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2nd Confession [Action][Future-dated a little]

[His back feels like shit.

...Maybe an exaggeration, but it still stood—something about the nakedness of his back was driving him insane. And that probably ruined vertebrae? It made him feel awkward and stiff at the shoulders all day prior. Strange how some things are even physically etched into your make-up over time. Forget the mental aspect of it, there's something a little more parasitic about that damn cross.

Behold, Luceti, he's emerging from the Smithy looking a lot more like himself: black suit, sure. Cigarette dangling on his lips, yes. ~~Bitchin'~~ Sunglasses, check. But now he's holding that ginormous cross like a shiny new present all for him. Untouched, it seems. Good. He didn't plan on showing it off any freaking time soon, but... still, he felt like he had to carry it—

Wait, what was he planning on doing with the damn thing? Carry it around the village?

Siiiiigh. Wolfwood, come on, think a little. Just shape up and get used to it...

...

He slings it over his shoulder like usual and automatically regrets this move.]

SON-OF-A-BITCH!!

[O-oh, those wings, those piss-ass wingsssss D'X

...

Yeah, good morning, Luceti.]

[You'll also catching him walking back toward Vash's place with said cross, looking a little less like he's about to kill a small furry creature. Don't mind him too, much... He's just, uh, avoiding forests because holy shit did you hear about the giant wolf?]

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[She catches that shift in him and notes it - but she's not surprised that a man who travels with Vash is dangerous. She's seen Vash shoot. And she's dangerous herself. It actually gives her a feeling of familiar ground.]

They don't. They leave all kinds of dangerous and powerful people in here with us - people who've hurt others, who have the strength to do whatever they want - and they don't do anything about it. [Not to mention that their experiments suck.]

Fortunately, most of the people here really do just want to get along and get out. And when bad things happen, we all join together to face them. It's worked out so far.

[He resists the urge to fish into his pocket and grab a cigarette, instead nodding to her.]

Well, you can add me as one of the people joining in. I don't appreciate extreme bullies, especially if they're messing with so many good people—I don't know how helpful I'd even be, but I'm sure most who are trying their hardest have that very same concern.

[He smiles.]

You one of them?

I like to do what I can to help, yeah. [Up to the point of charging up a mountain to face someone her attacks can't even injure in order to help get back a friend... yeah.]

But like I said - most people here do. The place might be really... hard, but at least the people are really great.

Yeah, I haven't had any problems with anyone!

...Except, well, there's apparently a demon named Yuber and a wolf that might try and bite my head off, but other than those little gems of information, I've had a relatively mild stay thus far!

Moro? [Katara tilts her head and looks at him consideringly.] I don't know, she's not that bad. I mean... she is very dangerous and very... [gigantic] well, she's really big. But she...

[Okay, you know what? Moro's lack of balance when it comes to humans really disturbs Katara and she can't even think of a way to excuse it. So she just trails off into a shrug.] Well, if you think you're in danger from her, it's probably best to steer clear. I've seen her fight and it's not pretty.

As for Yuber... [Her face darkens. She's still never actually met him, but he set fire to her house while she was trapped inside. As an eight year old girl.] he teleports and uses fire and swords and other sorts of magical attacks. He's very strong too. I wouldn't want to go against him by myself.

...Sounds like a lot of people have trouble with this Yuber guy.

[Wonder if shooting him to death would piss Vash off...

Wait, this is Vash, of course it would.]

Are there any other shady people I should keep an ear out for?

...a lot of them got sent home. But with all the New Feathers coming in, who knows?

[A pause. Here, have a pet theory.] Luceti is... well, things are different here. It's obvious that the Malnosso have all the power, and there's no way for anyone to 'take over the world,' and so while that doesn't make the things that people have done any less horrible... it does remove a lot of their reasons. It gives them a chance to start over, if they want to. Now, whether or not they want to do that, or whether they at even deserve it... we're all stuck here together, and people don't stay dead.

So you never know what's going to happen to someone here... even if they were really terrible people in your own world.

If you knew the horrible people from my world... You'd be a little unsure of that last point. Where I'm from, there's nothing to take over, nothing to gain from grabbing land. There's only people who enjoy the destruction of people around them.

[He glances at her, frowning.]

The fact that they won't die might even make them worse.

I think I know a few people like that. [Even if some of them had found purpose in the Fire Nation's army, she's sure Zhao would have been the same, regardless. And it sure hasn't stopped Yuber. A hard light enters her eyes, not unpleasant exactly, but its a gleam that's far from soft and innocent.]

And I didn't say they couldn't die here. Just that they don't stay dead. But even in Luceti, death takes a toll. [That firm, ruthless glint dissipates as she glances down.] It could be a memory, or an ability, or the use of a limb... no one who comes back to life here does it without leaving something behind.

So they take something in exchange for living again... I see.

Do they take something away from those who were dead before they got here, then?

[Just in case, y'know, they do and took a memory or something from him... He doesn't like the idea of changing a man against his will, physically or mentally.]

[Katara thinks of Jet. Sadly, from what she can tell, he doesn't have any such excuse.]

Not that I've ever heard. And I... know people who have come here like that, and they haven't had any complaints.

[Are you one of them, mister?]

[No, no, I can cover this question. :|]

Aaah, that's at least a tiny bit of good news. I wouldn't want anyone to suffer anymore than they had to, in a place like this. But they don't really have anywhere to go besides Luceti now...

[He hardly minds this, all things considered.]

I wonder how returning to our world works. People just... up and vanish? Everything in their room leaves??

[She looks away.]

I don't know anything about that, really. But so far, that's all that we've seen happen.

Mn... right...

[He didn't want to consider that they weren't sent home; that they may have been taken in for God knows what, that they may have been shipped off somewhere they'd rather not be...]

I apologize, I guess this isn't very lively conversation-making on my part...

So, how'd you end up meeting Meryl and the Needl—ah, Vash?

I... actually don't think I've met Meryl yet. [Huh. She should probably fix that.]

And I met Vash... at a meeting Sokka had shortly after I got here. I guess I got to know him better when I painted his room for him. Or... repainted it. [A slight shudder at memory of the utter cacophony of color that had greeted her when she opened the door.

[He notes the shudder. O Lord, Vash, what did you do to that room.]

Don't even tell me—I can only imagine.

[He chuckles a little.]

It's surprising you haven't met Meryl yet, but I guess that just means Vash hasn't caused any trouble around you.

Honestly, I haven't really seen him since after the draft. I really should have gone to see him.

[But so much had happened after that.]

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Mn, I heard about the draft.

He's pretty used to fighting—I imagine he was doing everything he could to make people stop, too... But he's good at rebounding and trying to get back to his initial love and peace mantra.

[He looks over at the forest, in thought.]

He's seems like he's doing good. I'm glad...

Yeah, when they dragged him off to fight with us, he was still in a--

[Cough. Let's not go there.] Well, let's just say that it was pretty clear that he didn't want to go. So, I'm glad he's doing all right.

Still in a?

[A curious glance. Oh well.]

Yeah. This place is a pretty nice one—I'll bet anything he likes this place more than back home, even with everything considered. Hell, I do, too. It's got some downsides, and maybe I'll be a little less happy once the experiments hit, but...

I guess to some, it'll be more like a vacation bein' in Luceti, as weird as that sounds.

[Still in a towel, man. Still in a towel. But Katara isn't going to say that.]

There are some things about this place that are a lot easier... like the grocery store, for one. [But it's not home] So I'm glad you can see it that way. You should enjoy it while you can.

[Poor Vash, did he even get to wash behind the ears? :(]

Aaaa, I'm so damn happy for this grocery store—better than half-starving in a desert, you know? And Cacti is really a pain to work with. And when there weren't cacti...

Tsk, tsk.

[He shakes his head, frowning.]

A sad day for a preacherman's stomach.

You actually ate cactus? How? [That... would have been some useful information, man.]

The one time we were stuck in a desert, my brother cut some cut some cactus fruit opened and drank it, and he started seeing friendly giant mushrooms.

I ate Nopales, specifically! They grow off of some cacti, and cooking them is annoying as hell! Not to mention, all the prickles you had to knife off. It's really annoying. At least I like the taste enough to care.

...

...Drug-cacti?

That, though, is news to me.

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