Ace D. Portgas ☆ Emerald Goat

[hanaban]

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[hanaban]

Hey— Stop!

[ He tries to get up, and steps on Ace's face instead, it's squishy and hard to move ]

[selfimmolation]

You stop-- [ FOOT TO THE FACE he is attempting to shove hanako off and probably just makes things worse so he falls down on top of him again ]

[hanaban]

[ HELP

he's only 13-year-old boy strong right now, so his shouts get muffled in his hurry to untangle himself and scoot back away from Ace. ]

What was that for?!

[ sabotaging the other team already. okay, he sees how it is, that's how Ace wants to play, huh? ]

[selfimmolation]

What was stepping on my face for??

[ rubbing at the footprint on it ]

[hanaban]

It wasn't on purpose...

[ He turns his face, sulky... ]

...sorry. You were just trying to help.

[ even though you sucked at it!! ]

[selfimmolation]

[ sighing a little ]

... It's fine. You're not hurt, are you? Sorry, I used to wrestle my brother all the time, but he's rubber, so he just bounces back from anything. [ he gets up and stretches ] Let's try this again, but more coordinated!

[hanaban]

[ "he's rubber" can't tell if that's supposed to be a compliment or an insult ]

...I'm fine. I get into scuffles a lot with my brother too, so it doesn't bother me. [ """scuffles""" he gets beat up but it's the same thing


but okay, he circles around the tree, trying to get a better view of where he was and what better position there might be ]

Let's try that branch instead. If you give me a boost and throw me up a little, I bet I can reach it and pull myself up the rest of the way.

[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.