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Vash the Stampede ([personal profile] krispykremefan) wrote2016-09-11 01:25 pm

Just a Slight Calibration

There was a bit of a malfunction. Nothing to be too concerned over and would be fixed right away. One would hardly notice at all. After all, it only happened when you were asleep and dreaming. Nothing to worry about. It was just a hardly worth mentioning malfunction that opened your subconscious up to anyone dreaming or who could travel freely through dreams. With or without your permission. But, really now, who would do something like that? Don't even bother thinking about it.

Which is why Vash's mind is open for anyone interested in rummaging around up there. After all, how could a guy as happy and carefree as Vash have anything hiding around up there that would be interesting in taking a look at anyway?

There are so many rooms on entry. Way more than a normal human should have at the age Vash looks. Instead of the amount expected for roughly 30 years of life there's enough for over a 130 years.

Most rooms are covered in dirt and dust. The smell of gunpowder lingers all around. The doors here look like they were made from hand. Mostly pieces of misshapen scrap nailed together, a few wooden ones, even a few made from hard clay. All have names craved into them. Countless names. A few, however, do repeat. Wolfwood, Meryl, and Milly being the ones that seem to appear the most among others that repeat, but not nearly the same amount. The other name that appears often is Knives. Always painted in blood red.

Then there are others that have wanted posters tacked onto them. Surprisingly most actually feature Vash himself. Yet there are others for people with such creative names like Gasback, Brilliant Dynamites Neon, The Nebraska Family, and group of people that go by the titled The Gun-Ho-Guns. One name appears over and over in that group. Legato.

Then there are two doors. One simply labeled as July in the same fashion as the others. Then there a second door labeled Lost July. This one looks like some sort of wallpaper had covered the door that has has only just been recently ripped away. A bright light glow can be seen around the edges of the door. This same glow can be found behind another door labeled as Fifth Moon.

Then there is a small section of rooms down a side hall with the label Project SEEDS above all of them. The doors here appear much more advanced and the smell of gun smoke vanishes. They open with a electronic switch instead of a poorly made door knob. Almost as if they are from a space ship from science fiction. These have only a handful of names appearing on them: Rem, Knives, Joey, Brad, Steve, Mary, and Rowan. Except for Knives these names do not appear on the dusty doors. The final room labeled as: The Big Fall.

The biggest question is - which door do you try first?
tetractys: (RG'H GSV VMW LU GRNVH)

[personal profile] tetractys 2016-11-05 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I'M FROM OUT HERE!"

Bill gestures to the expanse of starry black.

"I'M GUESSING THAT'S WHERE THE PLANTS CAME FROM TOO, RIGHT?"
chibidonutlover: (I'm going to save them both!)

[personal profile] chibidonutlover 2016-11-05 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
"No, the humans made the Plants." But that's boring and not important.

"You're from space? But Rem said it was so cold that everything outside would freeze." Vash starts to reach forward, as if it touch Bill, then stops realizing how rude that is. That and you probably shouldn't touch something you know nothing about. What if his hand freezes off?
tetractys: (KRXGFIV LU)

[personal profile] tetractys 2016-11-11 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Bill rolls his eye and reaches to boop Vash in the center of the forehead instead. He's a reptilian kind of chilly, but not cold enough to do any harm.

"I DON'T WORK LIKE YOU GUYS DO! THERMODYNAMICS ARE BASICALLY IRRELEVANT."
Edited 2016-11-11 22:39 (UTC)
chibidonutlover: (I forgot what I was doing.)

[personal profile] chibidonutlover 2016-11-12 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
The boy blinks as his forehead is touched. It almost reminds him of the way Rem use to do it, but the touch is much too cold. "I understand." It makes sense to him. Not human. Means his body would react differently. "You kind of look like the pyramids that are on Earth I saw once. Did you ever go to Earth?"
tetractys: (ORHGVMRMT)

[personal profile] tetractys 2016-11-14 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"SURE! I LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS, IT'S JUST NOT WHERE I'M FROM. HEY, I'VE GOT A QUESTION! WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE ONE OF THESE FLESHBAGS?"
chibidonutlover: (GASP! What do you mean the cake is a lie)

[personal profile] chibidonutlover 2016-11-16 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fleshbags?" Wait, did he really hear that right? "Do you mean the humans?" It's the only thing he can think of. Why he looks like a human and not a Plant, but the Plants have flesh too. In a way.
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[personal profile] tetractys 2016-11-30 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
"RIGHT, THEM!"
chibidonutlover: (But I need my nightlight!)

[personal profile] chibidonutlover 2016-12-02 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I-- I don't know. Rem--" Vash pauses a moment to wipe at his face and collect himself as he's reminded again that she's gone. "--Rem said they didn't know why, but that- that-" Again he stops and takes a deep breath. "That is why life is so exciting. To find answers and new questions each day."
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400 million years later

[personal profile] tetractys 2016-12-30 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"SURE, CURIOSITY IS WHY THAT DRIVE MAKES SENSE! SOME KIND OF FAITH THAT YOU'LL EVENTUALLY HAVE AN ANSWER!"
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[personal profile] chibidonutlover 2017-01-11 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
The young Vash keeps staring at Bill. Something tells him he knows this shape, but it's hard to focus on where that could have possibly have been from with his mind so focused on Rem.

"Stop that useless crying. She was just a worthless human. Get ready to land or you'll get hurt when we hit." The memory of Knives has continued on auto pilot. Getting ready for their small shuttle to come in for a landing. "Be useful and at least strap yourself in."

Bill is suddenly forgotten for a moment as Vash bristles at his brother's voice and he turns to face him again. "She's not useless!"

Knives rolls his eyes. "Don't make me force you into the seat, Vash." He stares Vash down until the boy finally breaks eye contact and moves to strap himself into a seat.

Satisfied Knives goes back to getting the shuttle ready for the landing before strapping himself in. Leaving Vash on his own again as he mutters to himself. "Why? Why did this happen?" He suddenly remembers Bill and looks at him. "Is this a dream?" Is that where he knows Bill from? As everything happening sure feels like some sort of horrible nightmare he should have waken up from ages ago.