[ absolutely would teach him. also love that for him? it's fine. jonas's own emotions seem very pleased even if there's a weird, kind of tinge of melancholy if you squint.
vash, don't squint. ]
Wasn't sure if you had rollerblades or anything back where you're from. Or even normal skates? Tell me you have bikes or something at least.
Actually, now that I think about it... I think we had something like skates, but they don't look like this and they're kinda rare.
[ can't believe they both have a backdrop of depression. For Vash's it does seem like it's purposely muffled, strangled.
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does squint, though, but he will wait a moment. ]
Sand planet, so we had motor or steam vehicles for it, but some kids in the big cities did have bikes. [ Nodding. ] Wolfwood owned a motorcycle. Did he tell you?
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[ trimax your skates. let's not acknowledge the depression right now, we are focused on wheels. ]
Everything about where you come from feels like the complete opposite of everything I'm used to. [ there's a slight sense of curiosity in that, but he's not going to ask much. ] I guess you'd almost have to have something with more power in order to move. Sand's a pain.
[ but also. now he just looks amused. ]
He didn't, but that might be the least surprising thing I've heard about him. Fits the whole image and everything.
I'll ask him next time I talk to him. [ which will probably be sooner or later, but he shelves it for now. give him a second to stand and hop on the skateboard, rolling down from the top of the halfpipe to jump off and wander a little closer to where vash is and pick up a set of rollerblades of his own. ]
I can do the best I can. I haven't used skates in a little while, but I still remember most of what I learned. [ there's another blip of excitement though before it fizzles out. ] C'mon, lace up.
[ He unlaces his boots to put on the rollerblades, which take him a moment to balance... Truly 🧍♂️ right now with arms semi out for balance. ]
Ready!
[ Vash also gives off sparks of excitement despite the depression. you don't need to write all the instructions of skating I won't hurt you like that you may generalize how well he is at teaching ]
[ this icon. anyway, thank you, bless you. vash's excitement about the matter helps because it means jonas can focus on teaching! he is...actually pretty decent at it? he's not as smooth on skates as he is on a skateboard, but he stays upright and he's able to watch vash through the basics of skating pretty easily. ]
It's easier once you're actually moving, but start slow anyway.
[ Vash follows! And fortunately he's a very good learner, observing well and mimicking well, even though there are some early stumbles before he gets the hang of it. ]
Life on wheels is a little terrifying!
[ Granted the only emotion was instinctual fear of falling or slipping. ]
[ the good news is he doesn't let vash fall or anything! he is very good at making sure he stays on his feet and they are moving in slow, easy glides for him to get the hang of it. ]
Yeah, see? When you get better at it you can move pretty quick and pull off different tricks and stuff. I find it easier with a skateboard but I spent a lot of time at places like this. It's just a good distraction sometimes.
instead of directly answering, he just picks up speed a little to do a kickflip before letting the board roll him forward again. it's easy enough for him, and he thinks maybe that'll satisfy vash a bit. ]
I don't mind. [ showing a few, because he's not so much into the attention but he does like vash and doesn't mind abiding by requests. especially since it's better than thinking about the question too hard. ]
You don't think we could all use something else to focus on sometimes? [ this is not an answer, but his emotions have leveled out again to being nearly neutral. calm. ]
well. he's not a moron (this week.) he has at least figured out what the effect was even before vash mentioned it, so there's a little squirm of nervousness that immediately flattens out again to disappear, settling into a low-level sort of curiosity. ]
Always is. [ which is an honest enough answer. ] It...might be easier just to say what you picked up if you're looking for an actual answer.
[ jonas is good enough at recognizing emotions and understanding feelings. he's just bad at doing anything with them other than outright ignoring them 90% of the time. ]
You're sad. [ Vash doesn't dance around it, but there's empathy there. Hard not to feel that way when there's gloominess always hanging around him. ] Which is fine. A lot has happened.
[ that's fair. he doesn't expect anything but that from vash, so he doesn't seem too wholly surprised. there doesn't seem to be any sort of emotional feedback from it either, like he's just accepted that this is how things are. ]
A lot has happened. [ an agreement. he's not sure if he would call it sadness either. disappointment, yes. being upset, yes. stress, yes. but it's also...] But there's other stuff that didn't happen here that I've been thinking about lately. Which doesn't matter much since it isn't going to help with the game, so...distractions.
[ He is gentler for those who need it, but damn. Right on Jonas being cool with it. Pensive, calm. ]
It isn't going to help with the game, but you are participating. [ Playing with the skates, he loops and circles around. ] And if you're in better shape, it will help you.
[ Vash forms a finger gun when he returns to Jonas, pointing at him before shooting. ]
Clear heart, clear mind—it lets you hit your target.
[ he watches him go in the circle, letting himself follow just as easily in a lazy circle. ]
Spoken like a true space cowboy. [ bemused, more than anything. but he does see some truth in what vash is saying, so he's thinking on that for a bit. ]
I don't know if I would say I'm in bad shape. A shape, sure, but...good and bad are subjective. [ which is a fancy way of stalling, a little. ] I guess I was just thinking about how familiar skate parks are. Even if I haven't been to one for a while, I spent...a lot of time at them over the last few years.
[ which you would think would register as something like homesickness, but it's not that. it's something a little more quiet. somber, probably. and evening out to empty again. ]
Yeah. There's been a lot that's sort of familiar, but this is more familiar than most things. It's simple. I don't have to guess that it may turn into something else or something like that. [ rolls a little... ]
...is it weird to say I'm not sure what part I'm supposed to miss right now? [ he picks up on the regret, but he's treading carefully to see what vash says and does with that. ]
[ watching him go and mimicking the twirl because he can. ]
I don't know. There are some things that I know won't come back. [ certainty. quiet. brief sorrow. ] But maybe something else will, or I'll figure out what I want to focus on to miss and work for.
[ If they have it, of course. Not that it applies to Vash whose lifespan is much longer than humans', but... Time does help with reorganizing thoughts, priorities, etc. ]
Honestly, I wouldn't be able to give good advice. I'm the guy who didn't return home for ten years while still missing home.
[ he sort of just. looks at vash for a moment like he's trying to decide what to say about time, but he decides after a moment to save everything and instead skates a little figure 8 solely because he doesn't want to keep sitting still.
maybe he's not after advice. but he is curious. ]
...why didn't you go back if you missed it? Something stopped you?
[ there's something that jonas is slowly grasping onto. it's quiet, something that's making him keep his own feelings still so that vash doesn't have to deal with both as he treads carefully with his questions. ]
Their own safety. You didn't feel like you could go back without risking things and possibly putting them in more danger. It's different when you're used to it but other people aren't.
[ he doesn't quite have the same experience, but he can vaguely understand in an offshoot sort of way. ]
But you were finally able to go back, weren't you? After those ten years.
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vash, don't squint. ]
Wasn't sure if you had rollerblades or anything back where you're from. Or even normal skates? Tell me you have bikes or something at least.
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[ can't believe they both have a backdrop of depression. For Vash's it does seem like it's purposely muffled, strangled.
Vash
does squint, though, but he will wait a moment. ]
Sand planet, so we had motor or steam vehicles for it, but some kids in the big cities did have bikes. [ Nodding. ] Wolfwood owned a motorcycle. Did he tell you?
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Everything about where you come from feels like the complete opposite of everything I'm used to. [ there's a slight sense of curiosity in that, but he's not going to ask much. ] I guess you'd almost have to have something with more power in order to move. Sand's a pain.
[ but also. now he just looks amused. ]
He didn't, but that might be the least surprising thing I've heard about him. Fits the whole image and everything.
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Sand is a pain, especially a sea of it. [ He means a literal sea. ] Anyway, you should ask him what he named her.
[ That motorcycle is a her. Anyway, rollerblades. He picks up a pair. ]
You wanna teach me how to use these shoes?
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I can do the best I can. I haven't used skates in a little while, but I still remember most of what I learned. [ there's another blip of excitement though before it fizzles out. ] C'mon, lace up.
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Ready!
[ Vash also gives off sparks of excitement despite the depression. you don't need to write all the instructions of skating I won't hurt you like that you may generalize how well he is at teaching ]
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It's easier once you're actually moving, but start slow anyway.
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Life on wheels is a little terrifying!
[ Granted the only emotion was instinctual fear of falling or slipping. ]
Kinda fun, though.
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Yeah, see? When you get better at it you can move pretty quick and pull off different tricks and stuff. I find it easier with a skateboard but I spent a lot of time at places like this. It's just a good distraction sometimes.
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Wheel tricks sound really cool. You should show me a couple on the skateboard.
[ Sometimes you like showboating, but not for attention as much as it is to entertain others. ]
... Something you trying to keep your mind off of?
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instead of directly answering, he just picks up speed a little to do a kickflip before letting the board roll him forward again. it's easy enough for him, and he thinks maybe that'll satisfy vash a bit. ]
I don't mind. [ showing a few, because he's not so much into the attention but he does like vash and doesn't mind abiding by requests. especially since it's better than thinking about the question too hard. ]
You don't think we could all use something else to focus on sometimes? [ this is not an answer, but his emotions have leveled out again to being nearly neutral. calm. ]
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[ Applause for the trick!!! Genuine concern blankets over the admiration, light and not overbearing. ]
Unfortunately, the weekly effect lets people be nosy against their will.
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well. he's not a moron (this week.) he has at least figured out what the effect was even before vash mentioned it, so there's a little squirm of nervousness that immediately flattens out again to disappear, settling into a low-level sort of curiosity. ]
Always is. [ which is an honest enough answer. ] It...might be easier just to say what you picked up if you're looking for an actual answer.
[ jonas is good enough at recognizing emotions and understanding feelings. he's just bad at doing anything with them other than outright ignoring them 90% of the time. ]
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You're sad. [ Vash doesn't dance around it, but there's empathy there. Hard not to feel that way when there's gloominess always hanging around him. ] Which is fine. A lot has happened.
[ With erasures, executions. ]
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A lot has happened. [ an agreement. he's not sure if he would call it sadness either. disappointment, yes. being upset, yes. stress, yes. but it's also...] But there's other stuff that didn't happen here that I've been thinking about lately. Which doesn't matter much since it isn't going to help with the game, so...distractions.
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It isn't going to help with the game, but you are participating. [ Playing with the skates, he loops and circles around. ] And if you're in better shape, it will help you.
[ Vash forms a finger gun when he returns to Jonas, pointing at him before shooting. ]
Clear heart, clear mind—it lets you hit your target.
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Spoken like a true space cowboy. [ bemused, more than anything. but he does see some truth in what vash is saying, so he's thinking on that for a bit. ]
I don't know if I would say I'm in bad shape. A shape, sure, but...good and bad are subjective. [ which is a fancy way of stalling, a little. ] I guess I was just thinking about how familiar skate parks are. Even if I haven't been to one for a while, I spent...a lot of time at them over the last few years.
[ which you would think would register as something like homesickness, but it's not that. it's something a little more quiet. somber, probably. and evening out to empty again. ]
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It's kinda nice to see something you're familiar with, right? Skate parks are pretty cool. [ ... ] I miss home, too.
[ at the word, there is faint homesickness, mirroring the quiet, but it comes with regret. ]
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...is it weird to say I'm not sure what part I'm supposed to miss right now? [ he picks up on the regret, but he's treading carefully to see what vash says and does with that. ]
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[ Does a little twirl, arms stretching out mostly for balance. ]
Maybe it'll come to you eventually. Maybe it won't.
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I don't know. There are some things that I know won't come back. [ certainty. quiet. brief sorrow. ] But maybe something else will, or I'll figure out what I want to focus on to miss and work for.
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[ If they have it, of course. Not that it applies to Vash whose lifespan is much longer than humans', but... Time does help with reorganizing thoughts, priorities, etc. ]
Honestly, I wouldn't be able to give good advice. I'm the guy who didn't return home for ten years while still missing home.
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maybe he's not after advice. but he is curious. ]
...why didn't you go back if you missed it? Something stopped you?
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I attract a lot of trouble... And I didn't want them to deal with that.
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Their own safety. You didn't feel like you could go back without risking things and possibly putting them in more danger. It's different when you're used to it but other people aren't.
[ he doesn't quite have the same experience, but he can vaguely understand in an offshoot sort of way. ]
But you were finally able to go back, weren't you? After those ten years.
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