IC CONTACT

[invigorating]

Hi~! This is Nowi, leave a message if you've got something to say to me! If you don't, then why did you call me!?

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[nullorvoid]

[There are some positives that come with being functionally unable to die and knowing damn well what happens when you do; namely, you become one of the most fuckless people on the planet with regards to heights and the potential of falling from them. The tree in question is tall as hell but not nearly to the point of inspiring the fear of God or anything, at least not as far as Ginti is concerned, and when he's in the mood he doesn't mind climbing it too much.

Fortunately today it gives him something to do, and he's in full "not nearly as much lineface as there could have been" at this, just...give him a moment to get up there.]

Found you.

[invigorating]

Ahh, you're really good at this!

[Nowi waves in greeting and easily slips down a few branches to sit beside Ginti. She's climbed a lot of trees in a thousand years and she's pretty good at it, if she says so herself.]

You didn't cheat, did you?

[But that's playful and it's not like she'd really mind if he did. Nowi's been up here for over an hour and she was beginning to get bored.]

[nullorvoid]

Didn't even ask Mana for help this time.

[...Oh, hey. He doesn't mind her being down here, at least; we're just...going to be chilling up in this tree for a while, looks like.]

Been at it for a while?

[invigorating]

Good! I'd have to pout at you if you did!

[She swings her legs idly as she looks out over the city.]

Yeah, it's been a little while. I don't really mind, I like being up high like this! But it'd be nice if Mana wouldn't leave me up here forever!

[It might also be nice if you didn't make your Dratini climb a tree to find you, Nowi.]

[nullorvoid]

[...Mana doesn't have hands, Nowi, that tends to make climbing easier...]

And I'm going to guess that climbing down is admitting defeat or something.

[invigorating]

[You'd think she'd realize this or maybe she's just being a jerk. Who knows.]

Of course it is! I don't ever lose at hide and seek!

[nullorvoid]

...Isn't hide and seek one of those games you have to plan to lose eventually? They've got to find you again sometime.

[invigorating]

It counts as a victory for me if it takes them a long time to find me!

[...nowi that's not how it works]

[nullorvoid]

[.....................uh]

...I can see where you win a lot then, yeah.

[invigorating]

Yep! I always won back home too! No one's as good as I am!

[...okay.]

[nullorvoid]

[...You know what, as long as you're happy.]

You okay just staying up here for a while, though? We can go actually do something later, I'm just not in the mood for most people right now.

[invigorating]

I'm okay with that! I'm pretty lucky you're in the mood for me then, huh?

[nullorvoid]

[He just sort of shrugs at that.]

I usually am. Don't let it go to your head.

[invigorating]

As you should be! I am your bestest best friend, after all!

[TOO LATE]

[nullorvoid]

[...NOWI...]

...You know what, sure.

[invigorating]

Wow, you really must be feeling nice today! Normally you get all grumpy and try to pretend like we're totally not best friends!

[nullorvoid]

It's not like I've got a whole lot of friends in the first place. I've told you, it's not something I do.

[...]

I dunno. We've been here, what, five months? And I haven't put you on a boat or anything, so.

[invigorating]

I'm really glad you haven't put me on a boat! I think I'd die of boredom after like, two hours. I mean, that one time we fought on the boats was pretty fun, but then we set like, half of them on fire so I'm pretty sure I'd be bored on a normal boat journey or whatever.

[...why.]

[nullorvoid]

Boats have changed a lot, I'm pretty sure there's stuff to do or whatever.

[...]

...Anyway, I'm not putting you on one, so it doesn't really matter.

[invigorating]

Good! 'Cause I'd hate to go on a trip without you! I'd be super lonely and probably cry a lot and you definitely don't want to make me cry, right?

[nullorvoid]

[...holy shit, Nowi.]

Ah, come on, you could probably make friends with everyone within the first ten minutes anyway.

[invigorating]

Well yeah, maybe. But just because I can make friends easily doesn't mean I can replace them! That's pretty awful, actually. I wouldn't want to find anyone to replace you!

[nullorvoid]

Does it really make a difference?

[...okay that...that's one of those things where you realize it's probably weird as fuck as soon as it's been said, hang on]

1 / 2

[invigorating]

Wh-What?

[HANG ON, PROCESSING--]

[invigorating]

Of course it makes a difference, you big dummy!

[Nowi slaps Ginti's shoulder with an intense frown. It looks more like a pout, actually.]

You're the only Ginti out there! No one else can ever be you! So even if I make more friends who are great like you are, they're never going to be you!