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[pinksidekicking]

Type: video
Sender ID: pinksidekicking (Nimona)
To: General
Subject: Distractions, Story Time
Warnings: Vague mention to the kidnappings

[ When Nimona appears on the shellphone, she's wearing a manta ray onesie and has an extremely big manta ray plush as her pillow. ]

I know some big terrible things are happening right now, but that's kinda the point of this. I just need a distraction, because I dunno if I'm gonna get much sleep anyway.

[ She'd rather be out there searching, breaking things... ]

Let's talk about our worlds. It can be about anything. Stories, legends, stuff that's happened to you personally, whatever. I'll start.

[ The shellphone is propped up. ]

My world is weird. We've got knights and a kingdom, but we've also got crazy levels of tech compared to this place. Flying vehicles, laser weapons, those sort of hologram screens. Don't ask me how any of it really works, I only know how to use it.

We've got royalty... though the queen was recently killed. Not sure who's gonna be in charge now. I don't pay that close of attention to what the humans do. And we've got our old stories too. Mostly about a monster and the woman who defeated it a thousand years ago and became a hero.

[ Nimona points at herself. ]

It's me, I'm the "monster". Not really a monster, though, just different from everyone else in my world.

Your turn, if you wanna talk to anyone.

Comments

[laminitis]

[Too late he already fucked it up when he kicked the doors open in the palace on that one awful Full Moon--]

[He shakes his head, glad for Nimona's willingness to just glide past his unintentionally horniness.] Nope, just long-ass skinny arms. He's covered in feathers and he's got a tail, but no wings usually. Used to wear a cape all the time so it sort of gave the visual of them? [He actually looks kind of alarmed.] Uhh, yikes! Well, I'm never gonna cut off anything of Stol---- not. [The use of "relationship" and "boyfriend" suddenly catch up with him and he splays both arms out to his sides.] Not. That we are boyfriends. Or in a relationship! [Oh buddy.]

[pinksidekicking]

[ Nah, that came a little bit later. The entrance was still good.

She heard nothing lalalala. Nah, she's not that bad. ] Huh, does he have a birdface? I'd wear a cape too to look like I had wings if my birdarms were skinny. [ Propping her hand up in her chin. ] It seemed like an accident. A reflexive accident, because bad things were happening and his boyfriend was somehow holding a laser weapon that killed the queen. A framed assassination job. [ Hehe, a small grin. ] Is this a "I think the demon doth protest too much" situation?

[laminitis]

[The doors certainly didn't help.]

[He traces the heart-shape of Stolas' faceplate over his own face.] Kind of? I'm not really well-versed in birds, but he does look like Earth owls in the face. [He grimaces again.] Fuck, that sucks a sandpaper cock.

[He bristles, his whole posture pinning up and his tail lashing around in the peripheral.] I-- no, we aren't!! We haven't talked about it!!

[pinksidekicking]

[ Probably not.

Watching his tracing of the face and nods. ] Sounds like an owl to me. Other birds have that, but it's really noticeable on owls. [ A soft sigh. ] Yeah, he made a cool mechanical arm for himself though. And now that evil lady is dead, they can be together after all that.

[ Oh, this is a matter she must investigate deeper. Go undercover. Watch them interact. ] Do you wanna talk to him about it?

[laminitis]

Yeah, he's... Here. [He dives off-screen for a second and produces a notebook and pen, his tail winding back into view a few times before he climbs back up on his chair and holds out a drawing.] 'eeeere ya go-- Gave him a mustache so he's fancy. He doesn't wear the hat anymore, but he used to.

[pinksidekicking]

[ Clearly, they need to play Pictionary, because they will kill at this game. ] No mustache on the lifesize Stolas but may or may not wear a hat if he finds one he likes, got it. And I'm gonna get you color pencils so you can make your drawings more fun!

[laminitis]

[He perks up, his tail literally wagging behind him.] Oh, shit-- that'd be awesome! I haven't done a lot of looking for shit like that. [He folds over in his chair, somehow managing to be comfortable all sorts of pretzeled in on himself, and stares at his drawing of Stolas.]

...I do wanna talk to him about it, though. It's. Just..., Hard. A lot of shit has happened. [He cannot begin to comprehend why he is being this open with a thousand year old teenager, but here he is.]

[pinksidekicking]

[ Nimona points her thumb(s?) at herself. ] I know the best color pencils and where to get them, so I can show you. You're gonna need stuff for the business at some point. [ He's a very limber demon. Probably that circus background. ]

Yeah, scary too. I don't know what happened... [ Besides evil brother-in-law and daughter problems. ] -but you gotta be brave and try sometimes. Even if it's just a little at a time. [ Maybe because, despite it not being the same situation, she kind of gets it. Running away is easier, not facing the hard parts, being afraid of reaching out after messy situations, of talking about the truth. ]

[laminitis]

[His smile is a little far away.] ...don't be too disappointed if I drag ass about the business thing. It's..., I.M.P started with the employees I left back in Hell, and I do want to start something up here because I'm a business dick at heart and you'll be the greatest chaos employee ever, but. It's gonna be a little rough on me to start over without them. [Absolutely the circus background. He could probably suck his own d-- Nope, not going there.]

[He laughs, but the sound is decidedly humorless, folding in on himself a little more. His tail wraps itself around one of his boots, the spade thumping against the red toe of it.] You're really good at cracking people open like walnuts, yanno that? You don't need this baggage from an old man with a fucked up situationship, Mo, but you give real fuckin' sound advice.

[pinksidekicking]

[ A shake of her head. ] Nah, you don't gotta worry about me. We can just work on my gun skills and hang and do other fun things together. If you do start up a different business, you can still gimme a call about it. [ There's a chance, she knows, that Blitz's employees won't ever show up here. In all her year and a half, she had five minutes with someone she should have talked to.

Her own smile is a bit sad and a small shrug of her shoulder. ] Guess we're kinda alike. Not the situation-relationship part, but I've messed up with someone I cared about - got mad and said things I didn't mean to protect myself. And I ran away because I was scared, because they were scared. So I understand that part. Talking about it helped when I got here, and maybe it can help you too.

[laminitis]

[He feels extremely small in his chair, folded up like he is, and-- the reality is he is, because he's a four foot something tall lizard guy, but also the world feels so astronomically fucking huge to him right now. Too much space, wanna go home. He smiles crookedly at her anyway.] You'll be the first one I call. Or have Stolas call, because he'll probably still be my secretary. [He'd look hot in a pencil skirt.]

[He somehow becomes even smaller, and laughs.] We're... a lot alike, there. We've talked about a little of it, but we've not... Really figured out what extent of an "us" is safe to try for. [He covers the brooch at his throat with one hand for a moment, and then squirms back upright.] But-- fuck, enough Debbie Downer shit, I did not mean to get so Hell-a-Novela on you.

[pinksidekicking]

[ Yeah, that feeling's too familiar. Nimona makes herself smaller too. ] I'm still gonna slip my resume under your door so your secretary can hold on to it. You know, keep me on file or whatever business words you use for that. [ They should buy Stolas some pencil skirts.

She nods with the affirmation that they're a lot of like in that. ] A step is progress. Just gotta keep moving forward, and all that. [ That's probably something he knows about too, not looking backwards too much. ] Hell-a-Novela, hah, that's a good one. And it's whatever, I was already half-Debbie myself. But since I like ya, I don't mind that it went full-Debbie.

[laminitis]

[It's funny because he's usually so obsessed with making himself loud and present, when in reality he's always been small. He doesn't usually allow himself to feel small, so maybe this is a treat. A self-deprecating treat. He smiles.] We'll keep your resume on file until the business is up and running, miss 'na. [Blitzø might not survive.]

[A snort.] Half-Debbie, Full-Debbie, we're all a little Debbie.

[pinksidekicking]

[ Being loud and present covers up the smallness, but Nimona's gonna help him not feel small. ] We can do the practical side of the interview instead! Gotta make sure I'm good in a fight and all that. [ Get Stolas to wear them at home in private first.

She cracks up laughing, rolling off her plushie. ] Little Debbie.

[baymaxing]

I'm hanging. Sure. Uh-huh.

[Hiro at least doesn't keep anything other than snacks in his work space. Not that he doesn't eat, but he doesn't like to get anything too messy near his work. He tries to at least keep things clean if not the most tidy. He'll be working as Baymax helps tidy things up a little, ensuring things are put away.]

I got gummi bears around here somewhere?

[reindered]

To disarm - they didn't need to chop his arm off! Was he okay? That's serious!

[That's a lot of blood loss. An immediate need for treatment. Chopper can't help but to fret about this. At least, back in his time, that would have been very serious. Not an immediate death sentence, necessarily, but even so.]

[laminitis]

[It takes him a minute, but he points and hollers.] Like the Earth snack oh shit!! Little Debbie!!!

[pinksidekicking]

[ It's probably a jumble of video as she heads to the deck and sprouts wings to take flight, then wind noises. She keeps her shellphone the entire time. Hiro is much closer now that he's part of ULTRA PLUS as they're both on Paladin crews and she already visits them often.

So the crew is likely used to see her landing on deck. ]

Gummi bears are good, we can sneak into the kitchen to get more snacks.

[ She would have picked out food off a used plate or trash. ]

[pinksidekicking]

It's definitely not a great love language act. Yeah, he's okay. Built his own replacement mechanical arm.

[ Even though he was on the run, he managed to get medical supplies. Not that Nimona was around for that part. ]

[pinksidekicking]

[ For the sake of this joke, I'm declaring her world has Little Debbie. They have had such a rollercoaster of emotions, but they swung back around to laughing. ] I'm gonna use this all the time now.

[laminitis]

[Everywhere should have Little Debbie's. That's kind of what knowing Blitzø does to a bitch.] New code word; dragon emoji or just say Little Debbie.

[sos_pilot]

[ Eventually Della does stop - mostly because she needs to, well, breathe, and it's only then that she realized she stopped telling her story. ]

Oh, shoot, sorry about that. Where was I? The vents? I...

[ That's when she realizes Nimona has nodded off. She's a little embarrassed, but hey, she supposes it's almost a compliment? She sighs a bit, saying one last thing before turning the device off. ]

... Goodnight, Nimona.

[pinksidekicking]

[ It really should. She's here for a wild ride. ] Yes, perfect code words.

I should probably try to sleep and let you go do things with your birdperson. But lemme know if you hear stuff about kidnapped people and we'll do lessons real soon.

[ She points at him like a threatening promise. ]

[laminitis]

[A snort.] "Do things", I ain't doin' nothin' with Stols right now, missy!! [Is it okay to call her missy.] But-- yeah, heard. I'll keep my ears open, and you let me know when you wanna shoot something.

[pinksidekicking]

There's lots of "do things" you can do with him! You know, sit next to him and participate in the same activities or even do different ones. [ She is in her female form so missy is good! ] You've got my ID if you need anything.

[ Even just to chat. ]