HOMOPHONIC 🌺 MIZUKI OKIURA

[piteous]

it's a baby

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[piteous]

Thanks for the reassurance...

[ A sigh as he gives her some frozen yogurt. ]

Mind telling me what happened? If it's too much, I get it. A lot of missions... Seem and have been traumatizing.

[adorabrawler]

[ Frozen yogurt... This unfortunately will be So Fucking Good after being without frozen treats for so long. ]

You—uh, sure? It's not that so much as... I dunno, it might be too weird for you.

[piteous]

[ yeah they had frozen treats in the cyoa but they're pretty rare and probably not as good ]

Too weird? I'm a hundred and fifty! Two! [ ... ] Three!

[adorabrawler]

... Heh.

[ She can't even question it now; like, she gets it, for better or worse. ]

Well, if you want. Really, it's probably only fair that you knew.

[piteous]

... Rather than fair, I'm fine with you just telling me what you want to tell. Those experiences are yours.

[ thirsty adult mizuki reverie though ]

[adorabrawler]

[ help. ]

That's... the thing. As real as they still feel, we were just going through yours.

[piteous]

... I guess those are things we're going to share.

[ He wishes it didn't need to be that way. He knows how hard his life was. ]

[adorabrawler]

[ ?? ]

And you're okay with that?

[piteous]

Not much we can do about it.

[ He is fine with it. ]

I just hope you guys didn't suffer too much.

[adorabrawler]

[ That's... just like him. ]

What's your definition of "too much"?

[piteous]

Losing yourself to the pain and stuff like that. It gets rough!

[ Vash is really hoping they experienced one single thing. ]

[adorabrawler]

Then I guess... not?

I mean, it was—hard. Really damn hard. But I guess there was always something to keep us going.

[piteous]

... It's good to have hope.

[ A nod. ]

All right. Did you want to start from the beginning?

[ this is so funny mizuki has the mental age of 151 ]

[adorabrawler]

[ very thank you for this food ]

... Uh.

[ well. s. sure?

... ]

Like, the very beginning? The literal beginning? 'Cause I could always start with "one day we were born from a plant on ship five".

[piteous]

... Where else would you start?

[ He doesn't know how long they've been gone on this trip. ]

Is... Something wrong with that?

[adorabrawler]

It's not wrong, no. But... there's a lot. I think you would know.

[piteous]

... Well, if it starts with your birth, then I'm imagining it might end with a ship crash or something.

[ him: scope must be small! ]

[adorabrawler]

[ vash, sweetie, ]

More like that's what really started everything...

[piteous]

... How long were you in there for? I know that the trips aren't exactly like our memories, but you're scaring me here!

[ lord have mercy ]

[adorabrawler]

[ "i'm scared" says Vash; Mizuki, easily, as if she were talking about the weather: ]

Iiii just celebrated my 150th birthday... Heh heh.

[piteous]

... It's one thing if you were an adult and had to live another 150 years, but you... Were 12... And...

[ OH


NOOOOOOOOOO ]

You spent most of your formative years there!!!

[adorabrawler]

What? I mean, yeah, but it's not like I was the only kid in the entire world.

[piteous]

Okay. Let's... Let's put that aside for now.

[ But he is sad for her. ]

Happy birthday?

[adorabrawler]

Thanks. You owe me a birthday drink, by the way.

[ he gave her a froyo but that doesn't count ]

[piteous]

Sorry, Mizuki, but you have to go through another couple of years again before I'm giving you a drink.

[ Smiling sadly. ]

So... You guys were just living through it, huh.