[ 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 ]
[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...]
[ 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 ]
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.]
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. ]
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?
[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.
[ 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.
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.
[ 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 ]
[ 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.
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.]
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.
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.]
[ 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.
[there's a buzzy emotion of annoyance and that same betrayal from before, the awful anger that she can't get rid of.]
You wanna know why I built that stupid fucking treehouse? Because - I left Tiger dorm, and I told Danny I was gonna, and he was upset because he didn't want to be alone. [and it hit her in a very soft and vulnerable spot.] I built that treehouse for him, because I wanted to - I wanted to show him that I wasn't gonna turn on him.
[but like. he knows how it turned out. and so there's conflicting emotion - guilt, because she did turn on him, but...]
[ the blip of guilt gets him even angrier, on top of. the context. the context is horrible god ]
You didn't turn on him. He's the one who did it to you first. [ ace is incredibly a strong believe in killing people's friends should and does have consequences, i know, shocking, ] What he was doing was--
[ just kind of a hiss through his teeth because it incensed him and it still does and he is just. trying to be like he eventually confessed but after all that? after all that?? more important, though: ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 01:53 am (UTC)[ 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.
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Date: 2023-11-08 01:56 am (UTC)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...]
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:00 am (UTC)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 ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:08 am (UTC)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.]
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:15 am (UTC)[ 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. ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:19 am (UTC)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 ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:22 am (UTC)Yeah, same.
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:27 am (UTC)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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Date: 2023-11-08 02:31 am (UTC)[ 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.
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:36 am (UTC)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?
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:38 am (UTC)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 ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:41 am (UTC)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]
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Date: 2023-11-08 02:48 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2023-11-08 03:05 am (UTC)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.]
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Date: 2023-11-08 03:09 am (UTC)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 ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 03:21 am (UTC)Are you sure? [she felt that little bit of hesitance... acemerica explain]
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Date: 2023-11-08 03:46 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2023-11-08 04:17 am (UTC)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.]
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Date: 2023-11-08 04:24 am (UTC)[ fond and like, mild concern at her guilt ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 04:36 am (UTC)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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Date: 2023-11-08 04:39 am (UTC)... 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 ]
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Date: 2023-11-08 04:46 am (UTC)No. [she says stubbornly.] You wouldn't have.
[or else, is the implication here, help]
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Date: 2023-11-08 04:52 am (UTC)It's all what ifs anyway. [ he pauses ] I was a lot madder he was lying to you guys about it and playing house.
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Date: 2023-11-08 05:19 am (UTC)You wanna know why I built that stupid fucking treehouse? Because - I left Tiger dorm, and I told Danny I was gonna, and he was upset because he didn't want to be alone. [and it hit her in a very soft and vulnerable spot.] I built that treehouse for him, because I wanted to - I wanted to show him that I wasn't gonna turn on him.
[but like. he knows how it turned out. and so there's conflicting emotion - guilt, because she did turn on him, but...]
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Date: 2023-11-08 05:23 am (UTC)You didn't turn on him. He's the one who did it to you first. [ ace is incredibly a strong believe in killing people's friends should and does have consequences, i know, shocking, ] What he was doing was--
[ just kind of a hiss through his teeth because it incensed him and it still does and he is just. trying to be like he eventually confessed but after all that? after all that?? more important, though: ]
You haven't done anything wrong.
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