Tama ☆ Emerald Goat

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[ oh boy. ]

Hanako...?

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[ There's a little shudder of his shoulders before he lifts his head, clear that he'd been crying. He opens his mouth to reply, but... no voice comes out. ]

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[ nooooo. AAAAAA.


she just comes and sits next to him. ]

Don't you want to go somewhere else...?

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[ He shakes his head, and has to try a few times, but does eventually croak out: ]

No. I need to... I need to figure out who did it. And how.

[ He's just mind palacing and crying every few minutes, it's fine ]

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[ ...

when he wanders past, she'll catch his hand and tug him to come and sit next to her. it's a very gentle grasp, so he can pull out of it if he wants to. ]

Not like this. Not by running yourself into the ground.

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[ he doesn't pull away, but lets himself stop and sit, leaning against Tama but with his knees drawn to his chest and forehead resting on top of them. ]

I'm not. I'm just thinking... It's easier when it's quiet.

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[ well.

she leans sideways to rest her head against he is, and she stays quiet for a bit. lets him think. but not on his own. ]

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[ they sit in silence for a couple minutes before Hanako decides that's been enough thinking. ]

...who do you think did it?

[ what are our thoughts, Tama, let's go ]

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[ it's 4am help ]

...

I really don't know, and that's what makes me angry. Do we even really know what happened?

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[ suplexes you into bed ]

Not yet.

[ But they will. He will. ]

Nico was going to tell me about the Switch. And I wanted to ask Mouse about team powers.

[ but those are things for later, even if it'll help him right now. mind palace is one thing, social battery is another ]

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We can't talk about them, can we? Not in any detail.

[ their mysterious powers... ]

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I want to know why not. What the consequences are. What loopholes I can try.

[ shakes mouse he wants to knoooooooww ]

When rules are set, there's always some way around them.

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… I suppose I can try this then. [ because fuck it, it’s been a day. they’ve lost three people. they’re missing half their answers. ]

Goat’s powers aren’t meant for harming. I’m sure if someone wanted to though, they could find a way— but. You’d have to go out of your way to engineer a scenario where they could hurt someone. You’d have to really want to, or you’d have to be desperate.

I really don’t think that they could remove a heart from a chest though. No matter what the situation.

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[ Hanako like is that a challenge? bet i could find a way. He's good at that, hurting people. ]

Healing? Defending? [ he's so curious........... shakes goat, let him know your secrets ]

Our team powers can be used for harming, but... they're nothing that can remove a heart. If you can't do something with the powers you already have, these aren't going to make a difference.

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[ aaaaa don't use goat's powers for violence!! ]

No. Goat's 'The Responsible' one, remember? I'd say they're in line with their personality and that description pretty well. They're useful, but I can't say I think they'd be useful on a Thursday night.

You can...? I guess it makes sense other people's powers could be more physical.

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I mean, "responsible" doesn't have anything to do with good or evil, dangerous or not. It just means you fulfil your role.

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It's more the kind of responsibility I'd expect from a sibling, I think.

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[ thinking about himself and his sibling ]

Do you have siblings, Tama?

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[ hmmmmmmmmmm. ]

Technically... I guess I have a big sister.

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The responsible sort of big sister?

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[ ........




she's really thinking about it. ]

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...Tama...

[ if it takes that long, the answer is "no" ]

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[ it's fine. ]

Aiba's a great investigator. She can be a little whacky though-- annnd we don't see a lot of each other. I'm usually with Ryuki, and she's normally with Mizuki.

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Heh... sounds kind of like me and my brother.

[ his brother's whacky in like a sadistic homicidal way, but that doesn't stop Hanako from looking just a little bit fond. also a little bit scared, and a little bit guilty. It's a sibling thing, Tama surely understands ]

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[ aiba is just aiba. sweet, weird aiba. ]

It's not exactly like a normal sibling relationship, but... she came before I did, so technically that makes her both older than I am, and we have the same "father" so...