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[marrymarajade]

Characters:  Ben (marrymarajade ), Paladin (mythgravenblade ), Reed (heretic_hamlet ), and Rain (notpissedoff )
Date/Time: April 29
Location: The Fourth Floor
Rating: PG-13? I'll edit it as needed.
Summary: These four are each shown something.

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[heretic_hamlet]

"----, wait

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[heretic_hamlet]

And, this time, it was Reed left fighting disbelief- "Are you mad? That's out of the question!" "I want to help you prove the truth of your words!" -and the girl left undaunted. Yet he remained firm. "No. Not like this

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[heretic_hamlet]

Reed was left stunned even after the image had lifted; leave it to the fourth floor to rub salt into the wounds that lingered from his first trip. Even now-- even then, whenever 'then' could have been-- he couldn't escape the loss of Tietra on that cold, snowy night, nor the scorn of the brother that survived her. And even in his own 'remembered' face, he could see the time that had passed.

And, apparently, he'd been busy. Heresy. Murder. Even Reed had to admit that he did not have the look of an innocent man when confronted; in what twisted plots had he surrounded himself? Yet, even in the onslaught of questions he was faced with, one rose fast to the top.

That girl. Who was she?

Even through the loss of memory he could feel the gravity of seeing her tugging at his heart... A deep guilt at having not seen her sooner; and a deeper guilt still, perhaps, at having ever forgotten.

"What was I..." Reed murmured, staring low into the distance. These revelations always left him with more questions than answers.

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[mythgravenblade]

...What was this?

It was impossible to follow precisely what they discussed--so many blurred names, and ones he'd recognize not in any case--but it was clear some sort of deep intrigue was involved, and clearly one that endangered Reed's life. Probably as well the life of his compatriots, and this other woman--this woman barely out of girlhood. Who was she? Dear to Reed, very, very dear, but beyond that...

And then came the other man, the "Confessor" and his troops, and the joke of justice they offered turned his face to an expression of contempt. Even if Reed hadn't looked cornered--perhaps he had killed this Cardinal Delacroix--"There is an explanation," Paladin said, at the end.

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[marrymarajade]

If he'd thought about it, Ben probably would have assumed that these memories would be less confusing than the ones that had been broadcast over the radios.

When every aspect of the memory was unfamiliar, of course, showing the added sights and smells didn't help all that much.

He looked sympathetically at Reed. It had been a little hard to watch even for him, and it had nothing to do with him. Paladin had said what he was thinking already.

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[notpissedoff]

It seemed as though Reed had been involved in something quite complicated - abduction, assassination plots, heresy and murder... and he seemed to have had a great deal of inside information. Had he also been a spy, perhaps? The thought flickered only briefly in Rain's mind before he dismissed it; it made little difference, here.

The young woman who had borne some resemblance to Reed... a relative? Possibly... a sister? They'd clearly been close, and Rain had felt a twinge of something he couldn't quite identify when she'd insisted on going with him. Regret, perhaps, or longing.

He said nothing when the memory came to an end. He glanced briefly over at Reed - the man appeared somewhat stunned - then looked down. It hadn't been a pleasant memory, but he saw nothing horrible in it. Maybe Reed had killed this Cardinal person, maybe he hadn't. It was no concern of Rain's, and the possibility of it being the case didn't make him think any less of Reed. The man may have had a perfectly good reason.