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[goldenglasses]

Who: Vash and you
Broadcast: The type you regret in the morning!
Action: On the planet, Twin Roses, or The Space Bar
When: Backdated to July 21st

[When the fleet first arrives to the planet Vash for once doesn't look overly excited by finally reaching a populated area. Usually he's so excited to meet the locals and take in the sights. Those who spend a lot of time with Vash regularly may have noticed that his smile doesn't seem to reach as far or seem as genuine over the last few days.

It drops completely when the twinkling lights of the city come into view. It should be breath taking and beautiful, but they had to show up to a large city on that anniversary. Those who sampled the chocolate donut with sprinkles during Vash's calibration room may know that this is the anniversary of Lost July. The day Vash destroyed a city of millions.

Going to one of the food courts in a busy shopping center was a mistake. He thought being around a lot of people would help ease the nightmares of the destroyed city and the terrible silence that followed the destruction, but no, it only made it worse. Which may explain why Vash is sitting with an untouched hamburger in front of him as he grips his right arm tightly. He's not making a scene, but his eyes are starting to fill with tears and his mind has gone for a wander. He probably won't notice if someone walked up close to him right away.

As he is having literal nightmares at night. Luckily he doesn't wake up screaming, but the crew of the Twin Roses with good hearing may pick up that he has been waking up at different points at night with a loud gasp or shouts of STOP! or NO! in his room. He can only do so much to try to hide the tired eyes he has during the day. Or maybe Vash has accidentally fallen asleep in a common area and has suddenly sat bolt upright once someone walks into the room with him.

To try to distract his mind Vash will try to take up extra shifts at The Space Bar. Or if he's really not wanted in the kitchen he'll hang out and have a few drinks. He'll also take his drinking home to the Twin Roses as he feels like the drinking helps him sleep. To his credit he never drinks to the point of being obnoxious, but it will likely be noticeable he's drinking a bit more. Stupid rapid healing making it hard to stay buzzed.

Or at least most of the time he doesn't get completely drunk. There is the one time he drinks a bit too much and opens his communicator.]

Hey. [A long pause.] Do you ever think about big events that happened back on your planet. Maybe it was world changing or- or maybe it just changed your world--

[He trails off for a moment. What was he talking about?] And think about how none of the places we visit have ever heard of it. Life, it just goes on. I suppose that's a good thing...

[He's not drunk. You're drunk.]

Comments

[moseyin]

[lmaosdf yeah he got it buddy] I'm pretty sure you're just drunk. [Thumps Vash gently on the back a couple times.]

[goldenglasses]

Me? Drunk? HAHAHAHA! No way! I'm not drunk! You-- I'm fine!

Hey barkeep! Top me and my friend up! The night is young!

[He's at least pretty sure it's still night out.]

[moseyin]

[Mimes 'water please' at the bartender behind Vash's back]

Okay cool, so, if you're not drunk then you'll be able to lie to me if I ask you something, right?

[goldenglasses]

Ha! Are you kidding? I happen to be an EXPERT liar! Drunk or not I can lie!

[moseyin]

Okay, tell me a lie right now. [Excellent liar, huh?]

1/4

[goldenglasses]

Alright! I'll tell you the biggest lie that you will question if I'm really lying or telling the truth!!!

Ready? Because—!!!

2/4

[goldenglasses]

[goldenglasses]

[...]

4/4

[goldenglasses]

Uhhhh... I have blue hair?

[Flawless!]

[moseyin]

I'm gonna tell you something, in absolute confidence.

[goldenglasses]

[Absolute confidence? This is serious! Vash leans in close and whispers in what he thinks is a soft tone, but it's just his normal speaking voice that occasionally drops down to a whisper.]

Yeah? You can tell me. I won't say anything to- to no body!

[moseyin]

You suck at lying. [Pushes water in front of him. drink that]

[goldenglasses]

What?! No way! You have no idea! My hair could really be green and I just dyed it!

[He did say green before, right?]

[moseyin]

Did you? [can you lie right now, vash]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah! Of course I did! [No he didn't. His hair is clearly naturally blond as he flicks his fingers through his spiky hair.] Can't you tell?

[moseyin]

You're a terrible liar, [Cloud concludes.] You even mixed up the colors. [you drunk bastard]

[goldenglasses]

No, no, no! [He takes a sip of the water. Not sure why this mattered to him right now, but it just did!] I'm a GREAT liar! Almost-almost no one back home OR here believe I have a sixty billion bounty, but I do! I do, and I think that's a pretty-pretty big lie! So,



...Yeah!

[moseyin]

S- [wha t the fuck] Sixty billion, what the hell'd you do? Kill the president of the world?

[goldenglasses]

No... [Suddenly his mood drops as the original thoughts he had been trying, and failing, to keep at bay come back. He tips the water around in his glass, but doesn't drink any.]

I didn't kill anyone for that. [His stomach churns now that he has to specify that he didn't kill to get the bounty. Instead of before when he could simply state he hadn't killed anyone. Ever.]

I, ah, I destroyed a city.

[moseyin]

...damn. [Okay, now he feels kind of bad, like he's taking advantage of this guy being drunk.] That's, uh.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah. I guess you could say it's been on my mind lately. [Well, at least he just emptied that glass of water.]

[moseyin]

Because of those rooms? [boy fuck that water, here have another drink, damn,]

[goldenglasses]

That, and it's the anniversary. I just keep thinking how... how easy it is for me to go on living out here in space. How easy to just pretend it never happened and no one would ever know.

It's not fair. Not to the people I hurt.

[moseyin]

[Man, Cloud is so far from the best person to talk to about this stuff...] I get where you're coming from. [Pulls his own drink closer,] Sometimes it doesn't- just doesn't feel right to be happy when you've caused so much trouble.

[goldenglasses]

Yeah. [Vash is usually the type to try to give pep talks when he finds someone in the mood he's currently in. Yet, his own words don't work on himself.] The people of this planet will never even know. Life, it just-- it just always keeps going. No matter what's happening in other places.