- 74

[fortunefail]

[Accidental voice]

[The recording starts with a smashing sound, as the journal takes a nice snapshot of the ceiling and part of the underside of a kitchen table. Yuan's voice can clearly be heard nearby. He sounds rather disturbed.]

W-What the hell is this?!


[Action]

[A short while later, Yuan can be seen striding through the village with great haste. Every so often, he stops to cough mildly, before continuing on his way. His hands are buried deeply into his pockets and his gaze is stubbornly locked on the ground before him.

He's headed straight for Raine's house. Feel free to run into him before he gets there.]


Edit: [And after paying a visit to Raine's house, he'll head for Kratos' place. He's a busy man today.]

Comments

[action]

[fortunefail]

[He doesn't respond, but the way he lowers his head should be enough of an answer. He did consider going to Kratos, but... Well, he needs a real medic, not some shoddy First Aid.]

[action]

[corrinesbell]

...Then you must think you're more than just sick.

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[fortunefail]

It's a precaution. Nothing more.

[action]

[corrinesbell]

Yeah, I guess it pays sometimes to be precautious.

[She does know that's not a word, yes.]

[action]

[fortunefail]

... I suppose.

[action]

[corrinesbell]

I guess I'm just not used to you going for help for just a little cough.

[action]

[fortunefail]

[... Err. Yes. The cough. Let's have her assume that's what the biggest problem is.]

There's a first time for everything.

[action]

[corrinesbell]

With how old you are? Sure, I believe that.

So what else is wrong?

[action]

[fortunefail]

What makes you think something else is wrong?

[action]

[corrinesbell]

Because it bothers you enough that you're not trying to hide it or brushing me off.

[action]

[fortunefail]

[Huh. He was under the impression he was hiding it. Is he losing his touch?]

... There's nothing else.

[action]

[corrinesbell]

[She meant hiding it like walking around as though nothing was wrong]

I think you're lying.

[action]

[fortunefail]

[He coughs again, then clears his throat.]

I am prone to that, sometimes.

[action]

[corrinesbell]

Yeah. Like now.

[action]

[fortunefail]

Believe what you will.

[He'll just continue on his way, now. Or try to, anyway. Sheena's free to chase after him.]

[action]

[corrinesbell]

Maybe you got it from turning into a crazy old man.

[No physical chasing is necessary.]

[action]

[fortunefail]

[That was very effective. He stops walking again and turns to face Sheena.]

What did you say? [He was informed about the "old man" thing, but crazy? Really?]

[action]

[corrinesbell]

Then again, I was busy being a crazy spaz from Meltokio and I turned out just fine.

[Because all of her problems came before the Meltokio part.]

[action]

[fortunefail]

From Meltokio?

[Now he's intrigued. He has no clue how other people were affected, after all.]

[action]

[corrinesbell]

Uh...yeah. I was one of those nobles. [dismissive hand wave]

[action]

[fortunefail]

What exactly was the point of that experiment?

[action]

[corrinesbell]

I don't think it was an experiment. I think they broke something and it's been screwing everything up ever since we all started hearing things.

[action]

[fortunefail]

That sounds plausible enough. Those damn Malnosso can't do anything right.

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[corrinesbell]

And the earthquake happened when it broke too much, or something. It's like...like pieces of home were kinda getting through, until finally really big pieces like the summon spirits could.

[Blame Emil for half that idea. But the rest is only natural after spending five days on the sofa.]

[action]

[fortunefail]

At least things seem to be fixed now.