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sadlyafanofotomegames · 5 years

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A Road Paved with Bad Endings - Nameless ~The One Thing You Must Recall~

It’s been eighty years since my last one so to remind everyone this is a series about bad ends in otome games - currently I’m talking about the bad ends in Nameless and I already did Lance’s bad endings. This one’s going to be about Yeonho’s.

Yeonho - Bought Used, Highly Damaged, Needs Proper Care

Oh Yeonho. Sweet. sweet little Yeonho. Made to instill mother instincts in young ladies. Surely his route will just be ADORABLE right...right!?

Okay so Yeonho has some serious issues stemming from an extremely painful past (which is bad enough as a doll but then when translated to human terms YIKES) and most of his route is about confronting that past. Sure there are cute moments here and there, but mainly its just about how to confront the things that were done to him and how to cope in a more healthy way.

One thing I’m not keen on is that with these kind of characters (I will elaborate on this when talking about the bad ends) I wish they just left out the romance aspect altogether. So much of this route is about understanding Yeonho’s trauma and how it affects his view of the world, that its not until the last couple of chapters that the writers were like, “oh FUCK this is an otome game they’re supposed to date” and slapped on two or three romantic scenes. It doesn’t help that in this route compared to the other routes it’s painfully clear that Eri favoring Yeonho can go real bad for both of them if not treated correctly. I’m worried about them is what I’m saying.

If you are suffering from abandonment and/or other forms of abuse, this route might make you uncomfortable. I say they do a not-bad job in confronting trauma, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be the same experience with you.

Also two of these three ending go into the “WTF WTF WTF” end of the bad end spectrum, and they do include implied violence and assault so tread lightly.

Bad End 1 - Unforgiven Doll - Surprise! YOU Are The First Yandere in the Game!

How to Get It

Eri. Basic female protagonist in an otome game. Most female protagonists in otome games range from “blank slate/silent” to “this is clearly a story about this particular gal.” Eri falls closer to the latter half of this spectrum, but she still shows some of those tried and true female lead traits, mainly her naivete. This isn’t just to show innocence in this route though: her naive and relaxed attitude toward Yeonho in the beginning becomes a detriment to Yeonho’s growth. She doesn’t realize until around a quarter into the route that Yeonho’s devotion and to her isn’t just a phase, and she doesn’t know how to confront it at first. Yeonho wakes her up every morning, makes the same rabbit-shaped eggs every morning, texts her every morning, noon and night, and it gets to the point where he refuses to leave her side.

One rainy day, Eri’s friends finally have an opportunity to talk to her without Yeonho around. They’re worried about both of them, and they decide to take the chance to separate them by taking Eri out while Yeonho’s on cleaning duty. Yeonho seems pretty dejected at the idea but still stays for cleaning duty. But then...Eri gets worried and goes back. And its a good thing she did, because Yeonho was waiting for her in the pouring rain.

Now, you don’t have to go back right away though...you could choose to be dismissive and cold when it comes to Yeonho...its not like he’ll ever dislike you for it...

Once Yeonho’s taken inside he’s tending to by Eri. Yeonho’s not looking so great after getting a rain shower. He tells Eri he’s cold and doesn’t want Eri to leave but...its not a big deal right? Leave Yeonho’s side to grab blankets.

Alternatively, you can also be dismissive of Yeonho in earlier parts as well. At one point you can almost push Yeonho into riding big rides at a theme park which you know Yeonho doesn’t like but refuses to admit he’s not having fun. Because its all for Eri.

What Happens

Seeing Yeonho shivering and sad...Yeonho who would do anything for her...Yeonho who would always be hers no matter how cruel she is...something in Eri snaps. She WANTS to hurt Yeonho.

Yeonho doesn’t mind right? He’d never hate her. When Yeonho wakes up and sees Eri...he knows what’s going to happen. And he does let her hurt him. And he cries. All he wants is to be cherished.

How I Feel About This One

Honestly when it comes to otome games I expect there’s always going to be at least one route route where somebody goes yandere and/or the main girl gets killed. But this is the first one I’ve encountered where the the main girl becomes the yandere character. It was a real shock to me, because all of the sudden I wasn’t just causing Eri to be run over by the truck, I’m causing Eri to be cruel. When we reach a bad end, our character’s the one who usually gets hurt the most, not the one who directly causes the hurt.

As such while other endings are theoretically worse for Eri and some of the characters involved in their specific route, this one I just can’t stomach revisiting often. Hearing Yeonho crying in pain and asking to be cherished makes me feel like my hearts being used as a needle ball...so as a bad end its pretty good! 7/10 stop making me feel bad please.

Bad End 2 - Competitor - Now Yeonho’s the Yandere! But Wait! A YANDERE CHALLENGER APPROACHES!!! (how many yanderes are in this game!? the answer may shock you)

How to Get It

So after you stay by Yeonho’s side while he’s sick and assure him that you’re there for him and that you WON’T become a yandere things seem to start to improve. Yeonho’s less clingy, and he’s no longer willing to be pushed around by his fans at school (btw all of the boys got fans because they’re all beautiful doll people so yeah.) Eri’s a little concerned that Yeonho is now being too off-putting, but hey it feels like Yeonho is changing so...that’s something.

Then Eri has to go see her parents at a hotel for dinner (btw her parents travel a lot for work and are mainly based in the U.S. so she rarely sees them thus when they do come by they meet her at a hotel nearby where they usually go to for business.) Yeonho begins to wonder if Eri’s parents, her family, matters more than him, who’s just a doll. How can he assure himself that Eri won’t forget him?

Eri leaves promising that she won’t be long. The visit goes fine, except uh...her parents pressure her into staying at their hotel room for way longer than she planned. It’d be nice if you chose to say you have to go back, but choosing to stay isn’t what’ll cause the camel’s back to break in this one. That happens when Eri returns home to see Yeonho, again, waiting for her outside. It’s not raining, but its cold, and Yeonho looks cold both physically and emotionally.

Now I need to remind you fellows that these boys are not people first: they’re dolls first, people second. Their world is limited by the very few experiences they had on top of a shelf. In Yeonho’s case, his experience was being put on a literal pedestal, used essentially as a stress toy whenever his first owner got mad, left on the floor when his owner got bored of him, then left in a very badly put box for who knows how long to be sent to a new owner who, once again, puts him on a pedestal. Eri takes great care of her dolls, but to Yeonho, this doesn’t mean she won’t abandon him like his previous owner did. Because his previous owner seemingly treasured him too.

And with the previous bad end, we know Eri is capable of the same cruelty as the previous owner. And even without that context what’s stopping Eri from abandoning him too? How can he be permanent in Eri’s heart so that doesn’t happen? Yeonho doesn’t have the means to see beyond his own experience, so he can’t see how he won’t be abandoned eventually, and even though he’s human now he still sees himself as needing to belong to someone. What can he do? He’s not being threatening at this point, he’s just begging for answers.

So what answer do you give? Well, if you were listening to his plea, you tell him that no, he doesn’t need to do anything to earn love, because he’s already deserving of it. Yeonho already holds a place in Eri’s heart, and she means that earnestly.

...Buuuuut if you’re looking for a bad end, dismissively say “eh, just stay by my side like usual.” This’ll calm him down right? His deep-seated feelings aren’t that serious. It’s fine. It’ll be fine. Really, it’s fine.

...So turns out it was not fine, because you didn’t give him a real answer. He still doesn’t know how to be permanent in Eri’s heart. So he’s going to find is own answers. Spoilers: the answer he comes to is bad. For both of them. In more ways than expected.

What Happens

Oh wait, no he’s fine. He was cool with that answer! See, he’s smiling, although his smile is a little off, but that’s fine, because me and Eri are sure that he’ll just go back to his usual self by morning. Time to go to bed.

Fun Fact: There’s a diary entry in Eri’s journal that only appears in this ending. Check it out before Eri closes her eyes. It’ll be awkward to read it after Yeonho tries to choke Eri to de-oh-OH GAWD YEONHO’S CHOKING ERI TO DEATH!

Another Fun Fact: If you want to revisit this bad ending save right after you made the bad choice. For some reason in the Memories (the menu that lets you revisit past events) it starts in the middle of the bad ending!

So it turns out the answer Yeonho came to was, “I guess I need to be a yandere” and kill Eri. BTW despite being advertised in the Crobidoll line as “babey” for some reason he was given the ability to see ghosts? So I’m guessing his plan was to have Eri’s spirit tethered to him so she literally can never leave (and thus in his eyes abandon) him.

Funny thing about Yeonho: he’s referenced as similar to a chick a lot in this game. He’s got corn yellow hair that’s feathery and he’s got big ol’ red eyes. Except...when he’s chocking Eri, suddenly his eyes don’t look so cute. His pupils literally shrink. They’re no longer the eyes of a chick, but the eyes of a snake.

So Yeonho kills Eri. Bad End reached. Pretty typical of a bad ending in an otome game, huh?

Well, JUST KIDDING Tei barges in and stops Yeonho from completing the task. Phew Eri was saved. That was close. Good thing someone as kind and dependable as Tei arrived to help her out right...right?

Ha...haha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

Surprise! Turns out Tei is the Alpha Yandere ‘round these parts.

Friends...may I introduce you to...Bad End Tei? He’s going to be a regular on the series. In fact he’s probably the main character in this Nameless Bad End Journey. He’s a constant shadow that looms across almost all the bad paths we follow. Just remember in this series we’re going to be talking only about Bad End Tei, not all of who Tei is. If you want me to talk more about Tei as a whole character you’ll have to wait until we get to Tei’s bad endings, which, spoilers, have a lot of Bad End Tei in it too. You cannot escape Bad End Tei.

Anyway back to what was SUPPOSED to be Yeonho’s Yandere moment.

After stopping Yeonho from killing Eri, Tei starts by saying he’s dissapointed...at Eri? She really shouldn’t have let herself be hurt. Kinda victim-blamey there Bad End Tei. After all, I’M the one who almost got her choked to death here. No need to blame her!

Secondly Tei wants nothing more than for Eri, his owner, to be safe. But if she does get hurt...it should be him who does the hurting. The reason for this is explained further in later bad endings and in Tei’s Route, but in this ending we discover that Tei is just as obsessed with his owner as Yeonho is. Difference is Bad End Tei doesn’t need to be remembered by Eri, or even have a place in her heart. What he wants is Eri herself, and to have that he wants control of her pain. So when someone else tries to cause Eri pain...well that’s stealing his control of her pain, and that just won’t do.

Unlike Yeonho, who ultimately just wants to belong to Eri and to never be abandoned by her, Bad End Tei wants Eri to belong to him the same way he belongs to her.

It’s ironic that a doll wants ownership over the doll’s owner huh. Feels like maybe bringing dolls to life wasn’t exactly what its cracked up to be.

Anyway if Eri’s going to get hurt, then there was no reason for Tei to have held back for so long. If this was going to happen, he should have hurt Eri when this all started. He justifies that he can hurt Eri better than Yeonho can (weird flex but ok) and its getting late so could Yeonho like, leave? And even Yeonho in yandere mode is taken aback. But then he’s like, “No wait I’M the yandere in this bad ending!” and tries to attack Tei.

Tei doesn’t want to hurt or even touch anyone that’s not Eri, but since Yeonho won’t be good and go to bed he’ll just have to put him down. Even though all the dolls are in human form now, their doll forms are still on Eri’s shelf. And doing things to the doll forms affects their human forms. So, instead of going after Yeonho the human...he grabs Yeonho the doll. And squeezes.

Meanwhile Eri is, quite justifiably, shocked and disgusted by all this. Yeonho’s a yandere? Tei’s a yandere? I could be a yandere!? How many yandere’s are in this game!?

While Tei is committing doll homicide he says since Eri’s good at keeping her hobbies (collecting dolls) a secret from her friends, it shouldn’t be hard to pretend that everything’s fine from now on. Of course, she doesn’t have to pretend she loves him. So long as Tei can have her, he doesn’t care.

After the deed is done, Tei approaches her. Eri desperately wants this to all be a dream, but when Tei holds her face she knows its real. Tei tells her to be quiet and asks if she’d ready. The last thing we hear is a chime, and the scene fades out.

How I Feel About This One

So this has to be one of my favorite bad endings. I mean what happens in it makes me go “WTF WTF AAAAAAGH” but in an interesting way, ya know? The kind that makes my hair stand on end. It’s a story in and of itself. The set-up, the plot twist, the monologue, just...mwah. Perfect. It’s exactly what I want in my bad endings.

Plus if you’re doing the bad endings in order, this’ll be the first time you see Bad End Tei. You don’t see Bad End Tei in the routes themselves (outside of his and Red’s, which is only unlocked after you complete all the other routes so at that point you had to have seen Bad End Tei) but suddenly there’s hints of Bad End Tei throughout all of his encounters. I didn’t say this in Lance’s Bad End Post, but a part of me thinks that maybe Tei had something to do with what happened to Lance in one of his bad endings...there’s no proof, but still. He was in the room with Lance by themselves when Eri left so...who knows.

This also hints at also aspects of the story. Bad End Tei’s an obvious hint to who Tei is as a character, but there’s also the use of the doll bodies, and that chime at the end.

Anyway this Bad Ending sets up Bad End Tei’s character in the most dramatic and creepy of ways and if every otome game had bad endings as good (well, not good in that way but-you know what I mean!) as this one this series would never end. I mean, it won’t if I post every four to five months.

Also what makes me appreciate this one is that it cuts off before we see what happens to Eri, and it doesn’t go into detail on what Bad End Tei did to Yeonho either. If we had detailed descriptions of whatever happened I might not have stomached it. Implication are far more sinister than outright statements. This is also one of the only Bad End Tei endings where Eri’s vocal about how messed up this is.

Bad End 3 - Disappeared Yeonho - That’s It. Pretty Anticlimactic Compared to the Previous Endings

How to Get It

So Eri takes Yeonho’s worries seriously and no one turns yandere and Bad End Tei stays firmly in the back of Tei’s mind (btw after you make the good choice with Yeonho once they go back inside Tei gives Yeonho some comforting words. At their worst they can be cruel to each other, but when they’re not at that breaking point they do have this solidarity with each other, both having previous owners before Eri.) Things start to improve a lot. Yeonho can now enjoy things outside of Eri, and is back to being willing to hang out with others. He’s grown a great deal, and the people around him notice. Things are looking up for Yeonho and Eri now.

Of course, then the writers realize, “wait romance” and Yeonho needs to like Eri now. Not as a doll loves their owner, but as a person wanting to be with another person...okay I don’t hate it when its put that way, but I still feel like this wasn’t necessary. Let me remind you, Yeonho tried to kill Eri in a bad ending because of his fear of her forgetting him. He was so desperate to remain at her side, and then things get better, but even after all that he still wants to refer to her as “Master” while trying to pursue a romantic relationship with her. All I’m saying is maybe give each other a little distance for a just a tiiiiiiny bit to figure things out before going into this yeah?

Still they’re pretty cute together in the end. Things don’t get nearly as saucy as it did in Lance’s route, and its all very innocent and sweet. I don’t hate it. Now Tei on the other hand-

Alright alright back to how this bad end goes down. Before Yeonho confesses to Eri there’s a school festival and he has a fortune reading stand. (Also aside from seeing ghosts he can also read tarot cards and talk to animals.) After he read your fortune he tries to make a move, but then a very haughty girl barges in to get her fortune read. Suddenly Yeonho clams up and runs away.

Where did he go!? Eri could check the rooftop, where he’s likely to be at...or she can just give up and see if he came home.

...That’s it. That’s all it takes.

What Happens

So Yeonho never came home. They made missing photos and everything! Where could he be...?

...Yeah that’s it.

How I Feel About This One

Honestly I don’t feel like this one needed to be there. Maybe it’s because if they didn’t, then for the last few chapter there’d be no need for choices. But they did that with Lance! In Lance’s route after the play there’s no choice for the last few chapter, and while he has the shortest amount of bad endings, they both are still creepy and at least a little intense. Why didn’t they do the same for Yeonho?

I don’t know. I don’t hate it. It’s like, nothing terrible happened to characters I love, which is nice, but that’s not what bad endings are for! They’re supposed to make you feel bad and maybe give you the heebie jeebies! Or they’re supposed to fulfill some fantasy in a safe way like they do sometimes in Mystic Messenger! Or be a joke ending where you at least get a chuckle before having to restart! I don’t know! Give me Yeonho joining a ghost detective agency with a cat sidekick running away from his past! Something! ANYTHING!!!

Anyway overall I really do like Yeonho’s route in its emotionally heartfelt moments and really disturbed by the intensity of some of its bad endings (which make them pretty good in my book!) Now we move on to Yuri’s route where I need to turn off Yuri’s voice in the options menu to pull through it! WAHOOO!!!

#Nameless the one thing you must recall #cheritz nameless #cheritz #otome game #a road paved with bad endings

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moonlit-maiden · 5 years

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On Nico di Angelo, "Pairing the Spare" and How to Shaft a Complex Character in Less Than 500 Pages

This will be long. Strap in. This is long overdue.

So more longtime followers of mine may already know this but I adore Nico di Angelo from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. They also know I continue to eastly, to this day, about how he was handled at the end of the Heroes of Olympus series. Now, I've never fully delved into the 'why's and I will do so now as it's probably best to actually articulate it at some point instead of continually lamenting it without presenting rationale.

First: WHY do I love his character so much? It all boils down to shared/similar experiences for social ostracization. Growing up, I was quickly pushed out of social circles due to who my parents were; immigrants. Simply existing with the ethnicity and cultural heritage I had labeled me as untouchable. To sum it up succinctly; white but not the "right" kind of white. Keep in mind this was at the end of the Cold War; attitudes towards Slavic peoples were poor as hell. Fuck, they still are 30 years later! Nico is ousted due to his heritage too; being a Hades child. It's not something he chose nor controlled. He himself did nothing wrong to any of the campers yet when word got out they pushed him away. The same happened to me. As soon as the school kids and/or parents realized my parents were Slavic immigrants they shoved me out. It still hurts to this day. As such, I can deeply empathize with Nico.

Why does this matter? Because that blanket social rejections fucks people up. Nico is shown throughout the series to be distrustful, preferring to isolate himself. He has been shown time and time again he is unwanted due to being a Hades child. Eventually you just... stop trying. When you beat a dog enough times it stops coming around. This is the same thing. In addition, Nico has lost his elder sister, Bianca. The one person he felt understood him because she, too, was similar to him. Now I have Opinions on Bianca that would piss off 99% of the fandom but it's irrelevant here. Her death occurs shorts before or after it's revealed Nico is a Child of Hades. He is 10 years old with no one and the whole camp rejects him. It's a cruel thing to do to someone no matter how much you try and justify it. Rick did an incredible job highlighting how racism, ethnocentrism and bullying harms a child. Nico immediately became my favorite for this and I applauded Rick for having the balls to shine a very uncomfortable light on a situation similar to mine. A situation, I'm very sure many first generation or immigrant kids can relate to.

So where did it all go wrong? To be blunt, Blood of Olympus. Now, the final volume of the HHO series is a hot mess in general. Almost ALL characters get shafted on way or another with mischaracterization, simplification or backtracker on character growth. Not to mention the plot feels very slapdash and messy at times. But again, another subject. We see Reyna and Coach Hedge start to really get to know Nico and realize the extent at how bad his abuse has been at the hands of monsters and demigods alike. Neither feels this is right and shows it as best they can while respecting Nico's boundaries. In the previous book, House of Hades, Jason does the same thing. But then we finally get back to Camp Half Blood and shit falls apart for Nico's arc.

It's plainly obvious to anyone who's ready the series in full that Nico is traumatized, even moreso then most of the cast. He has been physically tortured multiple times, psychologically tortured by the camp and emotionally manipulated by several individuals. Keep in mind, by HOO, Nico is roughly 14. Fourteen. Can you even image how that feels?! He's only just now, after Jason, Hazel and Reyna's persistence that they will not hurt him, that they genuinely care for his well being, that they don't care about his heritage (and don't care about his sexuality, from Jason specifically). And then Will appears and Nico magically forgets 4 years of pining for Percy. It's so jarring, like a screeching record! This is when we enter the issue.

In writing, there are many rules. Like all rules, they can be bent of broken under certain circumstances. The rule in question is the 'pair the spare' rule. The rule states that if the pain cast has paired off, do not pair of the "spare" aka the odd man out unless it's been led up to. Rick chose to ignore this rule and pair Nico with Will, citing that as a canon LGBT character, he wanted to send the message to LGBT kids that they were worthy of love. This in itself is not a bad message. What IS bad is execution. First, Will is a background character. He very much has potential, don't get me wrong! But outside of having a few minor scenes in final volume of the PJO series, Will has only ever been mentioned in passing. From what we've seen, he and Nico have never interacted. On top of that, Will who is a healer, completely dismisses Nico's trauma. This is a very big red flag. When someone is traumatized, particularly psychologically, the absolute last thing to do is to dismiss the experience as "teen angst" like Will does. It shows absolute disrespect for Nico as a human being. And he is a healer. He should know better. In addition, Nico himself is not fond of the dismissive personality Will is displaying, the 'I'm going to tell you what to do' persona because he's a doctor so 'doctor knows best'. And in Nico's POV he says as much in his inner monologue! Yet he's "drawn to him". I'm sorry, but I call bullshit. Nico has been shown in 9 1/2 books to be quite smart, paranoid about social intentions due to past experiences and won't take crap from no one, not even his own father, the Lord of the (fucking) Underworld. Yet he'll just grit his teeth and basically follow Will's lead with little complaint? It's so out of character it's jarring and painful.

We briefly see Nico and Will in the first Trials of Apollo book. They're acting like the normal couple with Nico being the "sassy, snarky" one of the pair. Please note it's been 6-8months since the end of BOO, in-universe. In this one scene it completely erases Nico's trauma, very valid feelings of distrust and hurt, his struggle with both his heritage and his sexuality, his years-long unrequited love for Percy, his grief over his sister and his struggle to make connections with his fellow demigods. Love is powerful but its not a cure-all. It doesn't make the years of hurt and abuse magically disappear (trust me. I know.) and it doesn't change someone's personality to well-adjusted.

Pairing Nico with Will at the end of BOO completely destroys his characterization from a writing standpoint. All the real struggle, grief and unpleasant consequences of abusing and bullying people who are "other" in socially-acceptable ways is wiped away in less then 50 pages. It also send a very VERY dangerous message to LGBT youth; find someone you're attracted to and they'll fix you. That's a toxic message to tell to straight kids so why the fuck would you tell it to LGBT kids!? Unlike most LGBT character in literature that I can tell are shoehorned it, Nico was planned to be gay from the start, I have no issue with this. What I do have issue with is throwing his character out the window so he can chase some cute blond ass. Nico deserves better then that as a character. People who suffered socially-acceptable abuse deserve better then that. Immigrants and first-generation kids deserved better then that. LGBT youth deserved better then that.

THAT is why I keep getting so pissed; Rick took a genuinely complex character and fucked him over so he could lazily pair the spare and not be accused of leaving the only canonically gay character single. But there is a reason 'do not pair the spare' is a rule. It's better to leave a character single then slapdashedly pair them up. This goes double for characters who have trauma in their life and trauma is a serious issue that should be respectfully addressed. Love is powerful. Love helps to heal. But the love of family (Hazel) or budding friends (Jason and Reyna) is just as important, valid and send a powerful message. It sends the message 'you are not alone. You are worthy of love. You are a human worthy of regarding of both your experiences and your fears.' Pairing Will with Nico completely and utterly stomps on this message. It sends horrible signals to LGBT youth and scraps his complex character into the token goth gay boy. And Nico di Angelo deserves better then what he was given.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

#nico di angelo #hoo #pjo #percy jackon and the olympians

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barbaramaynard94 · 4 years

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Ad Meliora, Chapter One

So, I’m taking my first stab at Father Brown fanfiction with a series of one or two-shot fics that trace Sid’s life from when he arrived in Kembleford as a kid to when we see him at the beginning of the series.

I tried to take as much stuff as I could from canon and combine it with my own head canons. So, if I get details wrong, I apologize. XD Hopefully, readers will enjoy. :)

Summary: A new arrival shows up in Kembleford....

Chapter One: The Promise

As Arthur Burton stepped off the train, he was greeted by a cold, grey day in Kembleford.

Not that he really minded the weather. It had taken a tremendous amount of effort to get to this sleepy village in the countryside. There could have been thundershowers and he still would have smiled upon seeing it after all the traveling he had just done. Here, if only for a few moments, Burton could almost forget that there was a war going on. However, places like Kembleford also reminded Burton of what they were fighting this war for.

And it reminded him of the reason why he had gone to such lengths to get to this place….a reason that was silently following him off of the train.

Burton turned around and watched as a small boy ambled onto the platform. The boy had wavy brown hair, bright green eyes and was wearing a jacket that was a size too big and clothes that were starting to become threadbare. Far more concerning to Burton were the bandage on the boy’s temple and the hand that was wrapped up. Evidence of the traumas that the boy had recently experienced.

The boy said nothing as he walked over to where Burton was standing. Then again, he hadn’t said much since Burton had found him partially buried under the rubble of what had been the boy’s house. After he found out about what had happened to his parents, the boy had pretty much stopped talking and would only speak to respond to what other people said to him. And even then, he only gave one or two word responses.

Burton held out a hand to the boy. His other one was currently holding a small, battered suitcase that contained some clothes and a couple of other necessities he had been able to scrounge up for the boy. He took the child’s hand and led him along gravel streets, trying to get his bearings. Soon, the steeple of the church he’d been searching for appeared in Burton’s line of vision, his expression growing grim.

They were going to see an old friend of Burton’s. A friend he had not seen in years although they had written to each other regularly. It wasn’t the prospect of seeing him that had stirred up so much apprehension in Burton’s mind. His friend was easily one of the kindest, most compassionate men he had ever met.

However, he knew that he was taking a risk coming here and that was what was making him nervous. There was a chance that his friend could turn down his request. Or that he’d be chastised for not doing what he should have done with the boy right away. Still, Burton hoped that everything he remembered and admired about him was still true.

And that that would be enough to fulfill a promise he made a couple of days ago.

Burton knocked on the door of the presbytery next to the church. The door opened to reveal a priest who wore his usual black cassock and a pleasant smile on his face. The priest had bright, but greying red hair and blue eyes which had glasses sitting in front of him.

“Arthur!” the priest said, holding out his hand. “After all these years…it’s so good to see you. I didn’t know you were coming. I would have made lunch….”

“It’s great to see you too, J—Father,” Burton said shaking his hand. “It’s been far too long. And I’m sorry to arrive unannounced like this, but….”

“Not at all,” the priest said with a wave of his hand. “Come in.” Then he spotted the child beside Burton. “Hello there. And who is this?”

“This....” Burton said, guiding the boy to stand next to him. “This is the reason why I’ve come here.”

A few minutes later, the boy was sitting at the table, slowly eating a sandwich and some biscuits at the kitchen table while Burton and the priest were sitting in the front room sipping tea.

“I’ve heard about what’s happening in London,” the priest said, his tone grave. “Terrible. So much suffering.”

“Yes,” Burton nodded. “Reminds me of what we saw together during the Great War. And the worst part is, it doesn’t seem to be over yet. Those blasted Germans seem determined to bomb us out of existence. If I could put on a uniform again, I’d be joining up with the first battalion I could find.”

“No, no you’ve already been injured twice in the service,” the priest said. “And the work you do now as an inspector is vital to help our countrymen cope with this current crisis.”

“I hope so,” Burton sighed. “At any rate, I will be heading back to London in a couple of hours. I had to call in some favors just to be allowed to make this trip during a time like this.”

“Yes,” the priest said. “And you say it has to do with the boy you brought with you? Is he yours? Or perhaps a relative?”

“It’s more like I’m friend of the family,” Burton said. “You see, his parents were neighbors of mine when I first moved up to London and we’d been close ever since. Good, hard-working folks. Catholic, although, they had lapsed a little in recent years. The boy is their only child. I know he hardly looks it right now, but he can be a real tearaway at times. Independent and headstrong. But also clever. Clever and a fast learner.”

“Sounds like you’ve had a chance to get to know him,” the priest smiled.

“Sadly, some of that is due to running into him in an official capacity,” Burton said with a chuckle. “Nothing serious, mind you. But a couple of times a little more than the usual childhood mischief. Still….like you said, I have gotten to know him over the years and I know that he is a good boy at heart. He just needs some extra guidance is all.”

“And his parents?” the priest said. “Did they send him out here to keep him safe?”

“In a manner of speaking,” Burton sighed again. He leaned forward in his chair. “His parents are dead, Father. Killed when the bombs hit their neighborhood.”

The priest took off his glasses, his eyes filling with sadness while Burton continued his story.

“His father died as soon as it happened. We were able to dig the boy and his mother from the remains of their house. I tell you, it was a miracle that he only got a few bumps and scratches. His mother though…she died a day later. They had no other family that I know of.”

“I’m so sorry,” the priest said.”And I take it, you were there when it all happened.”

“I was,” Burton nodded. “I was with his mother when she died. Father, she begged me with her dying breath to find a place for her boy. A place where he’d be taken care of and loved. I made a promise to her that I would. I was able to give her that last bit of peace at least before she passed on.”

Burton collapsed back in his chair and sat his empty tea cup down. “I know I could have taken him to an orphanage. And maybe that’s what I should have done, but…Father, you know what would happen if I were to send him to one of those places. He’s nine years old. Hardly anyone would be willing to adopt him at that age. And the moment they found out that he already has priors….he’d been in that place until grew out of it. No question.”

The inspector clasped his hands together and took a deep breath before speaking again.

“Father….you know that I have never called upon our friendship to ask for a favor. And that normally, I wouldn’t dream of doing it in the first place. But this one time, I’m asking you…please let him stay here with you.”

“You asking me to keep him here?” the priest said, blinking in surprise. “At the presbytery?”

“I know. I know I’m asking a lot of you. And I promise that I’ll understand if you have to say no because of church rules or some other personal reason. But this boy…he deserves a chance, Father. The best possible chance. And I know he’ll have it if you are the one taking care of him.”

The priest nodded and leaned back in his chair. He remained still and silent for a few minutes before finally getting up and walking out of the room into the kitchen. Once he got there, he sat down next to the boy at the table.

“Hello. I see you’ve eaten your sandwich and biscuits,” he said. “I’m not surprised. My secretary, Mrs. McCarthy, is an excellent cook. I hope you enjoyed them.”

The boy nodded. “Thank you,” he mumbled, staring down at his empty plate. The priest scooted his chair closer to him.

“My name is Father Brown,” he continued, smiling at him. “And what is yours?”

“Sidney Carter,” the boy answered without looking up.

“I am very pleased to meet you, Sid,” Brown replied. “I imagine you’re tired from your long journey. Perhaps a nap would be in order.”

Sid shrugged and got up from his chair. Brown led him up the stairs and pulled back his bed for him to use. Sid pulled off his jacket and shoes before getting into the bed. Once he had laid down, Father Brown pulled the blanket over him before sitting down on the edge.

“Sid….Arthur…Mr. Burton told me what happened to your parents. I am very sorry for your loss.” Sid looked away, but Brown could see that the boy’s eyes were watering up. “If there is anything I can do…..”

“You can’t!” Sid snapped. “You can’t do anything, so…I…just...leave me alone.” He rolled over and buried his face into the pillow, his hands clenching the sides of it.

“All right,” Brown nodded. “I’ll be downstairs if you need anything.” He stood up and gently tucked the blankets around Sid’s shoulders. Sid swallowed hard and lifted his face from the pillow. He looked up at Father Brown with watery eyes.

“Thank you, Father,” he choked out. Then he rolled over again so he could face the window.

“You’re welcome Sid,” Father Brown said quietly. “Sleep well.” He patted Sid’s back a couple of times before leaving the room and heading back downstairs. Burton was waiting for him at the foot of the stairs.

“Father, I….”

“It’s quite all right, Arthur,” Father Brown said. He paused until he reached the bottom step and was standing next to Burton.

“Sid will stay here. And I give you my word as a man of God that I will look after him.”

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