Vash the Stampede (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
goldenglasses) wrote2014-09-24 09:13 pm
goldenglasses) wrote2014-09-24 09:13 pm
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[Action/Accidental Music]
[Forest]
[It was getting colder so Vash was spending more time out in the woods. Enjoying the nature that was turning colors and feeling just a little sad watching some of the flowers he had planted in Rem's memory dying once more.] Well, little guys. I suppose it's nearly time for you to sleep again, huh? [Yes, he talks to flowers.] You were very pretty this year. I'll-- [He always sees Rem in his mind when he's out in the forest, but then she's just suddenly there. Vash's heart clenches tight in his chest for a moment as she looks down at something he can't see. Not that he notices, too busy staring at her happy smile.]
R-Rem! You're back! I can't believe it! [She was alive again. Where he can finally see her in person again.] Rem! [Why wasn't she answering him? He steps forward to touch her.] Ah, maybe you don't remember- [Something wasn't right. His eye sight had picked it up right from the start the way she wasn't quiet there. Yet his mind refused to believe it.] It's me, Vash. I've grown-- [Only he can't deny what his eyes see once his hand passes right through her arm. It's also then that he realizes he's been crying the whole time.]
Rem. [Even though she is nothing but a memory he can't look away. Soaking in this rare moment to see her. The ghost of her laughter in his mind. Or did he really hear it? Then the image starts to fade.] No. Don't go, Rem! Please don't go. [The plea is empty. He knows she's not really there. Yet it hurt to watch her go once again.]
[Outside Houses 6 and 5 - All week, any time]
[It didn't take Vash long to figure out what was going on. As soon as he did he parked himself outside houses 6 and 5. Either standing or squatting quietly between the two buildings. Eyes calm as he stares at the empty homes. For hours and hours nothing will happen, but Vash has a hundred and thirty years of practice under his belt. He hardly notices the hours ticking by. Only noticing days by the sun setting and rising which is when he heads home for bed.
Eventually his quiet and patient waiting will be rewarded by brief images throughout the days. A pre-teen Wolfwood dragging his cross behind him gets a smile from the gunman. Then there's a man with a long nose making a snowman in the front yard. He can almost smell the cigarette smoke as he watches Sanji yell from the kitchen window. At one point Meryl walks by. Seems she was upset by something that day, probably something he did. A man with white hair sits quietly on the roof. The roof seems to be a popular spot as Nami suddenly drops in the day after. One of his favorites is watching Milly wrangle a Christmas tree into the house with Noah in her arms.
He's happy to wait for the images to come. These now being the only way to see his family.]
[Accidental Music]
[It's a bit after watching a certain skeleton fade through the front door of house six does Vash think of something to do to pass the time between the next glimpse. He takes a now well used harmonica and starts to play. Of course he doesn't realize that the motion to take out the harmonica has turned the recording to the journal on. At some point the song will slowly change into another song. Eventually he'll catch on his journal is recording, but even after his turns it off he'll continue his vigil and play bits of songs he's heard during his time his time in Luceti as best he can on his humble instrument. Uncaring whatever the weather may be that day.]
[It was getting colder so Vash was spending more time out in the woods. Enjoying the nature that was turning colors and feeling just a little sad watching some of the flowers he had planted in Rem's memory dying once more.] Well, little guys. I suppose it's nearly time for you to sleep again, huh? [Yes, he talks to flowers.] You were very pretty this year. I'll-- [He always sees Rem in his mind when he's out in the forest, but then she's just suddenly there. Vash's heart clenches tight in his chest for a moment as she looks down at something he can't see. Not that he notices, too busy staring at her happy smile.]
[Outside Houses 6 and 5 - All week, any time]
[It didn't take Vash long to figure out what was going on. As soon as he did he parked himself outside houses 6 and 5. Either standing or squatting quietly between the two buildings. Eyes calm as he stares at the empty homes. For hours and hours nothing will happen, but Vash has a hundred and thirty years of practice under his belt. He hardly notices the hours ticking by. Only noticing days by the sun setting and rising which is when he heads home for bed.
Eventually his quiet and patient waiting will be rewarded by brief images throughout the days. A pre-teen Wolfwood dragging his cross behind him gets a smile from the gunman. Then there's a man with a long nose making a snowman in the front yard. He can almost smell the cigarette smoke as he watches Sanji yell from the kitchen window. At one point Meryl walks by. Seems she was upset by something that day, probably something he did. A man with white hair sits quietly on the roof. The roof seems to be a popular spot as Nami suddenly drops in the day after. One of his favorites is watching Milly wrangle a Christmas tree into the house with Noah in her arms.
He's happy to wait for the images to come. These now being the only way to see his family.]
[Accidental Music]
[It's a bit after watching a certain skeleton fade through the front door of house six does Vash think of something to do to pass the time between the next glimpse. He takes a now well used harmonica and starts to play. Of course he doesn't realize that the motion to take out the harmonica has turned the recording to the journal on. At some point the song will slowly change into another song. Eventually he'll catch on his journal is recording, but even after his turns it off he'll continue his vigil and play bits of songs he's heard during his time his time in Luceti as best he can on his humble instrument. Uncaring whatever the weather may be that day.]
[Action - by the houses]
[...] Have you seen any images of people?
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Oh... is that what you're doing? [He chuckles for a moment before display a slightly more weary expression.] All over the place. It hasn't been helping my sanity much, but I might just be getting used to it.
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[He wanders over and leans against the wall of one of the two houses.]
Though I suppose if you've been here a bit longer than I've been, it might be nice to reflect upon the nicer memories of this place.
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[Although leaning against the wall was probably not a good idea. As suddenly through the window a man in a black tux with dark hair, smoking a cigarette leans out and begins to shout. Something about how Vash had better get back in the house and clean the mess he made in the kitchen.
Vash just smiles as he watches.]
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Your, uh, ghosts are a lot louder than mine.
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[In this case, Sokka starts chuckling too a bit, though in much more of a wry sense.]
Don't tell me that's a theme with you, people yelling at you all the time?
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[He pauses though before adding at the end:] Don't tell anyone this, but I thought his reaction to your prank was hilarious.
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Well, honestly, that he just blared music at you instead of outright killing you like I thought he was going to do initially... well, I'd say so.
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Okay, you're probably right about that one. [Probably.]
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Anyway, I guess I should leave you to your ghost-watching. Hopefully they're a little less loud that Vegeta's music...
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[His eyes trail away to the buildings, but still no flashbacks at the moment happening.] Heh, feel free to stop by and watch with me anytime you want. I promise they shouldn't get too much louder than that last one.
Well, maybe a little louder.
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Oh well, with a promise like that... who could possibly refuse?
[Sokka doesn't make any sort of commitment to it, but instead he just offers a wave before passing on.]
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