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[fortunefail]

[It's been three weeks now. Three weeks since Mithos died. Yuan should know, he's the one who killed him. Now everything is quiet- too quiet. Revivals don't usually take this long, which means Mithos could very well be hiding out somewhere. Finally, he decides to put this to the test and makes an attempt to contact him.]

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[shiningbinds]

[Eventually, Kratos joins his old friend on the roof. They really must stop meeting each other like this.]

This is unlike you.

[fortunefail]

[Yuan watches him from the corner of his eye, but doesn't move to get up.]

... Is it?

[shiningbinds]

At this time of day, yes.

[It's not that he can't remember the last time he found Yuan looking up at the sky like this--it's just that it's been so long.]

[fortunefail]

I needed some fresh air.

[That, and he wanted to keep an eye out for certain suspicious individuals.]

[sketchingideals]

[Art supplies under his arm, Jeb passes by house #8 while looking for a place that he'd like to draw at today. While he isn't drawing and walking this time, he manages to stumble over his own feet again. It's when he's catching his balance that he notices someone on top of the roof.]

Hey, aren't you...?

[fortunefail]

Hm?

[A bit of a frown appears on Yuan's face as he stares down at Jeb. ... He knows this kid. Didn't he approach Yuan a few months ago, while he was still suffering from the after effects of a kidnapping?]

You...

[sketchingideals]

[It takes Jeb a few more moments to realize why this man seems so familiar, but when he does, he smiles a little.]

Oh yeah, you're the guy from outside the clinic a few months back! Yuan, right?

[fortunefail]

[He remembered? This kid must have an amazing memory. As for Yuan, he has no clue what the boy's called. He could blame the kidnapping effect for that, but truthfully he remembers everything that happened back then fairly vividly.]

Yes, that's right. ... You are...?

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[fortune_prince]

[Even though you aren't patrolling today, guess you is?? Naoto of course! Though it's a daily thing for her to just walk around the village so this is nothing really all that new.

As she passes by one specific house, the familiar figure up there on the roof catches her eye so she stops and stares for a moment before deciding what to say.] Thinking?

[action]

[fortunefail]

[Yuan knows that voice. It's one of his Luceti Valley daughters! He sits up, sending a bit of a smirk her way.]

Something like that.

[action]

[fortune_prince]

[She returns that smirk with a soft smile of her own.]

I can't say I'm surprised. [Since when they bump into each other he's deep in thought] May I ask about what?

[action]

[fortunefail]

About how unpredictable this place is, as always. [And that's really all he's willing to say on the matter.]

Have you been well?

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[imatreenow]

[Mithos frowns down at the journal, suspicious and alarmed. Yuan knows that he's returned, but it doesn't seem like he knows anything regarding his whereabouts or his condition... And he fully intends to keep it that way. Before replying, he'll obscure the small snapshot of himself - he isn't going to risk giving any clues away.]

What business is it of yours?

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[fortunefail]

[While Yuan was expecting to receive a response eventually, that doesn't mean he's particularly happy about it.]

I was only curious to see whether the Malnosso had returned you yet. [And now he has his answer.]

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[imatreenow]

Despite what you may have wished, I won't disappear so easily. [and he's had a lot of time to reflect on his spite and hatred for you, Yuan. Even though he knows it's the Malnosso who require a penalty payment for being returned to life, he's definitely placing all the blame for his leg on his former companion. As if he needed more reasons to hate.]

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[fortunefail]

If only I were so lucky.

[He knows perfectly well Mithos will want to get his revenge. He knows perfectly well that Mithos will want him to pay for what he did- even more now than ever before. It's a price Yuan's willing to pay as long as Mithos's death penalty was steep enough to stop him from harming any more innocents.]

[whatdeheckisdat]

[fortunefail]

[Ahh, another familiar voice. Yuan sits up, tilting his head downward to meet Dhaos's gaze with a smile.]

Almost too quiet.

[whatdeheckisdat]

[fortunefail]

It's silence before the storm. It always is.

[Dhaos may not know it, but there's always something bad to anticipate. It's just impossible to tell what. Could be a draft, could be an experiment... Or a kidnapping.]