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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]

[ 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.

1/2

[overstrain]

I...

[ ... ... ... ]

[overstrain]

Okay! You don't have to say anymore!!

[ AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaa

His still recovering heart feels like it's going to explode from embarrassment. ]

[crimess]

I thought that you like them.

[ NO MERCY ]

No need to get worked up about it. Nothing's wrong with being true to yourself. [ A pause. ] Now I sound like these stupid self-help books.

[overstrain]

What?!

[ He doesn't understand what that means--his own?? nyani da fak mae

Anyway, that actually gets him to cough out blood because that really disturbed his heart recovery. Good thing he's covering his mouth, but the red seeps through his fingers. ]

[crimess]

Oh shit. Ohshitohshitohshitohshit.

[ She knows blood when she sees it. Damn. ]

Maybe call a nurse? Just don't tell her about snakes.

[overstrain]

Go hide or something--

[ MORE BLOOD COUGHING this sucks but he's going to slam on the nurse button with his clean hand. Thankfully, it will take enough time for Mae to hide somewhere. ]

[crimess]

Don't die on me, I don't want to have your blood on my paws.

[ She dives under the bed and hopes that Terry will survive the Snake Attack. ]

[overstrain]

[ The nurse eventually ends up coming and she sighs upon seeing Terry's state.

"Did one of your friends sneak back into the room? You shouldn't be doing those things, Nowell-kun." ]

What...? What are you talking about? Nobody's here.

[ Considering how Leon reopened his head wound by charming him and how the nurse saw Terry hugging Hibiki on the bed, they... can't really rule shit out anymore. lmao.

"You need safer friends. No illicit affairs." ]

What??

[ Anyway, the nurse is in the process of changing his bandages and wow. She quickly fixes the outward stitching at least and makes a note to tell the doctor. ]

There's no one here though?! I don't have an affair! I'm not even in a relationship!

[ "Nowell-kun, please calm down. You can't agitate your wounds any more."

Kill him now. ]

[crimess]

[ Mae's processing new information at her own pace and waits for the nurse to leave. When she sees a pair of legs disappear behind the closed door, she crawls from underneath and blinks at Terry. ]

Sorry dude, but I'm not interested. You're kinda cute, but uh. [ How should she say that... ] No. Sorry for breaking your heart when it's already broken from that sandal.

[overstrain]

[ He covers his face with both of his hands. ]

It's not like that...

[ why ]

[crimess]

Oh, then it's okay. I'm just not used to someone making things more awkward than I do.

[ She doesn't seem to be bothered by this at all. ]

I'm not sure if I'm a good harem girl material anyway.

[overstrain]

I don't want a harem! I just want friends!!

[ Et tu mae...

Her words pierce through him like arrows though. His pride hurts. ]