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Hey, yo! You reached uh, me! You should know who this is, right?
Anyway, you must'a caught me at a bad time, so, uh. Leave a message! I'll get back to you soon as I can. Love and Peace!

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[ he won't accuse her of anything, he won't demand answers. he knows there's something wrong here, and he's definitely not letting go right away--or very timely at all, really. Deciding to keep his arms firm and around the other with a sort of quiet determination. Fingers dragging over her ears as he tucks her head under his chin, a sort of musical sound tickling her... ears? It doesn't really sound like something she can 'hear', but rather, a sound that's in vash's voice, in his breath--lifting off his skin as he holds her against him. ]

I missed you, too. [ a simple enough response, but not quite the weight he's looking for. He shakes his head. ] I don't know where you went. Or what happened. But you're here now, you're home.

[ and he's going to make sure she knows it. ]

You're gonna' be okay.

[Rose stays where she is for just a minute, letting the emotions wash over her. It's a small thing, but the hug helps. It helps her a lot more than she'd ever admit, probably.]

Thank you. [She finally lets go, and wipes any stray tears as she manages a smile.]

I know--I know I'm safe here, but sometimes it's difficult to remember, you know?

[ if nothing else, he will always have a hug ready for her. even if he technically only had one arm--he'd find a way to hold Rose to him whenever she needed it.

The buzz of pain in Rose's soul doesn't quite die down just from the action, but. At the very least... he can try to soothe it. ]

I know. Even the most tender of days come with tough ones, as well. [ he's lived 150 long years, he knows not every day is good. But... ]

If you were hurting so badly. You should have told me.

[ what happened. ]

I don't know who hurt you. But you know I'm here to help you pick up the pieces, Rose.

[She may not be smiling, but there's a part of her that's happy. Well, if not happy, content, at least. As dreadful as talking about all this is--it's certainly better than being there. And it's good to see her friends again too.]

They're gone, I think. I don't know if Zulius or any of the others there filled you in, but the realm we were taken too is closed now. They can't hurt us.

[A small relief, at least.]

I--we--figured that they had done something to mess with everyone's memories here. If they hadn't, we knew that you would have come for us.

[But they didn't, which could only mean there was something going on.]

And I thought that--that since nobody here knew--it would be better to not say anything. I thought that since the gate was closed, I'd stop feeling afraid. But I didn't.

Zulius and ... others.

[ it makes... sense. zulius had closed the vogue for a few days and vash hadn't thought anything of it--considered the guy was just taking a few days off, it was pretty normal? but no, it wasn't normal, was it? that wasn't normal at all. ]

I had no idea any of you were 'gone'. I... kept thinking maybe you were busy or off doing something, it didn't cross my mind... even if it might have, normally.

[ he looks... upset about that? what the fuck. ]

I don't know what they did to you. But I can feel it. [ he's going to once again put his forehead against Roses' temple. Eyes fluttering closed. That odd music that's just on the edges of vash's speech gets a little louder, a little more present in how it almost sinks into rose's mind. gentle. re-assuring. ]

Being afraid is normal. It's what's human.

...Stay with me for a while today, okay? You could even stay over at the cottage, if you'd like.

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hello thank you for letting me be self-indulgent this evening

i will always be here for self-indulgence

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