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[onerous]

Who: onerous & you
When: 6/10ish
Where: Around
What: Mostly just a way for Yuri to catch up with people and make sure everyone's settling in okay. An for people to catch her for the same thing!
Rating/Warning: None so far.

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[A]

[Being a shrine maiden isn't really tough work. Sure her robes are a little strange and elaborate, but she's getting used to them-- the fact it's the same style of robes worn by the dead shrine maidens in her world notwithstanding. She doesn't even mind the weird headpiece or the cloth over her eyes.

Honestly, it's giving her a way of trying to understand the old shrine maidens, a feeling of connection, but- That's neither here nor there.

If you're someone she ran into in ViViD (however briefly and here's where you're free to handwave that maybe they saw each other in passing), Yuri approaches.]

Excuse me. [How does she see through that thing covering her eyes?? She raises a hand and gently lifts the veil to reveal her face and nods in greeting. Normally she'd also wave with her free hand, but that arm is currently cradling a...bouquet of flowers?? Weird.] Hello. I just... Wanted to know if you were doing well. The first day was a little...

[She trails off, because how do you even begin to describe that? So she decides to skip over it and continues:] Are you settling in alright?

[B]

[Alright so this whole "offering her abilities as a service to people" thing was good in theory, but she's been getting a lot of requests from your friendly everyday NPCs. And mostly it's to find stuff they misplaced and could probably find if they actually put in any effort or something.

'I'm not bitter,' i say bitterly with a bitter expression. Okay maybe she's not actually bitter, but she is a little exasperated.

Currently it's a case of a missing ring. Anyone sensitive to supernatural things (or maybe the city itself is just being weird and letting it be shown) will see a vaguely humanoid shape walking off before disappearing after a moment. Maybe it's even headed right by you when it disappears??

Yuri, assuming most people can't see it, just grips the ring box tighter and nods her head in passing, staring intently at the place the shape had been. She looks around a moment, frowns, then turns to address you] Sorry, have you seen a ring around here...?

[WILDCARD]

[Maybe Yuri's your waitress at the cafe and you recognize her, or maybe while at her shrine maiden gig or around town you recognize her as the girl advertising her ability to find anything and anyone and you want to put it to the test? Anything goes!]

Comments

[wolfpuppy]

[His expression sobers up a lot when she sits down to talk about that last session. It wasn't easy for a lot of them, and that's coming from someone who fought monsters on a daily basis. He still doesn't know how to react when it comes to fighting NPCs in ViViD. While he's more than used to taking out monsters, it's when there's humans involved that he has to pause. It's one of the few tenets in Makai code that actually has punishment involved if it's breached. And even if there isn't anyone from back home that's here outside Jinga, Ryuuga can't help but pause. True, there was the whole incident with his mother during Vol City, but that was one of the few exceptions - and it wasn't something he was proud of.]

It is. And not something I'd ever want to throw onto someone's plate on top of everything else.

[He pauses, letting out a soft sigh.]

... if you want to talk about it, I'm all ears.

[onerous]

[Yuri opens and closes her mouth a couple times, trying to figure out how to start, but suddenly she sits up straight as if jerking herself out of a daydream and shakes her head.]

You came here to enjoy yourself. The last thing you need is me ruining with upsetting things-- that wouldn't be fair to you at all.

[She waves a hand dismissively] I just... need to get used to actually using the fighting skills I'm using. It;s not something I'm used to, but I don't want to be a burden for others to protect.

[wolfpuppy]

[He pauses. That's a good point.]

Yeah, well, offer's still out there, okay? Don't hesitate to talk to me if you need someone to listen. I have weird hours half the time anyway.

[Though that's more the fact that he's used to running on little to no sleep, but details.

Though he does perk up slightly at her mentioning fighting skills.]

You're learning how to fight? Considering half of what goes on around here, that's good! If you need someone else to help out, I can possibly lend a hand.

[onerous]

I've been learning how to use a sword, but... I won't say no to learning more, or different ways to fight. I'm not very strong, really, so any little bit helps.

[Because yeah, she's seen evidence of his fighting skills before-- Yuri's no expert or anything, but he seems to know what he's doing for sure.]

Your fighting is impressive. I'd honored to learn from you. [Yuri pauses and then looks flustered, twisting her fingers into the material of her pants] --Sorry, that sounded way too formal, didn't it?

[wolfpuppy]

Maybe a little, but I do appreciate the compliment. [His smile's a bit sheepish at this point, giving a slight shrug.]

And I'd be honored to help teach you.

[Not like he hasn't had much else to really do outside his patrols and work. Besides, it's not like he's training her to be a Knight. She's learning to defend herself, and with how this place was? It was necessary.]