029 - Rinoa - Video

[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[Rinoa is back in her room in Garden. She's curled up on the bed, hugging her dog, Angelo. The pair are inseparable. Rinoa can't look at anyone else without the memories of everything she did getting in the way. But Angelo loves her. Even though she locked Angelo up and left her, a dog's love is unconditional and Rinoa is clinging to that right now.

She looks at the camera for several long moments. She knows that she has to apologise to everyone, but what can she say?]

...I'm sorry.

[And that's all Rinoa can manage for now. She leans forward and the feed switches off.]

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause while she thinks about it.]

I don't think I could do one without the other.

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[shurikenfemale.livejournal.com]

You have to start somewhere, you know. It'll come full circle when you're ready to forgive yourself, just take your time.

[As she told Rufus earlier...]

What's done is done. It might be good to move on.

[In which she realizes that it was time for her to move on, too, and accept the coming changes.]

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

That easy, huh? Have you ever tortured your own friends? Or betrayed them?

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[shurikenfemale.livejournal.com]

Tortured, no. Betrayed?

[She stays silent for a good 30 seconds.]

Maybe. In a time beyond mine, I might have. But I might have the option or the will to face myself but I won't know until I get there.

You don't seem like you'd be the kind of person to do either out of spite. Moving on is difficult, yeah, but it takes time to heal. Old wounds stay fresh if you think too long or hard.

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[livelyangel.livejournal.com]

[She shrugs unhappily, not meeting Cissnei's eyes.]

Yeah.