[IC] [Snek] Continuations

[pyrighteous]

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[pyrighteous]

... Yeah. Yeah, I - I have more friends than I ever imagined having back home.

[bluediligence]

And one cute crush.

[pyrighteous]

[ Um. Hunter is abruptly VERY red. ]

M-more than just. Uh. That.

[bluediligence]

[ ...!!! GASP. SWIVELS AROUND TO FACE HIM ]

Oh my gosh, you went for it? Congratulations, Hunter-kun!

[pyrighteous]

I - I don't know if "went for it" is the right word? Apparently Guard threatened Leo??

[bluediligence]

[ ??? ¿¿¿ ]

Threatened ... oh, like a shovel talk? "If you hurt him I'll find you," that kind of thing?

[pyrighteous]

That ... must have been it. He didn't say but.

[bluediligence]

Aha. It's a classic big brother move.

[pyrighteous]

R-really?

[bluediligence]

Yeah! It's one way of saying ... "You'd better take care of this person, because they're important to me. I'll fight for them if I have to."

[pyrighteous]

.........

[ GUARD CARES ]

I didn't think about it that way.

[bluediligence]

[ a BRIEF SIDE HUG for Hunter ]

It's one of those things that can be easier to see from the outside.

[pyrighteous]

[ THANKS KORONE he leans into that. ]

And you - uh, have siblings, right?

[bluediligence]

Just the one! Wash-nii. We adopted each other when I was - I guess I was probably still seventeen at that point.

He's super protective. Sometimes it's irritating [ or dangerous, lol, lmao ] ... but at the end of the day, I know it's one of the ways he shows he loves me.

[pyrighteous]

Oh, yeah. You mentioned him.

... Did he threaten, uh. Your crushes too?

[bluediligence]

I, uhm. I don't know if I've ever had one before, actually.

[ Her cheeks flush ]

I know he's given Kaito a talking to ... They butted heads sometimes though, 'cuz they're both strong, stubborn people and Kaito can be a brat.

[pyrighteous]

Oh. Yeah I can. See that.

[bluediligence]

[ She wonders what Kaito would think of Hunter. Of Donnie. Of Raph and Leo and Sparrow. If, one day, she can introduce them — safely, with no creepy snake god cult to worry about. ]

[ As for Wash - ]

Honestly don't know if he'd try to give Donnie-kun a shovel talk. Probably not? I mean, I'm the one who might, maybe be doing a little bit of crushing, potentially. Not Donnie-kun. So.

[pyrighteous]

... Why is it called a shovel talk?

[bluediligence]

Good question. I'm reasonably sure it's a pop culture reference or a common media trope — I have a shovel and I know how to use it, implying that they might use the shovel as a weapon and then, you know, as an actual shovel.

But I wouldn't take it too literally.

[pyrighteous]

R-right. I. Get the meaning anyway.

[bluediligence]

You look worried about it.

[pyrighteous]

Well - I just wanted to make sure there weren’t literal shovels involved? Human customs can be WEIRD.

[bluediligence]

They really can be, sometimes! I don't think I've ever heard of actual shovels being involved though. You're safe.