hotel: yuri

[shaft]

Comments

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.

[shaft]

Sylvain also said Byleth was a man in his Fódlan, so there's definitely something strange going on with him.

[ gross ]

But there are constants. Each one of us was thrown into war during the tail end of our time at Garreg Mach.

[ashenvaliant]

[ me getting fire emblem haven cast flashbacks with all the different timelines there were. ]

… Oh, well. That confirms it then. How weird, thinking of the Professor as a man.

[ huh. ]

Yes, that’s standard across the board. I imagine the events as they play out were not quite the same though, given everyone’s different priorities during the war.

[shaft]

Yeah, that does seem to be the point where most of the deviation occurs.

[ ... ]

So we were in the same house...

[ he's just fascinated by this ]

[ashenvaliant]

[ help. ]

Is that really so surprising?