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[noarchitact]

WHO: BlueBell, Zenith, & maybe YOU
WHERE: BlueBell Barn
WHEN: Day 13, Skipping ahead a little to NIGHT
WARNINGS: Shenanigans, with a high probability of somebody may be getting mauled

Comments

[featherduster]

You're off the hook. I don't think any of 'em would give you a hard time.

. . .

We owe Lily a favor after this anyway.

[ohlord]

Ya can do us a favor and do some herd mentality things to get yourselves beds.

[featherduster]

Ah . . .

[ Looks around Bluebell (which currently has a broken wall, broken front door, vines overgrown all over, and covered in blood and feathers)

On top of just how it Normally Is

damn bitch you live like this?.jpg ]

Yeah . . . I guess I'd better take some initiative on that . . .

[ohlord]

Herd. Mentality. It's not just a you thing.

[how is Lily better at this than you guys when we're all skittish and suspicious motherfuckers, honestly.]

[featherduster]

[ THEY ALL HAVE UNDIAGNOSED ADHD WOLFWOOD ]

That's what I meant.

[ohlord]

[DO WE NEED TO BODYDOUBLE WITH YOU GUYS OR SOMETHING???]

... just start small with... cleanin' up. Plantin' more in the garden. Things like that.

[featherduster]

Yeah. We'll have plenty to do just with cleaning up . . .

[ohlord]

... maybe just make a list and let the others do stuff.

[that's teamwork stuff. and also, idiot, rest.]

[featherduster]

What, like make a chore list and then sit around doing nothing while they slave away?

Not a chance!

[ He'll rest when he's dead, whenever that is ]

[ohlord]

[APPLYING HAND IN A SMACK TO VASH FOREHEAD. it's not hard, but it's definitely a SHUDDUP, IDIOT move.]

It's not sittin' around doin' nothin'! It's called delegatin'! And ya should be doin' that more often, anyway! Do ya want them to feel like they're useless after ya spent all night keepin' one of 'em from killin' the rest?

[featherduster]

[ He whines anyway, rubbing at his head ]

That's-- . . .



[ Exactly what Marlon said, isn't it.

Fuck . . . ]

[ohlord]

... the fact that you're not arguin' says ya know better.

Listen. Old habits die hard. Don't I know it. But y'ain't helpin' anyone if you're not gonna give 'em a chance to help themselves. Or you. Plus, they're all pretty young. You know young people want to prove themselves more than anyone.

If I hadn't told 'em Lily already worked on arrangements for them, I'm pretty sure Crescendo and Rubato woulda been more stubborn. They didn't like leavin' it all on you, y'know. So they're gonna worry about ya, and the best way to reassure 'em is to let them do somethin' that makes things a bit easier for ya.

[featherduster]

[ please don't make him cry again he's so tired rn ]

Alright, alright, alright!!!

Sheesh . . . I'll try.

[ohlord]

[strike while the iron's hot!

but nah, shoulder pat time!]

Good! Just write down a list of what ya would do and then ask who wants to do what. That generally gets the most engagement.

[or that's how he would do chore assignments in the orphanage, but y'know.]

[featherduster]

I can't believe I'm getting lectured on teamwork.

From you.

[ohlord]

[... ow?

well, that has him pulling back his hand--though he's waving it in a dismissive fashion]

Before I was a solo assassin, I did haveta wrangle a dozen kids or so. I might be rusty with it, but it's not like I completely forgot.

[featherduster]

[ "When will Vash get over me trying to do everything myself and dying for it" never, good fucking luck ]

That's fair, I guess . . .

Little ones are easier than teenagers, though. The little ones just wanna beat you up, but the teenagers wanna hurt you in your soul.

[ohlord]

[it's okay, he knows he ain't worth shit.]

... you say that but little kids can be cold, man. Little sociopaths haven't developed the empathy brains yet. [said in a vaguely fond manner but,] Teenagers usually have a goal behind their attacks. And generally, it's to establish superiority and independence. So definitely way more manageable.

[featherduster]

Well. You'd be more of an expert than me, anyway.

[ohlord]

Never too old to pick up a new expertise. And this place's got a lotta kids around that age.

[featherduster]

[ Don't call him old . . . ]

Yeah, it's pretty messed up.

[ohlord]

[it's an expression!]

Yeah.

... could be worse.

[featherduster]

Do I wanna know what worse scenarios you've been imagining?

[ohlord]

... I mean. This could just be another No Man's Land and not a pasture.

[see? simple.]

[featherduster]

That's less bad than I was expecting . . .


You're right though. I'm glad you got to see it. A world with color like this.