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_{[ While he's texting someone else. ]}

oiiiiy what the hell.
you didn't mention you had a twin? what other details are you keeping from me? is this an os*matsu-kun situation where there's six of you with the same face that i should know about?

Huh?
I guess I never thought it would come up

Wait who told you? Was it Wolfwood?

Wait, Gintoki you didn't MEET my brother, did you?

[ Panic, rising. ]

Gintoki?
Answer me!

[ Like he isn't rapid fire texting gintoki right now, please give the guy a moment to answer vash, before you throw a fucking fit. ]

Edited (comma placement cause im a fucking mess) 2023-06-05 01:54 (UTC)

hey hey calm your bamboo-bs.
we're just talking over text. he seems nice. really cares about you. he said he loves you more than anyone else. it's really sweet.

makes me wish i had a brother or some kinda family.

_{[ a-aww.. ]}

you don't gotta be embarrassed by him, you know. even if he is a virgin neet or something.

That's not...
My brother isn't embarrassing
My brother is dangerous

Gintoki I'm not messing around.

[ He's still processing this, piecing scattered panicked thoughts together into something less knee jerk, less over the top. ]

_{[ Blink.

Blink blink. ]}

dangerous? how so?

_{[ This doesn't make sense to him because Vash is so nice? What? ]}

[ How does he even begin to explain this...? Maybe he should have said something before, explained better about his situation, his bounty, his family. ]

It might be different here.
If, like me, he can't do what he can do back on NoMan's Land.
He kills people. Destroys cities.
Steals the plants that help people survive.

[ He's -- WE'RE why humanity is stuck on a planet that cant support it. Vash clutches his device tightly. He makes a decision. ]

I'll find him. I'll take care of it.

_{[ ummmmmm.... ]}

_{[ WAIT, DID HE FUCK UP BY TELLING THIS GUY THAT VASH IS HERE??? OH MY GOD... IS HIS BROTHER GONNA KILL HIM OR SOMETHING???? HE CAN'T BELIEVE HE DIDN'T SEE THE "EVIL TWIN TROPE" FROM A MILE AWAY.. GOD!! ]}

ah.
yeah.

you take care of it.

_{[ GIN-SAN. ]}

[ Honestly, not the response he expected? A little worried. ]

I can explain better after I find Nai.
If you want.

Promise.

_{[ Look. Just because that's the response he gave Vash doesn't mean he's not going to be worried about this now. Vash can definitely take care of it and Gintoki will be willing to get in the way of that. ]}

well, sure. i can wait around to hear all the family secrets.
for now, though, what should i be aware of? we're still talking.

hey, he can't b*nkai, right? go super sa*yan? if he asks me to write my name in some mysterious notebook, i'll just say no.

Hard to say.
If this place does the same thing to everyone when they first get here... then it's probably not going to be a problem.
I'll have to help him instead. He won't know how to.
Nai and I are

[ wait ]

what?
What's b*nkai? Or any of that?

ah, don't worry about it.
anytime you see something like that in my writing, just ignore it.

_{[ .. ]}

it kind of makes me feel more at home.

_{[ Because Gintama could get in a lot of big trouble if they didn't censor things. ]}

If you're sure...

Just be careful okay?
If anything happened to you I wouldn't be able to forgive myself.

Nai won't hurt me

[ Yes the fuck he would, in a way. But vash doesn't know that. ]

_{[ This is sussy-bussy behavior, pal. Gintoki knows because he would say something like this if he had a twin that was apparently dangerous in order to keep someone else safe. ]}

ah, me?
i'm stronger than i may look, i guess. you shouldn't have to worry, no matter what kinda powers your brother has.

besides, if i die, that's part of living a beautiful life.
i'd be okay with it.
hell's been waiting for me anyway.

...
Don't die, please. Consider it a personal favor.
It's going to be hard to protect your friends back home if you die here.

[ He doesn't really... want to think it would come to that. Besides, it's not like Nai and Gintoki are talking in person. He's pretty safe unless he goes looking. ]

well, i hate to break it to ya but i can't really say when or where i'd actually die. it's not something that is up for debate. if it's the end of my path, it's the end of my path, that's kind of the fate for us mortals. my life has a number and i don't know what it is, but it's fate.

you can't negotiate with it. maybe it's different for your species, i don't know.

_{[ He could talk about all of the close calls he's had. He almost died on the battlefield and he and Zura were going to commit seppuku and die with honor, but Gintoki decided his life was too beautiful to worry about a beautiful death. It's not the fact that Gintoki is tired of living; it's the fact he doesn't fear dying. He's going to value his life and try to survive, but it's not his place to cheat death somehow if it comes knocking violently at his door. ]}

you don't have a realistic understanding that shit happens that you can't avoid, do you?

[ He'd meant in this particular situation in the moment, but overall yeah. Vash much prefers those people around him not die, and it's very often not a fair request or desire considering the world he lives in and the situations people are in. Vash frowns at his device as he reads all of this ]

I don't believe in fate.
Even if terrible things happen, I can just keep trying. I don't have to give up.
We're all given a blank ticket to the future.

Edited 2023-06-06 04:10 (UTC)

_{[ He isn’t sure why but he half expected a response like this. It’s very.. heroic. Kind of like a main JUMP character. Gintoki prefers to have a more realistic belief in things, even if they seem pessimistic most of the time. That’s just how life is— full of disappointment mixed in with happiness.

He’s not going to bust Vash’s bubble if he wants to believe in goodness like this. ]}

again.
you’re an idiot. but it ain’t my place to change whatever path of life you wanna take.

just know that having that kinda mentality has the risk of getting really hurt sometimes.

maybe you’re into that.
maybe you’re an M.

beats me.

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