[Action/Voice]

[goldenglasses]

[You may have noticed a small child running around Luceti the past couple days. Vash has discovered the best way to cope with missing Rem and Knives is to run around all of Luceti and watching all the people. He climbed the fountain, tried out every sitting place he could find, and built a snowman or two around the plaza. He’ll be visiting the clothing store when his winter gear gets too wet. He’ll grow rather starry-eyed as he visit’s the item stop and sees all the fun things in there. The bakery he’s found is full of yummy food!

He’ll even visit Good Spirits at some point today. A lot of people seem to like going in there for some reason. Of course, it doesn’t look too exciting once he gets in there, but he’ll stay for a bit. Not even some of the community buildings are safe. When he needs to warm up for a bit he pops right in. So maybe there’s an unfamiliar child standing in your shared kitchen.

Later he’ll also go running around in the forest. He loves all the trees. And no, he still hasn’t learned his lesson about not climbing them. He just HAD to see if there were any eggs in that nest above his head! Of course there weren’t any, but maybe your character will hear a child crying about being stuck in a tree. Again.

Of course all this running around will leave a child tired. When he’s finally too tired to move and thoughts of Rem and Knives come flooding back he tries to distract himself by talking into that book he was given.]

So… um… time really stands still back home? So, I won’t miss anything? I can bring things back with me, right? [He reaches into his coat pocket and feels the package of seeds Miyabi gave him, but while he thinks of that another idea strikes him.] What would you give someone for their birthday?

(OOC: Last chance to run into tiny!Vash as he’s growing up later tonight!)

Comments

[Voice] NAPS ARE NOT SILLY! AND I'M! Well.. I AM silly so... yeah.

[chibiremlover]

I'd run away!

[Voice] You are very silly but we love you anyway <3

[crisisrain]

Ya can't, you've broken your leg and yer on yer own.

[Action]

[sonatasedge]

[Soul lets out a breath and looks down at Vash clinging to him. He looks to the side awkwardly.]

Uh... You're fine Vash. You can let go of me now...

[Voice] 8D Realllllllllllllllllly?

[chibiremlover]

I'll climb a tree! I can do it with a broken leg if I have to!

[deathsdoctor]

[Again?]

We really have to stop meeting like this, young man.

[chibiremlover]

...but I wanted to see if there were eggs in the nest. [At least by the tone in his voice he knows he's been bad and stupid.]

[Voice] Maybe.

[crisisrain]

Uh huh, ok so ya climb the tree, then what? It doesn't save you, it just delays yer death longer.

[Action]

[chibiremlover]

[He slowly opens his eye before slowly letting you go and laughing relieved and happy.] Thank-you, Soul!

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

I'll just wait until they go away!

[deathsdoctor]

... aa. But nests are fragile things and winter isn't the time for chicks.

[Shaking his head in exasperated amusement, because it seems to be his fate to find you stuck in trees.]

Now... this time I think you better come down by yourself. Because if you insist on climbing them, then eventually you're going to have to learn to get down again on your own.

[chibiremlover]

Okay... [He just hugs that trunk tighter. He's quiet happy up here! ...kinda... only... not really.]

[Voice]

[crisisrain]

Ya wait there and eventually someone comes along, let's say it's this Rem person. She's unarmed and the wolves start attacking her, then pin her to ground, they're gonna kill her.

In yer hand you have a gun.

What do you do?

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

I'll shoot it in the air and the loud noise scares the wolves away! They go away and don't come back! [He's getting really tired of this game. Faster now that you dragged Rem into it.]

[Voice] This very mean to type btw.

[crisisrain]

Loud noises don't scare wolves away when they're pinned their prey like that.

Come on kid, ya've got one option here!

[deathsdoctor]

[Quiet.]

... it's scary isn't it? Both to be up there and wondering 'Can I really do this?' 'Am I going to fall? Fail?'. I would find it scary at your age. Am I right?

As we grow older, we come face to face with lots of scary things. Like that tree. Sometimes through our own choices. Sometimes unwittingly. We don't have a choice in that, young man.

Do you know what we do have a choice in?

[chibiremlover]

[He nods, not afraid or ashamed in the least to admit that he's scared.]

What? What is it?

[Voice] I hope so! You're trying to crush a ten month old's dreams! btw- He's about to shut the book

[chibiremlover]

NO! There's always another option besides killing! Rem said so!

[Voice] I WAS GONNA STOP GEEZ, Raven knows when to quit

[crisisrain]

Alright, alright. Yer pretty persistant on the anti-killing thing. Those poor wolves are gonna starve.

[Voice] GOOD!

[chibiremlover]

[He just makes an unhappy noise. Someone suddenly doesn't really like talking to you.]

[Voice] XDDD

[crisisrain]

I thought 'cause you were younger, that I might be able to get ya outta the whole love obsession... guess not.

[deathsdoctor]

How we decide to face those things. There's no shame in being scared. Being scared can be a good thing. But letting fear rule us is not. It stops us from doing what is right. It stops us from going for what we want. And it stops us from protecting what and whom we care for.

Things can be very scary. And facing them can be very hard. But for the important things you have to do it. Because they don't go away otherwise.

Like that tree.

[Voice]

[chibiremlover]

Love obsession?

[Voice]

[crisisrain]

Hm? Oh, right... Well ya see, the Vash I know is slightly older than you, he believes in that love and peace stuff like a stubborn brick too. Wish I could believe in somethin' like that, but I don't have a choice.

[chibiremlover]

Oh... [He should have known it would come back to this tree!] It's hard to get down. I'll fall!

[Voice] |D *gets ready for bed*

[chibiremlover]

There's always a choice.