Lucy Stillman ❖ 001 [Video]

[assassininheels]

[The video feed starts with the Portal of who's ever on being dropped on the floor of a bedroom. The view then settles on a blond young woman, her face conveying her panic and pain as she looks down at her heavily blood stained shirt. The blood seems fresh enough to transfer to her hands, but she lifts up the fabric to reveal the creamy skin of

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[crimsonandnoir]

...you're back. [Surprised sound here.] Lucy, right?

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[assassininheels]

[Lucy hears her name and quickly looks around, visibly tensed before she notices her PORTAL on the floor. She picks it up and nods]

So it seems. Yes, I'm Lucy. Your voice...it's familiar but you'll have to excuse me for not remembering you...This is....confusing to say the least.

[This is a lot to take in]

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[crimsonandnoir]

[And what pops back into view is a redhead and a slightly older neighbor. She gives a smirk before continuing.]>

It's okay, I doubt you'd remember. Especially since I don't look like I used to. I'm Krypta- you helped me climb the walls once, remember?

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[assassininheels]

[There's a moment of silence as Lucy rakes her brain for the memories associated with this place. Her expression lights up and she smiles]

Ah, yes I remember now. Have you been able to practice a bit?

[And then the video turns on and Lucy is taken by surprised by how the young woman doesn't look like she remembers her to be.]

Wow....you changed. A lot. What happened?

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[screamsup]

[That is a blood. Sean is kind of worried, but she doesn't look like she's about ... die, or anything, so...]

Wait, you've been here before?

...Are you okay?

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[assassininheels]

[Her PORTAL now in hand, she looks at the screen and her eyebrows raise up. He seems so young!]

I have. Not for that long, but enough to recognize the mask and....mirror.

[She offers the young man a smile that's meant to be reassuring. He doesn't need to know that she's freaking out.]

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[screamsup]

[He's been through a lot worse, Lucy. No need to worry.]

Pretty weird, huh? Being stuck here. At least you can dream up anything you want, right?

[He smiles back.]

I'm Sean.

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[assassininheels]

[Still, he's just a kid and he should be stuck here.]

Weird is not the term I would used for it. [She still smiles a little, indicating that she's amused by his choice of words] Inconvenient, annoying, frustrating is more akin to what I feel.

I'm Lucy. It's nice to meet you Sean. How long have you been here for?

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[assassininheels]

[Lucy is finally looking at her mirror when Desmond's call comes in. To see all of her blood on the floor of the Temple...it hurts. But what worries her most, even before her own well being, is the fact that Desmond is passed out beside her. Nothing seems to make sense. Why would he pass out after stabbing? Why did he looked so...sad and scared before he did?

The blond's musings are interrupted by the soft call of her name and her heart stops for a moment, because that voice she will never forget. She picks up of PORTAL, careful not to let the view catch the sight of her stained shirt and she gives a small smile to Desmond. Last they talked, in this world, he didn't remember stabbing her. She doesn't need to tell him, not now, not when she still needs to wrap her head around this.]

Desmond....you're still here.

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[assassininheels]

[When the image disappears, Lucy frowns. She's seen his failed attempt at smiling back at her and something gnaws at her. Did something happen here for Desmond to avoid her? Now that he can't see her, she lifts up the mask from her face and her gaze raises back up to her mirror before she closes her eyes. Trying as hard as she can to focus on his voice, Lucy tries not to let herself get caught up in the maelstrom of emotions that swirls and veers inside her stomach. The Assassin can't help but pray that Rebecca is still here, even though the technician would do better good in their world. But what she'd give to be told that had all been a nightmare.]

That is strange indeed. How long have you been back?

[She clears her throat lightly as the novice asks her how she feels. It's a good thing he can't see her, because she's covering her eyes with one hand, willing her voice to sound as strong as normal as she can.]

I'm fine. I'm just...frazzled at being back here I guess. This place is not what I expected to wake up to.

[She

[gumshoewizard]

[Well hey, isn't that a familiar sigh. Someone coming him half-dead or dying. The city really needs to stop doing this.

That or they need a club. With shirts. They can have a big red splotch on the front and say "I Survived Touchdown in Promenade"]

Hey...[Damnit, he knew this gal, one of Becca and Desmond's friends...]...Lucy? Lucy, right? Can you hear me?

[assassininheels]

[Lucy would buy one if there were shirts about this. The blond looks around, obviously searching for her PORTAL before she finds it and picks up]

I can hear you. [She gives the man a long look, trying to remember him] I...did we met before?

[gumshoewizard]

Briefly. Look, on a scale from paper cut to severed femoral artery, how badly are you bleeding?

[Already going out the door and for the vortex right outside his apartment. Bless Isamu, those things were still here.]

[assassininheels]

[The blond can't help but feel a bit guilty at not remembering the man and it shows with the small sheepish smile she gives him. The mention of her bleeding makes her look down at her stomach again]

It's....closed up now. I mean, it's been healed, but I don't remember seeing any doctors...

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[needsheadphones]

Lucy!

[ First Desmond, now her -- and this time it looks like Lucy's been stabbed. ]

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[assassininheels]

[She can't help the look of relief on her face as she sees her other team mate on the PORTAL. Hopefully the technician didn't saw the blood stain on her shirt.]

Rebecca! You're still here!

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[needsheadphones]

[ She saw. But she also helped you stop dying in her brief stint home, so. ]

Yup. Been a long nine months-- heh. Nine months.

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[assassininheels]

[You'll have to tell her, Becca, because for now, Lucy thinks she's living on borrowed time.]

....God, that long? How many boys' hearts did you break while I was gone?

[Light subjects, small steps. All the blond wants to do is hug her friend close and be told that what she lived back home was just a nightmare created by this cruel place, but Lucy knows better. Ignorance is truly a bliss.]