Nimona ☆ White Tiger

[hanaban]

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[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 ]

[sharkgirl]

Yeah? I didn't vote and I don't think anything happened.

[something did happen she just isn't aware laughs]

[hanaban]

[ WHA HAPPEN ]

We didn't have to vote!!

[ yes, that's what she just said! but he's just so "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DIDN'T HAVE TO VOTE" every week he voted for the murderer and every week he was all "they died because of me ):" ]

[sharkgirl]

[she lost a memory..... which he has actually encountered which memory she lost i just don't think he realized it oops]

It probably wouldn't have worked if we all didn't.

[hanaban]

[ hanako just ??? ANYWAYS, ]

Why not? That's like saying nobody had to kill on Thursdays.

[ were people compelled to do it? he doesn't know, he did it for funsies ]

[sharkgirl]

I think someone did have to every Thursday or something bad would happen? I don't know I couldn't read half the dumb moon notes that people were getting.

It doesn't matter now, it happened.

[hanaban]

[ something about... keeping something open...? Datz was the note taker in their team, not him ]

... What about this Thursday?

[sharkgirl]

... Like the upcoming one? I don't think it matters. I think the moon's coming out to fight us.

[which, good]

[hanaban]

I thought was supposed to keep something open? Let me...

[ digs out his phone, where is that note? ]

"One death each week is enough to keep the door open. Kill, or lose everything any of them have cared about." So even if we beat the moon, doesn't that mean we're still stuck here?

[sharkgirl]

[she shrugs. she did not pay attention to the plot she was too busy being sad]

Not if we steal its power, I guess? That's the whole rock eating thing, I thought. I don't know, you should ask Datz or something.