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[ he's been awake since before the sun rose and the labors of his training are littered across the desolate landscape in the shape of sliced and diced rocks, old cans, and whatever metal or bits of wood nai could get his hands on. he hadn't wandered too far from the makeshift camp rem had set up, but he didn't want to be too close either.

after all, he needed the space to practice without worry of accidentally hurting her - or anyone - as he practiced using his blades. he was still unsteady in controlling them past the length of his arm, but if he wanted the precision control his perfectionism demanded, then he knew no amount of training was wasted.

now, he stood in front of a tall rock formation. he knew from the top he'd be gifted with the sight of everything spread out in all directions. he wants to see everything.

he just needed to scale it without falling and injuring himself in any way. simple enough.

his progress climbing up is slow as he tries to keep his grip from slipping, nails digging into the rock where he finds purchase. with any luck, he'll make it to the top without any issue. ]

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[ Cozy time! Today was hard -- Vash will absolutely be asleep six minutes after he snuggles into Rem's side, fair warning to all involved. ]

I would not!

[ He would. ]

Nai, can you make me horns? I'll prove it right now!

[ He's not actually getting up, and he's definitely not putting his cocoa down long enough to take his shirt off as proof that he could do it without issue... but it's the principle of the thing that he argue about it, okay? ]

No, you'd just rip your shirts instead.

[ cozy time does sound pretty nice. just for a little while, of course. he has no plans of napping along with vash.

but that could change. ]

Finish your drink first and I'll think about it.

Come on, on the couch with you! Here's the blankets.

[ She wraps one around Vash so he can't start taking clothes off to prove points when Nai denies him horns, and puts the other around the older twin's shoulders. She kisses the top of Nai's head and then takes a seat with her boys. ]

I think there's a movie folder on my data pad... let's see what I put in there.

[ Vash has already chugged his whole hot chocolate by the time Nai's finished talking, his lips smeared brown and cheeks flushed. Think hard, Nai! He wants those horns! ...But they might have to wait until after the movie, because curling up on the couch does sound nice. He snuggles into Rem's side, and reaches across her to grab Nai's hand, too. ]

Nothin' scary, okay? Rem? And nothin' with shooting.

[ He's thought enough about violence today. Can they watch something funny and nice instead? ]

[ he hasn't even finished talking and already vash is making a mess of himself! there's a flash of annoyed grossness across his face, but it falls away easily as rem pulls them closer on the couch. his drink sits on the table untouched, preferring to leave his hands free for vash to hold instead.

vash is far more important than hot chocolate. ]

That leaves out all of the good movies. [ nai huffs, squeezing vash's hand again before letting go momentarily to wipe away some of the chocolate decorating his brother's lip. messy... and he's back to holding his hand again. ]

Hmmm... will you two stomach some romance? We can watch The Princess Bride.

[ She flicks between movies on her data pad. There aren't a huge amount since it's mostly used for science, but Rem is a mom. You end up with child entertainment on everything just in case. ]

There's some sword fighting but nothing too scary. Well, not for brave boys, at least.

[ Romance? Vash pulls a face. Gross. Rem, is this a kissing movie? ]

Sword fighting, like pirates? [ He's fading fast -- Nai poking his face barely gets a stuck out tongue in response. Next time he'll be twice as messy, just for you, brother. ] That's not scary.

[ Everybody knows pirates aren't real. ]