[He's different, yes, but that's because he is full of madness unfortunately. At least the altruism is still there........? The last thread left of his humanity before he becomes Knives instead of Vash.]
I'm... not so sure. He might be the one who ends up guiding us if we can find him. It's... a bit of a mess there.
[DON'T MAKE HIM WOLFWOOD HERE. STOP THAT.]
You can think about it. We're still all searching, so... it isn't as if anything is going to change right now anyway.
A guide to you or not, he won't be returning to me.
[ That is the difference. The dream changes—they are at the rooftop of a tower where they can see a city below. Beside Viktor is Vash in his typical red coat, but without his prosthetic. In this dream, his brother has both arms—he's whole.
But he's pointing a gun to Knives, he has stepped in front of Viktor to protect him... ]
Dahut has intentions to bring him back with the rest of you, but not necessarily deliver him. [ THEY'RE DIFFERENT THINGS and Knives wants both. ] I don't need time to think on it. What says you, mister inventor?
[People really keep giving him simulations of things expecting him not to immediately be distracted by it.
The only thing that keeps his focus away is the fact a familiar person appears besids him. The gun startles him. It feels... strange and yet not strange for Vash to be in front of him. He looks down the arm and barrel at Knives a few yards away, expression ever so slightly horrified by the implications.
It doesn't feel like handing Vash over is the right thing to do, he isn't stupid, but Knives said Vash doesn't need a protector. If they're brothers, Vash is as strong as Knives, right?
He steps from around Vash and instead stands between Vash and Knives as if he finds it wrong for Knives to be shot, letting the gun level with his chest. He searches the face he already knows. Vash had been kind to him... Vash, can you defeat your brother for them before it's too late?]
[ Knives would argue he's the stronger twin, but Viktor didn't ask.
He watches this display, curious. While paranoid all the same, it's interesting to see the lengths humans would go to mask their intentions or to prove themselves. The serrated extensions retract back, having tired of being defensive. Vash, who is just Knives' perception of his brother, looks at Viktor with not blame. Instead, it's concern—he lowers his gun.
Human-loving Vash, full of flaws... ]
Yes, home. [ The snuggie retracts back to show his stupid plant body suit. ] I will exchange information that I may find helpful to bringing you all and my brother back. Whether I'll be able to carry anything to the living side will be dependent on how well I remember these dreams.
But for his delivery... When you return [ because Vash HAS to return. ] you are still a dying man, aren't you?
[While listening, he searches the face of dream Vash, trying not to feel more and more guilty. He thinks about Rio... Sweet Rio, now reduced to a liquified coffin. He doesn't know if he should talk to Vash about this, or not.
Would Vash be angry? Would Vash hate him for the heads up? Resist? Worse... would Vash comply for them? Maybe Dahut already told Vash. He's sorry.
He twists to look back at Knives.]
Aren't we all dying men, those like me?
[The wry partial smile fades into a frown.]
I'm dying twice over actually. I guess... the universe doesn't want me alive. But when have I ever listened to the universe?
Don't worry about that... [A hesitant pause.] Lucien. If you'll help him somehow. I'll bring Vash to you.
[ Vash is just a bean, even in this dream. Mister harmful looking at Viktor like he's just a little guy worried about him being closer to Knives. You'll get hurt. ]
That man who's so insistent on shooting one of our ion cannons.
[ Honestly, if it wouldn't get him in trouble with the rest of the senior crew he'd let him. It's not hard to help one person, great that Lucien isn't human, but he's also...
A handful.
And Knives cannot say he likes the attitude he gives him sometimes, non-human or not. He's pensive. ]
Men like you can find a way to cheat death if they have what they need. [ Much to his wishing you all a very die. ] You'd rather I help Lucien than provide a sample to research?
Then of course, for a moment, Viktor hesitates, surprised. His brows furrow. He glances at Vash, but then feels extremely guilty, so he quickly lowers his eyes to the ground by their feet.
It's tempting... He'd have something, anything to work with. But he thinks about... Scien's words, knife-like. He thinks about the spite to do it on his own. He thinks about... others. He thinks about thinking of others, something he's always tried to do with his work. He can do it on his own, somehow.]
...I'd rather you help him. With this, with... The Eyes, with the ghost in him... I don't know. I'd just rather you help him. [He won't look at Knives.] I... have my own plans for myself, I think.
[It feels fine to tell someone like Knives maybe. He looks up at Vash again, still frowning.]
Once I'm able, if I'm able... I'll probably start replacing the parts with machinery. I might even... get a head-start here. If... I somehow survive whatever broke into the council room to blow us up. It's probably a lost cause either way.
[ Knives watches him and the emotional turmoil that storms there. He doesn't understand any of it until Viktor speaks, but even then it is only a peek. ]
You value your pride. [ Is that it? ] Know that I can't go chasing and forcing him to accept my help. But if I find him astray, I will see what is within my power. You cannot blame me if he does something dangerous where I can't see.
[ Audiences be that way, but he will watch over Lucien. Vash stays there and, as a taunt, this dream has him pulse soft light. They're his plant markings. Is your resolve strong? ]
Whatever broke into the last place you were? You wouldn't survive?
I know... That's alright. He... values his pride, too. If he gives you a hard time, just tell him I said to behave.
[......???
The plant glow startles him, and he gets distracted watching it. The FCK. TCH. Why does everyone ELSE get to glow?! He doesn't have his glowy leg and hand anymore without the stupid Hex Core...]
I don't know. We were... all in the council room. Me, my partner, Jayce, all of the council members. We were... discussing Zaun's independence... Something broke the window in the back. It... started to explode, but I couldn't... I woke up here.
The glow... it looked exactly like the magic in a hex crystal.
[ Knives is also like ???? about what Viktor said, but okay. Sure. A lot of us are keepers.
Sometimes you just pulse and glow because you're made of energy from a different dimension or something. I hate Trigun Stampede science-ing shit, but Viktor can watch Vatch's markings pulse... They even show in his eyes. ]
Convenient that if Nut & Bolt's pin is active, then you could return ten minutes before that.
[ the fact viktor is telling this to knives is killing me ]
[This is killing me, too. BUT. He has been ostracized by human society for a long time, so naturally, he othered himself, and now he can only make valuable connections with non-humans. Like Rio, the weird mutated gecko.
Sad, but true.]
Yes, a few people have mentioned that to me. [He does not sound reassured or energized, though? Just idly watching dream Vash's markings.] I don't think ten minutes will make much of a difference.
I was probably the closest person to the doors, but... Well, I was dying man. My body was twice as pathetic as it is here now. Furthermore. [He finally looks back at Knives.] I could never hope to understand what else that might change.
[The second part surprises him which sort of shows on his face because he isn't really a person with guarded emotions.] Alright. [This is the most ominous fucking thing. Maybe Knives will forget because someone else is more useful.
MAYBE KNIVES WILL KILL HIM.]
Do you mind if... I see the domed room again? Whatever that place was.
[There is a moment of thoughtful hesitation. He glances around them.]
...Both? It's a dream, right? You can do both?
[HE LIKED BOTH OF THEM, sue him. He starts dream ghost hobbling toward a sort of center.]
You play, don't you? The piano. I liked hearing it. Piltover is a big city; there aren't many areas of land. Just buildings and water. The Undercity... Well, you can imagine it only really has fungi or plants which can grow without light, not being as polluted and underground as it is. I've never really seen an area like that before.
[ KNIVES IS REALLY LIKE WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN
It's a polite request, really, and he listens... It reminds him that he has never seen natural trees or bodies of water. All he has seen from nature is sand. ]
I'm not in the mood right now.
[ Because he tires of so many of you coming to his dream, so there isn't a hostile bite to it. It's maybe a little growl of when you have played with a wild animal for too long. It's placid despite the warnings, though he does just eject Viktor out of his dream.
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I'm... not so sure. He might be the one who ends up guiding us if we can find him. It's... a bit of a mess there.
[DON'T MAKE HIM WOLFWOOD HERE. STOP THAT.]
You can think about it. We're still all searching, so... it isn't as if anything is going to change right now anyway.
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A guide to you or not, he won't be returning to me.
[ That is the difference. The dream changes—they are at the rooftop of a tower where they can see a city below. Beside Viktor is Vash in his typical red coat, but without his prosthetic. In this dream, his brother has both arms—he's whole.
But he's pointing a gun to Knives, he has stepped in front of Viktor to protect him... ]
Dahut has intentions to bring him back with the rest of you, but not necessarily deliver him. [ THEY'RE DIFFERENT THINGS and Knives wants both. ] I don't need time to think on it. What says you, mister inventor?
[ Will you be a guide? ]
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The only thing that keeps his focus away is the fact a familiar person appears besids him. The gun startles him. It feels... strange and yet not strange for Vash to be in front of him. He looks down the arm and barrel at Knives a few yards away, expression ever so slightly horrified by the implications.
It doesn't feel like handing Vash over is the right thing to do, he isn't stupid, but Knives said Vash doesn't need a protector. If they're brothers, Vash is as strong as Knives, right?
He steps from around Vash and instead stands between Vash and Knives as if he finds it wrong for Knives to be shot, letting the gun level with his chest. He searches the face he already knows. Vash had been kind to him... Vash, can you defeat your brother for them before it's too late?]
You're... only taking him home, right?
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He watches this display, curious. While paranoid all the same, it's interesting to see the lengths humans would go to mask their intentions or to prove themselves. The serrated extensions retract back, having tired of being defensive. Vash, who is just Knives' perception of his brother, looks at Viktor with not blame. Instead, it's concern—he lowers his gun.
Human-loving Vash, full of flaws... ]
Yes, home. [ The snuggie retracts back to show his stupid plant body suit. ] I will exchange information that I may find helpful to bringing you all and my brother back. Whether I'll be able to carry anything to the living side will be dependent on how well I remember these dreams.
But for his delivery... When you return [ because Vash HAS to return. ] you are still a dying man, aren't you?
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Would Vash be angry? Would Vash hate him for the heads up? Resist? Worse... would Vash comply for them? Maybe Dahut already told Vash. He's sorry.
He twists to look back at Knives.]
Aren't we all dying men, those like me?
[The wry partial smile fades into a frown.]
I'm dying twice over actually. I guess... the universe doesn't want me alive. But when have I ever listened to the universe?
Don't worry about that... [A hesitant pause.] Lucien. If you'll help him somehow. I'll bring Vash to you.
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That man who's so insistent on shooting one of our ion cannons.
[ Honestly, if it wouldn't get him in trouble with the rest of the senior crew he'd let him. It's not hard to help one person, great that Lucien isn't human, but he's also...
A handful.
And Knives cannot say he likes the attitude he gives him sometimes, non-human or not. He's pensive. ]
Men like you can find a way to cheat death if they have what they need. [ Much to his wishing you all a very die. ] You'd rather I help Lucien than provide a sample to research?
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[Idiot cannon firer.
Then of course, for a moment, Viktor hesitates, surprised. His brows furrow. He glances at Vash, but then feels extremely guilty, so he quickly lowers his eyes to the ground by their feet.
It's tempting... He'd have something, anything to work with. But he thinks about... Scien's words, knife-like. He thinks about the spite to do it on his own. He thinks about... others. He thinks about thinking of others, something he's always tried to do with his work. He can do it on his own, somehow.]
...I'd rather you help him. With this, with... The Eyes, with the ghost in him... I don't know. I'd just rather you help him. [He won't look at Knives.] I... have my own plans for myself, I think.
[It feels fine to tell someone like Knives maybe. He looks up at Vash again, still frowning.]
Once I'm able, if I'm able... I'll probably start replacing the parts with machinery. I might even... get a head-start here. If... I somehow survive whatever broke into the council room to blow us up. It's probably a lost cause either way.
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You value your pride. [ Is that it? ] Know that I can't go chasing and forcing him to accept my help. But if I find him astray, I will see what is within my power. You cannot blame me if he does something dangerous where I can't see.
[ Audiences be that way, but he will watch over Lucien. Vash stays there and, as a taunt, this dream has him pulse soft light. They're his plant markings. Is your resolve strong? ]
Whatever broke into the last place you were? You wouldn't survive?
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[......???
The plant glow startles him, and he gets distracted watching it. The FCK. TCH. Why does everyone ELSE get to glow?! He doesn't have his glowy leg and hand anymore without the stupid Hex Core...]
I don't know. We were... all in the council room. Me, my partner, Jayce, all of the council members. We were... discussing Zaun's independence... Something broke the window in the back. It... started to explode, but I couldn't... I woke up here.
The glow... it looked exactly like the magic in a hex crystal.
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Sometimes you just pulse and glow because you're made of energy from a different dimension or something. I hate Trigun Stampede science-ing shit, but Viktor can watch Vatch's markings pulse... They even show in his eyes. ]
Convenient that if Nut & Bolt's pin is active, then you could return ten minutes before that.
[ the fact viktor is telling this to knives is killing me ]
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Sad, but true.]
Yes, a few people have mentioned that to me. [He does not sound reassured or energized, though? Just idly watching dream Vash's markings.] I don't think ten minutes will make much of a difference.
I was probably the closest person to the doors, but... Well, I was dying man. My body was twice as pathetic as it is here now. Furthermore. [He finally looks back at Knives.] I could never hope to understand what else that might change.
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... Then what is your grand plan, inventor? Wherever you are on the Eudora, it is buying you time in spite of your death.
[ He will entertain this. Human's folly can be funny. ]
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He shakes his head slowly.]
That's the plan so far. Time. I have... more time for now to think of something. To try something.
To find an answer.
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[ At least to a Plant, humans live for a speck of time. ]
I may find use for you in the future. [ He has considered, but he could change his mind later. ] Keep my offer in mind for when that time comes.
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[The second part surprises him which sort of shows on his face because he isn't really a person with guarded emotions.] Alright. [This is the most ominous fucking thing. Maybe Knives will forget because someone else is more useful.
MAYBE KNIVES WILL KILL HIM.]
Do you mind if... I see the domed room again? Whatever that place was.
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... The piano?
[ Or the trees. ]
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...Both? It's a dream, right? You can do both?
[HE LIKED BOTH OF THEM, sue him. He starts dream ghost hobbling toward a sort of center.]
You play, don't you? The piano. I liked hearing it. Piltover is a big city; there aren't many areas of land. Just buildings and water. The Undercity... Well, you can imagine it only really has fungi or plants which can grow without light, not being as polluted and underground as it is. I've never really seen an area like that before.
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It's a polite request, really, and he listens... It reminds him that he has never seen natural trees or bodies of water. All he has seen from nature is sand. ]
I'm not in the mood right now.
[ Because he tires of so many of you coming to his dream, so there isn't a hostile bite to it. It's maybe a little growl of when you have played with a wild animal for too long. It's placid despite the warnings, though he does just eject Viktor out of his dream.
Good job on not dying immediately. ]
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Viktor really gets back like WH--? but then realizes he did not get skewered immediately, so small victories.]