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[Vash groans. Realizing the mistake he's likely walked into. Although was there any point in lying? Knives could probably request that information on him if he really wanted to.] You're my fourth one. The other three have all vanished so you don't need to bother hunting them down.
[Vash was starting to think he wa cursed. Everytime his contract ran out the Dominant would vanish.]
[Vash was starting to think he wa cursed. Everytime his contract ran out the Dominant would vanish.]
Yeah. Him too. So you don't need to worry about him anymore. [More like Vash doesn't.]
Why? Are you nervous? [Although knowing Vash's luck Knives will be the one dominant who won't vanish.]
Yeah. That sounds about right. Hope you grow to like the city then.
Just... maybe focus on the positives like that. It might help.
I shouldn't be too long to pack up my stuff and move in. I don't own much as I should be alright getting it on my own.
I shouldn't be too long to pack up my stuff and move in. I don't own much as I should be alright getting it on my own.
Yeah. I'll be there soon. [Vash waves and heads off.]
[Shortly after supper time one night, while Vash is imprisoned for breaking one of Duplicity's laws one too many times, Knives will feel a familiar push. His twin seeking to talk to him from behind bars over their shared connection. Vash wouldn't easily admit it but he was feeling lonely in his cell and was missing his brother.]
Hey Knives. [He speaks casually. As if he was simply out for a walk and not locked away.] Did you have a good dinner?
Hey Knives. [He speaks casually. As if he was simply out for a walk and not locked away.] Did you have a good dinner?
What? Bored? Me? Never! Can't a guy just want to say hello to his brother? [His voice is light and jovial. He doesn't really expect his brother to believe that.]
No. No one has hurt me. [Which was true although some had tried. Seeing the tall smiling man as an easy target at first, but Vash had out maneuvered them at every turn. Then when the first group shower had happened and they saw all of scars that happy go lucky man had most decided that Vash had to be some sort of deranged lunatic and backed off.]
I'm making sure not to give them a reason to.
And you're doing okay? You know... with everything? [How do you ask someone if they've lost their temper without asking exactly that?]
I'm making sure not to give them a reason to.
And you're doing okay? You know... with everything? [How do you ask someone if they've lost their temper without asking exactly that?]
I suppose I could go on about how this city makes me feel sick to my stomach every second, but you didn't reach out to me because you missed me lecturing you about degeneracy.
[He's trying Vash. He's trying.]
Otherwise, I am worried about you. And your stupid habit of putting yourself in harm's way. [Trying doesn't mean stop insulting Vash, apparently.]
[He's trying Vash. He's trying.]
Otherwise, I am worried about you. And your stupid habit of putting yourself in harm's way. [Trying doesn't mean stop insulting Vash, apparently.]
[Vash appreciates the trying and if there weren't insults involved he'd question if he reached the right brother.]
If it makes you feel better? I'm probably safer in here then the trouble I could be getting into out there.
[A pause.] I'm sorry I make you worry so much. And... well, I can't imagine how hard it must be for you. Not having any of our sisters here. [Vash had felt so alone when he first woke up here. He can't begin to understand how much worse it must be for someone who had bonded so closely with them.] I'll be out of here and home sooner than you realize.
If it makes you feel better? I'm probably safer in here then the trouble I could be getting into out there.
[A pause.] I'm sorry I make you worry so much. And... well, I can't imagine how hard it must be for you. Not having any of our sisters here. [Vash had felt so alone when he first woke up here. He can't begin to understand how much worse it must be for someone who had bonded so closely with them.] I'll be out of here and home sooner than you realize.
[Now that she's had a few days of her mind being clear and unaltered for the first time in over a month she is back to her regularly scheduled existential crisis and contemplating a trip to Insincerity to have her memory repaired... and there is a certain broom head that she has gotten too used to using as a sounding board for potentially bad ideas whose advice she probably won't take anyway... and said broom head has been MIA for much longer than she cares to think about. She doesn't think he's gone, not yet anyway, though that first twinge of fear is there. No, she is fairly certain his ass is just stuck in jail, but when she's tried to find out on her own she's been told that such information is only available to the submissive's Dominant. Because of course it is.]
[So eventually, after much debating, and then after double and triple checking to ensure she is anonymous she takes a chance and sends a message to Knives.]
Your brother has asked me to avoid you, however, I do not know where he is and I am concerned about him. I know you are contracted and will be notified if it is anything to do with the city. Do you know where he is and if he is alright?
[So long as Knives doesn't know which friend she is, that should make this ok... right?]
[So eventually, after much debating, and then after double and triple checking to ensure she is anonymous she takes a chance and sends a message to Knives.]
Your brother has asked me to avoid you, however, I do not know where he is and I am concerned about him. I know you are contracted and will be notified if it is anything to do with the city. Do you know where he is and if he is alright?
[So long as Knives doesn't know which friend she is, that should make this ok... right?]
[Can you tell Legato that?] I don't suffer that much and at least I get the choice. You just get the fall out.
[Knives can't see it, but Vash pouts as Knives laughs.] Well, you haven't since you arrived in this city.
[Which has Vash thinking about the other thing that he's had lots of time to think about while in prison.] You really have changed. And... well... how do think you'd feel about meeting some of my friends one day.
[Which has Vash thinking about the other thing that he's had lots of time to think about while in prison.] You really have changed. And... well... how do think you'd feel about meeting some of my friends one day.
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