[Hmm. Well that can't be good. Gently, he reaches out to touch one of the silhouettes--testing if it's solid.]
Is this... a ghost planet, then? [Isn't the opposite more likely, Luke... yes... but listen, sometimes you're normal compared to the Virches and you don't like thinking about it.]
[ Vash doesn't say that they're likely ghosts, too. Only because he has a feeling Luke doesn't want to think about it from their conversations. The silhouette feel like something more than air, but closer to air than solid. They wisp and almost lose their form before reforming. ]
... Does this mean we can just check out the whole place without needing to worry?
[He does not like how that feels, but he does a good job of hiding it; he sticks his hands in his pockets, turning away from the silhouette to look at the rest of the city.]
We might as well try. We'll probably notice right away if there are other people around.
[ Vash... Will just NOT touch silhouettes in this weird place. The city has a bunch of little silhouettes going about their day, though sluggish... As if they're also lost.
[Wow he hates these silhouettes actually. A part of him wants to turn around and leave, but since Vash isn't doing that, Luke will pretend he doesn't want to either. He follows Vash's gaze and hums, thoughtful.]
Let's head inside the bookstore first? Maybe we'll find a clue about where we are.
[ Boo.................. He would rather go to the bar, but he doesn't hate books. He read a good amount as a child, so he'll follow as they go to the bookstore. ]
[ He's not here to goof around? He's here to be helpful? So of course he isn't going to suggest the bar just because he thinks some alcohol would help their nerves? ]
[I THINK HE CAN AND HE SHOULD... HE DESERVES A LITTLE TREAT.]
"Raevahn isn't like the other normies. When Mandi, the mysterious transfer student with a dark secret, catches her reading a book out in the woods, sparks fly--" What is this?
[IS THIS A ROMANCE NOVEL??? HE DOESN'T WANT THIS.]
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It kind of reminds me of what Dahut and I saw outside of the teeth.
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Is this... a ghost planet, then? [Isn't the opposite more likely, Luke... yes... but listen, sometimes you're normal compared to the Virches and you don't like thinking about it.]
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[ Vash doesn't say that they're likely ghosts, too. Only because he has a feeling Luke doesn't want to think about it from their conversations. The silhouette feel like something more than air, but closer to air than solid. They wisp and almost lose their form before reforming. ]
... Does this mean we can just check out the whole place without needing to worry?
[ oh. oh........ drinkies... ]
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We might as well try. We'll probably notice right away if there are other people around.
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But anyway, he's going to try to be... Chipper. ]
I think I see a bookstore—aaaaaand a baaaar?
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Let's head inside the bookstore first? Maybe we'll find a clue about where we are.
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I just hope that the books aren't also smoky.
[ There are regular books. ]
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Me too. [Though they have plenty to explore if they are!! But fortunately this is just a regular bookshop... Luke pulls a book off the shelf.]
The Gloaming...?
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What's that about?
[ Vash reads the back. ]
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"Raevahn isn't like the other normies. When Mandi, the mysterious transfer student with a dark secret, catches her reading a book out in the woods, sparks fly--" What is this?
[IS THIS A ROMANCE NOVEL??? HE DOESN'T WANT THIS.]
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Yeah. He still wasn't prepared for this. ]
I have Raevahn and Mandi have a happily ever after.
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He puts the book back.]
...Well, at least we have entertainment.
[Not that he minds being focused on escaping and such but he's a book nerd so this could be worse. HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THERE ARE VAMPIRES OUT THERE.]
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[ Vash peruses a little... ]
There's a lot of books about blood.
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[He pulls another book off the shelf, frowning at the back.]
I really hope they just didn't organize their sections well. [THAT'S CLEARLY NOT WHAT'S GOING ON BUT HE DOESN'T LIKE THE ALTERNATIVE IMPLICATIONS]
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[ Vash looks at the book Luke has, then at the spines on the shelves... Then down their aisle. Back to Luke. ]
Maybe they're just very into vampirism... Even on No Man's Land, you find books like that.
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[And then it will be gone and they will know. For now, he tilts his head.]
Like a gothic bookstore, you mean?
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... I think more that the planet's full of vampires, if this is an illusion of it.
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[NOW THAT VASH POINTS IT OUT he can see the logic, but also, what the fuck]
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[ There's no limit in the stars. He shows Luke a book on cybervampire technology. How to maintain your siphon system! ]
Oh, right. Also some people who kind of look like Sidon.
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[DON'T JUST CALL HIM A FISH PERSON
He takes the book and looks through it with morbid curiosity]
...Is it stealing if we take these?
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[ lord ]
I don't think so! No one's around to say no, so... Let's see about taking them back.
[ They are not going to come with them. This is so sad. ]
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[THEY CAN TRY!!! And fail.]
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It's mostly blood.
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It really is a vampire planet...