homophonic: vash

[camena]

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[camena]

Yeah, it sounds like things were... rough.

Huh. And um. [ her attention drifts again. ] The kids...?

[piteous]

That's me and my brother! Or, well, it was me and my brother.

Think you can tell us apart?

[camena]

I think so?

[ she taps her cheek under one eye. vash has a birthmark! ]

[piteous]

Very sharp of you, Alex.

[ He nods, but points to the other eye where there's nothing there. ]

He has one, too, but under the other eye.

[camena]

... Like mirror images.

[piteous]

Yeah, we used to be inseparable.

[ Vash looks fondly on the two boys... And it looks like the boys are attempting to go on their way, holding their hands, but they're weirdly glitchy because mods said can't simulate people well.

A woman shows up at the end of the hall, accepting these glitchy children, and them three glitch together into the void. ]

I don't know if you wanted to see other parts of the ship.

[camena]

[ she watches them and kind of. grimaces a little at the glitching, but then turns her attention back to vash. ]

Yeah, I wanna see whatever I can. It's cool, there's nothing like this where I'm from.

[piteous]

I wonder if we can get to the pilot room and maybe drive this around...

[ THAT DOES NOT SOUND SAFE. It's okay, it's a simulation.

Vash will start wandering, but of course he remembers the layout. ]

[camena]

[ she follows along! ]

It's all just fake, so... I don't see why you couldn't.

[piteous]

Then let's see if we can blast some asteroids to make sure the other colony ships can sail without a hitch!

[ He leads to what looks like the main control center of the ship. There are several seats, but Vash takes the one at the front with the view of vast space. Twinkling stars are in the distance and nearby is a large orange-ish planet. ]

Did you want to drive or shoot?

[camena]

Shoot, definitely.

[ she'll go drop into another seat and inspect whatever is in front of her! ]

Just like video games, probably.

[piteous]

[ There are some levels and stuff, but there is a joystick and labeled buttons for different types of incendiary. There are regular laser pew pews... Missiles... Proton blasters which are just larger laser pew pews. Many things. ]

... I have very little experience in driving anything, so I'm going to rely on your video game skills.

[camena]

Really? Not even cars?

[ her video skills are... average... so i'm sure this will go fine. ]

[piteous]

... Just a motorcycle every once in a while because Wolfwood needed sleep.

[ When you have to take driving shifts, but anyway they are starting their space adventure. INCOMING ASTEROIDS. ]

[camena]

Couldn't you just stop and camp out somewhere instead?

[ well whatever. pew pew pew, she's shooting the asteroids!!! ]

[piteous]

Unfortunately, camping out in the desert can be dangerous if you're not prepared.

[ COOL!!! Vash drives. Very slowly. ]

Saw someone almost got eaten by a worm once.

[camena]

No, yeah, okay. Fair enough. I also would want to avoid being eaten by a worm.

[ also ]

You can go faster, right?

[piteous]

I can... Try?

[ He moves them forward—maybe too fast, even though he barely moves the stick. ]

[camena]

Yeah!

[ it's just a simulation so it's fine even though this is too fast!!! pew pew pew. she's... starting to miss asteroids. ]

[piteous]

[ Ohhh. THE SHIP RUMBLES because of the stray asteroids, but Vash tries to drive through the belt. ]

Uh-oh.

[ Damages on the ship!! There's a "REPAIR" button because suddenly this is more like a videogame. ]

[camena]

Less yeah...

[ help ]

Are ships really like this?

[piteous]

Nope! But I think we should be glad that repairs can be that easy.

[ He presses it and it's a math question. 6 ÷ 2(1 + 2) ]

You went to school, right?

[camena]

[ HELP ]

Didn't you?

[piteous]

[ they're going to die ]

Home... Schooled?! Kind of?!

[camena]

What does sort of mean?

And it's 1, isn't it? [ aaaaaa ]