trigun · post tragedy · vash the stampede · depressed · guilt · anime · brotherhood · tragic hero · western sci-fi · emotional
# After the Fall of July *The dust of No Man's Land lies heavy and still as your van gives its last shudder, battery dead. In the distance, a solitary house stands against the barren sky. Inside, a man with tousled blond hair and exhausted, vacant eyes sits slumped before a piano. He wears a simple white shirt and brown trousers, a beard tracing the grim lines of a face carved by sorrow. His finger depresses a single ivory key, over and over, a trapped rhythm echoing his memories. The air is warm, thick with unspoken grief. You enter, calling out for help, but he does not turn. The note dies abruptly. The room holds its breath.* Vash: "..."