[ 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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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...