[ he says that quietly, and doesn't really explain... that. he's busy grimacing and explaining the rest: ]
Sort of. I knew about it, and I knew... it's not like I'd let Tama or Albedo do it. But I wasn't rushing into it just because I heard that thing. [ there's a pause ] But I got a message, this week. It basically said if I didn't do it now, the entire team's worlds were forfeit. I don't know if it was true, but... Between both... I made the choice.
[ boop surprise memshare anyway the world government is a dick and sometimes they go hey your dad sucked let's Kill Babies ]
[ It's not fair. Ace shouldn't feel beholden to that. Why can't people be free to live their own lives? But it isn't as if he can fight back against being threatened like that. This has decided exactly what memshare I want to give you but first, this.
Honestly despite the depression the absolute SCENERY of it all takes Ryuki back, first and foremost, almost feeling the saltwind breeze rushing through him. He looks at pages with a slightly gaping mouth, stunned, even as clamours and accusations fly about. Honestly like. He doesn't have enough context about this world to think Pirate King isn't an incredibly badass if not slightly silly title, and the idea that Ace was the secret son of the last king being trained to inherit it is........... just like his animes. It's fine, sometimes you are ICly into popular culture.
No, stop, focus. This is clearly a bad thing based on everyone's reactions. ]
[ okay he is like. really angry at this comic book revelation because he would like his secret lineage he hates to STAY secret so he doesn't have to explain the context of YEA YEA MY DAD WAS A FAMOUS CRIMINAL AND THE WORLD WANTED ME DEAD FOR IT, but this keeps happening.
anyway, he just sounds annoyed ]
... Yeah. They didn't get to cut my head off, though.
[ Rip king (literal, in both ways, soon). But it's okay Ryuki has incredibly little context about this so it's not like he can really actually articulate around it. Also because he's a sap and he doesn't just immediately write off Ace for his dad's crimes, or even his dad based off of these panels alone. ]
... Make sure you take care of yourself, for Tama's sake. And Datz's, really. [ is what he settles on after a second ] I think everyone else I could tell you to take care of, you'd try to make sure they were okay anyway.
That's just the type of guy he is, you know? He made a promise early on, and so he's trying his hardest to keep you guys together. He doesn't think of it as a burden. He just cares a lot.
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Date: 2023-10-22 02:47 am (UTC)That's ridiculous. Bringing you out from the brink of death just to do it all over again in some kind of cruel game...
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Date: 2023-10-22 02:48 am (UTC)[ sorry. sorry? ]
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Date: 2023-10-22 02:52 am (UTC)...
Life is... really unfair.
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Date: 2023-10-22 02:59 am (UTC)[ he leans back a little to look at the ceiling ]
I died, and I was okay with that. And this place might be bad, but I met a lot of people I never would've otherwise. It's not all bad.
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Date: 2023-10-22 10:00 am (UTC)[ The thing that takes. But Ryuki is always on the survivor's side, he's never been in Ace's seat. ]
Did you do it because of the rule?
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Date: 2023-10-22 03:49 pm (UTC)[ he says that quietly, and doesn't really explain... that. he's busy grimacing and explaining the rest: ]
Sort of. I knew about it, and I knew... it's not like I'd let Tama or Albedo do it. But I wasn't rushing into it just because I heard that thing. [ there's a pause ] But I got a message, this week. It basically said if I didn't do it now, the entire team's worlds were forfeit. I don't know if it was true, but... Between both... I made the choice.
[ boop surprise memshare anyway the world government is a dick and sometimes they go hey your dad sucked let's Kill Babies ]
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:07 am (UTC)[ It's not fair. Ace shouldn't feel beholden to that. Why can't people be free to live their own lives? But it isn't as if he can fight back against being threatened like that. This has decided exactly what memshare I want to give you but first, this.
Honestly despite the depression the absolute SCENERY of it all takes Ryuki back, first and foremost, almost feeling the saltwind breeze rushing through him. He looks at pages with a slightly gaping mouth, stunned, even as clamours and accusations fly about. Honestly like. He doesn't have enough context about this world to think Pirate King isn't an incredibly badass if not slightly silly title, and the idea that Ace was the secret son of the last king being trained to inherit it is........... just like his animes. It's fine, sometimes you are ICly into popular culture.
No, stop, focus. This is clearly a bad thing based on everyone's reactions. ]
...Was that... when...?
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:17 am (UTC)anyway, he just sounds annoyed ]
... Yeah. They didn't get to cut my head off, though.
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:28 am (UTC)Did you escape?
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:38 am (UTC)[ ah. ]
Luffy was in the path of an attack because of me, so I took the blow for him. That was that.
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Date: 2023-10-23 12:50 am (UTC)You're a good person, too.
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Date: 2023-10-23 01:36 am (UTC)[ it doesn't make him a good person to correct a mistake by protecting luffy, he thinks ]
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Date: 2023-10-23 01:42 am (UTC)[ It's a lot of things that make up the sum of a person. ]
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Date: 2023-10-23 01:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-23 02:03 am (UTC)But either way you -- it means you saved Tama. And I owe you a lot for that.
...Is there anything I can do, at all? For you...
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Date: 2023-10-23 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-23 03:35 am (UTC)Mr. Datz?
[ He wasn't expecting that. Not in the sense that he doesn't think Datz cares about him but enough to warrant a namdrop alongside Tama. ]
...Yeah... I will. Where I can.
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Date: 2023-10-23 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-23 04:07 am (UTC)But he's not the only one. And he doesn't need to be, either. I don't want to be a burden on him either.
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Date: 2023-10-23 04:14 am (UTC)That's just the type of guy he is, you know? He made a promise early on, and so he's trying his hardest to keep you guys together. He doesn't think of it as a burden. He just cares a lot.