caughtinanetwork | 002 - action/video

[ Action | Locked to Vesperia housemates ]

[ There is silence in the Vesperia household, for once, as the housemates are doing whatever the hell they're doing right now. Reading? Looking over research notes? Doing something? Yeah, it's quiet.

And then there is suddenly a large gust of wind that develops inside the house. Yeah. Inside. Suddenly everything's blowing around like crazy -- hair, skirts, notes, paper, just. Anything and everything that can fly in the wind is behind tossed around.

Suddenly, there is a WHAM as the front door is thrown open by the wind. And then, sauntering in and grinning like a boss, is one Yuri Lowell, who has returned from ~~being canon-updated~~ beating down Duke and killing the Adephagos rape monster with a giant energy feather. Yaaaaay!

... or not if you were actually doing something and the wind messed it up. In any case, Yuri's grinning as he addresses the household.]

Hello, everyone. Did you miss me?

[ Video ]

[ Sometime after the initial chaos of Yuri happily testing his new Brush God powers on the unsuspecting members of his household, he's settled in well enough that he's more or less relaxed at the moment. After a few minutes, he turns on his SFC, playing with the features for a bit before settling on video. ]

So, before I begin, can I just say that whatever rumors of my disappearance started in this place are grossly exaggerated?

[ So casual, Yuri. A shrug before he continues. ]

Yeah, actually I went back home for a bit. Settled a lot of things. Pissed off a few more people. Stopped a world-ending calamity from destroying Terca Lumireis. You know, the usual.

... didn't think I'd end up back in this place, though.

[ With that, he sighs, looking at the SFC before grinning at this. ]

So. Anyone mind telling me what I missed?

( OOC: IN WHICH I SAY GO NUTS, PEOPLE. Yuri's back! )

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[ Well.

That would explain where Yuri went. ]

You would return in the middle of a curse.

[ yup. Not going to mention anything else. He knows what you remember most recently, and ... isn't going to comment. ]

... what can I say, I've got good timing.

[ ohai Duke yes he still remembers pretty well what you did. And booooooy is it making the conversation awkward. ]

... so. What's up.

[ Because, well. Reasons. And attempting to not be an awkward turtle. ]

[ Hey. Estelle and Co already told you what he tried to do. Why are you finding it remarkably awkward to talk to him now.

Probably because hearing and experiencing are different. ]

... Assume you are not asking whether location is covered.

Apart from a particularly lazy day, have yet to been affected. [ ... Did he react properly to 'what's up' this time? ]

[ Yeaaaaaah hearing second-hand and seeing it first-hand are completely different things, yo.

There's a noticeable pause here before Yuri responds. ]

Well, at least that's one less problem for us, yeah?

[ ... ... how does Yuri speak to Duke normal ]

.... [ Are you expecting that some curse will recreate the events at Tarqaron, Yuri?

Because if you are, you're not the first to think he'll return to doing bad things, by his own will or not. Duke's not sure how he feels about this. ]

Seems to be a different effect each day.

[ By... pretending he didn't find a connection there, obviously. ]

[ Hey, it's not his fault for thinking it, especially considering how curses tend to affect people in this place...

In any case, he pauses, frowning as he thinks of something. ]

What kind of effects are we talking here?

Seemed Monday, Dhaos ate a great deal. Tuesday lacked any interest in moving. Rest of the week has been uneventful for me.

[ He may be taking this pause to scroll through the sfc. ]

Apparently, as well as those who ate a great deal, there were those who were quite happy to give instead. And those who where nice.

Seems to be wednesday involved those who want, the day after those who wanted what others had, then those who found anger far easier to reach...

[ .... Now he feels like Yuri is going to judge him on all these curses. ]

Eating a lot, then not moving, then... wanting things...

[ There's a pause as Yuri thinks about it. ]

... gluttony, sloth, greed... and then envy and wrath after?

... it sounds familiar but I can't quite place it.

Sloth, envy, greed, gluttony, wrath...

[ And two finger taps after.

Oh. ]

Pride, lust.

Right, right. Those deadly sins, right?

I remember being drilled in those as the values of the enemy when we were in the Knights, or something to that effect...

[ Beat. ]

Not that it stopped them from being greedy and prideful, but that's another story entirely.

[ An amused snort. ]

True enough. Perhaps it is a common trait among the nobility.

It was common enough among all the nobles I saw. Hypocrites.

[ Said while knowing that he's a hypocrite too, but shhhhhh. ]

[ Duke hums a little. ]

All?

... okay, most. Estelle and Ioder are two of those expections.

But I think a good number of them are still power-hungry and greedy, though.

True enough.

[ Duke wonders if Yuri has ever connected Duke with nobles? ]

[ Not really...? Though being a nature lover and squirrel fan tends to deflate that image Yuri would have of Duke being a noble, admittedly... ]

So about those with giving and being nice...

Think they're doing the virtues with this curse too? It would explain the difference in behavior.

That would explain, yes.

[ Yuri didn't meet him when he was a sphinx. That may be why Zelda doesn't connect him to 'noble' either. ]

Both extremes.

Of angels and demons indeed. Well played, City.

[ He has to admit, it was clever, if not annoying. ]

Regardless if which ... mood? is given, is still a temperament change. So the base of the curse is the same...

Good point. Don't like how this place is playing with our moods, really...

[ A pause. ]

... you all right?

My mood does not seem to be affected today, if that is question.

[ Avoiding answering clearly? Yes. ]

... that's not what I meant, Duke.

[ No, that is not the question Yuri asked, you tried though. ]

You comfortable knowing I know what you tried to do?

A mix. You are now at the same time as the rest, although perhaps exact moment may be different among all of us.

[ He arrived having just walked off from the fight, still feeling all those hits. And you also match his memory more, at least the most recent one of Yuri from Terca Lumireis. ]

Perhaps easier to talk to, for things you learned before reaching Tarqaron. [ Things you learned from Khroma. You can understand why he avoids people better now, than when you had after first arriving in the city. ]

Comfortable with you knowing what I attempted? Had not assumed it would have gone untold. Although reaching the garden level and hearing of it from friends is different, assume.

... to answer, no. Never will be comfortable. Will always be judged by a frustrated, rash action. Have already been, here.

Yeah. Hearing about it and seeing it yourself's kind of different, I'd imagine.

[ Yeah, he so imagines. In any case, he huffs, pausing for a few minutes to collect his thoughts before he responds again. ]

Still, considering I've done a couple things myself that could be considered rash, I don't really have much of a right to judge your actions.

That's what I think, anyway.

Believe some will find that one or two bodies is not the same as .... Tarqaron. and my formula.

[ Zelos tried keeping him away from everyone. Somehow, Duke had ended up with more people wandering by in a week that way.

Let's go back to awkward silence. ]

[ voice ]

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