picture prompt meme;

[countofthree]

the picture prompt meme

— Comment with your character and any preferences.
— Others will leave a picture (or two, or three...)
— Reply to them with a setting or text thread based on the picture.
— Link to any pictures that are NSFW, please.
— Be aware that this meme will be image-heavy.

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[knightedking]

[Stories, Saber believes, have great power and a sort of magic to them. Anyone can tell them, and anyone may listen--they are not restricted by anything like status or wealth or bloodlines.

This very much feels like a story that Lelouch not only knows well, but one he has narrated in one form or another before. The cadence of his voice and the particular flare for dramatic portrayal is immediately and effortlessly enticing. It shows qualities and skills of a leader with excellent presentation skills with the capability to draw attention to him instantly. Maybe, in another life, Lelouch would have been a fine stage actor rather than a political one.

Resting his elbow on one knee and his cheek against his knuckle, Saber listens intently and with ease.]

Is she harmed during her fall?

[endgamed]

She is not.

[ Ah, that was a good time to pause, then, else he wouldn't have gotten that reaction out of Saber. Telling a story like this gives Lelouch nothing— amusement, perhaps, and it is a way to pass the time, but when he looks at it from an emperor's point of view, he gains nothing from it. What profit would an emperor make from telling a children's story to a Servant?

Absolutely nothing... still, he continues, because perhaps it is because he gains nothing that he is more than happy to do it. Somehow gaining the interest of Saber feels like a win, though. ]

Alice isn't hurt, and reaches the bottom of the hole a long while later. There, she sees a small door, one that she cannot fit through no matter what she does. It is far too small, after all. A white rabbit may fit, but a human child cannot.

She spots a table with biscuits, labelled "Eat me", [ Lelouch continues telling the story of Alice's adventures, particularly sounding lively when he gets to the part of the Cheshire Cat, even moreso with the Queen of Hearts. All are exciting parts of the story, all of which Nunnally would have enjoyed to hear about, were she here and they were on good terms... it doesn't seem to sour Lelouch's mood that he's sharing a piece of him that is more than special, though. In fact, he seems to be very receptive to the idea of sharing something important.

There are pauses in his story every now and again, made to incite a reaction from his one man audience. He isn't looking for anything dramatic, but would answer simple questions prior to continuing with the story. And then, at the end...

He sighs, dramatic and rather exaggerated... ]

Alice wakes up from her dream. It seems Wonderland wasn't real, after all.