He hadn't? That was annoying, but then it didn't really matter as long as he either reemerged or was replaced with someone competent. Lelouch wasn't entirely sure of just how effectively Tamaki led his club, which had been one of the reasons behind sending Suzaku after him in the first place, but that didn't matter nearly so much as forming an alliance with them if at all possible. If it turned out that Tamaki had disappeared, they'd merely turn their attention to the next person in the chain of command... assuming there was one.

"I'll be continuing my work on the monster report and trying to finish that timeline I started," he replied, briefly closing his eyes. "I'd also hoped to begin compiling lists of all the supplies the institute has to offer and where to find them, but I don't know if I'll have the time." Meetings every shift and even more projects on the bulletin-- did it never stop? "If I'm able to recruit more people, I'll delegate some of those duties, but I don't know how much successful I'll be. It's much harder to get people to join Lelouch Lamperouge than it is to get them to join Zero."