- 85 [Action]

[fortunefail]

[It's been two days since Yuan was returned from his most recent kidnapping and did something very stupid. His memories are still as faulty as the moment when he returned, though he has been filled in on the basic situation by now. The real situation, and not some garbled version his mind might concoct at the moment.

Thanks to this state, he's allowed himself to be tricked by some evil little madman and hurt an innocent person. Not to mention that ridiculous assumption he jumped to when he saw Sheena. What if something like that happens again? Raine advised him to stay in the clinic until the kidnap effect wears off, but he's far too restless for that. Magical amnesia or not, Yuan will be Yuan.

Now he's sitting outside the plaza clinic, watching people as they pass and keeping an eye out for a familiar face- any familiar face. He keeps wondering what else he's forgotten and while stray memories surface from time to time, some of them are actually from experiments. He just can't tell what's real and it's pissing him off.]

Comments

[fortunefail]

[Yuan gives the hand a blank stare for a few seconds, before shaking it. It's just so strange to greet people he's supposed to have known for quite a while now.]

I assume they told you what happened?

[chikaidestroyer]

As much as they could -- that your current state led to you misunderstanding the situation. [He shakes his head faintly.] It's unfortunate, but it would be worse with casualties.

[fortunefail]

There could easily have been casualties.

[It isn't just that Raine regained consciousness before Mithos could kill him. It's that Yuan could've killed Raine if Mithos had let him continue. That pains him a hell of a lot more.]

[chikaidestroyer]

Exactly. But it was avoided, and that is perhaps the only positive to come out of this. [He could easily be very critical about this entire mess, but there was no point when Yuan was likely already beating himself up over the fiasco.] How are you, otherwise? Do you have a grasp of your surroundings yet?

[fortunefail]

[That it could have been worse is hardly a positive thing to consider. It would've been positive if this entire thing hadn't happened. Or if they'd at least caught Mithos before he ran off.]

A better grasp than before, in any case.

[chikaidestroyer]

But no recognition, even for those from your world? [Presuming he had seen any of the others, not counting Sheena and Raine.] I would imagine they would be easier to recognize than those you met in Luceti.

[fortunefail]

I recognize them. I just don't remember them. [If that makes sense. Yuan believes it makes sense.]

[chikaidestroyer]

[It could make sense. It was better than other alternatives.] It's a better starting point than not. My name is Albert Silverberg -- we have known each other for almost four years.

[fortunefail]

[Albert Silverberg... Of the Silverberg brothers. Strategists. Yuan's sure they're strategists. Very helpful for that war that's going on outside. But to have known him for almost four years...]

... That's a long time in this place, isn't it?

[chikaidestroyer]

It is. We are among the longest-dwelling residents in here. [...] Along with Sheena.

[fortunefail]

[Is that something to be proud of? Yuan doesn't even know.]

I see...