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[trueknight]

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[For the past few days, Yuri has been spending most of his time out of the house. He'll make an appearance in the morning and show up just in time for dinner at night, but other than that, he's been noticeably absent. And any time it may have been questioned, he's simply said that he "lost track of time". ... Several days in a row, apparently. And this day is shaping up to look like a repeat of the previous ones.

Really, he knows what he's doing is obvious. He knows it's suspicious. He knows he's going to get called out on it eventually, and he knows he's going to have to explain things, as badly as he wishes he could just pretend absolutely nothing happened between himself and Judith years ago in Luceti. But unfortunately, it's getting to a point where he can't help it. He was handling the whole situation worse and worse as time went on. The first day didn't feel quite as bad, but that was mostly due to the surprise of it all - and expecting to hear any time over the journals that the Malnosso were pulling some other kind of stunt. But the next day and the day after that just made him remember the past, along with the son he had before the Malnosso gave him away to a family in another enclosure - and that didn't help anything for him in the least. Maybe those he told about his relationship and Jonah were right - maybe he really should've tried to resolve all this earlier, instead of pretending everything was fine. Maybe then, this wouldn't be affecting him as much as it is.

Too late now.

He'll find a way to deal with this - to get around how he feels about this situation, so he can act normally around Judith and the rest of his housemates again. He will ... but before he can even start to, he has to make a decision about whether he should tell Judith about the past they had the first time she appeared. And if he does, HOW to say it, and when. Which leads to why he's been disappearing so much - he doesn't feel he can really face her until he figures this out. But at this point, it's been days, and he knows he can't keep doing this without making things look more suspicious than they already do.

He had to use today to make up his mind as to what he's going to do. Any longer than this, and things would get much worse - or she'd find out on her own or from someone else, which would really make things go south quick. That's the last thing he wants right now. Or needs.]

[Thankfully, he's been spending his time in the same sorts of places, making him fairly easy to find. In the morning to the early afternoon, Yuri can be found at the battle dome, though he seems to be doing more "hanging around" than fighting. During the mid afternoon, he can be found walking the perimeter of the village. He may do this several times, in fact. From then until it's close to nightfall, he can be found at the barracks, practicing some basic sword movements. ... Though, like the battle dome, he's doing more hanging out than practice while he's there.

Anyone is welcome to bother the guy at any of those places. He does look pretty distracted, especially to someone who knows him decently enough.]

[ Voice ]

[During the afternoon, Yuri decides to make this day seem less suspicious than the past few by actually appearing busy. He told the guild he'd do this later, but ... this was the best he could think of. It doesn't hurt to do this a little earlier, anyway.]

... Well, first off, welcome to Luceti to the new guys. Not exactly some primo vacation spot, but things could be a lot worse here. [Yep. Sounds good. Perfectly fine mood, nothing weird!] That aside, there's something I wanted to bring up, and not just for those who've just showed up.

Some of you have probably already heard me go on about this in the past, but I never really got around to explaining it recently. What I'm talking about is Brave Vesperia, a guild we have established here in Luceti. It's a sort of "odd jobs" kind of guild - tell us what you want to have done, and if it's not for something suspicious, we'll do it. [There's a pause, as if he's purposely trying to word what he says next in a certain way.] We've ... mostly been called on to do construction based things. ... Like building new structures, or house expansions. But that's not all we're here for, so feel free to ask us to do anything that might help you out. We're a pretty flexible group.

That aside, we're also opening up recruitment for the guild. So, if you're interested in joining us, just tell me your name and some basic skills you have. I'm Yuri Lowell, it's current leader, so I'll probably just process you on the spot. [Because he's just that much of a hard worker. And not just trying to keep himself as busy as possible. Not at all!]

If anyone has any questions, just send them my way.

[... That should be fine. Hopefully that alone will keep him busy enough to get his mind off of other things, at least for a few hours.]

Comments

[voice]

[sakurapreserver]

How many people are in Brave Vesperia?

[voice]

[trueknight]

There's nine of us, for now.

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[sakurapreserver]

I see. It sounds like a tough job if the people here keep asking for things like buildings to be built.

[Voice]

[untrustworthy]

[God Kyio I can't be arsed to read your introspective, also I am on hiatus so I will be super slow. Anyway, Alvin is intrigued, he's also very bored so this might be something for him to do.]

What sort of "odd jobs" are you speaking about? Minus the building part.

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[trueknight]

[w/e w/e, also that's fine. Regardless, he remembers Alvin. And how annoying he was the first time he spoke to him. But, well, it's not like he was so annoying that he'd tell him to piss off when it comes to guild business. So--]

We've done minor exploration and some information gathering here, in the past. But really, anything from deliveries to hunting down lost or rare items - even acting as temporary body guards, if someone decides they don't want to use the Rogues.

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

[Fuck you and all your tl;dr]

...A guild?

[Voice]

[trueknight]

[Excuse me sir, this is a family post! Regardless--]

That's right. [ ... ] Do they not have those where you're from?

[Voice]

[temzan]

[He's making himself quite the mystery in this place. Judith's seen him out and about, but he always seems to be on his way out of whatever place she's on her way too.]

[Rather disconcerting.]

[But when there's an entry with his face on it in this journal, she finds an easy opportunity.]

Would there still need to be a process for old members?

[Voice]

[trueknight]

[At this point, he's more or less made up his mind as to what he's going to do. ... But, hearing Judith's voice during a time he was trying to avoid thinking about her does throw him off a little. Just a little though. It's much easier to act as if everything's fine through the journal.]

Nah. It's not like I don't know what you're capable of, or anything like that.

[voice]

[flockingjustice]

[ A guild? It sounds interesting enough to Falkner. Plus, to him it's much better than just... not doing anything at all... ] How often does Brave Vesperia get requests?

[voice]

[trueknight]

I can't say we're swimming in them, since a lot of people seem to like doing things themselves, but we do get called on a decent amount of times.

[Voice]

[accepted]

[He doesn't really get what a guild is, but he gathers it's something good from the stuff they do.]

So basically you go around and do all sorts of good things to benefit the village and the villagers? Heh, sounds pretty cool.

[Voice]

[trueknight]

Yeah, that about sums it up. [A quick pause, then--] So, thinking about joining?

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[blazing_heart]

...A guild?

[video]

[trueknight]

Yeah, a guild. [ ... ] I guess less people know about guilds than I thought.

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[knightofratatosk]

[... Yuri why are you hanging around outside of his house like a creeper, that's HIS job.

Don't mind him opening the window to call out.]

Yuri? Is everything all right?

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[trueknight]

[Well gosh, then move your house out of the way of his walking path, okay! Sheeeeeesh.

Regardless, he'll stop his walk and look over when he hears Emil calling out to him.]

Huh? ... Yeah, everything's fine. What, am I walking weird or something?

[voice] laaaaate ;;;

[seleniahymn]

Would you mind explaining what other things you could assist in, aside from construction? [Since that is by far not her strong suit.]

[voice] S'all good, I'm being slow as it is |D;

[trueknight]

There's plenty, honestly. Information collection, acting as backup to the Blue Rogues, standing as bodyguards for people who may need them, doing minor tasks or making deliveries for people ... I'd say more, but I'd be talking to you all day if I did.

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[wise_maiden]

... Yuri.

[She's been meaning to have a word with you, Mr. Avoidant pants.]

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[trueknight]

[It's locked. And this is Raine.

... Yuri has a feeling he knows what this is about, but he's still going to act as if nothing's wrong.]

Yeah?

[Voice]

[of_sablier]

I don't suppose that guild of yours would be interested in taking on a humble music box maker, would it?

[Voice]

[trueknight]

A music box maker, huh ...? That's a pretty specific skill, but I can see how it could be useful to us. [A small pause, then--] Are there any other skills that you have in addition to that?

[halfremembered]

[ Yuri Lowell. Brave Vesperia. He heard those names from Estelle on a number of occasions, but hearing them come from the man himself makes for a different weight. Thinking back, this is the first conversation they would truly share...

Aether begins to wonder if taking so long with introductions was a mistake. ]

You said "odd jobs", but all you listed involves construction. May I assume you rarely get anything else?

[trueknight]

[There's a pause from Yuri for a few seconds. This guy seems ... really familiar somehow. Probably would've had a better memory of him if Yuri never went back home for a bit, but ...

... Well, not important now.]

Yeah, you can. It's something I'm trying to change, but it's likely we'll still get hit with mostly building projects in the future anyway.