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[Does Zulius sound stressed out? He's definitely stressed out. Barely holding on by a thread, really.]

Ring ring, Babe. Vogue telephone tree. Have you seen Takame or Rose anywhere? They're both late for work and I can't get in touch with either of them and I'm starting to freak OUT.

I swear to god, if you don't answer me either I'm gonna start screaming.

[ at the very least, vash will pick up. almost immediately, honestly. theres a brief moment of relief in his throat as he can be happy knowing Zulius is safe, but

the next thing zulius says just makes the panic he's already feeling cave in his chest furthur.
Breathe, alien boy, breathe. ]

I'm here. I'm here, I'm sorry, I left work as soon as Sei showed up so I didn't get the --

[ now isnt the time for that. ]

Rose and Takame aren't answering my texts, either.
I've been-,calling a few people, and they're--

Zulius, Dante's brother just disappeared and he's freaking out.

Someone made a grab for my kid brother and my buddy Eve.

[A wave of relief washes over Zulius as Vash answers. Mentally, he can check one more person off his list of people to ve scared for. The relief is tragically short-lived though, as his friend confirms what he'd been scared of. ]

Damnit. It's OK, honey, not your fault, you didn't know. I've got a real bad feeling about this. They wouldn't ignore us trying to get in touch, no way. They-

[The next thing Vash has to say makes his blood run cold. No. No no, nope, absolutely fucking NOT.]

...Vergil's missing?

[There's silence as he possesses this, then a muffled, panicked "shit shit shit SHIT" on Zulius's end as he starts moving. He doesn't know where he's going but he has to go SOMEWHERE. Any direction is better than none. He can't just sit here and wait anymore.]

Fuck. Are the kids okay?

The kids are fine. Apparently the guy used some weird magic and got them delivered to Wolfwood before he.

Wolfwood has this weird ability where he can just shove things into an invisible. Space? Thing?
He grabbed the kids and hid in there.

By the time I came to help, he was gone, just the car left behind. [ not a single goddamn trace of the blue devil man anywhere. ]

Whatever happened to him...

I'm terrified it's happened to others, too.
Please, don't go outside looking for them. I know you want to, but--

If you have to, just don't go alone. [ being alone makes you disappear, seems. ]

[He takes all of this in, uncharacteristically quiet. The only sound that can be heard is the clip-clop of his hooves as he paces - unsettled, needing to do something. Anything. Normally, he'd have some stupid quip about Wolfwood's closet, but all he can think is that Vergil's been taken. And that means Takame and Rose have ALSO probably been taken and that's three entire people who mean a hell of a lot to him just gone Kidnapped by absolute fucking monsters if Jun and Zero's accounts mean anything- which he absolutely believes they do.

Goddamnit what are they supposed to do now? He laughs when Vash asks him not to go looking for them. It's not really a... great laugh. It's too scared and...off for that.]

I can't not do anything, Vash. They're- they- [Matter. So very much.] I'll get someone else to come with, okay?

Trust me. It's killing me to not do anything either. [ but. he's been asked to look after Eve, and there's Dante's family too...

...wait if Takame is missing... ]

I'm going to call Yusuke. If Takame is missing, it means Yusuke might be alone.

If you're going to go out, take--Caesar, or Zero with you.

That'd be the safest. Okay?

Edited 2023-08-08 02:51 (UTC)

You've got kids to look out for, you can't be everywhere, Vashtopher.

[Just a little gentle chiding reminder to not do that to himself. Besides, they both know this is not where Vash needs to be. There's no way this is gonna end up without bloodshed. Not with the people taken. The people who'll be looking for them. Best Vash not get involved in any of that.]

Yeah, that's a good idea. Better keep everyone in the loop, y'know? The loopiest.

[Hopefully, Yusuke will have the common sense to stay safe. Unlike Zulius- but he never claimed he had that much common sense anyway. ]

Not Zero!. [That came out a lot quicker and more panicked than he intended.] Sorry, sorry. She was one of their victims. Like. Originally. That's where she came from. I wanna keep her way away from these psychos. That's the last thing she needs.

But sure. Someone else.

Yeah, I know, I know. I can't clone myself. Even though I really wish I could sometimes.

[ he'll take the chiding like a man and just... flump over where he's sitting, currently, on the couche in Dante's office. He can hear the noise of the others getting straightened away in the small apartment space just a few rooms down. ]

Clearly, just going two-by-two isn't fully enough. Takame and Rose defi--

[ and then he's cut off as Zulius almost snaps at him, and then immediately apologises. Whoops, hit a nerve, there. ]

--Shit. Then she should stay inside, too. With someone keeping an eye on her, too.

God, can you imagine multiple Vashes. Vashi? The local donut shop would be out of business day one.

[Look, it's a real bad time right now and he's trying his best to make this less awful with a little humour, as much as his heart isn't really in it.

He'd started this so stressed out that they were here to take Zero away. She told him they'd been sniffing around. He'd been so focused on that, it didn't occur to him they would take anyone else. And now here they are and he's got three entire people he thinks the world of who are missing and he doesn't know what he can do about it. ]

She's staying put, thankfully. She's safe. Which, at this point, just gonna take whatever W we can because it's real bad.

Edited 2023-08-09 21:48 (UTC)

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