ballies | M-M-M-MMMMMY NIMONA

i don't want to be in any of the dorms.

[she can probably sense the firmness of this, at least. but she'll wander in that direction!]

Edited 2023-10-08 02:13 (UTC)

ok

[ she'll be outside when nimona arrives. ]

[she looks, like. exhausted, when she gets there.

actually she's just going to come right up to tama and thud her head against her shoulder.]

[ she'll just loop her arms up around her and give her a hug. an auto-hug. ]

[okay well. she will just. hug her very, very tightly, like she is afraid if she lets go tama will vanish.]

[ her ribs are crushed and she dies instantly. no she doesn't. but she'll hug her back just as tightly. ]

Hey, I'm not going anywhere.

[this helps because she is Full Of Emotions and she doesn't usually let herself just like, hug people like this, but it's been rough and today was a lot.]

Okay. [if it is a bit wobbly no it isn't.]

[ what’s a wobble? she hears no wobble.

she’ll just stay here, stroking nimona’s hair until she chooses to pull back of her own accord. tama’s patient when she wants to be. ]

[tama is a good bean

i like that this happens the most when you play aitsf characters what is it about these little dudes that click so well with horribly traumatized monster girls (?)

anyway. she lets tama pet her hair, and finally when she pulls away, she exhales slow and rubs at her face.]

... I'm tired.

[ nimona has truly had a bullshit three weeks.

also flurry i need you to finish aitsf and experience the whole thing. but tama it’s the big sister vibes i reckon. also the fact that tama gets away with this much when it comes to nimona brings me joy. ]

…

Yeah. Me too.

[ although maybe not as tired as nimona is. ] Tired, and kinda sad.

[she has never had a big sister before so it's nice...]

I don't even know if I'm sad. Just kinda hollow on the inside. Like you could yell and it'd echo.

[ :thataaaemojifromtheserver: sisters! ]

I think that’s a kind of a sadness to. In its own way.

[a little nod.]

I - it's not new. [she'll admit it.] It's there. It's always there.

Always?

[ …. aaaa. ]

Since you got here, or from before…?

From before. [...] Like a long time.

...

Nimona, how long is long, exactly?

[ because. girl. she's 6. appearances and numbers are something else. ]

[she thinks about that, and about how honest she wants to be, and then just. it's tama, so.]

... Promise you won't freak out.

[ d'ya what, she's gonna just say that bracket part because: ]

Nimona, I'm six years old. I'm not gonna freak out about weird ages.

[huffs!!! people always say that, and then freak out anyway, but she really does think tama is going to just be fine with it so:]

Like a couple centuries.

[ huh.

huuuuuuh. ]

...

You... know you can tell me to get lost if you think I'm babying you, right? [ because tama is six but in her mind nimona is little sister shaped, just like she's also 2 foot tall and not only a few cm shorter than tama. ]

[okay well that just makes her laugh actually]

I'd tell you if I thought you were babying me and I think you know that.

[nimona is little sister shaped and she also knows this]

I mean, I had a feeling but... you never know.

[ hmmm. ]

That's a long time, yeah. Is it just... age? Tiredness? Seeing and knowing too much?

[well, the answer that it actually is nimona cannot bring herself to say out loud to anybody ever, so instead she just kind of shrugs.]

Yeah. [way to be vague] It's just been a long time.

I wish it was as easy as saying "I'm sure it'll get better" or "I hope it gets better" to fix stuff like this.

[ she knows damn well it isn't, and never will be. she knows as first hand as she can get. ]

... It's nice of you to say it, though. Even if it doesn't do anything.

[pats her arm. she does genuinely appreciate it - it's wild, to have people who care.]

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