[ VASH ALSO LEFT THE PARTY EARLY. It seems that he's at what's left of the park memorial, standing before a new cross with a drawing of a rose. and thank you pixi ]
[Truly they are just the same person. But yes they are!!]
What we talked about--for you to take home. [It's a copy of the notes Kaveh showed him when they talked!! About the KnivesBox 3000 but also his suggestions for possible architectural/structural improvements in NML, along with a few spitball ideas for devices that might help with general QOL, mostly just based off of things they have in Teyvat. I didn't think that hard about the specifics of these I won't lie but they're there.] Erm--you are going home, right?
[He's been assuming they would this whole time because they don't seem the types to not go home, but he stayed long enough to hear people talk about it so he has to make sure.]
[ Because Wolfwood and Livio will return there. They're both his anchors, or tethers, one his guide. Otherwise... Perhaps he would have gone somewhere else to be someone else. Vash never felt he quite belonged anywhere, despite loving so many and the hell he calls home. Home is still home.
But cool. He looks over the schematics and notes with some scrutiny, but glazing over parts he obviously does not understand too well. Those will be for scientists and engineers to figure out. ]
It's still your home. [Yeah, he gets it. Kaveh has a hard time imagining going anywhere else either, though, granted, his own life has been so much calmer.] ...But I do wish it was possible to maintain contact. I'll miss you.
[And, y'know, he'd try and rescue their wholeass world if he could, even though he knows that's way beyond his capabilities. Earth-shattering heroism was never really his role--Kaveh is far more suited to single gestures for individuals, despite his personality.
But, mm.]
...I'm happy that we made it. But... it feels too much like celebrating Ruby's death.
I'd like that, too! Especially when it's kind of hard to catch me back at home. I don't stick around anywhere for too long.
[ Sometimes you're just a drifter by nature, unfortunately out of habit. At least it just sounds like Vash has fun traveling around. ]
... Yeah, I guess you can say that. I know people are celebrating because it's finally the end, but... I didn't feel like I got the proper amount of time to mourn her passing.
[Kaveh would love to say something like "maybe you will go home and everything will be solved and then you guys can reinvent interstellar travel and you can come to Teyvat!!!" but unfortunately he is not that much of an optimist. The idea of world-hopping isn't that strange to him, but it's so far removed from what he himself can do--and he's a little afraid to get his hopes up anyway. Just because he's passing on a bunch of notes doesn't mean they'll actually come in handy.]
Me neither. [...] I wonder if her afterlife is peaceful.
[ Vash can be quite realistic and used to farewells, so he isn't thinking too far ahead like that. If it happens, then it happens. He knows that earth has space dimension warp, but tracking the right planet, dimension, and galaxy may be difficult.
Overall, he's fine with how things are. ]
... I'm sure it's better than suffering from the weight of all she tried to shoulder on her own.
[It is, at least, a better farewell than the permadeath Kaveh spent several weeks resigning himself to. Maybe tomorrow he'll be more willing to think about it; right now, his thoughts are still mostly with Ruby.]
...I hope so.
[He'd truly believed they could save her. It breaks his heart that they couldn't.]
[ Zia did this. Powerful. Vash takes another moment of silence for her. She, however, can't take all of their moments. Eventually, they have to move on. Go forward. ]
[Zia really said IF YOU WON'T GIVE ME DEATH I WILL TAKE IT WITH MY OWN HANDS and I respect her for it.]
Mm. ...We're getting them all back. [That, at least, was their only goal until a few days(ish) ago--Kaveh can put a little bit of his misery aside to be relieved about that.] With points to spare, as well. It'll get a few people out of bad situations.
[He's mainly thinking of Nahri; Shenhe is so happy about it, and Kaveh has no reason not to be happy for them too.]
[ As a survivalist, a part of Vash will always think about the worst scenario... sometimes, you have to survive, but he's optimistic. Always will be, so he smiles despite them being at a makeshift grave.
He also thinks about Nahri, but he knows there must be others. ]
People are being offered opportunities they didn't have at home. [ And genuinely Vash is happy for that. ] What are you returning to, Kaveh? A project, right?
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Hm?
[ aRE THESE SCHEMATICS ]
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What we talked about--for you to take home. [It's a copy of the notes Kaveh showed him when they talked!! About the KnivesBox 3000 but also his suggestions for possible architectural/structural improvements in NML, along with a few spitball ideas for devices that might help with general QOL, mostly just based off of things they have in Teyvat. I didn't think that hard about the specifics of these I won't lie but they're there.] Erm--you are going home, right?
[He's been assuming they would this whole time because they don't seem the types to not go home, but he stayed long enough to hear people talk about it so he has to make sure.]
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[ Because Wolfwood and Livio will return there. They're both his anchors, or tethers, one his guide. Otherwise... Perhaps he would have gone somewhere else to be someone else. Vash never felt he quite belonged anywhere, despite loving so many and the hell he calls home. Home is still home.
But cool. He looks over the schematics and notes with some scrutiny, but glazing over parts he obviously does not understand too well. Those will be for scientists and engineers to figure out. ]
Thanks again, Kaveh!
[ ... ]
Not feeling so good?
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[And, y'know, he'd try and rescue their wholeass world if he could, even though he knows that's way beyond his capabilities. Earth-shattering heroism was never really his role--Kaveh is far more suited to single gestures for individuals, despite his personality.
But, mm.]
...I'm happy that we made it. But... it feels too much like celebrating Ruby's death.
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[ Sometimes you're just a drifter by nature, unfortunately out of habit. At least it just sounds like Vash has fun traveling around. ]
... Yeah, I guess you can say that. I know people are celebrating because it's finally the end, but... I didn't feel like I got the proper amount of time to mourn her passing.
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Me neither. [...] I wonder if her afterlife is peaceful.
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Overall, he's fine with how things are. ]
... I'm sure it's better than suffering from the weight of all she tried to shoulder on her own.
[ He relates, but he's still here. ]
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...I hope so.
[He'd truly believed they could save her. It breaks his heart that they couldn't.]
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In the end, we made it somehow.
[ Granted they exploded once. ]
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Mm. ...We're getting them all back. [That, at least, was their only goal until a few days(ish) ago--Kaveh can put a little bit of his misery aside to be relieved about that.] With points to spare, as well. It'll get a few people out of bad situations.
[He's mainly thinking of Nahri; Shenhe is so happy about it, and Kaveh has no reason not to be happy for them too.]
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[ As a survivalist, a part of Vash will always think about the worst scenario... sometimes, you have to survive, but he's optimistic. Always will be, so he smiles despite them being at a makeshift grave.
He also thinks about Nahri, but he knows there must be others. ]
People are being offered opportunities they didn't have at home. [ And genuinely Vash is happy for that. ] What are you returning to, Kaveh? A project, right?