003 [Voice] Oh noes!

[childofthefullmoon]

[In the early hours of the morning, someone may or may not see Estelle quietly leaving house 12 and walking to the bridge between house 14 and 35. It's there that she leans over to look down at the river below. Carefully she removes what looks like a piece of jewelry, her blastia. She looks around to make sure nobody is watching then reaches out to hold it over the river before... dropping it. The blastia hits the water with a splash and soon disappears as it's carried downstream. Whoops?

It isn't until a few hours later, when people are probably awake, that she opens her journal.]

Oh, it's terrible! I've lost my blastia! I can't find it anywhere! What am I going to do?!

[Her voice is one of distress but it sounds a little... off. Like maybe she's forcing it a little. Estelle isn't necessarily the best actress after all. There's a pause as if she's thinking, then continues.]

Oh! I know! Maybe Brave Vesperia can find it for me!

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[fabrecation]

[And seeing how Luke doesn't even realize there's food, as he's unable to smell it, he's just displeased entirely. Not mad! Just not pleased.

At least he got to learn to swim a little better. Just a little.

He shakes one foot out and gives a rather flat look off to the side.]

Anybody got any extra towels?

[childofthefullmoon]

[Estelle looks up from setting out the food as she hears people start coming in.]

Oh! Yuri, everyone, I'm so glad! I was starting to worry.

[She then pauses as she sees the state they're in. Wet and not exactly happy. Not that she could really blame them. Plus, she has no idea that poor Luke can't smell or taste anything. When towels are asked for though, she quickly darts to the bathroom and returns with all the towels she can find, handing one to Luke and another to Yuri.]

[markofthewise]

[Sokka enters in after they do. Belatedly. Utterly soaked from falling into the water. And covered in slimy river things. The look of utter, utter disdain is not only transparent, but it enters the room with him and fills every single empty space.]

Hey. Yuri. Tell her where we found it.

[TELL. HER. WHERE. WE. FOUND. IT.]

[trueknight]

[Thinking about where they found the blastia in the end? ... That just makes Yuri look visibly exasperated for a quick moment. Really, he's so tired out from all this that hiding exactly how he feels about what they all just went through almost feels impossible.

... But telling her right here in front of a small handful of people who are quite annoyed with her right now? Probably not a good idea. Especially since he's pretty certain Sokka wants to explode at her right about now. ... Not that he can entirely blame him, but still.

So, after hanging the towel she gave him over his shoulders--]

Don't worry, I will. [--he starts to walk off toward a corner of the kitchen.] Estelle, come with me.

[We're having a little chat, missy |:








the rest of you guys just do whatever, Yuri apparently doesn't give a damn.]

[childofthefullmoon]

[As Sokka arrives, his words draw a blink and Estelle looks over towards Yuri. This... doesn't sound good at all. Wordlessly, Estelle offers Sokka a towel, as well as anyone else that might come in, before setting them down and following as Yuri summons her. Was he angry with her?]

[trueknight]

[Once they're in that corner, Yuri quickly glances at the group before talking to Estelle in a hushed, annoyed tone. He wasn't mad, but he definitely was not thrilled either.]

The next time you want to help us out like that, don't go for throwing small objects in rivers. Especially objects that get caught and stuck on rocks way too easily.

[And handing her her blastia now.]

[childofthefullmoon]

[Estelle blinks and looks down, looking a little deflated, and wincing slightly at the fact that it had gotten stuck in a rock. She knew he wasn't mad, but... well she hadn't meant for things to end up this way.]

I'm sorry, Yuri.

[She takes the blastia back.]

[trueknight]

[Once she takes the blastia from him, he lets his hand fall back to his side, sighing.]

Don't worry about it. Just ... think these things through a little more before you actually do them, all right?

[childofthefullmoon]

[Estelle nods but says no more to him. It seemed like she was apologizing to him a lot lately. Sigh.

Turning around, she steps towards the rest of the group and bows politely.]

Everyone, thank you very much for all of your hard work. I am very sorry for all the trouble you went through. Please, help yourself to the food.

[With that, she goes to her room to put the blastia away.]

[markofthewise]

[Yeeeeah whatever. Sokka is just gonna grab some of those cookies and be in the corner all sour and eat some. He'll probably leave early, though. He wants a shower pretty darn bad.]

[fabrecation]

Oh - it's okay! It's what we do, right?

[Luke... does not go to the food, despite being hungry enough for it. It's a little hard to want food when you can't smell it and can only barely imagine what it tastes like. Instead, he wraps himself up in a towel and glances at the others. Displeased as he is, Brave Vesperia helps people and all.]