NIMONA 💀

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[sharkgirl]

[there is a Great Deal of tension that leaves her shoulders at the joking around, so yeah, it is very nice to have someone who also speaks bratalian]

Whatcha gonna give me to not tell him? [yeah ok]

[resumed]

[ listen it was a lot of vulnerability for him, too. and he's still willingly here. it's fine. he pretends to think about this... ]

A card of Satan? Or you can see the other side of the coin that's in my pocket.

[ he says this knowing neither option is appealing and he's playing along with the joke. ]

[sharkgirl]

[ok but the card is actually appealing help]

Hmmmm... both. [>:3]

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[ he. gestures for her to follow him out of the bathroom then and he leads her into his room? i dont know if you got the meta about what phoenix bedrooms look like but whatever it's nice with a big red bed and wall art and shelves and a sliding closet. he's approaching a night table though to pick up a card to hand over to her.

and once that's done, he takes out the bronze coin to also hand to her. when she flips it over, she'll see that the side that doesn't have a sun on it has what looks like a helm. ]

[sharkgirl]

[she follows! she also like, really wants to sit on the bed so she does, because it's comfy and she's exhausted.

the card she keeps in her lap. when he hands her the coin, she does in fact flip it over, head tilting a bit, and then:] Helmet?

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[ she can sit on the bed! it's a queen-sized, so there's room for both of them. so he sits, too. ]

Helm of Darkness. It's a symbol of power that belongs to my father.

[sharkgirl]

[she kicks her heels against the side of the bed, and then:]

Sounds spooky. [this is her invitation for him to tell her more if he wants.]

[resumed]

Yeah. [ he sounds...a little proud, in an offshoot kinda way. ] When he wears it, he's basically invincible. He can melt into the shadows and travel through walls, and he's invisible. He can't be touched or seen or heard. People say that that helm is the reason why most creatures fear the dark. It's got enough power to drive fear into a person so intensely it'll make them insane or stop their heart all together.

[ the longer he talks, the more it's both casual and a little weary like "this is my legacy." ]

[sharkgirl]

[she leans forward a bit, off the bed, fidgety. gets her hands under her and lifts herself up so she's using her upper body strength to hover her butt off the bed for a couple of seconds, just - the kind of stuff jittery kids do when they can't sit still.]

That's way overpowered, wow. [...] Why's it on the coin?

[resumed]

[ listen, he gets it. he gets fidgety sometimes too. ]

Yeah, it is. [ but there's a pause to that. ] It's...a dumb symbolic thing. About being two sides of the same coin. [ he flips it to the sun side and does not sound like he thinks it's dumb and that he's saying it this way for nimona's benefit. instead he sounds pretty fond.] It's just a reminder that if we're ever separated he's still thinking about me. He has something of mine, too, for similar reasons.

[sharkgirl]

[there's a pause, and then she kind of smiles a bit.]

You guys are all about each other, huh. Gross. [but she's trying to be nice about it, because it's important to him and she respects that.]

[resumed]

[ ig i should also say that if she at all noticed will's tattoo from strip today the sun is identical right down to the last flare and point. anyway thanks for being nice about it. ]

It's disgusting. [ sagely. but he cannot keep himself from sounding fond. ] ...my life would be drastically different if I didn't give him a chance to try. I spent the better part of a year trying to figure out why he liked me, but he's still here so I guess I have to get used to it.