Trickcal: Chibi Go story · Yearning stories
Vivi's Yearning story
Vivi's Yearning turns out to be a chest bound in chains. Vivi's first instinct is to try to get rid of it, but after realizing the chest probably contains her memories, she is left deep in thought.
1 scenes, 106 lines
1. Locked Chest
106 linesLocked Chest
Cave Pond
Hello? Is someone there?
*Whoosh!*
.........
Hmm... I was certain I felt a presence just now...
Mayhap 'twas only mine imagination.
'Tis possible that mine nerves have been on edge recently.
To be this shaken by a mere chest... how unbecoming.
I must act before mine heart grows ever more fragile...
This chest...
It appears to be a matter beyond this maiden's power to manage alone, a realm far beyond mine comprehension.
Should I seek counsel from another, perhaps?
If I were to seek one in Elias who might grant earnest and true counsel concerning the condition of my mind and body...
*Sigh* It appears there is none other but her.
And yet... it leaves a bitter taste.
A chest concealed from all eyes, save mine own...
Were I to seek her counsel on such a matter, she may well compel an experiment far crueler than the brutal examination and counsel she laid upon me before.
I would do well to set a contingency, just in case...
*Shwoop*
Um, Vivi?
Sorry to interrupt your alone time...
But, do you have a moment?
Hold on, don't jump to conclusions and hear me out!
I'm only here to see how you're doing.
Daya was worried because she hadn't heard from you lately...
So I walked through the nearby caves to look for you...
And I just happened to find you here.
I find thy words somewhat at odds.
If thy purpose were so simple,
why didst thou not call to me at once when thou didst find me?
W-Well...
You seemed to be enjoying talking to yourself so much that it was hard to find the right moment to butt in...
At first, I thought you were rehearsing a dramatic monologue or something.
A-Art thou laying the blame upon me just now?!
Hmph! Forget it.
That is not the matter of import.
I would have thee be fully forthright with me now.
How much of my solitary speech did reach your ears?
Since you started talking about that chest bound in chains...
Up until you thought you ought to set up a backup plan just in case.
Oho... I see.
I uttered nothing of the chest being bound in chains, though...
Canst thou see this chest as well, Master?
Ah, yes, I believe I can.
Seeing how surprised Vivi is...
That must be her Yearning.
Thou art most calm in making it known.
I shall ask thee directly, then.
Is there no means by which this chest might vanish from my sight?
Wh-What?!!!
You want to get rid of the chest? Why?!
Because I require it not.
And as you yourself have mentioned, Master, this chest is bound by curious chains.
Who attached it to me, what lies within, or how one might loosen those chains...
There is no way of knowing.
And who would desire to carry about such an eyesore that is so needless and troublesome?
Well... I mean...
Who knew there'd be an Apostle trying to get rid of their Yearning!
What an unexpected development.
She has the chest bound with chains and even wants to erase its very existence...
I wonder why...
I have to try to get Vivi to fully confront her Yearning.
Hey, Vivi... Do you remember or feel anything when you look at that chest?
Hmm... I know not.
There was something... unsettling about it. A peculiar sense of déjà vu, perhaps?
Or perhaps a feeling of wistfulness?
What if whatever's within that chest...
It contains something that is tied to your memories?
Something precious that you don't want anyone else to take from you...?
An object tied to memories, you say?
Curious. I can call nothing to mind.
If you meant memory itself, perhaps...
Hmm? Mine memories...?
Oh, did you recall something?
Roughly.
The elven doctor once told me...
That when the mind is burdened, some are plagued by hallucinations.
She said that such visions reflect the inner thoughts or yearnings of the one thus troubled.
In other words, this illusion may well have sprung from mine own heart.
*Sigh* If this be so, then I must accept it.
Though it floats about most vexingly, I have no choice but to endure.
So Vivi's precious memories are what's hidden inside that chest, then?
But there's something that still remains a mystery...
The chains on the chest.
Maybe what Vivi really wants...
Is not to get rid of the chest, but to free the memories bound by those chains?
Hey, Vivi?
I'm not sure if it will help, but...
Let me know if you'd like to unlock those chains and free whatever's inside.
You don't need to be that guarded with me.
.........!
'Tis e-enough!
Rather than dwell on such matters, I ask that thou help me devise a way to banish this nuisance entirely.
No matter how precious those memories may be, they serve no purpose for me in mine present path.
I am no foolish dragon, to be bound by the past and so ruin the present.
.........
I have grown too agitated.
Discourteous though it be, I shall withdraw for now.
Until we meet again.
Vivi...
I don't know what happened, but she seemed very conflicted.
It looked like she was hiding something, but it seemed like she wasn't ready to share...
I hope the day comes when she unlocks those chains and faces what's inside that chest.