PSL for arkfall

[goldenglasses]

[Vash was getting use to his life in the city. Some of it has been pretty bad, but for the most part he really can't complain. He always had enough to eat. He had stopped pouring sand out of his clothing. Could have all the water and shower for however long he wanted. No one had tried to shoot him in months. The people here even didn't care about his scars. In fact some people really liked them!

He was currently without a dominate, but he didn't mind. A small grace period to find another one and he wasn't in a rush. Which is why he was taking a moment to enjoy a bit of people watching in the Down. Munching on a donut and enjoying the day.

The only problem was in times like these his mind tends to wander to thoughts of home. Worry starts to settle in. Hoping that his friends were alright without him. Things certainly looking good when he left. Of course, there wasn't much he could do for them here so he tries not to think too much about it.

Besides, this donut was really tasty. Right now he just wanted to sit and enjoy them. Nothing bad could happen on this day, right?]

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[arkfall]

[Knives is actually a little surprised that Vash agrees to the idea at all.

The last time he had made a plan for him and his brother to escape together, he had done so by attempting to kill every human on board the sleeping ships.

Now, he's made a promise not to kill anyone. Which is a shame. Because blowing up the whole city and killing everyone inside of it would be an easy way to accomplish both goals.]

Do you think they put a tracker inside of out bodies? Perhaps when they brought us through to this world?

[goldenglasses]

[It's remarkable how much more agreeable Vash is when mass murder isn't involved.]

Some have found trackers inside of their bodies. I didn't have one and it turned out that the LIES team didn't put them in. Someone else did. So there could still be a different sort of tracker in us, but I'm not sure.

[arkfall]

If I was at full power I could probably look for it.

[It's hard to keep things in place when your body morphs to your will. As it is, he feels stuck in this miserable shape.]

[goldenglasses]

I'm not giving you any of mine to look.

[It sounded more like a comment on his current state then Knives asking for help in that way. Regardless Vash wanted to put a stop to that line of thinking straight away just in case. Seeing how badly opening up to his brother had gone for him today. He wouldn't be stuck laying on this bed right now if he hadn't done that.

Although Knives usually didn't ask. He just took what he wanted and Vash isn't sure he could stop his brother if it's what Knives really wanted right now.] So don't get yourself killed trying.

[arkfall]

I wasn't - [But, no, he's not going to respond aggressively to Vash. He knows his brother is in pain and that he is the reason for that pain.

He's the reason for so much of Vash's pain.]

You need everything you have left. You should never give me your power again.

[goldenglasses]

Then don't give me a reason where I'll need to. [Vash let's himself relax again. It's a bit wearily still as it was hard to forget over a century of pain. Still, he tries to believe Knives wasn't about to try something.] I don't want you to die. [Not when there was something he could do about it.]

[arkfall]

That, I still don't understand.

[goldenglasses]

You don't? You really don't see why I wouldn't want to lose the brother and best friend that I once had forever? [They were already making progress towards that and it hadn't been that long ago that Knives arrived in this city.]

[arkfall]

'Once had forever.' You moron, that doesn't make sense.

[goldenglasses]

You know what I mean you jerk. If you die then we never would have the chance we have right now to fix things between us.

[arkfall]

If I were still dead, you wouldn't have wounds to heal right now.

[goldenglasses]

If I had been smarter I wouldn't have argued with you on the street and you wouldn't have had to wound me.

[arkfall]

And now I'm at the point where I can be angry with this culture for telling you what to do.

[goldenglasses]

Ughh! [Vash let's out a frustrated grumble and slams his head into the bed. Too tired and sore to continue this argument. That Knives is right about.] Are you ever not angry anymore?

[arkfall]

Sometimes I don't feel anything at all.

[Knives says, knowing full well that's not better. Apathy is pretty dangerous.]

And I'm not angry at you anymore. [At least not right now.]

[goldenglasses]

Yeah, well, you could give being happy a try and give me a couple hours to nap and then I'm sure I'll find some way to make you angry or at least annoyed again.

[arkfall]

[Knives just stares at Vash for a moment at the suggestion that he 'give being happy a try.'

He isn't even sure he knows how to be happy. He's experienced surface level manic glee before, usually while hurting someone, but 'happy' feels like a far off concept.

Maybe he was happy once when he was a boy, but all of that had been based on lies.

He shifts uncomfortably and moves to get up.]

If you need a nap, I'll leave you to sleep.

[goldenglasses]

I probably should, huh? [He felt oddly safe with his brother around for the first time in... in he was having trouble remembering. Vash actually felt like he could fall asleep even with Knives still around.

Except there was one big important thing that was bothering him.] There must be something you can think of that makes you smile. Or something you enjoy doing. Isn't there? [If Knives really can't think of anything to answer him with Vash is going to feel horribly sad for his twin.]

[arkfall]

[Knives seems to really consider that question. He looks down at Vash for a long, drawn out moment.]

I'm not sure. The things that made me 'smile' were never because I was happy. It was about fulfilling my purpose, accomplishing what I set out to do.

And now all of that is tainted.

As it stands, I think the only thing that would make me content is knowing you were safe.

[goldenglasses]

Well, I'm safe right now. [It should be alright to admit he feels safe at the moment.] But we'll find something that makes you smile. WE should try gardening. [You know... in like a couple hours. Once Vash gets sick of being stuck in bed even if he should be laying down and resting.]

[arkfall]

Gardening might be nice.

[At least it will be something to do.]

For now, you nap. I'll be in the living room. If you need anything call for me instead of getting up.

[goldenglasses]

Fiiiiiine. [He'll agree to that... for now. Shifting slightly so he can find a comfortable position to sleep.

After a nap though he'll start to grow restless. Laying in bed still for hours is hard. Surely Knives will understand if Vash gets out of bed to go look out a window for a bit, right?

Especially if Knives doesn't know he's out of bed. What Knives doesn't know won't hurt him!]

[arkfall]

[Once Vash is asleep, Knives ends up taking a shower and then dozing off in the living room. He doesn't know that Vash is being rebellious and hanging out next to the window.

Honestly, at least it's better than him trying to brush his teeth.]

[goldenglasses]

[With how quiet the apartment is Vash restlessness only grows. The walls weren't as thin here as they were in the Down apartment. Most would have likely found this to be a good thing but not Vash. It was too quiet. He misses the sounds of life being lived.

He needed something to distract him from how quiet it was. Walking slowly on his tiptoes he opens the bedroom door. Seeing his brother dozing on the couch Vash doesn't see a need to wake him up. He just wants to get the book he has hidden between his mattress in his bedroom. How hard could that be? No need to wake his brother up for that!

Off he goes on his secret mission to retrieve the embarrassing romance novel that he's been reading.]

[arkfall]

[Knives doesn't stir until Vash is at his own bedroom door. When he does and realizes Vash it out of bed and groans.]

Seriously?

[He doesn't even sound that annoyed, just exasperated.

But he had told Vash he didn't want to go into Vash's room so it's not like he's going to go in after him.]