Vivianne/Introduction
Once connected by the red string of fate, one cannot escape.
The thread may tangle, it may stretch, but its bonds cannot be broken by anything...
Not even by death, time’s passage, or God's curse...
What have I forgotten...? What did I lose...?
Like glass shattering, the truth blazed in a vision with clarity brighter than the sun. Memories overwhelming consumed her. Slowly… ever so slowly they started to make sense.
... I'm always on your side ...
... how do you always pick the right songs? ...
... why do you always know what to say? ...
... you quiet the chaos that threatens to consume me ...
... my heart feels calm around you, even when the world is falling apart ...
... I feel like I've known you forever ...
... how do our moral codes match so closely ...
... I don't remember how I know about Mages, but I know ...
... I won't say no to you.. for anything ...
... I trust you ...
... I would rather die than hurt you ...
Realization dawned on her.
My heart has always known.. even when I forgot, I remembered.
Vivianne bolted awake, sitting upright, still tangled in her sheets. Utter darkness. She didn't need to breathe, but her lungs still struggled on reflex from panic, from memory of what it was like to be human. Her hand clutched at the vial around her neck
His vial.
Long past the impending doom of Cyn stalking her, Vivianne kept it close, still. The reality of her memories and dreams hit her full force. For the first time in what felt like eons, Vivianne curled up and wept silently. She finally remembered what she had truly lost, and could never reclaim
