[ accidental video / canon update ]

[second_star]

[ The video feed opens up to what looks like the inside of an abandoned ruin. Yuri, Rita, and the rest of the party can be seen walking in. ]

[ ooc: 3:13 to the end of the video. The feed cuts just as Yuri stands to face the monster. As usual, replies will come an hour or so later, after the fight is over. Replies will come both from Yuri and Rita (blahblahblah) ]

Comments

[second_star]

Ouch, that hurts. [ Said with a smile on his face. ] Just when I was beginning to think I was good at entertaining royalty.

You should get a hobby or something, Kaguya.

[eternallybored]

[ ... ] For someone like me "hobbies" tend to be dangerous things.

[ For other people. She's not trying to be that kind of long lived person. Been there/done that already otherwise. ] They are as transient as life.

[second_star]

Sounds more like you just haven't found one that will stick.

[eternallybored]

No, Yuri. None will stay. It is inevitable.

[second_star]

[ Well, that sounded defeatist. He gave her a bit of a look, but, didn't really question it. ]

Whatever you say, your highness. Just don't die of boredom on me.

[eternallybored]

...Dying of boredom is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. [ And she's heard lots of weird stuff you know. So have a rather... un-princess-like snicker. ]

[second_star]

Hey, it can happen, you never know. That'd make for an interesting gravestone.

[eternallybored]

Such a tragedy it would be for that individual. I could not even imagine it.

[second_star]

They'll probably come up with weird titles and names for him later. You know, to remember him by.

[eternallybored]

"Tohru the Failure" is what I would name his gravestone. If boredom could kill so easily, I would be miles underneath the earth right now.

[second_star]

Sounds like you've been bored for forever. You're saying there isn't one thing that keeps your interest?

[eternallybored]

Answer me this, Yuri: what is life?

[second_star]

[ The question caught him a bit off guard, but, it didn't take long before he answered. ]

This thing we're kind of thrown into whether we like it or not. Whatever experiences you have between the time you're born and the time you die, I guess. I'm not much of a philosopher.

[eternallybored]

"Between the time you're born and the time you die"...Correct, correct. It is transient. Any hobby is just the same: if one has done enough of it-- even if it has been altered here and there in an attempt to, ah, liven it up-- it shall become boring in due time.

[second_star]

Well, yeah. But, life's short. I don't think anyone really gets enough time to be bored of something they love before they have to leave anyway. That's why we should just make the most of it.

[eternallybored]

That is a good philosophy to have... unless the hobby becomes means of survival, as I have seen before. By that time, however, I would expect any semblance of life to have been forfeited.

[second_star]

[ ... ] I wouldn't call it a hobby anymore, at that point. Sounds like you've had experience with this before, though.

[eternallybored]

Mm? Are you suggesting something?

[second_star]

Not especially...Guess there's more to you than just meets the eyes, princess.

[eternallybored]

Yet if I said that you may be underestimating me, that would simply come off as a prideful statement any princess would have. [ Meaning, he's got nothing but speculation. ]

[second_star]

Heh, basically. For someone who's bored all the time, at least you're an interesting person. That's more than most nobles can say here.

[eternallybored]

Ah, how kind of you to say so.

[second_star]

Hey, I'm a total gentleman what can I sa--

[ His voice stopped abruptly, and he wasn't looking at the book any longer. Foot steps and armor clanking could be heard not too far off, coming closer, and closer. His joking smirk changed into a serious expression. ]

...I'm gonna have to get back to you later, your highness. You'll have to forgive my rude disappearance. [ And not another word, as he shut the book in his hands, turning the video feed off. ]

[eternallybored]

[ She was totally playing him there for the last twenty-one comments. If he hasn't guessed her smiles and gratitude is fake by now, she honestly will grow bored soon.

To finish it all off, as he shuts the book she gives him one last acted worried expression. You know. Because she's totally worried. ]