Motives
Guess I'm bored. I've been playing through Tales of Vesperia again, and I love the characters and all, so I was thinking about them. This is more of a summary of my ideas of their opinions of each other than anything. And I'm weird, so you'll probably disagree.
Watch for Spoilers! Be careful! Only Part One for now. This is set after the group first lands on... the continent north of Illychia, maybe Tolbycchia? Oops, memory lapse. Hehe. So, for context, Ragou and Barbos have escaped, and Zagi blew up the ship. That part. I have played the entire game through before, so please don't think I'm doing this without personal context.
In case you couldn't tell, nothing belongs to me.
We'll start with Yuri's thoughts.
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Yuri
Yuri Lowell acted for the Lower Quarter.
"Not just the Lower Quarter," some people might say, "You care about everyone, Yuri!"
Pah. Some people needed to learn to shut their mouths.
He had to agree with the girl, though, because he knew she was right. He did care about everyone. Every family struggling to find their child, every noble pretending-not-to-be-a-princess girl, every damn cat in a tree (Flynn had never lived that down) – he felt obligated to mitigate everyone's suffering.
It was either fortunate or very unfortunate that Estelle was willing to go along with that. After all, he was glad to be able to help anyone he wanted without complaints, but it was definitely taking a toll on their progress towards the aque blastia. Estelle was on the same wavelength where helping people was concerned: she'd jump right in with her artes as soon as she saw an injury, just like he would if he could. Heck, she'd use her energy to heal them as soon as she'd jump in with random book quotes! It never seemed to occur to her that one of those actions spent nothing but time, and the other made her fall unconscious.
The kid was in no hurry to get back to his city, for whatever reason, and of course Repede would follow along, but that mage kid was only in it for Estelle. And apparently, her blastia research. That was as flimsy a cover for wanting a friend as Yuri had heard in a long time. If Estelle weren't there, Rita would be gone too.
Not like that really mattered. He was starting to think she got them in to worse situations than she got them out of. It was funny at first, when he thought she had just been in a bad mood, but when he realized she was always pissed about anything possible, her temper got old quick. You don't just shout, "Who the hell are you?" at the person the Knights have been escorting! That's just stupid! Well, maybe not stupid, but way over the top. It wasn't just Zagi who needed a chill-pill prescription.
Even Karol's cowardice was okay, compared to the cynical fifteen-year-old; it fit his age. Yuri hadn't mentioned it, to preserve the guild member's pride, but being scared of a ten foot bear when you're barely four two yourself is normal. And as much as that mage boasted, her knowledge of blastia was nowhere near as practical as Karol's skill set. Lockpicking, cartography, tracking monsters, even his own healing formula – and what did she do? Throw fireballs at knights. Throw fireballs at mercenaries. Throw fireballs at the dragon rider. No, the boy might be a coward, but at least his assets outweighed his issues.
Mostly. Yuri still couldn't believe that Karol fell for the "your legs are shaking" trick every time.
Well, whatever. He'd probably miss the others a bit if they left, but for him, getting the blastia back was most important. He'd be fine with just Repede along. If he happened to save a few more kids on the way, well, no one could complain, right?
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No, I don't hate Rita, she's my favorite character.
I think that Yuri'd be a bit fed up with her attitude, after she treated Ioder like that. That could've ended with serious trouble, and although he'd take it lightly, it would have been a needless hassle.
And as much as he teases him, I think Yuri's proud of Karol, and his massive array of plot-convenient abilities. I wonder if he was part of the thieves' guild. Not likely.
Estelle's really a lot like Yuri. I think he appreciates her willingness to heal random people, except when it can get them into trouble.
So yeah, I've got the other first few bits written. Next is Estelle. Of course.
