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[goldenglasses]

[Vash has decided to escape the rain this evening by ducking into Good Spirits. He’s been doing better since losing Rem. The pain of losing her is still fairly fresh, but no longer a shock. And now that the initial shock is over, Vash is starting to recall certain things.

He begins to think about heading home. Meryl has the day off and she’d be waiting at home and…

And…

And…

And… holy crap! Meryl kissed him! His hand hovers over his chin and his face turns bright red as he suddenly stands up, tipping over the stool he had been sitting on.]

Oh man! What do I do now!? Do I… do something!? [Starts pacing up and down the bar, staring up at the ceiling, hands clasped against his head as if no one was in the bar with him.] I should do something, but… it’s a little late for that! Oh man! WHAT DO I DO!?

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[goldenglasses]

I did... it was kinda creepy though. I first heard it's footsteps and then one day I turned around and there was another me standing there.

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[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

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Starting to think they're all creepy. [ Wait, maybe he should try that again ] At least it didn't crawl into your ear?

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[goldenglasses]

Yes! Very good it didn't do that! I'm ticklish!

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[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

I don't think tickling is what I'd be worried about.

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[goldenglasses]

By the way... how's Nami? [As I'm assuming he would have found out she was FOUND and going to live before he gave up his hopeless search as there were too many people already in that thread, lol.]

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[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ Ahh, one of the reasons he's even here tonight. ]

She'll be fine. [ If he has to say that one more time he swears he's going to smack someone. ]

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[goldenglasses]

That's good. I was worried. [A pause] How are you doing?

[ action ] FFFF, he would have thrown peanuts.

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, us too. [ Pff. ] Oi, what kind of question is that? I'm always fine. [ Just losing memories to a mushi this week. ]

[ action ] Vash loves peanuts! HOW IS NAMI DOING!?

[goldenglasses]

Well, I guess because it's been a rather crazy week.

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[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

I guess it has. Kind of used to it by now.

[ A brief pause. ] Nami's not usually the one who does all the bleeding back home.

[ action ] Those are not peanuts

[goldenglasses]

[Awkwardly] ...that's too bad. Good thing she has you all here. [Then sighs] This place can't seem to get anything right somedays.

[ action ] Sanji would kill him if he heard he threw food like that.

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ Good thing she has Luffy, Sanji and Chopper here. But he won't bother thinking it for long. ] Definitely a good thing. It's easy to find trouble alone and a lot harder to get out of it.

[ Looks over. ] Not for all of us, anyway. Maybe someone here is actually happy. [ Well, not in the bar. But in general. ]

[ action ] But that was Vash' ebil plan all along!

[goldenglasses]

[Sighs] I sometimes think that this place is great. It's so full of life and people. [Flat tone.] Then something happens that reminds me that this place could never be a safe place. [Rem leave, Nami getting hurt, people always dying, and let's not forget that little war.]

With just no way to get away from it all either. [Yeah, someone's had the itch to skip town and settle somewhere new, but that doesn't really work here.]

[ action ] FIEND.

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

I don't think any place is really safe anymore. [ The village, home, the forest, the mountains, the desert. Every world people seem to come from here. Echoing that sigh quietly. ]

But maybe that's just how it is. Places aren't supposed to be the important thing anyway, right?

[ action ] MUW HA HAH-*cough* *choke* *hack*

[goldenglasses]

[Smiles] I can drink to that. [Does so!]

[ action ] ...and you wanted peanuts.

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

Of course. [ Joins in on that. ]

[ action ] I do love peanuts... *eats pizza*

[goldenglasses]

[Sets his empty glass down.] You know, I don't think I could ever really completely hate this place. Where else would I have met you guys?

[ action ] pizzaaaaaaa

[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ Usopp said something along the same lines himself, a couple of months ago. Never could hate a place with stories to tell. He bows his head a little and can't figure out if he still thinks that. ]

I'm glad we met you, too. [ At least he can figure that out, right? ]

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[goldenglasses]

[Puts a hand on your shoulder] Things will get better.

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[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ He drops his head further on a quiet inhale. Vash, he hates when you do that. You always sound like you mean it- like Luffy does when he means it, and he would really like to believe it.

Something is in his brain eating his memories, Nami got attacked, again, and he couldn't do anything, again- she could have died.

She almost died.

Damn it. Trying not to sound lost, here: ]

... What if they don't?

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[goldenglasses]

They will. They always do. [No one can be sad forever... right Rem?]

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[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

[ Not forever- that's always been something he's very good at pushing away. But once in a while, when he doesn't have to worry about his crew seeing it, it tends to suddenly rise back up. Hope you don't mind him emo-ing it up next to you, Vash. He just doesn't seem to have much composure back in him yet. ]

You guys- you always make it sound easy. [ Beneath the strained tone is a hint of amusement, at least. He makes friends of the most optimistic people, doesn't he? ]

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[goldenglasses]

[Small laughs] Easy to say, but sometimes the waiting and doing is hard. But... it makes life worth living, doesn't it?

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[sniperkingftw.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be on Luffy's crew if it didn't. [ God, how he wouldn't. Alllll the troublesome times in the world. ]

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[goldenglasses]

[Pours you a drink because alcohol makes EVERYTHING better.] Hopefully we'll look back on this and laugh in a couple weeks. [Dear god, he hopes so.

But for now! Subject change!] Do you think it will get cold again soon? I kinda miss the snow. [Seasons? What are seasons?]