fortunefail | -39 [action / accidental voice]

[the journal is suddenly flicked on to show grass, trees and the tail of a random squirrel darting past. Apparently, the creature activated it by accident. In the distance, you can see Yuan. He's consistently smashing his fist into the barrier. If you squint, you'll see slight traces of blood on both his knuckles and the obstruction itself. His voice is incredibly hoarse and carries just a wee tone of hysteria]

-Give her back! Give her back! Dammit! I'm not letting you keep her! I'm not...

[he pauses the constant punching to glance at something on his right, which isn't really there]

Shut up! Just shut up! It wasn't my fault! If you think you can do better, march right in there and save her in my stead! Oh, but you can't, can you?! Useless figment of my goddamn imagination!

[apparently, the spirit had a decent comeback ready, as Yuan's face contorts for a moment. Then, he turns his attention back to ramming his fist into the barrier. The second spirit, standing helplessly by the side, has so far been quite unable to soothe him. If anything, she aggravated the situation with her presence.]

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... You don't know that. I'm not going to sit by idly and wait.

[Maybe these keywords should be "Dammit Yuan" instead] Do you earnestly believe they'd listen to you?

There's nothing to gain if I don't try.

As there is nothing to gain if you do. You'll only feel the satisfaction of the fact that you did.

Then that's good enough for me.

You're being a fool. [Although the remark isn't snide or reprimanding; it's more sympathetic since he can relate. Also he may be heading out there to be there when Yuan can't go on anymore.]

I don't care.

[apparently, Yggdrasill's ghost agrees with Kratos, though. Yuan shoots him a nasty glare]

Shut up... Shut up! I'm not listening to either of you!

[he rushes over to the journal to snap it shut, before returning to his duty of pointless hammering. There's a good chance he'll keep at it until he collapses.]

[Then Kratos will get himself over there, his own ghosts following after him. He, too, see Yggdrasill, although he's in his true Mithos form, but the other ghost is that of Anna in her monster form, a sword wound through her heart. He's not paying attention to either, though.]

[no Kvar? Interesting... As for Yuan, it seems Yggdrasill had more of an impact on him than Mithos. And seeing as you can't have both, he got the nastier version.

By the time Kratos arrives on the scene, which should technically take a pretty long time, Yuan has already sunk to his knees. One arm is propped up against the barrier itself, so he can rest his head on it. The other is still dully resuming its pounding motions. It's hardly as ferocious as before, though.]

[Oh, Kvar will come along in due time. ~~When the mun has a day off to post about it;;;~~

Kratos will walk up and stand a few feet away, arms crossed.] Yuan.

[the pounding halts, his hand pressed against the barrier. That doesn't mean he'll acknowledge Kratos' presence, though.]

[That's enough of an acknowledgment for Kratos.]

You can't go on like this.

... I'm not going back.

So you're going to stay out here and exhaust yourself day after day?

...

[that's pretty much the planning, yes]

They won't listen to you. You'll spend the rest of your time here exhausting yourself. You do remember our mortality here, yes?

If Martel does return, I doubt she'd want to see you this way.

...

[curse you and your logic!]

That's the question, isn't it? If she returns.

There is no sure answer for that. There is the possibility that she won't... and yet there is one where she will.

In that case, I'm fine right here.

If she does return, it won't be here by the barrier.

... People have been returned in stranger locations.

[usually the forest, but that's not too far from here anyway.]

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