catch-all: nico.

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everyone who puts a shitpost in their catch all right away is so powerful

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[she probably stopped to check up on her teammate first after a while, but now she's back to following him, so. hi.]

You're not cursed, are you?

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Huh? [ well. he was going to walk in silence but the question surprises him. ] No. Why do you ask?

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Whisper's only talking in riddles. I thought you might be cursed, too.

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[ he looks so confused. ]

When did that happen? [ on the cyoa, but whisper didn't speak after that so he had no idea icly. ] Hopefully that wears off soon...but I'm not cursed. I'm okay.

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Hmm... Okay. She was probably cursed while you were on that trip, though.

[looks at trial. both of them just thinking he isn't cursed now.]

Where did you go?

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[ it's fine, his curse may come up later. for now though they're just walking and he doesn't seem to think on it, seemingly only half-connected to the conversation. ]

That's probably it. We were split up for a little while. I didn't get to see everything they were doing. [ but he hums. ] We were in Las Vegas. I don't know if that's a place that's familiar to you, but we were at a warehouse first before we made our way to a casino.

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It's familiar to me. It existed in my universe, too.

[but, hm.]

So you left the city somehow, and went to Las Vegas...? What happened then?

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[ he seems to accept this and just nods along. ]

We had a heist to complete. We were planning on the best route to get a treasure that was being held in the casino itself. ...it felt like we'd completed a lot of heists before, so this was just another day. We were preparing at our warehouse first before we went to meet an informant to get a map and go to the casino. Oceanside wasn't really important then.

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[she nods along to the explanation, and then tilts her head curiously.]

Hmm... So something altered your perception of things. [their heist au...] What was the treasure?

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Exactly that. [ but he sighs. ] As it turned out, it was curry. We didn't know until we got there and found it, but we were so sure it was what we wanted.

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[... SHE MAKES SUCH A FACE. i can't believe this was the p5 cyoa (no.)]

All that for curry?

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This has been the most tedious mission I've ever been on for such a low profit. [ tiredly. ] I don't even know if I really like curry. But at that moment it didn't matter to us. It felt like a success.

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Hmm... I wonder if the team leaders know anything about this.

[a beat.]

... By the way, can I ask you a question?

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I'm going to talk to Phoenix next time I see them. I'd like to know the same.

[ but oh? he tilts his head a little. ]

...sure. What is it?

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Did I say something wrong yesterday?

[she means when he reacted weirdly to her being like, oh yeah electricity is super deadly during the mini event.]

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[ it takes him a moment to remember what she said, considering what happened today. but he seems to draw on it and he hums softly. ]

...no, you said something very correct. That's all.

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[... it does not look like she thinks that's all there is to it, but she nods.]

Hmm...? Okay.

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[ ...mm. ]

It's not exactly a fun thing to watch. Even the parts you forget you remember eventually.

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... Ah. [a.] I'm sorry, Nico.

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[ yeah he is like "maybe i should not have said that" because now he just looks awkward as he shrugs. ]

It was a long time ago. It's okay. Like I said, you didn't say anything wrong.

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... Okay.

Do you want to talk about something else?

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[ desperately. ]

...I guess the only question I have is...nothing weird happened this morning, did it? I'm trying to understand how we all left in the first place.

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... Not really. There was a shark in the lake, I guess, but that's the only thing that happened this morning.

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--a. Shark? Like. A real one? [ listen. people have powers and shit he is not taking any chances. ]

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I think so. It wasn't Nimona, anyway.