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[photosympathies]

I need advice!

( Hello network, here's your friendly neighbourhood Stampede about to fully launch into something with no forewarning and no introductions. It's how he makes friends ... and also enemies, don't worry. ) So, we have to get jobs, right? But I'm not exactly sure what I'd be good at. I usually just do whatever people need around the towns I'm visiting, which means I know a little of most things. But I figured this place was new and people might be a little more cautious about that. So I made flyers!

( In one hand - metal, blue sometimes sea green - Vash holds up a stack of leaflets. )

Only when I was trying to give them out I got a lot of dirty looks so can someone tell me what I've done wrong! I really want to be useful while I'm here.

( Turning the flyer around so that his ( unfortunate ) captive audience can see. The design is obviously home made, and probably in a rush. On the paper it proudly proclaims

VASH THE STAMPEDE
RENT BOY
WILL DO WHATEVER YOU NEED
COST: ???
Below that is a crude drawing of the man himself - a stick figure with a triangle body ( his coat, sadly missing ) and a mass of spiky hair. It has a crude beaming smile on the circle of a face. )

Is it the drawing? I could have done better I guess, but I was in a hurry. ( A pause, a slow dawning realisation. ) Aw, shoot. It's the name, right? I didn't use my civilian name! Crap, that's probably a no-no.

( Nothing else could be the issue.

... Right? )

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[intertwinedfates]

[They will be the most upbeat nuisances ever! Happy to have a not-quite-captive audience, he rambles on until the end of his story, letting out a breath once he reaches the end. He never really thought about it while it was happening, but yeah, his last world-hopping visit was busy.]

Right? I already took mine down in my apartment. I'll live without being able to see myself, thanks. [Maybe given the high tech nature of this place he should be more worried about screens, but until that proves true, he's sticking to his grudge against mirrors.] Oh, we paired them up with copies of my friend and sent them back into the mirror. It seems like all they wanted was some companionship, so there wasn't too much trouble to be had with them, thankfully.

[photosympathies]

Oh. Oh, that's kind of sad actually.

( Is he feeling bad for evil copies of his new friend? Maybe. It's hard being a bleeding heart. )

Well, if it ever happens again let me at them. I can talk anyone's ear off! They'd be begging to go back into the mirror by the end of it.

[intertwinedfates]

Yeah, I kinda felt bad for them, but in the end things worked out for all of us. Nobody got hurt or was left alone. That's the important thing.

[Both of them a Grade-A suckers, it must be said. Hopefully they're never let loose in a fortune teller's stall.]

Sounds like a good plan to me! Better to have them wanting to leave of their own accord rather than forcing them in, not that we had to do that.

[photosympathies]

Right, and I'm great at making people want to leave!

( Said oh so confidently. )

[intertwinedfates]

That's a handy skill to have, especially if there's some kind of trouble! You could be great at leading people out of danger.

[But it's also kind of sad, too??]

[photosympathies]

( Oh no, nobody listens to him when there's an actual threat. )

I mean the loudness has to count for something, right? If we ever need to evacuate anywhere, I'm your man!

[intertwinedfates]

[Oh dear. Maybe they can change that somehow.]

That it does! And your bright coat means people would have an easy time spotting you in a crowd!

[photosympathies]

Even without I'm pretty tall. And I can just -.

( He lifts two arms over his head, waves them about wildly. )

But hopefully we won't need that here. Maybe people are more open to being helped.

[intertwinedfates]

Oooh, yeah, that's true. Pretty much everything about you is eye-catching!

[Nodding along, he grins.]

I would imagine so, given the state of the world. At least, I hope they are. It's kind of difficult to help people who are actively resisting any assistance.

[photosympathies]

Thanks!

( Eye-catching should not be something a guy with his bounty wants to be but alas, he does. )

True. That's when you just throw them over a shoulder and hope for the best.

[intertwinedfates]

[Yeeaaahhh... Maybe they'll have to talk about being more discreet sometime. Although perhaps it doesn't matter so much here.]

No kidding. Sometimes you gotta take matters into your own hands - literally.

[photosympathies]

See! ( Laughing brightly. ) I knew someone would see it my way! Maybe being here won't be so bad after all.