Nimona ☆ White Tiger

[hanaban]

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[hanaban]

[ yea

He has to think about it for a moment, but no, the feeling is still there, and it's embarrassing and miserable and even then he's just a little little bit happy because Nimona doesn't (maybe?) think any less of him even after hearing all that ]

... I adopted a hamster with Mouse and then forgot about it. I think it's living in the ball pit eating the pastries Ryuki bought for us...

[ he's an irresponsible pet owner.......... this is killing him ]

[sharkgirl]

[she has a very high threshold for shitty behavior, honestly.

she will just hold his hand for a bit.] Almost there. These are the petty crimes. Probably.

[hanaban]

[ ughhhhhhhhhhhh... maybe it has to be something really really bad? he can't think of much worse than balding Ponta, though. ]

I... possessed my assistant once, and used her to cop a feel of her best friend's chest?

[sharkgirl]

Gross.

[hanako please]

... Okay, I'm not mad, but like, that was a lot to process in one go.

[hanaban]

Please don't process any of that. Just forget about it.

[ there is zero need to remember his sins!!!! he'd like to pretend they never happened too!! ]

[sharkgirl]

No, I think if we're gonna be friends forever I gotta know some of this stuff, dude.

[honks his nose with her thumb and pointer finger.]

Is that why you said wait a bit before I come to find you? Because you might be ending your world?

[hanaban]

[ bweh ]

It's not like I'm trying to!

[ it's just a possibility. a probable outcome. but maybe things will go okay for once and he won't destroy everything he touches ]

...There's somebody important to me, who I need to make sure is safe and happy, and alive... I need to make peace with my brother. And then, I'll have no more attachment to the world.

[ then he can take a joy ride with nimona and saya and maybe even eventually pass on into oblivion, he doesn't know. ]

[sharkgirl]

Are you gonna be able to do that without help? [:T] I feel like little brother that's a demon that you can't bring yourself to re-kill is a huge obstacle.

[a pause.]

... Not to mention now I gotta worry that you're gonna bald people left and right.

[don't joke]

[hanaban]

You can't kill him! [ it's rushed, defensive, a knee-jerk response of "please don't hurt my baby brother" even though he knows there's only one way this can end.

he can't let anybody hurt his brother, he can't hurt his brother, but it's the only way to set either of them free. ask Nico for help? it doesn't even cross Hanako's mind. murder is the only solution and it's just a matter of how and when ]

[sharkgirl]

I'm not going to kill him.

[she doesn't even know him!!! a beat.]

I just don't think you should have to. There's not another way to help him?

[hanaban]

Nnnnnnnno...?

[ said as if he'd never considered there might be another option this entire time ]

[sharkgirl]

... Aaaaare you sure.

[hanaban]

Y...yes....?

[sharkgirl]

You don't sound sure.

[huff.]

Not that I know any alternatives. [idk when this thread takes place so she doesn't suggest nico]

[hanaban]

[ So many of Hanako's Situations can be summed up with the fact that he doesn't know any alternatives besides murder. With supernaturals, slicing them in half doesn't constitute murder; they just lose their power and reform after some time. Inconsequential, really.

Not so with his brother. When Tsukasa is gone, he'll be gone... forever. And Hanako isn't ready to lose him again. ]

Maybe you and Saya can babysit him while I figure things out back at school...?

[sharkgirl]

[a

pause.]

No. [listen she loves hanako a lot but she's not going to babysit his possibly murder-happy brother, hanako is already a handful and a half] We can figure something out, but I don't want to spend like all of my time once I get out of here having to break people out of jail.

[the idea of her having to be the child leash for tsukasa and saya both gives her hives]

[hanaban]

He's really cute, though! He looks just like me!

[ a knock-off discount Hanako for Nimona to have while he's busy with other things ]

And he can break himself out of jail, you don't have to worry about that.

[sharkgirl]

But he isn't you. [she says, lifting her eyebrow.]

[hanaban]

No, but we're twins. That's close enough.

[ Nimona's seen snapshot memories of his brother, she knows how cute he is. and murderous. and insane. just like Hanako ]

[sharkgirl]

[i am still thinking about "hanako voted for will seven times because he looked at nimona ignoring will and was like yeah that works" and reeling

she makes a face at him, with a little buzz of slight irritation.]

It isn't, but I'm not gonna argue with you about it. [...] Man, what am I gonna do with you, huh?

[hanaban]

[ him just "I don't know what's happening over there but Nimona is correct" ]

Hmm... the best thing is to leave me be and let me do whatever I want.

[ or, rather, the easiest thing, stubborn as he is and determined to do whatever he wants ]

[sharkgirl]

[SHE WAS IGNORING HIM BECAUSE HE WAS BAD AT COVERING UP HIS OWN MURDER AND SHE WAS TRYING TO NOT GET HIM CAUGHT help her

she gives him a flat look.]

Uh huh. Cool, well, you know how that works with me. [honks his nose again.] When I let you do whatever you want, I end up having to investigate my own teammate's death.

[the emotions here are chill, she's not like, mad, she's just pointing out that he gives her grey hair.]

[hanaban]

[ Even if she's not mad, there's a little rush of guilt when she says it. He's not guilty at all over killing Danny— he'd do it again in a heartbeat, with zero provocation— but he did break his promise to Nimona and went against her wishes and that's what bums him out. It's guilt mixed with love and Nimona can guess who this is directed at (not Danny) ]

I mean. You didn't have to.

[ like. everybody knew it was him. there's zero reason to look any more into it. ]

[sharkgirl]

[she tilts her head back with a sigh.]

... No, but. [...] I didn't want it to be either of you. So I didn't vote at all.

[because that love is reflected back at him. so - there isn't really a way that she could've been okay with how she'd feel if she'd contributed to their deaths. hanako, because he's important to her, and will, because he's important to nico.] I didn't want Nico to have to kill Will, either.

[hanaban]

[ ... ]

Was not voting an option?

[ DID THEY NOT HAVE TO CONVICT ANYBODY ]