stungunning | 1 [accidental voice post eventually filtered by Wolfwood from Knives, Legato and Yuber]

[There's the sound of some background noise; birds tweeting, shrubbery being trodden underfoot, but above all that there's the sound of someone- a woman- humming cheerfully.]

Oh my goodness, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many plants before except in picture books! And isn’t it a lovely day? I’ve never had a dream before where I got to be in a forest, but if it means that I get to see lovely trees and animals like this then I don’t think I mind it at all!

[Some more happy humming can be heard, and footsteps through the undergrowth.]

My back’s all itchy. That’s funny, I don’t usually get an itchy back when I dream. Oh no, I’m not allergic to trees am I? That would be just awful! Magic Book, could you tell me if I’m allergic to trees?

[…]

Silly old Milly, of course the book isn’t going to tell you that, books can’t talk!

…I wonder if there’s a pudding tree? All my very best dreams have pudding somewhere, so it really doesn’t make a lot of sense if there isn’t a pudding tree…

[More humming, someone sure sounds cheerful. Then she stops.]

…I think I’m lost.

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No, I don't suppose it does.

[Hmm, this is a pickle that we are in, isn't it? She pouts a little.]

Unless they moved us here because all our old worlds were getting too crowded to look after us all?

Our world, crowded? [A little smile.] I think our world could use more people, personally. A little spacious, don't you think?

Well, yes. Gunsmoke does have room to spare, and not very many things taking up the space.

[This... is really very surreal, all of this. Walking through a lush green forest with cold air and the jacket of a dead man wrapped around her shoulders.]

[What on earth does she even begin to talk to him about?]

Edited 2011-03-10 12:27 (UTC)

[He's not entirely sure how to go about things, himself. Not everyday you come back to life and have to explain it to someone close to you. It was easy, with Vash and Meryl, because they understood how it works, by the time he arrived.

But this? This is a little more difficult.

First things first: get all the negative shit out of the way.]

I, ah, should probably bring up... that Vash and Meryl aren't the only ones from our world here.

[Well that's a little surprising to say the least.]

They aren't? Who else is here?

[He lowers his chin.]

Legato, and Vash's brother, Knives.

[She stops walking for a moment.]

Oh.

[The look on her face right now could be best described as 'kicked puppy']

[His shoulders sag at the face. So she's pretty aware of just how awful Legato and Knives are. And then he nods, a quiet confirmation.]

They're missing right now, but your journal'll get to be locked so they don't notice you've shown up yet; they haven't done much, but we have to keep our guard up, alright?

But I don't understand, I thought Mr. Vash k-

[Gosh that still feels absolutely horrible and wrong to say.]

I mean... I thought Mr. Vash stopped him. And he was looking for his brother too...

This place doesn't make an awful lot of sense, does it?

[He smiles sympathetically.]

No, it really doesn't.

[And then he focuses on the cool road ahead.]

We're almost there; just a little further.

[She follows him quietly for a bit, unable to really take her eyes off him.]

[And then her feet stop moving for a moment, and she just stands stock still in the road.]

This really isn't a dream, is it? I'm not going to wake up and find out this is all pretend, am I?

[He keeps walking for a moment, and then pauses a few feet ahead of her, head turned and hands casually in his pockets. The smile that crosses his features is a usual Wolfwood smile: the kind that has a lot of thoughts drifting around behind it.]

Should I pinch you again?

[She studies his face for a moment and shakes her head.]

No, I'm alright. I just didn't-

[And she smiles.]

I'm just happy to see you, I didn't think I was ever going to see you again.

[Something about that makes him relax a little more than before. He's not sure why... but he feels like this is all okay, for a moment.]

... I didn't think I'd see you again, either.

But this place has it's bright sides, right?

[Quietly, he extends a hand to her. Shall we walk, big girl?]

Mm. Right.

[She nods and takes a step towards him to take his hand without another thought about it.]

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