HOMOPHONIC PSL ✦ JUST ONE YESTERDAY

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[piteous]

[ Vash can read the date, but it's not like can really grasp what that means. He doesn't often get to drink nice wine... At all. ]

They gave it to us and it isn't that fancy.

[ He's going to let Wolfwood judge their loot which really is the everyday liquors and this wine bottle while he opens up his desk for two glasses. There are a pack of playing cards in the other drawer which I will give Wolfwood knowledge of.

After the two glasses are on the desk, he looks for a knife... Which he does have in here. Don't ask. He's making sure it's clean and sharp enough. ]

They weren't going to take 'no' for an answer, anyway...

[crucifer]

Nicer events.

[ Better? He loots for cards. Look with the way they roam around Wolfwood isn't going to question a knife being in honestly not that weird of a place. ]

Oh, so you didn't just take it.

[piteous]

What's that supposed to mean? I do have manners.

[ He doesn't like your tone, sir!! When has he ever stolen anything on purpose?! Without good reason?! Vash cuts some of the cheese and salami, then pours the wine... Time to have a sippy sip.

...

If you expected him to say anything after that, he doesn't. His lips purse, eyebrows furrow, and eyes narrow after... Shocked into silence. ]

[crucifer]

That's not what I meant. You're like their kid, what're they gonna do. Ground you?

[ And then there's silence.

He just stares at Vash for like a good ten seconds. Does he react at all during those ten seconds. ]

[piteous]

[ I guess he blinks a couple of times, then looks at the wine bottle nervously. No quip from him.

Just... Shock. Confusion. And why are you sweaty. ]

[crucifer]

[ YOU'RE SWEATY?

He just pushes Vash a bit in the shoulder like a light shove. ]

Hell-ooo?

[piteous]

[ Maybe a little.

He's shoved a bit, then slips the glass into Wolfwood's hand. Give it a try.

By the way, it tastes like heaven and it is definitely fancy. Too fancy for them, honestly. ]

[crucifer]

[ Okay weirdo. But he will


hold the cup up first and immediately make a face because the smell hits his nose first. And then he'll drink. And he makes a pinched expression with furrowed brows like he's not sure what to think about it.

...

He puts it back in Vash's hand. ]

[piteous]

[ Well, it's back in his hand. Vash is back in full force, lively as ever with his party hat on even though this is an exclamation of disbelief. ]

Have you tasted anything like this before?!

[ He almost sips again which is just an extremely bad habit, but catches himself. Would he be worthy... To drink this I don't know I can make this up bourbon barrel aged cabernet sauvignon. Bourbon hint to the deep red wine. ]

[crucifer]

[ Beat pause. ]

No.

[ Well maybe, he's done a lot of merc work but he's not a wino so he never bothered actually remembering high tastes so it may as well be a no. ]

Are you sure you didn't steal pompadour's fancy hidden stash?

[piteous]

[ Vash takes another simple sippy and again his eyebrows furrow together, confused all over again... Like this glass shouldn't be in his hand, this bottle shouldn't be in their room. They're beer from a can at the local liquor store people. ]

There's no way Brad could have something like this.

[ Just nonchalantly insults Brad for 1) not being able to afford something like this or 2) not having refined taste for it. Brad's only became of age recently, so... Vash thinks it's fine to say it as it is. Some silence. ]

Well, I can't really give it back...

[crucifer]

[ It's his birthday, maybe someone got him a fancy bottle. Also this is fantasy Texas they never respect the drinking rules. ]

...

[ Just letting this weird-ass silence ruminate for a moment, but at least for Wolfwood, there's starting to be this level of disbelief. ]

Well, did you bring it back for drinking or not? Stop actin' like it's holy water -- alcohol is alcohol!

[piteous]

[ They're really just standing there like idiots until Wolfwood decides to say something.

He startles into a clownish yelp, almost dropping his glass but he catches it, and places it on the desk so he can pour them the holy water wine.

There! With their cured meats and single choice of cheese! It's ready! ]

[crucifer]

[ i'm struglinf

he takes a piece of cheese politely because outside forces are condemning him

goodbye ]

[piteous]

[ watches him struggle as he eats some cheese i guess ]

[crucifer]

[ The struggle continues. Now they're just quietly eating cheese. ]

[piteous]

[ Feeds him a slice of salami as the struggle continues? ]

Hard to go wrong with meat and cheese!

[ And he will... Sip his glass daintily, unlike how he usually drinks alcohol. He's scared of the wine. ]

[crucifer]

I told you to stop actin' like you're drinking gold, you're making it feel weird to drink.

[ Granted it's not like he'd exactly do shots of normal wine let alone expensive ones but still!! ]

Cards?

[ The cards he pulled out earlier! ]

[piteous]

I'm just a little scared that drinking it too fast will do something to me.

[ What if he changes as a person?! But he'll start drinking the wine normally, smacking his lips as he pairs it with some cheese.

There's a moment as he tries to figure out if the combination is as amazing as people say, but gets distracted. ]

Sure! Let's play.

[crucifer]

Like what? You ain't gettin' drunk on whiskey let alone wine, idiot. Is drinking even any fun for you?

[ Can you even drink to forget when you can just flush it out of your system in the blink of an eye? He picks up the cards and starts shuffling them with ease. ]

Whaddya wanna play?

[piteous]

It is! I enjoy it during a party or just on my own at a motel room!

[ You can drink to forget if you allowed yourself to? Sometimes you drink for the light buzz that softens the edges of oppression. However, if he needs to be alert and sober, then he can instantly snap to that state. ]

Uh... I guess we can do that one game they played at the Underground that we didn't really get to enjoy because memories were flying out like crazy. Maybe with less rules? Since it's the two of us. [ Strokes chin. ] Poker's good, too. Old maid?

[ I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOOD CARD GAMES T O PLAY ]

[crucifer]

[ The oppression. . . ]

You're gonna have to be a bit more specific. The King's... Game? Cup? Or whatever? [ The one where they gave you cards with prompts? ] Old Maid's a classic.

[ He'd say strip poker just to be funny but Wolfwood only has like 1-2 layers max and Vash is also either the same or he has that nightmare leather outfit so it just sounds like it'd go downhill really fast. ]

[piteous]

[ I typed depression and I guess my autocorrect said your typo is not that it's this ]

I think so... I didn't really get to play it.

[ Because it was memshare week and instead he drank a bunch of alcohol to fake pass out because he was miserable and anxious about pigs coming to get them in front of everyone and god. He nibbles on some cheese as he recalls the rules. ]

We can change some of the rules so it fits two people, but Old Maid really is a classic.

[ If they had more people they could strip poker... Or if they had more clothes. Granted, if Vash was wearing his usual get up he'd win by simply taking off a belt per loss.

He has a lot of belts.

He's in one of his civilian outfits though. ]

[crucifer]

[ I don't even remember what I did there I think Wolfwood was not enthused to be there but he forced himself to be because he was hellbent on winning resources for their team. Sometimes the lengths you will go to for your problematic red-yellow porcupine. ]

Why not combine both. You take a card, and if it fits the criteria, we do the thing.

[ Sound good? ]

[piteous]

[ How is he problematic?! He's just a quirky little hedgehog. ]

Sounds good to me.

[ Drawing for Wolfwood, he has an ace between two of his fingers.

9: command someone to do something (dare)
10: kiss the second nearest person
JACK: tell a funny or weird story
QUEEN: ask a question that a person must answer (truth)
KING: finish your entire drink
ACE: do something you've never done before

And with that, he also starts the old maid game with an ace, I guess. Don't ask. ]