Yonah - Loading Screens

The snow won't stop falling, so Dad said he'd stay here with me until it stops. He'll probably leave again when it does, so I kinda hope it snows forever.

Today Popola sent me a new book about a great big tree. I really hope it has a happy ending. There's nothing worse than a sad tree.

Devola and Popola came to keep me company today. They even sang a song for me! It was really great! I need to practice so I can sing to Dad when he gets back.

I'm gonna learn to make awesome food for Dad. I better start working on a new secret recipe.

Once I finish my secret dish, I'm gonna feed it to Dad! Then he'll see how helpful I can be.

The boy who's always running around outside gave me a super pretty flower today! I wonder if Popola knows what it's called?

Today is Dad's birthday, but he's not here. So I just had a party by myself!

Dad said he would come back home for my birthday, but I want to celebrate his birthday once in a while!

The flower wasn't in any of Devola's books, so she said I could name it whatever I want. Maybe I'll name it after Dad!

I guess a Shade came near the village today. People kept coming up to me and saying "Boy, we sure wish your father was around!" And I said, "Me too! Dad could kick the Shade's butt!"

Got a letter from Dad today! He's in a far-away town where he can see the ocean. I hope I can see the ocean someday. I bet it's huge!

I wish I could meet the Kainé lady Dad told me about. I bet she's really nice and always says nice things. I wonder if that's what my mom was like?

I was tired today, so I stayed home and hid in the bed. I could still hear Devola's singing from somewhere, though. Listening to her always makes me happy.

Devola and Popola went back home. That made me lonely, so I ran around singing songs as loud as I could. But then that got kinda weird and scary, so I stopped.

The village is buzzing with excitement and stuff today! I dunno what happened, but Devola told me not to worry. At first I thought it was a festival, but now I don't know.

Whenever I read a letter from Dad, I really feel like I need to see him again.

I write Dad letters every single day. He always worries about me, but I feel fine.

I wish Dad would send me letters every day like I do. But I know he's busy, so every other day is okay.

In the book, the big tree kept on waiting and waiting. I have to wait a lot, too. I wish I could do something.

Today Devola said that Kainé is "put together in all the right places". I don't know what all of that means, but I wanna be like that when I grow up!

Dad came back! He came back to see me! Yaaaay Dad!

Dad left pretty quickly. He said he just stopped by so he could see my face.

These black marks keep showing up on my body. Sometimes I wonder if I'm going to turn into a goblin or something, but thinking about it makes my stomach hurt, so I try not to.

Yonah - Personality Notes

"I'm so sorry... I just wanted to get better...so you wouldn't have to worry anymore... I'm sorry..."

• Yonah is only recently aware of how bad her illness is and feels guilty for being a burden to her father.


• If given the choice, Yonah would be more than willing to die from her disease if it meant having her father there with her instead of away all the time.


• She loves her dad most of all and enjoys spending time with him and talking to him.


• Yonah is ten years old in part one, but still very childish. She talks very much like a younger child, enjoys being read to as well as reading, and makes comments like "There's nothing worse than a sad tree" when talking about her stories. She's innocent enough to believe fairy stories are true and accepts the majority of her dad's statements as gospel (unless already proven otherwise to her). Considering she was sleeping through the timeskip, she is likely just as innocent now.


• She has no idea how bad her terrible cooking is.


• Nier does his best to shield her from anything bad, though she knows about Shades and the like.


• Yonah is a very lonely girl. She's generally confined to their home by Nier's request, though Devola and Popola occasionally visit her and she's regularly given books from the library. Still, she regrets it and sometimes she slips out on her own to go to the library.


• She's actually fairly strong-willed and wants to help out. When Original Yonah found a single cookie, she insisted on her dad having the bigger half, and apologizes when a coughing fit makes her drop the cookie. Regular Yonah, upon discovering the extent of her sickness, proceeds to go off in search of a legendary Lunar Tear that she believes grows at the nearby abandoned Shade-infested shrine, though she feels guilty for it and apologizes to Nier when he finds her.


• She has an unfortunate habit of making things worse while trying to make things better. See the above point.


• Yonah is immensely kind. When she starts getting letters from a boy (believed by Nier to be Emil, but actually his butler who originally intended his letter to be read by Nier and then started a correspondence with Yonah as a result) asking for help, she immediately coaxes Nier into going to help him. She... may have inherited his Sidequest Syndrome.


• The poor girl is so lonely that she's got no concept of stranger danger. She'll befriend anyone, including total strangers writing to her out of the blue.


• While she is prone to disobeying when Nier isn't there, when he tells her something directly, she listens - though she still takes loopholes. For example, when he tells her to go home at the start, she does... and then goes back to the library to talk to Popola once he's left it.