I'm." Suzaku turns to her and she sighed.

"For goodness sake, you're famous you know!" Suzaku doesn't look too happy at his new found infamy. "The son of the late prime minister Kururugi, Private First Class Suzaku Kururugi."

Suzaku looked away, "It was a lie that you were being chased, wasn't it?"

"Meow!" Suzaku looked back at Euphie to see she had moved and was kneeling by a cat, meowing at it. "Meowmeow. Are you hurt meow? Meowmeow." The cat hissed at her. But she meowed at it some more until it nuzzled her hand happily.

Suzaku raised his sunglasses to see better and Euphie picked up the cat and held it out to him. Suzaku reached out to stroke it and it bit his finger, making him wince.

They take the cat and sit down on some steps, Euphie ties a bandage round the injured paw, "Don't you like cats?" She asked Suzaku.

"No I love them," He reached out to pet it and it hissed at him again, baring it's teeth. "But I suppose my love is a bit one sided..."

"Unconditional love is a sign of a gentle soul." Euphie told him, making him blink.

"Euphie? Why did you lie back there?

"Are you curious about me?" The girl teased, Suzaku nodded, "Then you should accompany me a while longer." She grabbed his arm and dragged him off.

They wandered, looking in shop windows, Euphie copying the models and making Suzaku laugh. Despite the ordeal that the last couple of days had been his smiles and laughs came easily, he asked her questions, she was from the mainland, Britannia itself and had been a student.

They spent the best part of the afternoon like that, getting food from street sellers and eating it sat on a wall. They were walking when Euphie spoke, "Can you show me one last place, Suzaku?"

Suzaku span round, his eyes still laughing and made a stylistic bow. "You're wish is my command, my princess!"

"Then let's go to Shinjuku."

Suzaku's eyes widened, the smile gone, he stood up.

"Show me the Shinjuku ghetto, mister Suzaku Kururugi." Euphie had a stubborn look on her face.

So they went, leaving the city and moving to where the battle had taken place. Walls were covered in pictures, with candles, flowers, toys and sweet treats left by them, collective shrines to the dead.

"The shinjuku ghetto was completely destroyed..." Suzaku was telling Euphie, "People were only just starting to return too..." The two stood in respectful silence at the shrine.

"Man these Elevens don't know who they are dealing with!" A voice from not too far away. The two looked around angrily to see two Britanian's in school uniform by a statue taking photos.

A moment later a young man stormed up to them, knocking the camera out of their hands. "Get out of here, you Britannian pigs!" Suzaku looked towards the conflict.

"Wait here." He told Euphie softly before going up to where three Japanese boys were now stood opposite the two Britannians.

"Who do you think you are, damned Eleven!"

"Don't call us Eleven's we're Japanese!"

"What do you mean, you lost the war didn't you?"

The Japanese man looked like he was about to strike out just as Suzaku arrived, "Wait, don't hurt them!"

"Don't get in my way!" The man lashed out, knocking Suzaku's sunglasses off his face. All five stared at him.

"Oh he's..."

"Are you Kururugi Suzaku?"

"The one that did Clovis in?"

Suzaku looked down. Clearly regretting trying to interfere in this fight.

"Naw that was Zero."

The angry Japanese man scoffed, "What does it matter, this guys only a slave, you blather about being an honoury Britannian, you sold your pride, your friends, your soul." Suzaku just looked at him with sad eyes. "And you still have the nerve to call yourself Japanese!"

That seemed to strike a nerve, "No, I!" He stepped forward.

"You Britannian dog!" The man ran forward to hit him, Suzaku shifted his wait, grabbing him and throwing him to the ground. He landed with a thud.

"Please stop this. I am a trained fighter. We're on the same side."

"No we're not, bastard!"

But one of the others, went to grab his friend and the three left, "Damned traitor."

"Suzaku!" Euphie ran up to him, "Are you alright?" Suzaku nodded, though his eyes showed that as a lie.

"No it's not!" One of the Britannian boys was picking up his camera, "You were late!" That to Suzaku, "You're a Britannian aren't you? Why did you let them go? Go kill them! You've probably killed a ton of Elevens before! They're not worth crap! Who do you think you are?"

Suzaku just looked down, but Euphie stepped out from behind him and walked calmly to the student, and slapped him hard over the face, making him drop his precious camera again.

"I will tolerate no further rudeness towards this man!"
The boys disappeared quickly after that, Suzaku sighed. "I just want a world where no one suffers." He says quietly, and then looks round as an explosion sounds from not far off. Smoke rose from behind a building.

"Suzaku!" That was Cecile's voice, as she and Lloyd drove up in a military truck.

"Cecile!"

"It's dangerous here, get in!"

"The purists are fighting among themselves." Lloyd explained. "Let's get out of here." He grinned, "Ah and my condolences on your release, seems like you are stuck with us a while longer."

"Wait!" Suzaku stood up straight, "Isn't this a good chance to gain valuable combat data for Lancelot."

Cecile looked worried but Lloyd grinned, "Oh ho!"

"Suzaku..." That was Euphie. Suzaku turned to her.

"I'm sorry Euphie but this is goodbye. I have to go... The Lancelot will be able to stop them so..."

It didn't take him long to start up Lancelot, which was in the back of the truck and soon he appeared above the battle, stood on a ridge. Just as three Knightmare's raced towards a fourth, spears out. "All hail Britannia!"

Suzaku threw down a slash harken, stopping them in their tracks. "Stop this! Britannian soldiers must not fight among themselves!"

"We do as we please." One of them called back, "No matter who you are, we will kill you for interfering."

"I cannot allow that! I will not permit such a meaningless fight to continue." He drew swords, which glowed purple. "We're all on the same side."

The Knightmare's attacked and the Lancelot leaped from the ledge. It was very clear it was the superior weapon, faster, cutting their attacks. He soon had the upper hand, even against three.

"Do you still intend to fight?" Suzaku asked, landing Lancelot in a defensive stance.

"All Units fall back!"

"Thank you for understanding." Suzaku sounded relieved.

I'll have to use a chaos grenade." The duke continued taking a cylinder from the side of the Knightmare frame.

Inside Lancelot Suzaku's eyes widened in horror. The knightmare threw the grenade... just as Euphie ran onto the battlefield. "Stop this!"

Suzaku reacted almost instantaneously, bringing up a shield and jumping in between Euphie and the grenade that had now started spinning and sending off bolts of energy. Euphie covered her face with her hands as light and bolts flew everywhere.

The grenade burned itself out and fell to the floor.

"All sides lower your swords!" Euphie shouted walking towards the Knightmare frame that had set off the grenade. "I order you in my name. I am the third princess of the Britannian Empire, Euphemia de Britannia!" Suzaku's eyes went as wide as saucers. "I will take full responsibility for this incident." She continued. "Fall back!" The four Knightmare Frames went to one knee.

"I apologise my lady!"

Suzaku had climbed out of Lancelot and ran towards the princess. "Princess!" He stood at attention, "I didn't know. I am so sorry."

Euphie turned to look at him, her eyes sad. "Suzaku, as you have lost your father I have lost my brother, Clovis. Will you lend me your aid, and help me ensure that never again will anyone have to endure such pain?"

Suzaku brought his arm across his chest, bowed his head and went to one knee. "Yes ma'am! Your wish is my command!"
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2018-03-24 11:31 pm

The Far Shore Information

Name: Suzaku Kururugi
Age: 17
Birthday: July 10th
Arrived: October 25th
Physical Description: Suzaku is 176cm tall with brown hair and green eyes. His shinki mark is at the front, right side of his neck.
God: Saber (Michael)

Notable possessions

~ A tabby cat called Kotetsu
~ A leather bound journal. (Christmas gift from Yona.)


Memories

~ The day Suzaku met Euphie
~ Through the Dead
~ Being rescued by Zero
~ His Knighting

CR

Add: God A man who asked if he had seen a boy in a black hooded cloak. Suzaku had but was not sure where they had gone. He asked what Suzaku's impression of him was and Suzaku explained that he had not seen his face but he seemed to hang back and observe more than join in. He then asked if he had seen someone with grey hair and gaps around where his arms should be. Suzaku had seen him too and wondered if maybe they had been pressed into cleaning.

Suzaku hopes he found the people he was looking for

Adrien Agreste: Shinki A boy Suzaku met on his first day, he guessed Suzaku was a new shinki who hadn't met his god yet. He explained that all shinki had a god even though gods sometimes disappeared they could find another or there was a home for godless shinki. He explained that a god disappearing was not a shinki's fault and that the heavens would reassign them.

He had been there about a month and explained to Suzaku about what it was like. It's nice to have a purpose even if you have nothing else. He said everyone was helpful and Suzaku agreed, everyone had been very helpful. He explained there was a school though he had taken no lessons there.

He knew Kairi. Suzaku asked him if he knew who decided which god got what shinki. Adrien didn't know but they agreed that it was probably a big job, as people arrived and dissapeared all the time and that it might be something as simple as drawing names from a hat. Aiden gave him a quick lesson on how the phones worked, everyone's names were already programmed in, which was useful. His god was Fortuna.

He was at Grell's haloween party, dressed as the Big Bad Wolf, his goddess was there dressed as Little Red Riding hood. He had not made these costumes but helped make the costumes for Hibiki's masquerade ball, they were going as night and day.

He seemed uncomfortable around the butterflies in training.

When Lady Grell disappeared Suzaku text him to ask if he would look after Kotetsu for a few days. Adrien agreed and offered for Suzaku to stay at Marinette's temple. Suzaku didn't want to inconvenience them but Adrien told him to bring Kotetsu over anyways.

His kindness was almost overwhelming. He helped Suzaku wash off the blight and lent him clothes. He reassured him that they would check Kotetsu for blight. Suzaku stayed with Adrien, Marinette and Snake for a few days before going to the shinki sanctuary whilst he waited for reassignment from Heaven. Their temple was very homely and very busy, many kittens, a strange black flying cat ball and a couple of snakes.

Whilst Suzaku was at the shinki sanctuary Adrien was injured in a fight against ayakashi, he slept for a few days and when he woke it was as a god. Suzaku saw him at the training after he had woken. He was still ajusting to all of a sudden having all of his memories. He had been assigned as Bast, protector of cats and families, which fit him well.

Suzaku suggested that he speak to Hakkai, as he had also once been a shinki and so would understand better what Adrien was going through. Adrien was still happy to look after Kotetsu and Suzaku promised to go and visit soon.

At the hot springs Suzaku met Adrien but didn't recognise him at first. He was dressed in a black cat costume and was cutting hedges. He was a hero back home though he didn't seem to feel that way himself. Suzaku told him that being a hero meant doing what was needed.

Adrien told him a bit about his world, how his father had been very strict and how he had been a model, how he had craved freedom and wanted to just be a child rather than practically an employee of his father. Plagg had helped him gain that freedom and he was able to go to school and make friends. They spoke a little about cats and then Adrien showed him how he could destroy things with just one touch of his claw.

Adrien told Suzaku how he hadn't been sleeping and explained how when he was sick he had confessed how he had felt to Snake and Marinette and that things were now strange. It was very much out of things Suzaku understood but he did his best to listen and advised Adrien to just keep being honest with them and to confide in Shin, who clearly wanted to help.

When Kija disappeared Kotetsu went to Adrien who found Suzaku and carried him home, he let Suzaku stay with him in his temple until Suzaku found his feet. He asked Suzaku to stay to help out as Marinette was asleep and they were all worried.

They met in a strange dream with falling fire plaques. They tried to figure out why they were falling and who the mysterious footsteps belonged to. Suzaku also ended up in a dream of Adrien's. Adrien was a child lying next to a woman and then the next thing there was a swarm of butterflies and Adrien was an adult, trapped in a cage. He was panicking and Suzaku tried to calm him down. He asked if Adrien could transform and Adrien did so, before destroying the bars.

Adrien told him that the woman was his mum and she had often read to him, that this was like a dream he often had but he had no idea why Suzaku was there. Suzaku figured out it had something to do with the sleeping sickness. They discussed ways to break out of the dream.
He was very friendly and keen to help. Suzaku liked him and would like to get to know him better

Archer: Shinki A shinki who helped Suzaku after Grell disappeared. He had coated his blades in holy water. Once they were safe they discussed what they had found. Suzaku told him of the child he and Hibiki had found with power over the forest. They discussed weapons and Archer turned Suzaku's stick into a wooden sword, sturdier and better balanced.

He was at Zelda's meeting and Suzaku met him properly, he was one of Caster's shinki.

Ayumu Yamazaki: Shinki A woman who asked Suzaku to pass her tea in the cat cafe, she was covered in a giant cat, called a Maine Coon. She was shinki to Lady Sanzang. She asked how he was settling in and told him that the other shinki would help, as everyone knew how it was to be new.

Polite and friendly

Caster: God: Cú Chulainn They met in the forest whilst investigating, Suzaku mistook Caster for a cultist. They had both felt strange in the trees, like they were watching them. They decided to join forces to gather information. They linked the scraps of Ofuda and found they formed a circle, which wasn't all that helpful. They tried to gather enough scraps to reconstruct an Ofuda. Suzaku reached out to grab one first as he didn't want Caster hurt. They didn't have enough pieces so decided to split to look further afield. Caster told him to not touch any more, but to ring him as he was the resident magic expert.

Suzaku met him later at the onsun with Ginia. Caster encouraged him to rest from chores for a few minutes and explained to him and Ginia how his magic worked. He was encouraging of Ginia, who was not good at accepting how talented she was, and of Suzaku. He knew a lot about magic and explained how different world magic worked.

He made an announcement in December to tell people that Ginia's birthday was the 1st January, he told Suzaku that she cared for him.

Celestia: God: Inti A god who is a horse with wings and a horn, she can shapeshift. They met during training, she had destroyed a training dummy. Suzaku tried to help her think of ways to train even though she wasn't suited for the human training tools. He wasn't able to come up with any great ideas but she said her magic was her best tool in a fight anyways. She said that some of the old gods had animal forms but she had not seen them training here and had not been able to speak to them to ask how they did so. She wondered if they fought Ayakashi and told Suzaku that there had been many Ayakashi attacks.

They introduced themselves and she was a princess as well as a god, Suzaku floundered on how informal he had been but she was kind and didn't mind. She told him a little of how in pony culture the title of princess is earned and not passed down or voted upon. It was earned by demonstrating the magic of friendship. Suzaku said that if it were earned it were even more important that it be respected.

She saw her time on the Far shore as a vacation, away from her normal duties. She was a godess of the sun but did not see much difference in what gods did. She saw this place as an excelent oportunity to learn.

She was very friendly, though Suzaku is still unsure how he should act around her. He hopes that she is able to figure out her training dilemma.

Chikusa Kakimoto: Shinki He was fighting a soulless shinki and contemplated killing it. Suzaku told him that they were meant to be rescuing them not killing them. He said it didn't matter because he was a soulless. Suzaku didn't understand the difference or why that meant this shinki could be killed. He asked if it meant that Suzaku would care if the shinki died and Suzaku said he would. Chikusa knocked the shinki down and asked if Suzaku knew how to knock someone unconcious. Suzaku knocked the shinki out.

They discussed what might be controlling the shinki and if the others might be controlled as well. They didn't know if they were in the forest or if the forest was a distraction. Suzaku suggested that the shinki belonged to a god who was behind all of the disappearances, Chikusa said that the one he had just knocked out belonged to his own god. He said it was just soulless and not something someone would want to find. Suzaku asked if his god would mind if he were killed, Chikusa said he didn't know if he would cared and the soulless shinki was called Asshole.

Chikusa was Hakkai's shinki and told Suzaku that Hakkai owned the school and taught there. Chikusa had been his shinki for three months. They found some of the paper, Chikusa asked him if he had heard of Ofuda, Suzaku had and Chikusa said that Shun, or Nekhbet was researching them but he was one of those missing- his Shinki might know. Chikusa said they had a lot of them. Suzaku took one of the papers but the forest attacked. Suzaku fought long enough to let Chikusa escape.

He was very practical and clearly skilled. Suzaku liked him well enough even if he was quick to suggest murder.

Chinatsu Hiyama: Shinki Suzaku ended up in her dream, they were ballroom dancing and she was angry at him for not doing his part. He had no idea what his part was and told her so. She told him that he had to look fierce whilst tangoing, as if every move as a battle. Just as he was starting to get the hang of it water began flooding the dance floor. She refused to leave because if they left they lost.

Suzaku had no idea what was happening but he refused to leave her, he asked why she wanted to win so badly and she told him that it was everything to her. That she had worked so hard to get there so she was not about to give up. He asked if it was worth drowning for. She told him that if he felt like he was drowning he wasn't doing it right, that he couldn't be scared because if he was scared it would be harder for her not to be. She needed his trust.

Suzaku did his best and let the water pull them under, where strangely they could still breathe under the water.

Chise Hatori: Shinki She was being mobbed by butterflies. Suzaku helped catch the butterflies and let her escape away from them. She asked him not to harm the butterflies and he promised he wouldn't.

It was odd that butterflies swarmed her, she seemed nice. Suzaku would like to meet her again when there isn't a butterfly situation on hand.

D2: A man who sang in English during training, they spoke a little as Suzaku had approached him as he hadn't heard Britannian spoken since he had arrived in the heavens. Even if it were a little awkward he didn't seem to mind and said that he didn't get to speak English very often.

Davesprite: Shinki A boy with wings and feathers who Suzaku met in the forest. He was contemplating attacking the cultists and Suzaku said they should figure out what they were doing before attacking. They investigated the strange papers and dolls. Davesprite told him off for touching the weird curse stuff. They began destroying it and hoped other people would figure it out as well.

Davesprite realised that the air was clearing whenever the destroyed one. He had powers- flash stepping and lazers that fired out of his hands though it had taken him a while to realise as he couldn't remember having abilities or how to use them. They continued smashing dolls trying to clear whatever weird curse there was.

He's a little confusing in how he speaks but he seemed to know what he was doing. His powers sounded useful and Suzaku hopes he figures them out. The fact he was orange, feathered and winged is strange- is it strange? He feels like it is strange but he's settling for acting like everything is normal unless other people's reactions tell him it isn't.

Dust: Shinki Suzaku met him in the ruins of a temple of a disappeared god. He was trying to rescue some of his mementos and Suzaku helped him. He helped take him to the shinki sanctuary. It was only a few days after Suzaku had lost Grell and Suzaku wanted to help in any way that he could. Dust seemed to know Wendy, who had founded the sanctuary and claimed she would kill him if he didn't make use of it. They spoke about the sanctuary and Suzaku learned that Dust had been there six months. He had been with his god all that time though they didn't see each other all that much, doing their own things for the most part. Dust seemed quite practical about the disappearance. Dust was later named by Marinette.

Ebisu: God Young god, he has a lot of shinki. Suzaku came upon him in the forest, he was using one of his shinki- a dagger to heal another. Suzaku was worried but the misconception was quickly cleared. He was testing the effects of the forest on Shinki powers, Suzaku watched and they discussed what might be causing it. One of his Shinki explained how the forest had been around for a while and lured people in. They said that a god of nature might know- Amaterasu, Konohanasakuya-hime, Izanami, and Izanagi though the latter two did not interact with the Far Shore much.

Suzaku asked if there were gods that did not live on the Far Shore and the shinki explained about the underworld. The topic seemed to make Ebisu uncomfortable though so they spoke of other things. Introductions were given and Suzaku stayed with the group a little while until they found others.

He seems worryingly young but he has a lot of shinki to look after him.

Edge: Shinki A boy Suzaku met in a park, he was resting after training. He had been throwing shurikan. He told Suzaku that the heavens was a place that was bad for people, half of them were dead with no memories, they were under assault from monsters they couldn't kill. Suzaku couldn't really disagree but he also didn't know any other places to compare it to.

They agreed to spar, Suzaku trying to find a way to chear the other shinki up. They spoke about how strange it was to not know what they were good at until they did it and then sparred unarmed. Their styles were quite different but it was a fun spar, Suzaku almost threw Edge but stopped as he didn't want to harm him, Edge was a little insulted but was mollified by Suzaku offering to show him how to resist grabs and throws like that next time.

They met a few days later at the training day. Edge asked Suzaku for help in figuring out how to let people through borderlines. He told Suzaku about fighting the giant ayakashi after the gods meeting. Suzaku told him he had been asleep and assured him it was apparently normal, which Edge took as more evidence that the heavens were bad for people.

They practiced with Suzaku trying to run through Edge's borderline, it took a while. Edge told him it would be easier if he were a cute girl, Suzaku offered to go ask one of the girls to help and Edge told him that if he could have grabbed one of them to help he wouldn't have asked Suzaku. He used his daggers as a focus tool and was able to soften the borderline enough that Suzaku could move through.

Suzaku then tried and had a lot of difficulty, it was either too solid or shattered. It was difficult like trying to split his mind in two. Edge asked what Suzaku liked, Suzaku wasn't sure so he asked what was important to him. Suzaku said protecting people and Edge helped by giving him a senario, where if he didn't let Edge through Edge would die, and if the borderline shattered Edge would die. Suzaku succeeded, though it was exhausting.

Edge's god did not seem to like fighting all that much and Edge said it was frustrating that he couldn't do things alone. Suzaku said that with this new skill he could be useful in protecting people. It turned out Edge didn't know how to use cutting borderlines so Suzaku showed him how to do that as well as how to do the more subtle borderline Kairi had taught him, holding the energy in his hand. Edge struggled with that and they called it a day.

A few days after Grell disappeared Edge asked Suzaku for help answering a prayer. They met in Tokyo and went to help a man who had prayed to win at gambling. They saw it as a call for help and decided to help him stop.

They ended up in a gambling den where rock, paper, scissors was played for money. Edge thought it best to scare him and so Suzaku challenged him, whilst Edge... cheated, influencing the mans choices and lightening his purse until he believed himself at rock bottom. Once Suzaku had won and the man left, to jeers, they snuck the money back into his pocket. He was delighted with this 'miracle' and vowed to turn over a new leaf.

Once their prayer was answered they went for food, Edge producing money that Suzaku believed he had gotten legitimately despite everything he had seen of his friend that day.

They practised again during the next training, Suzaku showed him some holds and throws. In return Edge started teaching him throwing weapons. Edge made it clear he would not be as good as he was, but Suzaku pointed out it would take a lot of unlearning to make his fighting style like Edge's. He just wanted another tool at his disposal. They talked about coating throwing weapons with holy water and using them against ayakashi. Suzaku told him what Kamui had told him, about ayakashi once being human. Some seemed too small to be human and they wondered if animal spirits could become ayakashi as well. They weren't sure if animals could get blight in the same way as humans. They thought of researching but Edge admitted he found reading boring. Suzaku promised he would let him know if he learned anything, even if he had not much of a clue on research himself.

Around the same time as Suzaku lost Kija, Edge lost his god. They both were named by Saber. Edge's shinki form was a cloak whilst Suzaku's was a rifle. They discovered that they could not hear each other whilst both in vessel form. Later that day Edge and Suzaku shared food and spoke of their new partnership. They discussed spells and Edge suggested that Suzaku ask Kairi for help with them. They agreed that the day had been good.

They found each other on the volcano. They tried to find a path up past the lava and learned that borderlines might slow lava for a short time but they hurt a lot when they broke. They discussed what or who might have caused the eruption.

A few days after the volcanic eruption they went to check on their gambler. They went to his home to find his wife and daughter and learned he had not often been home. They decided to take him some momentos of his family to remind him of what he was missing. Once again Edge was a lot more loose with mortal laws than Suzaku was. They found the man in a bar and set a trail of photos to lead him home. They succeeded and reunited him with his family once more. Suzaku finally made good on his offer to cook dinner for Edge.

*During the dream event Edge ended up in Suzaku's nightmare where Suzaku was young child in a destroyed Japan. They had a discussion/argument about violence and when it should be used against oppressive regimes such as Britannia. Edge asked him what the point of living was and Suzaku said he didn't know, maybe there wasn't one. Then Edge asked what was more important: To fight for what you believe in, or to surrender it all just for another day that may or may not come?

Suzaku told him they had to stop Britannia but they had to use the right methods. They debated methods and Edge told him that even if he wasn't going to fight he should help others, by protecting them, hiding them, feeding them. Suzaku said he would try his best.*

Probably the closest Suzaku has to a friend. He's a fun training partner and Suzaku likes spending time with him. He would like to help him settle in more, since it seems Edge is struggling with being in the Far shore and being a shinki.

Emizel: God: Thanatos He posted on the BBS asking if anyone had seen Ronald or Grell or William. Suzaku told him that both Grell and William were gone. Emizel said he hoped they had returned home though Suzaku told him that if William had been first here as a shinki then that was unlikely. Emizel told him that he thought they had all been dead at home, as they were reapers, like him but from a different world. Reapers brought souls to the after life. In Emizel's world it was demons like him who took the job. Emizel told him about the underworld and how he had guarded an entrance to it. Suzaku told him he was sorry for his loss and Emizel said he could just hope they were together somewhere.

Felix Lucky. God A child who was cleaning floors in preparation for the meeting of the gods. He had been caught trying to climb on the roof, he asked about the people training and if they had been brought there to fight. He got upset about the idea of fighting people though he was quick to explain he could he just didn't want to. Suzaku told him he shouldn't have to fight if he didn't want to.

They finished cleaning and Suzaku took him to the dojo to find a sword as big as he was, mostly in an attempt to cheer him up. He was a lot stronger than he looked.

He's a sweet kid though Suzaku is a little worried about him. He seems very young but in some ways not young at all. He will try and keep an eye on him

Ginia: Shinki They met when Suzaku first arrived, he was practicing borderlines and Ginia attacked with borderlines of her own. They sparred. Suzaku discovered that he enjoyed sparring. She cannot speak so uses her phone to communicate. She had arrived two weeks prior to him and she explained about vessel forms, hers was a sniper rifle. Her god was not a fighter and she was not happy about that. She told him she hoped he got along with his god and he replied that he was sure he would but it wouldn't matter as it was his duty to protect them regardless.

Ginia asked what was more important, loyalty or personal happiness. Suzaku answered loyalty and asked if she felt differently. Ginia said it was something she was trying to figure out and asked if his answer would be the same if loyalty came at the price of personal happiness. Suzaku said yes, if you had loyalty to someone you should be loyal regardless of cost, Ginia asked about what he thought if the cost was his life he said that if you were not prepared to die for it you were not truly loyal. She said she hoped he had a worthy god. He hoped she found the answer to her question.

A couple of days later they met at the cat cafe, she chased away the cats that were attacking him. She told him she liked all animals but especially cats. They spoke about animals at their temples and she asked about his god and if he liked her. They spoke about souless shinki but Ginia understood as little as Suzaku did on that subject. She gave him a voucher for some food as she had already tried some.

At the next training they met again and Ginia helped him with his measurements and data collection. She was a good fighter, which Suzaku had already suspected. She was a little bit injured from the fight at the gods meeting. She gave him a proper summery of what had happened both at the meeting and afterwards. She asked if he wished to get some food but he said he should probably finish his work first.

They next met whilst investigating the forest. He and Ginia used alternating borderlines to keep Ayakashi at bay. They spoke about the forest and what they had found, Suzaku had met her god earlier that day. They also spoke about weapon forms. Ginia was a snow leapard so she could move independently. Suzaku explained what a slash harken was. They travelled together for a little while.

In mid December they met at the library. Ginia was injured, she claimed it had been a training accident. Suzaku was looking for information on spells and Ginia helped him look. She spent quite a bit of time in the library so knew it better than Suzaku.

She also had learned some spells already including ablutions. She warned him that ablutions were difficult and he should consider it carefully if anyone asked him to help out with one.

Suzaku asked if she could show him Bind. She began teaching him, explaining you needed a shinki's vessal name and also superiority, the confidence that you are better. Suzaku was not great at spells. They agreed that they could practice on each other at any, sensible non dangerous, time. She warned him to be careful of who he gave his name to.

They met at the hot springs where she was taking a break with Caster, playing games and throwing satsuma's at his head mostly. They spoke about plans for the upcoming holidays and about spells. They asked Caster how his spells worked. They worked with words and knowing how things worked. Ginia told Suzaku that you could cast borderlines without speaking and Suzaku practiced. Ginia was not very good at accepting how talented she was.

She was at Zelda's meeting and had lots of information about the cultists, they spoke about the prayer slips and then she explained about a head teacher who had summoned a demon and used ayakashi to drain children.

They spoke in training when Suzaku had regained a memory. She had never heard of Britannia and she encouraged him to speak to his god. She had remembered things too, disjointed things but she had remembered some people. They wondered what made them remember but the only common thing seemed to be that memories returned whilst they slept. She warned him against being distracted.

She offered Sign Language lessons over the BBS, Suzaku asked if he could learn. He told her he was now named by Saber, she told him that Saber was a friend of the temple and Suzaku should visit next time he did. They arranged lessons. The lessons went well and Suzaku began picking up the language.

Only a couple of weeks later a strange event happened when people shared strange dreams. Suzaku found Ginia on a roof and she told him that it was where she used to live, she could remember her entire life. She said she wasn't a good person and Suzaku said he didn't think many of them were, that perhaps their lack of memories was to make them more useful, to be what their gods needed them to be without their past getting in the way. Ginia asked if he would rather be a god and Suzaku answered that he didn't think he would want that responsibility. Ginia didn't think she would want to be either. Especially as the heavens were a trial by fire most of the time.

Ginia asked if he had any regrets being in the heavens, Suzaku said a couple. It was hard when people disappeared, Ginia said that knowing people would leave brought its own complications. She told him that her biggest regret was how things ended with Archer and Caster. Suzaku had not known she had left Caster's service. She told him that it had been her choice, she had made a decision against Caster's wishes but he had not made her leave, she had asked for him to remove her name. She was now named by Alex and by Ebisu though she asked him to keep the latter a secret. She said she was not ashamed of being nora but it was delicate.

Ginia is very friendly, she is also a very skilled fighter. Suzaku would like to get to know her better.

Grell Sutcliffe God: Kali His God. She found him after his initial day of training. She explained that she was Kali, divine mother, a creator and destroyer, life and death and a ruthless fighter. It was clear that she preferred the destructive part.

Not long afterwards a man named William approached Suzaku and warned him that Grell was an exceptionally complicated individual and easily triggered into acting violently. He warned Suzaku that he should be careful, seak William out if a situation became too much for him to handle. To work for Grell and fight along side her, but to be careful not to bore her.

She allowed Suzaku to adopt a cat as long as he was the one to look after it. She held a Halloween party at her temple and declared that costumes were mandatory. It was a strange party and Suzaku didn't really feel at ease there. When Suzaku went to help search the national park and the forest thought to be connected to the one that kidnapped people Grell disappeared from the heavens.

Suzaku is very unsure about Lady Grell. She confuses him and William's warning is clear in his mind but at the same time she is his god and he respects her. He has fallen into being very formal around her, acting like her knight (even if he doesn't consciously know he's doing it).

Hakkai Cho God: Li Tieguai Someone else who was not comfortable with Suzaku having a gun, he told him that if something went wrong here a gun wouldn't be enough, which was less than reassuring. He was a god of medicine and explained that the new gods were mortal souls like humans and shinki. In fact he had been a shinki himself before returning as a god. He had disappeared and returned as a god but could not remember where he had gone. Suzaku asked him what it was like being a god, he said that compared to a shinki he felt less lost but it didn't make the world make any more sense. Which was also less than reassuring.

He had been here eight months, which was amongst the longest Suzaku had heard. Suzaku asked if he had any advice and he said that he should know he could ask his god to release him if things don't work out, secondly that gods disappeared frequently so he should have a back up plan if that happened and also to not trust the heavens too blindly.

He didn't think the heavens meant them harm but they were newcomers and disappeared frequently, they were expendable. Though they claimed not to be the ones that brought them, and their own gods were also disappearing. He suspected a conspiracy, one of Amaterasu's advisers as she was queen of the heavens but quite young. The most powerful gods advised her and Hakkai believed one of them to be potentially behind everything.

He replied to Suzaku's BBS post to say that sleeping for a long time was something that happened and explained that there was some trouble at the meeting of gods. There was a draining spell, which was attracting Ayakashi. They didn't know how it had appeard but Hakkai had seen similar spells elsewhere in the world. He was hoping to discover what had caused it.

He was at Zelda's meeting and had a lot of information about strange goings on that might be related to the cultists.

Near the end of December Suzaku woke up with one day of memories, he was very distracted during the training day and Hakkai came to speak to him and make sure he ate. Suzaku. Suzaku asked if he had remembered anything whilst being a shinki and Hakkai said that he had, that it was probably one of the most unbearable things about being a shinki. He warned Suzaku not to think on it overmuch, as it was dangerous and encouraged him to speak to his god. Suzaku didn't want to bother his god but Hakkai told him about how he hadn't been able to talk to his last god about his problems and it had led to an abultion that had almost killed her. Suzaku took the warning and said he would try and speak to his god. He never got the chance.

He had a lot of information and seemed to have a good grasp on what was happening. He answered Suzaku's questions and Suzaku is thankful for that

Hibiki Shikyoin: God A woman at the cat cafe. She was getting annoyed at the cats, Suzaku's attempt at removing cats from her person led to hilarity and disaster, a dropped tea cup and cat fur everywhere. She was not impressed. She complained about the bad breading of the cats as Suzaku cleaned up the mess.

Later as he was waiting for Grell to reply to his message asking if he could adopt a cat he met her again, she had found a cat that she wanted to adopt, she was struggling to hold it. She claimed the cat top class, decended from the cats or Priopatra, who was the first divine idol whatever that means

She attended Grell's haloween party and was bothered by jaquals. Suzaku helped fend them off and they spoke, she was not in costume and declared it unecessary as she had come as herself. She was an actor, model, recording artist and pri para idol. She had a poster from a film she had been in and Suzaku learned her name. She was a god of entertainment and was there to judge the party.

They met in the forest- Hibiki was knocked back into him whilst monologuing at trees. They were attacked by vines and she was dragged off him. He rescued her and she used a purple rope to swing them through the trees. Her use of powers exhausted her and he refused to leave her. She told him he was too assertive for a shinki. He carried her through the trees.

She recovered quite quickly and led the way once more, in the completely wrong direction... They wandered the woods lost for a little while.

Suzaku later met her again whilst investigating the forest on the Near Shore. She had a purple horse (of course.) It was unnerving in the forest and they had the feeling of being watched. Maxi, the horse, sneezed and startled a young girl hiding in the bushes. They chased her through the forest, which she had some control over. Together they bumbled through questioning the young girl. Hibiki frightened her at first but between them they did manage to get some answers.

At the hot springs Rosalie (Hibiki's cat) had gotten dirty and Hibiki was attempting to clean her. Suzaku tried to help, hilarity ensued. But together with some raw fish they managed to clean a cat with only a little bit of blood spilled.

She came across Suzaku whilst he was clearing debris after the volcano. She was riding Maxie and declared Suzaku should hurry and clear the road. She declared that she was planning revolution and her revolution would create a paradise where ayakashi would not form. She sought a perfect world, where humans would not feel the negative emotions that caused ayakashi.

Her plan was to become a god of fortune and link this world with her home world, or an ideal world, or something. She moved on once he had cleared the path.

Hibiki is... Suzaku is not sure what Hibiki is but she is interesting to be around. He constantly feels on the wrong foot with her, she is very dramatic. He will continue to help her whenever he runs into her.

Hope Estheim: God A boy who fell off a roof whilst everyone was clearing debris from the volcano. Suzaku caught him, he was unharmed though. They worked together on clearing debris from the road.

Jae-Ha: Shinki Yona's shinki. A man Suzaku met at the Onsun covered in spirits, he didn't seem too bothered by them. Suzaku helped him try and get rid of them, Jae-Ha suggested hide and seek as they were child spirits. It seemed strange but Suzaku gave it a go.

*Jae Ha ended up in Suzaku's nightmare. He hid with the child Suzaku in a doorway. Suzaku was surprised that he didn't know what had happened but explained. Jae-Ha asked him if he could take him somewhere safer but Suzaku didn't know any safe places. They set off to find more cover.*

Joscelin Fitzthomas: Shinki A boy Suzaku met at training in early December. He asked whether Suzaku had not wanted to play the scavenger hunt and claimed that running laps was boring. He asked what people did for fun and Suzaku told him about the amusement park trip and the autumn leaf festival. The boy wasn't impressed and asked if no one had heard of video games. Suzaku told him that there were video games though he might need to find an arcade on the Near Shore to play one.

Judar: Shinki A boy Suzaku met on the volcano. He believed he was being chased by a creature. Suzaku couldn't see such a creature. He tried to persuade the boy to return to where there were more people but he was distrustful. He called Suzaku an optimistic dog.

Kairi Shinki A girl who offered to train in borderlines with Suzaku. She told him he was lucky to remember two names, she only had one. She was shinki to the goddess Neith. She showed him different borderline forms like the wall and the dagger.

They later met at the cat cafe and she helped distract the cat who was biting Suzaku. She liked cats and said her gods temple had a few of them. At Zelda's meeting she explained about her souless shinki, and how she had named her even though she is a shinki herself, which is strange.

She is friendly and a good with borderlines. Someone he would like to know better

Kamui: Shinki They met during training, Kamui had been slowly figuring out what he could do as well and they had a spar. Kamui told Suzaku that his skin didn't like the sun so he had to carry an umberella.

They met in the forest, where the sun wasn't so much of a problem. They fought ayakashi together. Kamui was reckless and didn't seem to care about blight. He told Suzaku that ayakashi were just spirits that could have become shinki. This was disturbing, knowing that ayakashi were once human but Kamui did not seem too bothered.

Kamui got very reckless and quite blighted, Suzaku tried to stop him by making his borderlines hard so Kamui couldn't get through them. Kamui complained. He was surprised that Suzaku was worried about him and said he was quite sturdy but Suzaku argued that if he broke it would be hard to put him back together.
He is a very skilled fighter

Kija Hakuryuu: God: Chiyou Suzaku's second god after Lady Grell. They first met in training in early December. Kija announced they were to be partners and apologised, as he did not like the idea of having a shinki.

At the hot springs Suzaku did his best to help Kija out whilst cleaning. Kija, it turned out, was very frightened of spiders.

Kusangi Izumo: God He helped Suzaku when he was attacked by ayakashi after Grell disappeared. Suzaku wasn't sure why his borderlines weren't working and Izumo told him that it was likely his god was gone. Something that Suzaku could check easily, looking at where his name had once been. He told him to stick close to the others from then on.

Suzaku ended up in one of his dreams with a girl surrounded in fire and a sword in the sky. He asked what was happening and Izumo told him a king was about to die and there was nothing Suzaku could do to stop it. Suzaku argued they couldn't just let someone die but Izumo told him he couldn't disconnect the sword from it's king. The girl was controlling the sword and she was trying to kill the person who killed someone who was like a father to her.

Lancer: Shinki A man Suzaku met in the dojo. They sparred with spears.

He is a good fighter

Lann: Shinki He posted on the BBS asking for somewhere to stay as his god had disappeared, Suzaku spoke to him and told him about the shinki sanctuary that Adrien had told him about. It was the second time he had lost a god but he seemed to be handling it alright.

He was captured by the forest, Suzaku helped free him with Nanako and Suou.

He seems nice, Suzaku is worried about him and hope he finds a god to serve soon.

Lavi: Shinki Another man who seemed to have taken ill on the volcano. Suzaku tried to help him and almost got punched. He was like a frightened animal and Suzaku tried to calm him to no avail.

Leo: God A man Suzaku met in the forest. He was pulling down the strange papers that were on the trees. They discussed ways to stop the cultists replacing them. He didn't know how to fight except with magic, which wasn't working properly. He said he could hit the cultists with his book, Suzaku asked if he could use axes and he could not.

Not a fighter but seemed determined.

Mai: God She was shooting during the training day and Suzaku offered her his gun to practice with as she was wondering about using a handgun. She told him she had been a sniper shooter when she had been alive, and that she remembered being alive, which was strange. She was a very good shot.

Very good with a gun, was friendly.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng: God: Fortuna Adriens goddess. Marinette was very kind to Suzaku when Grell disappeared. She agreed to looking after Kotetsu and let Suzaku stay in her temple for a few days. She made lots of food and was very kind to all her animals. It was clear that both Adrien and Snake adored her.

After Suzaku was named by Kija he went to collect Kotetsu and thank Marinette. It was after Adrien had became a god and so Suzaku offered to listen if she wished to talk about things, as he imagined things were confusing for her.

Misaki Yata: Shinki He posted on the BBS because his friend and his god had both dissapeared, not like people normally disappeared but they were missing- it turned out kidnapped by the forest. Suzaku tried to help him but it seemed normal protocals for finding missing people were tricky when gods could teleport and everyone could move between the Near and Far shore.

Suzaku met him in person whilst investigating the forest a few weeks later. They compared what they had found and spoke about the strange language that the cultists used. Suzaku realised he could speak Britannian, which Yata called English. They recorded evidence in case it would help anyone who understood things better than they did.

He was clearly very worried. Suzaku hopes that he found his god and his friend in the forest.

Nagito Komaeda: God Posted on the BBS asking if anyone knew where to get a gun. Suzaku asked why he wanted a gun and he said it was because he was not a strong person- a gun was ranged and would allow him to defend himself. Suzaku asked if he knew how to use a gun and Nagito said he thought he did, but did not have any memories- much like a shinki. Suzaku suggested Britannia as somewhere where he could get a gun.

Nagito said he had no money and no ID so if he were to get a gun from the near shore rather than bartering for one from the far shore he would have to steal it. Suzaku told him he shouldn't steal and said he had arrived with a gun. Nagito said that was useful and he had not shown up armed, even with the digital knife he had stabbed himself with- he had been in a computer simulation.

Suzaku hadn't been aware that technology was that advanced but Nagito told him that they were all from different worlds. Which explained a lot of quite confusing things. Nagito had been in a virtual world in order to make new memories after being brainwashed. He also told Suzaku that as well as different worlds people came from different times within one world. Suzaku offered him his gun but Nagito had found someone with a spare.

He seems interesting. Hopefully he will get a way to defend himself soon.

Nanako Dojima: God A little girl who helped rescue Lann. Her shinki was a scarf and she used it to cut the vines.

She is very young. Suzaku worries about her but she seemed to handle herself very well in the forest and her shinki seems to care for her a lot.

Nia: Shinki An angry new shinki who stormed out of training. Suzaku tried to help her- she was new and confused and he understood how that felt. She was angry about everything- about being dead, having to serve a god, having no choice in the matter. Suzaku told her that the gods didn't have a choice either. He told her there was no point in being angry at them for it.

He explained to her that shinki were not slaves despite what she believed and she could ask to be released if she did not get on with her god. She said there was no point as they were in danger without gods, Suzaku told her that was not the gods fault. She asked if he were really so fine with everything and he said that being a shinki meant he could protect people and that was important. She called him spineless and told him that doing something under duress was bad even if it was the same thing he'd have chosen if he had a choice. He said they were dead and it's not like they would be doing anything else.

He told her that she hadn't even met her god yet and she should hold judgement, after all it was better that she work with her god to change things. She said that working with a god was something she oposed and he realised that he probably wasn't going to be able to help her. Suzaku wished her luck as they couldn't agree.

She told him that they had been agreeing but Suzaku told her that kicking kittens was different than being a vessel and fighting ayakashi. He told her her anger was not going to get her anywhere but she argued that anger was important. That being okay with not having a choice was the first step to being okay with not being a person. Asked if he were a person or merely a tool.

Suzaku told her that of course he was a person. But the answer had not come quickly or easily and he decided it was the right time to walk away.

Well... Suzaku isn't sure what to make of Nia at all. He worries about her, as she seems to be angry at the very basis of their existance. He hopes she settles once she finds her god and realises that things are not as bad as she is letting herself think they are.

Obi: Shinki A boy who was being chased by ayakashi in the forest. Suzaku helped him by throwing up a borderline. He wasn't hurt. He guessed that the forest that kidnapped people had been a mirror of this forest on the Near Shore. They had no real answers though.

Piccolo Shinki A green skinned shinki who allowed Suzaku to take some measurements while he trained.

He was very skilled, and prideful.

Pyrrha Nikos: Shinki They met on the beach during January training. She had just arrived, he gave her some advice about being a shinki and what to do if your god disappeared. He told her about the shinki sanctuary.

Ren Suzugamori: God He was in the forest. He named one of the attacking soulless Shinki, it exhausted him. Suzaku helped him by throwing up a borderline between him and another that was trying to attack. Suzaku asked if he could fight, he knew how to use a polearm so when the borderline shattered Suzaku fought the soulless shinki and unnamed him, giving the spear to Ren.

He was very resourceful. Suzaku hopes he got through the rest of the forest alright.

Rin Okumura: Shinki Answered Suzaku's BBS post, he had also been asleep for a while. Or at least had lost time, or time travelled. He hadn't realised and his god hadn't mentioned anything. He said it was better to sleep than to disappear. Suzaku agreed. His god was a god of time and space and he told Suzaku that his temple was very interesting, with different dimensions and such.

They agreed to meet in person at some point, Rin said Suzaku was welcome at Henir's temple though Suzaku thought it was a little careless for the boy to invite strangers he had not met to visit him at home.

They worked together when the volcano was erupting to help evacuate people from the path of the volcano.

Nice enough, seems a little confused. Suzaku would like to meet him in person.

Ryoma: Shinki A shinki in the seemingly huge group of people Kija spent his time with. Suzaku and him spoke in training in December when Suzaku was distracted, Ryoma offered to listen if Suzaku needed to talk to someone. Suzaku was unsure as memories could be dangerous to talk about, not just for him but to those that heard them.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa: Shinki A shinki who Suzaku met in early January in training. He was struggling to cast a borderline and it turned out he had not yet been named by his god. Suzaku explained to him about being named, nora and shinki magic.

They fought Sotero together on the volcano, Akutagawa could use his coat as a weapon and was ruthless with Sotero. They talked about the liklihood of Sotero being a pawn for a greater power.

Saber: God: Micheal At New Years Suzaku walked past Saber who was wondering how he was to get prayers done with no shinki. Suzaku offered his services for the day as he currently had no god and was feeling lost. Saber said it would be presumptous to expect more than a day and Suzaku argued it would have been presumptious to offer more.

It turned out that Saber had once been a king, he was now a god and had lost two shinki. He believed it his fault though he was quick to tell Suzaku to not blame himself for losing two gods. They answered a prayer about a faulty or perhaps haunted toaster. Saber spoke a lot, telling him of battles long gone and of the knights of the Round table. That seemed familiar to Suzaku. He also seemed very keen to fight and very enthusiastic even when faced by a potentially cursed toaster.

They got on well and worked well together and it led to Saber asking to name Suzaku properly. He named Edge at the same time. Saber thought that Suzaku being a rifle meant that he perhaps could not be called Saber but rather Archer. He explained a little about the Throne of heroes and a person being a back up copy that could be summoned. He said that Suzaku would be best asking Caster, who had not been summoned as a Lancer. Suzaku asked if being a Caster meant that he had lost his ability with a Lance. Saber explained that he had not but would not have any Noble Phantasm's to do with a lance. He was very excited at the fact that Edge was a ninja and explained to them briefly about cosplayers before they joined the training.

Saber 'helped' Suzaku make dinner when Suzaku was making his promised dinner for Edge. Saber suggested making a sauce and provided many liquids from the fridge, mayonnaise, energy drink, milk. Suzaku suggested that they look online to find a sauce and see if they had the ingredients rather than experimenting. He discovered that red wine sauce went well with beef and Saber had a lot of red wine. Suzaku had never had red wine before and Saber found it strange that there would be age limits on such things and declared they would serve wine with dinner.

Suzaku ended up in a dream of Saber's where he was in a room with an enemy outside. Saber told him they couldn't fight it. That seemed strange of Saber to say but he said he had learned from experience. He said that they could still make the choice to fight but they would die. Suzaku offered to hold it off and let Saber escape, Saber asked if Suzaku had ever fought a foe that was not human. Suzaku said that he had only fought ayakashi and Saber told him that this was a dead apostle, a vampire.

Suzaku asked if there was a way for Saber to escape and Saber said that it shouldn't be too difficult but he had more than himself to think about. Suzaku agreed, he had all the people who followed him as a god to protect. Saber told him that as he was his shinki he should protect him too. That was a strange sentiment to Suzaku, that his god had a responsibility towards him. He asked if Saber had a plan.

Saber asked how good his stealth was but really his plan involved blowing a hole in the wall and running really fast.

When everything calmed down from the dream sickness Suzaku realised he had remembered something. As everyone had told him he should speak to his god about such things he did so. Saber listened and helped make sense of some of his worries, explaining to him that he might have been a Britannian soldier because he had political value, that he was doing it to protect people. Suzaku wasn't sure if believing that was just an easy way out but he took it. Saber claimed he was a terrible king but he knew how to use people.

Suzaku argued that he wasn't a terible king but Saber said that history books were mostly united in that regard. Suzaku told him he might have not been a good king but he was a good god.

Shinichi Okazaki: Shinki A boy with piercings and blue hair in prison clothes who offered Suzaku some sweets at training in early December. It turned out he was Adrien's shinki. He asked who Suzaku's god was and Suzaku expained how gods disappeared. It frightened Shin to hear that people just vanished. Suzaku explained how Adrien had been a shinki until just a few days prior. Shin asked if Suzaku was Adrien's friend and Suzaku supposed he was. They spoke about Adrien a little, Suzaku reassuring Shin about how kind Adrien was. Shin said he hoped he and Suzaku would be friends also.

He was worried that Adrien was being too harsh on him. Suzaku promised he would talk to him and try and help. Suzaku was sure Shin would be a good shinki as he was trying to help already.

He was kind when Kija disappeared and encouraged Suzaku to stay with them.

Shun Kurosaki: Kurosaki. God: Nekhbet He approached Suzaku to tell him to put his gun away. Suzaku had nowhere to put it but took the bullets out. He told Suzaku he should ask his god for clothes with pockets, that a weapon was useful but carrying it openly would cause problems. Suzaku assumed he was a shinki but he was a god. He explained that Gods could feel the presence of their shinki but it didn't work the other way round.

He told Suzaku that Shinki were supposed to be a guide as well as to fight with, he should not be afraid to challenge his god. Suzaku asked if gods were not just, Shun said that they were as fallible as anyone else, especially the new gods who had once been human and were not to be put on pedestals. Suzaku thanked him and Shun told him that the more information he gave the less messes he had to clear up.

He was a guest at Grell's haloween party, he was exploring the temple when he came across Suzaku and Kotetsu. He asked Suzaku what he thought of Grell and said that Suzaku seemed the type to be polite about things, which wasn't the best way to be around Grell. He told him that Grell had been around as a celtic god, disappeared and then returned as Kali which was the first time he knew as a god returning as a different god. He asked Suzaku if someone more connected to Grell had spoken to him, Suzaku told him that William had and Shun said that Grell had had other shinki in the past but they were all strong willed and opinionated.

Suzaku asked if he doubted his ability as her shinki and Shun told him he doubted his ability to stand up to her- that he was more like the old gods definition of a shinki, someone to do battle with and do busywork. Suzaku told him what William had advised and Shun told him about what had happened at the moon viewing when Grell had lost control. Suzaku figured that since that was caused by a spell it was a little unfair to blame Grell but he took the warning. Shun returned to the party.

They attacked the centre sigil and those cultists and shinki who were trying to stop them together. Suzaku was trying not to properly harm anyone and Shun told him it was too late to be precious about who got hurt. Suzaku defended the sigil area whilst Shun destroyed the sigil.

At the next training most people had gone to Capya land. Shun was one of those who did not go and he was practicing throwing daggers. Suzaku watched him and was told not to stare. They finally exchanged names and Suzaku realised that this was Nekhbet who he had heard a lot about. Shun didn't seem to like being referred to by his god name but said that it was getting around more than he liked due to the popularity contest. Suzaku told him he had heard he was studying ofuda. Shun said that he could make working good luck ofuda but had no idea how the bad luck ones were created and they were using an invented language.

He told Suzaku about the department store fire and how there had been sabotage and bad luck ofuda in the days leading up to it. They discussed who could be behind it all and how even the cultists they had managed to get the names of had no idea who was behind anything.

After Grell disappeared they met again at training. Shun asked if Suzaku had been reassigned and reassured him that he would not be godless long. He claimed that he was in no worse situation than before and that even if Suzaku had not cared about being in danger those around him would. He claimed that gods that hurt those in their care did not last long even when they were good at hiding.

They sparred, Shun was as good an opponent as Suzaku had thought he would be and he told Suzaku that his fighting strength was a lot more formidable than his attitude... Suzaku took that as a compliment. Shun became a god of fortune.

He was at Zelda's meeting and shared information about the cultists. They later spoke after the volcano attack and shared information on Sotero and who might be manipulating him.

Suzaku entered one of Shun's dreams, it was a city full of robots and war. Shun was just a child and Suzaku did his best to help him, they tried to make their way to a more defensible position. As a child Shun was similar to as he was as an adult, he showed fear easier. He was tough and resourceful though.

He is quite abrupt but definitely knows what he is doing, is a good fighter and clearly has put work into figuring out all the strange things that no one understands. Suzaku respects him and would not mind working with him again in the future.

Snake: Shinki Marinette's shinki. He was very kind if a little shy. He seemed to have some ability to communicate to snakes and indeed only seemed to speak when relaying their thoughts. He lent Suzaku clothes though and helped him when Lady Grell disappeared.

Son Gohan: God: Wenchang Wang Replied to Suzaku's BBS post about sleeping for a long time, he said that he knew others it had happened to and Suzaku was lucky it had only been a couple of days. He posted on the BBS to make a list of all those who were known to have vanished into the forest. He and Suzaku discussed rescue efforts.

Resourceful and organised.

Sotero: God A child god who caused the volcano in the Far Shore. Suzaku and Akutagawa fought him. He was powerful, able to control fire like Voltelli could control the forest.

Suou Yagyuu: Shinki Nanako's shinki, helped rescue Lann from the forest.

Suzaku only really met him for a second before he was called into vessal form, but he is protective of Nanako, which is a good thing.

Takashi Shirogane: God Suzaku helped him check the ship wreck in January to make sure there were none of the younger shinki inside.

Terra: God A man who Suzaku met when the strange sleeping sickness and dream sharing was happening. They tried to move sleepers without touching them and being drawn into their dreams. He had wind magic but could only use healing magic on himself.

Qrow Branwen: Shinki Suzaku met him at training and directed butterflies towards his net, Qrow did not see the point of the training. Suzaku said it must be for a reason.

No real opinions yet

Unmi: Shinki One of Ebisu's shinki. He was trying to help a woman whose care had broken down on New Year. Suzaku stopped to help and discovered that it needed a new battery. Unmi went to buy one as Suzaku removed the old one. Unmi asked if he were looking for a job in his spare time and gave him a card in case he ever was.

Ventus: God: Aether A boy who stopped Suzaku from getting in the way of a race whilst Suzaku was distracted. He was friendly and had just arrived in the heavens. He didn't know what the god Aether represented and he didn't want to go to his temple, seemingly afraid of what it might be. Suzaku reassured him, telling him how temples tended to fit the theme of the god that they homed. Ventus still wasn't convinced and he didn't yet have a shinki who could help guide him.

Votelli: God A young girl who Hibiki and Suzaku met in the forest. She had control over the forest, which was her home. She was frightened and angry but finally gave them some answers. She said she hadn't meant for anyone to get hurt and that her sensei had told her to not let anyone get in the way.

She hadn't managed to stop the heavens. She seemed frightened of her sensei as well and wouldn't tell them who it was. She was a god but claimed to have no followers. She was frightened of the heavens and claimed that they killed those who disagreed with them. She believed if she went to the heavens she would be killed.

She refused to go with them and told them that they would have to prove that they would have to prove they would not hurt her first. Hibiki and Suzaku left.

After the volcano hit the Far Shore and the fight with the boy god there. Suzaku realised that Votelli was a real threat, or at least her sensei was. He told Amaretsu's shinki about her.

Wendy: Shinki Founder of the Shinki Sanctuary. She was advertising it on the BBS and Suzaku thanked her for setting up a helpful place. He offered his assistance if she ever needed it. She said that Archer and Shun patrolled it and he should ask them if they needed help.

William T. Spears: God: Ma'at. A stern man who approached Suzaku to warn him about Grell. He told Suzaku that Grell was a complicated individual and easily triggered into acting violently. He refers to Lady Grell with male pronouns but did not see fit to explain this at all. He told Suzaku to inform him if Grell started acting out as he was one of the few people who could knock sense into her. Suzaku asked what he should avoid doing. William explained that Grell was prideful so not to insult or criticize her and to do his best not to bore her. He told him that if she misused his ability to inform him and to not feel like he should obey her if Suzaku felt an action was wrong.

Once Suzaku had woken up after his three day sleep William and him decorated the temple for haloween. They agreed that some of the decorations were better than the dead bodies and spiked heads of the temple.

William answered Suzaku's BBS post the next day, Grell was at his temple. He explained that sleeping for a while was indeed normal and that he had also once been a shinki.

He is very forthright and though a lot of what he said was confusing Suzaku is glad for the information. He seems to be friends with Grell, at least they spend a lot of time together so Suzaku hopes that he truly has Grell's best interests in mind.

Yamanbagiri Kunihiro: Shinki A man who was helping measure things during training. He asked if he could measure Suzaku's speed and Suzaku allowed him to. He collected some data and then asked if Suzaku would mind if they sparred one day, Suzaku told him he would like that.

He helped Suzaku when Grell disappeared. He threw up some borderlines and gave Suzaku some holy water for the blight on his hand.

In early December they helped out with a problem at the Tokyo winter lights. At New Year they investigated a toppling statue at a shrine when it seemed shrines were being plagued with bad luck.

Seems nice enough. Suzaku would like to take him up on the offer of a spar.

Yona: God: Cnoc Áine A goddess and princess from Kija's world. Suzaku got to know her after becoming Kija's shinki and she was very welcoming to him. They cleaned a hut together at the hot springs and she checked how he was settling in. She told him that Kija had been without a shinki for a long time and so it was good he had someone to rely on now. She was at Zelda's meeting to try and figure out what was happening with the cult.

She gifted Suzaku with a coat and scarf and some notebooks at Christmas. He was a little overwhelmed but he made her an oragami dragon as a thank you. He told her that he would teach her as she seemed fascinated by it.

They met on the volcano and Suzaku had been affected by strange gasses that made him irritable. He snapped at her a few times but she did not take offence. Neither of them had answers of what might have caused the volcano.

*During Suzaku's nightmare where he was a child he met Yona in the ruins of Japan and mistook her for a Britannian. She didn't realise and so tried to help Suzaku, they tried to find cover. Suzaku didn't know what she wanted with him and feared for what might happen.*

Yoon: Shinki He replied to Suzaku's message on the BBS and told him that the sleeping was different than a normal coma and there were no negative medical effects afterwards.

No real opinions, but he seemed to know what he was talking about.

Yuna Yuki: God A girl who gave Suzaku a leaflet for the cat cafe and walked him there. She was volunteering there to help them on their open day as it was going to be busy. She already had some cats so wasn't planning on adopting another.

Friendly, nice enough to give up her free time to volunteer

Zelda: God She organised a meeting to discuss Cult activity.

Zhao Yunlan: Shinki A newcomer Suzaku met at the end of January. He was friendly and offered Suzaku a drink. They spoke about how everyone arrived together and how people disappeared. Zhao seemed enthusiastic about all the unknowns in the world they had found themselves in.

((updated to just before october training))
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Shinki Information

CHARACTER: Suzaku Kururugi
CANON: Code Geass
VESSEL NAME & LOCATION: 篤 (tokuki) Right side of his neck, towards the front.
VESSEL FORM: Varis rifle
POWER: An energy shield to block attacks. It can only be used when the gun is not firing- wielder must chose to attack or defend.
GOD: Michael (Saber)
EXP POINTS: 2828 (available: 1078)
CAUSE OF DEATH: Lots of fire and explosions. It is the canon scene where Lelouch casts the Live Geass onto Suzaku, except for purposes of this app and game Schneizel's attack hits before Lelouch can do so and Suzaku is killed. (The scene is written on his Application)
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Name: Suzaku Kururugi
Canon: Code Geass
Canon Point: Season 1, episode 18. Right before the Geass of "Live" is cast on him.
Age: 17
History: Here
Personality: Simply put, Suzaku is a hero with a martyr complex, who was born into the wrong genre of anime by accident. His high moral viewpoint and incredible physical skills would make him an ace pilot and hero of the people if he were in a different, kinder world. But in his own one he is a kin killer, a traitor and a murderer.

At the age of ten Suzaku killed his own father (the prime minister of Japan) because he believed it would stop the war and the fighting that was destroying Japan. This led to the unconditional surrender of Japan and their complete subjugation under Britannian rule. It was covered up by the surviving officials of Japan, the official story was that Genbu Kururugi committed suicide. Suzaku has been living with the guilt of this act for seven years and at this canon point this is still an act that defines him.

Because of his actions he believes strongly that the end does not justify the means. He refuses to join with Zero both times he is asked because of this belief. He believes that the way to end Britannia's rule is to work from within them and change them. At the age of fourteen Suzaku joined the Britannian army as an honoury Britannian. He hopes to one day change Britannia for the better and free Area 11 (Japan).

Suzaku is an idealist though this is slowly changing. Early on he is arrested for the murder of Prince Clovis (he is innocent), Lloyd warns him that even if his case went to trial he would not have a single ally in his fight, Suzaku argues that the courts were meant to bring the truth to light and when Lloyd tells him that they more often obscure the truth in darkness Suzaku claims that if that was the way the world worked then he did not regret leaving it. As he goes through more battles and witnesses more atrocities he comes to be more realistic, he would still wish for a better world but he does not expect it from those around him.

Suzaku is content when sacrificing himself for others, be that physically in battle or emotionally putting their needs and rights over his. Within the first few moments of meeting Suzaku we see him use his gas mask to protect Lelouch from poison gas and then refuse to shoot Lelouch when ordered and be shot himself.

He believes that civilians and innocents should not be harmed. He will go as far as to disobey orders in order to save civilians even when he knows he will be punished. During a psychological exam he is told that he has some sort of hero issues probably stemming from his childhood that makes him constantly try to save civilians (in the Britannian army this is considered a problem). He does however have no problems with being ordered to lay his life down and will obey calmly.

Because Suzaku believes he deserves to die, to be punished. He would never go as far to take his own life but he has no qualms at throwing himself into danger and fighting on past what is sane and reasonable. This death wish is what leads Lelouch to cast a "Live" Geass on him- he is ordered to hold Zero and die with him. This is the point he is taken from for the purposes of this app. It is clear he is frightened at that moment though he takes the order stoically and argues that it is something he is choosing to do. Notably this comes at a point where he has just been made Euphemia's knight and for the first time seems to be getting somewhere in his bid to change Britannia. Despite, or perhaps because of this he is unwilling to challenge his orders and claims that dying is "Better than breaking the rules."

Living in the world that he does his strong moral standpoint slips every time it comes into conflict with his other loyalties. His loyalty to Japan and its people, his loyalty to the Britannian Army who he swore to serve and his loyalties to those he cares about and wishes to protect.

He wishes to do no harm to civilians and yet is a soldier of a nation that guns down families in their homes. He wishes to bring peace and yet he is the "white reaper"- named for the white Knightmare frame he pilots. At one point Cornelia orders him to execute his old mentor Toudoh who is close to a second father figure. Though he is clearly horrified beyond imagination at the thought there is nothing to suggest that he would have refused if the execution had not been interrupted.

Because Suzaku is a soldier through and through. At this canon point this forms a lot of his behaviour. He falls into formality whenever he is unsure of a situation. He is good at taking orders, takes his job as a soldier and more recently a knight very seriously and is proud of his skills in combat and in Knightmare piloting, even if the latter was kept a secret. He takes failure very hard and blames himself for the people he fails to save.

Suzaku enjoys Knightmare piloting, he was good at it in simulations in classes though he understands that a 'former eleven' can never be a knight. When Lloyd offers him the chance to be a pilot of an experimental Knightmare frame with a high chance of explosion and no ejection seat Suzaku does not hesitate to say yes.

The fact Suzaku is an honoury Britannian is also a big part of his personality at this point in canon. Though Suzaku would like to change the way Britannia is he does not fight against peoples opinions of him. He won't allow physical violence but he does not challenge insults. He keeps his face blank when insulted by his superiors in the army, he says nothing of the abuse he is given at school, he suggests that it is safer for Lelouch to pretend not to know him. He endures the most awkward knighting ceremony without outwardly flinching. He is seen as a traitor by the Japanese and will never be more than a "former Eleven" to Britannian's. He has to work much harder to prove his worth but does so because to change anything he needs respect and power.

Outside of battle situations Suzaku is polite and reserved but cautiously friendly. He drifts through levels of formality depending on who he is with and how well he knows them. At this canon point, when with friends and off duty he can be relaxed and even silly at times. He dresses up as a cat, teases Lelouch and Shirley. He shows Euphie round the city and is sweet and almost teasing. He is kind to Nunnally and whilst at school he seems to honestly enjoy the time he has to be an ordinary teenage boy with friends.

On the flip side Suzaku can be cruel, he was not instantly nice to Lelouch when they were children though they became friends over the time Lelouch and Nunnally lived with him. Though he is early on in canon he is still someone who goes on to betray Lelouch to the emperor, uses Nunnally as bait and eventually by Zero Requiem will do awful horrific things in order to realise the final goal of saving the world. He is not that person yet, he has not lost Euphemia, has not realised Lelouch is Zero, has not fired F.L.E.I.J.A on Tokyo but the potential for all those acts is within him and so it is part of his personality.

For Suzaku is someone who is more loyal to causes than people and will serve anyone who he believes will allow him to do what is right.

Abilities: Suzaku has no magical or supernatural powers.

Fighting Ability Suzaku is a trained fighter. He is a soldier and is trained in firearms and hand to hand combat. He trained in Kendo until he was ten and has maintained his skills. It is notable that unless ordered he will always try and defend first especially outside of a strict battle situation.

Physical Reactions Suzaku has ridiculous levels of hand eye coordination and reaction time. In later canon a lot of this can be put down to the Live Geass that has been cast on him. However he is able to destroy a camera mounted machine gun with a lag time of 0.05 seconds without being struck once before the Geass is cast on him. He is able to time a jump to cut the wire of a pendulum bomb perfectly. He is very strong and fit.

Knightmare frame piloting He is a skilled pilot. This is helped by his ability to take in a lot of information at once and to act on it. Even when Lelouch has managed to find a pattern to his movement

Intelligence Suzaku is not conveniently intelligent. He does not have a high level of education (there is a gap between when Japan was invaded when he was ten and when he attended Ashford at 17). He is shown to need extra help by Cecile though he is treasurer of the student council which suggests that he is good at maths. He doesn't consider himself particularly smart and indeed seems like one of the less intelligent characters because of how master mind manipulative every one around him is. He does however have good instincts, part of his success at Knightmare piloting comes from being able to understand a lot of information, he is able to work out who Zero is (though he denies it even to himself for a while) and later on in canon he is able to work out what Lelouch will do based on what he knows of him.

Strengths: Determined | Goal-orientated | Cares a lot | Tries to be honourable | Protector
Weaknesses: Self-sacrificing | Lack of self worth | Impulsive | Idealistic | Overly obedient

God/Shinki: Shinki
Why?: I think it fits Suzaku's personality better, though he is personally trying to change things he does it through giving his strength to and fighting for others (the Britannian army, Euphemia and later Lelouch)

Cause Of Death: Lots of fire and explosions. It is the canon scene where Lelouch casts the Live Geass onto Suzaku, except for purposes of this app and game Schneizel's attack hits before Lelouch can do so and Suzaku is killed. I've written it out for the convenience of the canon blind.

Scene: Suzaku is sat in a chair facing into what is recognisable as a cockpit of some sort of fighting machine to anyone who has such things in their world. There is a masked figure in a black and purple inside the cockpit, Suzaku has him at gunpoint. Suzaku looks determined, grimly determined but there is fear in his eyes.

"You're going to die with me. Do you really want that?" The masked figure is shouting.

Before Suzaku can answer a voice comes over the radio. "Suzaku Kururugi, your death won't be in vain!" Suzaku looks surprised but his gun doesn't waver. "We have the opportunity to kill Zero, the most wanted traitor in our countries history! They will tell tales of your bravery for years to come."

"Shut up!" That's the masked figure again as he slams his fist on the consol. There is shouting in the background, orders from outside. Gunfire. A higher voice shouting, pleading but the words are mostly lost in the chaos.

Suzaku doesn't move, his arm doesn't waver. "A soldier follows order to the last." It's not clear if he is telling the masked figure, Zero, or reminding himself.

"That's nice and easy isn't it?" Zero again, his voice is mocking but he sounds desperate. "Having someone else give the orders? What about you?"

Suzaku looks shocked for a moment but his eyes narrow as he answers. "No! I decided this for myself..." He breaks off as a shadow passes overhead, darkening the cockpit. More gunfire sounds from outside.

Zero has moved, coming closer to Suzaku. "Suzaku, you're going to die!"

Suzaku focuses back on Zero. "That's better than breaking the rules!"

Molten fire comes down like rain obliterating the area that they are in.


Vessel: A Slash Harken, except a smaller one (to be wielded by a person not a giant robot) so more like a grappling hook attached to a long wire.
Name Location: Left hand
Power: Enhanced Agility- allows the wielder to react quicker in a battle situation able to dodge out of the way of attacks better. As a limit- It would use the wielders own agility as a base and boost it from there, so a very slow character would not become ridiculously fast but would become faster than usual.

Writing Sample

Sample: Here Is a sample on the test drive.

Obviously that's not ten comments yet so here are some older threads. I hope they are okay despite being from ages ago

Here and Here and Here

Other

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2018-03-16 12:35 pm

Permission Post

CHARACTER NAME: Suzaku Kururugi
CHARACTER SERIES: Code Geass

[OOC]

Backtagging: Yes please! My timezone means that backtagging is my life!
Threadhopping: Sure go ahead! Just make sure the other person is okay with it too!
Fourthwalling: Talk to me first!
Offensive subjects (elaborate): I am generally fine with anything that will come up via dwrp characters, if there is anything I am concerned about I will come and talk to you.

[IC]

Hugging this character: I mean it'll be awkward? But sure
Kissing this character: Even more awkward, you probably don't want to
Flirting with this character: Extending the awkward forever
Fighting with this character: Sure, he's a decent fighter
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): Yup all is fine
Killing this character: He has a pesky Geass that makes it hard, but come and chat with me and I am always willing to plot things.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: Sure

Warnings:

Code Geass is set an alternate history with fabulous costumes and mecha. However it deals with themes of imperialism, colonisation and racism. Suzaku was part of the Briannian army and has committed war crimes. These are unlikely to come up in normal threads but considering Penance has events where they are to speak about their sins I figured a warning was necessary. If there are any topics or any of his sins you want me to avoid please let me know. As always opting out of interactions completely is a valid choice, let me know here too.
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2014-09-01 11:01 am

And so it ends

It's odd, going from stood with the others in the machine room hearing the screams of a dying child in a dying world to all of a sudden being in a knightmare frame plunging a spear into a nuclear warhead.

But Suzaku is quick, he manages. And so Lelouch takes Damocles and he demon emperors takeover is put into action. Suzaku watches feeling sick, because it is far too gone to stop and he can't think of anything better. He just wishes it didn't have to be this way.

He fights Gino and it feels like his heart is splitting in two, Kallen is just as painful. The fight goes much the way it does in canon, the pain is more intense because it comes after what had just happened. He goes from helping save the worlds, to fighting against those who only want the world to be free.

Even though he knows the plan, it still hurts and it still feels wrong.

He first finds the door to the new tower during the month before zero requiem. He's supposed to be dead, so he's alone a lot.

He never stays long, he knows that Lelouch needs him. Zero Requiem goes as planned, Nunnally becomes empress, the areas are freed. Canon stays pretty much the same, the world becomes peaceful. It is Suzaku that is different.

He visits the tower a lot, usually at night when he can't sleep- which is often. He world hops sometimes too, visiting his brother and his friends, but never for long. He is needed and he knows his duty.

Finally though, after many years when the world no longer needs Zero he finds his rest.
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2013-06-07 10:52 pm

Rekindle Info

Name: Suzaku Kururugi
Room: Building 3, Room 2-03 with Lelouch vi Britannia
Age: 18 19
Birthday: July 10th (canon)

Inventory

He is wearing a school uniform (in the colours of red and white) and a ridiculous red beret.

He is wearing a bracelet with charms on it, each one is a memory, three of them are his own. These are:

- That Lelouch is Zero
- That he detonated FLEIJA on Toykyo
- How to put on a Yukata

He also has memories from other people which he picked up along the way. These are:

- The memory of Don Whitehouse's final speach to the guilds (and his subsequent death)
- The memory of Feferi's relationships with Eridan Ampora and Sollux Captor
- The memory of what an Eleven is (a memory of Nunnally's)
- CC's real name (a memory of Lelouch's)

He remembers these things only when he is wearing the charms.

A school backpack with a bunch of books and notepads on subjects from "Fashion" to "Poisons" and everything in between. He also has the exaclan handbook, which looks like it has been read often, as well as dropped in water, thrown about and generally abused.

9 rings with different symbols on them, they are all on his left hand, stacked on top of each other. All of these are upgrade and ability rings which I assume wouldn't work as the Rakuen technology doesn't exist outside the city. But I will list them anyways.
- Last Stand
- Protect
- Durability Boost
- Agility Boost
- Form Change
- Strength Boost
- Sacrificed Heart
- Flight
- Coup de Grace

A PDA Which I'm guessing wont be connected to anything. If it still has battery life then it has a basic word processor and a bit of memory in which documents can be saved.

Also in his rucksack is a tarnished broken choker necklace, a white glove with a silver sword embroidered on it, a red glove with a silver sword embroidered on it and a pouch with 26 raks (coins).

- Two stuffed cats called Cirno and Vanezio (a birthday present from Diarmuid)

- Arthur (Christmas regain), his Knight of Zero cloak (Christmas regain)

CR

Rakuen CR
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2013-05-30 11:27 am

Rekindle App

OOC Information
Player Name: Katy
Player Age: 24
Player Contact: AIM: Jipaltara Plurk: damua
Player/Character HMD: here
Other characters in game: None

IC Information
Character Name: Suzaku Kururugi
Character Canon: AU Suzaku Kururugi
Character Age/Gender: 18, Male
Canon Point: As Knight of Zero, during the time where they are trying to take down F.L.E.I.J.A
Character Canon History: Canon history

Character Personality: Simply put, Suzaku is a hero with a martyr complex, who was born into the wrong genre of anime by accident. Suzaku is content when sacrificing himself for others, be that physically in battle or emotionally putting their needs and rights over his. He is a serial atoner and has been ever since murdering his father at the age of ten. As a result of this incident he decided that the end never justifies the means.

This philosophy pretty much defines Suzaku’s life, at the beginning of the series he refuses to kill civilians; the first time we see this is him refusing to kill Lelouch and being shot as a result. He will go as far as to disobey orders in order to save civilians even when he knows he will be punished. He does however have no problems with being ordered to lay his life down and will obey calmly.

Of course, living in the world that he does, this strong moral standpoint slips every time it comes into conflict with his others loyalties: his loyalty to Japan and its people; his loyalty to the Britannian Army who he swore to serve; or to those who he cares about and wishes to protect. Because of the things he has done in the past, he firmly believes that he deserves to die and, though he never goes as far as explicitly attempting suicide, he has no qualms about putting himself in danger, fighting on past what is sane and reasonable, in the hope of achieving death. This deathwish forced Lelouch to cast a Geass on him: the order to “live on”, which has many horrific and far-reaching consequences, ironically making Suzaku hate himself even more.

For the most part Suzaku finds himself loyal to causes more than people, and will serve anyone who he believes will allow him to do what is right. This does mean he has a tendency for betraying those around him once they no longer fulfil these criteria; indeed he betrayed his own people, by joining the army of the nation who had invaded and colonised them. He then later betrays Lelouch to the Emperor after Euphemia’s death and so becomes a Knight of the Round, he also betrays Nunnally by using her as bait, and then Lelouch for a second time, albeit inadvertently. He then betrays the Emperor to join with Schneizel as part of a deal to become Knight of One, and finally betrays Schneizel to join with Lelouch for the sake of Zero Requiem.

After he fires F. L. E. I. J. A on Tokyo he goes through a shift of personality. He realises that his way of living, being a soldier and yet hating violence is not feasible and starts to lose his ideals of the means never justifying the end. He believes he has crossed a line and nothing he can do will make it better and so during Zero Requiem he does horrific things in the name of his final goal of saving the world.

Outside of battle situations Suzaku is polite and reserved but cautiously friendly. He drifts through levels of formality depending on who he is with and how well he knows them. When he started Lelouch’s school he waited for the other students to approach him first and to accept him before he became relaxed around to them (which was probably smart as he met horrid prejudice and bullying due to being Japanese in a Britannian school) once the other students accepted him he became friendly and came to care for them a lot.

AU Information: This is a game transplant AU so everything that happened in canon up to the point where Suzaku tried to take down FLEIJA with Lelouch happened, and then he woke up on a train.

A train that was heading to a mysterious city called Rakuen, where he was to attend school and fight battles. I have written a detailed history here and will speak more about how these 19 weeks have effected his personality here.

The most important differences between him and canon Suzaku are that he is missing a few important memories, originally ten but three of them have been returned to him (in the way of charms)

The ones he is still missing are:

All knowledge of how to drive a Knightmare Frame
Euphemia's face (he can remember everything else about her and recognise her by voice, just cannot remember what her face looks like)
How to speak Japanese
That he is under a Live on Geass
Names of those on the student council of Ashford (excluding Nunnally and Lelouch)
What cat fur feels like
The moment of Euphemia's death

He also had forgotten how to put on a Yukata, That he fired F.L.E.I.J.A and that Lelouch was Zero.

The latter was a very important part of his development in Rakuen, as Lelouch had also been brought and had forgotten that he and Suzaku were ever enemies. They continued a friendship stronger and less damaging than the one they had in canon. However this made the betrayal when they both remembered even greater, especially as by that time they were linked and unable to avoid each other. However they were able to fit back into a relationship that was sort of like that of the end of canon, except even less friendly, a bit more desperate and focussed.

Another key difference to do with memories is that though Suzaku has now remembered firing FLEIJA he has forgotten that he has a live on Geass cast on him. Therefore as far as he can work out firing FLEIJA was a choice he made. He knows that this makes him a monster and as such has an even lower opinion of himself.

One of the things Suzaku thought about and explored during his time in Rakuen was the idea of Nations and his part in bringing down Britannia. It turns out that taking down a country is a lot harder when the country is a living breathing person who flops on you. Even if Suzaku had expected a Britannia who was a person he would have expected them to be mean, to hate him, or to think him less than human. But Britannia was nice even if her morals left a lot to be desired, she considered him one of her own even if he was just an honorary Britannian. He also met an Area 11 (who also didn't hate him even if he didn't trust him) and a Japan from a world where Japan was free.

Before the end he was able to see Britannia as she was after the war, a confused scared person who wasn't sure of her place in the world but was hoping to find it. It saddened him that he had brought her to that, even if he knew it was for the best.

His friendships with Vane and Cirno were also important as they were people not of his world; who he made friends with of his own accord. His decision to link with Vane was not made lightly and he feels guilt for not being able to protect him. He also feels responsible for Cirno and because she was there at the end she stopped him from falling into despair.

Suzaku became more confident in his time in Rakuen city, just being in a world where the majority of people weren't from his own world helped with his self confidence a lot. He was just another student and not an 'eleven' or 'that honoury Britannian', he wasn't 'the massacre princess' knight' or the 'white demon'. Though his status as a knight continued to be important to him, and he never forgot about his world or his job there he was able to build up an image that was untainted.

He picked up a smattering of skills which he did not have before, including flower pressing, poisons, American politics and cheer-leading. The classes were odd but he did his best and actually enjoyed himself when he wasn't in the middle of insane schemes with Lelouch.

He also started to deal with feelings again, almost crying when Lelouch disappeared. And again when they failed. Never fully though. He also knows that though for some reason he hasn't experienced it yet Zero Requiem is complete, as he was the only cast member to not be given memories of it.

Though he was built up quite a lot the ending did do a lot to break him. Despite all his efforts he saw everyone disappear and the city crumble, he couldn't stop it and he and Cirno were left alone at what was essentially the end of the world. This means that on pull point he will feel guilty, and like he has failed. Though this will be mixed with the feeling of everything being alright, and the fact that they helped make things better for next time; feelings given to him by the grey room.

Character Abilities: He is under a Geass of "Live," this activates whenever he is in danger, or about to give up and die making his body do everything in its power to continue living.

Outide of that though Suzaku has no super powers or magic. He is however pretty good at combat. With rediculous hand eye coordination and reaction times he is able to do things like disarm a pendalum gun and destroy an automatic firing machine gun without being hurt. He also is trained in martial arts and Knightmare frame piloting.

Character Inventory: He is wearing a school uniform (in the colours of red and white) and a ridiculous red beret.

He is wearing a bracelet with charms on it, each one is a memory, three of them are his own. These are:

- That Lelouch is Zero
- That he detonated FLEIJA on Toykyo
- How to put on a Yukata

He also has memories from other people which he picked up along the way. These are:

- The memory of Don Whitehouse's final speach to the guilds (and his subsequent death)
- The memory of Feferi's relationships with Eridan Ampora and Sollux Captor
- The memory of what an Eleven is (a memory of Nunnally's)
- CC's real name (a memory of Lelouch's)

He remembers these things only when he is wearing the charms.

A school backpack with a bunch of books and notepads on subjects from "Fashion" to "Poisons" and everything in between. He also has the exaclan handbook, which looks like it has been read often, as well as dropped in water, thrown about and generally abused.

9 rings with different symbols on them, they are all on his left hand, stacked on top of each other. All of these are upgrade and ability rings which I assume wouldn't work as the Rakuen technology doesn't exist outside the city. But I will list them anyways.
- Last Stand
- Protect
- Durability Boost
- Agility Boost
- Form Change
- Strength Boost
- Sacrificed Heart
- Flight
- Coup de Grace

A PDA Which I'm guessing wont be connected to anything. If it still has battery life then it has a basic word processor and a bit of memory in which documents can be saved.

Also in his rucksack is a tarnished broken choker necklace, a white glove with a silver sword embroidered on it, a red glove with a silver sword embroidered on it and a pouch with 26 raks (coins).

Samples: Interactive thread: here If that is not enough I have more!

Introspective: One moment he had been walking with Cirno, opening every door they could, looking for something, anything, that could save them and the next he was floating in a grey room. The world was fuzzy but he had enough awareness to know what had happened, they had failed.

He hoped Cirno had gone too, a strange hope but he would not wish on her the fate of being the last one, all alone in that city. He was alone here but it was different, it was comforting, everything was fine.

The blank memory charm he had been given felt warm against his skin, as if reminding him of what he had to do.

What to tell, what to share. How to open the towers, how to fight the system. Other people will have shared that, but it bares repeating maybe. This was their chance, they might have failed but the next group could succeed.

He concentrated, sending thoughts into the charm. He didn't know how he knew what to do, he just did. What he sent though was Lelouch's speech, about how they would never be silenced, and never be stopped. Cirno's announcement that they were not stupid, that they could win. Hands on towers and stars shining in the sky. Kevin stood defending Golbez, Jake's punishment on behalf of Dirk and Jane. The Hitachiin twins dancing around him grinning.

Feferi pulling his Weapon, a star bursting between them, him and Vane linking, Britannia thanking him.

Because that seemed to be the important thing. It wasn't a battle one person could fight alone, and despite the systems attempts to drive them apart the game couldn't be won unless you worked together.

Out of everything he thought that was the most important piece of knowledge he could give, and something it had taken him a while to truly understand.

The grey world faded and he was on a hillside, surrounded with people. His memory seemed distant and inaccessible but he thought he knew them. He looked out onto the city and he knew that, tears pricked at his eyes as it began to glow. This was the end and it was up to the next group now, to do better then they had. The light penetrated into his mind and he was torn between sorrow and peace.
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2013-05-26 03:58 pm

Rakuen Timeline

Round One

Suzaku's adventures began when he woke up on a train next to an elderly man whom he didn't recognize and his enemy Zero. Then things got weird. He attacked Zero, the man tried to help Zero, Gino turned up, calling him a traitor, and claiming to serve Her Imperial Majesty. Zero seemed confused as to why Suzaku was attacking him at all and the old man who nobody knew seemed to know them all enough to try and talk them down.

By the time a woman walked down the aisle and claimed to be Britannia and claimed the man to be area 11 Suzaku had decided this was just some wacky dream.

Then Zero ordered Gino to help him escape and Gino did so, everyone seemed confused to why he was a traitor, he claimed that 'she' had ordered him to assist Zero when needed and that he was the Knight of One. Zero escaped, everyone was confused and then they remembered they were on a train, which had now stopped in the city of Rakuen.

Suzaku then met another man, who seemed very confused, couldn't remember where he was from, had never even heard of Britannia and called himself Antonio. As if things weren't strange enough already they seemed to understand nothing about where the other was coming from. The man claimed it was the year 2012, whereas Suzaku knew it to be the year 2018.

Things got weirder. They were met at the platform by two girls and seperated into two groups, one for the schoo of Conquest and one for Fortitude. Suzaku was placed in Conquest and was led to a dormitory and told he had a day to get to know the place.

It soon came apparent that a lot of their confusion came from the fact that they had lost memories, important things, trivial things, trying to remember what they had forgotten brought headaches as Suzaku found when he met Lelouch. Lelouch still thought Nunnally dead in FLEIJA and when she turned up he was in pain. Nunnally could see though, and couldn't remember how or why. She didn't seem angry at them though, despite the fact Suzaku remembered her as their enemy.

And there were more people who had never heard of Britannia, who thought he was from Britain, who claimed to be from places that he had never heard of. And furthermore he spoke to Britannia properly, she still believes Charles to be on the throne and had never heard of Lelouch. She did tell him that every country was a person.

Suzaku learned one memory that he had lost; Japanese. Britannia was unsympathetic and told him that Kiku could teach him it again. He then caught Britannia up with everything she had apparently missed.

That evening there was an exhibition match where they all learned about the reason they had been brought to the city. The Exaclan system. A holographic weapon system with which you could do battle, the fighting was impressive at least, if a little weird.

The next day the Round began, they had an assembly when everything was explained to them. That each week people would be called as Players and everyone else would be a Weapon, with no rights. They could be granted rights by joining with a Player for the round.

He met a troll called Feferi, who wanted to change things but wasn't sure how. They discussed changing things from the inside, which gave Suzaku a headache. They decided to vow and she became his first Player.

And so began his first week in Rakuen city, he attended classes including Astronomy, Poisons, Dance and Hairography, Magic for Mages and Fashion (taught by Gino, which he was not impressed about)

He learned that there were other worlds, hence the trolls and the confusion, and that there were other systems like this in other universes. He also learned that people could disappear; as happened to Feferi's friend Sollux.

On the rest day he learned another important lesson. Death as they knew it was meaningless. Gamzee; Lelouch's roommate, murdered Lelouch and he woke up again. He went to find Suzaku as they had not seen each other since the last Rest Day, Nanami caught them and killed Lelouch again whilst inflicting a penalty on Suzaku, to teach him a lesson. Gamzee was insane as Suzaku later found out.

Battling: As Feferi's Weapon they fought Kotarou, winning agiant him and Vriska who they lost to. Suzaku became Vriska's for the remainder of the round.

Round Two

Suzaku was still upset about the events of Rest Day and found out that he had been called as a Player that round. He went about collecting Weapons to give them rights but that was all, he was not planning to play along with this system. He vowed with Feferi after learning that she knew Gamzee and discussing how Nanami had killed Lelouch. He also spoke to Aisha about finding ways to escape the city.

He spoke to Britannia again, and asked her to protect Lelouch. Their conversation was confusing as he began to learn what it meant to be a Nation and how she could not change unless her people changed. It made him think about their mission back home and what that actually meant.

He gained a Weapon in Homura, who was trying to collect raks to protect her friend, America who he vowed with so the man could get better food and Don who was against the system, Don disliked knights unfortunately.

Him and Lelouch also went to meet Nanami who offered to help Lelouch solve the mysteries of Rakuen if Lelouch killed her at the end, when she could die. Suzaku just played guard throughout the meeting but he gathered information. She told them that she had been part of a previous group who had beat the system, and stayed behind. She also told them about glitches and how one had resulted in people regaining their powers. She wouldn't tell them how everyone else had left this world.

Lelouch regained the memory of Shirely and all that had happened to her, he told Suzaku the truth, that Rolo killed Shirely. They made plans, talking about the legend of six stars and demons, and the princess. All which they had heard on the train, and Golbez had gotten from the mayor. Since Suzaku had earned so many raks that round he agreed to buy Lelouch upgrades.

During a walk with America he learned another oddity of this strange place, people could have doubles, those that looked identical but came from different worlds.

He and Lelouch tried to win Nunnally off Gino but failed, aftwerwards they talked about how Nunnally could be the empress and why Gino was being loyal to Zero and Suzaku told Lelouch about how he had betrayed the emperor... why he had been at Ragonork junction. However Lelouch had no idea what he was talking about- and did not get a memory headache, it was brand new information. They were from different times as well.

On Thursday Zero made an announcement, putting up posters claiming they should work together and take down the system, fight against oppression. Suzaku was angry and went round making sure people knew this was a terrorist not some kind of hero.

During his fight with Estonia lelouch's Weapon showed a star, and with his upgrades he was promoted to Prefect.

Battling:He fought Dahlia (with Fef) who surrendered straight away, as it had been a ploy by Lelouch so that Lelouch could be Suzaku's Weapon. He fought Yuri with Homura and gained Rebecca as a Weapon, He fought England and lost America to him, He fought Dave and lost Homura to him; so she could be with Madoka, He fought Oichi and lost Rebecca to her, he fought Gino and lost Don to him, fought Estonia and lost though Lelouch was given back to him, and fought Nephenee and won, giving her Weapons back. He won the round as he managed to have six weapons simultaneously.

Round 3

The round started off badly. Conquest had lost and Day was angry, angry Day meant headaches as they would learn. He earned headaches for all the battles he had lost. In the face of everything Suzaku apologised to Gino for... well everything really; betraying him, how he was acting. Gino forgave him instantly.

He vowed with Feferi again, becoming her weapon to continue their attempt to change the system from within.

Early Monday morning there was an explosion on Fortitude campus at the tower. Suzaku went in even though he wasn't allowed and checked that Lelouch was alright. He suspected Zero and Lelouch told him that he had seen Zero leaving the scene.

A little later that morning Dolorosa made a post to the network asking for information on the subject Zero, Suzaku told her that he knew who Zero was but had forgotten, and that he would do his best to earn enough for a memory charm. She left him some money so that he could buy one.

During Astronomy class that day they discussed Stars. The ones from the legend not the ones in the sky. Suzaku told Golbez about how a Star had appeared on Lelouch's Weapon. Santana was not impressed and Suzaku and Kevin tried to defend Golbez. She fined him 15 raks though Golbez only had 10.

An hour after that Flynn (a prefect) came onto the network to announce that someone had gone below zero raks and a penalty was to begin, three people were punished, one an hour until Golbez got enough raks. Feferi was second to be punished. Suzaku was angry that such a thing could happen.

Then later (it was a very busy Monday okay) Lelouch and Feferi battled, during this battle when Feferi pulled Suzaku's Weapon it starred, just like Lelouch's had the round before.

Lelouch wasn't too happy about the star though he wasn't sure why and he decided that he and Suzaku should link, they weren't sure it would work but it did. They tried to figure out why the stars appeared and what Lelouch and Feferi had in common. Santana told them off, even though it wasn't strictly against the rules and told Lelouch he should be trying to encourage the rivalry.

Suzaku also attended sword class and got a practice partner in Sis. And Battle tactics class; taught by Cornelia who took him out of class to interrogate about how long he had been there and who was from their world and about the spirits of nations.

In the middle of the week it was Red Day. This was a bi-annual event in Rakuen city which celebrated bonds forged by battles. It was a strange holiday, but Lelouch insisted they play along and gave Suzaku cookies to give out (given to Britannia, Gino, Nephenee, Estonia, Dahlia, Yuri, England, Dave, Oichi, the Don (who refused his gift), America, Becca, Homura, Lithuania and Kevin) He gave Feferi and Lelouch a box of chocolates he had bought each. Santana gave him flowers, Sis gave him a card with a flower attached saying Good work, America gave him a hamburger and some candy, Dave gave him an apple cut into a heart, Feferi got him a card, a box of chocolates and a memory charm.

And so Suzaku regained his first memory; how to wear a Yukata. He, Lelouch, Nunnally, Britannia and Gino went on a picnic to the lake, and investigated the tower there. They discovered that when Lelouch or Gino (also a prefect) touched it it hummed.

On the Friday of that week he finally used the money Dolorosa had given him to buy a memory. This time it was not so small; he remembered FLEIJA.

Hit with the enormity of what he had done and the fact that Lelouch was missing memories so couldn't remember when Suzaku told him what had happened, he ran off into the woods to think (and hit things). He spoke to Britannia about it the next day even though she had no idea what FLEIJA was. She called him one of her people and he began to wonder if he was, whose protection was he under when he had hurt both Japan and Britannia; it was a lot harder when countries were people.

He spent the whole rest day coming to terms with doing such a monstrous act, and having forgotten it.

Battling: Lelouch won him off Feferi on Monday.

Round Four

Suzaku met this round with grim determination. They were going to find a way out, and they were going to do it quickly. He was a Player again yet was unsure about his ability to protect anyone when he had harmed so many. Still he took Ashnari (a man he had just met) as his weapon as he couldn't let anyone be a discard.

Feferi came to him and told him she felt awkward about how angry Lelouch had seemed when she had pulled her star, that she didn't want trouble between him and Lelouch and she would be vowing with Sis. Suzaku told her that it was for the best, as he had deceived her and really wasn't a good person. She told him she would still worry about him regardless and she believed him a good person. As an apology he bought her her upgrades later that week, turning her into a Prefect.

He then discovered that Nunnally had slipped into a coma, and was n the infirmary.

Lelouch ordered hm to vow with Cornelia which he did, though he lost her to Golbez.

He spoke to someone whose friends remembered him but not him, someone different. They recognised each other yet came from vastly different worlds that couldn't be explained by different times.

Suzaku bought Lelouch a memory charm, mostly just to distract him from Nunnally being unconcious, Lelouch remembered his mothers face. He got angry though that memories had been taken from him, and said he would go mad in this place. Suzaku promised that he wouldn't let that happen.

Nunnally woke up near the end of the week, Suzaku was at her side and now that he remembered that she wasn't the only one who had fired FLEIJA he wasn't so angry, also he was guilty as he had almost killed her. He asked how she had gotten her sight again and this time she told him, he asked if Schneizel had forced her to fire FLEIJA and she said no; she had done it as she didn't want anyone else to shoulder the burden.

Suzaku realised that she had grown up, he felt guilty for that but she told him that since Lelouch had done everything for her it was the least she could do. He asked what happened and she told him that the world became peaceful but Lelouch didn't live to see it. Their plan had worked.

Santana challenged people to a fight, Lelouch agreed though by the time of the fight he had been lost and so Suzaku fought with Feferi instead.

Battling: Suzaku (with Lelouch) beat Sadaharu Inui and gave Dahlia back to him, he lost Ashnari to Spain, wins Cornelia off Golbez, wins Cornelia back (off Spain this time) and then loses her to Dave, wins Feferi off Sis Strider, loses Lelouch to Jade and then fights Santana with Feferi and loses but gets Feferi back.

Round Five

Now that Nunnally was awake it was time for Lelouch to fall into a coma. Suzaku spent the round worried about him, but there were other things to be worried about. Day had been attacked by Yuri the night before assembly and she was furious, she punished everyone for losing, and then punished Flynn for the attack. Because Flynn and Yuri were linked. Suzaku vowed with Flynn.

He attended Crime Solving and murder class, also Government class (taught by America) which he didn't understand at all.

He met a girl called Lemina who had managed to drown, after explaining about undead rings, she vowed with Nunnally.

He also got to know his new roommate Rose as Kevin had been made a Prefect. She couldn't see, this turned into an impromptu geography lesson wherein he learned that Britannia in his world was the landmass called the United States of America in hers (and he assumed other worlds with similar geography)

At the end of the Round Lelouch woke up.

Battling: He wasn't used in Battle this round.

Round Six

This round began with fog. And an assembly unlike the others, as it was a joint assembly in the battle arena.

They were informed a dungeon had appeared, in the form of a ship. The Players were to take their Weapons to explore and fight their way to the centre of the ship to gain treasure.

During that assembly he met a woman who said he was one of hers, she claimed to be Japan. She seemed surprised that there had been a male version of herself, and furthermore had never heard of the Holy Empire of Britannia. She was a free Japan from another world.

He Lelouch and Britannia entered the ship, adopted a kitten (leading to Suzaku learning that he had forgotten something about cats, memory resets everywhere), they fought some creatures, got some treasure.

A few days into the Round Lelouch summoned Suzaku into the ship without warning (Players had a fancy device which let them enter and exit the dungeon) He was furious and Suzaku had no idea why. He asked if Suzaku remembered Lelouch's memory being modified before they had arrived in the city, Suzaku said no and Lelouch shoved him into a wall and called him a liar. Suzaku asked if he had remembered FLEIJA as that was the only thing he could think of.

Lelouch said it was FLEIJA it was all the times they had fought, it was when Suzaku allowed Nunnally to be stolen from Lelouch, it was when he had allowed Charles to take his memories. Suzaku just got a headache, utterly confused.

Lelouch threw a memory charm at him and told him he would keep buying them until Suzaku remembered what he had done, luckily (or unfortunately) he didn't have to as it was the right memory... In a rush of anger Suzaku remembered that Lelouch was Zero and all that that meant. They fought and screamed at each other and Lelouch had a real gun which Suzaku didn't even try to take from him.

Lelouch drew Suzaku's weapon and shoved him backwards before shooting the weapon; essentially Suzaku's soul. Suzaku fell unconscious and was in a coma for three days.

He woke up on Rest Day, filled with fear and anger and guilt, dealing with the fact Lelouch was Zero, had killed Euphemia, of all the things Suzaku had done to him. And the knowledge that they were linked, it was irreversible. They were stuck together.

Anya had arrived and he spent some time with her and Gino trying to pretend that everything was normal and that the world was not crumbling beneath him. He then went to Dolorosa and told her that he had remembered who Zero was, she guessed more than him telling, from his reaction that it was Lelouch.

He went to the lakeside and Lelouch was there, he had calmed down and told him that despite everything he had still chosen him as his knight. Suzaku asked if he regretted it (even if Lelouch technically hadn't done it yet) Lelouch said no and asked if Suzaku had told Dolorosa. Suzaku admitted to it.

Lelouch told him he still needed his help and they agreed to try and open a tower, as per their plan. Things were frosty though.

And made worse by Britannia, she came to cheer Suzaku up and made things worse, wondering why he had ever thought he and Lelouch were friends, emperors could not be friends with their subjects after all. And telling him that Lelouch had been using him even as children.

Battling: There were no battles due to dungeon. For obvious reasons they didn't beat the dungeon.

Round Seven

Also known as the round where Suzaku angsted about everything and lost every single battle he was in. Every. Single. Battle.

He vowed with Minako, who was new. Most of his efforts went into helping Lelouch open the Battle Arena tower. Lelouch, Kevin, Gino and Jade were the prefects who were trying to open the tower. Suzaku was there as back up as was Dave, each of them put their hand on the tower and it began to hum, when the last hand was placed a star shot from the top and from the star came a creature. The Yellow Wyrm of the Centre. A battle began, Lelouch rallied people over the network and everyone arrived.

He used Nunnally's Weapon and promised not to tell Lelouch that she was at the battle, and to get her a weapon she could use if he could manage it. He vowed to Kanda on the battle field in order to give him a weapon, and he fought side by side with Feferi. They defeated the Wyrm and in reward they all received a voucher to buy one thing from Recette's Shop. (Suzaku used this on a memory for Cirno during the next round)

He and Lelouch explored the open tower, they discovered many weapons, some they recognised from those that had disappeared. At the top of the tower were windows and two hand prints on a pedestal.

Also that week he began Advanced Summoning class, a very strange class indeed.

He also got his final upgrades and became a Prefect.

Battling: He lost Minako to Jade, Feferi to America and Kanda to Dirk.

Round Eight

His first round as a Prefect, he was punished for losing as Conquest had lost again and he met Cirno for the first time after she made an impassioned speech about fighting the system. He vowed with her without even asking Lelouch.

Golbez was made a prefect early in the Round and began planning to open another tower, Suzaku volunteered to help. America's Rak count fell below 0 as he didn't fight by mid week, Nunnally was one of the people punished, Lelouch came to help her and Suzaku talked Santana into not punishing him if they got off campus.

That rest day Suzaku was one of those meeting new characters at the Platform. He had the worst group; Arthur, who bossed him about, blamed him for being there and was a prat. Stellaluna, a baby bat who wouldn't leave Jane's shirt. Jadesprite, a dog ghost girl who couldn't remember her name and wouldn't stop crying, and Nepeta, a young cat like troll girl who wouldn't leave the train, was suspicious of him and the sky.

Battling: He was used against Lemina, Cirno won but gave Lemina's Weapon back.

Round Nine

Was a tournament. An interesting round. Nunnally was a player and Suzaku was her Weapon, she got knocked out in the first round however as Stellaluna had a pack ring which meant Flynn could fight for her. Suzaku ended up as Stellaluna's Weapon and the little bat went on to win the tournament. She got a mini Yellow Wyrm as a prize. The townspeople really enjoyed the tournament.

Britannia got memories back but not through charms, instead she fell asleep and when she awoke she seemed to be from a later time than before. She had remembered the FLEIJA attacks on Britannia and Lelouch taking over.

Suzaku and Lelouch finally talked properly about what had happened and what Britannia had said to Suzaku. Lelouch assured him they had been friends and told him that he trusted him, even if he betrayed him. That he had earned the right to.

There had been another negative raks punishment and Cirno had been the one to administer it. She was upset afterwards and he went to talk to her, to try and help her with her guilt.

Feferi disappeared this round.

It should be noted that in the rest day of this round he was exposed to awful Strider movies. We are not sure what that did to his character development except maybe make him appreciate Britannian films more.

Battling: Stellaluna won him and Lelouch off Nunnally. She then used them and Flynn against Anya and won. And she used Suzaku as part of her team to beat Daenerys. Suzaku used her pack ring for that battle.

Round Ten

Golbez was planning to open a second tower, he was a Player so asked for Suzaku as his Weapon. Suzaku agreed and on Monday they opened the second tower. Suzaku, Golbez, Sora Himoto and Jake. This time they summoned the Red Phoenix of the South.

Huge firebird, with fire balls. Lelouch decided this was a wonderful time to fall into a coma, and Suzaku died protecting him from a fireball. He rejoined the battle, Lelouch had been put somewhere safe. He and Golbez fought together. For opening this tower he received an ornate bottle that could be sent to send a message home.

Lelouch woke up at the end of the round having had a similar experience to Britannia, except he now remembered way into Suzaku's future, to the point where he died. Suzaku was obviously glad they had succeeded and torn that Lelouch was dead, even though he was obviously alive. Lelouch told him that nothing would stop him taking down the system, no matter how much they punished Suzaku in his stead. Suzaku told him to do his worst.

During the next rest day Suzaku slipped into a coma.

Battling: Golbez used him against Jake and they won Jane from him. He also used him against Samuel and won Kotaro from him.

Round Eleven

Suzaku was in a coma almost all of Round Eleven, waking only for the day of the Round. (Aka I was on Hiatus) However when he woke up he went to Logical Nonsense and Recrementitious Explication of Elementary Absurdity taught by the Cheshire Cat (with whom he began a wonderful and confusing friendship), Introduction to Rogue Training and a Practical Approach to Alcohol Appreciation by Isabela (with whom he began a wonderful hateship) and Cooking by Flynn (where he managed not to poison anyone somehow).

Battling: Due to his coma Suzaku was a discard.

Round Twelve

He was a Player again, and for the first time so was Lelouch. He managed to get an initial Weapon in a man called Jack Noir.

During Cheer class (taught by Santana) he got into trouble for not being enthusiastic enough, and Santana tried to make him react, before telling him he was only good for obeying orders. In Knight Training he and Arthur discussed the differences of Knighthood in their worlds and in Abnormal Botany he learned about flying carnivorous plants.

He also spoke to Isabela again and she told him she hated people like him, people who thought they were heroes. He told her he was no hero.

All in all not a good round for self confidence

On Friday there was a thunderstorm and as a Prefect he was sent to round people up and make sure they stayed in the dorms. Lelouch left him a PDA message telling him he might end up with a penalty before the night was over and Suzaku spent his time wondering what Lelouch was getting into. He also learned more about strange shadows that now lived in the towers, which you had to fight in order to enter, from Jadesprite.

He was proud of Cirno who won the round.

He was on Platform duty again, Hikaru attacked him and had to be talked down by Samuel. Suzaku gave Hikaru his message bottle so he could send a letter to his brother.

He also met Nanami Kiryuu, who tried to treat him like a servant but he didn't let her, Madotsuki and Aria.

Later that afternoon it was time for Lelouch's next attack. He gave Suzaku a computer program to run on Conquest computers. They attacked the system on three fronts and succeeded in breaking the translators. No one could understand each other for a while. Suzaku got frustrated that he couldn't speak Japanese.

Battling: He lost America to Cirno and Juri to Arthur. He tried not to win Conquest only battles as he didn't want others punished.
Interschool battle wise he beat Komachi yet gave her Weapons back, he beat Lelouch and won Juri off him, he beat Sora and gave her Weapon back.

Round Thirteen

Of course actions have consequences and by Sunday the translators were fixed and everyone was summoned to a joint assembly. Dunleavy was livid, and she had found the culprits. Both Suzaku and Lelouch took each others punishments, fifteen minutes of pain for their actions. She had also caught Dirk's rabbit Lil Seb and as both Jane (who owned Lil Seb) and Dirk (who sent him to attack) confessed both their Stars were punished. Which was Jake; he got half an hour of pain.

Lelouch made a dramatic speech before their punishment.

Suzaku and Lelouch also had their rights taken away for the week, essentially becoming discards no matter if they were owned Weapons or Players. Suzaku was a Player. He spent the week confined to campus, not seeing Lelouch except his fight with Yuka, which they jumped through hoops in order to have.

Near the end of the week Lelouch slipped into a coma again, and Suzaku worried about him, unable to even get updates from Britannia as he was banned from using the network.

Rest day came at last and Suzaku was glad of platform duty just to get off campus. He met Kaoru and Yosuke who were both new. Saturday ended up badly when Nunnally disappeared from the city.

Battling: Due to his discard but Player status he couldn't have any interschool battles as he couldn't organise them or get off campus to fight. However he fought Yuka and Arthur and beat them both, giving their Weapons back.

Round Fourteen

Upset about Nunnaly and worried about Lelouch Suzaku was surprised to hear that this round was to be different. A school trip, out of the city. They were bundled onto the train and strangely enough fell asleep once more before arriving at their destination. Suzaku had been made a Player, and given a special red glove for the trip.

Each Player was assigned a Weapon (or two) and Suzaku was assigned a man called Vanezio, from his school and teacher of the Flower Pressing class. Vane was not that great at out door things and whilst Suzaku helped him pitch the tent he learned why, and about Vane's world which was very different than his. A world which was mostly destroyed and where humans lived in protective domes.

It was a strange friendship but they got on well in the week they were Player and Weapon. On the Monday they went hiking, Suzaku learned that Vane was ill and yet had forgotten how to use his medication. Suzaku helped him and making sure Vane took his painkillers became a job Suzaku never forgot to do for the rest of their time in Rakuen.

On Tuesday they built a bridge, something they excelled at as Vanezio was an engineer and Suzaku good at such things.

On the Wednesday they went climbing and all went well... until Suzaku's link necklace fell off, falling down the cliff to be lost in the wilderness, Lelouch had disappeared. He fell from the wall, fatally wounding Vane as a result.

Vane's medicine meant that he wasn't aware of how much damage had happened as he felt no pain. They talked, a painful conversation as Suzaku tried and failed to sort out his feelings, and then after Vane tried to convince him that crying would be a good idea, shoving all his feelings aside to be worried for Vane, who died in his arms.

Even though he woke up minutes later back in camp Suzaku felt incredibly guilty and believed himself to be in Vane's debt.

On Thursday they had a canoe race (which they were hilariously bad at), built a tree house (which was not as fun as it should have been as Suzaku was numb from loss). On Friday they had an epic obstacle course with everything from swimming to climbing, testing teamwork. They did well though once again it was tinged with sadness and awkwardness.

Then they returned to the city, and Suzaku had to deal with the fact that Lelouch had truly gone. He was in a state of shock and was quick to anger if he showed any emotion at all. He snapped at America over something stupid, and had less patience than usual on the Platform meeting new people.

Battling: He lost against Arthur, Yuka, Yosuke, Santana and fought a three way battle with Yuri and Asagi which Asagi won.

Round Fifteen

Known as the round where Suzaku pretty much gave up. He remained a discard throughout and kept himself to himself, going to classes but avoiding people (specifically the Hitachiin twins who were trying to set up a Hoast Club)

He did talk to Cirno who was visiting Nephenee in the infirmary where she had been in a coma for a very long time. She was lost and uncertain and he told her about the towers and what Lelouch had been trying to do. She decided she would try to open another tower and asked for his help. They decided to have a meeting on the next rest day in the town.

That rest day was haunted by strange ghosts, people who had once been there, or had never been there, disappearing if you got to close. Haunted by old friends they had their meeting. Suzaku had enlisted Flynn's help to find out which Prefects could open the tower. Soon they had a plan and got ready for the next round.

Battling: Suzaku was a discard this week.

Round Sixteen

And they were back on track. Suzaku entered this round with a grim determination much like the end of canon where he is speeding towards Zero Requiem. They planned t open the towers and get out, as fast as they could. He took the words of Lelouch's speech to heart, there was nothing they could do to them to make them stop.

He vowed with Arthur and made a network post offering to buy upgrades to anyone who wanted them, in order to make as many prefects as possible. Arthur spent a lot of time in the shop, which he grumbled about but went along with anyways.

He got mocked by Santana, and kissed by Asagi and somehow ended up buying random things as well but his mission was soon completed. After a conversation with Vane they decided to link, for convenience as it would guarantee Vane a star on his Weapon.

It was a sign of Suzaku's determination and that he was willing to continue on, even now Lelouch had disappeared. Yuri, Flynn, Rebecca and Cirno opened the Island tower and this time they summoned the Black Turtle of the North. they fought and won, this time Suzaku recieved a broach, which would allow him to take a weapon out of the tower. He took Lelouch's.

However to dampen their success Nephenee disappeared, Cirno was upset and Suzaku tried to convince her that even though it seemed like nothing had changed they had done a positive thing.

Battling: He was used in battle by Arthur against Merlin. They won.

Round Seventeen

He continued being determined and pushing towards the end, they unlocked another fragment of legend and he and Vane became Cirno's Weapons.

Britannia experienced more of the future, right the way up to Lelouch's death and her empire being disbanded. She was lost and confused and Suzaku felt bad that he had had a part in that, even though he knew it was for the best. Yet she thanked him, and was sad that he had been lost.

Cirno hadn't been going to lessons for a few weeks and that finally caught up to her, Suzaku was forced to punish Yuka; Cirno's star. Cirno was obviously upset and Suzaku felt guilty. It caused a rift in their friendship and Suzaku avoided both her and Cirno.

Battling: Suzaku wasn't used in battle that round.

Round Eighteen

Suzaku was a Player that round and Yuka asked if he would vow to her, he had been avoiding her since the punishment but she told him that it was important to show them that they couldn't drive them apart. That whatever they made them do they could and would still work together. With that in mind he challenged Cirno so that they wouldn't be punished for not battling.

Battling: He lost to Cirno using Vane.

Round Nineteen

It was obvious from the start that something was wrong, all the staff looked worried. Dunleavy apologised for not making them fully understand how important what they did was, and for not forcing the matter of battling. She told them they could still fix things, they were to fight well, make strong vows and protect each other. She also gave them a blank memory charm each, and told them they would know what to do if the time came. With this in mind Suzaku took the Hitachiin twins as Weapons as well as Vanezio and the final week began.

He met Cirno near the battle arena tower and went with her so she could collect a weapon. They fought the shadows and he was there for her on the other side, just as promised. They put what had happened behind them, in order to try and fix things.

But things got worse, on Monday all the discards disappeared, people got penalty headaches, on Tuesday shadows swarmed the city, more people disappeared including Dunleavy, Dolorosa and Santana. Food was scarce, on Wednesday the city was attacked by the Black Tortoise of the North who returned to it's tower, which locked behind it. All the weapons collected from there disappeared as did Nanami. The city began to shake, the power was intermittent at best.

On Wednesday night Kaoru, Kikaru and Vane all vanished, as did every other non Prefect Weapon in the city. Suzaku had failed to save them, he and Yuka ate not quite ripe strawberries and watched the dying in horror, wondering what they had done so wrong.

On Thursday he could hear a wailing and the Phoenix attacked, that tower shut and locked and Day vanished. That night all remaining Weapons disappeared. Leaving the Players.

On Friday the Yellow Wyrm attacked and it's tower locked, Recette disappeared. The buildings began to crumble, Suzaku tried to gather the Players together.

At 5pm everyone who was not a Prefect disappeared leaving Cirno and Suzaku alone in a ruined city. They sat by the lake and tried to think of what they could even do, and how it had even came to this. They feared they would be left alone and wondered if they were doing to die. They decided they couldn't just sit around and in a last ditch attempt to save things they went to the mansion, to find something, anything that could help.

And eventually they disappeared too. He ended up in a grey room and knew the time for the memory charm was now. He could give advice, a feeling, words of wisdom. Because his time was done but next time things could be better.

He stepped out of the grey world and stood on the hillside overlooking Rakuen, surrounded by everyone else, the townspeople and students and he watched as the city and the watchers were engulfed in light and he knew that even if he wouldn't be around to see it, everything was going to be alright.