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Lilith was falling apart at the seams. At least, that was how it seemed to her, and one would think that she would have a pretty good vantage point of her slow but steady downfall.

She had sinned, and she knew that she needed to repent for it somehow... But how could she? Did she deserve forgiveness for what she had done, and what she almost did? That particular thing she almost did constantly weighed on her mind, poisoning her thoughts and preventing her from moving on. She was a failure and disappointment to both of her earthly devotions. She was a coward. What else could she do?

Well, she reasoned, if she was going to sin, then dammit, she would sin.

Even now, though, she was a coward. Clamped firmly in her right hand was an unopened bottle of wine, and in her left hand was a small glass. Lilith sat on the floor, looking to the bottle, then to the glass, then to the bottle, and then to the glass again. Oh, how she wished for the sweet release of the alcoholic beverage to tantalize her senses, but... Somehow, she could not bring herself to do it. She was not strong enough - more in the figurative sense than the literal. On her little rendez-vous to town to retrieve the supplies she now held, Lilith, in an incredible act of foresight, bought a cheap little bottle opener. Said bottle opener was laying beside her leg, untouched.

What did she have to say? Once again, she was a coward: nothing more.

The sudden apparition of Lennyka from seemingly nowhere made Lilith jump, her eyes wide. "Heh?" Her glassy green eyes searched the space around her, looking for the source of the very familiar voice. When those eyes landed on Lennyka standing above her, Lilith sighed and frowned. Oh... Her. She really did not want to deal with that particular chip on her shoulder at this moment, but... It honestly did not matter to Lilith much right now. Lennyka could threaten her, lock her in closets, and torture her love, but anything she did right now would only succeed in making Lilith more numb to the world around her.

"Of course I'm going to drink it," she responded, rather defensively. She cast an angry look at the bottle in her hand, as if her malcontent towards the innocent little brew would make everything return to normal. Hah, normal... That was a laugh.

Lilith took a moment to clench and unclench her hands into fists, as if to resign herself to her fate. She then took the bottle opener from beside her, opened the bottle, and poured herself a small amount of the wine into her glass. A distant and sad look was in Lilith's eyes. "Arceus... I'm such a fool, y'know. Such a damn fool. A fool in a sea of fools." Chuckling to herself for such an over-usage of such a petite word, Lilith glanced up at the woman whom she had regarded her enemy for the time that she knew her.

"...So. What're you doing 'round here, Len? Any recent pin-sticking activities lately?"

Lilith pointedly ignored Len's little gesture towards her and placed the bottle back down next to her feet. She took the cup in her hands, feeling slightly apprehensive to finish the deed. Of course, she could not back down now; not with Len here.

A pained look appeared on Lilith's face as Len mentioned the little incident that occurred between her and Sorano. But it only made sense that she would know about it... Even if she was a maniac, she was still Sorano's sister [albeit half-sister] and they still shared a bond, one that Lilith herself had never had. Her eyes were downcast, staring into the wine-filled cup. "...I was scared. I didn't know what I was supposed to do or anything, and then... I just had mention that to him and completely ruin it! Ugh!"

A pause. "I know he was upset. I was upset with myself, too. Disgusted, even. I... I really hurt him. And Arceus, why didn't I just go through with it?!" Now feeling quite prepared to take the plunge into soul-rotting hell, Lilith raised her glass to Len, a defeated smile painting her lips.

"To sin. And to failure." With that rather morbid toast, Lilith raised the glass to her lips and consumed it within three large gulps. Almost immediately, she felt a warming sensation at the base of her stomach, moving up through the back of her throat and making her slightly dizzy.

The warm feeling penetrated and filled Lilith with its comforting caress, and Lilith could feel the effects beginning to set in. Her vision suddenly became cloudy and blurry, and the whole world seemed to have shifted. Slightly dizzy, Lilith felt herself topple over, and she stopped herself by clumsily propping her hand on the floor. A stupid little giggle erupted from her as she craned her neck to glance at Len. "Heeheeheh... I'm rrrubber, yer glue. Things... bounce offa me and stick to yoouuu!"

Oh yes... She was certainly drunk. And damn, did she enjoy every minute. The cup with which she drank the sweet nectar of life was wrenched from her hands, and Lilith pouted, whining. "Aww, hey! Give it baacck. C'mooonnnn!" She made grabby-hands towards her lost little treasure, then stopped and looked at Len blankly, head tilted slightly. "Y'want some? Mmmm..." Lilith positioned herself in a mock "Thinker" pose, crossing her legs and placing her chin on her fist. A moment later, she began to snicker and grabbed the bottle beside her.

"Alllll righty, here ya go, but don't drrrrrink it all, 'kay? 'Kay?" A silly grin was plastered onto Lili's face as she poured a sizable amount of wine into the glass for Len to partake in.

Chuckling, with some stray hiccups straying into her laugh, Lilith grinned cheerily. "Mmhmm, is rrreeaalll good, yeah? Nevah had this 'fore... S'taassty."

Lilith stared at the finger pointed at her face, eyes almost crossing as she pursed her lips. "Hurrh? I got someffinnn'?" Slowly, groggily, Lilith rubbed her face with her hands, moving her cheeks to make her mouth form into a smile, then a frown, then a smile. Snickering, she blinked at Len. Her vision was still blurry, and it was getting difficult to make out the form of her current drinking buddy. "Did... Did I get it?"

"Heh? Is my face?" Lilith's face became blank as she considered the words for a moment or ten, then she toppled over onto the floor, clutching her stomach in her laughter. "Pfftthh-hah-hah-hahhh! Heh-hahhh- oh, crap, my tummy..." A sudden stomach cramp hit Lilith like a brick and she curled up into a little ball beside Len.

"Ugghh... Shhhheeet, that hurrrts. Bleehh..."

Unfortunately, Lilith was in no state to be running away from anything at the moment. Even a crippled Shellos could beat her to the punch. Instead, she clutched at her stomach more, groaning and moaning with the pain. She could taste a nastiness at the back of her throat, and it took much willpower for her to keep it down. Her efforts succeeded, and no disgusting mess came, but it instead made Lilith choke and cough something terrible.

"Blleeaagghhh... Uh-uh, I'm not dyyyin', noooo... S'okaaay..." In another act of misfortune, the coughing muffled Lilith's words, so one could only hope that Len heard them in time.

"Seeee, I ssingg" cough "fine. Uuhh... Hakuna mataaataaa, what a wooo'nerfuul" cough "phrase. Hakuuunaa mataaataaa, ain't no passsin' craaazzee...!" Cough-hack-cough.

The pain in her stomach slowly began to alleviate, and Lilith unfurled from her fetal position, instead preferring to lay on her back against the cold floor. Above her, the room seemed to spin, gaining speed as the world whirled around and around and around Lilith's head. She soon grew very dizzy, and she now clutched her head to regain her composure... As if one could regain such a thing when one was very, very drunk.

She sat up, swaying from side to side. Beside her, Len passed her bottle of sweet elixir and Lilith took it greedily, chugging the liquid straight from the source. After a few large gulps, she gasped and sighed, giggling at Len. "Psshh... Heh, yeeaaah. An- and guess whaaaat, Len? Guess whaaaat. Guueessss.

Yer drunk, tooooo. Drunk wif meeee!"

Here, Lilith made a sort of maniacal laugh and collapsed back onto the floor, content to let the world revolve around her for a while. Some stars even began to pop in and out of the margins of her vision.

"Hey, hey, Leeeenn? You- y'ever been drunk 'forrree? Huh?"

Lilith gasped rather loudly, with more volume than was technically necessary, at Len. "R-reaaallyy? Duuude, cool. Was- was it fun? Didja have fuuun? Huh? Didjaaaa?"

At her drunken companion's query, Lilith blinked and tilted her head in thought. Had she ever been drunk before...? She could not really recall any time when she had been. "Uuhhhh... I don't... I, uh... N-no. Noooooo, I haven't, nooooo. Uh-uh." She shook her head, but stopped abruptly when the bottle was taken from her yet again, and she promptly pouted and whined as she did before.

"Heeeyyyy, don't be mean! Don't drrriinnkk it aaaall! Sh-sharrinnggg is caaarrrinngg!"