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[stinglikeabat]

Does anybody else remember that Yuri fellow who used to live here? He's been showing up in quite a few of my memories. Clearly I know him better than I thought I did! He was some sort of globe-trotting adventurer back home. I'm still not sure exactly what we were up to, but there were plenty of ruins. Not to mention all the monsters! They're not exactly out of the ordinary back home, but I don't remember being swarmed like that before I fell in with that group.

It was a pretty strange group at that! An old man and his puppet, a lady soldier with a flaming sword... And I think we had a dog. Yuri was... sort of the leader, but he wasn't all that into it. After we rescued a princess, she more or less took over in any case. For the record, real princesses are a lot bossier than the kind you read about in storybooks!

((3% on his part in Twilight of Russia, 2% on the first half of Reunion. 16% total.))

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[canthandleacape]

OK, just to be perfectly clear here, we've had more than one Yuri around town and you're not talking about Yuri Petrov the lawyer, right?

[stinglikeabat]

Not at all!

I'm talking about the mouthy little guy who used to hang out with Kotetsu.

[canthandleacape]

Alright, good. I didn't think that sounded much like the Yuri I know. Don't think I ever met this other one, though.

[stinglikeabat]

And I don't think I've ever met Yuri Petrov. But if he's a lawyer, I'd bet that he isn't a thing like the one I know.

[canthandleacape]

You havent'? He's a great guy, helped a lot with getting the League running. But definitely not somebody I'd expect to get a lot of adventuring in.

[stinglikeabat]

Really? Well then, he's a good guy in my book.

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[ridethelightning]

...This adds a lot of context to our last conversation. Our jobs here must be old hat to you.

[stinglikeabat]

Not entirely!

I'm pretty sure the old group would never have let me drive a car.

[ridethelightning]

...Well, that was a highly unusual car, to be fair. I've never seen one powered by anything but an internal combustion engine, let alone by the occupants' feet.

[stinglikeabat]

An internal combo what now?

[ridethelightning]

...An internal combustion engine. It's a type of engine that was used to power automobiles.

[stinglikeabat]

Really? What will they think of next?

[ridethelightning]

[Sigh.]

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

Ha, really? That guy? Who'd have thought it?

[stinglikeabat]

I certainly didn't!

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

Hah, man, too bad he didn't stick around long. Now I'm wondering what he'd remember about YOU in return. By the way, what'd you end up doing with that rock?

[stinglikeabat]

Now there's a frightening thought. The rock's still in my room. Why do you ask?

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

Just curious. You seemed so damn taken by it at the time.

[stinglikeabat]

As it turns out, it's too blasted unwieldy to just carry around all the time, even for me.

[rainbowbrush]

You fought lots of monsters?

[stinglikeabat]

More than I can count!

Skeletal beasts with horns and spikes all over, eyeless dogs with claws as long as my hand, giant bugs of all sorts...

I've seen a few around here from time to time, but it's just not the same.

[rainbowbrush]

[Her eyes get bigger and bigger as he continues talking.]

You're really that strong?!

[stinglikeabat]

I keep saying I am, don't I?

[rainbowbrush]

Well, I'm finally starting to believe you! You can't expect me to just take everything you say for the truth right away!

[stinglikeabat]

You kids today are so cynical!