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!

Comments

[voice]

[trueknight]

[At first, Yuri's a bit alarmed by this. Sure, Estelle doesn't necessarily need her blastia, but if that thing fell into the wrong hands, then--

... Wait a minute.

Sensing something a little weird, Yuri replays the entry.

.......

Something's up |: But for now, he'll just ignore it and play along.]

Maybe we could. Do you remember around what area you might've dropped it, Estelle?

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

Oh, Yuri! [Thank goodness?]

Yes, it fell into the river.

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

[Patty hears that odd tone in Estelle's voice and realizes exactly what she's trying to do. Like Yuri, she'll play along, but her acting skills are on the same level as Estelle's, if not lower. Is she doing that on purpose? Maybe.]

Brave Vesperia, you say? That amazing guild that takes on any odd job you may have?

[voice]

[trueknight]

That's a little ... vague. You know what part of the river? Like, what houses were around, or anything like that?

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

[Yuri why you do this?]

Um...

The bridge near house 14 I think?

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

Yes, exactly!

[Patty you're awesome.]

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

You're in luck, little lady! I happen to be a humble member of Brave Vesperia, you see!

[voice]

[trueknight]

[The lakes are miles apart from each other and he has a bad sense of direction ;_; And geez, of all places, why did it have to be before the river splits ...?

Yuri sighs. Even if she was just doing this to give the guild some publicity, he can't say "yeah well whoops i hope you find new one then" to something like this.

... Well, whatever. He'll just make someone else search the other branch of the river/lake, then. Besides, she's trying to help in her own way anyway, and he very well can't get mad about that.]

Great ... [He'll slap on a small smile of sorts after that.] All right, we'll take care of this. Just sit tight till then.

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

Yay! Can you help me?

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

Thank you, Yuri! I know if anyone can find it, you can!

[Hope you enjoy that pedestal there Yuri. She really does only have the best intentions.]

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

Of course, of course! Led by the great Yuri Lowell, we help anyone who asks and accept no reward! ... Well, all right, we would accept a small reward. Nothing too fancy, ya know.

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

How about some cookies? Would that do?

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

Perfect! We're on the job, ma'am! Just tell me where you last saw your Blastia.

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

Thank you so much!

Um... in the river near house 14.

[markofthewise]

Is that really a job for Brave Vesperia?

[He has no idea what a blastia is, but either way, this is kind of demeaning. Even for them.]

[voice]

[ps3pirate]

Aye aye, ma'am! We will find your lost item within two weeks, or you get your cookies back!

[childofthefullmoon]

Yes, of course!

[markofthewise]

Really? Because 'finding lost stuff' seems kind of lame for us. What's next, rescuing cats stuck on roofs?

[voice]

[childofthefullmoon]

Yay! I'm counting on you!

[childofthefullmoon]

But... why wouldn't you rescue cats?

[voice]

[fabrecation]

[... That voice of distress sounds a little weird to him.

But hey, it's something that doesn't have to do with building, nice!]

Where'd you last see the blastia thing?

[markofthewise]

Look. Brave Vesperia may have been known to take some really weird jobs, like being responsible for over half of all construction jobs in Luceti. But we're better than that. We're a band of unambitious heroes united by the single cause of having nothing better to do. But looking for people's lost stuff doesn't quite fall under 'nothing better to do'. We could, for instance, go read a book. Or make a snack. Or find our own lost and missing things we've neglected to find.

[Ac...tion? Sort of?]

[ps3pirate]

[Patty isn't actually going to go to the river, though. She'll go check with Yuri for a 'strategy' and then see what's the best place to begin searching. If the Blastia was light enough to be carried away by the stream, they've got a problem on their hands.]

[childofthefullmoon]

[Estelle is horrified.]

But...

[How could he say such things?]

[markofthewise]

[... okay, maybe he was too hard on her. Hmm.]

Have you tried retracing your steps?