[Voice/Action]

[goldenglasses]

[Today, Vash can be found most anywhere, except his place. He’s avoiding CH4 for some reason right now. He’ll be leaving at the crack of dawn and staying out until very late at night. He also doesn’t stop to visit the bakery. The item shop and grocery store are fair game, and so is the bar. He’ll be bopping around until he starts to feel restless and move on, but he has a very important announcement to make.]

[Filtered from Legato and Yuber//100% Unhackable]

Hey, everyone! It was Naoki’s birthday last week. Not a fun week for a birthday, so we need a party to celebrate it the right way. If you’re a friend of Naoki, seen him on the street, or just want to meet him? You’re invited! How about… two days from now! On the ninth in house number thirty one! There’s not too many people living around there so we can be loud without upsetting anyone! [Comment spam log to come in a couple days~]

Oh… Sanji, you can make the cake, right?

[A bit later, Vash will be at the flower shop and again notice that Flonne isn’t there.]

Has anyone heard from Flonne in a while? I haven’t seen her around the flower shop at all lately.

[…ahah, yeah. Vash just isn’t going to mention that post of Legato’s.]

[Edited after being given the idea] Hey! Brook! Luka! Do you think you two could help with the music!?

Comments

[Voice]

[illusional]

Hm. In that case, I ought to put more thought into this before making such a decision.

[A pause.]

What day is your birthday, Vash?

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, take your time and pick a good day you'll like!

O-oh! My birthday, you don't need to worry about that. It's pretty far away. [Because Vash is a hypocrite. Everyone's birthday is important - except his.]

[Voice]

[illusional]

Far away or not, I won't know when to expect it if you don't tell me.

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

I'll let you know when it gets closer.

[Voice]

[illusional]

Would it not be more convenient to tell me now while I am inquiring about it?

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Uh..., this way you don't have to worry about forgetting it?

[Voice]

[illusional]

I am not the sort of creature who would so easily forget such a thing. Especially something that is, as you have said, an important day to celebrate.

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Well, it was back in July. [You don't need the whole thing right?]

[Voice]

[illusional]

Hm, that is quite a ways away.

Which day?

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

...the twenty-fourth. [He hopes you forget by then.]

[Voice]

[illusional]

[Vash, you're lucky she can't tell how strange he's being about this; can't see a soul through the journals, after all. She smiles.]

July twenty-fourth. I will be sure not to forget.

[Even if that's totally not what he wants.]

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Ahah... you know, you can forget, I won't be mad.

[Voice]

[illusional]

Is there a reason I should be inclined to forget it?

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Oh you know... it's a long ways away, it might slip your mind.

[Voice]

[illusional]

That is very unlikely. Though it is true I cannot recall things such as the day I was made what I am today, the weeks following are very clear to me, and that was well over a century ago.

My memory is quite good.

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Ah.... hahaha... great... [He hasn't actually celebrated his birthday in over a hundred years.]

[Voice]

[illusional]

[There's a first time for everything, Vash!]

I suppose this means there shall be a celebration of sorts on that day. Although, I have never truly celebrated anything, so I would not know what to expect. What is it you did for it last year?

[Voice]

[goldenglasses]

Ah... actually, I uh... don't usually do anything for my birthday.

Let's do that.

[Voice] 1/2

[illusional]

[This face, Vash.]

[Voice]

[illusional]

And yet it was you who said with such sincerity that the day of one's birth is a day of great importance. Do you not believe your own birthday should fall under that category?

[Voice/Filtered]

[goldenglasses]

[And he's going to add a filter.]

Well, not really.

[Voice/Filtered]

[illusional]

[She doesn't notice the filter, but this makes one thing she did notice about Vash a little clearer. His soul had been so short for one so full of power.]

Is there a reason for thinking this way?

[Voice/Filtered]

[goldenglasses]

Ah, well... I guess, but it's not important. Okay? [Translation - I don't really want to talk about it.]

[Voice/Filtered]

[illusional]

[Unfortunately, reading between the lines isn't a strong point of Cheyenne's. She does, however, wonder why he is talking his way around the question so much.]

You say it is not important now, and yet before... hm. I suppose I just don't understand.

[Voice/Filtered]

[goldenglasses]

There's just... too many sad memories and thoughts that go with my birthday. [Like how it's another year he's failed to take care of Knives. Another year he'll outlive everyone he cares about. Another year he has to wonder if people will start to question why he doesn't seem to age at all. Another year without Rem. Not to mention, on a rare occasion, he sometimes wonder how much happier humans might have been if he and Knives had never been born.]