broken crockery
I always found Leona cool, even if she really didn't do much other than allow you to change your characters and all... forgive me, I'm a strange one. ;^_^
Timeline-wise, this can take place after Riou/Syujinkou gets his own castle, and when the Dunan Reunification War seems to be reaching the breaking point (as if it wasn't already pretty desperate all throughout the game...).
That makes for the fifth set of broken crockery I've had this week.
I look on as Georg and Humphrey drag off the drunken soldiers to the barracks with Georg glancing up at me apologetically all the way. Gijimu, Koyu and Lo Wen are all laughing their heads off about the incident in one table, and Rikimaru's too drunk on his sake to notice that anything happened.
Once again, I am the only sober one.
What are bartenders for?
"Gimme another Chardonnay, Leona..."
"Coming up."
"Charge it--"
"To your never-ending bill. Yes, I know."
At least she had the grace to look sheepish at times. Really now, sometimes I wonder where in the world Riou managed to pick up a churlish woman like Anita... at least she's decent with the sword...
The only thing I'm good for is telling drunken soldiers off and giving them a good way to escape from reality. Small wonder I have so many customers nowadays.
...
Well, what do you know.
"Want me to call the usuals down for you?"
"Y-yeah... um, thanks, Miss Leona."
"No problem, sweetie. You and Nanami take care of yourselves out there... Lord Shu needs the both of you in tip-top condition before Greenhill."
"We will."
The young man in red with his tonfa and his will as his weapons. A boy who can't even take a shot of alcohol, leading an army to victory against a nation that he once called home, a nation led by his best friend.
I don't pretend to understand what's going on, but I know one thing...
If a blind woman in a flowing white cloak asks you if you want the power to change fate, laugh like you just heard the best joke in the world and say no.
"Whoa… Shu! What in the blazes..."
"Even tacticians need a break, Viktor."
"Klaus! You too?"
"Father always did say that I needed to learn how to 'knock back a few'..."
"Well then, if that's the case come sit over here!"
"Viktor..."
"Shut up, Flik. The boy needs to learn."
Scratch that. From five broken sets to six. Sometimes I wish Lord Shu wouldn't be so unpredictable.
"Leona!"
"Coming, coming..."
It's for those moments of change, that fleeting hint of something better, that I stay here and fight with them all.