[ The message comes as a surprise. Yuri can well imagine most are taking a much-earned break after the demands of their most recent mission, and few contact him privately.
Not that he'd mind it, he simply notes its unusual nature. ]
Something from Aurora?
[ Whatever would she ask someone to give to him...? There follows only a short pause before he adds to his response. ]
[ It's not a text that Yuri gets back -- there's a voice option that comes through, which whether or not Yuri decides to stick with text or not: ]
I fell through a hole!
[ --The whining voice of a male in his late teens comes through, and he sounds so unhappy. Yuri!! He fell!! He fell through a hole!!! He's not crying but no one could blame him if he did....! ]
[ Were it someone he knows well, Yuri might have made a jest at their expense. It's the Ashen Wolves' love-language, light bullying. But being this is someone he's only just met who was trying to deliver something from Aurora, he doesn't even consider it.
N-no, I got up-- I was climbing the stairs. I thought maybe you were at the top?
[ You know, they were just making him walk all the way up to find them instead of waiting for him like...a guy who doesn't want him falling through the floor! ]
Where are you? Are you sure you're here? I can't be at the wrong white monastery...
Uh... let me look? [ He's going to get up, and there will be the sounds of his footsteps before that of a door creaking...
... ]
...there's a lot of buildings. I'm in that empty city with all the cats and buildings and nothing else.
[ He is so not near the monastery. And to doubly prove it, Gorgug sends a short video message that pans around the empty south side of Nova City, and then looks back on a white(-ish?)-bricked building.
A church is like a monastery, if you really think about it. ]
Ah, that's a church. [ It's a matter of scale and function really, in his view. ] The monastery has one inside of it, essentially... You'll see what I mean if you have a look at it.
[ That gives him a good idea of where the guy wound up. ]
In the meantime, I don't mind meeting you over there. It'll just take a while.
What's-- what's midway? Is there another building? I don't really wanna stay here.
[ It sucks and he fell through the floor and there's nothing around here, Yuri! Please, he will drive anywhere else (as long as he actually knows where it is this time). ]
The way the trolleys run, it's...a good ways off. I really should just ask Aurora about wyverns.
[ He'll put that on his mental to-do list. ]
Geographically, some place called "The Institute" is pretty much right in the middle. Thing is, you'd be taking the scenic route then. Think it'd be easier if we met somewhere around Alexandria's Wake.
[ Hold on, he's checking his map to see what Yuri means by scenic route, hmm... ]
I'll see if I can get across to the Institute? I know that place-- I knew the lady who took care of it. [ Not that he's been there for a while, but...! ] My van can swim. I'll see if there's a spot I can go over.
[ His van can do it all!!! Unless the ground is too high on both sides... ]
A van. [ Yuri thinks back on his time in Moorecroft. Wasn't that one of those metal vehicles that required no horse to pull it along...? ] I had no idea they could cross water.
[ Well, that certainly is rather useful, isn't it? ]
My parents modified it. They're tinkerers-- I've been thinking about adding floating, too.
[ Said in that tone of, oh, you know, they're just pretty rad and I'm also their son. But there's the sound of something, and then what can be identified as a door closing. ]
I'll look. And I'll message you if I get across or I can't.
Uh, well... ...I'll have to float along until I find somewhere to pull the van up. But that's why I'm going to try and find a good spot both sides, first-- it shouldn't take too long to check.
[ He hopes? Etraya isn't that big, and he's not checking too wide an area. ]
[ ... ] I'll ask Aurora for more bridges sometime.
[ But, for now!! He's going to work on getting across to the other side! Which doesn't take too long and fortunately, the two sections of land not having a massive difference in height from one another to cause an issue getting across. He was worried about cliffs!! ...maybe he shouldn't have been worried about cliffs, he's lived here long enough. But who ever said he paid attention to these things?
So Yuri will get a message after five minutes or so, because he just has to check: ]
got across. see you at the institute
[ Which Gorgug will probably arrive at first, as Yuri is wyvern-less. He hangs outside the building's premises with his cool ride, not wanting to wander on inside and have something happen to him a second time.
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(forward-dated a day after mission end) text, un: gorgug
hey uh i don't think we've met but i've got something to give you. from aurora. can we meet?
[ --oh shoot, he's already sent that by the time he thinks he should say (and so sends it in another text!): ]
if you're okay to meet. we can meet another day
[ Who knows how the mission went for them! ... well, probably Yuri would. ]
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Not that he'd mind it, he simply notes its unusual nature. ]
Something from Aurora?
[ Whatever would she ask someone to give to him...? There follows only a short pause before he adds to his response. ]
I've got time. Where and when should I meet you?
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[ Considering how far out he is from the apartments, and the trolley's schedule is kind of a pain to follow. Better to find out what's easiest! ]
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[ He wonders whether the description is enough, or if it more resembles some sort of castle to others, but he doesn't mind a commute either way. ]
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the dilapidated one? i know where that is. it's close
[ Though, he can't fathom why they're there... but it wouldn't be the first time he's meeting someone there! ]
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[ He'd requested the place when others from home were present, but now? Well. It's just him and An Zhe. ]
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[ Maybe he could be nicer to the place, but...! He'll just get going so he can meet with the person.
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Unfortunately, he's going to be taking longer than just ten minutes... because he's driving to a completely different place. ]
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Yuri waits a good twenty minutes, so as not to be impatient, before he checks in. ]
Did you get waylaid, by any chance?
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I fell through a hole!
[ --The whining voice of a male in his late teens comes through, and he sounds so unhappy. Yuri!! He fell!! He fell through a hole!!! He's not crying but no one could blame him if he did....! ]
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Besides, the poor guy sounds so distressed. ]
Are you stuck in a pit somewhere?
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[ You know, they were just making him walk all the way up to find them instead of waiting for him like...a guy who doesn't want him falling through the floor! ]
Where are you? Are you sure you're here? I can't be at the wrong white monastery...
[ There's no way there's two! ]
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[ There...there might be two, actually. ]
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[ Nooooo...!! ]
I don't know where you are.
[ He must admit defeat... ]
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[ He says as much just for reference but he doesn't expect the poor guy to go roving. ]
What other landmarks are near you?
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Uh... let me look? [ He's going to get up, and there will be the sounds of his footsteps before that of a door creaking...
... ]
...there's a lot of buildings. I'm in that empty city with all the cats and buildings and nothing else.
[ He is so not near the monastery. And to doubly prove it, Gorgug sends a short video message that pans around the empty south side of Nova City, and then looks back on a white(-ish?)-bricked building.
A church is like a monastery, if you really think about it. ]
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Ah, that's a church. [ It's a matter of scale and function really, in his view. ] The monastery has one inside of it, essentially... You'll see what I mean if you have a look at it.
[ That gives him a good idea of where the guy wound up. ]
In the meantime, I don't mind meeting you over there. It'll just take a while.
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[ It sucks and he fell through the floor and there's nothing around here, Yuri! Please, he will drive anywhere else (as long as he actually knows where it is this time). ]
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[ He'll put that on his mental to-do list. ]
Geographically, some place called "The Institute" is pretty much right in the middle. Thing is, you'd be taking the scenic route then. Think it'd be easier if we met somewhere around Alexandria's Wake.
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I'll see if I can get across to the Institute? I know that place-- I knew the lady who took care of it. [ Not that he's been there for a while, but...! ] My van can swim. I'll see if there's a spot I can go over.
[ His van can do it all!!! Unless the ground is too high on both sides... ]
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[ Well, that certainly is rather useful, isn't it? ]
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[ Said in that tone of, oh, you know, they're just pretty rad and I'm also their son. But there's the sound of something, and then what can be identified as a door closing. ]
I'll look. And I'll message you if I get across or I can't.
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"If"? What happens if you get stuck?
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[ He hopes? Etraya isn't that big, and he's not checking too wide an area. ]
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[ He really should ask Aurora about wyverns, he decides. ]
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[ But, for now!! He's going to work on getting across to the other side! Which doesn't take too long and fortunately, the two sections of land not having a massive difference in height from one another to cause an issue getting across. He was worried about cliffs!! ...maybe he shouldn't have been worried about cliffs, he's lived here long enough. But who ever said he paid attention to these things?
So Yuri will get a message after five minutes or so, because he just has to check: ]
got across. see you at the institute
[ Which Gorgug will probably arrive at first, as Yuri is wyvern-less. He hangs outside the building's premises with his cool ride, not wanting to wander on inside and have something happen to him a second time.
He made that mistake once! Never again! ]
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