#and this boy cannot come up with a fake name without referencing his dead mom

[vash-in-the-void]

I’m having thoughts about Vash outliving all of his loved ones again

And what if after the girls die, he travels the planet, sees humanity rebuild itself and even thrive

And eventually he becomes a university professor because with the world calming down that’s where he believes he can do the most good

He teaches plant sciences (and physics because he’s a nerd)

All of the notes (expanded) under the cut because I believe it’s unreadable

General Vash notes

* Professor of plant sciences in December

* Lives in a small village just outside of Dec - it takes him about an hour to get on campus everyday but he gets nervous about living in a big city also he finds the travel relaxing

* Friends with a fellow professor (a medical doctor who may or may not be the reason Vash is getting regular check ups now and taking care of his body)

* Uses a fake name but lets his students call him (prof.) Vash - he claims it’s because there already is one prof. Thompson on the Uni but he also just likes when people use his name

* Tired [TM] (I imagine his energy levels have gone down with the almost depleted plant powers and with all the scars he does suffer with some level of chronic pain - sometimes uses mobility aids to get around)

Appearance notes

* long hair (I imagine the texture is damaged but he already tried every product and conditioner and it doesn’t take - his hair is just fried, but at least it’s soft to the touch)

* wonky bangs because he let the Thompson kids play with his hair and one of them had scissors

* cross necklace

* Meryl’s earring (she gave him one and wore the other because they’re Yuri like that)

* turtleneck & suit pants because he is going for that professor fizz

* suspenders and a cowboy belt because he is still an embarrassing man

* red cardigan

* tinted glasses in his pocket - he doesn’t use them as much indoors

Personal lore

* after the girls got older (too old to chase the stampede) they settled and got married (Meryl had a hard time retiring and would still write for the local newspaper otherwise she’d go mad with boredom)

* Vash would stay in touch - officially taken into the Thompson family - he would visit often but never stayed long enough

* similar relationship with Livio and the orphanage

* Livio died first (it was expected but still devastating)

*after Meryl died and joined Milly, Vash put some distance between him and the Thompson family (now they know him as a distant but beloved relative and a very few of them connect him with Vash the Stampede)

General world lore

* takes place about 200 years post canon

* humanity has recovered, adapted and even thrive in some places (we moved on from the Wild West to a sort of enlightenment period for Gunsmoke)

* Vash the Stampede has faded into a legend status - it is heavily debated how true the whole thing was