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[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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[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!

[nullorvoid]

Yeah, I get that, but -

[Mnnnnnnngh.]

Never mind, okay? It's weird circumstantial crap.