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nomans_land2023-06-09 02:46 pm
goldenglasses) wrote in nomans_land2023-06-09 02:46 pm
In and around Octovern
1. Initial Arrival – CW: mention of Body Horror in last paragraph
For five years Vash has lived in a dystopian city. He's experienced weather changes, met other non-humans, he built a home with his twin from the future until that brother suddenly vanished one day, and for five years that impossible to explain in words link he shares with his sisters has been silent. Five years isn't a long time for a Plant, but it's still been a lonely five years. So when he stepped through a door with the promise of returning back to the point in time he was taken from without any memories of the last five years? Vash wasn't expecting to be overwhelmed so quickly.
He was expecting to be back in his cell in the Ark with no memories of the last five years. Only he remembers everything and he was dumped inside of Octovern. What has happened? Something clearly hasn't gone right. Then he can sense his sisters-- is that all his sisters??? In a rush of excitement he reaches out mentally towards them. How he's missed his family, but so many all at once turn out to be overwhelming.
There are startled shouts from the people around Vash as he lets out a scream. Clutching at his head, eyes white, and tendrils of feathers starting to grow out from his neck, hands, and around his face. While it was all warm and welcoming there was so much of it that Vash was beginning to loose himself in the wave of connection he was now feeling.
2. Oh yeah... those double suns
So, this wasn't what he was expecting. Not that he was looking forward to being a prisoner again, but arriving back home with things feeling off was not what Vash had been expecting. Was this some sort of trick by the city he had been in? This wouldn't be the first time it's tried to play on his emotions and memories of home.
Probably best he lay low for a bit. Vash makes the decision to leave the big city of Octovern where so many people are talking about the 'red brother' at the moment. Packing what he thinks he needs he heads out in the direction he remembers a small town was in. He's hoping it's not abandoned as he makes his way there.
Except he had forgotten how bad two suns can be at midday. Even with his coat full of lost technology it's getting unbearable. “Oh man, maybe I should have splurged for a ride.” He's going to aim for a rock he sees in the distance. Hoping to hide under what little shade it can offer.
Or maybe find him face down in the sand. He's a little out of practice with this desert life living.
3. Laying Low?
Somehow Vash makes it to the town he plans to lay low in. If you can call the rumours going around that there is a newly hired broom head, red wearing, bartender who goes by the name Eriks as laying low. He's in a small town not too far from Octovern where he thought it would be a good place to get some information as people make their way to and from the major city. Some people suspected at first that he might be that Vash the Stampede guy, but with the way 'Eriks' cries when he gets a splinter they don't seem to think that anymore.
“Hey there!” He greets the person who just entered the bar he's working at before he even gets a good look at them. “What can I get you?”
For five years Vash has lived in a dystopian city. He's experienced weather changes, met other non-humans, he built a home with his twin from the future until that brother suddenly vanished one day, and for five years that impossible to explain in words link he shares with his sisters has been silent. Five years isn't a long time for a Plant, but it's still been a lonely five years. So when he stepped through a door with the promise of returning back to the point in time he was taken from without any memories of the last five years? Vash wasn't expecting to be overwhelmed so quickly.
He was expecting to be back in his cell in the Ark with no memories of the last five years. Only he remembers everything and he was dumped inside of Octovern. What has happened? Something clearly hasn't gone right. Then he can sense his sisters-- is that all his sisters??? In a rush of excitement he reaches out mentally towards them. How he's missed his family, but so many all at once turn out to be overwhelming.
There are startled shouts from the people around Vash as he lets out a scream. Clutching at his head, eyes white, and tendrils of feathers starting to grow out from his neck, hands, and around his face. While it was all warm and welcoming there was so much of it that Vash was beginning to loose himself in the wave of connection he was now feeling.
2. Oh yeah... those double suns
So, this wasn't what he was expecting. Not that he was looking forward to being a prisoner again, but arriving back home with things feeling off was not what Vash had been expecting. Was this some sort of trick by the city he had been in? This wouldn't be the first time it's tried to play on his emotions and memories of home.
Probably best he lay low for a bit. Vash makes the decision to leave the big city of Octovern where so many people are talking about the 'red brother' at the moment. Packing what he thinks he needs he heads out in the direction he remembers a small town was in. He's hoping it's not abandoned as he makes his way there.
Except he had forgotten how bad two suns can be at midday. Even with his coat full of lost technology it's getting unbearable. “Oh man, maybe I should have splurged for a ride.” He's going to aim for a rock he sees in the distance. Hoping to hide under what little shade it can offer.
Or maybe find him face down in the sand. He's a little out of practice with this desert life living.
3. Laying Low?
Somehow Vash makes it to the town he plans to lay low in. If you can call the rumours going around that there is a newly hired broom head, red wearing, bartender who goes by the name Eriks as laying low. He's in a small town not too far from Octovern where he thought it would be a good place to get some information as people make their way to and from the major city. Some people suspected at first that he might be that Vash the Stampede guy, but with the way 'Eriks' cries when he gets a splinter they don't seem to think that anymore.
“Hey there!” He greets the person who just entered the bar he's working at before he even gets a good look at them. “What can I get you?”