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Who: Vash and you. Yes you!
Broadcast: Open to all
Action: Three Twins
When: August 18th

[And yet another birthday. Vash ticks it off mentally. He's never had a real problem with his birthday, but he never felt the need to make a big deal out of it either. Sometimes he'd have a nice meal or something, but this year he doesn't feel much need. There was all these exciting new places to check out!

He was in the cargo area. Putting away some spare ammo he had just picked up for the revolver he had. Finished he decided what he likes more than anything is being around people so making a broadcast would be a fun thing to do, right?]

Wow! Isn't being around all this life, wonderful? The people around here are really passionate! Has anyone been into any of the libraries around here? There are a couple books I'd like to look at but it seems a bit selective in who they want looking at them. Anyone have any luck at getting to some of the more... what's that sound?

[As Vash was talking a quiet chripping noise that sounds a lot like "happy birthday" has started to play.]

And what smells like burn-WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! [The camera will get a very quick glimpse of a cake in the shape of a donut. Or at least that's what it looks like it could be underneath all those candles. One of the blaring out happy birthday. Just one out of the over one hundred and thirty candles crammed for room together.]

Crap, crap, crap, crap, oh crap!!! How do I put this- BEEP! BEEP! FIRE! FIRE! BEEP! BEEP! FIRE! [Vash drops the communicator as he dances around. Trying to blow the candles out, but there's just too many! Doesn't help that they're the trick candles that keep relighting themselves.

But it's okay! The ship's sprinklers finally turns on and out goes the candles! And... any dry spot on the ship. Hope everyone visiting the Three Twins wanted a sudden and unexpected shower.]

Uh...oh... how do I get those off?

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You set your pastry on fire.

[ Helpful. It's said with the tone of someone who simply cannot believe what she has witnessed. Why would he set his cake on fire? ]

It wasn't my pastry. [Vash sounds grumpy as hell. It could possibly be from being soaking wet and a waste of hair gel as his hair flops over into his eyes.] I didn't make it.

[Although he gets the feeling it was meant for him.]

That still doesn't explain why you were lighting it on fire.

[ The candles, she does't get this.

And then, helpfully: ]

You're wet.

I DIDN'T LIGHT IT ON FIRE! IT SHOWED UP THAT WAY! It's one of those sponsor drop things I think.

[Can you see that twitch of his eyebrow? Vash isn't sure if she's being serious or trolling him. Either way, he's having a bad time right now, so he doesn't bother to try to hide his annoyance in the slightest.]

No. Really? I'm wet? With all the sprinklers shooting out water all over the ship I would have never realized that on my own.

That doesn't explain why it would show up on fire in the first place.

[ Really, she doesn't get any of this.

There's a tiny, almost imperceptible upward curve of her mouth despite the absolutely solemn tone with which she continues speaking. ]

Well. Perhaps there are other things I can help you realize, too. Such as when it rains, even indoors, you ought to find cover.

I don't know ow why the sponsors drop the things that they do. I think they're crazy dropping off something on fire. I mean, what if no one had been here?! We would have come home to a soaking wet ship with no idea why!

[Find cover. There's no way she can be serious. Right?] Gee, thanks. I had no idea I should do that.

Soaking, or everything burned around us. [ She ignores his sarcasm in response to her own. ] I've never heard of any ship that would want anything that could go up in flames like that. Strange as these ships are, it's either a poor captain or someone hoping for something to go wrong. Who are these sponsors, anyway?

Either the people who watch the show we're on or the ones running it I assume, but I don't think anyone really knows.

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