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krispykremefan) wrote2016-09-11 01:25 pm
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?
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?
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Bill's going to try to find out who the other three adults are. Pilots? More caretakers?
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Joey and Knives join the pair at the circular table as Rem brightens the room a bit and lowers the image of the flower. Joey and Rem go over some of the differences between Earth and the recent planet they have discovered. That based on what the scan finds for their initial analysis will be how much output the Plants will need expend in order to make the terraforming possible. That way the humans can safely live on the planet. Of course, if it's too difficult then they may need to move onto a different planet.
Rem and Vash are excited and hopeful. Knives is a bit more grounded. Asking about the damage to the Plants with such a task ahead. Joey is honest, saying that if they push the Plants too hard that they can die so it's important to treat them right. He continues and thanks the boys for all their hard work with the Plants. Saying how with all their help that there really shouldn't be too much to worry about with the Plants.
While this is going on the other two adults are elsewhere. Vash wasn't there so he doesn't hear their conversation or really know for certain where they are. Right or wrong, they're not in any of the five bedrooms, one of the bedrooms has three beds in it, that appear to be lived in. Instead they're out of the way in a cargo room full of boxes. Vash really isn't sure what happened there.
There's another woman with short brown hair, freckles on her face, and thin rimmed glasses. She seems worried about another man in the room with her also in a blue uniform with thick squared glasses.
They stay in that room motionless as if waiting for their cue. It comes after Joey ends the lesson for the day saying the trio should meet him in the bridge later so they can see the results. Vash, Rem, and Knives were walking down towards another room when finally the two figures move and the sound of gunfire fills the ship as the man shoots the other woman who was with him.
Rem calls out to Joey who tells her where the monitors are cut and she races towards the area. The two boys following quickly behind her. Vash sees Rem open the door and he can already tell by her gasp that whatever has happened isn't good. Confirmed as he finally gets to the door and peers around Rem. Laying in a pool of her own blood was the woman and the other man still standing over her with the gun in his hand.
"Rowan..." Rem doesn't know what to say and she trails off. Unable to comprehend what was in front of her.
"It's her own fault. She betrayed me. I only helped her because she said she didn't like Steve. She said she loved me. It's unbelievable!" A ring lay forgotten by his feet as he looks towards Rem for confirmation. "Isn't it unbelievable?" But as Rowan looks towards Rem he spots something that turns his face white. In response he raises his weapon so the laser guide lands squarely in the middle of Knives's forehead.
The boy looks petrified and stops breathing. Vash stands unsure what to do. This had to all be a dream right? "Oh, I see. Yes, it was him. It's his fault that Mary is dead."
Only Rem is the one not too frightens to take action. She throws herself in the sight's path with her arms spread out. "What are you talking about Rowan? Put the gun down." Joey's voice breaks in over the intercom asking what was going on, but he remains unanswered.
Rowan doesn't back down to Rem. Gun steady in his hands. "I have the right to shoot that monster." Vash finally moves, possibly inspired by Rem's own action to stand in front of his brother. The word monster always hurt, but even more so now. Rowan had never called them that to their faces before.
"Get out of the way, Rem!" Joey's voice cracks out over the intercom. Apparently the monitors working again
He can't see her face, but Vash can hear the calm and confidant tone in Rem's voice. "No one has the right to take the life of another." Words that would become Vash's motto for the next 130 years. Bill had picked a very important door to Vash. "Please put the gun down." With arms still outstretched she takes a step towards Rowan.
Now panicked with fear in his eyes Rowan takes a stumbling step back as she comes closer. Hands starting to shake. "No! Stay back!"
"Roawn! What are you doing!?" Joey shouts as Rowan is backed up to the wall.
"Something inside of me is broken. I can't stop." His voice trembles as Rem continues her slow pace towards him.
"It's alright." Rem's voice is soothing. Calm, as if she was relaxing someone after a bad dream and that she could make everything alright again.
"Rem! Get out of there!"
Vash stands back with his brother. Unable to look away as the three adults try to get a handle on the situation.
"You can start over. Here, let me help you."
Rowan trembles. Eyes wide in pure fear as if it was Rem holding the weapon and he was the one unarmed. "Please stay back." He pleads, but she continues forward and starts to reach out with her arm. "Don't do it, Rem. STAY BACK!"
Suddenly there's a rush of wind and icy cold that almost fills the room instantly. The wall Rowan had his back against was actually an air lock and it was opening. Without any warning Rowan was being whisked out into space. "Rowan, no!" Rem makes a desperate grasp for the man, but she's not fast enough as safety bars activate with only moments to spare to keep her from being sucked out into the cold vacuum of space with him.
Vash feels his brother's hand in his in a vice grip. He'll have marks from his brother's fingernails later, but so would Knives. They brace each other in the door way to avoid being sucked in further. It's over in moments as Joey locks the airlock doors again as the wind and suction stop.
Once the twins relax enough to let go Vash rushes forwards to where Rem falls to the ground in tears. He doesn't even notice as Knives wanders off elsewhere.
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Bill prods the body on the floor with his cane. Anything unusual about it?
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Opps. Well, someone forgot to mention the body was sucked out into space with Rowan. Luckily Bill doesn't need to breath! I'm sure it's fine! He can poke it out there.It's just a normal human woman body. Dead from a shot to the chest and head. Doesn't seem like there's anything special about it. Besides being part of the crew there's really not much.
Bill can hear sirens start up back on the ship a couple minutes later. The computerized voice chirping out warnings of an orbital shift of the fleet as the other ships start to pick up speed. Heading swiftly towards the planet below.
This is where the memory ends and when Bill exits he'll be right next to the door marked: The Big Fall.
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Bill landed on his angle funny, and rubs it before sighing. Alright, well, whatever. He still has awhile before Vash figures out there are three of him, might as well make the most of it. He's going to find another door that says "Plant."
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When he enters this room Vash is still only a boy, but even younger this time. Maybe only what appears to be around four or five. He's wearing the hospital gown still that looks even bigger on his even smaller frame. His hair isn't sticking up in his trademark look. Instead it hangs down around his ears just past his neck.
He stands on one side of Rem as she enters in a combination on a keypad. Knives with his hair also not styled and growing out just like Vash's is on her other side holding her free hand. "Now you two aren't allowed in here without someone else with you, okay?"
Vash nods his understanding as Knives looks curiously at the door. "What is this room, Rem?"
The woman smiles at the boys, but there's a hidden hint of nervousness and uncertainty to her as well that the kids don't pick up on. "This is one of the Plant rooms, Knives."
"Oh! I know! Like the flowers you showed us? Another green room?" Vash answers excitedly. Feeling very clever that he knows a word he learned earlier.
Rem in response laughs as she knows what is actually inside the room in comparison as the keypad accepts her access code. "Yes, you're right Vash. Flowers are a type of plant. But these Plants you're going to see are special." The door starts to open as both boys peer excitedly inside. Rem takes hold of Vash's hand again as if she's a little afraid he'd run off, but both boys stay close and well behaved.
Inside the room are what look like serveral large light bulbs. Rem leads the boys in onto a walk way that is inside towards one of the bulbs they can get the closest to near the railing. She's careful as this was clearly not made with children in mind to be here. The boys wouldn't even need to duck to get under the railing and fall several feet to the floor below.
The boys look around in awe at the massive bulbs as they make their way down the walkway. "These Plants are what will help us make our new home. I thought it was time that you boys met them." There's a moment of hesitation from Rem as she stops by a nearby bulb. "This is where you boys came from."
Where they came from. It's clear neither had really thought much about that question before. The twins look around Rem's legs at each other for a moment before looking across to the Plant next to them. "Is that why there aren't any other kids?"
She nods at Vash's question. "That's right." She points down towards the glass. "We found the two of you in there. You see-"
"I can feel them."
Rem is taken by surprise. "What's that, Knives?"
"I can feel them. I- I think I always can." He looks to Vash for confirmation and the boy nods.
"We can feel them, Rem. It's like-" Vash's eyebrows furrow as he can't find the right words he wants to explain how he feels. "Well, I mean Knives and I have always felt there were more people here. Just, different from you and the rest of the crew."
"They don't say words." Knives tries to help as Vash trails off. "But we know them."
"Is that okay, Rem?"
The woman smiles at the kids and pulls them into a hug. "Of course it's okay. I wish I could feel them too. That's why you two are our special angels." She tickles the boys and they giggle and laugh at the attention when suddenly both boys turn back towards the Plant. Rem senses this and looks up with a surprised gasp.
What was once a ball inside the glass starts to shift and move. Slowly from the mold a shape starts to form. The boys look on in wonder and Rem is just pure surprise. "Oh my gosh."
Vash can't bring himself to look away, but he still asks. "Is something wrong, Rem?"
"No. It's okay. They just don't usually show their true forms when they're resting."
The shape keeps moving, a bit faster now, as features start to form a woman's body. Yet, it's also not a woman. Extra body parts, wings, and other not quiet human shapes shift around as a human face and arms start reaching out towards the trio with a smile.
"Hi." Vash waves without fear at the woman behind the glass. Knives first quickly takes a look at Rem for approval, who nods, and then also shyly waves with his brother. "Who is she, Rem?"
"Well, Vash." She hesitates a moment as she considers her next words carefully. "I guess you could say she is your sister."
This earns an excited look from the twins who start firing questions off. "What's her name?"
"She's bigger than us, right? So she's a big sister?"
"Why can't she come out like us?"
"Are these all our sisters?"
"They're going to help with the new home? We can help too, right?"
Rem laughs at the excited questions the two shout at her. "One at a time, boys. One at a time."
"Rem?" Knives looks towards his brother who nods for him to go ahead. "Can we- can we touch?" In the boy's excitement Rem hadn't noticed that the Plant had put her hand up to the glass. She stares for a moment looking slightly worried.
Then she smiles. "Alright, but be very gentle. The glass can break easily so just keep your hand flat and I'll help you touch and one at a time. Okay?"
"Okay!" The boys shout in unison as Rem holds onto Knives to make sure he doesn't fall over the edge and holds his hand out.
"Now, just keep your hand flat, okay? Yes. Just like that. Now I'm going to lean you a little clos-"
"REM!" She's startled as a man's voice rings out and she pulls Knives's back onto the platform and the Plant starts to go back inside. "What do you think you're doing bringing those things in here?!"
"Steve!" A new crew member stands in the doorway. Anger and fear clearly written on his face as Rem puts herself between him and the boys. "It's alright. I'm here to watch them. They have a right to know."
"Rights." Steve laughs bitterly. "You and Joey need to stop filling their heads so much. There's no telling what might happen if you keep this up. Look how big they've gotten in just a couple months! What if they did something to the Plants just by being in here? I came because of some funny readings, what have they done?"
"They haven't done anything wrong." Rem touches each of the boys to reassure them of this fact. That they were good. "One of the Plants was awake. It had nothing to do with them. They didn't do anything. I was here watching the whole time." Yet, her conviction in her words don't quite match what she's saying.
"It woke up when you brought those monsters in here."
"They're not monsters!" She takes each of their hands again in her own and walks them back towards the door. Steve quickly moving out of the way to let them pass. "Boys, go play. I'm going to talk to Steve for a bit, okay?"
"Rem. Did we do something wrong?" Knives asks in concerned as he takes his brother's hand when Rem lets go.
"No. Of course you didn't." Steve rolls his eyes. "Let me talk to him. Everything is alright."
Vash pulls at his brother's arm as they walked away. He hated hearing the crew fight. Especially now that he was starting to realize that most of the time it was over him and his brother.
"I'm going to have to tell Joey about this. You know that, Rem." From his tone he almost sounds bad that he has to report her.
"You can go ahead and tell him. He already knows."
"What!? Why would he allow something like this?"
"I told you. They have a right to know what they are and where they came from."
"But nothing like this has happened before! We don't know what-"
"Exactly. Joey wanted to know if anything would happen when the boys went in."
"Well, something did. You know what I think we should have done from the very start."
Rem sounds furious when she speaks next. "Of course I know Steve, and you're still-"
And with another turn the twins were too far to hear the argument any further. The two will keep walking until they reach a room they know as "The Green Room". Once the door opens it shows a very expansive field of grass and flowers with an apple tree inside. The two boys sit in the grass to excitedly talk over the things they have just learned.
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The real Vash is distracted, but this memory is about to end.
Bill exits the door, actually moving at his full speed for once. It's barely a blink to get back out. He closes the memory, then reopens it to make it start from the beginning.
This time, when the woman emerges inside the bulb, Bill teleports himself inside of the glass bubble and clears his throat loudly.
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"Rem! What is that?" A young Knives shouts in surprise.
Rem's face hardens angrily in a way never before seen in any memory. "Someone who isn't suppose to be in here."
Can Bill feel the change in this memory? His host is catching on.
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Power, power... but how does he get it.
"HEY," Bill says to the Plant. "YOU WANT OUT OF HERE, RIGHT? I CAN MAKE YOU REAL! LET'S SHAKE THINGS UP."
Bill holds out one hand for the being to shake, and poises the other one to snap his fingers.
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They have little wants and those can be easily over ridden by the commands placed into their controls. The only she wants anyway is the happiness of the two boys watching the whole thing nervously as Rem rushes for the controls. So she just stares at Bill. Watching and observing with her head tilting to look at those fingers poised to snap.
Of course her very delicate hands float slightly out in front of her. Not moving to shake, but if Bill wanted to grab hold she wouldn't stop him.
"Leave her alone! Don't you hurt her!" A young Vash shouts at Bill. A mix of him being worried for the Plant and his true self wanting Bill out of the dream.
Knives is silent. Staring hard at the Planet, trying to figure out how to share his feelings with her. He's always been the faster learner. It will still take him several minutes to convince her to go back.
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"RELAX, SHORTSTACK," he calls up to Vash, without turning around. "NOBODY'S GETTING HURT."
He reaches to stick the palm of his little black hand against the Plant's forehead. Touch-telepathy.
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Still, Bill's offer is taken and mulled over by the collective thought. Seems each Plant has different ideas on the offer.
Real? We are real. Freedom. Create oxygen. Out in space. Cold and black. Happy. The boys are worried. Grass. Grass and water. Are we real? Water. Happy. Interloper. Memory. Not real. Oxygen. The woman will turn us off. Relax. Oxygen. Create. Food. Health. Real. Memory. Travel. Not welcomed. Make water. Create.
These thoughts continue on and on. In a way that most would probably have trouble making sense of the madness, but Bill being Bill should be able to get one clear thought out of all the jumbled thoughts. The Plants may have their own shifting thoughts and jobs to keep the ship running smoothly but there is one thought that is clear for all of them.
We want the boys to be happy. They don't have any other wants. They don't care about being real. They don't care about freedom. They don't care about getting out. All they care about is their brothers being happy. Besides fulfilling the duties they have been commanded to do they just want the twins to be happy.
Bill may be able to alter his deal, but he may need to do something about Rem who is getting ready to power down the Plant he's touching. Or maybe even Knives. Although Knives can't seem to get a handle on asking the collective to do what he needs them to do. It's his first time after all.
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He snaps his fingers to freeze the memory cold.
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Suddenly the noise stops. Rem stops just before she shuts the Plant down. The boys also stop as everything freezes in place.
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He pauses for a moment in front of Rem.
Interesting lady. Bit of a sucker, though.
He heads back outside. Copy one should be buying him enough time to check out anything else that looks fun. Any other plant stuff around here?
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because this Vash isn't from the manga, there's not a lot left here on the Plants. Just little short memories. Vash visiting the Plants again. Sometimes with his brother and Rem. Other times on his own. A couple times when he's in there alone Steve finds him in there and uses it as an excuse to beat the kid. Most of the visits the Plants don't wake up. If they do stir it's never near as much as the first time.Some doors show the boys learning how to calibrate the Plants. They pick it up quickly and surpass their teachers quickly. Without proper calibration the Plants aren't able to function and can eventually die. Bill will also likely learn that the twins are only about a year old when the ship crashes onto the planet. They don't really learn much about the Plants almost like most of the crew is a bit worried about them learning too much. Although only Steve is the one who outwardly acts uncomfortable around them. It's rare that he doesn't call them monsters or hit them when the others aren't looking. Where the rest only keep them from too much information on the Plants, but otherwise happy to play with the kids.
Once they land on the planet the two brothers wander around from place to place checking out the downed ships. The humans who awaken and survive the crash don't really know how to control the Plants. Eventually they do work out how to create basic needs from them. Knives without words can use his mind to control the Plants to make them stop working correctly until Vash stops him.
Once the twin part ways it's just mostly memories of Vash with the Planets. Silently "speaking" with them. Learning how to control them and occasionally helping people treat his sisters better. He even visits a space ship that didn't completely fall and stays hovering in the sky thanks to their three Plants. There's even a couple times that Vash stops a Plant from going out of control. Hands against the glass he goes quiet and connects with them and they calm.
Other times he's too late and finds their husks dead in their bulbs. Completely used and then discarded. Yet, he never gets angry with the humans and continues on for over a hundred and thirty years trying to find a way for everyone to live peacefully.
There's only a few big memories left with any hints of powers or Plants. Both of them are very close to where one of his copies is with the real Vash. One a black door with the name Legato carved into it. The other is the last door with Knives's name on it.
Readers beware. These two doors will have some of the biggest spoilers in the show as they are the last three episodes.no subject
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Vash is an adult now. He stands quietly against a locked door as a young woman's voice shouts at him from the other side. "Repent and die, Vash the Stampede." Her words drip with venom as Vash listens to her walk away.
He looks up at the ceiling that has a lot of tubing running here and there. Some of it clearly haphazardly place and welded on by someone inexperienced. An alarm sounds warning of an overload and to evacuate. "Is there anything I can do?" Although he's probably too soft to be heard through the thick metal door it's clear he's talking more to whoever was on the other side then about the current situation.
Mostly because he knows how to handle this situation as he walks up a ramp in the center of the room as electric consoles start to spark and pieces of the ship start to break and fall away. The pinned man struggles to get away. "That bitch. Did she leave me to die in here with him?! That wasn't part of the deal!"
Vash ignores him and stretches his arms out. Eyes shut to concentrate better as more bits drop away and the Plant core above them start to become more exposed. She hasn't shown her true form yet as everything blares out a warning and the core is an angry red color.
As he stands firm and silent suddenly metal poles rise from the ground up into the Plant. Sparks of energy fall from above and while everything is hectic around them Vash doesn't look concerned at all.
"Wha- what the hell are you?" The man stuck on the ground has no idea what's going on and can't hear Vash's inner thoughts, but if Bill wanted to touch and get a listen he is of course welcomed to.
It will be much the same as before, several voices that can be heard at once, but it is also vastly different. The voices aren't so loud. More spread out. Some of the voices are missing now due to the distance and some of the Plants have died.
Not only are there less voices, but all have gone quiet except for one. One that is screaming out in pain. IT HURTS! I CAN'T STOP! IT HURTS! IT HURTS! CAN'T! HURT!
Vash speaks nothing out-loud. "It's okay. We can get through this." Most things with Plants are not said with words, but communicated with emotions. Vash tries to calm his sister with their special connection. Soon their hearts are beating together as one. He redirects some of the power that's overflowing in the Plant to himself without moving. Still standing in place with arms outstretched. Feathers start to sprout from his body as he does.
Together with Vash's free will he's able to overcome the command prompt that the Plant cannot ignore to go out of control. She begins to settle and relax. At least long enough that Vash can separate his conscious long enough to move towards the control and delete the commands that cause the Plant to run out of control in the first place. As soon as he severs the connection the feathers that had sprouted on his body also retreat back into him as if they had never been there at all. The alarms stop as Vash heads outside to check on the townspeople. They must have been frightened as if the Plant had exploded the whole town likely would have gone with the explosion.
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So, a symbiosis. This is fine for curiosity's sake, but not terribly useful to manipulate the kid.
This Bill-copy will sneak out and wait until Vash thinks he's gone.
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Of course, that leave the Legato and Knives doors open.]
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Knives first!
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A lush patch of grass and large trees may leave him thinking he's not on a desert planet, but if he looks a little ways beyond the edge of green there's sandy wasteland all around. The twin suns above beat down ruthlessly, but are completely ignored by the two men as they dart between the trees and shoot at each other.
There's a tense shoot out and neither brother look like they have an advantage over the other. That is until they end up at an arms length from each other. Each with only one bullet left and the barrel of their guns pressed into each others faces. Neither able to back away now as their free hand grab each other to keep the other twin from running.
As hammers are knocked back and bullet chambers turn they each tremble and take ragged breaths. Neither really sure what is about to happen at the end of this moment except that it would change things forever. Then. Click! Nothing. Both chambers are empty. Breathing heavily they both pull back the hammer again and. Click! Again. Empty.
There is the briefest moment of hesitation as they lock eyes with each other. It's only a second, but if feels like a lifetime for the two. Then at nearly the same time they both pull back their hammers and- BAM! Vash falls backwards having lost this game of Russian roulette. Only at the very last moment Knives isn't able to finish his brother off and shoots him in the shoulder.
As Vash falls to the ground holding his shoulder Knives smirks from above him. The top of his own gun snaps off and a bright light starts to shine from it. Vash looks panicked from the ground as Knives's arm easily transforms. It's clear he has had a lot of practice and control over his powers and transformation. The power starts welling up quickly as Knvies smiles serenely, apparently coming to a final decision on how to deal with his brother, as Vash lays there in a blind panic.
The power gathers quickly unlike Vash who fought against it. In fact there seems to be even MORE power there and right as Knives is about to release it all- there's a flash of dark. Almost as if someone blinked and everything is different.
There's no longer a desert oasis. Instead it's something Bill should be fairly familiar with at this point. Welcome back to the Marsiva again Bill. Only this time it's Vash who's first waking up here. "What-- NO! Where-?"
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"YOU DIED? OUCH, SUNSHINE!"
Bill's been intangible almost the entire time, and pops out now because he really can't help himself.
You were just going by your muse's sense of time! That's fine! And Bill runs on: What's time? Time!
This isn't what he pictured at all. Fires of hell or some sort of angel he might have believed it, but... floating eye triangle?