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[Vash has started to keep to himself more the past couple days. Rem's arrival had almost made him forget this day, but he could never really forget.

Today he heads out early, trying to leave the new house before anyone else is awake. He finds a spot near the fountain to do some early morning people watching before getting up and heading to the bakery. He stops outside, knowing this isn't really where he wants to be, it's just habit. He turns and heads to the flower shop instead. He doesn't stay long, just long enough to make sure that everything is still running smooth without Aerith.

He checks the time to duck over to Good Spirits quickly. He wants to be there and gone before Meryl's shift. He orders a couple of beers before he starts growing restless again. This wasn't right either. What was he suppose to do on this day? How could he ever fix this mistake?

Without much thought he grabs a couple bottle and heads out into the forest. He walks for a bit before just sitting down against a tree inspecting his find. People said this blue stuff was strong, now seemed to be a good time to try it out.

Some point in his drinking his journal falls out of his pocket and starts to record. For awhile it records very little until suddenly-]

CRASH!

[There's the sound of a whiskey bottle shattering as it's thrown against a tree. It's followed by silence that is slowly broken by soft sobs.]

I'm sorry... I'm so sorry. I - I didn't mean to.

(ooc: Anyone who wants to talk to Vash before he gets himself drunk is free to call for him over the journals! He'll have it on him all day! Or run into him pretty much anywhere.)

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Then you know who I am? Since the beginning?

You know... in my dimension you were really a good guy. Even with all of the differences I don't think that's changed.

[A good guy? The only people who say that about him are people who've-]

How do you know me? [Suddenly he's feeling guilty. He's never forgotten a face, yet here is a man that he's met, and he has no idea who he is. Another reality or not, it didn't seem right.]

We were friends back home

We were?

When... when did we meet? [Could he possibly be from the future as well? He couldn't really have a friend in another universe he knew nothing about.

Could he?]

It's a long story. But... if you don't mind that I'll tell you.

I got time. [He feels he owes it to this man to find out just how differet their two worlds really are. Not to mention, he has no plans to go home. (Not until after Rem and Meryl come to talk to him at least.)]

We first "met" when I was a member of the Gung-Ho-Guns. I was different back then, I lived only to follow orders. Before I had changed my master wanted to hunt down Wolfwood for betraying him.

[He was a Gung-Ho-Gun? Things really were different then from how they are in his world. He had defeated all the Gung-Ho-Guns. Legato had been the last one. There was only Knives left.

Wolfwood had betrayed them. So that still seemed to be the same.

Before I had changed my master wanted to hunt down Wolfwood for betraying him. Just how much was the same, though? Vash can already see by how upset Livio is by this telling that he very much likely wasn't a Gun-Ho-Gun anymore, but also possibly something else...]

What happened to Wolfwood? [Please tell him there is some universe where his best friend is alive and happy.]

I-

I killed him.

You... [So, even in an alternate universe he couldn't even save his best friend. He's not even sure what to think about you being the one to kill him. His drunken mind says to arm himself, the other side that was stubbornly hanging onto sobriety says to wait. It's the said he usually tries to listen to so he waits.]

Edited 2011-08-21 04:25 (UTC)

[Enough. He's heard it and experienced it himself all day today. Maybe if he wasn't drunk he'd be considerate enough not to ask for details, maybe even realize that he doesn't exactly want them himself, but he's not.]

What happened?

It's a long story. [But you are his friend, you asked, and you deserved to know.] After you disappeared at Jenora rock [and if Vash didn't blow a hole in the 5th moon in his world this would require a lot more explaining, but he'll just get this over with and continue regardless.] Wolfwood became traitorous, shooting our former Master and planning on killing Knives himself.In the end he couldn't kill Knives, however he robbed our Master the use of his legs. While the duty of the Eye of Michael was to Knives, our master had taken it as a personal grudge to make Wolfwood pay for his treason. He was a cruel man, with a fanatic devotion to his disciples. Despite his deep running hatred, the opportunity didn't arise until after the ark. [THAT. obviously will require more explanation later. ~~Or right now. Vash's call because I'll break off the tag right at this point anyways.~~]

[Probably a good thing because there is a small problem here-]

Jenora rock? [The closest thing he can connect with that was when he fought Dominique. He had left the insurance girls there, but he hadn't exactly disappeared. No, he had tried to disappear after Augusta.]

[He's hesitant to answer that, because now he's under the impression you didn't blow a hole in the fifth moon. Now to approach this delicately and-]

You... blew a hole in the 5th moon and disappeared for two years.

[He's about as conversationally delicate as a brick to the face. Forgive the lack of details regarding this they are pretty sketch. They didn't tell him everything just... most things.]

No, that happened in Augusta. [Vash shakes his head, which isn't wise as it increases his headache.] I guess, that's a little different for us.

There are... a lot of differences. [All things considered he's being patient with Vash in his state. Even if these topics tend to make him feel terrible and he's not well known for being rational when he's feeling really emotional and awful. Would you like him to continue his story?]

I see... [He does, but this is just... so weird. There really is another him running around somewhere?]

[Yes, yes there is. And he has a lot more black in his hair to boot. After waiting a moment, he'll continue his little story again, starting quietly.]

We went to the orphanage where we had grown up. He wanted to take everything from Wolfwood, and he knew that he would return if that place was threatened. Hiring mercenaries to act like an alarm. [Maybe if Vash wasn't drunk he would be able to see his distaste for this. Even when he was completely devoted to Chapel he still killed one of those fuckers for being a little too threatening with the kids.]

When they had been defeated it was my turn to fight. We had been close in the past, but at that point I was too devoted to my duty to care. Even though I should have been able to do it... he had such a strong will to live. [oh hello Vash don't mind his sudden case of mouth diarrhea as he just keeps going off and rambling. While he's certainly sad he's definitely calmed down a lot more. Whether the therapeutic act of spilling his guts out is to blame or the fact that this requires reliving a time where he was emotionally repressed is up for debate.]

Edited 2011-09-20 02:57 (UTC)

[Oh god, this is coming to the part where he doesn't really want to hear, but he can't stop his head from nodding to tell Livio to continue.]

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[Action] I can almost hear the flushing sound of this thread

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[Action] I figured now would be a goos time to cut off this comment /punches writer's block.

[Action] lol, XD Yeah, Vash has lot to react to after all. Or at least he would if he wasn't drunk

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