26 • [video|action]

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[the journal falls open to the sound of a gasp and a metallic clattering, and the camera might just pick up a glimpse of a boy with long blue hair falling to the ground and scrambling backwards, iron shackles on his wrists jangling like oversized bracelets

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[goldenglasses]

[Passing by the fountain tiny Legato? Because there is a strange man in a cheap looking frog suit begging woman for kisses!]

Aw! Come on miss! Please! I need a kiss to break the spell I'm under!

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...

[despite the constant high-strung thread of terror that he's been running along all day, this sight has him pausing between hiding places.

...He's just watching in alarm, wondering how he'd managed to go this insane]

[goldenglasses]

[Denied. Again. Really now, he should be use to this by now. Vash turns to head back towards the fountain when he spots an odd shade of blue. Oh, it's attached to a kid.] Oh, hey there! Are you lost, kid? [Totally forgetting he's in a ridiculous frog suit.]

[endthem]

[the kid freezes up at being addressed, afraid to even nod an answer]

[goldenglasses]

Hmm? You alright kid?

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[a quick nod! don't mind him, sir]

[goldenglasses]

You sure? You don't look too alright?

[endthem]

[a... glance over his shoulder like he's looking for an easy escape route]

[goldenglasses]

[There's something nagging at Vash that he knows this kid, but something is... off. But that look of flight is one he knows well enough.]

Whoa, there! No need to be afraid, I won't hurt you.

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[he glances back to the man, hands working nervously around the chain balled up in his hands, but he doesn't go anywhere. Just kind of caught, not knowing what to do]

[goldenglasses]

[Chains aren't something seen around a lot in Luceti. Vash can't help but wonder what the reason for them is. He doesn't like how that unsettling feeling has returned either. Something is screaming at him that this kid is dangerous, but he needs help, so Vash's smile never leaves his face or falters.]

Don't worry, I know I look a little strange right now, but I promise, I won't hurt you.

[He squats down low, hoping to look less threatening that way.] Did you just wake up here?

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[mouth pressed into a flat line of anxiety, the kid gives a tense little nod, watching him so very carefully]

[goldenglasses]

It's a little chilly out, are you cold?

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[he looks like he's not sure whether he's supposed to actually answer that or not, still rooted to the spot and silent]

[goldenglasses]

[Vash tilts his head wondering. Everyone here seemed like they could understand each other, but maybe this kid was different?] Can you understand me?

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[he's quick to nod this time, anyway!]

Yes.