Only one thing from the author: La donna e mobile.
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Meryl almost hit some alderly people but she chose to hit the wall instead.
"Are you all right, child?" asked her an old woman with a black cat in her arms.
"Nyaau" said the cat and closed its huge green eyes.
"I'm okay, thank you" she replied politely.
She was thinking what to do and decided that Milly's pudding concert wouldn't be a bad idea.
'But... I'm afraid of being in the building while the earthquake... And where actually it is?'
She just went after a group of teenagers. And somehow she reached the backstage, which was outside the
Plant building. And she saw Vash standing there.
"Your donuts, mister" one of the teens gave him a pack of donuts.
"Thanks! You've saved my life!" and he started eating.
"Then we can play?"
"Mpheph!" Vash nodded.
"Hello Vash" Meryl spoke up when the kids left.
"Ymphuhanze Her!!" Vash greated her cheerfully.
"Better swallow." Meryl said calmly.
"Good to see you!" his face was brighten with a huge grin.
Meryl sighed with a relief. It was still old Vash.
"Good to see you too," she replied automatically. "How is Milly?"
"She was doing great when I last saw her." Vash replied. "How's Knives?"
"He was doing great when I last saw him" she repeated absently.
Vash looked seriously at her and put his hands on her shoulders.
"Is there anything wrong? You can tell me."
She lowered her head.
"It's..." she started then decided to never end.
"What?"
She looked at him with a blank expression.
"Nothing," she said. "I just wanted to know what are you performing."
"Oh..." Vash backed away, on his face returned his happy-go-lucky smile. "Our song."
"What song?"
"It's a secret," he said. "I've gotta go, you won't mind, right?"
"Of course not, I'll see you later" she replied.
Vash waved and ran away.
'Why I couldn't tell him the truth?' she asked herself forcing not to cry. 'What's wrong with me?'
Then she thought about Knives and shivered.
'What is he planning? I'm now not needed... Then he'll kill me... as he should a long time ago... I
want my life back!'
She looked around. Everyone was busy, all of the people got their own businesses. None of them gave any
affection to the poor, little and lost Meryl.
"It's a... it's a... "she heard Milly's voice. "Muffin!"
Meryl blinked and started to follow her voice.
"But mister Vash!" Milly yelled. "I think that you should sing with me!"
Meryl coudn't hear Vash's reply because it was interupted by a gunshot and people's screaming.
"Guess I know now where HE may be..." she sighed and sat on a bench nearby. It was old and there were no
signs of painting on it since a long time ago.
Screams were suddenly cut off and Meryl was wondering what could have happened.
"Hi again, miss!" she was greated again by a girl from before. "You comes to hears my uncle's band?"
"W-what?" Meryl asked surprised when she realized that someone was standing in front of her. "Oh... Hello"
She smiled at the girl.
"So?" the girl sat next to her holding a teddy bear in her arms. "You wants to hears my uncle's band,
or you wants not?"
"What band?" Meryl asked. She didn't want to hear any band at all.
"The one and only that is performing here." The girl replied stroking her toy.
"And who's your uncle?" in her mind something cracked.
"The infamous, with the highest bounty on his head ever, Vash the Stampede is!" the girl replied happily.
'What a carefree child...' Meryl thought looking at the girl, who was now milind at her teddy. Then she
looked at Meryl.
"I would presents you my uncle," she said and stood up. "Comes with me"
"Oh, there's no need," Meryl smiled at the girl. "Everyone's heard about Vash the Stampede. And besides
I don't want to interupt while they're practicing."
"As you wishes. I would says goodbye to you, miss. Pity you wants not to meets my uncle. I think he would
likes you."
Before the girl dissapeared Meryl asked the one thing that was on her mind.
"Is Vash your real uncle?"
"Cause he is!" she nodded. "Like Milly is my real aunt! And you too, miss. Wants to be my aunt?"
"Oh, yes, of course I want" Meryl replied and sighed with a relief.
"Bye auntie Miss!" the girl waved and ran towards the scene. At least Meryl thought so.
'For one moment I thought that Vash is her biological uncle...' she thought and snorted. "That would be
funny... But it's not..."
'I think I whould worry about myself... And I'm defimitely going to tell Vash the truth next time I'll
see him." she decided.
"It's a... It's a... muffin! Just muffin!" she heard Milly's singing voice and blinked twice surprised.
"Muffin... muf... But Mr. Vash! I don't thinkk that the second part fits here... You should play something
faster!"
Meryl again didn't hear Vash's reply. And she was curious how, because around her was a dead silence.
"Nyo" Mr. Black Cat jumped on her knees. She looked at it and shivered.
The cat was whole in blood.
"Poor thing!" she cried and after a while noticed that the blood wasn't its.
Now her knees and hands were in blood. She was staing at them while Mr. Black Cat meowed and walked away.
It was really strange watching your knees and hands in blood and knowing that this blood wasn't yours, she
hadn't had any idea what to do so she just continoued her previous action.
'Isn't that stupid?' she asked herself. 'Wasting time like that? I should clean my hands... They're
dirty... I'm dirty... Why am I dirty? I don't want... I feel sick... Dirty and sick...'
She stood up, not really knowing why, and started walking towarts the hotel.
People were watching her with curiousity but she didn't realized that.
'I'm hungry...' she thought and went into the bar.
She sat on a chair at the edge of the room. The bar was really crowded. But there were no kids around. Some
wierd looking guys in the middle were smoking really hard. Beacause of them the whole place was full of the
smoke. It was hot, in the air was smell of the beer, cigarettes and, after a while, blood.
All this could made one sick in no time, but the one and only person feeling sick was Meryl.
She ordered only a glass of water and something on her nausea.
She swallowed the pill and drank the water. Then she paid the bill and stired herself to her room.
She wasn't even curious why everyone went silent while she was walking out.
She wasn't curious why two guys and one girl glanced at her with avertion and fear.
Then she heard whisperes behind her back but ignored them.
'It's all because of Mr. Black Cat... I'm dirty because of it...'
She went into her room. The fact that the door was opened and there was noone in didn't bother her at all.
She lay down on her bed and rested her head on her knees. She was lying in an embryonic pose. Her eyes were
almost closed.
She knew that she should cleaned herself from the blood but she just didn't have enough strength to do
that.
Koniec.
Hehe... So... Actually it's weird and short part... but another we'll be even more weird but definitely
not short... (oh, and the word "Koniec" means "End" – I just thought you'd like to know that...)
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Meryl almost hit some alderly people but she chose to hit the wall instead.
"Are you all right, child?" asked her an old woman with a black cat in her arms.
"Nyaau" said the cat and closed its huge green eyes.
"I'm okay, thank you" she replied politely.
She was thinking what to do and decided that Milly's pudding concert wouldn't be a bad idea.
'But... I'm afraid of being in the building while the earthquake... And where actually it is?'
She just went after a group of teenagers. And somehow she reached the backstage, which was outside the
Plant building. And she saw Vash standing there.
"Your donuts, mister" one of the teens gave him a pack of donuts.
"Thanks! You've saved my life!" and he started eating.
"Then we can play?"
"Mpheph!" Vash nodded.
"Hello Vash" Meryl spoke up when the kids left.
"Ymphuhanze Her!!" Vash greated her cheerfully.
"Better swallow." Meryl said calmly.
"Good to see you!" his face was brighten with a huge grin.
Meryl sighed with a relief. It was still old Vash.
"Good to see you too," she replied automatically. "How is Milly?"
"She was doing great when I last saw her." Vash replied. "How's Knives?"
"He was doing great when I last saw him" she repeated absently.
Vash looked seriously at her and put his hands on her shoulders.
"Is there anything wrong? You can tell me."
She lowered her head.
"It's..." she started then decided to never end.
"What?"
She looked at him with a blank expression.
"Nothing," she said. "I just wanted to know what are you performing."
"Oh..." Vash backed away, on his face returned his happy-go-lucky smile. "Our song."
"What song?"
"It's a secret," he said. "I've gotta go, you won't mind, right?"
"Of course not, I'll see you later" she replied.
Vash waved and ran away.
'Why I couldn't tell him the truth?' she asked herself forcing not to cry. 'What's wrong with me?'
Then she thought about Knives and shivered.
'What is he planning? I'm now not needed... Then he'll kill me... as he should a long time ago... I
want my life back!'
She looked around. Everyone was busy, all of the people got their own businesses. None of them gave any
affection to the poor, little and lost Meryl.
"It's a... it's a... "she heard Milly's voice. "Muffin!"
Meryl blinked and started to follow her voice.
"But mister Vash!" Milly yelled. "I think that you should sing with me!"
Meryl coudn't hear Vash's reply because it was interupted by a gunshot and people's screaming.
"Guess I know now where HE may be..." she sighed and sat on a bench nearby. It was old and there were no
signs of painting on it since a long time ago.
Screams were suddenly cut off and Meryl was wondering what could have happened.
"Hi again, miss!" she was greated again by a girl from before. "You comes to hears my uncle's band?"
"W-what?" Meryl asked surprised when she realized that someone was standing in front of her. "Oh... Hello"
She smiled at the girl.
"So?" the girl sat next to her holding a teddy bear in her arms. "You wants to hears my uncle's band,
or you wants not?"
"What band?" Meryl asked. She didn't want to hear any band at all.
"The one and only that is performing here." The girl replied stroking her toy.
"And who's your uncle?" in her mind something cracked.
"The infamous, with the highest bounty on his head ever, Vash the Stampede is!" the girl replied happily.
'What a carefree child...' Meryl thought looking at the girl, who was now milind at her teddy. Then she
looked at Meryl.
"I would presents you my uncle," she said and stood up. "Comes with me"
"Oh, there's no need," Meryl smiled at the girl. "Everyone's heard about Vash the Stampede. And besides
I don't want to interupt while they're practicing."
"As you wishes. I would says goodbye to you, miss. Pity you wants not to meets my uncle. I think he would
likes you."
Before the girl dissapeared Meryl asked the one thing that was on her mind.
"Is Vash your real uncle?"
"Cause he is!" she nodded. "Like Milly is my real aunt! And you too, miss. Wants to be my aunt?"
"Oh, yes, of course I want" Meryl replied and sighed with a relief.
"Bye auntie Miss!" the girl waved and ran towards the scene. At least Meryl thought so.
'For one moment I thought that Vash is her biological uncle...' she thought and snorted. "That would be
funny... But it's not..."
'I think I whould worry about myself... And I'm defimitely going to tell Vash the truth next time I'll
see him." she decided.
"It's a... It's a... muffin! Just muffin!" she heard Milly's singing voice and blinked twice surprised.
"Muffin... muf... But Mr. Vash! I don't thinkk that the second part fits here... You should play something
faster!"
Meryl again didn't hear Vash's reply. And she was curious how, because around her was a dead silence.
"Nyo" Mr. Black Cat jumped on her knees. She looked at it and shivered.
The cat was whole in blood.
"Poor thing!" she cried and after a while noticed that the blood wasn't its.
Now her knees and hands were in blood. She was staing at them while Mr. Black Cat meowed and walked away.
It was really strange watching your knees and hands in blood and knowing that this blood wasn't yours, she
hadn't had any idea what to do so she just continoued her previous action.
'Isn't that stupid?' she asked herself. 'Wasting time like that? I should clean my hands... They're
dirty... I'm dirty... Why am I dirty? I don't want... I feel sick... Dirty and sick...'
She stood up, not really knowing why, and started walking towarts the hotel.
People were watching her with curiousity but she didn't realized that.
'I'm hungry...' she thought and went into the bar.
She sat on a chair at the edge of the room. The bar was really crowded. But there were no kids around. Some
wierd looking guys in the middle were smoking really hard. Beacause of them the whole place was full of the
smoke. It was hot, in the air was smell of the beer, cigarettes and, after a while, blood.
All this could made one sick in no time, but the one and only person feeling sick was Meryl.
She ordered only a glass of water and something on her nausea.
She swallowed the pill and drank the water. Then she paid the bill and stired herself to her room.
She wasn't even curious why everyone went silent while she was walking out.
She wasn't curious why two guys and one girl glanced at her with avertion and fear.
Then she heard whisperes behind her back but ignored them.
'It's all because of Mr. Black Cat... I'm dirty because of it...'
She went into her room. The fact that the door was opened and there was noone in didn't bother her at all.
She lay down on her bed and rested her head on her knees. She was lying in an embryonic pose. Her eyes were
almost closed.
She knew that she should cleaned herself from the blood but she just didn't have enough strength to do
that.
Koniec.
Hehe... So... Actually it's weird and short part... but another we'll be even more weird but definitely
not short... (oh, and the word "Koniec" means "End" – I just thought you'd like to know that...)