sheep_game | Tana-baa-ta

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Tana-baa-ta

WHO: everyone!
WHERE: the pasture
WHEN: day 22, all day

[the morning of day 22 begins with a light drizzle, as has been typical for the past few days. but despite the damp weather, a playlist of music also echoes across the pasture, luring you towards the center!]

[there, you will find that someone has planted a large bamboo tree, which is surrounded by wooden tables that are covered with colorful slips of paper and pens. a colorful sign, decorated with random doodles of stars, clouds, suns, and other fun shapes, contains a set of instructions:]

WELCOME TO TANABATA!

WRITE A WISH ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND TIE IT TO THE BAMBOO TREE.

HAVE FUN!

[the music and the bamboo wishing tree are a great start to the festival, but other people have been hard at work to make this a day to remember, right?]

[it's time to celebrate Tana-baa-ta!]

((FEEL FREE TO MAKE YOUR OWN TOP LEVELS IN THIS POST AS WELL! I made a few to get things going, but you should all run wild and free and thread to your heart's content ♥))

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Maybe! I just wanna ask some questions either way. Blossom made it out like this demon was pretty friendly, but she's wrong a lot, which is why I got no plans to do anything until well after Death's eye is closed.

Got backup?

Yeah. I was gonna bring Bluebell into the loop . . . seems like the demon Fantasia killed was a different one after all, so I still gotta do that properly.

I'm too tired to think about this very hard right now, though.

Long as you're actually thinkin' about it and gettin' it done before doin' it.

[okay, he can be free from collar hold again.]

This place won't slow down.

I know. I kinda wanna go back to sleep.

[god, that's a mood. except he actually didn't sleep much night of day 21.

but whatever.]

Well, ya got first dibs on Charon. Since he pulled this 'cause he's freakin' out about whatever went on with ya.

[get good and rest in piss, Charon]

[ IT WOULD ALSO BE NICE IF YOU HADN'T BEEN SLEEPING ON A FLOOR FOR DAYS, WOLFWOOD!!!

There's a long pause at that last part, he could just let it go, but -- regardless of anything else, he's going to do right by Wolfwood. Period. ]

. . .

Do you wanna know? Or do you not wanna know?

[HE HAD A VERY NICE HANDMADE LUMPY PILLOW, IT WAS FINE. (also Charon leaving sheets and blankets and things because he don't sleep due to shepherd status but y'know)

long pause, just smoking and thinking it over, a little rung out emotionally but also pulling in all those emotions Vash dumped on him.

exhales smoke in a sigh.]

Nah. Between you and him, right? Pretty sure it didn't go very far, anyway, otherwise you'd be freakin' out way more. And even if it did... [mulls over how to put this] ... if ya wanna share, that's one thing, but all I know is he's got more experience with a lotta the stuff that used to freak me out. It's not bad to want that to come easy, y'know?

[ He . . . frowns.

Because Wolfwood isn't wrong, but for it to be framed as some sort of deficiency of Wolfwood's . . . ]

That's not . . .

[clearly sees nothing wrong, so just looking at Vash to see if he's going to finish that thought or not.]

[ Sir.

Reels him in so that they're nose-to-nose, making unbreaking eye contact the entire time. ]

Regardless of what it is -- it's in no way some poor reflection on you, and I won't allow you go on thinking that it is.

[ Don't make him brainblast you again young man ]

[that's so close again...

but calmly,]

Y'know the dogmatic kinda shit Chapel would spout? 'Course ya do, 'cause I used to say it all the time right to ya. And that ain't even the half of it. And him bein' dead don't mean I don't sometimes hear 'im chimin' in, y'know.

Ya got yer demons, I got mine. But I'm working on it, I keep sayin'.

[mindcrushing does not always work on the problems, probably. maybe.]

[ It worked for Atem--

He sighs, but doesn't release his hold. ]

I know all that. And I know you are.

I'm just saying, even if you weren't . . . it wouldn't matter to me.

It matters to me.

[as if he didn't already know Vash would rather not deal with those things, please.]

[ And the fact that it does is more proof that Wolfwood is good.

Not that he says this aloud, knowing exactly how that would go. But he does think it. ]

. . . Alright.

[ Releasing him finally ]

[remaining blissfully ignorant of someone thinking well of him in this exact moment, he doesn't move away very much at all once released.]

... anyway, point is, ya don't gotta tell me.

[ He sighs again, letting their foreheads bump together as Wolfwood had done before. It was . . . nice. ]

If you change your mind, you tell me.

[it is nice. actually what if just naps in quiet zone that's in his room like this? that would be very nice--except no, gotta make sure Charon gets the Find Out part of Fuck Around.]

Yeah, okay. And I won't say no if ya think I should know somethin'.

[ RESURFACE THAT THOUGHT LATER, HE'LL CRY OF HAPPINESS ]

What's important to know for now . . . I don't believe him doing this was a reflection on his opinion of you or your capabilities.

You just got caught in the blast radius of his immaturity. Friendly fire.

Give him shit for that.

[EXTREME LONG TERM GOALS: HAPPINESS NOT MAKING VASH CRY

looking skeptical on that point, but then just huffs because sure was immature. jesus fuck.]

Problem is how I should go about that. I know Lily's tired of my shit when it comes to shootin', and he'd be expecting it anyway. It'd just piss me off if he just gave me that "And so?" kinda look--fuckin' asshole...

... way Perci puts it, we don't even speak the same language, so talkin' ain't gonna cut it, either.

[plus like, he's pretty sure there is a lack in confidence in him on Charon's part but who knows, really]

Fuckin' bastard's a goddamn pain to get at.

[ IT WAS THE BIGGEST BITCH MOVE OF THE MILLENNIA ]

. . . I bet Perci would know how to wreck him.

Probably but Perci's two days out from the shit he went through and just put his feelings for Charon out there for everyone to see.

[but also Wolfwood's natural inclination to do shit on his own vs that's the emotional support co-shepherd. froooowwns.]

That's true . . .

[ Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm ]

I guess you could hit him with something later, when he thinks the threat's passed.

Be super nice in the meantime, it'd freak him out.

Was gonna ask if just actin' normal wouldn't just spook 'im more.

[vashwood sharing the braincell.]

... probably should talk to Perci anyway, though.

[making Perci sad is a No.]

[ There's only the one between them but by god are they good at sharing it ]

. . . About that whole chart thing, or something else?

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