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TERRENCE NOWELL

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(Note: Terry gave Kido his phone. Bought his own flipphone on 8/26!)

He has a stall set up in the market street for locating things. Feel free to thread it out with an inbox action thread or handwave it!

Comments

[crimess]

I'd touch you, but you're already lying wrecked in a hospital, so there's no point.

[ Needlessly to say, that wouldn't be friendly kind of touch. Despite saying that, she pokes his foot with her paw and shakes her hand. ]

So, what's the verdict? Am I real or not?

[overstrain]

[ Oh. His foot feels weird. Okay, he'll decide that she's real... in his mind. For now. ]

Yeah, you're real. But yeah, that'd be great. Please don't punch me. I don't need another concussion.

[crimess]

I was kidding. [ Was she really. ] Where's the fun in beating people up if you can't send them to a hospital.

[ WAS SHE REALLY ]

Actually...can I sleep here? It's so hot outside. I'll just go out for a moment to borrow some meds.

[overstrain]

[ God, she's like Kido except Mae is more of an aggressive bomb. ]

Can you really borrow meds though...

[ Not that he'll care if she goes and steals them, but. you know. ]

[crimess]

Maybe they'll think I'm unreal if they catch me borrowing them.

[ She'll think about it if/when it happens!! Now she needs something for this killer headache which is too real. ]

[overstrain]

Well, I think it's not everyday when people will see someone like you...

[ Like, yeah. A talking cat?? ]

Are you good at sneaking around? I don't think they have good security here.

[crimess]

I don't want to know what's that supposed to mean.

[ She's tiny and chubby and her nickname is "Killer". No one around should know about it, but Mae's still a bit anxious anyway. ]

I'm a pretzel ninja, dude. Wait, they didn't steal stuff...but they are sneaky, so it counts.

[overstrain]

[ ... ]

A pretzel ninja? What's that? A pretzel with a knife? Are you saying you're a ninja? A ninja cat?

[ RAPIDFIRE QUESTIONING ]

[crimess]

That escalated quickly. The more I talk to you, the less I know who I am.

[ She's exaggerating, but...she was a hallucination just a few minutes ago, so maybe she's allowed to have a small identity crisis. ]

I'm sneaky and quick and I can borrow a bunch of meds if I want. That's who I am. I think.

[overstrain]

A quick and sneaky one that borrows medicine.

[ You still don't... borrow medicine... ]

... Okay, I can dig it. Sorry, I'm just so curious. [ YEEEEEAAAHHH ]

I thought I've seen most people in town already...

[crimess]

[ I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LINKED SHERLOCK IN YOUR TAG I KNOW LIKE 5 K-POP SONGS AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM ]

I've just arrived. I guess you were too busy staying in the hospital and we didn't get the chance to run into each other in the streets.

[ Terry better stays here until he feels better or else!! It's or else because I know we both know he didn't. ]

Is there anything I should know about this place? It's peaceful but at the same time it gives off that creepy vibe.

[overstrain]

[ LMFAO GOOD. I HIT THE JACKPOT!!

Terry looks over at Mae for a bit... she's pretty much standing on the border between "real" and "hallucination" now, but Terry isn't sure which side she should actually be on. ]

Are you saying you found yourself at the broken castle and got a charm with your name on it or something?

[ If she's a hallucination, he's now imagining talking cats being in the same situation as he is. Fucking wild. ]

[crimess]

[ Terry also hit the jackpot because Mae nods, a little surprised that he got it right. ]

Are you a mind reader now? I wouldn't recommend camping in my head, it's a messy place.

[ To put it mildly. ]

Yeah, that's exactly what happened. I met an annoying kid, too.

[ We all know she said hi to Kokichi. ]

[overstrain]

I mean... that's what happened to me too, though it was some time ago...

[ He tries to think back. ]

Early July? I don't know the exact day but I also woke up with a charm in my pocket.

[ ... ]

... Was he short, had black hair, and felt like you talked in circles with him?

[crimess]

I'm so talented. I can world hop and time travel.

[ She's pretty sure that it was winter when she was back in Possum Springs but it's definitely summer now. ]

So you know the guy, too. Unless you have more gremlins like him around here. Talking to him is so much fun.

[ Doubt ]

[overstrain]

[ He feels the same... it was pretty much winter when he left but now it's freaking hot. He just kinda stares at Mae though. Fun. Really? Really????

ALSO DOUBT ]

Maybe you can handle him better than I can...

[crimess]

I'm not a gremlinsitter. [ Kokichi isn't even worth being called a baby. ] I can make sure that we won't kill each other. That's the best I can do.

[ There are many kinds of fun, it seems... ]

You seem to know a good chunk of people, Mr. Popular.

[overstrain]

[ That's good enough, honestly. ]

It's... kinda easy getting to know everyone when you live in a small town like this. I have to make ends meet when I don't have a house to live in anymore, so building connections is a good way to help that.

[ He has a brain cell sometimes. ]

[crimess]

You sound so...responsible.

[ The way she says it, it's difficult to tell if it's a good or a bad thing. ]

You can't hide your secrets in a small town. I know something about that.

[ Mae don't spook him ]

[overstrain]

[ Terry will take it as a compliment anyway, because people don't tell him that anyway. lmao ]

I think I'm keeping my secrets pretty well though?

[ looks at everything that happened

looks down

looks at the sky

no ]

[crimess]

What secrets?

[ She's not sneaky at all. ]

[overstrain]

... I like snakes.

[ Nice try, Mae. ]

[crimess]

[ Snakes are also sneaky. Sneaky sneks. ]

I just hope that's not a euphemism.

[overstrain]

What would it even be a euphemism for?

[ Enlighten him, Mae...

You know you want to. ]

[crimess]

You have a snake in your pants.

[ That's it, that's the explanation. ]

I hope that you at least know the story about birds and bees.