I'm used to working with very little equipment... So I lean on push-ups, pull-ups, and weight-lifting, but I also work on my reflexes and senses. [ Some finger gun motions. ] Some target practice, too. Not as much as before, though.
Human maintenance is really important, huh... [is he assuming vash is human. yeah. he's still slowly getting used to people being something besides human]
Running's not bad at all! It's my favorite - well, scouting in general. Though that becomes less training and more assignment.
I have a comrade who would be happy if just existing as a sword was his job.
But ah, we just follow missions based on what Aruji decides for us. When we're not on those, we actually have to maintain the grounds of the Citadel by doing chores. Horse keeping, farming, cooking, laundry... things like that.
We care about it, even though it might not be in the expected way... We're weapons of war, after all, and then we aren't needed in times of peace.
But... I think that's still what we strive for. For at least humans to enjoy those eras of calm. And then for us... we still get those pockets of peace, where we get to enjoy ourselves too.
[he just laughs faintly, realizing that he did use "we" a lot, huh...]
Mm... I like humans a lot. Partially because we're forged for them, but also because in the times that I've gotten to know them... even when things are complicated, I think that they're always worth watching. I admire what they do, and how they exist in the world even when things are so difficult.
Even though I've technically been around a long time, I'm also learning a lot as I get to know them now.
They always seem to figure out how to make use of things in order to survive, huh. Even when it feels like there's no hope left.
[ Vash laughs a bit. ]
I'm a lot younger than you, but I agree. I like humans a lot, too... And I've learned a lot from being by their side. [ ... ] This may be the afterlife here, but remember instead of watching you're actively participating. This is something you're a part of.
[ Gives him a reassuring shake of the shoulder. ]
I think that can be said when you were alive, too! But it's not like I know anything.
Ehh? You sound like you know an awful lot, Va-san.
[a little teasing, but buzen grins - and looks him over again, as if trying to understand.]
I think I'm the one who misread something though. You're not human...? I guess I'm still getting used to learning what other types of non-humans there are in the world besides us swords.
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[but swords mostly knew humans, so his frame of reference was there for a long time. at the mention of all that though, he hums]
What's your training look like? For us, it's mostly sparring. Though I like going on a run, too.
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[ Vash tilts his head. ]
I'm used to working with very little equipment... So I lean on push-ups, pull-ups, and weight-lifting, but I also work on my reflexes and senses. [ Some finger gun motions. ] Some target practice, too. Not as much as before, though.
Running doesn't sound bad?
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Human maintenance is really important, huh... [is he assuming vash is human. yeah. he's still slowly getting used to people being something besides human]
Running's not bad at all! It's my favorite - well, scouting in general. Though that becomes less training and more assignment.
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[ Vash is only one of these and he doesn't even try to correct Buzen. ]
It sounds like you swords had jobs? I never really asked Matsui since I thought being a sword is a job itself.
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I have a comrade who would be happy if just existing as a sword was his job.
But ah, we just follow missions based on what Aruji decides for us. When we're not on those, we actually have to maintain the grounds of the Citadel by doing chores. Horse keeping, farming, cooking, laundry... things like that.
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[ Which he finds interesting how they end up that way. ]
What are these missions for though. I hope it isn't war.
[ what else would it be ]
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Mm... It's not what you'd normally think of as a war, but I can't deny that we do have battles involved in some of the missions.
[listen vash, this is how you lose the time war,]
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[ Shoots Buzen with a finger gun for play. ]
You guys do some kind of mercenary work? Freelancing.
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[he tilts his head]
Typically I just follow whatever orders Aruji lays out, and figure that'll work out.
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Not quite peaceful, however... But I don't know if that's something you guys care about.
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We care about it, even though it might not be in the expected way... We're weapons of war, after all, and then we aren't needed in times of peace.
But... I think that's still what we strive for. For at least humans to enjoy those eras of calm. And then for us... we still get those pockets of peace, where we get to enjoy ourselves too.
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[ Vash didn't want to assume and apply human emotions and thought processes to swords, so he's learning a lot.
But he hums. ]
Is that how you personally feel?
[ So much "we." ]
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[he just laughs faintly, realizing that he did use "we" a lot, huh...]
Mm... I like humans a lot. Partially because we're forged for them, but also because in the times that I've gotten to know them... even when things are complicated, I think that they're always worth watching. I admire what they do, and how they exist in the world even when things are so difficult.
Even though I've technically been around a long time, I'm also learning a lot as I get to know them now.
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[ Vash laughs a bit. ]
I'm a lot younger than you, but I agree. I like humans a lot, too... And I've learned a lot from being by their side. [ ... ] This may be the afterlife here, but remember instead of watching you're actively participating. This is something you're a part of.
[ Gives him a reassuring shake of the shoulder. ]
I think that can be said when you were alive, too! But it's not like I know anything.
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[a little teasing, but buzen grins - and looks him over again, as if trying to understand.]
I think I'm the one who misread something though. You're not human...? I guess I'm still getting used to learning what other types of non-humans there are in the world besides us swords.
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That's right. I'm not human and, honestly, this is the first time I've met other non-humans who aren't plants.