Ace D. Portgas ☆ Emerald Goat

[hanaban]

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[selfimmolation]

[ looks at ace talking about luffy. it's both. anyway, he's letting hanako pick the spot this time ]

You think? It might be easier if I climb up and give you a hand from there, too.

[hanaban]

Would you be able to do it?

[ The tree branch isn't that sturdy, and Hanako wouldn't be able to provide much of a boost ]

[selfimmolation]

I grew up in a forest, I think I can climb a tree.

[ the climbing is not the issue it's whether the branch can hold both of them ]

[hanaban]

[ It cannot but they'll just have to find out ]

Well... okay.

[ takes a BIG step back so if Ace falls it won't be on himself ]

Whoo! Go for it! You can do it!

[selfimmolation]

I can't tell if the cheering feels condescending or not.

[ but yea despite being an Idiot who can't figure out when branches are weak, ace does climb the tree like a little monkey. sometimes you are the wild animals of the forest. to make sure he can reach he's also doing the stupid thing of hanging upside down from the branch with his knees, to make sure he lands right on his head when they inevitably crash. ]

See? Nothing to it!

[hanaban]

Let's say it's not!

[ Regardless, it looks like Ace doesn't need his cheering, he's able to climb a tree just fine on his own. ]

...alright, fine, I admit it, I'm impressed.

[ Fine. He'll approach, then, and hold out his hands for Ace to take, like he's going to be swung straight up into the air instead of properly pulled up ]

[selfimmolation]

I'll take it!

[ i am going to be honest. he does absolutely swing him straight up in the air. that is the kind of thing he would do. NYOOM MOTHERFUCKER ]

[hanaban]

[ CRYING

Hanako goes flipping around in the air and doesn't even get the chance to grab onto anything before he canonballs down on top of Ace's head ]

[selfimmolation]

[ ace is further reminded that not every child is monkey d. luffy. there's just a yelp ]

Wait, you were supposed to grab something--! [ the good news is ace mostly manages to catch hanako. with his face and also his arms.

the bad news is the branch does not last for that to be a success story in any way and they are tumbling right back down ]

[hanaban]

[



ouch.

He's just going to lie here for a moment, stare up at the sky and wait for everything to stop spinning. And then he gets off Ace's face. ]

You okay? [ nothing broken? not bleeding anywhere? if Ace looks fine, Hanako steps back, hmming to himself. ]

I'm going to go find a ladder.

[ What he SHOULD have done in the first place ]

[selfimmolation]

... Yeah, I'm fine.

[ in a very wheezing tone. the thing most hurt is his pride, but luckily he's taken so many blows to that. ]

Hey, why do you want to climb the tree so bad anyway?

[hanaban]

[ why is that icon ]

Haha... It's a little embarrassing, but I want to check out the other dorms! But the doors are locked, so I can only take a peek from the outside.

[ should've asked for Hanako's superhero ability to being able to float five feet off the ground again tbh ]

[selfimmolation]

[ it's fine don't worry about the blood ]

Oh. That's it? I could just let you in. This is my dorm.

[hanaban]

Wow! Are you sure? I can come inside?

[ sparkles ]

[selfimmolation]

Yeah, why not? It's really not that interesting though.

[ but he'll lead the way to a place where they are less likely to eat shit... the dorm ... as i slowly pull up the description ]

Have you looked at the others yet?

[hanaban]

It can't be worse than White Tiger's dorms. That's the only other one I visited that's not my own.

[ Excited... From the outside, at least, Emerald Goat's dorm looks like any other building around here, but so did Tiger's until Hanako stepped inside and was slapped in the face with modern minimalism ]

[selfimmolation]

What's up with White Tiger's?

[ ace opens the door to the first floor seating area! it's just a college dorm. help me. ]

[hanaban]

[ It's like they never left the hotel ]

Okay, so, imagine an empty room with plain white walls.

[selfimmolation]

Oh. You're right. That is bad. Glad I'm not on that team, I'd go nuts.

[ hellish. he'll let hanako explore the first floor but he doesn't mind letting him check out the rest too. and just so it's written down for you there's a gym on the second floor, the third floor has kitchen, living room and bedrooms. this is a college dorm. ]

[hanaban]

[ Excitement... slowly ebbing away... This dorm is uncomfortable in an entirely different way ]

Where's your ball pit...?

[selfimmolation]

Ball pit? [ ??? ] We don't have anything like that. I told you it was boring!

[hanaban]

Who else is in your team? Adults?

[ maybe that's why your dorm is so... adult. he feels so sad for Ace ]

[selfimmolation]

[ gently pushes hanako's head down. just playful ]

Hey, I'm an adult. [ technically. ] We're not all boring! But my team's Tama, Satan, and Albedo. So, yeah, I guess.

[hanaban]

...Satan.

[ help what is religion in One Piece ]

[selfimmolation]

[ we have references to hell and devils and demons and there's a man with a bible so i've decided to not think about it at all ]

Yeah. Weird name.