[Action]/[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash wakes up in the morning and eventually rolls himself out of bed. He dresses in whatever is on hand and clean. Today it's a pair of brown slacks and a white button up long sleeved shirt. His hair he pulls back into a pony tail before leaving his quiet and empty apartment.

The rest of the day is spent looking over the journal, a bit of people watching in the square, and then lunch at Seventh Heaven where he's careful to order nothing that could be considered a baked good. Thanks once again Malnosso for that new allergy. Then the day is ended once he enters Good Spirits and stays until he's drunk to the point that he feels numb enough that he can go home, sleep and start it all over again.

That has been his daily routine for nearly a month now. He use to sometimes stop to make sure the Flower Shop had enough help, but it seemed they had enough new people now to care for the place without him and he didn't have much interest now anyway. Once or twice he enters the woods and tries to make contact with Faeren once again, but for some reason that spirit has just gone quiet on him.

Today after a long day of nothing he's sitting at the bar with a bottle of Wild Turkey next to him that he's working on. He's looking over Katie's last message to Wolfwood. Apparently it was about him in some way, not that he could figure out the meaning behind it. He gives up on it for now instead to ask a question that he's been curious about.]

So, according to the Malnosso they're trying to find a way home for everyone. Say for just a second that is what they're doing and they managed to do it. Not only that, but you can pick when you could go home with your memories. Would you choose to go back and change something you did? Or are you afraid that what you did could change things too much?

Comments

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, a couple I guess.

[Voice]

[jamesbarnes]

Well, maybe you'll get lucky. Who knows with this place?

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Maybe, but I've never been the lucky type.

[Voice]

[jamesbarnes]

You and me both, buddy.

[There's another pause.]

I wouldn't change anything, but if you asked me if I wanted to re-live a year, back when things were simple - I'd take that. I'd take a day.

I suppose the thing is, you can't live in the past, good or bad.

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Heh, simple. A nice, quiet life, right? I bet that would be nice. [How long has it been since he could say he got to live that kind of life?]

[Voice]

[jamesbarnes]

It would be. But this is the life we've got. [He shrugs, and he realizes belatedly that the guy can't actually see him do it.]

I'm James, by the way. James Barnes. Everyone calls me Bucky.

If you want to have a beer sometime, drop me a line.

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Well, I'm at Good Spirits almost every night. Just asked for Vash if you ever get thirsty.

Re: [Voice]

[jamesbarnes]

Vash?

[He knows that name.]

A woman named Amelia, was she a friend of yours?

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, she's from the same worl- [Wait. He remembers where he's heard that name now. The man she was too shy for him to meet right away.] -d as me. You two, you were close weren't you?

[Suddenly Vash feels very low. He should have thought to talk to this man one on one. Yet, he had been so wrapped up in trying to get Noah back it had slipped his mind.] I'm sorry.

[Voice]

[jamesbarnes]

Yeah. We were. You lived with her, right? I spent the -- I was over at her house after the last draft.

Got tagged for a Malnosso playdate after Christmas. When they dropped me off again I tried to find her, but the place was empty. I figured they'd sent everyone back...

I'm sorry.

[Voice] Man, looking back now I wish I hadn't been on haitus and missed his post. :(

[goldenglasses]

[Since Christmas. Such a long kidnapping to be returned to that.]

Almost everyone was sent back. It's just me now from our world. I'm sorry, that you didn't see my message. Shortly after I lost my journal for a time [And then blew it up by mistake], I still should have thought to talk to you and made sure you knew.

[Voice] No worries! I was on hiatus and missed yours so. XD;

[jamesbarnes]

And I should have done more looking. Forget about it, we just missed each other, that's all. [And he's sure Vash has a hell of a lot on his plate, but he doesn't say it.]

I'll see you for that drink sometime.

[Voice] Silly hiatuses!

[goldenglasses]

[I look forward to it, seems a bit fake to say in this circumstance.] Yeah, until then, take care of yourself.

[Voice] Inorite.

[jamesbarnes]

You too.