log; ongoing

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When; April 21, Early Evening
Rating; PG-13?
Characters; Lelouch vi Britannia [ lel0uch ] & Yuuki [ guardianhime ]
Summary; There comes a time when bathrooms run out of tissue, and one must go out into the world to actually buy them by the economy packs-- because the Rebellion budget doesn't cover your tissue-paper-grocery-buying needs and requesting it costs more in pride money :|
Log;

There were plenty of disadvantages to be had as a result of being dead within the City's walls, however, being a resourceful man that he was, Lelouch had pretty much found ways to actually appreciate the state. While he could be caught preaching about how the city's crude laws on life and death was something base creatures - like the Major, as recent events have demonstrated - reveled at and were therefore a mechanism to be abhorred, it was only the truth that he himself was someone who profited much from it. He supposed it meant that, technically, he had every reason to be thankful to the deities... but that was ridiculous. The Deities could never deserve thanks; his, no less.

Especially when they made it so the undead still functioned like living humans, for the most part. And obviously, because the dead were best left alone dead.

He was pondering all this with a frown as he strode across the streets on his way back to his apartment, but really, the big problem at hand was this: Lelouch vi Britannia, formerly Zero, a man of miracles, and one in possession the Power of Kings... was currently struggling to carry several plastic bags worth of grocery, two of which containing economy pack tissue rolls.

Of course, one must wonder why the former Emperor of Britannia was doing something unbelievably mundane as hauling ( if his efforts were to be used as the basis for using verbs ) grocery bags, but then, in the end, even the leaders of even the most ambitious Rebellions to be mounted were still human. And as such, these highly-elevated members of society that people like to believe are imprevious to mundane tasks, do actually need to do something like buy their own rolls of tissue paper once a month. It was true that he was, once again, found to be the leader of yet another Rebellion ( this new movement answering to the name, Celestial Knights, instead of the more traditional Black Knights that had its roots from his love of the game of chess), and could have therefore simply sent someone to do the task for him but, there were a few hindrances to this line of thought:

a.) Being relatively unknown in this new place, and restricted as he was not when he began his crusade back in his world as Zero, it was absolutely imperative that he build an impeccable reputation: Ordering your subordinates, who expect to be lead against gods, to do your grocery for you was definitely not a way to win respect.

b.) It was, after all, his groceries; there were certain factors like budget and his brand of butter that needed to be considered.

c.) And finally, if he did decide his pride and his reputation could use the slight bruising from one such willful request, it did bring about the fact that Leaders who can't even do something as simple as shop for their own groceries simply could not be trusted to do a good job leading rebellions in the first place. If faced with one such leader, and if Lelouch were a subordinate, he would have easily mounted an uprising and coup'd'tat by that reasoning alone.

Lelouch had considered using Geass, as well, but upon beginning that line of thought, he was only brought back to Hindrance B before he could go any further.

He stopped then, angrily sighed, before going about the business of re-adjusting his grip on his plastic bags. Plan C, he thought grimly: inflict Geass on an innocent bystander and have him/her carry his grocery for him. Nobody would know; but first, he needed to find a secluded alley...