only an eccentric engineer

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CHARACTERS: Vash & Open
TIME: The 20th
LOCATION: B-Level, a lounge
WARNINGS: Just an idiot falling down

[ After the disappearance of the strange alien, Vash found himself looking out the windows a lot more often now and then when he had some time off. Before, it had been beautiful but frightening, but now it was... well, a lot more. A presence that big had really put things at a new perspective.

He's a bit tired after checking over the power generator - he's named her Sheryl, she's great - and the engine, and he kept reading all the engineering backlogs until his eyes were starting to cross. Working himself to the bone was a bit of a reoccurring problem for Vash, but at least he's remembered to eat and... it's not like the first month! Really! He's actually sleeping!

...anyway, it's still pretty nice to lean his forehead against the cool window in one of the lounges. All the colors of the nebula keep painting the interior in purples and pinks, which is still reminding him of flowers. Of his mother.

Sighing, he puts his hands on the window as well, like a small child at a fish tank. It's nice, and it feels familiar.

Very fami-

A sudden rush of images and thoughts flood his mind and make his knees give out, sinking to the floor ungracefully. That was him. That was him as a kid, but with some... floating woman. They were talking. He was glowing. They were family.

Groaning, he flops backwards. What the fuck was that?? ]

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[It's been a probably-inadvisable number of hours since Rin left the lab or went anywhere near the viewing windows on the ship - they've been avoiding the view of space in general, but in particular since their brand new friend showed up and started irradiating the entire ship with emotional feedback.

Extraterrestrial-1 (Emotional Octopus) is gone now though, the data is as crunched as it's likely to get, and Rin isn't above holing up in a corner somewhere for a while to avoid processing the horrors/wonders of space outside of their ship in addition to the ones the crew already has going on inside it. They're on their way to do just that when they hear the soft whumph of something (someone) hitting the floor, followed shortly after by a groan.

For someone usually inclined to show insouciance to everything happening around them, Rin moves surprisingly fast when motivated. A few quick steps and suddenly they're there, leaning over Vash.]

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