vash

[foxicide]

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[piteous]

[ sometimes counters work in weird ways. ]

If there are people you think of as yours, then that's nice. Loneliness can be a pain, especially when you're old.

[ Calls Rang old. ]

Strange... I thought you needed to want to kill to wake up on Thursday nights. Anyway, Kyoko said they tried to talk, but neither of them would back down?

[foxicide]

[he is old so he'll accept this, even though he still looks irritated. It's worse when you have people and then they leave. You're just 150... You're a baby.]

Basically. I guess they both could have just walked away, but I wouldn't have left it to chance, if I were them.

Then again, I would have woken up wanting to kill, so.

[piteous]

I know you would, Rang.

[ With the roll of his eyes, too. ]

By the way, I can hear your thoughts for some reason. I'm not trying to have an oppression Olympics with you.

[foxicide]

[he clicks his tongue at that]

This feels like a... what do they call it? Unhealthy power dynamic...

[gross................... but also]

I'll just ask you what I want then, since you can hear my thoughts anyway.

[piteous]

Don't think we have power imbalance since I'm nice to you.

[ so! ]

Sure. We can make up for lost time.

[foxicide]

That's exactly why it's imbalanced.

[be mean to him so he can be mean back............. cocks beegun.....]

My first question then. What's your team psych?

[piteous]

Are we suddenly allowed to tell those things?

[ Me like double checking with mods. ]

[foxicide]

[LSFMSD YOU DON'T HAVE TO HEI rang is just asking bc he's like this]

It's not like you're going to erase anymore, unless you are...?

[he's smirking]

[piteous]

I'm a pacifist.

[ Vash will keep saying that like it's true. ]

Well, it's not very erase-y helpful, if that's what you're wondering. Do you guys talk to each other about these over there?

[foxicide]

Mmhmmmm.

[vash could really be a pacifist rang is just being contrary]

We do. If you ask the other dead, then they'll tell you they know everyone's but your team's. [a beat, then] Shenhe told me a bit about it when I asked though.

[SO WHY DID RANG ASK VASH....... he just wanted to see if he'd say :3c]

[piteous]

Sounds like you guys would have it easier to see where team psychs are used in trial, then. Ours wouldn't last long enough from Thursday to Saturday, so I don't think you guys would see it.

[ It is what it is. Vash doesn't seem bothered that Rang tried to trick him. ]

Asking Shenhe isn't enough, huh... Anyway, it's not very useful for erasure. I don't think Wolfwood ever used it for that, either.

[foxicide]

[Rang leans back, though it probably looks like he's clipping into whatever else is around here.]

I didn't think so either.

[that it'd be useful for erasure unlike the OTHER INSANE PSYCHS OUT THERE!!! then after a beat, as his expression grows more neutral rather than annoyed.]

You used it on Matsui, didn't you?

[piteous]

[ Oh, he sees... Vash just looks tired. Everyone in this game is so anti-mild curses because they don't go to therapy. ]

My guess is that you're going to get mad at me if I said I did.

[foxicide]

I don't care who it was.

[he cares but he knows that he wasn't the one affected so he thinks his opinion doesn't matter here,]

The only thing I care about is for that person to apologize to Matsui.

[piteous]

I'm all for apologies, but you know when you demand them there's a chance it only comes because it's being pressured out of someone, not because they're actually sorry. They can be empty, instead.

Is that all right?

[foxicide]

[there is such a long pause as he looks at vash, and then -- his voice tight,]

And if I explained why? Would they listen?

[piteous]

I don't know. I suppose they'd understand, or they would try to. People can still feel bad, but not regret their choice.

[ Vash is being sincere, overall. ]

It's up to you.

[foxicide]

[he just closes his eyes]

If you tell me who cursed Matsui's grief away, and then his bloodlust away, then I'll explain to them why it hurt Matsui so much.

I'm not going to make you the messenger for something they're responsible for. Unless it was you.

[piteous]

... Rang, I know you mean well, but I think that's something for Matsui to explain, not you. You're not him.

[ He's saying this as gently as possible here since Rang seems very invested despite not being the one cursed. ]

I was thinking more why they shouldn't have cursed at that time and the consequences of their actions.

[foxicide]

And I'm trying to explain those consequences, not just for Matsui, but for myself to.

[he sounds angrier the more gentle Vash sounds,]

I was the one accused of not caring about him, just because I thought he should have kept his grief. Even though I was grieving for Buzen too, but I guess that didn't matter to her at the time.

[piteous]

Sorry to hear that, Rang. I don't know who said that to you, but I think it's incredibly obvious that you care. Back then and also now.

[ If that makes Rang angrier, then Vash will visually shrug. Sorry, man. You are an emotional rollercoaster and that's a bomb during emotion share.

Anyway, ]

I can talk to my team and see if I can encourage them to talk to Matsui.

[foxicide]

I said that I didn't want to make you a messenger. I'll talk to them myself.

[and then they all blow up and that doesn't happen]

[piteous]

All right. If you want that responsibility yourself, be my guest.

[ And we exploded. ]

[foxicide]

[THE DEAD DIDN'T EXPLODE

rang just stares at vash like he's concentrating very hard]

[piteous]

[ we as in the living please yaywon

Watches him do that. ]