Ace D. Portgas ☆ Emerald Goat

[hanaban]

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[hanaban]

[ Sometimes you just gotta violence somebody back to reality. It's what Tsukasa would've done for him, and it's what draws Hanako back, making to shrug Ace off but making no real effort in it

...

He shakes his head, as if that'd clear his throat, but it's still thick and wet when he speaks. ]

Sorry. I don't—- ... Just pretend you didn't see that.

[selfimmolation]

[ well, he'll stop holding on so tight, but one hand kind of lingers on his shoulder anyway ]

Is that what you want? [ it's surprisingly calm. ]

[hanaban]

To pretend that never happened? Yes.

[ Of course yes. Who wants to talk about their past traumas? not him, not anybody ]

[selfimmolation]

... Okay. I wasn't going to spread it around anyway.

[ he's not about to pry into what seemed like a pretty traumatic kill is the problem for the cr i guess ]

I don't mind if you want to ask stuff about mine, though. Or if you want to talk about anything else. [ a beat ] Even the Mika figurines.

[ that last one is teasing to try and lift the mood a little ]

[hanaban]

[ He makes a face that's somewhere between annoyed and grateful and deeply deeply embarrassed ]

Buy me a Mika one. And that one of you too, 'cause you broke it.

[ He broke it. but it was Ace's fault. ]

[selfimmolation]

Should I be worried you only want the headless version of me?

[ damn. he actually goes to buy without complaint because they have infinite money. this is not a real problem. ]

[hanaban]

It's not that. They'd just throw it away when it's broken, but I don't want them to do that to you. I can fix it.

[selfimmolation]

... Oh. Well. Thanks.

[ he is kind of a little shocked pikachu about it. terrible at real sentiments aimed towards him he kind of angles his hat down to hide his embarrassment. this is now awkward ]

[hanaban]

[ It's fine. While Ace is looking away, Hanako hands him a little shopping shopping basket. He's filling it up with Mikas. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ no longer embarrassed now he is worried ]

How many of these are you planning to get?

[hanaban]

[ it's fine ]

You're buying all of them.

[selfimmolation]

That doesn't make it less "how many are you planning to get", here.

[hanaban]

All of them. All the Mikas.

[selfimmolation]

That's a lot of Mikas.

[hanaban]

It's not enough Mikas. We'll come back later after they restock, too.

[selfimmolation]

[ he can't take it anymore he's laughing ]

Just what are you planning to do with this collection? Decorate the whole dorm?

[hanaban]

[ STOP WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING ]

Not the whole dorm!!

[ just. one room. their Mika shrine. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ it's so absurd it loops around to adorable is why ]

You sure? I don't think this fits in one room.

[hanaban]

[ Hanako's going to kill one of Ace's teammates and then we can see how absurd this is ]

If it doesn't fit in our room, we'll just have to make more room in yours.

[selfimmolation]

[ KILL ACE HIMSELF COWARD ]

There's too many cats in Goat dorm for these figurines to last. We've got ten. And Nimona, a lot.

[hanaban]

[ done ]

Why- How do you have ten cats?

[selfimmolation]

I liberated a few kittens with Whisper. [ he sounds fond when he says it ] ... And then Satan adopted five more cats after that?

[ dead people gave him cats. ]

[hanaban]

...oh. They're Whisper's kittens.

[ Whisper ):

what about Satan? Whisper's kittens now ]

[selfimmolation]

A little. She just wanted them to be free from the pet store, so I let them roam as much as they want.

[hanaban]

We should liberate all the pets from the pet store! For Whisper!