EMP-345: Yukina (Yuki)

Yukina is one of the more experienced skaters of the house, being admired by her way of how she skates without being able to see. Yukina has a tragic backstory and it started back when she started to learn to skate and was a first starting out entertainer..

 

Yukina always enjoyed skating, always seeking out a reason to rehearse more and working harder than any other traning entertainers in her guild. Few grifix enjoy the entertainer life, but she was made for this. She spent some time as a background dancer, but her skills soon earned her place as the lead in a play. So she got fitted for her first unique outfit and soon the big day came and she stepped on stage, in front of the big audience, everyone looking down at her, everyone expecting her to live up to the standars set by previous skaters.

 

And so she did, skating like she never did before, and everyone was blown away by her flawless performance. All until the final moments of the play, when the Empire was suddenly hit by a terrible earthquake. It felt as if the mountain was splitting apart, as if something was trying to escape from under the Empire. The ice cracked, and she fell. And then disaster struck: icicles started raining down from the top of the cave, and all grifix started running terrified. All but Yukina, who couldn't move her leg which was stuck in the deep ice crack. She cried for help but nobody payed her any mind. And as she was looking terrified at the sky, icicles fell and pierced her eyes, blinding her.

 

Once the earthquake stopped, she was taken with other injured grifix to the Medics Guild, but they couldn't save her eyes. 

 

Despite all that, she never stopped doing what she loved, and soon enough, she was back on the ice, blowing away the audience with the elegance.

 

This incident is why the Swan Palace entertainers must wear something that covers their eyes. The house mother hopes that no entertainer will have to go through such a thing again.