Snowstorms suck! And boys are stubborn!

[veepofchess]

Lelouch hadn't anticipated the blizzard being quite this bad. There were a lot of things he could control, but the weather was not one of them. Normally Shinkiro could handle some adverse weather, but the damage it had taken, while minor in general, had changed that. Water and ice was beginning to seep into the electrical systems.

He wasn't alone, of course. He wasn't stupid. Suzaku and C.C. were alongside him in their own Knightmares. When Lelouch told them he was having difficulty, they all had agreed it best that C.C. go on and fetch help from the Avalon (the weather made long-range communication iffy at best and he didn't want to risk a partial transmission either alerting the enemy or making his army overreact and change position), and Suzaku would stay with Lelouch. After all, if someone chose to take advantage of the crippled Shinkiro, he would be more able to deal with it, even if the Lancelot was arguably a faster unit than C.C.'s.

"She'll probably smell like pizza when she returns..." Lelouch muttered on the open communications channel. He didn't seem to mind if she was out of range of it or not. If she wasn't, she didn't make any reply. "I've turned disabled all combat systems and diverted some of that power to the sensors and radar. As well as the heater. I'm in your hands."

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[veepofchess]

With the wet clothes off and the foil blanket up against his skin, he was starting to feel better. He just made a light sound of affirmation at Suzaku's statement.

He kind of glared at the view screen that showed the damaged Shinkiro. As if this was the machine's fault. He leaned over against Suzaku's pilots seat and let out a breath that sounded kind of exasperated. "I should be warm by the time she gets here, my wet clothes notwithstanding."

[swordofzero]

"Let me know if your condition worsens." He watched him for a moment, feeling bad he was slumped on the floor, but it wasn't like he was in any condition to pilot if they got attacked.

[veepofchess]

"I will be just fine, Suzaku. It's not time for me to die yet," he replied. This whole incident was far from what he'd planned, but it could have gone worse he supposed. He could have ordered Suzaku to fly to the Avalon, but he didn't want Shinkiro to be taken by the enemy.

Speaking of... he reached up and assumed control of Lancelot's sensors and radar for a moment. He went into its code and tried to enhance the range, but there wasn't much further the hardware could go. Lancelot, after all, was a combat unit, not a commander's. "I may have to talk to Lloyd about upgrades to the Lancelot. I feel like we have blinders on."

[swordofzero]

"CC will kill me if I let you die." He said, an attempt at humour, lost a little.

He watched Lelouch attempt to upgrade the sensors. "He'll be happy."

[veepofchess]

"It's the least I could offer him, after dropping a damaged Shinkiro on his lap. It's only right I let him play with Lancelot," he said, in a tone that plainly said he wasn't looking forward to the Earl's wails of despair when he sees the holes and scorch marks on Shinkiro. But it was only a few decibels shy of what it would be if Lancelot were damaged.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded, following that thought easily. "He's going to be impossible for weeks."

He always was when things got damaged.

[veepofchess]

Lelouch seemed to finally be getting comfortable, such as he could in these cramped quarters. At least his company was decent. He leaned against the side of the pilot's seat; his hair dripped unavoidably onto Suzaku's arm. Settled in though he was, he was far from relaxed. He never really was, anymore. He couldn't afford to be. There was far, far, too much at stake here. The shortened field of view clearly still bothered him, but he knew there was nothing he could do about it now.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku wasn't relaxed either but he didn't bother about the dripping, the flight suit could handle it.

"The speed of the Lancelot will win us back any time we would have lost from having a shorter sensor range." He told Lelouch seriously.