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[woo_oo]

Yes, snow-senpai! Or would that be snow-sensei?

[ She assumed from the name that Nao was Japanese, and so was doing her best to be respectful! ]

[nterwebz]

That's a tough one. How 'bout you call me senpai? That way, I get to have the cutest kouhai ever!

[woo_oo]

Okay! But you might want to be careful where you say that. BB says she's everyone's kouhai, so she might already also have position of 'cutest kouhai'.

[nterwebz]

Oh! You know BB-chan, too, Webby-chan?

[ She probably shouldn't be surprised. On second thought, she isn't. It would be more surprising if Webby and BB hadn't met somehow. ]

[woo_oo]

A-huh! She's made me special duck glasses, and she showed me a bunch of her powers, and tried to teach me about flirting!

[nterwebz]

About flirting?

[woo_oo]

It was back when I was trying to be a knight, and she said it was a very important part of knighthood, because of chivalry.

[nterwebz]

I guess that makes sense for a Western knight. From what I remember about them, anyway.

[ The Internet can take a girl to some very interesting places. ]

BB-chan is pretty neat, isn't she?

[woo_oo]

Yeah! She's really weird, but that's part of her charm.

[ and really, can't the same thing be said about webby? ]

[nterwebz]

I've never thought that was a thing to use "but" about.

[woo_oo]

Well, there's good weird and bad weird, I've found. She falls into the good category!

[ She pauses for a moment, trying to see if this ball is now the right size or not. ]

[nterwebz]

[ Nao leans over from her spot to take a look at Webby's ball, then glances back at her own. ]

Hmmm... maybe just a little big bigger? What's bad weird, then?

[woo_oo]

[ With a nod, she resumes packing the snow in. ]

Like, when villains are weird! Flintheart Glomgold has a weird obsession with sharks, even though they'd pretty much eat him if given the chance. But, no, he always wants sharks in his "master plans".

[nterwebz]

[ Back to her own ball Nao goes, taking a moment to size hers up, too. ]

"Master plans?"

[ She snickers. ]

Like, as what? His henchman or what he thinks is some diabolical end for his enemies?

[woo_oo]

Both. It's always both. When it comes to Uncle Scrooge's enemies, he's not exactly a master genius. The only reason he's so unpredictable is because no one could ever think of ideas that dumb.

[ Since Webby doesn't typically insult others, she speaks of this more as actual fact. ]

[nterwebz]

Does he give really long monologs at times when he shouldn't if he wants to achieve his goals, too?

[woo_oo]

Yyyyep. And while he's yapping, he's distracted, so you've got plenty of time to get out of the death-trap he tried to make.

But it's not likely he's totally harmless. He did almost make me drown once.

[ One shoulder shrug. No biggie. ]

[nterwebz]

How did he do that?

[ She asks ever so casually. ]

[woo_oo]

Oh, that's a whole other story. But the short version is, he lost his memory, so I was hoping he could have a chance at anew, happier life without his grudge against Scrooge. He was now a fisherman, with his own friends and community!

There was this big storm, and me and Louie found him struggling in the ocean waters, so we went out to save him from the waves. I reached out to help him up, and... he yanked me out of the boat so he could steal it for himself.

[nterwebz]

[ ... ]

Louie got you back in, right?

[woo_oo]

Oh, of course! Right away! You can always count on Louie! But it was a scary couple of seconds, that's for sure. Even a complete buffoon can be terrifying under the right circumstances.

Glomgold got his memory back and abandoned the happy life and community he had just so he could wage war against Scrooge again. If you ask me, that's also bad-weird.

[nterwebz]

I think that's bad-bad and kind of sad. If I had to guess, Glomgold's desire to beat your Uncle Scrooge has totes consumed him. Like, he might not know how to live without it or even be able to find joy and value in other pursuits.

You're a good girl for trying to help him, but it sounds like he made his decision a long time ago.

[woo_oo]

Yeah... [ a sad little sigh. ] I guess at the time, I figured since I helped someone turned over a new leaf once, I could do that to anyone. He sure proved me wrong.

[nterwebz]

Now Webby-chan, that isn't right! When it comes to helping people, you've got to respect not only their agency, but yours, too. The choice to fail or succeed was ultimately Glomgold's. You took him as far as you could and gave him the best chance.

[ She places a hand atop Webby's head. ]

His failing isn't yours, you get me?

[woo_oo]

[ Physical affection always cheers her up pretty much instantly. Her tail even gets a bit of a flick-flick. ]

... Heehee. I do, I know! I've been trying to be better about not being everyone's "hero".