The Future Past 3: Difference between revisions

Yarne then reacts to a wyvern's roar, thinking it to be an enemy, to which Gerome, without his mask, chews out Yarne for speaking so rudely of a fine creature; Yarne, not recognizing Gerome without his mask, asks him to stay away, to Gerome's shocked reaction and Nah stating she doesn't recognize Gerome either. Kjelle, also not recognizing Gerome, asks him if he's one of the new recruits, and she'll find someone to take care of him; Gerome reacts silently, to which Owain, also not recognizing Gerome, states that he apologizes for the trouble but there are a few papers Gerome has a few papers he needs to fill out first. Gerome tells the others if they're daft, then stating he's him; Owain notices Gerome's shape, followed by Noire asking Gerome where his mask is. Gerome states that he no longer needed his mask, and he hasn't worn it in some time--he honestly states that the mask made it harder for him to see the wyverns; Noire asks Gerome how the wyvern conservation project is going, to which Gerome states it's going well enough--and states that the best part of taking off his mask is that nobody recognizes him, nobody treats him like a hero, and that he's completely, blissfully anonymous. Kjelle tells Gerome he's lucky, then states that the others should have worn masks during their struggles--or maybe the others should go buy some right now; Inigo mocks Kjelle's plan, implying that masks would not stop them from standing out. Inigo states he likes being a celebrity, and the house is packed when Grima's slayer takes the dance floor; Nah asks if Inigo finally became a [[dancer]], to which Inigo states he became someone who dances--it makes people smile, and that makes him happy as well, and if things go well he might start taking offers to dance at festivals. Nah finds Inigo's prospect amazing, and tells Inigo to think of the girls who would throw themselves at his feet; Inigo states he's sort of over that, although not quite, to which Nah asks if the world's most notorious womanizer has retired. Inigo states that, now that he dances, girls smile back even without a terrible pickup line--and he's busy with his Shepherd duties, dance practice, and the like; Brady tells Inigo he's not kidding, he messed up his steps in the third song in that day's set. Inigo asks if that was obvious, to which Brady states it was obvious--he thought he was playing the wrong song; Brady tells Inigo he can mess up all he wants to in practice, but he better shape up for the real deal, although he could stand to work on his playing as well--to which Inigo states it would probably help if Brady gave up weeping during his own accompaniment. Laurent asks Inigo if Brady's playing for him, to which Brady states he writes the songs and plays violin, while Inigo dances along; Brady states that he always wanted to be a composer, so that was a good fit, and reveals [[Maribelle]] wanted that as well when she was alive, to which Noire states it's wonderful that both Inigo and Brady made their dreams come true. Brady thanks Noire, to which he reveals he brews a mean cup of tea as well, and one of these days he'll run with that--but right now he's got other things on the slate; Inigo states Owain's going to join them, asking him what the idea was again, to which Owain says he's going to immortalize his numerous adventures through song and dance--then states his vocal cords twitch, which Kjelle notices the old Owain starting to return.

Laurent thanks everyone for coming to this regular meeting of the Shepherds. After some time, Laurent states he has a report about the restoration of Mount Prism, but hears a wyvern roar before he can reveal anything about it; Laurent tells Gerome to keep Minerva quiet during the meeting, with Gerome asking Minerva what's going on. Gerome notes the situation is bad, Minerva says she senses Risen nearby, with Lucina reacting shockingly; Gerome notes it's only a few of them, but is himself surprised--he thought they got rid of them all. Yarne states he guesses peace is an ongoing project, to which Inigo states they'll finish the Risen off--these things take time; Owain states that the mighty heroes fight on, uncertain as to whether their tale would end, to which Brady states they should let the Risen come so they can knock them into next week. Nah states it's been awhile since they've really flexed their muscles, to which Kjelle states she's going to enjoy scattering the Risen, with Noire stating she's glad she brought her bow; Laurent asks the others to hold on a moment, asking if they're all marching out there to face just a handful of Risen, to which Brady states one can never be too sure, with Yarne stating that they shouldn't spare any resources when it comes to keeping the locals safe. Gerome states it's better too many than too few, to which Inigo asks Laurent to stop complaining and get his equipment, with Laurent stating he didn't volunteer, before agreeing to join; Owain tells the Risen to look out, Chrom's New Shepherds are about to ruin their day.