[if she has to be emotionally exposed all over the place so does he, suffer
she laughs at the talking beetle part because what. and like she doesn't do requests, but... she would do that request.]
I mean, yeah, but it won't be bad crying. [she says, elbowing him.] I can't think of anything that'd be less sad than thinking someone you care about was dead and they're not, actually.
[ he's like thinking about that incredibly unlikely scenario (looks at the camera like im on the office) ]
I think I'd be a little mad they let me think they were dead, but I guess you're right. It wouldn't be bad. [ there's something a little conspirational when he says; ] Last time he thought I was dead we were ten, and I got mad at him for killing me off so easily.
[ but ace at ten got offended at everything it's fine ]
The not coming back part wasn't on me, Dadan stayed behind with me and got injured. I had to steal some medicine and take care of her before I could drag her back.
[ "why did you stay in the fire to fight the guy in the first place" anyway. also hilarious that the only bit of dadan nimona saw was her saying I DON'T EVEN CARE IF HE DIES STUPID DEVIL CHILD and then this story
Huh. Really? That's cool. [ he does seem to feel like it's cool, though there's a bit of ? ] That could be useful if you ever want to sneak around when you've got your own wanted poster.
[ he has like. no doubt nimona will get one ]
Look like whatever you want so long as I can still find you.
[if she doesn't get a wanted poster in the first like, week that she's there, she'll be so disappointed. there's a squiggly feeling - she feels kind of lame about it, but there's something wildly affirming about that last sentence. be whoever you want, look however you want, just make sure I can find you still.]
Yeah. Obviously. [she says, stretching a bit.] I usually leave some pink somewhere, like in my hair or whatever. Or my eyes. Stuff nobody but you's gonna notice.
Did you pick your name? The Fire Fist one or whatever.
There's plenty of people with pink over there, you know.
[ her squiggly feeling gets affection back so he boops her face again ]
Sort of? Fire Fist was the attack I was most well known for when I got my wanted poster. Sending out fire with my fist. I've taken out dozens of ships at once with that. [ prideful of all his murder ] Not everyone gets to pick like that, but it helps if you yell things out.
[ there's a pause and his enthusiasm drops a little ]
I'm sure they'll update my wanted poster when they figure out I'm alive. Probably too much to hope they leave my name the way it is.
[ YELLING OUT YOUR ATTACKS IS COOL, NIMONA. HE IS GENUINELY OFFENSE. also yea they are both just going to be sand forever but he has no qualms about it. just kind of a dissatisfied type feeling when he thinks about the rest ]
... The world knows me as the pirate king's son now, whether I like it or not. [ which his feelings on that are angry, because whitebeard's his dad, fuck you, etc, ] So they'll probably raise my bounty and change my name back to his.
[ he shrugs and the feeling is now like. wry. he's aware it doesn't matter, it's just a poster. but. y'know. ]
It's stupid, but I was kinda relieved when the profiles in this place still had it down as Portgas.
and like - her instinct is to tell him to own it, but she knows it's more complicated than that, and she knows that he doesn't want to own it. maybe it doesn't matter on a large scale, but it matters to him. it's his identity. he should get to present himself however he wants to - he should get to be whoever he wants and the world should have to accept it.
all that buzzes around in her chest, a bright and stubborn sort of sensation, and then:]
It's not stupid. You can still be that. [she rolls over to just sprawl on him, frowning.] I know what you mean. You can't change what the world thinks of you.
But you're the only person who can say who you are. [...] And you'll always be just Ace to me.
[ all cool attacks are named so the fansub team can do cool transition with the name in the subs GOD nimona
kind of oofs as she sprawls on him like she actually weighs anything to him, but her buzzing feeling and talk just make his emotions something warm and soft and also a little embarrassed he even mentioned anything. he doesn't want to complain about silly things all his issues should stay in the vault ]
Yeah, I know. [ children of the sea and all. plops the hat so it rests on her back and he can ruffle her hair like an asshole ] Thanks, Nimona.
[ a beat ]
Well, I can at least change one way the world thinks of me. Considering I'm coming back alive in the first place.
[she makes a face when he ruffles her hair but her emotions absolutely indicate that she likes it when he does that so she's not fooling anybody. anyway he's not getting away from his issues she will be mean about getting him to talk if she has to with all her fun new techniques she's learned from nico and reigen
she smiles a bit when he thanks her, and then - laughs.]
Flame Ghost! [his name is a prophecy...] Unkillable Flame Ghost and his also unkillable [she stutters here because she's not sure what to call herself and there's a little flash of embarrassment, and then:] sidekick! Causing chaos across the sea while looking for the pirate king!
... That's what Luffy wanted to be, right, I didn't make that up.
[ his vibes are now all amusement even though he groans dramatically ]
Noooo. No Flame Ghost, and definitely no sidekicks. [ pokes her nose ] You can be Shapeshifter Nimona or something. Nimona of a thousand faces. Wildcard Nimona. Something like that.
[ he's just throwing out names, she can pick her own. he likes wildcard best because he has a thing with playing cards. it's a problem. ]
But yeah, Luffy's aiming for that. You got it right. [ which there is something hilarious in luffy trying for the title of the man that haunts ace's life, but he has never cared about that. ]
Shapeshifter Nimona is boring. Thousand Faces Nimona is more on the right track. [a beat.] Wildcard is kinda neat. I'm not gonna yell out attack names before I chomp them in half, though, so I guess we'll see what sticks.
[she will die on this hill]
You don't wanna do that, though. Be the king. [this isn't a question she's kind of just sorting through her thoughts.] What do you wanna do? Like after we've found everybody.
[ he will die on that hill as well. it's not a question but he confirms it anyway: ]
I've never wanted his legacy. [ he's spent all his life wanting to break out from roger's shadow. it's not a secret. but at that... something kind of restless and empty is the emotion ]
... I don't know. I wanted to... I just wanted to help Pops reach the top. [ and that's not really an option anymore. ] I guess I wanna see Luffy fulfill his dream. And... I promised I'd come back and liberate Wano. I still want to get revenge on Blackbeard. But I'm not strong enough for that yet.
[ it is. killing him to admit. but considering he got his fuckin ass kicked in the first place. ]
So I guess I want to get stronger. [ training montage........ he is truly so shonen ]
[there's another little flash of pride at i've never wanted his legacy, which might be silly, but. she just likes it when people really know what they don't want to be. it took her a while to figure it out for herself.
she also wants to get revenge on blackbeard, coincidentally. but - all of those things seem pretty reachable to her? they're good goals. and since she doesn't really have anything specific to do anymore, so! these are now her goals, too.]
You should find another one of your fruits and eat it and get double fire powers. [that's not how it works]
Yeah people who eat two Devil Fruits explode. [ so like. no. ] Besides, until I die there's no other fire fruit in existence. Once the user dies, the fruit reappears somewhere in the world.
[it's fine she absolutely does not need to eat any sort of fruit ever.]
I guess you'll find out when you go back? [rip sabo ig if it doesn't respawn...] Maybe it doesn't count because you've been here, and it's a weird loophole.
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she laughs at the talking beetle part because what. and like she doesn't do requests, but... she would do that request.]
I mean, yeah, but it won't be bad crying. [she says, elbowing him.] I can't think of anything that'd be less sad than thinking someone you care about was dead and they're not, actually.
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I think I'd be a little mad they let me think they were dead, but I guess you're right. It wouldn't be bad. [ there's something a little conspirational when he says; ] Last time he thought I was dead we were ten, and I got mad at him for killing me off so easily.
[ but ace at ten got offended at everything it's fine ]
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What, he just thought you blew up or something?
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[ admittedly in retrospect most people would assume him dead ]
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[ "why did you stay in the fire to fight the guy in the first place" anyway. also hilarious that the only bit of dadan nimona saw was her saying I DON'T EVEN CARE IF HE DIES STUPID DEVIL CHILD and then this story
sorry his foster mom is tsundere ]
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... Don't vanish on me for three days or else.
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[ because he does. still have a tendency to go off to do his own thing. it's fine ]
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but he's right, she will keep up.] ... I can look like other people, too. When I'm not here. I don't know if I ever told you that.
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Huh. Really? That's cool. [ he does seem to feel like it's cool, though there's a bit of ? ] That could be useful if you ever want to sneak around when you've got your own wanted poster.
[ he has like. no doubt nimona will get one ]
Look like whatever you want so long as I can still find you.
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Yeah. Obviously. [she says, stretching a bit.] I usually leave some pink somewhere, like in my hair or whatever. Or my eyes. Stuff nobody but you's gonna notice.
Did you pick your name? The Fire Fist one or whatever.
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[ her squiggly feeling gets affection back so he boops her face again ]
Sort of? Fire Fist was the attack I was most well known for when I got my wanted poster. Sending out fire with my fist. I've taken out dozens of ships at once with that. [ prideful of all his murder ] Not everyone gets to pick like that, but it helps if you yell things out.
[ there's a pause and his enthusiasm drops a little ]
I'm sure they'll update my wanted poster when they figure out I'm alive. Probably too much to hope they leave my name the way it is.
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Yeah, but I'll make sure you know it's me. [as for the rest, she shifts, glancing up at him. god she's gonna just be covered in sand forever.]
You yell your attack names out? Okay. [the vibe is ok dork, even if she does think it's wildly cool that he took out a bunch of ships.
a little ? ping...] Update your poster? Why?
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[ YELLING OUT YOUR ATTACKS IS COOL, NIMONA. HE IS GENUINELY OFFENSE. also yea they are both just going to be sand forever but he has no qualms about it. just kind of a dissatisfied type feeling when he thinks about the rest ]
... The world knows me as the pirate king's son now, whether I like it or not. [ which his feelings on that are angry, because whitebeard's his dad, fuck you, etc, ] So they'll probably raise my bounty and change my name back to his.
[ he shrugs and the feeling is now like. wry. he's aware it doesn't matter, it's just a poster. but. y'know. ]
It's stupid, but I was kinda relieved when the profiles in this place still had it down as Portgas.
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and like - her instinct is to tell him to own it, but she knows it's more complicated than that, and she knows that he doesn't want to own it. maybe it doesn't matter on a large scale, but it matters to him. it's his identity. he should get to present himself however he wants to - he should get to be whoever he wants and the world should have to accept it.
all that buzzes around in her chest, a bright and stubborn sort of sensation, and then:]
It's not stupid. You can still be that. [she rolls over to just sprawl on him, frowning.] I know what you mean. You can't change what the world thinks of you.
But you're the only person who can say who you are. [...] And you'll always be just Ace to me.
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kind of oofs as she sprawls on him like she actually weighs anything to him, but her buzzing feeling and talk just make his emotions something warm and soft and also a little embarrassed he even mentioned anything. he doesn't want to complain about silly things all his issues should stay in the vault ]
Yeah, I know. [ children of the sea and all. plops the hat so it rests on her back and he can ruffle her hair like an asshole ] Thanks, Nimona.
[ a beat ]
Well, I can at least change one way the world thinks of me. Considering I'm coming back alive in the first place.
[ lol. lmao. living. ]
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she smiles a bit when he thanks her, and then - laughs.]
Flame Ghost! [his name is a prophecy...] Unkillable Flame Ghost and his also unkillable [she stutters here because she's not sure what to call herself and there's a little flash of embarrassment, and then:] sidekick! Causing chaos across the sea while looking for the pirate king!
... That's what Luffy wanted to be, right, I didn't make that up.
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Noooo. No Flame Ghost, and definitely no sidekicks. [ pokes her nose ] You can be Shapeshifter Nimona or something. Nimona of a thousand faces. Wildcard Nimona. Something like that.
[ he's just throwing out names, she can pick her own. he likes wildcard best because he has a thing with playing cards. it's a problem. ]
But yeah, Luffy's aiming for that. You got it right. [ which there is something hilarious in luffy trying for the title of the man that haunts ace's life, but he has never cared about that. ]
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Shapeshifter Nimona is boring. Thousand Faces Nimona is more on the right track. [a beat.] Wildcard is kinda neat. I'm not gonna yell out attack names before I chomp them in half, though, so I guess we'll see what sticks.
[she will die on this hill]
You don't wanna do that, though. Be the king. [this isn't a question she's kind of just sorting through her thoughts.] What do you wanna do? Like after we've found everybody.
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Yelling out techniques makes them stronger.
[ he will die on that hill as well. it's not a question but he confirms it anyway: ]
I've never wanted his legacy. [ he's spent all his life wanting to break out from roger's shadow. it's not a secret. but at that... something kind of restless and empty is the emotion ]
... I don't know. I wanted to... I just wanted to help Pops reach the top. [ and that's not really an option anymore. ] I guess I wanna see Luffy fulfill his dream. And... I promised I'd come back and liberate Wano. I still want to get revenge on Blackbeard. But I'm not strong enough for that yet.
[ it is. killing him to admit. but considering he got his fuckin ass kicked in the first place. ]
So I guess I want to get stronger. [ training montage........ he is truly so shonen ]
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she also wants to get revenge on blackbeard, coincidentally. but - all of those things seem pretty reachable to her? they're good goals. and since she doesn't really have anything specific to do anymore, so! these are now her goals, too.]
You should find another one of your fruits and eat it and get double fire powers. [that's not how it works]
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Yeah people who eat two Devil Fruits explode. [ so like. no. ] Besides, until I die there's no other fire fruit in existence. Once the user dies, the fruit reappears somewhere in the world.
[ uh. wait. hm. um. Hm. ]
Uh...
[ HE? DIED? WAIT ]
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Wait, does that mean there's another one, then? [how do these logistics work
a pause]
I'm going to find your fruit and eat it and get fire powers. [no!!!]
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[ first of all, important, but also he's just kind of uhhhh ]
I don't know if there's another one. People don't usually come back? From dying?
[ well, technically they do, but only if they have the can't die fruit. ace hasn't met brook yet. ]
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[it's fine she absolutely does not need to eat any sort of fruit ever.]
I guess you'll find out when you go back? [rip sabo ig if it doesn't respawn...] Maybe it doesn't count because you've been here, and it's a weird loophole.
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