hotel: yuri

[shaft]

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[ashenvaliant]

Are you planning on talking to him?

[ … ] I think it’d be easier to handle overall if he acted under his own accord. No coercion, or manipulation or anything else to worry about. Not great either way, but at least we know we’re all accountable for our own actions that way.

[shaft]

Yeah.

It would be easier, but... I doubt it's the case.

[ ... ]

Or maybe it is. Sometimes people surprise you.

[ashenvaliant]

Especially with hostages in the mix. People will do wild things for people who matter to them.

THIS IS FOR WEEK 0 SATURDAY

[shaft]

[ me realising I never put a header ]

It is difficult to reconcile logic and emotion...

[ He sighs, going quiet for a moment. ]

Did you speak with Flayn after Wednesday?

the way this popped up in my inbox like AHHHHH

[ashenvaliant]

No, I didn’t catch her after Wednesday. Was she acting strangely?

[shaft]

In the sense that it was revealed her schoolgirl identity was fake, I suppose so.

[ashenvaliant]

[ he tilts his head. ]

[shaft]

[ he thinks about it ]

Well, no. She was actually a student. Just not a human one.

[ashenvaliant]

... Somehow I don't feel surprised. Her guestbook page was so specifically vague about it, it just seemed suspicious.

She didn't bring it up, so I left it alone. I didn't expect she'd be dead before I could ask.

[ ... ]

Was she your classmate?

[shaft]

[ Yuri is polite. Claude is nosy. ]

She wasn't. To be honest I didn't speak with her much...

What about you?

[ashenvaliant]

[ claude's a sneaky b. ]

...

[ he blinks at that though. his head tilts very slightly like he's considering something. ]

She was my classmate, yeah. Even then I wouldn't say we were best friends, but she was always pleasant.

[shaft]

Sounds about right. Flayn was always the perfect lady.

I regret that she couldn't find peace here or on Fódlan.

[ashenvaliant]

...

[ the Look increases. ]

von Riegan, a quick question for you, if you will.

[shaft]

[ His last name... ]

What is it?

[ashenvaliant]

[ shady boys who don't share secrets don't get first name basis. probably. ]

What class was Flayn in?

[shaft]

[ mean ]

The Black Eagles.

[ashenvaliant]

...





[ huh. ]

... How many variations of Fódlan are there?

[shaft]

[ He laughs. ]

They seem to be endless. Which class was it for you?

[ashenvaliant]

The options are, apparently. And with that, I suspect how things played out for us differed immensely too.

[ hm. ]

Golden Deer.

[ lol ]

[shaft]

[ what ]

That is surprising. [ his brows furrow ] And which house were you in, Yuri?

[ashenvaliant]

[ he just raises his eyebrows. ]

There’s a pattern, I think. Which class did the Professor teach?

[shaft]

[ he laughs ]

Quid pro quo, hm? She taught the Eagles.

[ashenvaliant]

I see.

So, after saying she taught the Golden Deer where I’m from I’ll leave it at that.

[ spot the pattern claudey. ]

[shaft]

[ ]

... I haven't heard that one before.

[ashenvaliant]

I do like to be unique.

You and Flayn were from the same Fodlan then? Dimitri sounds like he’s from one that wasn’t mine or yours, and Sylvain is currently a mystery but given he didn’t have any recognition of me at all, I wonder if he’s from a different place entirely.

Even if I assume he stuck with his original house, Dimitri seemed to recognise me. Sylvain did not.