catchall nimona

[selfimmolation]

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[selfimmolation]

I couldn't take me serious. Why'd it have to be penguins? It's always goats and penguins. I want to be a better animal.

[ there's not real annoyance in the emotions despite the gripe just kind of. exhaustion. it's fine. he's dropping back so he's sitting down in the sand still holding her. this is a sitting moment now ]

We saw a lot. [ she knows that, he knows, but: ] Holding up better now?

[sharkgirl]

Hey, goats are cool. I'm a part time Goat now, Tama promoted me.

[that's fine with her, she flops down with her arms still around him. the sand is nice and familiar - she's spent more time out here than she's spent anywhere else, honestly, so the beach is kind of a second home at this point.

a pause, and then:]

... Yeah, I am now. [it got real dire there for a bit, but the dead are back - reigen and ace are back - and she feels a little invincible.] It got easier after you guys texted. Kind of.

[sweats.]

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Why's it only count when Tama does it?

[ since ace pretty much let her hang all the time. but the jokes is over when she mentions after the texts, because his emotions just turn into something dark as he frowns ]

Yeah. Sorry I couldn't be more outright about it.

[sharkgirl]

[her emotions here are - squirmy. there's a lot of guilt, weirdly enough, but there's anger, too. anger in the betrayed sort of way. she got her trust broken so badly.]

You were as clear as you could've been. I wasn't lying when I said it was less of a surprise in my one letter. [sigh.] ... He thought I was gonna kill him. He told me in his room at Tiger and there was a bunch of knives on the ground and he thought I was gonna pick one up and stab him right there.

-- I didn't. It wasn't me. [she doesn't know if ace knows or not...]

[selfimmolation]

[ sorry that she feels guilty makes him angry, and her story makes him angrier. on her behalf. it's fine ]

I never thought you'd kill him. [ he's sincere and his emotions are also sincere because he thinks nimona isn't fucking stupid so he was never worried about that, but; ] Hanako's done every single kill that wasn't solved, so we kind of all guessed even before he showed up that he was responsible.

[ there's something a little tired at that, and also a little wary because he never got the conclusion of why hanako voted SEVEN TIMES for WILL which is the one he ACTUALLY IS MAD ABOUT "he killed four people" eh ]

[sharkgirl]

Oh. He told me about Janeway and Danny. [but she guesses she never really asked about satan so that's unfortunate. she also does not know why hanako voted SEVEN TIMES FOR WILL but she is having such a hard time with that in particular for... reasons.

she's quiet for a second, and then:]

He said he was trying to make sure the quota got done. With Danny and Vane. And he did it because he knew that if Danny was gone, nobody would vote for me because they wouldn't want to wipe out a team. [there's another burst of guilt and a lot of sad, twisty feelings.] ... He didn't hide it from me.

[that's important to her, more than the murder part.]

[selfimmolation]

Yeah, that's what we figured too. [ not the part about her, but the part about why he'd kill danny and vane like that. the emotions feel... pretty indifferent about it if a little tired. it's not like he actively wanted danny dead, he wasn't even remotely pleased it happened, but like, if hanako had to pick a victim, etc? could've been worse. haha. ] But I'm glad he told you.

[ said with the kind of vibes that are like. glad HE was honest from the get go!! even though hanako is like, such a fucking liar and has been this whole time. he is that mad at danny. anyway speaking of honesty; ]

You should know Tiger's the one who told Danny to kill Reigen. Didn't give him a reason and apparently said he didn't like him anyway. [ there's. that flare of something dark again. ]

[sharkgirl]

[ a


there's shock for a good couple of second and then rage. sorry, she's bluescreened with how pissed she is at this give her a second ]

[selfimmolation]

[ lets her be full of rage his own has kind of chilled into the dark vibes forever so he'll be patient and keep holding her while she is angry ]

Yeah, same.

[sharkgirl]

[okay well she didn't want to kill danny but she sure as fuck wants to kill tiger now, which is unfortunate.

she has to take a bit to like. work through that. there's a lot of Violence emotion for a minute or two, and then:]

And he had the guts to tell me he cares about me. [she says finally, bitterly.] Not that I believed it.

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Whatever that guy does, I wouldn't call it caring.

[ his opinion of tiger is so low because of this he's just accepting the VIOLENCE vibes. it's fine. ]

Anyway, I don't know where his orders came from, but now Reigen's convinced he's the moon's number one enemy.

[sharkgirl]

[she curls a little closer to him, twitchy.

the last bit makes her laugh a little at least. it's not super joyful or anything, but it's something.]

I don't know what else you take from that, really! [...] I guess I'll keep an eye on him whenever we go into this final whatever fight with the moon. That's what we're gearing up for next, right?

[selfimmolation]

[ ace refuses to believe reigen is a threat in a fight please understand ]

I guess so? [ the emotion there is just... tired. ] Just find that guy, kick his ass and eat a rock.

[ Why is the vibes now ]

[sharkgirl]

[oh it's fine nimona does not believe reigen's bullshit for a second but she doesn't trust the moon to be intelligent.]

Okay, but I don't think any of us should eat the stupid rock. [she says, grouchily.] You know Tiger said they didn't eat the rock the first time and things turned out fine? Right after you died.

[lol she's Pissed again]

[selfimmolation]

[ there's just such confusion and a little bit of indignance on nimona's behalf, but also after a beat the emotion is. judgmental ]

Well, of course he'd think it was fine, none of those guys ever had to do anything. [ he's like That's What I Thought You'd Say etc ] I don't really want one of us to eat the rock either, but I don't know if I trust what happens if we don't.

[sharkgirl]

[GRUMBLES.

a sigh, and then:] ... Maybe if we all split it or something.

[but whatever, she doesn't really care about that as much as everybody being back. a pause, and she reaches up to carefully take his hat off her head. it feels weird to not have it on - the only time she takes it off is to shower or sleep and even then it's right next to her - but.

she leans up to put it back on his head.]

[selfimmolation]

[ there's a flash of hesitance and then he's grabbing her hand while she's leaning and putting it back on her head ]

Keep it. At least until after everything. [ the emotions are pretty calm there, though, so whatever the hesitance was was maybe not about the hat? or he got over it quick ]

[sharkgirl]

[she glances up at him with the hat on her head like a stupid, blinking a few times, and then:]

Are you sure? [she felt that little bit of hesitance... acemerica explain]

[selfimmolation]

[ he grins at her. the hesitance is!!! irrelevant ]

Yeah. You've kept it safe for me this long, right? Besides, it usually falls off when I fight anyway. [ tugs at the stupid cord with the cow charm ] It's why I've got this thing.

[sharkgirl]

[ratshakes his secrets out of him

anyway, she puts the hat back on securely and i will say it absolutely gives her a sense of comfort she can't hide. she plays a bit with the cord after he tugs it with a huff.]

I didn't let anything happen to it. Yeah. [that's the least she could've done! there's a little twisty bit of guilt here again, too, and the sense that maybe she is not quite all the way talking about the hat in this instance.]

[selfimmolation]

I knew you wouldn't. [ he's noticing the guilt so she's getting the brim shoved down a little ] Hey, c'mon. Things got pretty dicey, but you guys all survived it with all your limbs attached. I'd say that's pretty good.

[ fond and like, mild concern at her guilt ]

[sharkgirl]

[waugh

she shoves him but it's not hard. and she also flops back to lean on him again after she does.]

... Yeah. [another little pause.] It's just --

[she starts, and then stops again, and the guilt gets worse, and then:] I'm still angry at Danny for throwing you under the bus. I shouldn't have believed him.

[whether that's what happened or not, it's what she thinks.]

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[ oh. hmmm. there's something conflicted there, because he is mad at danny, but not for that, really. ]

... Everyone believed him. [ is what he starts with, because no one really wanted danny to have done it. he hesitates but decides to be honest: ] I don't really care about that part. I think I probably would've gotten the vote anyway, if you'd found him.

[ i hate that hes sincere ]

[sharkgirl]

[that makes her angry. just a touch.]

No. [she says stubbornly.] You wouldn't have.

[or else, is the implication here, help]

[selfimmolation]

[ ah, geez. hesitation is back but then it's fond and he sort of shrugs into his hold of her ]

It's all what ifs anyway. [ he pauses ] I was a lot madder he was lying to you guys about it and playing house.