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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]

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.

[invigorating]

[Headtilt...]

What are you talking about?

[nullorvoid]

...Okay, I've told you about what I do and all that, all the arbiter crap. And because of that, I don't really...

[...How do you even.]

I don't know. We forget people. A lot. Because we're designed that way. We forget everyone we meet after a few weeks if it takes that long.

So it's kind of weird to me to not replace people? Because I'm not used to having people to begin with, and even if I do have people, once they're gone it's not like I'm going to remember they were there at all.