PC: Tama 💀

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w1, monday

[ballies]

[ forces you to pc with me.

anyway we have a whole park now so nico can come and touch some grass. or a park swing, because that's where tama is, swinging with a reckless abandon (and looking super cute!). ]

Hiiiiii Nico!

[ she's waving. it's probably precarious. ]

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[ force, you say. but they're in the park! nico is in his usual goth shit, shame the demon on his shoulder for walkies. i love this outfit on her. nico doesn't care but i do.

but he does approach. ]

Hey. You're really...going at it, huh? [ amused. ]

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[ yeah this is a hold up. my fit board is coming in so handy. ]

...

Well, yeah. It's a swing. [ she looks, weirdly, a little sad. ] You're never too old for swings.

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[ ... ]

I don't think I've been on one for...a really, really long time. [ which is why he does not sit yet, but he's leaning against the pole to watch tama go. ] But maybe you're onto something.

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I think so. I’ve never actually been on one before, but it’s pretty fun.

[ SHOULD YOU BE SWINGING THAT HIGH THEN, MA’AM? ]

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[ waits for tama to swing right over the top tbh. but ah. ]

There's a lot of little things you haven't really had a chance to do before, aren't there? [ they're not big deals, but they're so general he has started to wonder. no bagels. no swings. what's next? ]

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[ this is how i die week 1. ]

It’s not like I don’t know what a swing set is, y’know. I’ve just never been on one.

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[ stop. ]

Hey, I never implied that. I'm just telling it like it is. [ but...he will have a seat on another swing. he doesn't do anything, lightly kicking himself back and forth in little swinging motions while the cacodemon stays on him and watches tama swing. ]

And don't people say there's a difference between knowing and experiencing something? [ the knowledge argument...nico doesn't know this but if i have to live with this all the time so do you. ]

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Mary’s Room.

[ her swings slow down a little, less aggressive. she does look a little amused though. ]

The physicalism and non-physicalism about knowing something. I could tell you about the velocity and wind resistance of a swing, but that’s very different to knowing what it feels like to have the wind rush through your hair.

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[ he almost says "who's mary" before catching on it's just a metaphor and deciding not to ask. ]

Exactly that. But now that you've had the chance, what would you have to say about being able to swing?

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[ philosophical debate! ]

It’s fun. It’s not exactly complicated, but it must be the closest you can get to flying.

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[ he looks ahead, still using a foot to lightly push himself to swing. ]

Maybe. I think flying feels a little different even then. Mostly because when you're airborne you don't have much to hold onto to prevent you from falling forever. But it's closer than most things.

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It’s not like I can actually fly. Not really — floating doesn’t really count.

[ hmmmm? ]

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[ he raises an eyebrow. ]

Floating...? By how much?

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[ she makes a gesture generally. ]

Not super high? No higher than... Ryuki's head?

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That's still higher than most people. [ he and ryuki are like the same height iirc. ] And speaking of Ryuki, somehow I didn't realize you two knew each other already.

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Oh.

I thought I mentioned it… I haven’t been keeping it a secret or anything.

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[ he shakes his head. ]

No, um. Mika actually mentioned it to me when I talked to her last Friday. It came up in conversation, I didn't think you were withholding it on purpose.

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Mm. We were all in Mouse’s dorm on Thursday night. It’d already come up in conversation with her anyway.

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Yeah. She didn't realize--well. [ he mumbles: ] I guess maybe that makes more sense now. [ before he continues. ] She didn't realize that the doors locked and said she was staying at Gold Mouse with both of you. She said she'd given Ryuki an open invite to let you stay there whenever, but I'm the one who had to ask why because I had no idea.

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We didn’t realise the doors were locked for a while either. Ryuki and I tried to go for a walk and thought it had jammed or something.

[ me and lowe posting long past friday for the shenanigans of ryuki and tama getting defeated by a door. ]

Oh, I just showed up. [ ehe? ] But… [ aw ] … that’s sweet of her to have extended the invite. It would’ve been nice if she could’ve told me herself…

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None of us in the convenience store noticed until one of us tried to leave. So I think it surprised all of us. [ also that's what they deserve tbh. but also he kind of grins a little because that sounds like tama behavior based on what he knows so far.

and the grin fades just as quickly. ]

...yeah. I think there were a lot of things we all wish she could have said or done that she won't get the chance to now. I wish I could change that.

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Yeah, it was all very sudden. You don’t expect the doors to just lock on you— we genuinely thought they’d jammed for a bit.

[ she got accused of breaking the door :( ]

… I hope it doesn’t happen again. We don’t even have the guarantee of that, and now there’s that rule about Thursdays. [ she sighs. ]

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Yeah. Usually if a trap is sprung we notice right away, but we were busy grabbing snacks for us and the cocoa puff and didn't feel like anything was off.

[ ...yeah, about that. ]

...do you really think we're going to be able to get away without someone following that rule? [ he's interested on her thoughts about murder, it seems. ]

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Maybe the first thing we should do this week is keep checking the door…

[ a week of people just rattling the door aggressively. ]

“Being a villain” doesn’t necessarily mean killing. It could be something like theft, or violence without death. Not ideal, but not life ending.