homophonic ❆ vash

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vash

... If you ever feel yourself slipping, you know we're here for you.

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[piteous]

Yo!

[ Waves at her. ]

I can see you! But—when you guys turn into just voices, are you able to see anything?

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[she comes a little closer!!]

Yes. I can see you all of the time. Even when you aren't concentrating, I can see you on a screen if I look, I just can't communicate with you like this unless you do whatever it is you do with your pin.

[piteous]

Ohhhh. This is kind of neat.

How has the other side been treating you? I hope no one has been mean.

[ Granted he's sure Shenhe would beat them up, but her feelings matter, too. ]

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They have been very kind to me. [...] It's been good here. As good as it could've been.

... I wish I could have been there with the three of you the whole way, though.

[piteous]

... Technically Wolfwood was sent over there. [ He laughs a bit. ] I wish we were all together, too.

What have you learned there? Not about this game, but just in general!

[ Social skills, cues, etc. ]

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Yes, for a whole day. It doesn't count.

[she says, folding her arms.]

... I've learned to control my emotions a little better. [she'll let herself be a bit proud of that.]

[piteous]

That's good!

[ Vash is proud, too. It's hard not to be. ]

You're using methods or something? Or just got a feel for it yourself.

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I took my red ropes off to fight Gerard and then never put them back on.

[a beat.] So I suppose I just got a feel for it. I don't always have the best control, but people don't permanently die here, so it's fine.

[ok]

[piteous]

What... What does that mean?

[ HELP ]

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[a

long pause]

Nothing. [smooth, shenhe]

[piteous]

Hey! You can't just gloss over it like that!

[ IT'S STILL OBVIOUS ]

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[she makes a FACE at him. she's been learning such bad behavior in the graveyard help]

[piteous]

You know, I'm not going to give this a pass.

[ HELP ]

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[ooooogh she just says it:] I killed Gerard when he arrived in the graveyard and he came back.

You can scold me if you'd like. I don't feel bad about it.

[piteous]

I'm not going to scold you, you're an adult and those are your affairs, even if I don't like it. But you have to understand that's still an extreme start...

[ A sigh. ]

You got somewhere. That's the point of this, yeah?

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[she gives him a long and unimpressed look, because that still sounds like scolding to her, but she doesn't say anything about that particular part.]

I don't know that there's been any point to any of this. [she says, after a moment.] I didn't even die because it was important for one team to win. I died to be taken out of the competition.

[piteous]

I meant got somewhere with being able to control your emotions.

[ But that has him quiet. ]

Gerard told me that you two chose to fight with dignity and all that, so I know you put your all in it. He said he got lucky. I don't think I have a misunderstanding of why it happened... Or why he chose you.

If you wanted to vent about it, I'm here, but I'm guessing you had your time confiding in others over there. Or killing Gerard when he arrived.

[ He guesses this is okay because they don't die-die. ]

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He did get lucky. He put me to sleep and I fell off a building.

[she says, tucking her hair behind her ear. she's quiet for a moment, and then:]

... I don't need to talk about it. I just wasn't ready to go. No amount of talking will fix that.

[piteous]

... Yeah. We could have done a lot of things and you've been on the other side for a while.

[ Vash won't disagree that they didn't lose time, so he smiles a bit sadly. ]

Nahri especially missed you. [ ... ] Got a story there?

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I know she did.

[she's sad that nahri did. a pause.] A story?

[piteous]

Yeah! Like... Are you two... Together? Maybe?

[ He had always been curious. ]

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[she goes very faintly pink.]

No. [...] I asked her if she would kiss me again if we are able to touch each other, but I don't know if that counts as what you mean.

[piteous]

[ AGAIN??? His eyes are wide because hello? ]

I guess it depends on whether you want it to be that or not.

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[HELP yeah again!!!]

... I do. [she says, a little hesitantly.] I think I do. But it may not matter, if we can't see each other again after this.

[piteous]

... We don't really know what might happen at the end, even though I've heard of what-if plans here and there.

[ Stroking his chin, thoughtfully. ]

But that gives one reason to jump for it!