cranelike | ❀ yuri lowell

[ excEPT HE DIDN'T ]

Literally on display? You're stuck wherever your sword is?

[ it's. something alright. it's something. ]

You can leave at all, just because you wanted to? That's... an interesting way to do things. Loads of people where I'm from don't venture outside of barriers out of fear of monster attacks, but there's a lot out there they won't see because of that.

This form is new.

(This human body Yuri is seeing is only a few years old at most.)

We can't leave. We stay and protect the estate so master can rest more easily. (Very vague hands at TKRB canon. Give me more worldbuilding, please.) I've been outside but never in the present.

And other than for work, this is what you get as a first trip outside on your own. Your luck might be worse than mine. [ he says to the dead person. ]

(He sure is a dead man walking right now.)

Do you feel sorry for me, Yuri?

Nope.

I just think your luck leaves something to be desired.

I'm afraid I'm not very cranelike in that regard.

Are they meant to be lucky?

Then again, it’s not like I can judge people for bad luck either way.

They're the luckiest~

Fortune, love, health, loyalty... I was made to bless my masters.

And yourself?

Swords usually don't need luck.

You never know. I think it comes in handy whoever you are.

Strength, skill, and a little help from others is all I need.

That’s a surprisingly well rounded view.

Despite what others might think, I don't like to over-complicate things.

You can be obnoxious. I see how they get that opinion.

[ just call it like you see it, yuri. ]

I'm just having fun.

(That's it.)

Is that all you really care about?

Of course not. But it's still important.

I feel like it's very important to you.

It is. Do you know how boring it would be to live a thousand years without anything interesting?

…

That’s not a bad point actually. Everything must end up feeling mundane after a while?

Exactly. Even the battles and wars would become boring if I always expected them every time.

(So he chooses to embrace every surprise instead.)

But magic eight balls are different, and therefore worth your time, huh?

Hachimaru is quite fun.

(And as if to prove his point... he draws Hachimaru from his bag just so show!)

I've never seen anything like him before... he's like a fortuneteller you can carry freely! I wonder who he speaks to before answering.

... [ cough. ]

You don't just think it's random? Like. You shake it before you use it, right...?

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