Lilah Valentine

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*"I've got a bone to pick with you, runt."*

Lilah Valentine is one of the doctors that works at the facility.

## Appearance

Lilah has a fairly slender and lithe frame, and silky, deep purple-dyed hair usually pinned up. Lilah tends to wear the heaviest amount of makeup compared to the other female doctors: heavy black eyeliner and lipstick, and eyeshadow as deep purple in color as her hair. Like Gale, she has fairly pale blue eyes, almost as icy in color as theirs. However, hers are naturally this color.

Lilah wears small studded earrings that almost look like two little beads over her earlobes, and hugging her neck is a small black choker. Under her white coat, Lilah wears a sleeveless, pale lavender, low-cut shirt on her body, along with a long black skirt that flows downward and envelops the woman’s legs down to below her knees, where a touch of bare skin and black boots follow. Like Cyrus or Lucius, Her skin tone is quite pale, though it has pinkish undertones.

## Story

### Before the Facility

Lilah was one of the first doctors to join the Facility and is a part of The Overseer's inner circle. She knows more about the operation than some other doctors, though some of her knowledge is limited even so.
Not much was known of her life before the facility otherwise, since she was one of the few doctors who had made meager appearances in the story. However, in Chapter 84, a bit more was learned of her. Reportedly, Milos was responsible for bringing her into the facility. She had been in the middle of studying in her field when recruited, and so like Sven, she didn't finish school and only refined her expertise in live fieldwork. However, she is said to be adept at mortuary science and handling dead bodies, and Lilah herself has said she is accustomed to the sight of death.
Lilah's father died because of The Overseer, and so it's likely that by the time she entered the facility, she was already orphaned (supposing her mother is also no longer alive, but it is never explicitly said).
### In the Facility

Lilah has yet to visit Ten due no interest in visiting the "weaker" and sensitive numbers (whom she calls "runts), but has been an object of fear towards the other Numbers. Numbers like Cyrus, Two, Eight and Lav have gotten out of her visits with visible bruises, lingering pain, and even broken bones.
After catching sight of Ten in The Overseer's office during Ten's confinement in Chapter 60, it would seem Lilah now has a personal grudge against the girl for reasons unknown. Whether that will lead to a visit remains to be seen.
Lilah has a slight soft spot for Milos, due to their prior history. When she was fairly young (no age specified, but likely in her early teens), Milos entered a sexual relationship with her which she consented to both because of her rebellious nature, curiousity, and inexperience (and it's highly believed by fans that she was gaslit or manipulated into accepting it). Lilah remains attached to Milos even in adulthood, though still separates herself from him from time to time. While she still tends to bark back at him when he upsets her enough, she has been seen smiling with him once.
Lilah shows annoyance towards The Overseer and Lucius when she sees them keeping her out of the loop on certain insider information, explicitly stating during Ten's confinement that they used to be more open with her. She confirms this in chapter 84 by stating she once respected both men, learned a lot from them, and even once thought of The Overseer as a surrogate father. But as time went on, her attitude toward both men changed, especially as their distance from her grew (for reasons unknown). She is now seen openly talking back to the boss and his gunman, something The Overseer begrudges, but permits knowing she'll still do what she has to. Once, he sternly tells her to watch what she says, and she's able to bite her tongue.
## Personality

Lilah is rough and puts up a harsh attitude towards both the Numbers and the other doctors. She has a high temper, becoming easily upset, impatient, or annoyed by things that aren't up to snuff in her eyes.

Lilah was never as good at being manipulative like Mom, but never much cared to hide her intentions. She has always been forward, not cared about getting in trouble, nor considered consequence. She never feels the need to submit to anyone, and only allows herself to open up to people who share her interests and can slowly earn her trust. She, however, is also very impulsive and may attach herself to people randomly for one reason or another (regardless of factors like age gap, criminal record, etc). This was likely the case with Milos.

Despite being a treacherous and vile woman, Lilah can open up and be more soft for certain people. However, it’s very hard to get her to be this way. She tends to get frustrated when trying to express feelings or talk about her problems in a serious way. Micah affirms that she isn't too bad when one gets to know her, but that is likely a side of her that none of the Numbers will get to see.

## Job at the Facility

Lilah's role at the Facility was one of the earliest specialties to be revealed - pathologist. Lilah generally puts together autopsies of dead bodies (workers and prisoners, most likely) and preserves the bodies. Her position mainly involves her staying underground. Currently, she is and has been the only person in the facility with this specialty and role.

Lilah was interested in mortuary science when she was pushed incessantly by her family to pick a useful career. She didn’t want to go to college at first, but only went as a means to escape from her father’s grasp for awhile. In Chapter 84, it is revealed Lilah never finished school and joined The Overseer's operation prematurely.

## Kinks and Sexuality

* Dominance
* Impact play
* Asphyxiation
* Rough sex
* Sadism/Masochism/Algolagnia
* Biting/scratching

Lilah seems to lean more toward bisexuality, because it’s been mentioned in various conversations or through implication that she's been with both men and women. She is not particularly discriminatory in that regard, as her main fascination is inflicting pain and being dominant.

Lilah is a highly dominant person, and may only really let someone dominate her if she is in the mood. In Chapter 84, it is shown she is capable of enjoying both sex and violence separately, or together. More often than not, and with Numbers especially, she will use BDSM practices during visits without the expectation of sex at any point during the visit. Only occasionally will she incorporate it, but she has stated it's usually when she's too tired or bothered to stage her usual violent scenes all the way through.

Lilah has killed people before by being too rough during visits. She has learned to be much more careful now, but initially found it so exhilarating to not be held back by moral expectations while at the facility (especially after a lifetime of being held back and having to keep rage pent up in a lot of situations in her adult life) that she let herself go too wild during visits. The Overseer had to remind her that some of the prisoners were needed alive, even if many others were expendable.

Lilah is capable of practicing safe BDSM scenes/acts with other people, as evidenced both by her vaguely noting that safe practices are necessary in the real world, and by her arranging to have a "negotiation" with Micah before they get together. However, she completely throws away any rules of safety while at the facility because she has less limitations there. Her visits are more often than not just means for her to exhert frustrations with her life, the people who bother her, and her pent up emotions on innocent people whom she expresses hatred for.

## Relationships

### **Eight**

Eight puts up with Lilah's violent tendencies because he is her Number, and though he begrudges it, he can sometimes put up with it. However sometimes he gives in and let's her have her way with him. At first Lilah liked having Eight as a number since he had a tendency to fight back, but over time, Eight started boring her. And while he is usually able to take her beatings, he has been shown to pass out from them before.
While Lilah neglects caring for Eight most of the time and leaves him in his room often due to being too busy or refusing to ask another doctor to care for him in her stead, she does seem to pick up on Eight's interests in books. Even when she left Eight locked in his room, she left some books for him to pass time.
In Chapter 84 Lilah expressly says she dislikes her Number and only takes care of him enough to stay alive. She has little interest in him personally, yet knows a bit about Eight personally through secondhand gossip and talks with Gale, who has observed his behavior and heard private discussions between him and other Numbers.
### **Ten**

Lilah has a dislike for the weaker Numbers (most all of them in her eyes) but openly insults Ten during her first meeting after hearing she was sensitive. Lilah enjoys pecking at Ten and openly dislikes how easily fear takes over her.
In Chapter 41, Ten dreams about Lilah talking down to her and calling her annoying before being pushed down and startled awake.
In Chapter 60, Lilah sees Ten confined in The Overseer's room and grows increasingly upset when she realizes he and Lucius were keeping more secrets from her, despite having apparently been more open with her in the past. In Chapter 81, Lilah tells Ten that she "had a bone to pick with her". Perhaps Lilah's interest in Ten may have piqued after calling her insignificant for so long.
### **Mom**

Mom often butts heads with Lilah, and has no real history of ever getting along with her. The reason for their squabble isn't really known, but hinted in Chapter 81 to have had something to do with Milos, whom both women have slept with.
Lilah isn't afraid to call out Mom's overbearing and delusional nature, often throwing insults at her without hesitation. Mom takes offense to Lilah in most instances, even just in her mere presence as of late. Mom asserts that Lilah is given too many chances (without necessarily noticing she is as well, even if she gets punished more often).
### **Milos Simanek**

Like with Mom, Milos "respects" Lilah, and it's been implied that they've had a sexual history towards each other. However, unlike his relationship with Mom, Milos seems to be attracted to her firey personality and even calls her "My Valentine" or "Little Valentine" as a term of endearment. Mom seems to accuse him of siding with Lilah more, as he tends to lose interest in Mom once she starts getting overemotional. However, he does the same with Lilah, often reminding her to stay in her place and not act out when it's unnecessary. Oddly, he seems to be more involved in doing so with Lilah than Mom.
Lilah clings to him primarily because of their history, but has stated she also feels he's one of the few people in the facility who understands and can put up with her. She doesn't always like him, however, and has stated expressly that she can see him as a nuisance at times. She tires or bores of people easily, and her attachment with Milos seemed moreso based in "nostalgia". It's because of her connections with the man from a young age that she stays bound to him. While she is bitter at her position in the facility, she still seems to enjoy Milos' company in some moments, even if she is crude toward him sometimes.
### **Yosuke Chisaka**

Yosuke never let Lilah visit Ten due to her enjoyment of inflicting pain on the numbers and his over protectiveness of Ten. Yosuke doesn't outright dislike Lilah, complimenting her work as he does others, but her boorish young attitude can easily annoy him. He often brings up how she is "spoiled" by The Overseer, who lets her get away with a lot.
### **Micah Galin**

Lilah is not above being crude toward Micah, but she does not entirely hate him either. In Chapter 84, she is first seen interacting with him in person by Ten, and while she is crude at first, she does act a bit playful with him and allow him to bother her to some degree. It's likely she resonates with him on some level, but will still put her foot down around him as she does with everyone.
She expresses to Ten that the two often had to resort to bothering each other on the job since Lilah used to always be so busy. Though, while she is able to go around on her own a little more now due to a lack of regular deaths, she still doesn't appear to see him very often. However, she doesn't seem to brush off an opportunity to hang around with the man when he expresses interest in being around her.
### **Gale Smith**

Lilah does not appear to dislike Gale as a person, but does scorn their profession due to her own bad experiences with therapists and psychologists. While not enough information is given about her history with them, one can assume she was sent to them when growing up, or else sought out help at some point for any issues she might have had, only to be led in the wrong direction or not helped well at all.
Despite her distrust of these kinds of professionals, Lilah doesn't much mind Gale, stating they're "fine enough".
### **The Overseer**

Like Mom and Milos, Lilah was one of the earliest doctors to join the facility and The Overseer's inner circle. The Overseer once respected and commended the young woman for her work and at being adept at it at a young age, but as time went on, she became seemingly "ungrateful" for her position and started taking his forgiveness of her actions for granted. She is often too irritable and coarse for The Overseer's taste. Because of her nature, he has likened her to "an incessantly bratty daughter". Regardless, he still finds her work important to the operation and keeps her around. Lilah, despite all her attitude, still does do her job and is controllable where someone like Mom or Milos may not always be.
In chapter 84, it's said by Lilah that Milos helped bring her to the facility, and that she was quite close with him, The Overseer, and Lucius. The Overseer, she expresses, was responsible for the death of her father, whom she hated, and so she was grateful to him for a while and even looked up to him. Lilah has said that she once saw The Overseer as a father figure, and that while she was close with him and the other two for a while, they eventually changed.
Reportedly, all three men helped Lilah learn how to shoot a gun. The Overseer also had a hand in influencing Lilah's acceptance of her murderous tendencies. She apparently did not take well to being responsible for murder her first time, but it was Lucius and The Overseer's guidance and words of "you'll get used to it" that severely impacted her current attitude toward death, both inflicting and witnessing it.
While The Overseer seems to be bitter about Lilah in the main story, it's possible he once cared for her just as much as he once respected her. The same could be said of Lilah's attitude toward him in turn. While she harshly criticizes her boss for how much he's changed and how much he keeps her in the dark now, she still obeys his word. Although she lashes out first, when he later snaps at her, she immediately holds her tongue. Other times, she begrudges his bitter words and orders, but does still comment sourly on them.
### **Lucius Marcellus**

Lucius likely shares the same opinion of Lilah as The Overseer, but enjoys teasing his boss over his annoyance of her.
In chapters 83 and 84, his relationship with Lilah is a bit more laid out than it has been prior. Lucius seems to tease Lilah like most everyone, and while Lilah squabbles with and fights against Lucius, she does not disobey him or The Overseer, or at least not for important matters. Lilah takes no issue pecking at Lucius, though he remains unshaken by her attitude and playfully refers to her as a "brat", which she doesn't seem to care about.
Lilah states that she was close with The Overseer and Lucius once, and that both men had a hand in helping her learn to shoot a gun. Supposedly, both men also affected her outlook on death and murder, as she was told regularly by both after her first kill that she'd eventually accustom to the sensations and emotions that come with killing. Knowing Lucius' sadistic tendencies, though, it's likely his word affected Lilah's own sadism while The Overseer's words wore more advising.
Lilah has stated that "for obvious reasons", she cannot own a gun in the facility despite having one, but that if she had been allowed to carry one like Lucius, she might have ended up just like him.
### **Parents**

Lilah did not care for her parents whatsoever. Her mother was distant, and her father was controlling and restrictive. Lilah never followed any of his rules and blatantly went against her father especially. She did everything possible to upset him, and he in turn did everything possible to stifle her.
She had a rebellious phase growing up because her father was controlling and her mother was distant. Her upbringing teetered between being neglected and being strictly controlled by rules and punishments.
## Visit Chapters

* Chapter 84: Visit Thirty Four - Bitch (*Note: This is a special case, and was not a visit organized by her. She only wanted to interrogate Ten, while Lucius set up the visit as a means to punish Ten for her curiosity in Chapter 81*)

## Trivia

*Most of these are pulled from asks featured on the author’s tumblr*

* Lilah is one of the younger doctors along with Gale and Micah
* It is not known if Lilah smokes but it's interesting that Ten had a dream of Lilah smoking despite only meeting her once previously
* Lilah's **Meyer Briggs type** is ISTJ
* Lilah's **love language** is Acts of Services
* **Lilah's intelligence type** (per original theory) is Bodily - Kinesthetic
* Lilah is an only child
* **Lilah's parent's opinions of her:** *Her father found her frustrating and annoying. He once might have been a little bit soft on her as a kid when she was malleable and teachable, but their relationship soon became estranged and difficult when she got older and started questioning his rules and the things he expected of her.*
* **Lilah's opinion of her previous number:** *She cared little for her Number personally, but admitted she could take a hit pretty well*
* **Lilah's controversial opinion:** *Pain makes you a stronger person. People who are afraid of pain or don’t know it aren’t worth the time of day.*
* Lilah hates kids, but she’ll begrudgingly play nice around them because they’re too stupid to know better.
* **Embarrassing fact:** *used to wear way too much eyeliner that bled while still learning makeup (and somehow still got interest garnered in her anyway)*
* Lilah likes beer, vodka or rum, though she might sometimes throw soda or some other sweet thing in it if she doesn’t feel like drinking it straight
* **How would Lilah flirt:** *Play hard to get, would never hit on anyone herself. If she did, she’d probably try to downplay it*
* **Lilah as a parent:** *Absolutely not thrilled to have a kid and would find any excuse to pawn it off on anyone else but herself. Might warm up to a kid if it was as crude as her, but she still wouldn’t have patience for teaching anyone anything.*
* Though Lilah is the way she is, she once might have had stuffed animals as a very little kid.
* **Lilah's triggers:** *Any attempts to pry into her emotional state or history*
* Lilah was actually a lot smarter than she let on, but chose to actively ignore her studies for a while because she didn’t care
* Lilah was picked on/made fun of a lot for her alternative persona and unusual fascinations with grim topics. She ended up in a lot of fights, and despite how scrawny she is, she can really pack a punch. She’s also pretty resourceful with things, so she knows how to make use of her surroundings.
* Lilah is an only child, yet went between being consistently neglected, and overshadowed by rules. She used to be a lot more enthusiastic as a kid, but has always been mouthy and demanding. She quickly learned to question her place and the things she was expected to do.
* Lilah’s hair is naturally brown, but she started dying it as a teen because she didn’t like how plain it felt.
* Lilah smokes casually, and started smoking when she was young. She also used to have a huge dependency on alcohol, but has since slowed down on it because of her job. She, however, can still overdo it now and then.

## Gallery

Number!Lilah for funLilah with MilosLilah in Chapter 33