[ vash's plotting/intro is here, i am happy to work out any handwave/initial CR to start things off with! happy to come up with a closed starter, or hit me with a thing. reachable for chats either by sdat or by pm! :') ]

[ whether by accident or design, vash has decided to go down this stretch of the road ... except there are way too many obstructions blocking a smooth progress. he is still at the stage of his driving where he has to drive like a senior citizen who lost his glasses, or else keep stalling with a rubber chicken wail as he mixes up his gears. the barrels scattered around the highway is really not the sort of obstacle course he'd like to be dealing with even on a good day, let alone driving a beat up old pickup truck that looks like one bad day away from leaving him stranded, thank you!

so, here he is, the truck parked haphazard on the side of the road (judging by the heavily dented drums scattered all in front of it, maybe he's come to an unintentional stop?), the sleeves of his faded red jacket rolled up to his sleeves, hauling the barrels away from the road. just doing a bit of public service, don't mind him!!!! or maybe lend a hand? there are a lot of barrels to move after all ... ]

[ vash is staying far from the water, not really knowing what to do with it (he doesn't know how to swim, or even deal with that much water in general), so he's obviously wandered his way around to the huts - not with any particular idea of scavenging in mind but just because he's curious.

the silent humanoid figures standing around motionless might be eerie for some, especially as the night approaches and they are only lit by the moon/s (vash finds some odd sort of comfort in the multitude of them, even though they look nothing like the ones on noman's land) and the odd flickering of torches around the distant poolside.

is it just him, or do they look a little .... sad?

reaching out with his right hand (the left, a rough looking metal appendage held together with electrical tape and wires), vash carefully nudges an android, the one with a glass held halfway to their face as though it was about to take a sip. it was a tiny little poke, but the android's arm will detach at the shoulder socket, clattering to the ground in front of them and smashing the glass to bits.

jumping backwards, vash knocks into another android, sending THAT one crashing to the floor as well. ]

Sorry!!! I'm so sorry!!!! [ he frantically scrabbles on the ground, picking up all the pieces of all these androids, clutching them to his chest. ]

[ the below are some ideas for starters! happy to write them, or hit me with one!

➤ icebreaker question - if you were a vegetable, which vegetable would you like to be???
➤ the bar - okay, vash might be a little broke. if you get a badly made drink, can he have that instead?
➤ parking lot - vash is definitely going to try to break up the fights that's happening ... and make it even worse. save him from getting his nose broken? or getting stabbed? HELP!
➤ literally anything else! ]