Yukimura/Supports

With Male Avatar

C Support

• Avatar: Hm? Whose map is this? And what are all these figurines?
• Yukimura: Lord Avatar! My apologies! I've made a mess of the table.
• Avatar: So this all belongs to you, then?
• Yukimura: Yes, i thought I'd run through some tactical exercises for our next encounter.
• Avatar: By all means, continue. Your advice has been invaluable to us. You are a man of singular talent and genius.
• Yukimura: I would not go that far, milord. I merely had good teachers. The knowledge I possess was given to me by King Sumeragi and my father.
• Avatar: You learned from both of them?
• Yukimura: Yes. I learned the fundamentals from my father, who was minister in his day. Later, i was sent to serve the king as an aide. I saw firsthand how he tooks my father's strategies and took them even further.
• Avatar: Is your father still around?
• Yukimura: No, he died on his sickbed when I was still quite young. However, I spent much of my youth poring overa ll the papers he left behind. Battle strategies, fighting techiniques, tactical manuals—all sorts of things. Afterward, the king more or less took me under his wing. I suppose you could say that King Sumeragi was like a second father to me.
• Avatar: I know he... He died trying to protect me. I'm so sorry. It's my fault we both lost him.
• Yukimura: Lord Avatar, stop right there. It was never your fault. It was King Garon's. And it happened long ago. There is no benefit in us discussing this now.
• Avatar: I know, I know.
• Yukimura: Now, I think I should clean up this table. I finished the exercises before you got here.
• Avatar: All right. But please, allow me to help.
• Yukimura: Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

B Support

• Avatar: Yukimura, what tactics would you suggest we use in this situation? If we pursued, it would leave our allies over there vulnerable, which seems reckless. However, it would also take out a huge number of the enemy in a single action. And the gains made from their sacrifice might save many lives in the fights to come.
• Yukimura: ...
• Avatar: It's a very difficult situation, don't you agree?
• Yukimura: ...
• Avatar: Yukimura?
• Yukimura: Ah, my apologies, Lord Avatar. You are correct. It's a very difficult situation. The only thing to do is to decide for yourself which loss was acceptable. It reminds me of something.
• Avatar: What's that?
• Yukimura: The one and only time that King Sumeragi scolded me.
• Avatar: He scolded you? What could you have possibly done to make him upset?
• Yukimura: It was during a discussion much like this, where we considered different scenarios. I developed a plan involving puppets and traps that wuld decimate the enemy. It was an extremely effective plan, saving many of us while eliminating the enemy. However, when I recommended the plan, King Sumeragi grew very angry.
• Avatar: What did he say?
• Yukimura: "It's not a matter of killing as many people as possible. That is not what war is about." He placed much importance and value on the lives of enemy soldiers. He did not believe in killing any wh surrendered. Nor did he approve of killing without giving a man a chance to surrender. It was this latter point my plan was in conflict with.
• Avatar: Hm.
• Yukimura: At the time, I thought he was being a soft-herted fool. But now I see his wisdom. The plan you presented to me tries to reduce the bloodshed of your own allies. But you should not be so quick to shed enemy blood needlessly either. Conquerors make a wasteland and call it a peace. This is not our way.
• Avatar: I think I understand.
• Yukimura: Many people naively think reason and logic are opposed to emotion and compassion. In truth, the former cannot exist without the latter. The simplest decision are, at bottom, rooted in the inner life of the individual. A person cannot walk across a room without asserting some kind of value. I believe that understanding this is the hallmark of a master tactician.
• Avatar: I will remember your words, Yukimura. Your words... but also those of my father.
• Yukimura: I believe that would please him greatly.

A Support

• Avatar: Yukimura, do you have a moment?
• Yukimura: What do you need, Lord Avatar?
• Avatar: I've been thinking a lot after out last conversation, and I want to say something. My father i no longer with us because of me. And I am tremendously sorry I caused you such pain.
• Yukimura: Hm? Didn't I tell you the other day that you needn't say such things?
• Avatar: Even so, I only realized after our talk just how large a role he played in others' live. Not just in my family's lives, or even in all the people of Hoshido's lives. But in the lives of those he met and knew personally, simply as a man. And, in particular... I realized just how important he must have been to you. You looked so happy and peaceful while you were talking about him... So I DO feel I need to apologie to you.
• Yukimura: Milord... The truth is, when I heard that Lord Sumeragi died, I indeed resented you for it.
• Avatar: Yukimura...
• Yukimura: I was still very immature, I must admit. But as I grew older, those feelings faded. And in their place, a new respect for the king arose. Lord Sumeragi fulfilled his greatest duty as a father by protecting his son. Now I feel his end was one of the few befitting a man of his integrity and virtue.
• Avatar: I'm not sure it's my place to say this, but I think he would be happy to hear that.
• Yukimura: Thank you, Lord Avatar. It does me good to hear you say that as well.
• Avatar: He was a father to both of us. As his sons, let us strive to live up to his example.
• Yukimura: Yes, and to do so in all things we are and all that we may someday become. As warriors, as statesmen, as fathers... All things.
• Avatar: Yes. I believe we can do it, so long as when one of us falls the other helps them up.
• Yukimura: You can rely on me, milord.
• Avatar: And you on me, Yukimura.

 With Female Avatar

C Support 

• Avatar: Yukimura, could I have a moment of your time?
• Yukimura: If it isn't Lady Avatar. How can I be of service?
• Avatar: Well...I was wondering if you could tell me about my parents.
• Yukimura: You mean King Sumeragi and Queen Mikoto?
• Avatar: Yes. You served them both, right? I was hoping you'd tell me what they were like.
• Yukimura: Ah, I see. You don't have many memories of them. You were quite young. Where shall I begin? Perhaps with King Sumeragi?
• Avatar: Sure! What was he like?
• Yukimura: He was hard on himself, but he treated all his subjects with dignity and respect. It was this, more than anything, that earned him the trust of his people. However, he was a different man with his family.
• Avatar: Really? How so?
• Yukimura: When he was with them, he shrugged off the mantle of the King of Hoshido. And instead, he simply focused on being the best father he could possibly be. I remember when you were a babe, he'd come to check on you ever day. At court, he rarely smiled, but when he was around you he never stopped beaming. It was a heartwarming sight.
• Avatar: I had no idea.
• Yukimura: As for your mother, Queen Mikoto—she thought of you as her pride and joy. If you so much as sneezed, she would dash around the castle in a mad panic. It was always left up to me and Orochi to help calm her down. Heh.
• Avatar: Haha. That sounds like a lot of work. Sorry for causing you so much trouble.
• Yukimura: Oh, not at all. I look back on those days fondly. Both of them loved you very deeply, Lady Avatar. So. Does that help with your problem? I imagine your sudden curiosity was brought on by some trouble. No?
• Avatar: It was that easy to tell?
• Yukimura: It was. But you can talk to me about it if you feel it will help.
• Avatar: Both of them... Both of them died protecting me. Sometimes I think if I had never been born, they'd still be alive.
• Yukimura: Do you still feel this way?
• Avatar: No... And I feel a bit better after hearing you talk about them. It sounds like I really made them happy, which is worth something.
• Yukimura: Yes, you did. That reminds me! I have something to show you.
• Avatar: What is it?
• Yukimura: It will take me some time to find it, so you'll just have to wait until then.
• Avatar: OK. You know where to find me.

B Support

• Yukimura: Lady Avatar, I found the object I wanted to show you. It's this.
• Avatar: A box? Oh! Is this a gadget of some sort?
• Yukimura: Yes, that would be one way to describe it. Here, take a look.
• Avatar: Is that paper inside it? What's on the paper?
• Yukimura: They're pictures. You can move the lid to the right to look at them.
• Avatar: Oh! It's...
• Yukimura: Your parents, yes. This is what they looked like when you were a baby. And if you tug on this rope on the side of the box like so... it changes to the next picture. You might think of it as an automated storybook.
• Avatar: Wow! This is amazing! And they're all pictures of us! Did you make this, Yukimura?
• Yukimura: Yes. And I drew the pictures as well. It took quite some time. I worked on it nights on end for you.
• Avatar: For me?
• Yukimura: Yes. At the time, both Queen Mikoto and King Sumeragi were very busy. It was difficult for them to find time to play with you. But they didn't want you to feel lonely, so they asked me to make this.
• Avatar: That was very kind of them.
• Yukimura: After you were taken, it broke the queen's heart to see it, so I stowed it away. I never thought I'd be showing it to you again one day as a grown lady.
• Avatar: Yukimura...I think I remember having seen some of these before. Only just barely, but I do. Mother and Father are at my side...laughing?
• Yukimura: I'm so glad you remembered. I'm sure your parents would be happy to hear it too. So please, Lady Avatar, you must dry your tears.
• Avatar: Ah! I'm sorry! I didn't even realize...
• Yukimura: Don't worry about it. It's OK. Please let me know if there's anything I can do for you. And know that if you'd like, you can come by anytime to look at these pictures, OK?
• Avatar: I'll do that. Thank you so much!

A Support

• Avatar: Hello, Yukimura.
• Yukimura: Ah, Lady Avatar. Have you come to look at my pictures again?
• Avatar: Yes. I never get tired of looking at them. They feel so...familiar. And warm. Happy.
• Yukimura: You may take them with you, if you'd like.
• Avatar: Really? Are you sure? But you've taken such good care of them all this time.
• Yukimura: They were made for you. I think it is right that you should have them. Please, don't give it a second thought.
• Avatar: Thank you, Yukimura. I'll take good care of them.
• Yukimura: I'm glad you like them so much. I hope these pictures will be a source of strength for you in these difficult times. Just as they were to me.
• Avatar: What do you mean?
• Yukimura: After you were taken, I would sometimes look at these pictures. I lost my family when I was young, so looking at these always cheered me up. You all look so happy in them. And I was, of course, very close to your father. And when I felt short of hope, these reminded me there was good in the world. There was still happiness, and family, and honor. Things worth fighting to preserve.
• Avatar: Yukimura... I vow to you, on these pictures—on the honor of my father and my mother... I will protect Hoshido. I will bring peace to this world.
• Yukimura: Then I once more vow to you: I will give all that I am to help you protect Hoshido.
• Avatar: Thank you. I am honored.
• Yukimura: No, milady. The honor is mine.

S Support

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