HOMOPHONIC 🌺 SHU LYN O'KEEFE

[piteous]

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[roseoftexas]

[ yeah, emotionally destroy vash more and let flurry pop off. ]

... Why?

[ like. what reason would they have to, sir vash? ]

[piteous]

There's no point to senseless suffering?

[ Emphatic and firm on this... ]

[roseoftexas]

They made this game in the first place. They don't won't to, or can't. Otherwise they would've.

[ seems logical, right? ]

[piteous]

[ It is logical, but still. Vash obviously doesn't like it. ]

A game needs players who do want to play... But what happens to the game when they don't play along?

[ IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL, DON'T GO OFF SAYING PEOPLE WILL PLAY, SHU!! He knows some people will play. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ … ]

Are you looking for an actual answer, or do you just want to talk it out and not face any opposition?

[piteous]

[ He smiles at him. ]

You're going to give me a realist answer, aren't you.

[roseoftexas]

Yuuup.

[piteous]

You can say it.

[roseoftexas]

You get forced into it by the people in charge, who twist your arm up behind your back.

[piteous]

That barely makes this a game and more like a dollhouse.

[roseoftexas]

We are kinda being forced to do what they want. Within reason.

[piteous]

I guess that's true.

[ Summertime sadness. ]

You getting along with your team at least?

[roseoftexas]

[ great now that's stuck in my head ]

As well as I can a group of strangers, sure. You're with [ your husband ] someone you know, right?

[piteous]

They seem nice. [ In Vash's opinion. ] Yeah, Wolfwood. We go back.

[ thinks about it. ]

You two have talked right? The similarities here are uncanny.

[roseoftexas]

I think I got fairly lucky. [ until, y'know. one of them died. ]

Yeah, couple of times. He's pretty easy to talk to. [ because they're so SIMILAR. ]

[piteous]

... Are you two going to join forces?

[ Help— ]

Is there anyone from your world I could ally with?!

[roseoftexas]

[ blinks. ]

Where did that come from?

[ uh. ]

You planning on invading my home or something?

[piteous]

I feel there are too many smoking realists here.

[ Not as in hot, attractive, but actual smoking. ]

Just a segue to ask about anything you're buddy buddy with at home? Wolfwood and I kinda travel together.

[roseoftexas]

[ i think they can be smoking (hot) and smoking (literal) ]

I have some people I live with that'd probably fit the bill. [ also: ] "Kinda" travel together?

[piteous]

[ no ]

Okay, we do travel together. [ Sometimes you are two bros. ] Roooommates?

[roseoftexas]

[ sometimes you are married and travel your hell earth on a motorbike together. lovely. ]

Roommates. There’s… five of us?

[ don’t make it weird, vash. ]

[piteous]

Woah, five is a lot.

[ HELLO? ]

[roseoftexas]

It’s a big house.

No, wait. There’s five of us minus me. Six overall.

[piteous]

Five's still a lot of people to get along with! At least I'd hope you get along with yourself.

[ No sad thought for Shu or else. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ haha! anyway. ]

No. It’s a very big house. It’s pretty comfy, actually. And there’s still a bunch of spare rooms we don’t use. I think Scarecrow just bought it because he felt he needed to do the rich young hacker thing — pool, big house, a bunch of cars he doesn’t drive but doesn’t mind if we do… y’know.

[ RICH SELF MADE BOY THINGS. ]