ps3pirate | 3rd Treasure - [Voice / Action for house #12]

[It’s late afternoon of the 13th, and life in Vesperia house is returning to normal now that Estelle’s kidnapping side-effect has worn off. Patty has snuck into Yuri’s room with only the most innocent of intentions. That is, one of Yuri’s socks had ‘accidentally’ found its way into her laundry and she was only entering the room to bring it back. This certainly has nothing to do with a morbid curiosity of what Yuri’s room looks like after such a long time in Luceti. Nope.

Still, her motives don’t stop her from gazing around the room in amazement when she does enter. Everything looks exactly as she expected it to. It’s distinctly Yuri. With the sock dropped on his bed and her curiosity satisfied, she turns to leave the room again. That’s when she spots it. A picture of a familiar woman, her smile filled with more happiness than Patty’s used to seeing. In her lap is sitting… Well, there’s no question about it. That’s a young Krityan boy.

Overcome by surprise, even a small amount of shock, she opens her journal, puts up a hurried, flimsy filter and shouts into it.]

[Voice | Filtered to Yuri, but hackable to everyone]

YUUURIIII! Why do you have a picture of Judy and a kid?! When did this happen? Why didn’t you tell us? [… Gasp!] Are you the father?!

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[Hearing Yuri's return, Estelle goes back to his room where Patty is. When she sees him, she gives him a sad look before turning her eyes down towards her folded hands.]

Yuri...

[Shes not sure what to say.]

[Unfortunately, Yuri doesn't know Patty well enough yet to realize that that's a tell, but he does think something's a little weird about the way she's acting. Estelle coming by with that sad look on her face doesn't help any of this, either.

... Maybe this wasn't going to be any easier on him, after all.]

You too, huh? [Sigh. He'll shrug lightly and head into his room now, figuring the other two will just follow.] ... I guess you two were gonna find out eventually, anyway.

[And follow she will! Though, the way Yuri worded that is only strengthening her suspicions. Is he really the father of that kid? But then... Where is the kid now?

She'd make some kind of witty remark about how they're sharper than a dolphin's tail fin, but that seems a little inappropriate now, so she'll hold her tongue for once.]

[Estelle hangs her head a little. She hadn't been meaning to pry, but when a picture is shoved in your face... well.

So she just follows them into his room as well without saying a word.]

[Once they're in there, Yuri briefly glances at where he remembers leaving that picture last. ... Yep, still there, and nothing seems to be wrong with it. Not that he figured Patty would rip it to shreds or anything, but still.

After that brief glance, he'll close his eyes, sigh, and start talking. While he talks, though, his tone will be wavering between indifferent and bitter -- mostly indifferent, though.]

... I'll take care of the more obvious questions first. [ ... ] First off, what I'm sure you two were suspecting is right - the kid in that picture is mine. He came around about three years ago, the first time Judy and I came here. [another short pause, then--] But obviously, he's not here anymore. When Judy left, he was supposedly moved to another enclosure here around the same time. It's not like there's any way for me to actually check that, though.

[ ... ]

If there's anything else you two want to know, you'd be better off asking me about it now. This isn't something I enjoy having brought up to me too often.

[For the most part, Patty just listens in silence. The lack of emotion in Yuri's voice is a little startling, but... Well, it's Yuri. She's hardly ever heard him speak with real emotion. Noticeable or not, it's definitely in there.

Yuri and Judy had a kid here... An adorable little boy... It seems so unreal.]

Why'd they move him? Aren't there lots of kids here without parents?

[Estelle can hear it in his voice, the bitterness. And she can't bring herself to ask any questions. She didn't want to interrogate Yuri over something that obviously caused him pain. Despite the lack of emotion he displayed, you couldn't tell her that this wasn't painful for him. Yuri wasn't inhuman like that.

So for now she just listens as Patty asks questions.]

[Yuri's quiet for a quick moment after Patty's question. Not because it particularly bothered him - it's just hard for him to remember short conversations from years back with the whole "going home and coming back" thing he's done several times since then.]

I was told it had something to do with Judy leaving and a "shift signature", whatever that is. For all I know, they were probably just shoving a load of crap at me to get me to shut up-- [... Whoops, that's a little too obviously bitter. He cuts himself off, takes a quick second to calm down, and continues.] ... There has to be something else to it, though. Finding out what that "something else" is supposed to be is another story.

Oh... [And there we have it. The bitterness suddenly became that much more pronounced. It's clear Yuri's bothered by it, now. Why wouldn't he be? She's not sure what else to ask, though. She doesn't want to push Yuri's limits.]

[... With everything that's happened recently, this added on is just too much for Estelle. Tears well up in her eyes and whispering as she turns to leave.]

I'm so sorry, Yuri. ... Excuse me.

[And with that she's left the room. She won't bother him about it any more.]

[Yuri doesn't even look when Estelle leaves. She hasn't exactly had an easy time in Luceti so far, so he's not surprised to see her react that way. Patty's reaction doesn't exactly scream "I have more to ask" either, so--]

... That's all, then?

[In a way, she feels a little hypocritical now. She forced Yuri to share a painful secret about his personal life, but she still hasn't told him about Black Hope. And Estelle, who's already been through so much lately... It made her cry. Maybe it would've been better if Patty hadn't asked about the kid at all.

There's a moment of silence before she clears her throat.]

The kid's name... What is it?

[ ... ]

It's Jonah.

[At least that didn't come out bitter or forced.]

Jonah... [She repeats the name with a certain amount of awe, then smiles brightly.]

I like it!

[That gets him to smile just slightly.]

... Thanks. It wasn't an easy name to come up with.

Aye, I'll bet it wasn't. [She's silent for a moment, once again folding her hands behind her back. She got Yuri to smile, so it's probably best to end the conversation on that note.]

Thanks for telling me, Yuri! And... I'm sorry for snooping.

[He shrugs lightly at that. Honestly, Patty really won a good bit of points with him by choosing to end the conversation on this note - even though she may never find that out.]

Don't worry about it. Just ... try not to get so curious again, all right?

Aye aye! [She salutes cheerfully, then turns to leave the room.]

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