purrrnicious | Heart Game: Run #3

[ give her a minute to get her bearings, a lot has happened today. she rubs at her eyes and sits up, letting them adjust to the figure sitting across from her. she’s about to say “catra?” when she notices the clothes, so she immediately just launched herself at her... or tries to. she most definitely face plants first and has to scramble back up before she can properly pounce on kohime. ]

Koko!

[ she’s not crying shut the hell up. ]

[It's less "catching D.Va" and more "being bowled over by D.Va" that happens here, but.]

Whoa, chill, you're definitely in no shape to be jumping around like that.

...no, maybe not, but I’ve been looking all over for you, Kohime. [ she circles her arms around her waist and squeezes her as tight as she can manage, which isn’t actually all that tight at all. ]

[ after a minute she sits up and produces the two rings she had taken from the locker; removing one from the chain and holding her hand out for kohime’s. ] Now to put this back where it belongs.

[When she recognizes what D.Va is trying to give her, she shakes her head, closing D.Va's fingers back around it.]

You shouldn't have taken this. Giving it to me won't do anything. You. . . you should give it to the Core, that's probably the only way to fix it.

[ blinks. ]

You mean you’re not the core?

[ drops her hand and looks at the rings, putting the back with the other things she had taken. well guess who feels bad now. ]

Where can I find the core?

Nah. I'll take you, though.

[She stands and crosses to the panel, selecting the 6th floor. The lift will take them up to a long, plain grey concrete hallway with a door at the end. When it arrives, Kohime holds out a hand, and offer of help getting there because of D.Va's, you know, everything.]

...thanks Koko.

[ and that is very much appreciated, because of, well, yeah. she’s going to attempt to put herself together a bit better though, because she doesn’t want to make an even worse impression after clearly taking something she wasn’t supposed to take. ]

Sorry, by the way.
[ her gaze briefly drops to the rings and locket in her pocket. ]

[She pulls D.Va's arm across her shoulders, then, wrapping the other around her waist, and then starts them both down the hall.]

Oh, I don't really care. People have been getting into all sorts of trouble in here –– it's kind of a pain that they just let everyone run around like this.

But I don't think you would've liked the results, you know?

[ she leans into her, coiling her tail around her waist. ]

I see how that could be a real pain in the ass.

And what do you mean by results?

Hm. Let me see them, again?

...

[ she passes the rings and snaked coiled around the locket to kohime. ]

[She ignores the snake for now, and instead of taking the rings, she closes D.Va's hand on them again with her own on top, and squeezes. The effect might remind her a little bit of her unit's Buddy Bond power. She feels warmth and affection, tinged with a little bit of hope and a little bit of nervousness -- not her own feelings, but Kohime's towards her.]

I guess I just figured you didn't want to remove that. But I could be wrong.

[ she has a bit of a flashback to the thing she had read, about hss being scary, when she feels kohime’s nervousness, but thankfully all of the other feelings manage to overwhelm that. smiling, down at their hands, even as the feelings fade, she lets her tail drop from around her waist to swish. ]

I could have left them there, but they belong with us, like I said. They embody the promise I made, though I guess a ring doesn’t need to be present for the promise to still count. It’s just symbolic and all that. [ a bit of a chuckle as she leans in to give her a quick kiss. ]

[Her tail swishes. They arrive at the door, and she pauses before opening it.]

Hey. Don't wake her up, got it? She's a real pain, and you're in no shape to deal with her.

[Then she pushes the door open to the Audience Chamber, though the monster inside is currently asleep.]

I won’t. [ she gives a little chuckle at that. ] No, but I don’t look that bad, do I?

Anyway thanks - I’ll catch up with you later, Koko. [ heading inside. ]

Heart Game: Run #3

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