catchall nimona

[selfimmolation]

Comments

w0, SUNDAY

[sharkgirl]

[she's sitting on top of a vending machine, gnawing on a pizza crust with a distant look on her face. she seems lost in thought, wildly enough, considering there's a single braincell in there bouncing back and forth like the DVD screensaver.

when she notices ace, though, she hops down from the top of it to chase after him.]

Hey. What'd you think?

[selfimmolation]

[ she doesn't have to chase far because ace was just going to get food himself! he has one task. it's eating. he's putting the change in the machine and making a bit of a face at her question though ]

Like we didn't learn much at all. [ also i said he's getting food but mod questions says there's beer in the machine so he's getting that. and then he gets a second one and hands it to her because he is a bad influence ] If they're telling the whole truth, anyway.

week 0, monday

[selfimmolation]

[ here they are at racetrack! it is completely safe for ace to know what cars are as a man who does tricks on a fire powered boat. also important to note he is still shirtless but he has been healed and is no longer looking like he was recently beaten up. yay ]

Are they racing with robot vehicles?

[ HE WANTS TO RACE THESE COOL ROBOTS

no do not ask why ace knows what a robot is but not a car ]

[sharkgirl]

[yay he's not beat up...

anyway, nimona does a run and leap so she can transform mid-air into a cat and land on his shoulders, climbing so that she's got her front paws on top of his head. gently, if his hat is there.]

Those are cars. [she informs him, grinning.] Anyway, yeah, you should race me in the cool robot cars? Right now.

[you are a cat.]

w0, FRIDAY 2

[sharkgirl]

[lucky for you i already had a preloaded one:]

hey are your doors locked???
ace
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanswerrrrrrrrrrrr

is this going through?
are you ok
what is going on
i'm with temenos and hanako and a couple other people in the theater the door is shut and we can't get out

[and then timestamped ten minutes later:]

if i'm not around tomorrow try to find my phone
if someone hurt us i'm going to record it i won't go out this easy

[selfimmolation]

hey are you okay?
I just got these
and the newspaper.

week 0, saturday post trial

[selfimmolation]

[ well he wasn't going to be stopping her but now he is kind of glad nimona did not attack mika because this is the world's worst reveal ]

They seriously think we'll just accept this?

[sharkgirl]

[bunsweats]

It wasn't even on purpose.

w1, MONDAY

[sharkgirl]

[she takes off real fast after they get out of jail, but she comes looking for ace later in the day, frowning down at her phone.

she's energetic in other places, but when she's by herself it's kind of clear the weekend fucked her up a bit. still - when she sees him, she puts her phone away.]

Do you guys have tasks too?

[selfimmolation]

[ ace is always keeping busy and clearly isn't bothered at all. which is to say he's hanging out in the park and looking pensive, but he perks up when he spots nimona coming towards him and his grin comes easy anyway. ]

Yeah. Something you had in mind?

week 1, friday

[selfimmolation]

[ well he's uh. at the park again, because they have the stupid swan boat thing, except he is nowhere near the boats and is instead punching at a tree. it's leaving some very real marks on both ace and the tree since he's been at it a few times, and there's a newspaper next to him that is a little singed. ]

Fuck!

[sharkgirl]

[yeah this is totally fair

listen she wasn't nearly as close to the two of them as she thinks ace is, but - this was how she felt last week, when rocket's name was in the paper. and they were part of their little gang, and - so. she exhales out slow, and she moves right up to him, and clenches her fists.]

Ace.

[she doesn't know what to do, but she wants to help.]

week 1, saturday

[selfimmolation]

[ i'm going to be honest it probably takes him a while of searching before he thinks to text her ]

you okay?

[sharkgirl]

[it's okay by the time he texts her she's calmed down, so]

i'm fine

[and then a few minutes later:]

i'm at the penthouse if you want

week 1, sunday

[selfimmolation]

[ seventeen pcs in a row

anyway picks park so they can be outside in the fresh air, he's just coming over and immediately dropping his hat on her head. hi. ]

I'm starting to think you're just as good at worrying me as Luffy.

[sharkgirl]

[pc every day

she is probably still covered in blood actually, but it's dry so she doesn't panic about getting blood all over his hat. she pulls her knees up to her chest and hugs them, just sitting in the grass.

a pause, and then she just warbles:]

Is that a challenge? [she's trying to joke. trying!]

w2, tuesday

[selfimmolation]

[ nimona is getting a picture!

it's a blurry pic of nine kittens in various accessories and one adult cat in the goat dorms ]

[sharkgirl]

tama JUST told me you guys weren't allowed to have like nine cats LOL
did you name them

w2, WEDNESDAY

[sharkgirl]

[just private messages him]

someone cursed temenos to talk stupid and he's a baby and won't ask
but
it's really bothering him and not in a funny way
so

[she thinks these are funny but if it actually hurts someone it makes her mad!!]

[selfimmolation]

guess he doesn't want to ask because then he'd have to talk stupid in public?
I don't have anything that'd counter or stop something like that
how long has he been like this?

week 2, saturday

[selfimmolation]

[ so after the reigen thing nimona and ace are getting some air. did you know our penthouse suit would be in the same building you can see the ocean from in theory if you go high enough. probably. anyway whether this is true or not he's on a roof looking at the fucking ocean he cannot have ]

... What a mess.

[sharkgirl]

[god she wants to go live in the ocean. can we give up and be pirates actually

she leans heavily against him, if he lets her.]

I didn't want him to go. [reigen, she means, that's probably obvious, but.]

w3, MONDAY

[sharkgirl]

ace let me into your dorm

[selfimmolation]

the door's still gone let yourself in
I'll be there in a second I was out in town

[ hes truly like. just waltz in. who will stop you. ]

w3, THURSDAY

[sharkgirl]

[idk where ace wants to go but he's not getting rid of nimona! she's following him around with her bloody hoodie, until it comes to a point where he's not surrounded by people, and she'll make him sit down.]

Stay there for a second.

[selfimmolation]

[ well. he sits down. he kind of wipes at his face like a naughty boy but he stays there ]

... Okay? [ waits ]

week 3, friday

[selfimmolation]

[ somewhere in the void ace finds nimona and just. sits down next to her. unless she is dramatically standing up but whatever ]

... She didn't deserve that. [ he thinks nimona will know which she he means ]

[sharkgirl]

[i'll be nice and not reply to this as a wolf which is what i was planning on doing

she shifts to sit a little closer to him when he flops down.]

No, she didn't. [she brings her knees up, folding her arms over the top of them.] Kind of getting sick of watching all of the non-humans die first, you know?

week 3, saturday

[selfimmolation]

[ is it worse if the murder was NOT racism and was, instead, insane revenge kill on reigen. who knows but wherever they are post trial ace is looking still very mad but also frowning in concern at nimona ]

... That was a shitshow.

[ he doesn't think she cared that much that an insane person was accusing her of wanting them dead but yknow it also feels like it fits the bill of. people expecting the worst out of her? so he is also mad on her behalf there ]

[sharkgirl]

[she's like

mad? she's like real fucking mad, but in that quiet, furious way. she doesn't care so much that he accused her, it just - that's not new. it sucks. and it sucks that he took this out on someone completely unrelated just to hurt reigen, too.]

I've never even spoken to him, you know.

w4, MONDAY

[sharkgirl]

[there is a scroll, sitting on a table... somewhere. maybe the penthouse! wherever you want. do you touch it...]

[selfimmolation]

[ it is monday and so he curiously touches the scroll ]

w4, THURSDAY

[sharkgirl]

[idk where we are but nimona is attached to ace for the next foreseeable future.

she's a little healed up, by this point. she's not bandaged or anything, but there's still blood everywhere, and purple sludge that never got wiped away. she has long claw marks dragged up her arms and legs, as well as her torso - and in the middle of her chest is that stab wound, where it almost went through her heart. otherwise, she's covered in burns. it doesn't look like fire necessarily did this - it looks more like a burn from light, like something sliced through her. a ring of light being thrown.

she doesn't say anything at first.]

[selfimmolation]

[ let's pretend ace got at least a little cleaned up too!!

his skin's mottled with large bruises and small burns, and he's got a black eye and a few shallow gashes that have stopped bleeding, and his fingers look a little raw and fucked up, but compared to last week (and to nimona) he looks great!!! yay.

he's kind of holding her and she is not saying anything but he does: ]

Sorry. [ he already said that. without explaining why. but he's kind of trying to wipe at some of the blood and purple gunk off her ] Where'd you go?

w4, FRIDAY

[sharkgirl]

[eventually, in the penthouse, she probably dozes off sitting next to him, still loosely holding his hand. she mumbles in her sleep, but - she's so jumpy that any sort of movement will wake her back up again, in full defense mode.

also she probably still has paint on her hands.]

[selfimmolation]

[ well then she'll probably wake up when he takes his hand away and starts to get up. where is he going ... where will he go...

he's put the knife back in his pocket at least so there is no danger from either of us if nimona goes on the defensive ]

w4, SATURDAY

[sharkgirl]

[there is a little girl sitting outside your jail cell.]

[selfimmolation]

[ well. he saw her, and he recognizes her, so-- ]

... Nimona?

w4 idk wednesday maybe

[sharkgirl]

[backdates

she is going to hand him a paintbrush when she sees him.]

You promised to make me a flag. [he did not but yknow]

[selfimmolation]

[ assigns this to be after mini-event so kid ace happened idk we can never know what was going on on wednesday it was vanished. anyway he takes the paintbrush with a blink and a laugh ]

Sure, I guess I did. You got anything else, or am I painting your face? [ gestures with the paintbrush ]

w7, TUESDAY

[sharkgirl]

[well

he might feel the emotions before anything, because it's a little like getting hit by a train at two hundred miles an hour. it's - something hoping, and hoping, and hoping, and then something so bright it's almost painful, and then - joy, it's just unadulterated joy, something like i missed you and i love you all in one, jumbled into one word. one name!]

Ace-- !

[and if he's not fast enough she's going to fucking throw herself at him and knock him over hi]

[selfimmolation]

[ oh. well. he's obviously on the beach, normal again and looking out at the ocean with vague feelings of longing and anxious nerves, but he does absolutely feel nimona before he sees her, which means he kind of goes surprise and happy and nervous and then at the joy it's a lot of affection mixed with that surprise. like. so much affection.

but he catches her even if it means he kind of has to twirl them to keep his balance, because he expected that!!! he expected it. ]

Woah-- [ he's laughing even as he almost stumbles ] Nimona!

[ the emotional vibe is like, that thing where a pet sees you and it's been a while and theyre like happy happy nervous do you still love me like it's even in question. its fine being locked up was just bad for his mental health he'll get over it ]

w7, friday

[selfimmolation]

[ fuck it theyre on a boat which survived the moonpocalypse ]

I'm ready to never hear about the moon again for a long time.

[sharkgirl]

[yay boat

she is damp from jumping into the ocean. and cold. weh.]

Yeah, same. Ugh. [flops on the bed.] You don't have any stupid moon themed things where you're from, right?

w7, SATURDAY

[sharkgirl]

[sleepily going to just cat around his shoulders for a while, after everything.

but a little later, when he's walking somewhere, she stretches with a yawn and then says:] ... I'm still going with you, right?

[just checking that this isn't some sort of dumb extended dream, sorry she sucks]

[selfimmolation]

... Sure. Unless you want to go somewhere else? [ scritchies her. he is heading to the beach he's a stereotype ]