hanaban | Ace D. Portgas ☆ Emerald Goat

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 ]

[ 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 ]

[ 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 ]

[

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 ]

... 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?

[ 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 ]

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

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

Wow! Are you sure? I can come inside?

[ sparkles ]

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?

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 ]

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. ]

[ It's like they never left the hotel ]

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

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. ]

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

Where's your ball pit...?

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

Who else is in your team? Adults?

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

[ 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.