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CODE   🔋 12:01 AM

REY

REGISTERED
"Rey."

ADDRESS
House 1401

MESSAGE
"not here right now.
leave a message. will get back to you soon. probably."

TEXT

CALL

VIDEO

NOTE: As of 12/2016, Rey has adopted the alias "Fiona Stransky" when working with the Guard. Something to keep in mind, as Rey maintains a low profile with her involvement in the group. Other than what is mentioned in the Guard records, there is no trace of a "Fiona" identified on the network.

Comments

[foundafamily]

So she just started over? What else was she gonna do anyway?

[Most people condemned to death have a worse outcome.]

Obviously there's more, though.

[Come on, Rey. Cough it up.]

[circumitus]

Someone else -- another creation of the AUC -- had found a use for her. Because he didn't see death a fitting end for her, he sought to punish her instead by imprinting her with one personality after another, sending her off to die over and over for several decades as different people. Though perhaps it wasn't punishment so much as he wanted to see her killed and suffer, while never being fully aware of it.

[Like she said, Firo. The details aren't much happier than Fiona's previous situation.]

[foundafamily]

[That's... creative. What happened to just dumping people in the river?]

What exactly did he have against her? Sounds like a lotta trouble to go through for revenge unless it was something big.

[circumitus]

[Dumping people in rivers is so 1930s, gosh!]

We shared the same creators, both whom he had a fondness for. When someone hurts the ones you love, what would you do?

[Probably not do what Gregory did, but she doubts that Firo would let someone get away with hurting his family, so the thought is still the same.]

[foundafamily]

I'd be a lot more straightforward about it... but yeah. I get what you mean.

She--You, whatever--really didn't seem the type.

[circumitus]

Because Fiona wasn't in control of her actions at the time. She was being used.

[foundafamily]

[‘Tell it to the judge’ might be the common response to excuses like that, but Firo’s seen such a thing at least once. In Ennis’s case.]

This all sounds complicated.

[He sighs.]

So then who wanted ‘em dead? And why her?

[circumitus]

[Complicated enough for Firo, probably.

[Rey falls quiet for a moment, uncertain whether or not the answer is something he even needs to know. It's definitely one that she wishes she could bury in a lock and never have to look at again, but that's been ripped open plenty of times lately.]

Someone who doesn't matter anymore because he's dead. But, he did it because he... He thought he "loved" her. Wanted to take her away from that place. Chances were he wanted my, um... my mother out of the way.

[For obvious reasons. Undine likely would never have approved of his affections towards Fiona.]

[foundafamily]

He 'loved' her, so he made her off her mom? What a creep.

[Firo doesn't even know the half of it.]

[circumitus]

Never said that his logic was very sound.

[Quite the opposite, in fact.]

[foundafamily]

Did he ever get his?

[Firo hopes it was slow and painful.]

[circumitus]

Well, he is very much dead, if that's what you're wondering. Though, considering that this was almost a century ago, he'd be dead either way.

[foundafamily]

That, and how painful it was. But I guess that's all that matters in the end.

I won't ask more if you don't wanna talk about it.

[circumitus]

It's fine. It was a long time ago. Doesn't matter anymore.

[At least, that's what she keeps telling herself. Perhaps one day it'll be true.]

[foundafamily]

[Yeah, Firo knows that feeling. Even if he doubts such a thing wouldn't matter... he's sure the best thing to do now is to drop it, if she's talking like that.]

Well, I'm sorry to bring it up. Thanks for explainin'.

[circumitus]

No worries.

[She pauses, biting her lower lip for a moment.]

And, um. Thank you. For what you tried to do for... her. [And Rey, in a sense.]

[foundafamily]

Huh? Come on, that's what anybody'd do if they saw some lady in a box. Anyway, it's not like it actually changed anything.

[Or, well, what anybody should do. Firo knows very well that many people--most--don't do the right thing. He's not going to let that get in the way of him trying to wiggle out of the thanks, though. Gratitude is awkward.]

[circumitus]

Well, not just anyone is that kind.

[Though she can sense that Firo is trying to deflect her appreciation.]

Even though it didn't change anything, she is still a part of me. I know that, ah. Those things you said... It would've meant a lot to her. [And, in a way, it does to Rey as well.]

[foundafamily]

Oh. Well, uh...

...You know, I gotta thank you too. You did something for me in those dreams. Well, the younger me, I guess.

[circumitus]

Ah.

[She pauses, staring at her phone for a moment.]

I... wasn't sure if you even remembered that.

[foundafamily]

Well, that was all kinda embarrassing to me, so I did think about just forgettin' about it completely.

But that stuff you said...

[...Was touching? Nice? Surprising?

He can't just admit all that.]

You didn't have to say all that.

[circumitus]

And you didn't have to help some woman in a box, but you did it anyway.

[It isn't just about what Firo did back then, either -- but some of the things he said to her, too. They were just as meaningful. Not many people, let alone someone who doesn't even know her that well, would've extended such a kindness.]

[foundafamily]

That woman in a box hadn't just tried to rob me.

[circumitus]

No offense, but you weren't exactly that much of a threat at the time.

[Plus she was lucid enough to know that she was dreaming, so she wasn't even worried about that.]

[foundafamily]

Oh, thanks.

[Sarcasm. He's still slightly offended even if he knows it's the truth.]

It's not just that. A lotta people, well... People'd just drop you from the building anyway just 'cause you annoyed 'em, not because you were a threat.