selfimmolation | catchall nimona

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From:

selfimmolation

... Of course you're not crazy.

From:

sharkgirl

I know I'm not.

... They shouldn't have said anything like that to you, either.

From:

selfimmolation

... Probably not. [ it's huffed out quietly ] ... I told you, right? What Whitebeard used to say? He said that to me, when I told him who my birth father was. Even though they were enemies back then, and I'd joined his crew without telling him... All he said was "Who cares who your father is? We are all children of the sea."

[ scritch scritch the kitty ]

... He'd have loved you.

From:

sharkgirl

[children of the sea. she likes that, actually, she likes it a lot. there's an acceptance there that she wants. longs for it.

he pets, and she purrs quietly.]

I think I would've liked him, too. [she answers, voice a little raw.] He sounds like someone worth knowing.

From:

selfimmolation

Yeah. He was. [ ... ] He was still alive, when I... but he was planning to stay behind so we could all go. He was sick, but he still waged war for me.

[ to. try to explain the past tense a bit. he doesn't know, if whitebeard dies for sure, but. ]

From:

sharkgirl

[god.]

Yeah, of course he did. [that's not sarcastic or anything, it's just like - yeah, of course he'd do that for you. that's what you do for people you care about. you wage war for them, in both small and mighty ways.]

Ace, how did you... [she starts, and then. hesitates. she's not sure if she wants to know the answer to this question.]

From:

selfimmolation

... You're better off not knowing the details. It wasn't pretty.

[ he told her he took a hit for luffy, and that is as much of that as he is willing to describe. ]

From:

sharkgirl

[honestly he is saving her from nightmares here, so. that's fine.

a pause, and then:] Okay.

[she doesn't really know what else to say to that. she'll just imagine it instead.]

From:

selfimmolation

[ ... he is trying to figure out a way so she is not fucked up about it but he doesn't think saying he was fine with it will help so he's like hhhhhhh ]

... Don't think about it too much.

From:

sharkgirl

I'm trying not to. It's like when you tell someone not to think about a pink elephant and that's the first thing you do.

[a little sniff. she's a cat, so it sounds kind of weird, but.] It's not like I haven't seen people die before. I have, a lot.

From:

selfimmolation

So have I. It doesn't make it easy. [ this is such a bummer. damn it. ]

From:

sharkgirl

[it's different, she thinks, when it's someone she cares about.

she's quiet again, and then:]

Nico - Nico told me if I wanted to, I could go to his world. After all of this is over. If we don't fuck up. [...] But I thought about...

[she stops. she just stops there.]

From:

selfimmolation

[ ... it feels mean, to say it now when it's not, but: ]

... I would've offered too. If I thought it was an option.

From:

sharkgirl

I know. [she does know that.]

I wanted to. I wanted to do all the pirate stuff too.

From:

selfimmolation

... You'd make a great pirate.

From:

sharkgirl

I don't even need one of the fruits, I guess.

From:

selfimmolation

You're more powerful than a lot of pirates without it already.

From:

sharkgirl

[idk where we are but nimona is attached to ace for the next foreseeable future.

she's a little healed up, by this point. she's not bandaged or anything, but there's still blood everywhere, and purple sludge that never got wiped away. she has long claw marks dragged up her arms and legs, as well as her torso - and in the middle of her chest is that stab wound, where it almost went through her heart. otherwise, she's covered in burns. it doesn't look like fire necessarily did this - it looks more like a burn from light, like something sliced through her. a ring of light being thrown.

she doesn't say anything at first.]

From:

selfimmolation

[ let's pretend ace got at least a little cleaned up too!!

his skin's mottled with large bruises and small burns, and he's got a black eye and a few shallow gashes that have stopped bleeding, and his fingers look a little raw and fucked up, but compared to last week (and to nimona) he looks great!!! yay.

he's kind of holding her and she is not saying anything but he does: ]

Sorry. [ he already said that. without explaining why. but he's kind of trying to wipe at some of the blood and purple gunk off her ] Where'd you go?

From:

sharkgirl

[she just rests her head against his shoulder or his chest depending on how he's holding her.]

You're alive. [so it's okay. she lets him wipe off the gunk and blood - the blood is just blood, but the gunk is sticky and horrible and heavy.] ... I think I went to the world Temenos is from.