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[goldenglasses]

Who: Vash and the world
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes if on/visiting the Twin Roses
When: Backdated to August 18th

[Vash's knew a pattern when he saw one. He set his communicator off to the side to make sure he didn't bump it in his scramble to deal with whatever insane item the Atroma was going to throw at him for his birthday this year. Still close enough to call for help if it was needed, but he was not going to have an accidental broadcast this year!

Which is why when his communicator starts to broadcast on it's own this year there's a clear view of Vash and Kitty already kissing each other in the Twin Roses's cargo bay. The two captains of the ship don't notice at all that their private moment is being broadcasted out to the whole fleet. Vash almost doesn't even notice when a small colorful bouncy ball suddenly falls out of the sky and bounces off of his spiky head.

It's enough to give him a bit of a pause. The second time one falls onto his head he knows it's not just a fluke.] Wha- [Looking up Vash takes just enough time to dorkishly scream and throw himself over Kitty as cascade of bright and colorful bouncy balls suddenly come raining down into the cargo bay.

The best thing about your girlfriend casual partner being a mutant means that Kitty phases the pair safely as the balls start to bounce and ricochet around the room. A banner that reads: HAPPY 136TH BIRTHDAY drifts down among the chaos. Soon after a bouncy ball with the Floot Loop logo smashes into the communicator and it tumbles to the floor. Turning off in the process.

But don't you worry! Vash will be back a bit later on his own looking grumpily into the camera as he shows the colorful mess on the floor of the cargo bay. Kitty and the banner now gone.] Anyone want a free bouncy ball or hundred? Come clean them off my floor and they're yours.

[Why no. He has no clue that all that got broadcast! Want to clue the birthday boy in?]

(OOC: I am back from my sudden hiatus! Vash will be the one mostly answering on this post, but if you really want Kitty to respond please say so! Sorry for suddenly needing to vanish for about a month. I will be getting back to everyone who has tagged Vash and Manji canofmanji in August, but feel free to drop any threads. No hard feelings!)

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[passingthrough]

Considering the tanks our actual bodies were being kept in, they definitely could have slowed aging. It definitely seemed a lot longer there. Years longer, but I didn't realize it until I came here. Pavel noticed the same thing. [Although why anyone would talk about that when they could talk about ice cream?

She gives Vash...a look. Despite also fully understanding and well, would she have really said Vash if pressed on a favorite? She probably would have not said though. Maybe.]

Ask. Don't bring down the wrath of Nami on this ship. Or I could check with Crowley.

[unbearablynaive]

Ah, it's a true joy to have a rank again. I shall try not to abuse it.

[Yes, he's smirking over at Kitty. Don't think he won't forget the video evidence of who Vash's real favorite is. Besides, the Vision has a lot of lost crew-bonding time to make up for. If some simple food science can help, there's no reason not to try.

--And this way they can tell him if the recipe needs tweaking before he presents it to Wanda. Flawless plan.]

In either case, there's currently enough for several servings, and it only takes a few minutes to prepare. We could call it a reward for cleaning up this mess?

[goldenglasses]

I think that sounds like a pretty nice reward to me! [Suddenly Vash is moving a lot faster to pick up those stray balls.] You know, maybe they didn't send over a hundred this time. We probably have them all already!

[passingthrough]

[Oh god, why is Vision smirking at her? Okay, she knows why. It's making it worse. She ducks her head to avoid such gazes. She doesn't know how to handle the private side of moving on from Winn much less the public side and of course it must seem normal to other people by now. It's been forever since he left even if Vision was gone for most of "forever" but she hasn't been so great at letting go.

She spooks easy.

Also she's seeing an ancient child trying to skip cleanup to get ice cream faster. On the other hand...ice cream.]

There are still balls sitting in plain sight. The ice cream isn't going anywhere.

...Right? [Because if there is a chance they should have ice cream now and then finish. It's the mature thing to do.]

[unbearablynaive]

[It's a very strange mix of forever and no time at all for him. His whole life has turned upside down at home, and yet during all that time he didn't remember any of this, anyone here who really mattered to him. So the time to process things like Winn being gone is in this odd limbo place, and how much she has or hasn't moved on is a mystery to him. On the other hand, if a light teasing makes her too uncomfortable, maybe they do need to talk about it.

But not now. One person here was Captain long enough to get a sense of responsibility about it.]

Oh, I'm afraid the liquid nitrogen is quite inaccessible until all the bouncy balls have been accounted for. It's a tragedy.

[Okay maybe he just picked up a little too much trollishness from Tony Stark.]

[goldenglasses]

I'm pretty sure there is no correlation between bouncy balls on the floor and liquid nitrogen. [Said with the biggest and 'manliest' of pouts.]

Besides, doesn't it being my birthday mean I get to do what I want today? I'll just ask people to come take as many free bouncy balls as they want later.

[passingthrough]

[She enjoys Visions trolling ways. She's even kind of proud of him? Hopefully that isn't too condescending. Of course if he does try to talk to her one-on-one about things with Vash he might just get too much information because she needs to talk about it and hasn't really confided in anyone. After all, two of her closest friends here have also had crushes...or more on her, so this isn't really an area she can discuss and she wants to talk to Kurt, but sheisn't sure he won't do something...unnecessarily violent or threatening.]

Wow, I let you off the hook and you were all ready to be mature about it and up for helping and now this. Pick a mood. [Says the girl who can turn on a dime.] Vision was generous to offer.

[unbearablynaive]

[If Kitty did pour out her mess of emotions to the Vision, it would be perfectly fair as long as she got to hear I Have Complicated Feelings About Wanda, Vol. 2.

But for now he just half-laughs, still gathering up some bouncy balls. Really, complaining about it only makes it take longer.]

You see, Kitty and I are the ones with access to Engineering and the skills to safely use the liquid nitrogen, and I am the one with the recipe. If we're occupied cleaning up, we can hardly make the ice cream. And if you don't wish to help, why, it will only take us longer to complete the task.

[goldenglasses]

Aw, I don't get any respect. Even on my birthday! [He whines and complains, but there's a smile playing at the corner of his lips. So it should be pretty clear that he's not overly bother by their teasing.] I'm still picking them up! I'll probably be the one with the most in the end at this rate!

[He's picking up his pace to try to make that statement true.]

[passingthrough]

[Vision is such a space dad. She smiles at him fondly, having missed his presence on the ship.]

I'm not getting competitive over bouncy ball collection duties. [Nope. Not working any faster just to shut him down. Although as the bucket gets more full it's harder to toss new ones in without having them just bounce out again.] I'm keeping some of these for Seeker. [The direwolf pup would love this.] I mean, if that's okay. [She supposes she could ask. They are technically Vash's.]

[unbearablynaive]

[The Vision is still picking out the oddballs that are away from the main mass, seemingly having no difficulty finding them. There are no doubt some he's missing, but anything he actually managed to see the trajectory of earlier is still tracked. He'll end up with fewer total because he's taking more time for each one.

Seeing that Vash is at least still working through the complaints, his smile stays in place. He'd hardly be the only one the Vision knows that gets the job done despite the complaints.]

There we are. Is the ground level looking clear?

[goldenglasses]

It's clear! [It's not clear. Vash needs to take a moment to go empty his pockets into Kitty's bucket.] Let's make some ice cream! [Just ignore those few balls still scattered around.]

[passingthrough]

[She just shakes her head.] You two, go on. I can finish up.

[unbearablynaive]

[The Vision floats down and alights on the cargo bay floor.] If you're sure, Kitty.

Though where ought we to store these balls, in the meantime?

[goldenglasses]

[Can he really go and eat ice cream without his casual girlfriend?

Hmmmm. Yes. Yes he can so long as he saves her some is the decision that he comes to.] I think you should leave them and we can pick them up later, buuuuut if you're sure!

And I'll buy a bucket at the next waystation we come to. I think maybe just keep them in what they're in now for the moment.

[passingthrough]

[She did expect more "no, no, no, we couldn't do that" but she made the offer in good faith, so she's not taking it back or punishing any casual boyfriends for taking her up on it on their birthday. Probably. Better be a big portion of ice cream that gets saved.]

I would like to think no one on the crew would come in here and pratfall because of the balls on the floor, but just in case, I'll finish up. I'll catch up. We should be fine for now as long as Vash doesn't fly the ship upside down.

[unbearablynaive]

[Given that it takes a few minutes to make anyway? She'll probably be done cleaning the bouncy balls up by the time it's ready. He sets his sack down carefully after tying it closed.]

Er, that's not precisely how the artificial gravity works, but we'll be in the kitchen. Thank you, Kitty.

[goldenglasses]

I mean, I could turn the artificial gravity off and then spin the ship around to get the balls to roll into one corner. That certainly would clean things up faster!

[passingthrough]

I was kidding. [Come on, she knows how artificial gravity works.] You stay away from the artificial gravity systems. [Just how we always speak to co-captain/casual partners. Although if they hang out much longer she'll be done anyway.]

[unbearablynaive]

[Ready to launch into an explanation of why exactly that would be a terrible idea, the Vision relaxes as his co-engineer agrees with him. Besides, she can talk to Vash however she wants. They're equal rank.]

All right. We'll get the materials together, but we won't start without you, Kitty.

[That will let Vash decide what flavor(s) he wants, anyway.]

[goldenglasses]

Awww, but I like messing with the artificial gravity system! [Ignore the fact that he's never touched it before.] And well, we could probably get started as long as it's done just after she finishes!

[passingthrough]

[Raising an eyebrow.] You're lucky it's your birthday, Vash. Also, at this point you're just watching me do the work. [Are you just enjoying watching her bend over?]

[unbearablynaive]

[Look, he's just glad he's optimized the kelp tank for zero-G after that long-ago power outage in the nebula. The last thing anyone wants is water everywhere.]

Come on, then. Ice cream awaits.

[goldenglasses]

Yes! Ice cream! Let's go! [Vash will lead the way out of the cargo area. Stopping to scoop up any balls on his way through.]

Feel free to skip me now!

[passingthrough]

[She gives them a little wave and hurries on with the pick up because as he said, ice cream awaits.]