The Ninth Step - {Accidental Video}

[thewinterdoe]

{Lily is sitting beside her bed, slowly circulating her wedding ring around her finger. She has a distant look in her eyes.}

Who are you? It doesn't feel right to - {She takes the ring off and puts it on makeshift table.} I hope you're happy - whoever you are.

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[bloodseal_soul]

Ah, don't-!

[Suddenly, and looking very upset.]

I mean... don't. Please.

[thewinterdoe]

Wh-What? {The damnable PCD is recording again, isn't it?} Do you know who gave this to me?

[bloodseal_soul]

... sorry.

I just mean- ... even if you don't remember somebody... trust yourself, and your own heart. That ring is there because somebody loves you, and even if you don't remember right now, you love them back. Let it be a source of hope.

You have someone waiting for you.

[thewinterdoe]

... {Her eyes fill with tears and she picks up the ring again.}

Y-You're right. I just don't feel right wearing it when I can't even remember their name.

[fanismighter]

I hope by next week everything turns out alright.

[Even though Suki isn't married, she kinda knows how you feel.]

[thewinterdoe]

As do I.

I don't think we've met, have we?

[fanismighter]

No. I don't think so. I'm Suki.

[thewinterdoe]

Hello, Suki. I'm Lily. {She smiles faintly.} How long have you been here?

[Video] /loves

[thewinterdoe]

Do you know who gave this to me?

[Video]

[thewinterdoe]

{Her brow furrows unhappily.}

I wish I knew why you seemed...familiar.

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

Oh, Lady, please do not do that! To have forgotten your husband, your true love - the Animus are most cruel. Do not allow such tricks to affect you thus.

[She has no clue she's married herself, but she still holds to her beliefs in true love.]

[Video]

[thewinterdoe]

{Lily arches a brow, confused when she hears the unfamiliar female voice.}

I - {She looks down, feeling guiltier.} I shouldn't wear something that holds no meaning to me.

[Video]

[capuletnomore]

[It takes her a moment to recognize her as one of the people she'd been trapped with during that awful week. But she hadn't spoken much to anyone then. Seeing this, though, stirs something in her.]

It will again, Lady. And you may regret taking it off when the memory returns.

[Video]

[thewinterdoe]

I regret it already. {She turns the ring over and over in her hands.}