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[Vash has been putting this off. Someone he doesn’t trust, taking him, and poking at him leaves a bad taste in his mouth; but with Knives here…]

[Filtered to John // 100% Unhackable]

I need to speak to you.

[Filtered to Wolfwood and Meryl // 100% Unhackable]

Where are you? I need to talk to you.

[Filtered to Knives // 100% Unhackable]

…

[Yeah? What were you going to say to him? Behave while I’m gone?]

[End Filter]

[After business has been taken care of and he’s talked to those he needed to, Vash heads out into the forest aiming for a river. It’s long past time to intensify his training with the spirits. For those who have gotten to know happy and laid back Vash - this is not him. He’s taking this training with Sona very serious right now and isn’t very chatty. His glasses are on.]

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[quietly]... I've met more than one mountain-master, in my travels.

One of them was a human girl. Just fourteen years old...

[superior and inferior don't apply to his world or his worldview. Everything is just... life.]

What she had to do doesn't sound so different from what you've been doing already. [but in the end she...]

Her life must be very hard.

But I'm no- [WAIT! Hold up!] She had? [WHY DO YOU NOT HAVE HAPPY STORIES?!]

[This is a particularly bittersweet memory, and a brush too close to-- well.

He shakes his head.] Gods are chosen at birth-- they can be any creature. It's rare that a human is chosen... [The Rule was wrong, she never should have been--

he shifts back from the memory] Because the influence of human heart never quite fades away, even under the sound of so many living voices.

She died, didn't she?

[-- there's a slight pang, and his eyelids close.]

[I can't let you take my place, Ginko. This is between me-- and the mountain.

I'm not going to die, I just... ]

No. She didn't die.

[I just won't be me, anymore.]

[Vash is actually surprised. Your stories don't have happy endings after all. Then again, he doesn't know the ending yet.] She didn't?

[very softly, speaking with respect]

No.

[I'll be flowing, between life and the mountain-- inside the Rule; inside the Promise.]

She (http://pics.livejournal.com/one_green_eye/pic/000747fz) was even able to live like a normal human girl, for a little while.

Edited 2011-01-24 05:37 (UTC)

That's good, it can't be easy to be a God. [To be honest, he can't even begin to comprehend what it must take. Despite you seeming to think he's a bit like that.]

Not for us. [he rarely uses the inclusive pronoun, but he does now; encompassing all human souls]

...but you know, most people would say the same thing about running around with a gun trying to keep everyone they meet from dying.

[the ship was to colonize. And Wolfwood describes a colonized world. That much time he can hypothesize.]

-- For more than a lifetime.

[Vash lets out a shy chuckle, mostly because he has to do that rare thing of pretending to praise himsef.] You'd be surprise how well a gun works if you're careful with it. Most of the time it doesn't even have to be loaded and it can stop fights.

Well, not counting Luceti, I think we all only really have one lifetime. [Is he misunderstanding? Or just pretending to be clueless?] We're all just doing what we can with the time we have, don't you think?

That does seem the best way to use one... [Ginko's had a brush too close with much less precise guns, himself]

[and he listens, without remarking. Because it's true enough.

a moment later, with a quiet smile-] Yeah, I do. [tips his head back.]

It really is, do you have any idea how much bullets coast? I'd much rather get a stack of pancakes. With extra syrup! [That's it. Moving farther away from the inital question.]

[soundless chuckle] Hn. That sounds more like you.

[but sorry, you're only going to get so far. He's quiet, almost long enough to give the impression he's through digging-- even adjusts the tight-pulling leather strap of his box. But then states evenly, like he's reviewing the attributes of some newfound mushi-]

So you and Knives are Plants. Different, but not so different from humans. [glance] In heart, more than anything, maybe.

And somehow he came to hate humans, enough to kill all of them; while for some reason you seem to love them... enough to die for just about any one. Human or no.

... and now this story is going to keep playing out, inside of this small bubble of life.

[Oh, good! Maybe it's done and he can get out of here. Just turn this way sloooooooooooowly. Quiet, no sudden movements, and he can-]

[So you and Knives- Crap.]

I guess it is. [If you were hoping he'd explain something; we're sorry, but you didn't phrase it in the form of a question.]

[It's okay; he needed the setup.]

So what are you going to do, about it?

[part of this answer is obvious, he thinks; it's the not-so obvious part he's driving at]

[Vash is quiet for nearly a full minute. It wasn't suppose to be like this. At home it was suppose to be just him and Knives. One final show down with no else to get hurt between them.]

I don't know.

[Knives seemed so different and this wasn't home.]

[a hum]

And how many people are helping you?-- or even know about this?

There are a few that know. Knives is a very dangerous man and sending a bunch of people after him could end in disastrous results. [His right arm clenches into a fist as he speaks.]

Exactly how dangerous is he?

Very. You should stay away from him.

That I was planning on.

I meant in terms of raw power, and purpose. How does he compare to Aku, or Yuber-- that you're so concerned about people going after him?

[Vash is quiet for a long time. Telling you what Knives could do would be also admitting to what he could do. It's nothing he likes to talk about. He still hadn't even forgiven himself for what he had attempted to do a couple months back. It was one thing for people to accept him for being different, but how would they feel if they knew he was a destructive monster?

Finally, with a sigh, he speaks.]

I don't think he's stronger than Aku, but he's close. He also can't teleport like Yuber, but he may be even more dangerous than him. I'm not sure how the power limit has affected him here, but if he wanted back home, he could destroy a city in seconds.

[A slight lift of the brow, but aside from that his expression is unaltered. A city; in seconds.

And Ginko thinks as much, himself. Sorry, Vash-- but he's thorough to a fault]

Are you that powerful?

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