103 // [Action]

[trueknight]

[ action - for house 12 ]

[Nice and early in the morning, there'll be a wonderful noise coming from one of the empty bedrooms in house 12.

... Except not, because the noise is a loud THUD, followed by a groan and (if one is listening closely) a "dammit" and some mumbled complaining. Being dropped on the edge of an old mattress and immediately falling off of it onto the floor because of that isn't the best feeling to wake up to. Especially when you're just arriving in Luceti.

But uh, yeah. Good morning, house 12 residents!]

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[ action - in the late afternoon to evening ]

[Now that he's gotten a fair chunk of his Luceti memories back, Yuri decides to head out that evening and refamiliarize himself with the village a little. Might as well try to get as much of his memory back before doing one of those "hey, I'm back" things, right? Well, it makes sense to him, anyway. He's more or less wandering all over the place in the village, but notably, he's stopping by the Smithy (might as well see if one of his swords is lying around there!), the Battle Dome (only to take a look at the place, though), and finally, the Good Spirits bar. Still, he may come across as a New Feather while he does his wandering, as he slows down a lot while he wanders - sometimes coming to full stops to look at areas or buildings.

Aside from those three places noted, he doesn't really hang around anywhere else in particular, but as he does slow to stops often in random places, feel free to catch him just about anywhere in the village.]

Comments

/steamrolls into this

[wingenvy]

[The bar is being tended by one of the usual suspects, of course, and when Yuri arrives, Zack is in the middle of washing glasses for the evening customers. He looks up as the door chimes, and when Yuri steps through he just about drops the glass he's holding, unable to keep from gawking.]

Yuri!!

[...Oh. Belatedly he realizes that was probably dumb; what if he doesn't even remember?]

/s-steamrolled ...

[trueknight]

[Yuri was sure that he knew someone from this place when he walked in, but hearing someone shout out his name? ... Yeah, that just proved that. Even better, he recognized the voice, and a name came to mind immediately.

So, he'll just give his usual smirk in response and start heading over.]

Man, yelling like that ... You're making it sound like I'm some kind of ghost, Zack.

[wingenvy]

[Zack blinks, staring in disbelief for a moment, then sets the glass down on the counter (loudly) and lifts his hand to point. He doesn't look entirely pleased at the moment.]

I'd even take a ghost over you not being around at all. It's about time you got back here!

[trueknight]

[Yuri sighs at that, but he's still keeping a smirk about him. Just a little less of one.]

Sorry I couldn't show up any sooner.

[He considers making another joking comment, but ... weeeeeeell, maybe when Zack gets less pointy and displeased-looking.]

[wingenvy]

[Zack holds onto his indignant - and not very sincere - rage for a moment before he slumps, leaning against the bar and shifting his hand to offer it out. SHAKE, BRO.]

Yeah, yeah. Welcome back, man, we missed seeing you around.

[trueknight]

[Thaaaat's better. HANDSHAKE TIME.]

Heh, good to be back. Not that I missed this place too much, but the people in it are a different story.

[wingenvy]

I think most of us are still around, for better or worse. Same old Luceti, right?

[trueknight]

I'm not sure whether or not I should be happy to hear that. [shrug] But hey, I'm fine with the same old thing. Sure makes things less complicated, at least.

[wingenvy]

Yeah, it makes the whole "what did I miss" conversation a lot less complicated. Though I'm assuming you already got that out of the way.

[trueknight]

Yeah. Enough to know I missed something pretty big, anyway. Unless something else happened aside from the flood and whatever happened to that blue guy.

[wingenvy]

Yeah... plus a draft in space, apparently. I missed out on that one myself, though.

[He leans back, grinning abruptly.]

But hey, good news! Brave Vesperia is still up and running, and going strong at that! We've actually got three jobs right now.

[trueknight]

Wait, in space? How did they ...

[... You know what, he's just going to shake his head and move on to the next topic. Because he can actually comprehend it.]

... Anyway, we've really got three jobs going? [ ... ] They're not all building jobs, are they?

[wingenvy]

[His smile shifts a bit to look slightly strained, instead.]

Two stables and a shrine! Sounds great, right?

[trueknight]

[ ............. ]

... Yeah. Wonderful.

[wingenvy]

Figured you'd be thrilled. [Zack shrugs.] Ah well, can't really be helped. You want a drink?

[trueknight]

Guess not. It's something to do, anyway, so it doesn't matter for now. [... Oh.] And yeah, I'll have a beer. Might as well, while I'm here.

[wingenvy]

[One beer coming up! Zack cracks open a bottle from the cooler and slides it over, fetching one for himself as well. Nothing like a nice cool beer between friends.]

Remind me to give you the new roster sometime soon. I tried to get the guild out there a little more, but it's tough, man.

[trueknight]

[Catching that when it slides over! And looking slightly confused for a moment.]

"New" roster? [-- Oh, wait.] Ah, right. I guess that means some people got sent home, then. [Well, it happens. He'll see if it's anyone he knew well when he sees the new roster, then.] Getting the guild out there more is tough, though. But hey, we've got a decent amount of jobs going now, so I'd say you did a pretty good job at that.

[wingenvy]

Yeah, you know the drill. It's like accounting, with less snooze-worthy money crunching and more heartbreak. I don't think we've done too badly the last few months, though. We're mostly intact.

[trueknight]

[what the hell is accounting]

Good to know. It'd be a little depressing to show up to the next meeting and only see half as many people there, or something.

[wingenvy]

[It's all about money you would love it]

It's not that bad. But don't be surprised if Sokka starts a petition to rename it "The Build Guild" again.

[trueknight]

[yes, yes he would]

He can come up with petitions for that till the end of time for all I care. It just gives me something to shoot down every once in a while.

[wingenvy]

If only that was enough to steer away the boredom.

[Dammit Luceti.]

So... can I at least depend on having a regular sparring partner again?

[trueknight]

[Smirking at that.]

If nothing else, I can give you that much. [ ... ] But maybe not right away. I mean, I did just get back today and all.

[wingenvy]

Yeah, I guess you can get a free pass for that one. I promise not to cry about it.