Nimona ☆ White Tiger

[hanaban]

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[hanaban]

[ He goes /: like he can't tell whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. "is this a friend thing?" he doesn't have friends, he doesn't know ]

Hmm... Maybe drop the "dork" part of that.

[sharkgirl]

I'm not going to go around calling you a lord. [she leans out over the rocks, about as far as she can go without toppling over.] Anyway, you don't have to beat up anybody for me. I can beat up my enemies myself. But I like that you offered.

[hanaban]

[ ): the only one who ever indulged him in calling him anything similar was Sigrun with her "little general" but now she's gone and he's back to being "twerp" ]

I know you're more than capable. But sometimes, even when you can, there's reasons that you won't or don't want to. [ gestures at the scare she gave them all during Argalia's execution ] I'll be there for you in those cases. You just have to call my name.

[sharkgirl]

[she keeps leaning, like she could just fall off and not even care. right into the ocean.]

And what if you don't want to?

[hanaban]

[ he's going to hug her from behind and anchor her there, stop that ]

Even if I don't want to. I'll do what I have to do, to keep you safe.

[sharkgirl]

[she startles a bit, peering over her shoulder at him, but she stops leaning quite as far.]

... Really? [...] Don't get yourself in trouble for me, though.

[hanaban]

[ ...


he just smiles ]

[sharkgirl]

[immediately and without hesitation scowls at him]

I mean it. Do whatever nonsense you want, I don't care, but if you get screwed up or over because of me I'm gonna yell at you until your ears fall off.

[hanaban]

[ Nimona can't read the "it'd be worth it, though..." above Hanako's head ]

I'll be careful, Nimona. I won't get caught.

[sharkgirl]

[a pause, and then:]

That's what I asked Ace. To not get caught. [and we all know how that went]

[hanaban]

[ looks at hanako realizing well before break and was subsequently catty the rest of trial ]

... For your sake, or just in general?

[sharkgirl]

[she's quiet for a second, and then:]

There's not really a difference. But he said he was never going to let anybody innocent take the fall for him. [he's a better person than she is!]

[hanaban]

There's a difference...

[ nimona... ]

...he really was going to confess, wasn't he?

[sharkgirl]

If we didn't find Reigen's killer, then probably.

[her thoughts are disjointed normally, so it's just a couple of little thought bubbles of stupid and should have looked harder and he shouldn't have had to]

... I would've lied for him if he'd have let me.

[hanaban]

I haven't given up finding Reigen's killer. I've been talking to Temenos about it.

[ He would've lied to protect Ace too, would've thrown anybody else under the bus regardless of whether they've means to be part of Reigen's case. unfortunately, that person to him was Danny ]

[sharkgirl]

[she nods a bit at that.]

Yeah. Me too. And Nico. [...] I don't have any ideas. The only person I thought it could've been was Danny, but if I accused him and was wrong, it...

[sigh.]

Did you guys come up with anything?

[hanaban]

[ he shakes his head ]

We're still discussing it. [ aka still threading it ]

He called me out for not liking Danny.

[sharkgirl]

What, like scolded you? You don't have to like Danny.

[makes a nyeh face]

[hanaban]

More like laughed at me?

[ because his grudge is ridiculous and unfounded? yes ]

[sharkgirl]

Oh. Actually, yeah, that sounds like him.

I trip him when he laughs at me. [this sounds mean but she loves temenos and her love comes through bullying.]

[hanaban]

What's there to laugh about when it's you?

[ Nimona's perfect, how dare Temenos laugh at her, he's going to fight a priest the next time he sees him ]

[sharkgirl]

[hanako you are bad for her ego]

Same stuff he probably laughs at when it's you. [she nudges him.] He's gotten on me about picking fights with Tiger, but I'm justified so he can suck it.

[hanaban]

[ Temenos laughs at him for being wary of his holy light, but Hanako thinks he's justified in this one instance ]

Isn't that just Tiger's fault? Not that I've talked to them before, but even Mouse said Danny's mean to them.

[ it's such a culture clash, thinking about Tiger team, and then thinking of his mice with their team hugs and ball pit parties ]

[sharkgirl]

[it's so funny to think about some of the teams just really getting along and then there's tiger that would sell each other out for a corn chip, probably

she scowls a bit.]

Yeah, well, it's probably for a reason. [huff.] For me it's just - they've always got it worse. And it gets on my last nerve.

[hanaban]

[ ohh... trauma olympics ]

Let's go beat Tiger up together!

[ Tiger counts as an enemy!! he's feeling fighty ]