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[wolfstrike]

 Things are getting bad, and fast. Yuri had been kicked out of his apartment upon being dubbed a foreigner. He hasn't been here for a year, in fact, he moved here close to the time people from other worlds showed up, Being the poor citizen he is, Yuri can't even prove he was a resident of Ba Sing Se beforehand either. Not that it would really matter if he could. Its not looking good for him, that's for sure. Homeless and unable to buy most things that he needs, even though he has plenty of money, he's got no choice but to spend most of his time at work. Which means Varrick's boat. He's not exactly happy about it, but there could be worse things. 

Having heard about the gold appearing at city hall, Yuri's curiosity drove him to take a look. What he saw disgusted him. That evening the gold appeared as people said it did, and he just stands by and watches as people scramble for it. He doesn't need the stuff, and even if he did, what good would it be? Being labeled a foreigner, the gold would just give him more trouble than it was worth. Thus he just leans against the wall of a building and watches, Repede sitting next to him and huffing his disapproval as people scramble for the glittering stuff. And they say dogs are animals. Though the mysterious word that's appeared with the gold hasn't gone unnoticed. Though all he can do is speculate about it. 

"Tch." Eventually Yuri gets tired of watching this and turns to go, but then something else catches his eye as it appears nearby. What appears to be a large, glittering gem. It's huge actually, for a jewel anyway. The crystal is several inches long and wide enough to be held with two hands. It's color is a light blue. Yuri stares at it for several moments. He feels like he's seen it before. But that's crazy... right? But the nagging feeling won't leave him alone. He moves towards it, but someone else swoops in and snatches it. 

"Hey!" Yuri shouts at the man as he tries to flee with the stone. Repede leaps into action, putting himself in the man's path and growls menacingly. This gets the looter to pause, staring nervously at the dog. Repede barks and snaps his jaws, causing the man to back up into Yuri who looks down at him imposingly. The small man squeaks and drops the stone. "Don't hurt me!" And with that, he runs off. ... Well. That wasn't too hard. Stooping down, Yuri picks up the crystal and looks it over. 

Later, Yuri takes the crystal back to Varrick's boat. He's already had several people try to snatch it from him. It would be safer to keep it there. 

((OOC: Feel free to approach or run into Yuri at any point here! Or even on his way back to Varrick's boat.))

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Varrick's boat party time

[profiteers]

[It's really difficult to live in a world without a personal assistant. It's like Varrick wakes up in the middle of the night and is OUT OF TOILET PAPER and then he has to go hunting through his entire yacht to find more.

Such a hard life.

Which is why he finds a particular janitor's closet and happens to literally trip over a certain off-duty security guard. What even.]

[wolfstrike]

[Wow, rude Varrick. Yuri was totally getting some great shut eye here in your closet, man. Cause you know.. he's kinda homeless and he'd rather not sleep in the streets if he can help it. He was leaning against a wall in the cramped space, his sword resting in his shoulder as he slept.

Repede was resting next to him, and quickly looks up, but doesn't get a chance to warn his partner in time before Varrick trips over him. Fortunately the dog did manage to get out of the way.

Yuri however, is now suddenly awake. His eyes flying open and looking fairly startled.]

Whoa!

[profiteers]

[It takes much flaily of gangly limbs before Varrick rights himself again. A mop is knocked over in the process. It's messy.

Once he's righted, Varrick squints forward in the darkness.]

...Yuri? What the spirits are you doing in my closet?!

[wolfstrike]

... Uh.

[Now how to explain this while trying to save some face?]

Taking a nap.

[profiteers]

Don't you have a home you could be doing that in? Last time I checked you weren't working tonight.

[...unless...]

Yuri, are you homeless and sleeping secretly in my closets this whole time?

[wolfstrike]

Yuri sighed and pushed himself to his feet, then picked up his sword. He had been found out, so it was probably high time he found somewhere else to sleep.

"Not the whole time. I was kicked out of my apartment a couple days ago."

Might as well come clean too.

AND A MILLION YEARS LATER sorry I got christmas-ed

[profiteers]

"Yuri, I can't believe you would have been so stupid" hands on hips and judging you so hard, bro.

"You have keys to this whole boat, why didn't you just hide in one of the hundred or so empty crew quarters around here?!"

1/3

[wolfstrike]

...

[Wait what? Yuri will stare at Varrick for a moment.]

2/3

[wolfstrike]

[Is this guy for real?]

And then I just realized I was switching proses. Oops. Sorry.

[wolfstrike]

Uh... yeah. Sure. Whatever you say boss man. I'll do that next time.

[phoenixstrut]

Well, she had to admit she had been weirder places, though she would never have imagined wandering someone's home without them there as her guide. And yet, that was exactly what she had been instructed to do when she had arrived. Varrick would be around sometime, she had been told.

So for now she was left to wander, admiring and inspecting the odd trinkets and trophies the crazy businessman had collected. Unfortunately, though she had visited many times before, she wasn't one to keep up with the layout of homes other than her own... and had gotten herself lost amidst the odd rooms.

When she stumbled across the familiar bodyguard, she paused, then sighed in slight frustration before shaking her head and giving him an apologetic and somewhat weary smile. "Sorry... Didn't mean to barge in..."

[wolfstrike]

Yuri was just hanging out, holding a big bluish crystal in his hand as he looked it over. This is what he was doing when Dove suddenly barged in. Blinking, he looked up, lifting a hand in a motionless wave.

"Yo."

He then gave an indifferent roll of his shoulders.

"No harm done."

[phoenixstrut]

When he didn't seem too adverse to her company, she leaned against the doorframe, tilting her head at the gem in his hand. "What's that? Don't tell me he's trying to pay you in table weights..." She paused, considering it a little better. "Actually... it's a nice table weight..."

[wolfstrike]

Yuri just blinked at her. A table weight? He then looked back at the crystal.

"I don't know what it is, to be honest. I found it where all that gold is showing up."

Actually he really wishes he knew what it was. It feels familiar but he just can't put his finger on it.

[phoenixstrut]

When it appeared her tease at his employer wasn't as funny as she had hoped, she straightened and came properly into the room. "Oh... There have been a lot of strange things showing up," she admitted, shaking her head. "I've been visiting every other day, myself...haven't seen anything like that, though."

A hopeful smile and a small shrug. "It's pretty."

[wolfstrike]

"Yeah..." he says looking thoughtfully at the gem again.

He's actually pretty distracted as he tries to put where he's seen this crystal before, but he just can't think of a time he's ever seen it. So then why is it so familiar?

[phoenixstrut]

His distraction was curious, and she raised a brow before inspecting the gem herself. She wasn't sure what it was, and she knew her jewels. So instead, she opted for casual conversation, instead of wasting their time on guesses with no leads. People were more important anyway.

"How have you been?" she asked, looking him over. He looked kind of more tired than she thought she had seen him before, and knowing how things in the city had been going for a lot of people, she had to ask.

[wolfstrike]

At the question, Yuri shrugged and glanced towards Dove before back to the crystal.

"Can't complain."

Well, he could actually, but he just chooses not too.

"What about you? How's high society?"

[lavamylife]

[And just as Repede seems to be growling and barking is when Bolin happens to come by and see Yuri attempting to get the crystal back from another man. He practically lets out a high-pitched squeak before flattening himself against the wall.]

Uh, nice doggie. Please don't eat me. I really don't taste very good. And I don't have all that much money either; I'm really poor to be honest!

[wolfstrike]

[When Repede sees Bolin, his growling quiets down and he walks over to the man. He gives the guy a once over with both his one eye and his nose. Repede then huffs and walks away. Yuri just watches this as he holds the crystal in one hand, and puts the other on his hip with a smirk.]

Yeah, you definitely wouldn't taste good.

[lavamylife]

Well at least we agree on that one. Whew, that's a relief.

[Bolin relaxes visibly as his knees bend a little bit and his torso slides down the wall before finally standing up.]

I mean, I think the last thing anyone would want to be tonight is dog food. Though it seems that that's what half everyone fighting over the gold seems to want others to be. Geez.

[wolfstrike]

[Repede huffs at that.]

Yeah, I don't think you even qualify for dog food.

[He's teasing, but then Yuri's attention goes back to the crowd that's gathered around the appearing gold.]

Tell me about it.

[lavamylife]

[Even if it is teasing, for Bolin that's actually a veiled compliment. Better than dog food? He's moving up in the world! Or at least, that's what he tells himself.

[But tell him about it? Well, you asked.]

What I don't understand is how all these people can be hoarding all of this gold for themselves yet still be so sceptical about all these newcomers that have come here. I mean, I really don't understand all that spirity stuff well, y'know, since that's mainly the Avatar's job and all, but even I can see that these things are kind of connected. I mean, the spooky message in the newspaper has to be spirits. People coming here from other worlds has to be spirit stuff. Hello! Earth to Republic City!

[wolfstrike]

[... Yeah, okay. He's sorry he asked. Yuri just stares for a few moments before rolling his shoulders indifferently.]

Hey, I can't claim to know anything about spirits. Like you said, that's Avatar stuff. I just stay out of their way.

[lavamylife]

Kind of hard now since they've been doing more and more stuff in the recent weeks though. First there was the Spirit Wilds, then the Spirit Barrier, and now all of this Spirit Gold. Even if I were trying to steer clear of the spirits, which I really can't seem to do anyway, I wouldn't know how to really do that.