HOMOPHONIC 🌺 HARUKA NANASE

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[squirt]

[ this is how he's going to encounter every trigun, their googly eyes at a body of water.

he's emerging from the depths, shaking some water out of his hair. ]

Don't just splash.

[piteous]

[ is it their fault they live in a dust planet. Instantly, Vash yells and falls back, crawling away from the edge. ]

Where did you come from?!

[squirt]

[ is this an existential question. he slow-blinks at this overblown reaction. deadpan: ]

The depths.

[piteous]

What kind of answer is that?

[ It was literal, even though Vash can very well see now. He comes back to the edge to peer at Haru like the guy is some mermaid (don't ask if he knows what those are). ]

Unless that's what you're calling this pool.

[squirt]

More or less.

[ at least vash seems to know what a pool is, even if his understanding of like, mermaids might be nebulous. ]

Are you not going to swim?

[piteous]

[ Vash has read about pools, maybe has seen like. A pond, artificial, if that counts. ]

... I'm not that great of a swimmer.

[ Nervous laughter, nervous laughter like he doesn't really know how to swim. ]

[squirt]

[ A POND!!!!! he comes to rest against the lip of the pool with a disbelieving sigh. ]

...It's better to just admit you can't do it. So you don't drown.

[ cue rei trauma ]

[piteous]

[ maybe a little pond in an artificial garden vash can maybe have that

Dramatically: ]

You think drowning would "erase" me?

[squirt]

[ flatly: ]

If you mean "kill" you, yeah.

[ what does double-dying really amount to? he's not even sure he totally believes he's dead. ]

You can drown in an inch of water.

[piteous]

You can?!

[ He is so genuinely shocked about this, actually. ]

[squirt]

[ does he look like he's joking. he is so serious about water. ]

Yes. People die in the shallows often.

[ gravely: ]

Swimming... is an important skill.

[piteous]

[ nu wouldn't you drown in 1" water ]

... Do the shadow staff provide lessons? Asking for a friend.

[squirt]

[ correct haru is my irl enemy ]

...You should just ask Rin. Or... me.

[ usually he wouldn't offer, but under the circumstances, drowning seems like a much more serious threat. ]

[piteous]

[ help. Oh, he's touched... ]

You'd teach me, Haruka?

[squirt]

[ ew, what's he look so thankful for. gross. ]

...

I guess. [ tch ]

[piteous]

Thanks, teach.

[ why are all you teens so constipated ]

When's the first lesson?

[squirt]

[ feelings are embarrassing. being called 'teach' is a little embarrassing too, but he puts up with it.

flatly: ]

We can start now. Take off your clothes.

[piteous]

Woah. So forward... I'm a little shy.

[ But he does want to learn how to swim. Dying in 1 inch of water sounds too pathetic, even for him.

First, though, he detaches his arm. ]

[squirt]

I don't care what you look like naked.

[ also he suddenly grabs his arm because it's touch week. ]

[piteous]

[ ...

HIS ROBOT ARM THAT HE DETACHED OR HIS REAL ARM? ]

[squirt]

[ detached...



his arm now? ]

[piteous]

[ UhHHh HIS CYBERNETIC ARm? ]

Let's... Not get that wet!

[ Give that back to hiM???? ]

[squirt]

[ he does not get it wet, handling it carefully. like an otter with a clam. but also he wants to keep holding it? this week is weird. ]

What is it?

[piteous]

[ i don't want you comparing free boys to otters

Vash will take his arm back and put it further away, but he will offer Haru his (flesh) hand? ]

A cybernetic arm. Prosthetics like that are kinda common where I'm from.

[squirt]

[ hello????

he takes his flesh hand i guess because this is a bad week. haru's hand is cold, predictably. he'll just gently guide vash over to the shallow end of the pool. ]

...I've never seen one that mobile.

[ it's nice to see something so advanced, but their world must have its own share of problems if they've never seen a puddle before. ]

Is it okay if your shoulder gets wet? [ will it.... short circuit or something ]