No? [ why does he sound like this is a question??? ] Okay, uh. We have two very different options here. We either go down there and fight a lion, or we leave. Leaving's good? Does leaving sound good to you?
[ It's the lilt of bewilderment, the California accent. The ringleader claps and some colosseum bouncers appear. They're large, burly, and Vash is doing some math. ]
If we both use our drift aura, we can get even further away!
[ this is a very funny image thanks. anyway this sucks, actually! jonas is sort of inching around so that vash is not completely blocking him squinting around the coliseum. ]
Yeah, okay, good plan. But uh...how fast can you run even after that?
[ to make this worse i am assigning them as farther from the exit. ]
The museum is like a maze, so if we can somehow get there, they won't find us.
[ Because these bouncers and the ringleader seem very adamant about them two? They just sound like a good pair and also what's this about psych? how interestinggg. ]
Don't just say it like that! [ that actually fills him with more concern?? but okay. OKAY. ] Okay. If we teleport together, we can at least get a good distance away and toward the exit. Then we can make a break for the museum and lose them amongst the exhibits. That's not the worst idea. That might even work?
[ and they should maybe do it soon now that they have someone's attention. ]
We should go.
[ i'm leaving it in your hands if they're successful unless you make it my decision then it's up to the rp gods. ]
[ In attempts to make Jonas not worry about it! Honestly, this is a topsy-turvy plan, but to Vash that sounds fine. His escape plans are always wild. ]
I'll go first. When you see a change in our surroundings, that's your sign to go next.
[ He holds onto Jonas to teleport and... lmfao i rolled 2d20 and got an 11 out of possible 40. IT IS WILD. They barely make it to the exit of the coliseum with their two teleports.
It's a good distance away, but they can see the large bouncers from afar, searching with :) smile. ]
[ yeah that sounds about right actually. all of it.
he doesn't even get to protest how that somehow makes it sound even worse? but he follows vash through the teleport, barely waiting for them to stop before activating his own psych to get them further. they're at the exit and he whips his head around, looking to see where their opponents are.
what if we fight the bouncers and not the lions. that's a possibility. and yet jonas is more focused on the good (?) plan. ]
This is the running part, right? Museum's not that far and they still have to climb. [ climb what?? stairs, probably, to get out. either way he's yanking on vash's arm and pulling them out of the exit to start running. ] Why are they so interested in us anyway? Have you ever even seen a lion before now?
Couldn't tell you even if I wanted to! [ sometimes you are simply here to be chomped. they are running, and jonas glances over his shoulder before looking back at vash. ]
Kinda feels like a rhetorical question. [ but given the fact he's smirking a little, the answer's yes. ]
[ Slowing, he takes out his gun, but it's not to shoot. Instead, he tosses it behind him and it's about to land behind the bouncer... But before it hits the ground, it comes flying back by spatial pull.
It conks the poor worker on the head. Not hard enough to knock them out, but enough to cause them to trip and tumble.
Gun returns, though a bit haphazardly, since Vash almost didn't catch it and it could have smacked him. ITS FINE HE CAUGHT IT ]
Run faster, Jonas!
[ sometimes you're nice but sometimes you're just a goblin cackling over trick shots ]
[ this is actually the funniest shit in the world for him to watch, thank you. mostly because he's keeping his head turned to watch, sees this somehow looney tunes bullshit work, and he's immediately laughing. ]
Okay, you have to teach me how to do that! [ he says this because his own spatial pull is a thing of practice, but running! they are running to the museum! please ignore the way he is slightly wheezing, it's fine. running...will not hurt him...probably.
also never mind how he's basically tripping into the entrance. ]
[ WHEEZING. he's like. kind of huffing and puffing a little more than he'd like which happens when you sprint and you never do usually. but he looks up at vash with kind of the world's most pathetic thumbs up. ]
No, I'm good. Everything's good. [ okay. ] Even if it's only for being annoying, I kind of want to know anyway.
Good thing drift lets you teleport pretty far on a short cooldown.
[ He gives him a couple of pats on the back as they enter. ]
I'll give you tips, then, even though I don't think I'm a good teacher.
[ Right by the entrance, there's display of the moon with a large hole through it. The placard reads "Fifth Moon Incident. Jeneora Rock, No Man's Land" and the sight of it makes Vash freeze up. ]
You can't be any worse than the teachers I've had, Vash. [ he catches his breath enough and stands upright as they walk. he's also about to say something but that is. you know. a very obvious reaction. jonas is looking at the moon display. and then the placard. and then at vash.
and he puts a few things together in his head, but... ]
I feel like...for anybody else there might be more of an explanation behind this, but from what you've told me about where you're from that probably sounds about right. Can you even fix the moon?
Jonas, I'm going to be real with you, I sometimes understand very little of how things work at home.
[ Both me and Vash are both like... Well. Things sure happen as they do. They might as well. ]
Sometimes I'm envious of those who seem to know what's going on in their home worlds. [ ... ] I do not think we have the resources to go to the moon and fix them. Fortunately, we have five, but a big hole in one is kind of ugly, huh.
[ that's such a wholeass mood, and it startles him into laughing, at least. ]
I don't know what's happening half the time either. I thought I did, but then stuff happens and suddenly I don't anymore. At least you're honest? [ but uh. hm. ]
...five moons is a lot, so I guess having one with a hole isn't as bad as it could be.
Usually. There might be an Earth out there that has two that I don't know about, but the Earth I'm from only has the one. Only one sun, too. And it'd be...really bad if a hole was blown in either of those things.
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[ are they going to even get that far. ]
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If we both use our drift aura, we can get even further away!
[ but where the fuck would you guys end up ]
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Yeah, okay, good plan. But uh...how fast can you run even after that?
[ to make this worse i am assigning them as farther from the exit. ]
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[ OKAY
Anyway, Vash has an idea— ]
The museum is like a maze, so if we can somehow get there, they won't find us.
[ Because these bouncers and the ringleader seem very adamant about them two? They just sound like a good pair and also what's this about psych? how interestinggg. ]
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Don't just say it like that! [ that actually fills him with more concern?? but okay. OKAY. ] Okay. If we teleport together, we can at least get a good distance away and toward the exit. Then we can make a break for the museum and lose them amongst the exhibits. That's not the worst idea. That might even work?
[ and they should maybe do it soon now that they have someone's attention. ]
We should go.
[ i'm leaving it in your hands if they're successful unless you make it my decision then it's up to the rp gods. ]
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[ In attempts to make Jonas not worry about it! Honestly, this is a topsy-turvy plan, but to Vash that sounds fine. His escape plans are always wild. ]
I'll go first. When you see a change in our surroundings, that's your sign to go next.
[ He holds onto Jonas to teleport and... lmfao i rolled 2d20 and got an 11 out of possible 40. IT IS WILD. They barely make it to the exit of the coliseum with their two teleports.
It's a good distance away, but they can see the large bouncers from afar, searching with :) smile. ]
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he doesn't even get to protest how that somehow makes it sound even worse? but he follows vash through the teleport, barely waiting for them to stop before activating his own psych to get them further. they're at the exit and he whips his head around, looking to see where their opponents are.
what if we fight the bouncers and not the lions. that's a possibility. and yet jonas is more focused on the good (?) plan. ]
This is the running part, right? Museum's not that far and they still have to climb. [ climb what?? stairs, probably, to get out. either way he's yanking on vash's arm and pulling them out of the exit to start running. ] Why are they so interested in us anyway? Have you ever even seen a lion before now?
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Cats?! Yeah! Lions?! Never! No idea why we looked like lion chow to them!
[ They definitely are running and... When 30 seconds hit, just one bouncer behind them now onto the streets: ]
Wanna see something funny?
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Kinda feels like a rhetorical question. [ but given the fact he's smirking a little, the answer's yes. ]
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It conks the poor worker on the head. Not hard enough to knock them out, but enough to cause them to trip and tumble.
Gun returns, though a bit haphazardly, since Vash almost didn't catch it and it could have smacked him. ITS FINE HE CAUGHT IT ]
Run faster, Jonas!
[ sometimes you're nice but sometimes you're just a goblin cackling over trick shots ]
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Okay, you have to teach me how to do that! [ he says this because his own spatial pull is a thing of practice, but running! they are running to the museum! please ignore the way he is slightly wheezing, it's fine. running...will not hurt him...probably.
also never mind how he's basically tripping into the entrance. ]
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Before Jonas can trip wholesale, Vash grabs him by the collar. ]
Woah there. Too much running? [ Steady. ] I could teach you, sure. It's only good for being annoying, though.
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No, I'm good. Everything's good. [ okay. ] Even if it's only for being annoying, I kind of want to know anyway.
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[ He gives him a couple of pats on the back as they enter. ]
I'll give you tips, then, even though I don't think I'm a good teacher.
[ Right by the entrance, there's display of the moon with a large hole through it. The placard reads "Fifth Moon Incident. Jeneora Rock, No Man's Land" and the sight of it makes Vash freeze up. ]
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and he puts a few things together in his head, but... ]
...what is it?
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[ HAHAheehee. ]
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That is incredibly unsubtle, but for your sake I won't ask if you really don't want to look at it.
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[ Yeah. ]
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How...does something like that just happen?
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[ Actually serious. ]
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[ Both me and Vash are both like... Well. Things sure happen as they do. They might as well. ]
Sometimes I'm envious of those who seem to know what's going on in their home worlds. [ ... ] I do not think we have the resources to go to the moon and fix them. Fortunately, we have five, but a big hole in one is kind of ugly, huh.
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I don't know what's happening half the time either. I thought I did, but then stuff happens and suddenly I don't anymore. At least you're honest? [ but uh. hm. ]
...five moons is a lot, so I guess having one with a hole isn't as bad as it could be.
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[ Glad they can feel the same on this. ]
Earth usually has one, right?
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