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[stfuelly]

[You might recognize the face of one Vanessa Nightray on the Dreamberry screen.Of course, if you've seen it in the last few weeks, it was only due to two very annoying and very rude interlopers. But she's not asleep any longer. No, she's very much awake

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[nightraysewerat]

[He can't help but laugh when he sees the video. And sure, it would be far more prudent to stay out of his sister's way for a day or two, but amusement is a strong motivator.

So Vincent finds himself taking a little stroll through the hallways of their shared home, cracks open the door to her room, and simply stands in her doorway, his eyes bright with merriment.

He says nothing at all, just waits.]

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[stfuelly]

[Her fists clench and she flinches violently against his touch, but she doesn't push him away either.]

My father...he would never! He - he couldn't have honestly-! He cared about Elliot!

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[nightraysewerat]

What reason would I have to lie to you, Vanessa? Here, now?

[He does give her a little shake, then, but far more gentle than her treatment of him.]

Stop to think for a minute. What really mattered to that man?

[He won't call him father. He won't call him Duke Nightray, either, now. Neither of those are names he deserved.]

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[stfuelly]

His family mattered!

[She wants to raise a hand to strike him, but his words are cutting too deep for her to be able to react to them in any ways that's familiar to her.]

Don't you understand?! Don't you get that the only thing we had was each other?!

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[nightraysewerat]

The only thing YOU had! The only thing our mother had, or any of the rest of us had, maybe?

[Our mother. He shouldn't say it that way, and yet he does. That's a whole different matter.]

He had other things! Ambitions!

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[stfuelly]

[She shakes her head through his entire sentence, voice trembling, the expression on her face wavering somewhere between disbelief and extreme fear that somehow she's almost willing to believe him.]

You're wrong...you're wrong! You're wrong! Get away from me, Vincent!

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[nightraysewerat]

Believe what you want.

[He drops his tone, now. His voice goes quiet, but there's no less passion behind it, even so.]

Believe what you want. But don't tell me who destroys the family name. I might destroy a lot of things, but that name isn't tainted by me.

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[stfuelly]

[As much as she wants to punch him, stab him through, kick in his teeth and watch him bleed out in front of her, she feels like she'll be sick if she continues talking about this. So she turns and heads back into her room, content to slam the door in his face.]

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[nightraysewerat]

[He could kick the door, could yell at her through it, could force his way inside and press the issue.

He doesn't.

He simply shakes his head and walks away.]

[snapekillsedgar]

[... And just as he does, Elliot ducked into one of the side rooms out of sight. It was impossible for him not to have overheard them, with all of the yelling going on.]