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He knew it was the beginning of the end before anyone else, and for some reason this brought him limitless joy. He’d never been so happy in his life – nor had there ever been such certainty within him, a clear sense of purpose, a focus of true will.

Are you okay, nii-san?

Yes, true will. That was it.
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When he entered the hospital room to find Lelouch on the bed, pale and gaunt and nothing like the legendary Zero he’d pictured, Rolo stopped in his tracks. Despite his usual indifference, he was abruptly terrified of everything he knew about this man and of all the things he did not know. According to Intelligence Lelouch's false memories were in place, infallible and flawless down to the last detail. But how was he to know that the Emperor’s geass had no loopholes? What if Lelouch put things together? Was their surveillance really enough to keep C.C. from attempting to make contact? And what was he–

Then Lelouch woke up.

Even when conscious his features did not quite add up. There was too much pain and too much sadness and not nearly enough malice – malice befitting the world's most wanted. Lelouch’s eyes were a reflection of Rolo's own, albeit much darker and tainted by memories he would (hopefully) never recall. A look of confusion flashed across his face, its intensity dulled only by the oxygen mask still in place over his mouth. Then he looked up and blinked a few times.

It had something to do with his smile.
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Mordred’s assault shook the cockpit, but Rolo willed his hands to remain steady. The controls flashed before him like death flags, a multi-colored display warning him of what was to come. But he merely smiled as if patronizing a small child. He was already waving his own flag of surrender.

“Rolo! I don’t have any more reasons to live–“

How silly! Rolo almost chuckled to himself. Nii-san was not the type of person to give up his life, to throw away his existence so carelessly. No. Nii-san would fight until the stars gave him recognition, until the sky was black and bloodied with the smoke of warfare, until the very world fell to its knees before him and bent itself in conformity to his will.

And Rolo would lay down his own life to make sure of this.
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Throughout his studies he’d learned of home, a physical construct where people slept, ate, and watched the deaths of thousands of Elevens on television in slow motion until the knowledge finally sunk into their brains, until they weren’t so sure about Britannian supremacy anymore, but knew they could not voice their opinions out loud. After all, they were good citizens, all of them watching their screens like good little people in their good little houses. And Britannia would never betray them, right?

No.

Home was an illusion created to aide people with their fantasies. As if everything outside their walls wasn’t falling apart and breaking down.
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This was why, as Lelouch’s voice drew his eyes away from the book in front of his face and up towards the villa they shared, he scoffed with disdain.

“Rolo it’s supper time! Time to come home now!”

What was home anyway? A state of being or a state of denial? Nonetheless he stood from the grass, brushed himself free of debris– imaginary or otherwise, and picked his way across the lawn towards the veranda. He could not afford to jeopardize the mission based on personal feelings. Lelouch smiled that hideously irritating smile and laid a hand on Rolo’s shoulder as if to guide him.

“You’ve been rather quiet all day, Rolo,” he remarked, a casual note of concern in his voice. “Is something bothering you?”

“No,” was the reply. “I’m fine, nii-san.”

“Hm.” Lelouch was obviously unconvinced, but did not press the matter out of either politeness or preoccupation. Rolo, with his poor luck around this fellow, guessed it was the latter, and knew for sure that he would be interrogated during supper.
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As Lelouch walked ahead, talking about something or other, Rolo turned to find that his brother had carelessly left the front doors open. In a childish fit of spitefulness, Rolo decided to leave them open, as if testing the elements, teasing whomever might be lurking about outside. Fortifications were only as strong as the feelings behind them, and Rolo personally didn’t give a damn. He hated the house, hated how it demanded such intimacy from him. (Being forced into permanent residency had been an extremely disturbing affair, as he had been trained to be untraceable. He was still nursing a secret grudge against Villetta for demanding that he make his room a little more “personal”.)

But then at the dinner table Lelouch spontaneously reached over his roasted mushroom medley and swept Rolo into an embrace.

“I will always be here for you, Rolo. You do know that, don’t you? You’ll always have someone to come home to, so whatever’s bothering you…Please don’t forget that.”

After washing his dishes, Rolo had immediately gone to close and lock the front door.

He didn’t know why, but he suspected it had something to do with Lelouch’s arms.
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I won’t let them kill you…never!

His heart protested against this declaration, palpitating at an unnatural rate. He felt it like a sword in his chest each time he activated his geass, reminding him, always reminding him. He had never used it like this before, so many times and with such short intervals in between. It was maddeningly painful, and he felt the strain on every part of his body, but even so…

When the blast hit and his locket fell, Rolo’s quickly failing heart was filled with such a warmth, he was sure it would overcome any physical ailments. The lullaby that filled the air was like a sweet, soft wind, a gentle and soothing antidote to the agony. His determination was suddenly fueled by the melody, and he ground his teeth against any pain that might betray him.
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The glass in his hands fell to the ground and shattered as he entered the room to find Lelouch staring at the paper crane he balanced between his fingers, its delicate wings shaped by their careful precision.

Again, all Lelouch did was smile. But there was a fog to this smile, a mist that overlapped the usual tenderness, as if his body were still present but his heart and mind were far away. “Come look at this, Rolo. The Elevens call it origami. Isn’t it amazing?”

Rolo stared at him. “H-how did you learn to make that nii-san?”

Lelouch was still gazing at the bird, blissfully unware of Rolo’s horror. “Hm. I wonder…”

He fought the rage with everything he had, fought back the tears, too because he hadn’t the slightest clue where they were coming from. “Nii-san, I…I…Shouldn’t you be studying right now? There’s a test coming up next week…”

Lelouch did not respond.

“Nii-san.”

Only a slight shifting of position.

“Nii-san!”

Lelouch snapped out of whatever reverie he’d been in and laughed. “Ah, forgive me, Rolo. I suppose I should get more sleep from now on, huh? Let’s go see what’s going on at the clubhouse, shall we?”

Rolo found the crane that night on Lelouch’s bedside table, cradled it until he came to the living room, and threw it in the fireplace, watching as it was consumed by the flames.

It had something to do with his laugh.
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I’ve always been someone’s tool.
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When he woke up with her voice in his head, he ran from his room as if it were cursed. Lelouch had been mildly surprised to find Rolo crawling into his bed, gripping at the sheets as if they were a lifeline, but surely not as startled as Rolo himself.

“Is everything all right, Rolo? Did you have a nightmare?”

“I…I…Yes I did, nii-san.”

“What was it about?”

Rolo hesitated. “A ghost.” Yours, he thought but did not add.

Lelouch chuckled, his voice still hoarse from sleep, and patted the boy fondly on the head. “It’s been a long time since you’ve had that one, hasn’t it?”

“Nii-san….could I…Do you think I could…stay here tonight?”

He could not believe his own ears.

Rolo refused to meet Lelouch’s gaze and so he did not know what his face looked like, if there was any shock or disgust in his eyes as he said, “Of course. Anything if it makes you feel better. I only want you to be happy.”

“…Thank you. Nii-san.”

The smile in his voice was evident now. “Don’t thank me. You are my brother, Rolo. That’s what family is for, ne?”

It was something to do with his hands.
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I was a tool of the Order.
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It had been such a long time since his last mistake that he could not remember what it had been like. One moment the knife was in his hand and he was directing it and it was steady and everything was fine – and then, before he realized it, something had happened and the sink was filled with red.

Rushing with a speed that Villetta would no doubt weep over, Lelouch came to Rolo’s side like a humming bird, fretting and fluttering.

“What were you doing? Why aren’t you wearing the gloves like I told you to? Rolo, you know washing knives is dangerous… Are you all right?”

Putting as much effort into a wince as he possible could – it would look suspicious if he were to wave off the two-inch deep gouge the way he desperately wanted to so that he could get back to his chores – Rolo turned away from his older brother’s probing gaze. “I wasn’t paying attention, that’s all. I’m okay, I promise.”

Unconvinced as usual, Lelouch frowned. “Well try to pay closer attention next time, all right?” And then, with an attitude that was entirely nonchalant, Lelouch took Rolo’s profusely bleeding hand to his mouth and flicked his tongue against the wound.

Taken aback by this sudden and unanticipated gesture, Rolo nearly squealed. “N-n-nii-san! W-what are you doing!?” He could feel the heat rise in his cheeks as Lelouch once again sucked at the damaged flesh.
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“I-I…” Their proximity combined with the damp warmth of Lelouch’s breath on his skin was making it awfully hard to concentrate. “Nii-san, I’ll be all right, honestly! There’s…there’s no need to…Please, nii-san. Don’t worry about me.”

At this Lelouch pulled away – thank, god – and gave Rolo a slightly hysterical look, the sort of look given to those who don’t fully comprehend something obvious. “But Rolo, I love you too much not to.”

Rolo, again, froze where he was standing. His heart stopped, and for once it had nothing to do with his ability. He was at war with himself over the mission, over his place in life, over everything! This farce was taking its toll on him, changing him in ways he never would have dreamed of. How much longer could he keep this up?

I love you too much not to.

And Lelouch’s words were so genuine, so free of uncertainty, and so utterly sincere, that Rolo could do nothing but sob once dryly, praying to any gods that might be listening that they were true.

He had no idea what it had to do with.
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Then, I became your tool.
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“Tell me that you trust me, Rolo.”

He let out a gasp and bit down on his lip, trying to focus on anything else – the wall, the ceiling, the bed, his own shirt lying crumpled on the floor next to the –

“Rolo…”

And then he gave in, feeling the smirk against he collar bone as he cried out, “Yes! Yes, nii-san! I…I do…! I always will and I…I….Oh, god I–”

It had something to do with his mouth.
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He was dying.

And his heart was stopping.

And time was stopping.

And the world was stopping.

And he didn’t care.

He’d never cared.

Yes…I might’ve been just your tool in the end, nii-san. But…
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He’d never imagined heartbreak would be like this.

It felt like torture, like fury, like fire and ice and like–

“Why is this in your possession!?”

“I was going to give this to Nunnally!”

“Do you think you can serve as her replacement?!”

“You damned imposter!”

Lies.

“You still haven’t noticed?”

Lies.

“I hate you.”

Why? Why was his nii-san lying to him?!

“I goddamn hate you!”

Oh god, it hurt. It hurt! So badly…

“I tried to kill you many times, and I just kept missing the chance!”

Nii-san....

“Get out! Never show your face in front of me again!”

“GET OUT!”

It wasn’t true.
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Rolo gazed at Lelouch’s face, frozen in another moment, and steeled his resolve because those things were behind him and he loved his nii-san and his nii-san loved him and it was okay, because….because he…

The time I spent with you was genuine.
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There was a smile there for every memory. Every laugh, every tear, every whisper from Nunnally’s spirit that had stalked him, haunted him with taunting smiles and disgusting innocence until that one night he’d had enough and he’d shared something with his nii-san that Nunnally would never be able to.
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Thanks to that memory….
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And a bond had formed, and it would endure. Beyond time, beyond death, beyond hatred and betrayal. There, in the lines on their hands and the skin on their bones, in the tone of their voices and the way Lelouch made Rolo’s curry just the way he liked it. Not the way Nunnally liked it.

It was there, and it would survive. No matter what.
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He could smell his own sweat, the scent of his death.

It was coming for him.

Icy cold fingers in a death grip around his chest. Squeezing, suffocating, smothering, crushing, defeating.

I became human
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But Rolo knew it was okay.
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“I am….not…”

He was dying.

“I am not….a tool!”

And his heart was stopping.

“This…is my….”

And time was stopping.

“This is my…”

And the world was stopping.


And he didn’t care.

He’d never cared.

Because he was dying for someone. And that was all that mattered. Not the something or the someplace – the home or the reason. But the someone.

Lelouch smiled at him in that way he'd always admired. Always despised. Always loved.

"You are indeed my brother."

And he was so happy.

"That’s right. I know everything about you…nii-san.”

You’ll always be a part of me.
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The end.

Credits to Eden at : http://community.livejournal.com/rollofied/2838.html

Credits to lorelei for the art : http://community.livejournal.com/rollofied/2803.html
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It was good until the cutting.
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K, so finally watched it.
I BAAAAAWWWWW'd at that scene, but then immediately afterward, I started to lol because wtf, Suzaku is a douche.
That whole episode had me so confused as to who to feel bad for.
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Rolo. You feel bad for Rolo. ;_;
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I do feel bad for Rolo, oh god...
But then I also felt bad for Lelouch, because fuck, Nunnaly.
Then I felt bad for Suzaku, because fuck, the Tokyo Settlement, and Nunnaly.
Then I stopped feeling bad for Lelouch, because fuck, pawns, EVERYWHERE.
Then I stopped feeling bad for Suzaku, because fuck, laughter.

THEN MORE SADNESS. BAM.
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And now the only thing I'll be looking forward to in Code Geass is Lelouch's dead so they can stay together in Jupiter forever ;___;
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My baby... poor little Rollo...

At least he died the only way he would have wanted to. As much as I love Nunnally, I'm not mad at Rollo for plotting to kill her. I wish Lulu had done a better job of explaining to Rollo just how important to him Nunnally was. Maybe he could have made Rollo call Nunnally "nee-san" or something. They would have made a cute family.

On the bright side, Lulu and Rolo got some closure. Nunnally never learned the truth about anything. Not to mention, Rolo proved that he's much smarter than those douche-bags in the Black Knights. I liked Kallen before she turned against Lulu because of his painfully obvious lies.
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Hey /cm/, if we post enough Suzaku pictures, maybe he won't lose his sanity. 'Cause right now it looks like he's a few cheddars short of a cheese-kun.
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I wish I knew what was being said here so badly.
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Translation (rough)
Rolo: If it's nii-san, then...I'd understand...any...
Lelouch: Rolo...
Lelouch: Rolo----!!!!
Rolo: Yes, nii-san?
Lelouch: ...
Lelouch: Y-
Lelouch: Y-y-y-you! Don't do things like that! You idiot!
Lelouch: I hate you so much... *hugs him*
Rolo: ...Nii-san is a liar...
Lelouch: Yeah... Your brother is a liar.
Rolo: Yes. I know... I do know.
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>>1035980

Thank you so much Anonymous.
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I hope you guys are not trolling because I am REALLY sad about his death.
Was so unnecessary.


Do want a figure action of Rolo NAO
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>>1036007
Speaking of which, WHAT IS THIS ROLO HERE cause it looks like a figma but there's no Rolo figma, and I don't think it's the figurine that comes with the Vincent model either, right?

I, too, want to have everything Rolo in this world ;_;
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I thought it was my imagination but according to a Japanese guide, Rolo really IS the most ticklish in that minigame where you have to make the characters laugh (from the DS game). ROLO WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE?
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Rolo come back ;_;
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;____; If turn 19 had been like that it would've actually rocked 10 time more lol.
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Best amv of rolo so far, check it out.

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=yRT-8w7EnJ0
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12 days lol.
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>>1036189

Now the title of this picture makes more sense "Brother, it tickles"
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This picture leaves me speechless, ho the awesome art, ho the poor rolo, a fatal mix for nostalgia.
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bump!
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It's just a small doll that comes with Vicent ;_:
THEY MUST DO A PROPER FIGURE
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Why you, Rolo
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>>1037514
Really? But the Vincent doll... doesn't look like it has joints... And Rolo's body in that photo looks exactly like figma Lelouch's, I think o_o
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;_;
Could I please request a translation of this too?
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Ah, you have to put text to be able to post.
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;_;
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postin' games
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bumping
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I hope they show what is inside the locket in some picture drama. That "don't show what is inside" note in the sketches seems too suspicious.
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wee
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Still not over it. ;_;
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AWWWWWW'D so hard I broke something.
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Text.
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Oh my this is adorable.
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Never over it. ;_;
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Same. ;_;
Let's share our grief together.
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Now that I know it exists I can't get enough of Rolo and his younger selves together.
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postin' games
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Text
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D'awwwwww.
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http://pengene.web.fc2.com/index2.html
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http://pengene.web.fc2.com/index2.html
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http://pengene.web.fc2.com/index2.html

Awwwww
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*hugs* ;_;

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omgashdjasdhaksjdhsakshajdhs sauce ;_;
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They probably have a website but I found it on pixiv, so
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=8408

Sage for no contribution.
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Photos of the Banjou no Geass Gekijou game.
I like how if you follow his story...
BAD END: He kills you.
GOOD END#1: He kills you.
GOOD END#2: He kills you.
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>>1040417

I got the impression that you ended up in his basement in the female good end instead of being killed.

Do you want me to post the translation?
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;_;
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Man, I love everything about this picture.
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Mai waifu.
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Text.
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Manly deaths.
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>>1040461
Oh! If you can... Never studied moon, so I though Lelouch was reading an article about a dead student in the newspaper. Did he say "disappeared" instead? (Well that could be interpreted as dead as well so I have no idea, really orz)
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Most certainly. I don't think it's dead, because of the "whereabouts still unknown". If they knew where she was, they'd know she was dead, but she's in Rolo's basement.

Rolo: Miss (Anonymous)...
The month is already almost over.
So, I guess you'll be returning to Britannia very soon...

Somehow, during the time we spent together...
My heart felt very calm.
And, now...
There's this other feeling...
What could it be?
It's a sensation I've never experienced before.
Could it be that I'm 'lonely'... because you're going away?

...Say.
You don't really need to go back to Britannia, do you?
Won't you...
Stay with me, instead? Always.
You will, won't you?
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>>1040981

One Week Later

Lelouch: Rolo! Have you seen today's newspaper?
Rolo: Isn't it there on the table, nii-san?
Lelouch: Oh, so it is. Let's see here...
"Exchange Student goes missing just before return home; whereabouts still unknown."
How disturbing...
Rolo, that girl made it back safely, didn't she?
Rolo; Oh, yes. I brought her to the airport myself.
Why... she's probably on her way to her school in Britannia, as we speak.
I'm sure of it...

Here is also both of the Rolo ends for the DS game:

Girl:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1219124362

Boy:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/1219063340

In the boy ending you're definitely killed though.

Nicovideo tutorial in case you don't have an account:
http://www.meltybread.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,26/topic,648.0/
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>>1040989

Thanks so much anon! I did know about the nico videos but thank you for the links anyway ^^

And lol, you can sort of understand that he solves every problem by killing, but kidnapping? Wtf Rolo how are you so creepy in this game
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You're welcome!

Ha ha I know, somehow Rolo managed to be at his creepiest in a shovelware game.
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Text. I hope this gets fixed soon.
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Text. ;_;
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Hey anon, and could I ask (taking advantage of your moon knowledge orz) if you know how to translate the last paragraph of Arabesque? I know there's a complete translation at atashi.wordpress but I can't help but wonder about the last part where it says "taisetsu na hito kizutsukeru nara"... The first time I listened to the song I thought that sentence would go together with the previous lines (as in "I'll fight throwing away my life if my precious person is hurt"), but if that were the case, what would the next words about "overcoming it" be referring to? (I like to interpret that he's going to overcome the part about <throwing away his life>, meaning he's now trying his best to make a rocket which with to fly back to Area 11 from Jupiter~ You can do it, Rolo, don't give up!)
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