+ Guilt Runs Deep

[vitaelamorte]

Who: Everyone!
Where: The Mansion
When: Feb 23-25
Rating: Please warn in top level subject lines for potential triggers/NSFW
Summary: Various residents are trapped in their own guilt, watching their guiltiest memory play on a loop.
The Story:

Welcome to the gathering post for the event. Please see the plotting post for more information + the bulletin board link. Have fun!

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[mandrakes]

[If Regis had a heart, a pulse, it would stutter upon hearing such words from her. She has intimated such things before, aligning him so readily to the position that she now places him far more firmly into, but he hadn't expected...

But, no, he should have expected it, shouldn't he? It's only a progression of everything that's come before.]

You honour me highly. [He says gently, lightly chafing her shoulder with the palm of his hand.] Are you tired, little one?

[beautifullies]

[ Claire nods, slowly curling her body with a pause to wince at phantom pain. ]

I'm so tired.

[ She'd been on the edge of death for hours and hours, alone and terrified, empty feeling. She hasn't escaped the guilt yet, but at least she isn't alone. ]

[mandrakes]

[There would only be so much he could do for her, here. That he could not be the one to convince her that she couldn't blame herself for this isn't taken as a slight. This is a unique pain, and a deep one, and that she will allow him to be here with her is more than enough.]

Come, lie down here. [He pats the pillow softly, invitingly.] I won't go anywhere. I swear it.

[beautifullies]

[ She does as he says and lays down. The loop plays, only Mother Hildegard stands with the baby now until Louise comes to take the baby.

Clare's eyes have closed to shut it out, letting herself be soothed by Regis being there. It doesn't take long before she's asleep, just as she'd eventually cried herself to sleep in the loop. Only this time, there are no tears as she drifts. ]