[FIN] Trials and Tribulations

[BlackPidgeot]

Yuri was silent as he watched her carefully with a neutral face. Was this new knowledge going to drive her away? Was she going to be upset with him like last time? He wasn't about to change his ways. Not for her, not for Flynn, or anyone else.

But when her last words were spoken his features broke out into a smile again.

He then looked up as a guard approached then stood. Figuring that visiting time was over and he was to return to his cell.

Instead the man grudgingly reached for and unlocked Yuri's handcuffs. "You're free to go, Lowell. Your fine has been paid."

Yuri blinked once but then smirked. "Huh, talk about good timing."  

[Tori Honoo]

She stayed quiet after speaking, her heart still beating off rhythm. Things were certainly more complicated now with this new information about his past.

She took a deep breath and prepared to ask him something else entirely, just to rid the atmosphere of the tenseness she perceived, until he looked behind her and stood. Her stomach dropped, and she moved slowly to rise to her feet, prepared to be escorted back to the door once he had been taken yet again, but as the man spoke, her eyes widened, her lips parting in surprise.

Relief flooded her and she pushed her hair back from her face as she waited until the guard was gone to offer Yuri a smile and a shaky laugh. This was slightly embarrassing...  

[BlackPidgeot]

Rubbing his wrists that were now free, Yuri also received his belongs that he had come in with.

"So... Don't I get to know who my savior is?"

The guard frowned. "He asked to remain anonymous but wanted you to know that he's a man of his word and will be holding you to yours."

At that Yuri sighed, "Right."

"Hold on while I get out of this costume," he then told Dove. The man coming back a few minutes later dressed in his normal clothes.  

[Tori Honoo]

She listened to the exchange curiously, then waited as Yuri disappeared to change out of te prison issued outfit. When he returned, she offered a smile, and though she was curious as to who had freed him, she refrained from asking, instead choosing "What do you want to do now...?" He was home, after all, and she didnt want to impose on any plans he might have concocted.  

[BlackPidgeot]

Her question drew pause and he had to think. Yuri hadn't made any real plans aside from attending the trial and inevitably spending time behind bars.

"A decent meal and going home sounds good."

Yeah, any chance he could get to get back to the lower quarter was a welcome one.  

[Tori Honoo]

She smiled slightly and nodded. where would you like to go? Can I come too...?"" she asked quickly, falling into step behind the guard as he led them out. She was sure his stay in prison hasn't been profitable in sleep, and while she hasn't slept much the night before either, she couldn't complain about her room at the inn. If he needed time to himself to recoup, she could find some other means by which to distract herself. Food did sound good, though.  

[BlackPidgeot]

"Sure," Yuri told her with a smile. "I think I will stop by my place. There's an inn and we can eat there. It's not as classy as what you're used to but its where I learned to cook."

With that Yuri walked out of the station, but not without a few glares from some Guarde members he knew.

Once they were outside, Yuri paused to look around. "So I guess Repede is with Flynn, huh?"  

[Tori Honoo]

"I've had your cooking, so I'm sure it'll be good," she smiled, Flynn had shown her high end the night previous, anyway, and she was more pleased with the idea of exploring with Yuri now that he was no longer a prisoner than eating gourmet food at this point.

She followed him outside, her spirit dampened by the looks the guards gave him. Had he really been so bad...? She sighed and shook it off, looking to him as he looked for his companion. "He is. I...think."  

[BlackPidgeot]

Yuri seemed satisfied enough with that answer, thus he led the way down the streets. Eventually leading them both into the more run down and obviously poorer Lower Quarter of Devoirue.

The building were not as ornate and polished as the rest of the city and neither were most of the people seen walking around.  

[Tori Honoo]

Dove followed him without hesitation, curious still about everything they passed. Though she wouldn't admit it openly--especially not to Yuri-- she did, at first, find herself uncomfortable, but as he seemed every bit confident, she said nothing and instead took the opportunity just to make note of his home. She had known people lived like this, and now found herself curious to see if they were as kind as the people she had met before in lower income areas. At least... some had been.  

[BlackPidgeot]

"Well look what the Persian dragged in," came the voice of an elderly man who stood by an old run down fountain in the middle of the Lower Quarter's square.

Yuri paused and looked over with a hand on his hip and a wry smile on his face. "Nice to see you too, Hanks."

"Same to you, Yuri. Heard you were in jail, though."

Yuri waved a hand as he spoke. "Yeah well, I seem to have some friends in high places."

"Is that so. Doesn't really sound like you but you have been gone for awhile. And where is your manners, boy? Aren't you going to introduce me to the young lady?"  

[Tori Honoo]

She came to a halt next to him as he stopped to talk to the man, watching quietly as the two exchanged greetings and blushing as the man called her out to him.  

[BlackPidgeot]

Yuri just smirked at the old mans indignance before turning towards his female friend.

"Her name's Dove," he told him before going on with a reversed introduction. "And this is Hanks."

"Ah, well then pleased to meet ya, Miss Dove."  

[Tori Honoo]

As he introduced her, she waved a little at the man and stood close to Yuri, her smile calm. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well," she offered in return, grinning as Lovey padded forward to introduce herself as well. With a soft laugh, she added, "This is Lovey..."  

[BlackPidgeot]

"I see," the old man said, not looking particularly interested in the Pokemon.

"You're not from around here are you?" He then asked of her.