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[Today, Katie visits the Item Shop.  It's a short visit, and she's there to pick up anything remotely string-like that she can find. Why?  Kittens like string, and she's all out of the stash she had.

...okay, she may have other less frivolous reasons.  By this time she's mindful that certain grown ups may be looking for her, and thus her visit is hopefully timed for as few people around as possible.  In, out, a polite nod to the person behind the counter with the pretty hair, and back to the woods she goes.  Anyone that does see her in person might note she's thinner, but clean and tidy, unlike her last accidental appearance. 

She goes far deep into the forest with her string, sitting on a large, flat rock in the sun next to Rei's charm, and unwinds every different strand around her in the grass, threading it all carefully and lovingly between her fingertips as if blessing each one.  In a sense, she is.   The glamour she's stolen recently is going to a good cause, even if the cause is not readily apparent.]



((ooc:  you can run into her in the item shop by all means.  She's all the way down at the southernmost edge of the forest for anyone who might be out that way-- or might be using other means to search for someone.

Chances of hostility are pretty high.))

Comments

[goldenglasses]

Because he is my best friend and I trust him with my life.

[flickerflash]

Are you stupid?

[goldenglasses]

No, it's true, Luceti changed Wolfwood that one time, but I would never hold that against him.

Do you think I'm stupid, Katie?

[flickerflash]

Is that "no" an answer to my question or just a denial of the obvious?

[goldenglasses]

It's a no to your question. I do not think I'm stupid. [And he notices you didn't answer his.]

Luceti made me think I had to kill him once and he's never tried to make me feel bad for it or held it against me. What kind of friend would I be if I did the same?

[flickerflash]

If you don't think you're stupid, why are you talking with the little girl that sent your big, bad assassin friend running on his heels?

[goldenglasses]

Wolfwood is not an assassin. [Not anymore.] And I like him better if he had run instead of attacking someone he thought was in trouble and taking it out in the wrong way.

[flickerflash]

[Hmph. Honestly, she's disappointed.] Do I look like I'm in trouble to you?

[goldenglasses]

You're attacking my friend who didn't want to fight or hurt you. It sounds to me like you're in trouble.

[flickerflash]

[The look he gets is somewhere between disbelieving and amusing. Are you serious?]

Are you sure you don't think you're stupid? Is that how you and Wolfwood became friends? He tried to kill you so you decided he was in trouble?

[goldenglasses]

[Vash can't help but laugh a little at that and run his hand through his hair.] Ah, yeah. Pretty much. I knew he was a good man and wouldn't be attacking me unless something was very, very wrong and he thought he had no other choice.

Only, there always is another choice. Besides, the Malnosso seem to like trying to turn friends against each other. Can't let them think they're doing a good job!

[Yup. Still has no clue you're not talking about the time you saved him from Wolfwood.]

[flickerflash]

The world is full of choices. That doesn't mean yours is the right one. [Her attention goes back to the string.] What do you know of me, Vash?

[goldenglasses]

I know very little about you if I'm being honest, but you never seemed the type to me that wanted someone prying into your life. I figured I'd be allowed to know you as much as you wanted me to know.

[flickerflash]

It's going to be rather difficult to find out why I attacked Wolfwood then, isn't it?

[goldenglasses]

Perhaps, but that doesn't mean I won't give up. I never give up on the people I care about. [Or, well, anyone for that matter.] More so when it's two people I care a lot about.

[flickerflash]

As you like. If I tell you I won't attack him again, will you leave me in peace?

[She starts gathering up her string, winding it round and round her fingers.]

[goldenglasses]

While I'd really like that, I'm afraid it's a little harder than that to get rid of me.

I'm still very worried about you. You're not acting like the Katie I've gotten to know.

[flickerflash]

Do you know what they say about grown men who won't stay away from children they haven't fathered?

[goldenglasses]

Is it... that they're very good and nice with kids?

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[flickerflash]

[Vash pls.]

[flickerflash]

Yes. That's it exactly.

[goldenglasses]

Well, that's a good thing! HAHAHAHHAHAHA! [Yes, he knows Katie is lying about agreeing with him. No, he doesn't care. He's just trying to get Katie to smile.]

[flickerflash]

[Good luck with that, Vash. You're not precisely dealing with Katie. Her reaction to the laugh is to sigh.]

Go home, Vash.

[goldenglasses]

I can't. Not until I'm sure you're okay. Please, Katie, you can talk to me. I won't judge you and I won't tell anyone.

[flickerflash]

If I say I'm all right, you won't believe me. And if I say I'm not, I'd be lying. Your words are just pretty excuses to stay out here and pester me. [Her string is a wrapped, messy ball by now, fingers caught in it.] Go home.