HOMOPHONIC 🌺 SHU LYN O'KEEFE

[piteous]

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[piteous]

[ He would, but he wouldn't like a white affluent woman. He's just.... Overwhelmed?! ]

... That sounds like someone who lives in a life of luxury.

[roseoftexas]

There you go.

[ swing, swing, swing. touch week is so funny because shu's fine with this but also like 'hm. what do I do' ]

Don't most people? That's what makes the upcoming weeks so potentially volatile.

[piteous]

He's old, so I thought maybe he'd find fulfillment by now.

[ Speaking of doing things, he bumps their shoulders and whispers: ]

Want to take picture?

[roseoftexas]

Someone with too much time on their hands, yeah.

[ i think he should put up a live, laugh, love sign in his warehouse. ]

I don't get it, but it seems popular.

[roseoftexas]

Some people go through life without it.

[ like. rich people too. damn. he lets vash bump their shoulders together, and moves with the force of the bump a little lazily. ]

...

I'm not a big fan of photos. Is this place meant to be different, somehow?

[piteous]

Not sure if I would get it if I saw it... But I do like nice things.

[ So maybe Vash will like it. He doesn't know. If they're not doing fairy lights, maybe they can just add a night light deep inside. ]

Are you from a place similar to this, smokey?

[roseoftexas]

I'm not sure I get it, and I could see it if I wanted.

[ no they should do fairy lights. get back here. ]

To IKEA? No. To... Japanifornia? Sort of. I live in a big city.

[piteous]

Wow. That's sad.

[ He says, being an old person himself, but... They can move on to photos. ]

... I think it's supposed to be... Posed? Pictures? Never seen a place like this myself, but I thought it might be fun to record some memories before shit hits the fan.

[piteous]

[ okay vash is going to add the fairy lights anyway ]

... Japanifornia does not sound real, if you ask me. [ Just his opinion, but. ] All of this is pretty new to me.

[roseoftexas]

Yeah. Fulfilment’s kind of a vague term though. What works for one person does’t work for another, so it probably takes some people longer.

[ grandpa vash ]

… [ he looks thoughtful and then pulls a face — a slight one, with a little twist of the mouth. ] Mm. You’re expecting that to go like they said it would too?

[roseoftexas]

[ excellent. ]

It isn’t. Where I’m from, at least. There’s Japan, there’s California. They’re on opposite sides of the world.

[ somewhere out there phoenix wright protests ] You and some others. Wonder how they pulled people from so many different places.

W0 : THURSDAY

[piteous]

[ Maybe they're meeting on the streets! Vash is in his usual attire with his red coat and so many belts, his hair is not geled up. It is down, fluffy.

He gives Shu a wave. ]

Hey!

[piteous]

[ It's fine. Don't worry about it. It isn't about him. ]

I'm hopeful that people want to avoid violence.

[ Hopeful doesn't quite mean he's naive. To kind of take the edge off of things, he puts on a mustache that makes him look like the Lorax. ]

[piteous]

Those names sound right. [ Though Vash isn't entirely familiar. ] ... Maybe we all have something in common?

[ the common factor between all these characters is that clowns play them ]

[roseoftexas]

[ ngl i think his soft fluffy hair and undercut from tristamp is very cute. fwuffy. ]

Hey. Recovered from decorating?

[piteous]

[ That is basically what he looks like, yeah. It is cute and gives him a different vibe, probably.

When they meet, it's hand-holding again. ]

I still feel the cold against my back.

[roseoftexas]

[ if he had glasses like vash's he'd be peered at him over them. but he doesn't, so he just gets a flat look. ]

You can have all the hope you want. But people are gonna want to live again.

[ ergo. not even your false Lorax 'tache can save you from that truth, vash. not even speaking for the trees... ]

[roseoftexas]

[ excuse you i'm a harlequin. a fancy clown. ]

Maybe? There are a few of us from similar sounding places, but there's always something just slightly off. No one's heard of New Sieg, to prove a point.

[roseoftexas]

[ i'm sorry hei i am always pretending his hair is like this. it's very gender of him. ]

Get a new shirt then.

[ if he wanted sympathy there is none here but they can still hold hands. ]

[piteous]

[ That's fine and honestly valid. ]

No shirt can wade off the phantom chill...! To think we would still be cursed by the sensation of air and water in the afterlife.

[piteous]

[ Looks at him... Yeah. ]

Doesn't ring a bell, but what is that?

1/2

[piteous]

Yeah, I know.

[ There are so many here that have something to live for. He knows, so he looks like a sad Lorax. ]

But it doesn't mean we can't keep looking for another way.

[piteous]

It also doesn't mean we can't have some fun times!

[ Vash is weirdly strong for looking like a noodle, so he DRAGS shu to a studio room. ]

[roseoftexas]

The city I live in.

[ or did before, y'know. death. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ fluffs it. ]

Then buy a sweater...? Steal a blanket?