Ace D. Portgas ☆ Emerald Goat

[hanaban]

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[selfimmolation]

[ ace peeks into the room before he walks in, though he's not calling out hanako on the iv thing. in fact: ]

I hate those things too, but if you pull them out, it'll make a mess. [ unfortunate. ] ... Anyone tell you what happened?

[hanaban]

[ ughhhh

he'll clasp his hands to keep himself from fidgeting with the IV. ]

Not... in detail. They said Adlet was chosen as the villain.

[ He was voted to be the villain. But that doesn't mean he actually... ]

[selfimmolation]

[ probably everyone is trying to spare hanako's feelings, a little, but ace isn't the kind to hide the truth from kids even when it's real bad, so. ]

After you passed out, he took Sigrun hostage. He admitted he killed Whisper to hurt Reigen, because we didn't vote for him last week and killed Hans instead. He wanted revenge, I guess.

[hanaban]

[ How is this worse than the lungs thing... Every new revelation makes him clench the blanket over his legs tighter, knuckles white and IV site stinging by the time he finishes. ]

He- he wouldn't do that. That doesn't sound like him at all.

[ Not that he knows Adlet very well, but... In his mind, Adlet's always bright and shining. Smiling, like a hero. ]

[selfimmolation]

... You can think I'm lying if you want. [ he doesn't know if he'd believe a random person slandering someone he thought well of either! ] Or you can ask Sigrun to confirm, since she was friends with him. But it's what happened.

[hanaban]

[ It sucks so much liking multiple people because he doesn't know who to believe! he might as well go back to liking just his one canon love interest and everybody else can go to hell

it's too bad he already likes people. ]

...I don't think you're lying. [ He doesn't want to believe it, but. there wouldn't be any point in lying to Hanako at this point ]

I just... can't believe it, I guess. That Whisper died for revenge...

[selfimmolation]

... Yeah. She didn't deserve that.

[ she didn't deserve to die at all, but especially not for such a stupid reason ]

[hanaban]

[ It's such a stupid reason. Like, Hanako would probably go badshit insane if somebody killed the person he loves, but for everybody else it's stupid. ]

She... wasn't in any pain, though, if he used the needle?

[ it's the only silver lining he can grasp at. please don't let Whisper have died in pain. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ listen ace thinks revenge kills are valid, but this wasn't a revenge kill, it was a fridging kill, so it's not valid? :/ ]

... He said she didn't suffer. [ so that is. the silver lining. ] So at least there's that.

[hanaban]

[ It's hard to be glad about a silver lining that bleak ]

I hope so. I liked Whisper.

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. Me too.

[ a little quieter, and then just pats hanako once on the shoulder ]

... Glad you wound up okay. You dropped hard, when he hit you.

[hanaban]

[ ugh... he looks a little embarrassed about that ]

I thought I'd get a little dizzy first, not immediately black out.

[ you know, just gently lowering himself to the ground, ]

[selfimmolation]

Yeah, I don't think anyone expected how fast that went.

[ everything happened so much ]

Glad you put in that placeholder vote, too. [ THAT WOULDA BEEN

BAD ]

[hanaban]

[ The mention of the placeholder vote makes him cringe. His Adlet vote... ]

I was hoping for a different answer so I could change it.

[selfimmolation]

You wouldn't have volunteered to let him stab you if you didn't trust him, a little.

[hanaban]

It was just a poke!

[ he wasn't going to stab it into Hanako's eye or anything! probably!! ]

If it worked, it meant he's innocent. If it didn't, I would've been fine. So the outcome would be good, either way.

[selfimmolation]

[ probably..... ]

Sorry, sorry. Didn't meant to imply you didn't think it through a little. [ he sounds a little amused though sorry ] It was that simple, huh? Even if it worked you were sure nothing would happen?

[hanaban]

[ He's not the self-sacrificial sort, he would never ]

I mean... If it worked— and it did [ just to remind Ace that he was RIGHT and that should be what matters ] —it wouldn't have been anything lethal. He wouldn't have agreed to use it on me if it were.

[ ... probably... ]

He'd get in trouble if I died for real, anyways. Ryuki would be sad, and then Tama would kill him.

[selfimmolation]

[ listen hanako is allowed to have been right ace isn't here to call him reckless. though he will say nothing about whether or not adlet would agree to use something lethal on hanako because he

like

immediately moved on to threaten someone's life so like ]

I don't think Ryuki would've been the only one sad, but you're not wrong about how he would get in trouble. He did just for paralyzing you in the first place. [ since no one expected it to happen so suddenly ]

[hanaban]

[ maybe it was a bluff... ]

He did it because I asked him to!

[ why are they bullying Adlet, stop ]

[selfimmolation]

Yeah, but you dropped pretty hard, and he did it pretty suddenly. You scared a good couple of people.

[hanaban]

[ sorry he didn't follow protocol and laid down first ]

That's so embarrassing...

[selfimmolation]

Yeah, kinda. [ RUTHLESS? ] I'm surprised your hospital room wasn't full when I dropped by.

[ this is because of murdergame convenience actually ]

[hanaban]

[ bless murdergame convenience ]

The nurses said it'd get too noisy with so many people, so they're only allowing one at a time. I think Datz got in a fight with the doctor about something...

[selfimmolation]

[ well. he laughs. ]

Yeah, that sounds like Datz. [ like he would not also fight a doctor. ]