asgardeventide | 001; audio; day 65

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001; audio; day 65

[The transmission is preceded by a brief sigh, a sound halfway between begrudging and resigned. Not the best noise to make while forming a first impression, but he's past caring at the moment.]

Hello. My name is Lelouch vi Britannia, and evidently, I am among Asgard's newest residents. [A brief pause.] If at all possible, an introduction to the city beyond the incredibly spartan letter and explanation offered by the house staff would be appreciated. I've taken the liberty of browsing some of the messages already posted, of course, but that hardly beats the convenience of having it all rephrased yet again for me, doesn't it?

[He may sound faintly self-mocking. Just faintly, though, and it fades in an instant.]

Besides, it seems like I'm going to be staying here for a while.

[Sudden opening of the city gates or not. And... well, it can't hurt to ask, so after a pause, he does.]

The term "Ragnarok" has come to mean a number of things over the centuries. A selfish man thought it would be the dawn of a new era of peace at the expense of personal freedom and expression. Of course, he wasn't looking at it in those terms, but that's what the result would have been.

Tell me, are our actions here meant to preserve this world from a literal twilight of the gods, a figurative one, or something else?

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I have, but I must confess to being fond of wearing my own clothes instead. Why?

Oh. Were they not your style?

... You sure like questioning, do you. [ Hmph. ]

I'm picky, and it seemed like you were going somewhere with that.

[ F-Fashionista!! In a way, she's not sure if she should be confused or delighted that some guy has high standards in fashion--or maybe he's just like Lady Gaga. ]

I guess if you don't like the clothes that were given to you, we can go shopping sometime. [ SHE HAS MONEY NOW. ] Unless you prefer to make your clothes by hand.

[How did she kn-- wait, no, there's no way she could know that. It's probably some throwaway comment. ... Right.]

I suppose there's no harm in seeing what they have available.

[ It really is a throwaway comment actually. It's better than saying they can go steal some. ]

I'm hoping you're not a passionate window shopper... Also you can do some job hunting.

[... Job hunting, when he'd never worked a day in his life. Not at a conventional job, at any rate.]

What sort of qualifications do most employers look for, exactly? I haven't much experience.

Pretty domestic things... Taking orders, waiting on people, cooking, baking, and the likes! Though you can also work at the butcher's and carve meat.

Then there's making your own business.

[... Taking orders and waiting on people. No, that doesn't sound pleasant. Cooking and baking, however... well, he can tolerate that. As for the rest--]

What would starting a business entail?

Whatever it sounds like. Labor, sweat, tears, and blood!

You can easily start it by getting a loan from the bank and you build it up from there. I don't think it's something you want to get into right off the bat though, since you recently arrived.

I know. Still, it's valuable to at least know what I'd be looking at ahead of time.

Haaaa, am I looking at a future business owner then?

I'm keeping my options open at the moment.

Then can you already picture what this business will be? I'm a bit curious!

Nosy, you mean, and it depends on a lot of different factors anyway.

Heeeey, at least I'm not going into your personal life like a magazine or anything. So mean. [ Chuckles a bit. ]

Even so.

[ If only she can bat his shoulder-- ] A purebred killjooooooy.

I've been called worse.

You must have had quite the reputation if you have been called worse, Lelouch.

I can only wonder.

... There being such a limited number of things worse than killjoys.

But were they ridiculous like Sir Mittens, Knight of the Meow Meow Association?

... I don't believe so, no.

I guess I should only call you some ridiculous things so it balances out.

Oh yeah... So when are we going to arm wrestle?

I'd really rather you didn't. And... you were serious about that?

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