catchall nimona

[selfimmolation]

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[selfimmolation]

Hey, I never used the word "ugly".

[sharkgirl]

Yeah, I was reading between the lines.

[selfimmolation]

I'm going to add spaghetti to your flag.

[ this isn't a real threat ]

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 ]

[sharkgirl]

[she will come back after a second with a towel and some water, and she's going to clean his stupid face for him. she is trying to be gentle but she's not very good at it because she has never done a gentle thing in her life.

but. y'know. nico did this for her after execution and it made her feel better so.]

[selfimmolation]

[ he doesn't flinch at the touch or anything but he sort of looks like he doesn't expect it to be gentle and seems surprised when it is. not because it's her, just because. gentle. ]

... You don't gotta do that.

[sharkgirl]

I want to, though.

[she says, huffily. she does stop when he speaks up, looking at him like she'll stop if he wants her to.]

[selfimmolation]

[ he pauses and then he tilts his head towards her to give her a better angle to do it ]

... Okay. [ not so much sounding surprised she wants to (at this point), just a little wry ] Sorry it's a mess.

[sharkgirl]

You don't have to say sorry that a dragon apparently stabbed your eyeball out, Ace. Jeeze.

[she will keep cleaning his face!]

Did you at least take its eyeball back?

[selfimmolation]

Well, we killed it. And then the world sort of exploded.

[ so. sure? lets her ]

Also, it wasn't a stab. It was a swipe. [ UNIMPORTANT. ]

[sharkgirl]

Okay, swiped your eyeball out. Big difference.

[dabs his face but like she's bonking him.]

... The world exploded? Okay.

[selfimmolation]

[ makes a noise not like it hurts but like he's annoyed at the bonking. it is a big difference!! ]

Yeah. I don't know, it started shaking and falling apart, so we ran out of there. The other two couldn't walk, so I grabbed Tem and shoved Vane on... we had these creatures with us? I guess they weren't real in the end. But the one who followed me around was sort of a giant wolf. So he was carrying Vane. And then he wasn't.

[ doesn't sound like he feels bad about the fall part but. y'know. context. ]

[sharkgirl]

[noooooooo gabumon............ or i guess garurumon??? sacrificed...

she finishes his face, and then brings another part of the wet towel to try and clean his hair too.]

What are you going to do about your eye? [...] Is it gone?

[i guess she hasn't really looked closely.]

[selfimmolation]

[ he's fine. ace has a plushie of him now. which i keep forgetting to mention he is carrying around everywhere ]

I think it's still in there, but it's seen better days. [ which is a long-winded way for him to kind of attempt to open it again and just. hiss a little. no let's not do that ] I doubt I'm gonna be seeing out of this one anytime soon.

[ if at all. ]

[sharkgirl]

[aaaaaa she makes a hissy sound when he tries, too, and then puts her towel back over his eye.]

Ssssstop that. You can still see okay out of the other one, though. [...] Maybe Will can heal it. When he gets his power back.

Even if you can't, it's still super cool. You're gonna have the coolest scar ever.

[selfimmolation]

[ got towel'd!! like an idiot!!! ]

It's fine if he can't. Besides, everyone's yelling at me to go to the hospital. Can't wait for Will to look at it. [ which he will go, later, but he looks like he wants to 0%. the scar thing makes him laugh softly ]

Yeah? Think it'll make me look tougher?

[sharkgirl]

[get towel'd!!!]

Uh, obviously! That's the first thing that a tough guy should have, right, is some sort of impressive scar. [... very carefully brings the towel down, but he can probably tell she's looking at his poor eye with a little frown, even with his 20/0 vision.]

What about the rest, you're all bloody everywhere. [she can probably figure out where he was/is injured based on where she's got stains across her hoodie, honestly.]

[selfimmolation]

That's true. So long as they're not on your back, anyway.

[ that's where a coward gets scars!!! also oh good he didn't ruin the cat hoodie. he hesitates because she's already frowny at the fucked up eye, but otoh it is honestly the worst of it, so... ]

The stuff under bandages is... I got bit by this weird, giant dog thing. Vane patched me up, but it wasn't so bad. [ he gestures with his (mostly) uninjured arm vaguely at his torso and his arm, where it is covered. then he gestures at his bleeding side and his leg ] The dragon grazed me a few times here and there.

[ there's a pause ]

Also I was hit by lightning twice, but it's fine.

[ this is why he is overall. crispy. and looks like shit. ]

[sharkgirl]

[no nico ruined the cat hoodie. also i realize i called that sweater a hoodie when it doesn't have a hood but i'm assigning it hood. anyway, she looks him over as he explains.]

-- Twice? You know the bad luck effect was like two weeks ago, right? Jeeze. [is he... still bleeding at his side and leg, because she's going to start ripping up the towel as bandages if they are.

she is trying so hard to not freak out because he's like, fine, he's not out of it or anything but. she knows how squishy people can be, even if they're really cool and shounen.]

[selfimmolation]

[ yeah he would still be bleeding it was. pretty recent. he sort of laughs weakly ]

The dragon had lightning. [ to. expand. ] I think Tem ended up getting hit too... [ pensive. he was uh. a little preoccupied when it happened. ] I tried to keep the thing's attention on me, but it didn't always work.

[ he's not out of it because his pain tolerance is like. ridiculously high, not because he is any less killable. so honestly he just has a bad habit of going way past human limits and then passing out. woopsies. he's not at that yet though which is what matters ]

[sharkgirl]

[yeah this is why she is CONCERNED. christ.

okay well, she will rip the towel up and hand him a piece.]

Hold this over your side, stupid. [she will wrap his leg. someone can do real bandages later.]

You never know when to quit. [she huffs. she's... glad he protected temenos, because she likes him a lot, but also.] I should've been there with you, I would've done a way better job helping you take it out.

[selfimmolation]

[ oh. he holds the towel over his side with a bit of a hum like "oh, right, i am still actively bleeding". "you never know when to quit" though... he laughs, but not like it's funny. just like. she's absolutely right and he knows it ]

Yeah. I don't. Never have. [ he hears what she means when she says she should've been there, but he still shakes his head ] S'alright. Our attacks didn't actually do anything until Tem got some access to magic at the last second. The big wolf was doing all the work for me. You'd have hated it.

[ ace sure did! he would like to fight and be less useless, please. ]

[sharkgirl]

[don't laugh!!! have self preservation!!!]

Ew. [he's right that does sound like it sucks. not that she would've been able to do anything because again she is useless without her shapeshifting, but you know.] Whatever. I could've been the wolf.

[but this is just her being a brat. she ties off the towel, and then:]

You can still fight, right? If you need to?

[selfimmolation]

[ does not know a self-preservation ]

You're a much cooler wolf, but this one wasn't so bad.

[ the fight thing makes him huff ]

Do you think I'm a weakling? 'Course I can. If I couldn't fight just because of a little vision loss, I would've never made it anywhere on the sea.

[ it's an exaggeration very. clearly. considering "little" vision loss, but he is also sincere in his belief ]