voicetesting

[fatalstrikes]

I;

[This place is a little weird, but Yuri’s settled in well enough. He’s in a Pokémon Center currently, sitting on the floor instead of using a chair like a normal person. His Riolu’s sitting nearby, staring at the floor and not really reacting to anything going on around them. Yuri digs around in his backpack for a moment before coming up with an Oran berry.]

Here we go. I guess we’re going to need more food before we set out again, huh?

[The Riolu doesn’t react and Yuri shrugs as if the silence doesn’t bother him any.]

It’s all yours, pal.

[He sets the berry down in front of the Riolu, who continues staring at it listlessly. The Riolu still hasn’t moved even once Yuri’s closed the backpack and dropped it carelessly beside him.]

...You’re a bit of an odd one.

[He stretches his arms above his head before standing up, which is about when he’ll notice you.]

Hey, does your partner act like this too?

II;

[It’s a gloomy, dark day out on one of the routes. It’s the sort of day where you want to stay indoors and maybe take a nap, but that’s not exactly a good idea when you’re out camping like this. It looks like it’ll start storming at any minute, so you might want to hurry and find shelter.

There’s a cave up ahead, and if you approach it you’re going to hear footsteps. Hurried footsteps, like someone’s desperate to get out—]

Hey, look out!

[A Riolu comes running full speed out of the cave and might just slam into you if you don’t move. Either way, a dark-haired man rushes out after the Pokémon.]

Watch where you’re going next time, Ry. Hey there, sorry about him.

[Yuri seems calm enough, but there’s a loud sound from inside the cave and he glances over his shoulder.]

Are they still following us? I thought getting out of the cave would be good enough… C’mon, Ry, let’s pick up the pace!

[It looks like they’re going to hurry off, and the strange shrieking sound from the cave is just getting louder. What do you do?]

Don’t just stand there, come on!

[Sounds like that’s directed at you.]

III;

[Deep in Eterna Forest is the Old Chateau. Maybe you stumbled across this place accidentally or maybe you were trying to get here. Either way, you’re here now, and you’re not alone.]

Strange place, huh? I bet there are some interesting Pokémon inside.

[Yuri’s looking in on the place curiously, one hand on his hip. He doesn’t seem bothered at all by the creepy atmosphere.]

The place might be haunted. It doesn’t look like anyone’s been here for years.

[Without any further fanfare, he’ll just start heading inside. Are you coming along? Are you going to try to stop him? Some other third option?]

Comments

[fatalstrikes]

Nope. She's not a member of the guild, but she travels with us. She's the "genius mage" and she's gotten us out of some major binds. She's good to have around.

[bloodspent]

You guys sound like a D&D party gone wrong.

[jake.]

[fatalstrikes]

D&D?

[does vesperia have a knockoff brand of d&d, i'm gonna say absolutely]

[bloodspent]

Some game you'd probably like. You dress like you crawled out of it, anyway.

[god you're probably like

a really slutty bard]

[fatalstrikes]

[wow rude??? does he look like he knows how to play any instruments????]

Yeah? Sounds fun, you'll have to introduce me to it sometime.

[bloodspent]

[maybe you just do weird acapella barbershop bullshit while you slut it up, how should he know]

Never played. Just heard about it. It's kind of all over.

[fatalstrikes]

Not your kind of thing, then? So what do you do for fun? Besides poking around abandoned mansions with strangers, of course.

[bloodspent]

Hey, this is the most fun I've had all month.

[He shrugs, though.]

Usually I'm too busy with work to play around. This has been an interesting vacation.

[fatalstrikes]

Oh yeah? What kind of work do you do?

[bloodspent]

Whatever I'm paid to do. Lately? You'd probably call it "fighting monsters."

[fatalstrikes]

Sounds fun. Have you faced off against anything really tough?

[bloodspent]

Yeah - some of 'em just don't know when to quit. It kind of goes from "work" to "bad romance" after a while.

[fatalstrikes]

I had the misfortune of running into a guy like that. I think he's dead now, though.

[Then again he didn't die in the explosion, so who knows??? Zagi's a fucking cockroach.]

[bloodspent]

A guy, huh. Actual crazy ex, or just someone who wanted to be?

[fatalstrikes]

Someone who really wanted to be. He tracked me down all over the world just to try to fight me. Craziest guy I've ever had this misfortune of meeting.

[bloodspent]

Damn. Some guys just don't take a hint.

[He shifts the puppy a bit where he's holding her; no point in letting her slip any, even if she's not really going to care.]

Met a guy like that once, though. Polite people'd probably call him relentless; if you ask me, he was more of a "pain in the ass" type.

[fatalstrikes]

Exactly. Bit of a shame there's more than one crazy guy like that.

[bloodspent]

You said yours is dead now, right?

[Which he doesn't sound too bothered by- ]

That your fault, or someone else's?

[...WHICH HE...ALSO DOESN'T SOUND TOO BOTHERED BY, jake no]

[fatalstrikes]

Hopefully he's dead.

[yuri]

Someone else shot him out of a window and into the ocean. A fall like that probably should've killed him, but he came back after an explosion, so I wouldn't be surprised if we run into him again.

[bloodspent]

[...]

Oh, he's definitely gonna come back again.

[fatalstrikes]

[siiiigh]

Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. I'm sure we'll see him again when we least expect it.

[bloodspent]

That's always the way with those guys, isn't it.

[fatalstrikes]

He's managed it four times now. He probably won't stop, either.

[bloodspent]

Yeah, same with my guy. I'm sure it's a matter of time before I've got to kick his ass again; maybe he'll stay down this time.

[fatalstrikes]

Seems like that's really all you can do. Good luck with him.