Words can be Spoken Now [Tony & Nimue]

Oh she must be bothering him, this was why she tried to avoid to talk too long to her colleagues and she might be pushing them away but she could not expect them to have time for such casual outings while they had classes to prepare, villains to catch and so on, no she could not do this, this was stupid, why did she ever come up with such a thing! And with pizza of all things, this was for teens, and starting twenty-year olds.. wait she was one of those but that did not matter! She had maybe ruined it the whole ordeal and she nervously moved back and forth on her feet as she waited for Tony. Which felt like an eternity but in the end was really only a few minutes. The good thing for her, the reason why she was so early was that traffic had not been too busy and well she might have overestimated how big the town was because one point from musutafu to another point in musutafu was not that far away as travelling to Tokyo, stupid. She should have known. She turned when she heard his Spanish words, getting a bit more used to it after meeting Tony a few more times it was funny how quickly she turned her heel. "Hello Tony, it's good to see you." She realized a little late that he asked if she had not been waiting too long, "Ag, no, I think about three minutes?" She obviously had not checked her watch but her panicking had not taken that long even if it felt that way. Now came the truth that she went to pick an Italian restaurant and she hoped he would be totally fine with that, it was just the first thing that had popped into her mind. But thank god he said the word excellent the moment he noticed where they were. She took a deep breath out of relief and smiled happily, "I am glad you like it, it's a really nice place." Especially when it was not so busy so she followed Tony once he stepped to the door and let her walk in first and she greeted the person within there to ask if they had a table for two. 

Hectic Nimue forgot to reserve a table. But they had a spot free! She took the menu casually and held it in front of her yet closed when Tony asked her for her day, that's exactly what she wanted to ask him but he was first. She smiled though, it felt a lot less bad than she had thought it would be and her panicking side subdued a little and you could see the tension in her shoulders leave. "It's well, with summer holidays around I have a bit more free time than usual and tend to focus on the little internship we have and the research I do for the hospital. I mean it sounds like a lot but it's what I like to do." 

It was not entirely fair for Nimue's own point of view how she always seem to worry about others but not listen to the advice others would give her. There was enough things to do and to think about of her own stress levels and ehr own need to know what she was doing and right now that was not doing the right thing, she was all over the place, school, research, patrol, everything and she would soon have that trip with the first years, her internship with the second years, well thank god the third years weren't a thing yet. But maybe by taking care of others and worrying about them in this way, she herself was taking care of her own stress level, after all this was just as much a break for her to get munchies as a break for Tony and it made her smile. "I am glad we agree on that." She laughed, yet that paycheck had surely come in handy when Oz had set her up for a lot of things, she wasn't so sure what to do or think about it and if that was wrong but now that she was on her own and could basically do whatever she wanted, it surely became a lot easier. "It would be especially fantastic to be on time and to do what ever is necessary to fix it." The way she said whatever might imply she would do anything but she would not, she wasn't even capable of doing everything but she meant in her own department, healing, protecting, like she did with the robots, protecting those civilian robots and the baby. Saving the baby of her best friend, things like that. "Do you think we have a few that do it for the money instead of the reward of the job itself?" She asked, it was more out of curiosity and slightly a bit of worry, she wouldn't be surprised, she might even have one on the tip of her tongue but she would not say so out loud and if Tony would say yes but no names, she would not ask, she just wondered about his thoughts.

She looked up at the waiter with a smile as she ordered and waited for Tony to do so as well. "We are out of meatballs." The waiter almost seemed annoyed, "And chicken wings." And she looked up a bit worried from the waiter to Tony, "We do have pasta bolognese. I recommend that for you." And she gave a small smile to Tony considering that the waiter knew something for him as he left them shortly after that, her gaze shortly following him before turning to look back at Tony, "Chicken wings are sure tasty though." But she would wait for her pizza and ask Giovanni if he had an answer about how Centaurion worked in a way that she could understand. She could not help but grin a bit as it sure sounded funny with the way he said it, but she nodded, "Boy am I glad that the other three don't have to eat, spirits are surely easy for that." She giggled herself now too and looked up a little surprised, no one ever asked her about her spirits, "Ag, they are very different, I possess three spirits that help me to well fight crime, Nkosi is my most used one, she helps me ehm how to say, fight bacteria and heal wounds, so the chance on infections is really small, surely to me it is a blessing." she had lifted up her hand now with one finger up, moving up her middle finger as a second as she continued, "Iwayo she is a lil shy girl, that's why I didn't spoke much to you during our first tasks but she makes my skin change, a sort of hard metal sense over it and that makes it easier to protect someone or something." she moved up her last finger, the ring finger, "And last is Uphondu, he taught me fighting techniques together with a friend of mine but surely his hands and feet or well mine then become a lot more powerful to throw punches, which I don't really like but well in this world it sometimes is necessary." She gave a wry smile, that's the best she could explain her power and spirits with.

She agreed on that, she actually thought that should be something the government kept an eye on but she did not want to be that mean, she did not want to cut out anyone that she had met before or heard about, some were obviously very well doing their job and that's why. You should not judge a person on that maybe. It was a difficult and delicate matter and she was glad she had not to worry about it apart from just a random question to her now new-made friend. So she had nodded and they would continue to order food. 

She looked from the waiter at Tony and back and it seemed to have gone better and she gave a wry smile, more because she tried her very best not to laugh and as the waiter left she looked curiously at Tony because what was going on. As Tony chuckled and explained what happened she had to laugh a little while he shook his head and she put her hand against her lips to hide her grin, "Sorry, it sounds funny." But it could be obviously not funny at some moments, in this restaurant there would not be any problem but it was rather funny in her opinion for this matter. "They scold, they mean well but that's just to me, they can't say anything unless I am using their power." He had maybe noticed that when she was fighting the robots at the first instance that her voice was a little different as Uphondu had spoken, but it was more a fusion of them together, she was still there. She had once been not there, which was when Uphondu spoke to Goliath. She nodded when Tony asked for a moment and she went to look around, her eyes falling on the waiter again shortly before averting her eyes and simply looking at the decoration and if she could see what other people had ordered. 

She looked up when she heard Tony sigh and gave him a small smile, and a quick response when he asked for her forgiveness, "Of course." She did not really see it as a problem, with quirks you would never know but new things like that were truly fascinating. 

So they continued the conversation and told about her spirits. She nodded, she giggled a little. "It's just because you can't hear them scolding." Which made Uphondu grumble as he did not want to be compared to the centaur. "But that's really fascinating though," She looked at Tony, "Summons for everyone could be so different, I mean I can imagine it can be very frustrating when he doesn't show up but you both were very impressive in our training session." 

She snickered a little more but yes it would have been polite to ask. "Maybe we just had a grumpy waiter." She said though she really doubted it but maybe it was just a custom service thing, would she be happy if they had mistaken her culture? Probably not. She smiled still and nodded, "Definitely but I like to always think about the positive thing. I mean the waiter now made up something he might like." She said happily and she was rather curious about the quality of her pizza, she didn't eat pizza often, if she went for a quick snack that wasn't healthy she would go to a drive-through or the store but now she was here and that was fun. It was nice to learn more about other pro-heroes. She told Tony about her own quirk and that they do not speak unless she was channeling their powers which was an interesting feat if you ask her. She was actually quite fascinated about it and almost told about her encounter with G, but she did not want to bring the vigilante into trouble so she quickly knew how to shut up without making it seem that she wanted to say something. It did not seem that Tony had noticed as he spoke himself again.

She nodded, she wasn't so sure if she would call her spirits family but on the other hand, they were, they were more a part of her. If she had different personalities maybe? And yet they were there whole being. It was definitely a strange thing she had not considered really before. She nodded and she leaned on her hand, eagerly listen to Tony, that was very fascinating as well as the fact that even if he just insulted his summon that he made bigger compliments. Probably that worked for all of them though Tony was the first case where she heard that the summon simply wouldn't show up which made it only more interesting.

She gave another warm laugh when he asked about her, "Hm I was just thinking about it but I wouldn't call my spirits family, they are there, but they are very important to me, a part of me definitely. I try to focus on healing but I am glad that I have the other two as well. I tend to want to focus on healing but we heroes might not have that sort of luxury I want to say. It is necessary to be able to defend yourself." But yes she definitely had picked the aspects of healing at first.

Maybe positive thoughts helped for everyone, its what normally helped Nimue through her day, especially if it was a bad one. It was just very interesting and fun to talk to others and she did not want anything to ruin that thought or the setting. The waiter could maybe have done nicer but maybe it had to do with culture, she wasn't sure if it was offensive and she absolutely did not want to bring it up. So they talked about quirks and she could listen to Tony about Centaurion and tell about Nkosi, Uphondu and Iwayo herself, which was an interesting talk and an interesting well way to talk, she always sort of felt she had to hide her quirk but not with Tony and she could try to look at others around them but they were pro-heroes, it should be fine. She even explained her focus and her dream. It was just, she had wanted to be a doctor but she could do so much more now. Even if she disliked her mother's discipline and the way she was raised, it brought her far.

She nodded, that's another reason as well. "The thing is I can't really do both at the same time, so people like you are very necessary for the protection part." She grinned and laughed a little. She might suggest for Tony to learn some first aid, it was for some wounds very important to put pressure on or something, to keep people talking and active. She could not underestimate the importance of that, but it also felt a little weird to push that. "I agree, no hero is perfect but I think we could make an effort to make a step towards that picture-perfect for as far as we can. And you do, we all have our different focus and job and that is completely fine, I think it's even better. We can't be everywhere all the time as long as the organisation knows where we go or what we can do when we show up, it would work."

As if they waited for her to lean back a bit, she got into the conversation and leaned forward, they brought her pizza and the pasta that the waiter had made up for Tony. She looked at it, wow this pizza was way too big for her alone. She would maybe convince someone else to try a slice hehe. As the waiter left, she immediately turned to Tony, "Is that why you became a hero though? To do what you can for others?"

Without much further incidents from Centarion the two continued their dinner and getting to know each other better by talking instead of fighting robots and defusing bombs. Nimue had a lot of fun and when the night was over she thanked Tony and looked forward to see him again. She could definitely use some more friends instead of always focusing on her job. She would see what her new adventures would bring her but she had someone she was sure she could depend on.