10th Confession [Voice/Action][Afternoon of Dec. 4th]

[notabluesbro]

[Heeey, Luceti. So Vash decided to try being like his brother today by deciding he wanted to kill the humans— just a few hours ago, in fact, in which Wolfwood nearly choked to death on his coffee and went out to find the idiot. What ended up happening was a wonderful little conversation fight that ended with gunfire, a tree toppling over, and a flash of light within the forest bright enough to alert anyone near that lake or forested area. Regardless, Wolfwood's counting his blessings: he's not dead, Vash isn't dead, and most importantly, there's still a completely unharmed, whole village.

but oh god Moro is going to bite his face off

Folks, he's damn happy to know that, despite a little environmental damage (I am so sorry, tree), everyone's safe. But there is the problem of Vash being an ass to the people he cares about. And the fact that he threatened to kill them. And the fact that he flapped his gums and told a lot of people a lot of things he'd never want them to know. So there's a voice coming over the journal, a little winded:]

[VOICE//Filtered from Vash, in case he tries to look back on this >.>;;]

All right, Luceti. If you spoke to that guy Vash lately—y'know, tall, blond hair, giant red trench-coat—I just want you to know he was affected by this damn experiment, and that none of the crap he said was him. I think a good amount of you figured as much, but for the people who don't: he was changed. And if I know that needle noggin'd moron, he's going to change back pretty soon, and then beat the shit out of himself internally for saying the things he said.

[He huffs, a short, winded huff. Smoking a cigarette, because honestly, this was a wonderful time to be smoking.]

... Seems like a lot of the people get screwed over by these Malnosso jerks. But the best we can do is try and not give them the satisfaction of disrupting our day-to-day life mentally... Ha, easier said than done, right? But it looks like a lot of people are slowly getting back to normal.

That's good.

[a pause, and then casually spoken:]

With all that outta' the way, it's all dealt with, so don't worry about any of the threats he made. He's not about to follow through on any of those any time soon.

[Another huff, as he inwardly winces.]

By the way, if there's any good healers out there, give me a ring, huh?

[Geez, Luceti is feelin' the hurt today. :(]

[ACTION]

[For anyone who was keeping an eye out for Vash or going off to see if he was up to something, you can find him. Er, sort of. Wolfwood'll be walking down the trail of the western lake, taking the less people-infected routes—unconscious Vash on one shoulder, tied up by the cloth that should be around the cross-gun he's holding in the other hand. He's ruffled, bloody, and looks like he's wanting to light something on fire. But don't worry, he's cool.

He's on his way back to the apartments, so this poor priest can do a little whiskey-drinking before he digs that bullet out of his right shoulder. >:( ]

Comments

[Voice//Action]

[tinyjasmine]

[... The first mention of a red coat from the book makes Kaori think of Santa Claus, but she's pretty sure that that's not who Wolfwood's talking about. And of course she noticed the energy spike earlier, so she's heading that way anyway. The guy Wolfwood was describing sounded a lot like the one who has really been confusing her for the past week, and the energy given off seems similar to what her own kind give off when they like to make things go boom.

So have a too damn curious child crossing your path, Wolfwood, she'll be making her way over once she spots that red coat.]

[Action]

[notabluesbro]

[Well, he did expect to bump into at least a few people, but a little girl wasn't on his list of people—he shifts to look curiously at her, grunting under the ache. She seems to be focused on him and what he's carrying, so a quiet, sympathetic:]

Hey, you shouldn't be running around the forest outskirts like that by yourself, hmm?

[The smell of blood is pretty strong, if not visually present on the white of his shirt. But he's not feeling too bad, actually. Exhausted, but not too bad.]

[Action]

[tinyjasmine]

Everyone else does. [She sees nothing wrong with this, nope! Instead her focus turns to the bloodstains on his shirt. Geez was this guy trying to turn himself into some red blob monster? So much pretty!]

Are you hurt...? [Trotting closer now.]

[Action]

[eternallysinned.livejournal.com]

That's good to know. So how bad are your injuries?

Re: [Action]

[notabluesbro]

[where'd you come from

He pauses in his step, turning toward the voice and—oh, looks like you're still afflicted with some wonderful Luceti Thought Bubbles (TM). He nods, though he makes no move.]

Nah, my injuries aren't what you'd have to work on—but this idiot here has an arm wound that needs fixing up.

[He turns, showing the slung figure on his shoulder: arms facing upward, one limb quickly but expertly wrapped about a gunwound.]

[Voice]

[oracleofdeath.livejournal.com]

You have need of a healer?

Re: [Voice//filtered]

[notabluesbro]

That's right, miss. Don't suppose you have any experience with bullet wounds?

[There's a sliver of exasperated humor in that voice, despite himself.

...It's been a loooong day.]

[Filtered]

[mikangirl.livejournal.com]

[...hm. Well, she sees you have a healer already. Iris is good like that. :|a But still.]

If you need any more medical help, Chopper can probably give you a hand. He's our doctor. [She's not sure if you've met.] Or I can, in a pinch.

Re: [Filtered]

[notabluesbro]

[Oh, Nami, you're so always so helpful ~A~]

...Chopper have any blood packs?

[Voice]

[derek-bliss.livejournal.com]

...He gonna be all right?

[Voice//Filtered]

[notabluesbro]

[His voice is calm, without a trace of uncertainty.]

Physically, just fine. But he'll probably be kicking himself in the ass for these past few weeks.

[Voice | Filtered]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

I knew that couldn't have been... How is he? What happened?

Re: [Voice | Filtered]

[notabluesbro]

Oh, nothing much. I just had to set him straight with a little friend-to-friend beating. [he sighs a little] But he's fine, don't worry.

[Voice | Filtered]

[sonatasedge]

... He's the one who was talking about killing everyone? [He's never actually seen Vash, just talked to him.]

Re: [Voice | Filtered]

[notabluesbro]

That's right. A few weeks back, the Malnosso hit him with this little experiment and turned him into a completely different person. He'll be back to his normal self in a while, I think.

[ voice ]

[notatearbender.livejournal.com]

...[She's not quite sure why she feels so compelled to say this, but...] Nick?

Re: [ voice ]

[notabluesbro]

[... You're familiar. But 'Nick' is pretty knew. O Lord, please don't be like Legato with that alternate universe thing. Are you—]

Katara...?

Right?

[Don't mind the bloodstains in the picture, he's just had a magical adventure into 'holy shit my friend is scary' land.]

[odastillhatesme.livejournal.com]

Since you've got the healing under control, maybe later I can provide the booze.

1/3

[notabluesbro]

Sounds like a

2/3

[notabluesbro]

[you have two eyes that's something new—]

[notabluesbro]

plan.

I'm in desperate need of it, all things considered.

[EVEN IF I HAVE TO BRING A BLOOD-PACK INTO THE BAR, SO HELP ME GOD]

[love-me-venus.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you and your friend are doing a lot better now.

At least... your friends are all still here. All of mine... disappeared... N-not that that's the same thing...

Were his threats really all that bad?

[Filtered]

[notabluesbro]

...Friends left, huh? ....Sorry to hear that.

[A thoughtful pause.]

I wouldn't worry too much about threats—they were bad, but nothing the real guy'd do. And he's been stopped from doing anything, at any rate.

[ voice ] I- I am not late ;A;

[hana-king.livejournal.com]

I kinda figured it was the experiment. What isn't the experiment right now?

[ Alas, life, she is unfair, giant cross guy. He'd recommend a good doctor, but it looks like Nami and Chopper already have the Best Healers Ever going for them :|b ]

[ voice/filtered ] SO LATE! A WHOLE DAY LATE!!!

[notabluesbro]

Good point.

You were hit by it, too, then?

[He won't say much about Vash, because you understand how it goes. They'll have plenty to deal with when spikey wakes up, at any rate.]