Vash was walking back into the hallway, towards the exit. His expression was of someone who was exhausted.
Vash:"That woman... Tch-... She really meant it when she said that I am a specimen not worth letting go off.... She literally all my size and style preferences to get me a outfit... Well, not that I mind it. But, she at least she could've been gentle... She hit me with the measuring tape too many times."
While walking, someone bumped into him and she fell down, he looked down and reached out a hand to get her up.
Vash:"Uh-.. Sorry about that... Are you alright?"
The girl had sky blue hair and blue eyes, looked like in her 20s but timid natured, black blouse,skirt, a white coat over it like a scientist and complimented by glasses on her face, as she got up herself while mumbling to herself: "sorry, I wasn't looking... Urgh~... What!?, where did the file go?"
Vash looked at her awkwardly, because he was already living for near one and a half year alone and now that he found some living people... He was getting ignored most of the time.
He just rubs the back of his head and mumbles to himself: "man,... Shouldn't I be treated like celebrity?, .. I am literally the only man here.... Damn, the anime story is just a story after all."
The girl looked at him and narrowed her eyes... Studying his body shape as she suddenly lit up and leaned towards him, making him bent backwards and almost snapping his back with a gasp followed by a mumble: "I think I broke my spine!"
The girl kept leaning on him then started to study him from all angles before stopping in front again and setting her glasses as she said.
Scientist girl:"It's my first time seeing a woman with such a different figure!!... Where are are you from!?, Are you new here!?, what's your name?!!!.... Why do you look so different!!!?"
The girl seemed to be excited like a child seeing him in front of her eyes... It was like kid saw the river for the first time.
Vash straightens up and looks at her awkwardly and also warily, thinking to himself
Vash:"what is wrong with her suddenly?... She was ignoring me moments ago and suddenly got so excited like I am some rare kaiju."
The girl kept yapping her questions nonstop, so fast that vash was thinking.
Vash:"what the hell is she yapping?... I don't understand a word she's saying."
"Uh,... Miss... Calm down, calm down a bit... Anx.. I am not a woman... I am a man... My name is var– I mean vash... And you?"
The girl paused from his words and looked at him like with a critic gaze... Examining his body figure and height... She pushes her glasses with a finger and says.
Scientist girl:"Ahem-... Sorry About that... I just.. Uhh... You're a man, you say?... Well, that's.. Uhm... That's certainly the most unknown thing I've ever heard about."
"But if you say so... And you don't look like us either, so it's kind of hard to say that you're lying.... Hm, I know this might sound rude.. But."
The girl suddenly leaned towards his face with a excited look and asked.
"Can I do some tests on you?!.... I really want to see what your body is like, your blood and nervous system... I want to see what kind of creature you are!"
Vash takes a step back, a bit awkward due to her behavior and the lustful gaze she had. He mumbles a short: "I.... I have something to take care of", and just after saying that, he dashed with full speed, the girl could just stare at the nothing and cough out the dust that came on her face and mouth when vash dashed in a sonic speed.
She pouts and yells.
Scientist girl:"Hey!.. Come back here... I haven't done any tests on you yet!"
Meanwhile vash came out of the underground headquarter and pauses to breath in relief, he looks behind him to see how far he had came and says.
Vash:"That girl was psycho... Oh my f-ck... I still feel the chills... Who do you think I am, a lab rat?.... F-uk.... I am not meeting that one again for sure."
He let's out a scoff and turns back to move forward, only to meet with a scary looking face that made him jump back with a loud squeak: "Kyaa!".
Only to see that it's sarin... She was in her military uniform like usual but this was more for the comfort.. A simple shirt and pant with boots... Her hair were untied and fallen down to her back.
She looks at him and for the first time ever since they met... She got a smallest of a smirk from his squeak. She looked him and said.
Sarin:"Now that's some feminine sound you made... You sure you're not some kid trying to look cool?"
Vash blushed and gets annoyed at her taunt, he clears his throat and composes himself before responding with.
Vash:"Hey!.. Now, that's not my fault... You came out of nowhere... I bet even you'll squeal if someone came out of nowhere in front of you."
Sarin just scoffed with a small arrogant smirk and continues.
Sarin:"No way, that would never ever happen... I know what scares me... Unlike a certain someone... Who thinks they are cool just because they took down a big monster.... Heh, I bet you were just lucky that time."
Vash was annoyed and scoffs at her mocking. He just starts walking and says.
Vash:"Yeah yeah,... I was lucky... But don't forget that luck is also a kind of stat when it comes to fighting or doing anything."
Sarin frowns in confusion when he starts walking and his words. But decides to shrug it and continue.
Sarin:"Well, I don't care about that... Anyways, come with me... Madam general gave me her words to show you your room and.... You should get out of those clothes... They aren't gonna get you far enough in this place."
Vash pauses midstep and looks at her with skeptism and also understanding... Thinking to himself.
Vash:"she isn't wrong about the place to live... Seny-.. I mean seniel did say I can live here until I find a way to leave... Well, to leave this place, I need to extract the fragment from her anyway... Let's just live here and see if there is a way to extract it without killing her."
"I can fight her and try to take it by killing her... But,... She's strong... Too strong for me... And the people here also seem to love her too much. So, that means she isn't a bad person.... Tch-.... This system really is trying to get a rise out of me ever since I got this job change quest."
"And... What does she mean 'my clothes won't get me far in this place'?.... These clothes are basically armour... Uh.. I guess she can't see it since it's made by the system."
Meanwhile, sarin was staring at him with a tired and knowing look,thinking to herself.
Sarin:"there he goes again... He really likes to talk to himself a lot.... He kept talking like this even in the van, when were on the way here."
She sighed in annoyance and snaps her finger, making vash snap out of his thoughts.
Sarin:"If you're done with self talking. Then, shall we go now?"
Vash looks at her and say
Vash:"yeah, let's go."
He said without looking at her. Mumbling to himself as they start to walk: "I wonder what kind of clothes does she mean."
After a walk for few minutes, they reached a hostel like building which was also inside the camp. It wasn't too big neither was it small, it was enough big to let about 30 to 35 people if gave one room per 4 to 5 people, Like roommates.
Vash wasn't questioning this as his whole thoughts were at the extraction of fragments from seniel without harming her. He could try to fight and kill her.. But, the risk of him loosing was big, and even if he did win... The women living in this place all follow under seniel like children... They all see her as their benefactor and live peacefully... So vash was conflicted to take away the very thing that the people here were dependent for living.
They both go upstairs and reach the third floor, where sarin opens the door of the room C-4, the room was not too big, but enough for one person..
A singular bed, a cabinet, a working desk and a attached bathroom with toilet side by side, only separated by a wooden plank wall. Sarin closes the door behind as they both enter inside and says.
Sarin:"This is your room for the while you stay here... We will try to find a way to see where you are from, and if there's a way for you to leave, until then, don't go doing anything without my or general seniel's permission..... Haa... We still have no idea about what creature you are... Man, woman.. Or.... Anomaly."
She pauses to take sigh as vash started to take off his hoodie.
Sarin's cheek flushes slightly as she looks at a type of body she had never seen before, the ripped muscular frame and toned abs and chest.
But, what caught her eyes the most was a the pattern behind vash's back.. It was a big "chakra", it was a tilted chakra from ancient India god...the infamous " Sudarshan chakra" from his skin.. It was made Like a mark made by burning tattoo. Pitch black but eye catching.. And when he turns towards her, she sees another mark on his left chest.. A "ॐ" .. For a second it felt like it was burning red and just stops at black... For her they were nothing, maybe she never saw something like this before, that's why she didn't question it.
But, she was staring at his chest, while vash catches her staring.. He just looks at her skeptically but decides to let it go because he also saw these tattoos... And oddly enough, it was new for even him.... He touched the tattoo on his chest, not realizing there's one on his back too and just says a single word "OM". It was a small word.. But for him, it was a incantation... He didn't say it like a simple word, but as a resonating vibration... The word "OM" Reverbrates from his whole body... Relaxing all his muscles and resting his brain nerves.
And just as he opens his eyes, he seems to realize that on this floor,.. Floor 900, there is no extreme head and he can stand just fine... He drops his hoodie on the bed and turns back to sarin... Wanting to ask if she's done staring.... But, she was standing really close to him, making him step back a bit. A sweat bead falls down his forehead and before he could say anything, sarin drops a question.
Sarin:"you don't have breasts?.... And why's your waist so wide?.... And why are you not wearing support for your chest?"
The questions in itself weren't weird if seen from sarin's point of view... If someone who had never seen a particular gender for their whole life sees one suddenly will surely start to question everything they see in them.
Vash couldn't do anything but stand still and listen to her question while mentally imagining a kid throwing nonsense words questions on him like: "why are you so tall, why don't you look soft skinned like me" And stuff... He just let's out a tired sigh and scratches the side of his forehead.