OMI

[aubins]

meme goes here later

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[aubins]

[ throws dart -- literally in the corridor outside the biome garden, why not.

yuri should be used to seeing these kinds of memories now, there's no real way to avoid them or escape them -- seeing them or accidentally showing them, either way. he just frowns slightly at the memory. it's not his place to pick, or pry into what these things are showing, even if some of them are definitely lighter and easier to talk about.

still... ]

... You do what you have to, to get by.

[ simple as, really. ]

[housewolf]

[Omi just nods.]

It worked out in the end. Besides, I ended up really liking cooking. [It's not all bad.]

[aubins]

[ win/win. ]

There's something to be said about gathering necessary life skills along the way. Hardships equate to growth, one way or the other. [ whether you want it or not. ]

[ before he can say anything else though, omi will be treated to a memory (6:15 to 7:19) himself. yuri just looks tired once it's done, but slightly less put out than he could be. ]

[housewolf]

Ah... Looks like you're no stranger to that either.

[If they're sharing, after all.]

[aubins]

No. It's pretty much a given where I'm from. Such as things are.

You lead a cushy life if you're a noble, or not at all, most of the time.

[housewolf]

Makes sense.

[He's not really sure how much of Yuri's memory he'd be comfortable talking about so. Let's focus on what he's saying now.]

We don't really have nobles where I'm from.

[aubins]

Ah, some of them are alright. Some of them are corrupted assholes though.

[ ... ]

Maybe the latter outweights the former. Like anyone, there's good types and there's bad types.

[housewolf]

Have you run into a lot of the latter over the years?

[aubins]

Bad types are the ones who like to hoard the most power. And usually they're the ones with the most to lose, and the best to benefit from.

Better to leave the ones who are just trying their best alone, right? Unless I really need something from them.

[housewolf]

Makes sense to me. [Take from the best off, because they've got the most and they probably won't even miss it.]

What would you need from the other ones?

[aubins]

Supplies. Power. A word in the right ear, a foot in the right doorway.

Plenty of things.

[housewolf]

You talked about protection too.

What's it like where you're from?

[aubins]

In what context? I mean there's air, water, land... [ yuri ]

[housewolf]

[He laughs.]

You can just say you don't want to talk about it.

[aubins]

It's a pretty vague question. I could tell you the history of Fodlan, but then we'd be here for about the next seven hours.

[housewolf]

What do you feel like you need to protect? How's that?

[aubins]

My people.

[ that one's easy enough. ]

[housewolf]

Are they not protected right now?

[aubins]

We're five years into a war, so. No. No one is, really.

[housewolf]

What is it over?

[aubins]

What is any war over? Someone wanted to change the world with good intentions, and found that a continent wide war was the best option for it.

Other parts of the continent thought otherwise.

[ he smacks a fist into his palm and then just spreads his hands. ]

[housewolf]

[Sounds about right for historical wars. They're usually over some ideal or another.]

Think you're nearing the end?

[aubins]

No idea. Probably not.

[ he shrugs. ]

I mean, the tides been turned in one way but maybe not as much as we were hoping for.