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[Vash had been mentally preparing himself for this day. Yet, he still wasn't ready when May 9th came around. The day his life had changed forever. For whatever reason his journal kicks itself on and it catches sight of Vash cleaning a large cross. Only one of the arms is open showing a row of handguns. Vash is very carefully giving the Cross Punisher a full tune up and cleaning. At the moment he's got one of the smaller handgun apart and checking it for any possible malfunctions before giving it a cleaning and putting it back in it's place.]

Hard to believe it's been another year already. [He talks out loud to himself. Or his two cats as he's unaware the journal turned itself on.] Noah would be two years old today. I'm sure that kid is doing just fine. After all, with parents like that no wise person would stand a chance messing with him.

[He dabs at an eye that's starting to water.] Don't worry; kid. We haven't given up on you. It may take a little more time, but I promise to find you. I will. [His hands slip and he ends up dropping part of the gun. With a soft chuckle he picks it up again. Dropping things when no one was around to see. It just wasn't like him.] Heh. Opps.

[Vash falls quiet as he continues on his chore. His back turned to the camera, but he often drops things and has to pick them up again. The outlaw's shoulders start to shake the more his fingers fumble and yes, those are soft sobs that can be heard. Thinking he's alone he's not at all ashamed by his tears.] I just... I really hope- where ever you are... I hope you have a happy birthday, Noah.

[Action]

[When he's finished his task Vash will clean himself up and hit up his usual haunts as he leaves the ice building. Helping with the flowers at Azalea. Working with a happy smile and having lunch at Seventh Heaven. Now that his death penalty was removed he'll pick up a "light" snack of a dozen doughnuts from the bakery. Munching them as he takes a short walk around the forest before winding up in Good Spirits to end the day.]

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But... before you go, Vash! There's something I'd like to talk about. [He looks less light-hearted now.]

[Vash pauses his exit from the bakery. Turning his head back towards Aang, if he's heard in Aang's voice or seen his less light-hearted expression it doesn't appear in Vash's own facial expression or tone of voice. They stay the same upbeat quality as before as he looks back with a smile for Aang.]

Sure thing, what's up?

[Although he's on the brink of still walking out that door. He doesn't really want to talk about Noah, but just in case Aang is need of comfort he doesn't allow himself to move another centimeter towards the door. He turns himself fully back towards Aang to try to squash the feeling that he should still run from this conversation while he still can. Laugh it off like he was really just THAT hungry. Aang had gotten the chance to meet Noah, no matter how briefly, and Vash knew the impression that kid left. Just like his parents; a big one. So he smiles like nothing at all is wrong in the world and waits for Aang to speak. Secretly hoping what Aang wants to say is about his own feelings; as he's too young to have to be worrying over silly adults like him.]

[Maybe it's a little bit of both. He doesn't want to worry Vash. But he doesn't want this to go unaddressed either.]

Well, it's just... I never told you much about about the way I was born and raised, did I?

[That wasn't exactly the response Vash had been expecting. Yet, even without knowing the how and why of Aang's childhood, he had a good guess as to where this was going.

Even with the surprise Vash's outward appearance doesn't change. It's still the same carefree smile he wears everyday. His body is relaxed as he leans slightly back onto the counter as one who is expecting to hear an interesting story might.]

No, you haven't, but if you'd like to talk about it I'm happy to listen.

Okay. [He nods and leans on his end of the counter, looking on sincerely.]

I never knew my parents. The people who gave birth to me that is. The way it worked with my people, is that a bunch of us kids were raised by priests of the temples. So I knew Monk Gyatso instead. He was kind and funny, and he cared for me a whole lot. When the other monks wanted me to be the Avatar... he wanted me to keep being a kid instead. The other monks wouldn't listen to him, so I ran away. And... and then I got frozen for a hundred years.

[It's a story that's gotten a little easier to tell over time. Even so, Aang is trying to get through it quickly. To get to his point.]

[Vash nods along. He can see where this story was headed. Even if he didn't know his parents he had grown up happy. This Monk Gyatso seemed like a really good guy, Vash liked him already, was about to say just that to Aang-- that was until the hundred years in ice thing.]

Frozen for a hundred years!?

[Vash was probably one of the worst ice, snow, anything cold expert in all of Luceti, but he was pretty sure people usually died from something like that. Not that he wasn't happy that Aang wasn't dead. Wait, or was he? Luceti made that a little unclear at times.]

Edited 2014-06-21 04:08 (UTC)

Y-yeah, but that's just a minor detail...

Can- Can people really do that? I thought if you got too cold you could die or-or something.

[This also might be a ploy to talk more about Aang's ability to survive things and off the topics that may lead back to Noah.]

Well, I did so you could! Maybe it's cuz I'm the Avatar and I was in the Avatar State. So I was okay in the ice!

I don't know, ice and snow sure can be fun, but sometimes it starts to actually hurt to be cold for so long. I can't even imagine being around cold ice for a hundred years!

[He should probably question the age thing, but seeing as he himself is well over hundred and so are many others in Luceti that doesn't seem as strange.]

It's not so bad! [Who even knows. Somehow he was perfectly fine in the South Pole with his head and hands completely exposed.] I slept like a baby spider-sloth. But... that's not the point!

[Point? Vash doesn't like the point. So he instead focuses on the spider-sloth.] A spider-sloth? Not sure I've ever seen a slow or sleepy spider before. Most I've seen are actually pretty fast and not lazy! Although I guess if you think about them making webs and just waiting around could be a bit lazy. But those webs sure do look like hard work!

I don't know, I never actually met one. I'm not even sure if they're real!

Oh? So just an expression then? But why not use a real animal then that's actually lazy and not a spider? [Of course, if Vash knew what a sloth was maybe he would be focusing on that then thinking on that than the spider.]

You're right. I should have said snail sloth instead!

[That's better. Gunsmoke didn't have snails, but he had seen them since coming to Luceti so he at least knew that animal.] Yeah! That would probably be better! Snails are much slower! Although... they're a lot sticker too. You might not want someone thinking you become sticky when you sleep.

That's a good point! But... It's what things were like after I woke up that's the important part!

I bet you were really hungry after a hundred year nap!

I- I guess I was! There just wasn't much to eat in the area, especially since the Southern Water Tribe eats mostly meat. Great noodles, though!

There's nothing like a good pasta to fill you up after a nice long nap! That's for sure! HAHAHAHAHA!

Um... Yeah. It's not like the kind of saucy pasta they have here, but... it was really noodley!

Hm, not saucy? Still, a bowl full of warm noodles after a long nap sounds pretty good to me!

[I'm sorry, was there a point? Because Vash likes talking about noodles and slow animals so much more.]

Edited 2014-06-21 05:38 (UTC)

I can't argue with that! It was just what I needed to get myself ready to... to go out there and do what I had to do.

Yeah, be the avatar right? You said something about being a bridge once, I think?

Yeah, being the Avatar! And It's being a bridge between people and spirits!