-64 [Action/accidental voice]

[fortunefail]

[Wearing a thick cloak and hands buried deeply in his pockets, Yuan is stumping through Luceti, heading for the forest. Things are getting far too crowded for his liking, so he'll go out to find some peace and quiet. He's bringing his journal along just in case, unaware it's recording:]

...Damn. It's so cold, you could hammer a nail with a frozen banana.

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[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

Then where is it?

[fortunefail]

... You'll likely find this hard to believe, but it's a completely different world.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

...

But that's impossible.

[fortunefail]

That's what I thought, until this place proved me wrong.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

How do I know you aren't lying to me?

[fortunefail]

You can go ahead and ask anyone else in the village. They'll tell you the same thing.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

[He studies him for a moment...]

...You're a half-elf.

[fortunefail]

Very astute. Yes, I am.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

Which continent do you hail from?

[fortunefail]

... [Insert the name of whatever Sybak's continent used to be called four-thousand years ago. If this kid really is Kratos, saying he's from one of Sylvarant's (former) major cities would be a very bad thing to do.]

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

...I see. [He gives a polite bow.] I am Kratos of the Aurion family.

[fortunefail]

[Suspicions confirmed.] I'm Yuan.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

[He straightens up, a light frown on his face. Though he feels sympathy for half-elves and thinks people are dumb for treating them the way they do, there's still the whole "growing up in a kingdom full of it" syndrome he has. Thankfully, his mother and father are accepting of half-elves, thus he doesn't suffer from it nearly as bad as others do.]

You do not have a surname?

[fortunefail]

[Errr. There's a good chance the people from Meltokio, especially the Aurion family, would know just how big the Ka-Fai name is in Sylvarant. Let's not mention that, either.]

No. I was orphaned.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

[ffff... Kratos lowers his head at that.]

...I apologize.

[fortunefail]

Don't. It's fine.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

[For being in another world, Kratos sure is calm about it. He straightens up and looks around.]

There's no way back?

[fortunefail]

[He just wouldn't be Kratos if he wasn't calm about it. Even as a kid.]

None we can use voluntarily.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

I could use a little break, I suppose.

[fortunefail]

I'm not sure just how long this break will be.

[strivingknight.livejournal.com]

[But Kratos is already sitting in the snow and taking out... a sketchpad? And within it, he starts to doodle. None of his drawings are good, though. Most stick people.]