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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

[sos_pilot]

Oooh, he really is! He's the best! And he can already fly a plane! And he loves being in the spotlight! Always able to come up with a musical number at the drop of a hat! And he's so adorable too! Always able to come up with the funniest puns! And he's got a huge heart, and he's sensitive, and he's caring, and sweet, and brave, and daring, and curious, and...

[ ... someone's getting distracted from telling the story, due to. kid-gushing. ]

[pinksidekicking]

[ Some kid-gushing is okay! She could probably parent-gush, but it'd make her sad right now. ]

Sounds like we'd get along like a house on fire. So what happened after he crawled through the vents?

[sos_pilot]

[ Unfortunately, the downside to kid-gushing is forgetting that... other people exist.

Because she keeps on yammering, as if she didn't heard Nimona at all. ]

... and he even manage to take over an entire sky pirate ship based on his charisma, and he's got the best little dance moves ever, and he's always there for his brothers, and he's been doing everything he can to help Webby be like other kids, and he gives the sweetest hugs, and...

[ blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah- ]

[pinksidekicking]

[ It's okay, she would gush about her dad too. He's awesome. She just turns into a shark, while still wearing her shark onesie. Letting Della's voice play like soothing background noise.

It's distracting, which is what she wanted. She may fall asleep, sorry. It's been a bunch of rough days. ]

[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.