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[lucrecia]

There are too many options out there for you to consider. Sometimes the obvious choice is most assuredly not the best choice. I should know. You should take my advice and end your search before you have something to be sorry for. Trust me, I'm a doctor.

At the very least shouldn't you find all the...what was it...memory capsules? Instead of counting how many times I apologize?

I'll see them again some day. I just don't fancy it being tomorrow.

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[warring_triad]

Oho~? A doctor? What a coincidence! I'm a doctor too!

[...Says the flamboyant and floating man overhead.]

Tell me, what was your field of study~?

[lucrecia]

You are...do you work in the pediatrics department?

[Keep going with that, Lucrecia.]

I am a doctor of science. Genetics and biology.

[animusangelus]

[He doesn't know what to say to her, but she does catch his interest.

So have a staring Cloud.]

[lucrecia]

[And have a Lucrecia staring back. He looks familiar, kind of.]

Might I help you?

[animusangelus]

...what's your name? [He doesn't want to make a mistake, but...]

[lucrecia]

Lucrecia Crescent. I'm a doctor in the ShinRa Research Department. Who are you?

[animusangelus]

... [He falters and looks...sad.] A friend of someone you know. My name is Cloud.

Words cannot express my glee at a Lucrecia! I hope you don't mind if I also tag you with a Vincent!

[makesmonsters]

. . .

[ Well... this is a face he can't say he expected to see again, and Hojo can't say that it doesn't take him aback. He winds up just staring at her for several moments before he gets the better of himself and manages a bit of a sneer to cover his own shock. ]

Being a doctor doesn't always mean your theories are sound, Lucrecia.

Go nuts!

[lucrecia]

Of course not, Professor. But I believe in this case my theory is quite sound. I know from previous examples set that when a subject must overcome a regret, it is better they never made their mistakes to begin with.

Though I do not believe that has seen adequate scientific study.

I'm trying, though DW doesn't seem inclined to behave. xD

[makesmonsters]

[ He almost laughs. ]

No, it has not. But then again, psychology has never been my field of interest.

[lucrecia]

There are much more interesting topics of study. What are you working on at the present?

[You life-ruiner.]

[makesmonsters]

Quite. [ He adjusts his glasses and clasps his hands behind his back. ] Nothing particularly worth while. I was on the way to retirement, after all.

[ Sadly, Ruby City - although full of many exciting new monsters and other beings to study - does not quite measure up to the sandy warmth of Costa del Sol. ]

[swooshycape]

[ Well... Vincent can't deny that Lucrecia does tend to apologize a lot, even if he doesn't think she needs to.

But he's not about to comment on that. He doesn't want to bring up the past or that game where he is forever impeded by invisible walls in such an open place as this. It's enough to simply see her free of the crystal, for now. ]

... if... your mun insists... then find someplace you can be happy...

[ He'd rather see her someplace where she might smile than see her wind up in one of the many more painful games... ]

[lucrecia]

I am an easy woman to make happy, these days.

[Which is probably a gross lie. But the little things like not having to experiment on your bodyguard and your son not being at someone's mercy make you happy. What, Vincent. You can jump onto buildings but not over a six foot high laser fence?]

We will see what fate has in store. I do want something to do with my time, if I must be somewhere!

>_> should I make a plug for a game or two?

[swooshycape]

[ Damn those six foot high laser fences! They are his weakness! ]

... then may fate be... kinder to you.

... and place you somewhere with plenty of peaceful pastimes.

[ And no laboratories. You should probably stay out of those... ]

go for it!

[lucrecia]

I do not deserve fate to be kind to me, Vincent. I believe we both know that.

I would like to finish my research. To find new things to research. There are entire worlds beyond our own to explore.

[And experiment on. Don't tell her what to do!]

[swooshycape]

[ He shakes his head at her comment on deserving, as he disagrees with that. But he isn't here to argue. ]

That there are... each with its own unique quirks.

[cunningdoll]

Oh! Aren't you cute~!

*No, no sarcasm or anything. The doll ogles her without a shred of shame. Of course, he's just ogling her face. Everything else gets a brief glance.*

Why don't you find somewhere where you can cut loose for awhile with no regrets?

*His mun has him in a certain... panfandom nexus hotel of smut... but to him, it's as good as heaven. All the ladies!*

[lucrecia]

...excuse me?

[That's just too strange of an opening for her, okay?]

There are always regrets. Afterward. During. I have played that game before.

[With all the gentlemen instead of all the ladies.]

[cunningdoll]

*He blinks.*

You're physically attractive to me.

*Don't mind him, what are regrets? He's really less than a decade old in reality sob.*

Is it really that hard to remember your regrets but move forward all the same?

[lucrecia]

I'm in my thirties. I haven't been called "cute" since I was an undergraduate.

[Tough cookie to bite.]

You might ask anyone from my world. We all seem caught up in the same cycle of regretting and stalling.

[ageneralmayhem]

You would need more than a doctorate for some to trust you.

[lucrecia]

That is an excellent point. A doctor is only as good as her word on what her degree is in, isn't she?

[ageneralmayhem]

You may need more proof in order to gain the kind of trust you seek in others.

[lucrecia]

I don't expect anyone else to trust me, you know. I...know I have made my share of mistakes.