probe | Audience: Yuri Leclerc

[ tah daaah. ]

Welcome to Garreg Mach Monestary. It's a thousand years old at the point I'm from.

Which means it's probably like a million for me...[be nice, lust.] It's so pretty though! This is where your academy is, right?

Probably! [ hey he's seen all her tech. he has no idea where to even start with most of it. ]

Yeah. It's the headquarters of both the Church of Seiros, and the Officer's Academy. It counts as neutral territory, despite practically brushing shoulders with the Empire and the Holy Kingdom.

So as long as you're here, you're safe enough. Neutral territory means nobody can be attacked from either side, right? That's probably for the best with all the war you guys are stuck with.

It's neutral until someone with enough power comes along and attacks it, sure. But that has happened before.

...

Come to think of it, I do have some fond memories here. They all just got a bit overshadowed, I guess.

[hm...]

Tell me your favorite one?

[ hm... ]

There was a ball there. And a dancing competition before it. Everyone just... had a good time. I got roped into actually participating in the competition itself, but aside from that? It was nice.

There was dancing, and food, and people sneaking off to go and meet each other at the Goddess Tower and see if the rumours about it were true.

[ ... ] Of course, it all went to hell not long after that.

But did you win? [it isn't like that's the important part, but she thinks it's a nice story and memory all the same especially knowing what she knows about yuri's world.]

...what's the rumor about the Goddess Tower?

[because she doesn't want to touch on what it means that everything went to hell just yet.]

Of course I did. [ it is the most important part, he danced like a boss. ]

There's a legend that long ago a female student from the academy met with a mysterious man in the Goddess Tower. They fell in love at first sight and were bound together forever after...

So the rumour is if you go to the Goddess Tower with someone and make a wish, your wish will come true. And of course it skews towards the romantic kind of wish.

Good! [pleased. but oh...]

...that really is romantic. Did you ever go and make a wish?

[ ha ]

No? No one I wanted to climb a tower with and the wishes I want aren't romantic.

Wishes can be romanticized even if they aren't romantic, I think. But I guess that makes sense.

I guess even the bad outcomes of war can be romanticised by some people. I mean, look at knights.

Yeah, exactly. Or a tale of a tragic romance lost because two lovers were torn apart. Even if it's sad it can be beautiful.

It's less of a beautiful tragedy if you live it, I think. Given some of the things I've seen.

I know...but you know what I mean, right?

To a point, yeah. Those kinds of stories are popular in my time too.

That's what they are for me. Just stories. [she's looking around again, staring to walk forward. come on. tour time.]

I don't know if I could ever live the life you have. I know I'm pretty lucky that way.

[ a tour of the monastery..... in space! ]

Maybe. But I don't know what your life is like, and from what you've told me it has its own troubles too. It's part what you're used to, I think. I know how to work with what I have and how I live better than I would know how to do the same with your life.

True...they do say the grass is greener on the other side and all, but I've never thought about it that much because things used to be so easy.

"Used to be". Ah, everyone has their own issues. Depending on what you know they might seem better or worse.

It also depends on what we're calling issues! There are some things that're more like a crisis than others, you know.

Like a huge war. Or a big loss.

[ things they understand, either one or the other, huh? ]

Edited 2021-04-03 15:46 (UTC)

...okay, okay. I get the hint. No more comparing.

[ pats her head. ]

Good girl.

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