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[Vincent also received a "prize" from the festivities, and can presently be seen in his apartment just... starting at it. What IS this horrible (and now completely useless) prize? ...It's his coffin. :| Not exactly anything he wanted to be reminded of, or a time he's ever intended to return to. It's also missing the lid, so even if he wanted to angst a few decades away inside it, there would be no way.]

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Meaning. How does a coffin hold meaning, now?

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Unless it's over Grimoire...?

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It's not my father's...

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[underthefalls.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Well. That's good.]

Then whose?

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[Longest most awkward pause of awkward and angst EVER]

[...But he can't lie to Lucrecia this time. He knows she'll keep after him until the truth is told.]

Mine.

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[underthefalls.livejournal.com]

[MAYBE. :| ...yeah ok probably.]

...you're not serious. [pfffft, when isn't he serious? Has Vincent Valentine EVER been known to joke? Yeah no.]

Vincent, coffins are for those who have passed, and you're clearly alive, how is it that it's yours?

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...I slept in it for nearly three decades.

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[underthefalls.livejournal.com]

Y-you did what? How did you- why did-

[Congratulations, Vincent Valentine! You have done something that is usually not easy to do: Stun Lucrecia into stupor.]

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To atone.

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[underthefalls.livejournal.com]

Atone? Atone for what?

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My sins.

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[While the shock is totally still there, it is now a mix of shock AND a frown.]

Vincent...

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I...

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You...?

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I... atoned for the sin of not saving you.

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[STARE. B|-face. What.]

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For a long time... I believed myself the only one to blame for what happened... [Trails off, looks down angstily.] I now know that Hojo was largely responsible, but... in some respects I will always blame myself.

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[underthefalls.livejournal.com]

[You gon' get scolded.]

Vincent Valentine. Why on earth would you blame yourself for anything when whatever happened wasn't your fault?

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I should have stopped it before it was too late...

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[She's not going to slap you, but she's going to put her hands on her hips and frown at you. A lot.]

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[Vincent keeps looking down all WOEFUL. Then glances up at her expression. :( ]

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[FROWN.] Really, Vincent.

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But... it's true...

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Stop that.

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...

[Woe :( It's near impossible to get Vincent to stop the angst.]

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[Crossing arms now.]