SEED 2 - Closed post for April Sidequests

[doubledollar]

WHO: Vash the Stampede, + Aki Hayakawa, + Katsuki Bakugou, + Zulius
WHERE: Several Places around Kaisou!
WHEN: Throughout April
WHAT: Vash is a Busybody and goes on 3 seperate quests with some of his friends, or new acquaintances!
WARNINGS: nothing i can think of for now!




[ He might have a full-time job now, as well as a garden to look after. But do you know what's great about mysteriously getting the power to only have to sleep maybe two hours a night is? Having free time to do whatever the hell you wanted in a world that was far more laid back than his own.

He'd been told about the availability of sidequests by Yuu when he'd arrived, and even though he didn't NEED to do them--here he was, picking up as many as he could anyway. Half because he couldn't help himself and NEEDED to be a busybody and help--and half because some of them honestly sounded ... fun? And besides, it's not like he'd be going alone. ]

1. Closed to AKI HAYAKAWA
☆彡Hopping Mad

[ his partner for this quest was the name of a guy he remembers. while Aki might not consider the noodle-like man to be a 'friend', the minute Vash had seen Aki's name on the list of people looking for a partner to handle an apparent outburst of rabbits on a nearby farm, his fingers moved before his thoughts could to sign up. Maybe Aki wouldn't be thrilled to be walking toward their destination alongside with the guy who tried to suggest that he could raise a goose to ride it as a mount, but. Here they were. ]

I actually own a garden, here in the city. Big one. So I can't imagine it feels very good to wake up and like. Suddenly have so many rabbits that all your poor veggies and plants are getting eaten to death.

[ he strikes up a conversation with the ponytailed man as they walk, smiling at him with a cheerful gaze. ]

I figure if we round them all up, we can find out why there are so many...


2. Closed to KATSUKI BAKUGOU
☆彡Knight at the Museum

[ he didn't recognise the name of the person he'd signed up with for this next quest, but that hardly stopped the humanoid typhoon. being a bodyguard and a chaperone was something he was VERY used to, so it was likely that fact alone that had moved his hands to sign up for this particular one.

That, and the museum was kind of cool? He'd heard of them, but he'd never actually taken the time to GO into one--it was an exciting prospect.

During the day, when he and the somewhat grumpy-looking man are follwing about the two groups of students, Vash is ... probably apt to acting just as excited as any of the kids are at certain exhibits. He really can be a handful, sorry, Bakugou. Currently, they're walking through a rather arthurian exhibit, nearing the end of the day's field trip; and then he and the bomberanian would be on their own until nightfall. Currently, Vash is posing in front of a suit of armour, grinning at his current partner. ]

I'm all for protective outfits, but seriously, this was the sort of things they wore in the old days? You'd MELT back on my home if you even wore one part of this. Like a tin can.
Not to mention it looks impossible to walk around in.

3. Closed to ZULIUS
☆彡Fast and the Furriest

[ maybe someone like Zulius doesn't exactly need a cash payout for a fun quest like most people do, what with how successful his theatre was. But you know what's fun? Reading out a mission to your bossman while taking a break at work and deciding, between you, that the mission sounded fun, if not a great way to spend a day off. Who didn't like solving a mystery?

And maybe Zulius and Vash weren't exactly the most stealthy pair--but at least Vash isn't wearing his usual terribly gaudy outfit that sticks out like a thumb today.

But he's still walking around with a zebrataur. It's fine.

Currently, the pair they're following are sitting outside a cute cafe, sharing what looks like to be a chocolate torte slice together.
Zulius and Vash not too far away, sitting at a different table. Vash has nicked a fashion magazine from inside when he'd ordered drinks for him and Zulius to 'act natural' with, but he's not really reading it. But he's trying his best to convincingly look like he is. ]

That's two jewelry stores they've gone into so far today. [ he mumbles at his companion, a little conspiratorily under his breath. ]

Comments

Fast and the Furriest

[bebest]

[Zulius is definitely wealthy enough to not need the cash payout, he is here to observe any potential spilt tea. He can sniff drama out a mile away and this is reeking of it. While Vash might be incognito, Zulius definitely isn't. But then, a zebrataur body isn't exactly... built for subtlety.

And neither is Zulius himself, who is just outright gawking at the pair. He isn't even pretending to read anything as he sips at a cup of coffee. ]

Right? Someone is definitely putting a ring on it. There's no way it can be anything else.

[doubledollar]

[ the spilt tea was definitely what made this mission worth it. it isn't even the first time vash has gotten himself involved in a task just to find out what the real story behind the request initial was.

He isn't bothered at all that Zulius isn't as sneaky as him either, his head tilted towards the pair as they start talking, he's trying his best to try to catch snippets.

There's a sound of a sharp, whiny dog yapping at a goose as it crosses the road. ]

Cute couples and long, drawn-out dates? It's definitely a recipe for popping the question.
...question is, is that what they're getting up to?
I wouldn't bring my sweetheart shopping for their own ring.

[bebest]

[Spilt tea makes ANYTHING worth it honestly. The dog is an irritation and Zulius casts it a sharp look- this naturally only angers the GOOSE, who starts hissing and flapping its wings at them. Even Zulius knows better than to fuck with the geese in this place, and turning his head away, hiding the side of his face with one hand as if that'll discourage the goose. ]

Maybe they're a modern couple? Like, sometimes they'll go halfsies on a ring or whatever. Hard to get a nice rock alone in this economy after all!

[doubledollar]

[ well, there goes any hope for listening in on what the couple are currently talking about. Their dessert is almost gone, they're paying their tab--it must be about time for them to get up to go to the next location?? Crap. Vash grabs up his coffee and takes a long drink.

Burning his tongue. He chokes a bit, coughing it down, and tries to compose himself as Zulius is uh.
Told off by a particularly unhappy goose. It's staring, impetuously as Zulius tries to hide. ]

--Modern?
Economy?
Oh, it's like that here after all, huh? Well I guess that actually does make sense.
Splitting finances.

[ cough. Hm. The couple are getting up. ]

[bebest]

[Zulius is already making moves to follow the couple- knocking over chairs with his fat zebra ass as he goes. Not that he pays any attention to it- the couple are pointedly not looking their way as they walk away, so obviously this stealth mission is going GREAT. ]

Syceah, like it's really hard for some people to make rent and stuff. The joys of capitalism!

[HE doesn't have to worry about rent but at least he's aware he's Not Most People. He starts "creeping" after the couple, which isn't very effective as his hooves clip-clop on the pavement. ]

But man, they must be super picky with how many they're going to, huh? I get checking out all the options, but geez, guys.

[doubledollar]

[ look, having a whole ass-end of an animal makes moving around difficult, Vash isn't even mad. If he had any idea how to be super subtle and stealthy maybe he'd hiss at Zulius for knocking over a chair or two, but
instead, the idiot just laughs and moves to right them before following along in very subtly following the pair. Tossing down the fashion magazine he definitely paid for and didn't have to leave behind. ]

Lucky I dodged that bullet. Rent free, baby.
Except you know, at the price that I live pretty much next to the woods outside the city limits.
[ getting back and fourth is fun. But anyway, he's got a hand on his chin, rubbing his thumb against his jawline. ]

I guess if you have to wear one ring your whole life, you want it to be fancy as possible. Or maybe she wants to make sure he's not gonna cheap ou--we, whoa--

[ as Vash almost walks face-first into a pair of men who suddenly cut across in front of himself and Zulius, carrying some sort of big, fancy-ass looking piano, cutting the pair off from their quarry--vash's hands coming out in front of him as his hands hit the keys with a loud BWONNG. ]

Wh, wa! Warn a guy before you cut out in front of them, jeez, man?!

[bebest]

[It makes moving so difficult, and he's only had about a month to get used to it! RIP all these poor chairs honestly. ]

You really lucked out on that one! And babe, honey, you need to get yourself like...a bike at least. Be kind to your legs.

[He makes a soft sch-yeah sound.]

'Course. I mean, there's always a chance it'd go belly up and this would be a whole waste of time because sometimes you just get yourself set for a whole life together and then one person ends up being a dirtbag, but that's just li-

[He's stopped from his totally not projecting with the piano. He lets out a sharp HAY.]

What are you guys even doing? Do you think you're in a bad Charlie Chaplin movie? [And aside to Vash.] Memo to me, show you a Charlie Chaplin movie, just nod like you get the joke.

[doubledollar]

My legs are great! Don't worry about it. Why do you think they call me Vash the Stampede? [ but he digresses. He really has to do his best to not laugh a little at Zulius' derailment, half because the delivery was honestly a bit comical, but also because oops. It looks like he stumbled on a BIT of a sorespot. relationship troubles there, buddy?

It's not like he has much time to try to reassure him that sometimes life just doesn't work out and some other piece of some great speech he has in mind because, uh. Piano.
HAY is right, what the hell was that??

And honestly, just as asked, he's going to nod along. Charlie who? Doesn't matter, these clowns are seriously in for it. ]

What if you dropped that on my toes, man? These boots are expensive!
[ they were custom made, you jerks??? get out of here!!

The pair of movers just roll their eyes and grumble at the pair who... probably should have been paying more attention to their surroundings instead of discussing totally-not-exes, and once they're clear, Vash starts to walk again. ]

Man, talk about rude. Who moves a piano out in the middle of the day like that?

[ ...what were they doing, again? anyway ]

What were we talking about? Dirtbags, right. Sometimes it's better to just throw out the whole man and try again, that's what a good friend of mine back home said once.

[bebest]

[Zulius lets out a probably HAH laugh at that]

PUNS, I love it.

[The piano really is an obnoxious distraction. He was having a good solid rant about the ex he's totally over (he absolutely is not) and now they have to deal with this. He watches as the movers take the piano away, making that tch sound again, but WAY louder and WAY more pointed this time. ]

Right? Super rude! Like don't they know we're on a stealth mission here?

[Normally, yelling the words "stealth mission" kind of negates the stealthiness of the entire process. The couple have definitely stopped and are just...watching them, as Zulius continue his rant.]

RIght!!! TOTAL dirtbags. Your friend is absolutely right. You gotta toss a whole man out and leave him in the garbage where he belongs. And also? ALSO?? [He's making little crushing motions with his hands.] Also let the trash compactor just crush his stupid skeleton into tiny pieces of insignificant dust until he's nothing but particles of nothing.

[Wow, yeah he's totally a-ok, no leftover bitterness or anything. The uh... the woman might be crossing over to them as Zulius is still making weird crushing motions with his hands. ]

[doubledollar]

[ know what really wasn't stealthy? yelling out that you're on a stealth mission with someone. know what else wasn't really stealthy? having a full on rant about your ex in the middle of the street without really controlling the volume of your voice where said stealth mission was happening. And yet here they were.

Vash is? Honestly a bit taken aback by how passionate Zulius was--and he can only imagine how his zebra-taur friend has been hurt by this crappy ex and he starts clapping his hands along with the man's statement--solidarity--only to pause when a yelp when said zebra-friend gets murdery. ]

H, hey, hey! Now, I mean there's nothing wrong with putting people in the trash, but hey, let's not cross the line to --

[ and as he's trying to calm Zulius down, he lifts his head to realise theyre'... they're being approached. Ah, Crap. CRAP!
It's the lady-half of the pair they've been tailing.
In a brilliant moment of trying to salvage this, Vash puts the hood of his Hoodie up, grabbing the drawstrings and pulling it over his face. Eep.

...She doesn't look impressed at all by the act, giving them a sort of pained look as... yeah, the gig is really up. ]

Look, being followed around is weird enough and all, and we've been doing our best to ignore it, buuuut. It's kind of at a moot point when you announce it to the world, sweetie.

If you two are just gonna continue tailing us, then maybe you can actually do us a favor?

[bebest]

[Sorry, Vash, Zulius got his heart properly broken and he's still super made about it two years down the line. It's rare that Zulius gets murdery, but when his ex is concerned, all bets are off. ]

It's fine he doesn't have a soul so it won't even -

[Oh right. The whole-ass mission they're on! He turns to pay attention to the poor woman.]

Hey! We were being SUper stealthy! [They were not, they really, truly, were not.] But...sure? I guess? What sort of favour are we talking about?

I need you to help keep this surprise from my dad, I'm trying to get a ring repaired for his birthday.

[Zulius blinks.]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. [He points at her, and as an aside to Vash.] ...Or I guess it can be that reason why they're going to every jeweller in the city. Yeah.

[doubledollar]

[ hes starting to see that. damn, who hurt you zul, vash will probably toilet paper his house for you or something, damn.

those are plans for later, though, as this rather lively, exasperated woman who's telling them the gig is up is, well.
Asking for help? Vash's instincts turn on like a lightbulb in the middle of a storm.

When she explains her situation....

....suddenly it all makes sense. Vash dunks his fist into the palm of his other hand. ]

So it wasn't the economy, it was a BIRTHDAY. You know, I wonder if we would have heard them mention it were it not for that airplane that went overhead about two hours when they started talking about jewelry stores the first time.

[ He gives the girl a sheepish look, laughing high and brightly as he tries to add levity to the conversation. as if they WEREN'T just caught stalking the couple for the past, what. Six hours? God how did they get six hours in and only just now get caught. ]

Yeah, no, super. If you can keep the secret, it'd be great. We'd even pay you! Probably more than "dear old dad" was willing to, for whatever information he was looking for???
I swear to god he is SO noisy, I don't want him to screw this up for me!!!

Ring, peace offering.

Secret, keep it. Otherwise, well...

[ she twists a lock of her hair, looking at Zulius, pointedly--no, almost threateningly. ]

[bebest]

[He will be very down for some Afterwards Revenge. That would be great.]

Right! I mean, it's not really our fault if background noise stopped us from getting the whole story!

[Zulius listens to the girl as she goes on about a better payment, which he definitely isn't here for, but Vash could probably use it, he supposes. He's about to open his mouth to accept that offer until she starts giving him that pointed, threatening look and he lets out a loud gasp putting a hand to his chest.]

ExCUse me? Was that aimed at me? I can keep secrets!!! I can totally keep secrets!!!

[He has never kept a single secret in his whole entire life. ]

[doubledollar]

[ oh he's already got some plans in mind. it'll wait not too long. maybe.

Vash also giving a sigh and gesturing at his Zebra friend like, yeah, yeah exactly?? The plane man, the plane
don't get him started on the pack of mimes that also followed them at one point...
But, now her boyfriend is coming over to join the foray as Zulius waxes falsetto about being able to keep secrets. He's handing off a particular jersey off to Zulius, and a weird ball of yarn with a very. pointed look. ]

I'm just saying, you were yelling pretty loud about your ex, there, right. [ he raises his eyebrows as his girlfriend fishes through her wallet, before handing off a small pile of larger bills to vash. vash's eyes are going big. ]

You might recognise the team on the jersey here, but let's just say I've heard your name before, Zulius.
Don't worry though, keep it a secret and we won't have any problems. We're all friends, right?

[bebest]

[The plane is the cause of ALL of their problems!!!

Zulius is opening his mouth to start a fight with the boyfriend when the jersey is put in his hands. He drops his gaze to it and his jaw snaps shut. Look at that, it turns out there is something that can shut this zebra up. He's just staring intently at the jersey as the pair talk, handing over money to Vash. He only looks up again when he realises he's being addressed. He looks between Vash and the pair, before sucking in a breath, slinging the thing over his back and giving a lazy, dismissive wave. ]

Sch-yeah, whatever. I'm not even bothered. [He is so deeply, viscerally bothered by this but he would rather die than let them know that.] We can keep your little secret, it's not even that juicy. Not worth it.

[He turns sharply on his heels to sashay away like his life depends on it.]

C'mon, Vash. Let's leave these people to their tacky little ring shopping.

[doubledollar]

[ he doesn't quite understand what's happening here. he knows his buddy zulius is a man who loves his gossip, and while he's definitely the type who keeps secrets about as well as a cheese cloth retains water, something Happened there. There was an exchange that Vash does Not understand here, and he's not sure if he ever will.

All he knows is the couple is smiling, they got paid, and now Zulius is definitely done with this.

...You know what? Mission successful, kind of?
...Aw man, but now he feels bad. He's gonna think for a long moment, waving the couple off as he chases his half-zebra friend with a grin on his face.

Offering the man half of the bills the couple gave him. ]

So, hey, I got a supersoaker from the this weird Goodwill store a few days back.
What say you we go fill it up with concentrated fish sauce and go to your Ex's house.

I can soak his door in the stuff from across the street and noone'll ever know.
It'll just stink of fish guts for like, a week.

[bebest]

[Zulius is definitely having a bad time. He's trying to focus on a point in the horizon, and if he just keeps sashaying towards it, then he doesn't have to look back on that couple and acknowledge that his goddamn ex is still lurking about like the nastiest little shadow.

His ears turn to the sound of Vash coming up beside him, as he keeps focusing on that little point. Just put all his legs one in front of the other. Sashay away from your troubles. He waves his hand in a vaguely dismissive gesture at the money.]

You keep it. I don't need it.

[Vash, he is so rich, it's okay, please use the money and buy a goddam bike or something. Look after you.

The offer does pull a little smile on his face, though. ]

Oooooh. I do like the idea of some good old-fashioned revenge. It'd drive his like, six billion cats bonkers.

[doubledollar]

[ some shadows just don't go away, Zulius. Sorry about your terrible ex and his terrible stinky existence.

And his soon to be fish-guts smelling house. He's gonna shrug, and put the money away in the hoodie pocket in his sweater. ]

All's well that ends well, then. Let's go make a jerk crazy and make off like bandits.

[ mission success, huh. ]

[bebest]

[He's the worst! Still, this is a good end to a...weird fucking day. If nothing else, he has learned he has a friend who is willing to be a petty asshole with him towards his ex, and that is worth it's weight in gold!

He brightens up, because that's a NICE thing to learn. He leans in to link his arm with Vash's.]

Yaaaaaaaaaaas. Let's go make him cry like the pathetic washout he is!