homophonic: vash

[camena]

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[camena]

They're pretty.

[ but also still a little scary? ]

Are they like... Gods or something? Like Nahida's world has? [ she figures that would explain how they provide so many things that people need. ]

[piteous]

If gods are made by humans, sure. It's more science than divine.

[ Humans have struck gold, flew too close to the sun, etc. ]

I don't know exactly how plants are made. That knowledge and the technology are lost.

[camena]

Mm, I don't think so? But what do I know. We don't have gods in my world. Uh, that I'm for sure of.

Huh. So... people used to know?

[piteous]

I can't say for me, either. It's kind of weird knowing there are people here who are used to having gods take part of their everyday lives.

[ the genshins, basically. ]

They did! Context probably helps. Humans were traveling space to find new habitable planets, but some colony ships malfunctioned and crashed onto No Man's Land... A lot of technology was lost during that event.

[camena]

Yeah, like, it's up in the air if gods exist or not, and even if they do I think we're all agreed that they're pretty hands-off...

[ wild. anyway. ]

Huh. That's... interesting. Did the other colony ships just keep searching, or—do you know?

[piteous]

Sounds about right to me.

[ mental handshake is god even real ]

Humans have been trying to contact Earth for a while... S.O.S. please save us from this shitty planet. We did recently get a response, though! It was very exciting.

[camena]

Right, C.Q.D.

That's cool. What, like—what did they say? Or do you even know? I guess that sounds like the kind of info that would be classified, maybe?

[piteous]

Uhh. From what I gathered, basically they'll be coming to pick everyone up in a couple of years. Told us to hold out until then, but they... Ended up coming early?

[ Sometimes, things are expedited. ]

Anything in here from your world?

[camena]

Oh—so they already came...?

[ that seems good. she thinks. but she will lead him along to a big monument of some kind. is that a bird. who knows. ]

Yeah, uh. A couple things like this are around here.

[piteous]

Mhm. Onboarding process.

[ And then he died, I guess. It's very shrugs for him, but... THIS MONUMENT. Pooh bear meme. ]

Is this... Art?

[camena]

That must be a relief...

[ she can't fully wrap her head around it though. like... are they really getting everyone off the planet...?? ]

Yeah. It's a monument for a submarine accident.

[piteous]

... Submarine accident—like... Submarine for the ocean?

[ WATER???? ]

[camena]

Yeah. The USS Kanaloa. It was a world war II submarine that got—um. [ she sounds a little self conscious like she thinks this is probably boring to him, but she carries on anyway. ] Well, we were taught it was sunk by an enemy sub chaser.

But it was friendly fire.

[piteous]

[ Vash doesn't looked bored at all, but has them frown. ]

I've read of history before... But only some pieces here and there. Even then, it might not be the same as yours.

[ Genuinely, he is sad dog. ]

Friendly fire—that's heartbreaking. Saying the enemy caused it doesn't help, either. War is a nasty thing, I've read.

[camena]

Yeah, I don't know. With different worlds it's all crazy. Like, Shu is from America like I am. But a city I've never heard of. I don't think it exists in my world.

[ and frankly that's weirder than people from entirely different worlds. anyway, she lets out a small sigh. ]

Yeah, it was—it was an accident that got covered up. It's sad.

[piteous]

New Sieg, right? I know some of America, but that doesn't sound like a city there...

[ Vash is in a weird middle place. ]

It makes me wonder how much of the stories I read were accurate.

[camena]

It's like an extra place where it doesn't belong. It's weird.

[ she says, also from a made-up city. ]

... I don't know. When it comes to the big stuff, even if the victors write history, it's still impossible to hide the more messed up stuff they've done. But... I think small details probably get lost a lot. Not even maliciously.

[piteous]

[ it's okay. All cities are real. ]

You know what type of history my brother was into?

[camena]

[ "was" ]

What type? Guns? War history?

[piteous]

[ SOMETIMES, PEOPLE... CHANGE... IN WAYS. ]

The bible and cowboys.

[camena]

[ i mean she just assumes dead, but ]

I'm not big on the bible, but sure. Cowboys can be cool.

[piteous]

[ Change can also mean death. ]

Can't say I'm big on, either. [ Despite gunslinging. ] Your world is "modern"-ish, right? Past cowboys.

[camena]

[ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ sometimes you have dead brothers ]

Yeah. Like, we... had them in the past. But not so much these days. Still a lot of movies about them, though.

[piteous]

[ iN TEars. ]

I guess cowboys still have their charm. [ Which makes him want to ask. ] Have family yourself?

[camena]

Um... My parents just got divorced, so...