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[thenightmarebegins]

[Vincent wanders through the House of Personas, staring at reflections of... himself. He passes by future versions, which look exactly unchanged from one to the next. Sometimes the images aren't him exactly, but rather the four beings inside him.]

[The ones from the past are different, though. He lingers briefly at one of his Turk self. Then continues moving along, now to one where he's half-transformed- the first time it ever happened. This is where he pauses for a while, recalling the horror he experienced upon discovering the alterations.]

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I would have regretted that more.

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[neverplaysfair]

What would have happened if you tried at the beginning?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Assuming it had succeeded, lives would have been spared... a threat we faced would not have emerged...

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[neverplaysfair]

And if it hadn't?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

It all would have unfolded as it did...

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[neverplaysfair]

In other words, there was no benefit to the delay whatsoever.

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

There wasn't.

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[neverplaysfair]

Then why did you?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I was working for the same company as the scientists, guarding their project... it wasn't my place to intervene. I... also... wouldn't go against what Lucrecia wanted.

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[neverplaysfair]

Even though it was objectionable? You just sat back and let them do as they pleased, despite the fact that it was morally wrong?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[Guilt guilt guilt] ...and that is the sin for which I've been punished.

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[neverplaysfair]

By those who've sinned more than you?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[Yes, he is aware how that sounds.]

...Yes. Or by... fate, however one would think of it.

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[neverplaysfair]

Then who punished them?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

The scientist responsible, Hojo... was punished by myself and others defending the Planet.

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[neverplaysfair]

Are you still suffering from your punishment?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I will forever.

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[neverplaysfair]

And will this Hojo be the same?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

...he is dead, returned to the Planet. [Or so it has seemed.]

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[neverplaysfair]

Why do you think he got off easier?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I don't know... but the world is often unfair.

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[neverplaysfair]

And yet you still accept this unfair punishment?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[Solemn nod. He may have learned that others deserve blame as well, but he played his part in it nonetheless.]

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[neverplaysfair]

Can you do anything about it?

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[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Perhaps.