[ he turns so he's in front of her and she can grab onto his neck, lifting her up under the knees gently after. she like. weighs nothing to him and it probably shows ]
Sharks and wolves are pretty cool. But gorilla, huh? I guess they're strong. I've never actually seen one of those. We had monkeys on my home island, and Luffy got his ass kicked by those a few times.
[ stop talking about your brother constantly disease continues, but he laughs to himself ]
His full name's Monkey D. Luffy, you know? Real ironic he couldn't beat up a few monkeys.
[ [narrator voice] luffy was like 6 years old at the time ]
There's some, but none of the islands I've been to have had any. It's not like I was seeking them out, y'know.
[ i just thought ace not seeing a gorilla was funny i have no proof of this. she's a little loopy and he's aware, but it just makes him laugh softly. also they look insane going up to their secret penthouse like this but it's fine ]
Yeah, that's pretty much it. A big, stupid rubber monkey. [ Fond. taking the elevator upppp to the penthouuuuse ]
[that's valid i cannot stress enough how i'd just believe whatever you said about one piece]
Honk. [she says, shifting her arms. does ace run warm, because she's probably also a little sleepy, getting carried like this. maybe they get weird looks but she literally does not care unless it gets them kicked out.]
[ he absolutely runs warm. it's probably like. extremely cozy. she's gonna fall asleep while on him for the second day in a row it's fine ]
Honk? [ honk??? help. he can probably feel her looping to sleep so: ] Hey, don't fall asleep yet, alright? You gotta wash off first, or else I'm dunking you in a bath and hoping for the best.
All that'd do is make you a wet horse. [ which she has already been once this week. he opens the door to the suite and walks in ] Still sounds worth it to me.
That would be twice that you made me a wet horse. [she informs him where she is a bag of bones being piggybacked along.]
Horses can't go in the bathtub, the hooves would break the - whatever tubs are made of. Actually, would it even fit? I should try. For science reasons.
Everyone needs to stop blaming me for being thrown into a lake.
[ he's not actually miffed about it, but yknow. he'll bring nimona over to the Very Fancy Bathroom because this is a suite. the bathtub is probably massive. he's going over and starting the bath for her while still carrying her he is Full big bro moment. don't at him. ]
You really think a horse would break this thing? It looks big enough to fit two horses. [ it is not that big. ] Might as well give it a shot.
I will be mad enough for the both of us. [she informs him, because she has a grudge for a million years over something sigrun said like two weeks ago.
anyway yeah she wants to be a cat because people cuddle her when she's a cat and she's unfortunately touchstarved. there are several scenes in the graphic novel where she is sitting on ballister's desk, in front of him, as he has to type around her.
she wrinkles her nose.]
No, I don't want to be a cat in the bath - I can wash myself off, Ace, god. [...] Kotatsu?
[ he accepts her sigrun grudge with a shrug because he's not that invested in defending her honor ]
I'm not washing you, I'm setting up. [ sheesh!!! ] Kotatsu was a lynx I rescued from poachers. He decided to follow me around after that, even though he's kind of a coward, so I let him join my crew. [ which is a very roundabout way of saying "that's my cat". there's a pause ] He probably just liked that I was warm, really.
[ the bath is running and he's just crouching back down to deposit nimona despite the fact she can like, y'know, jump down just fine ]
[she says, which is stupid because she's hugging him like she's afraid he's going to vanish if she doesn't dig her claws in. she obviously does not mean this.
she will eventually let go of him she just has to be a brat first.]
[ he's quiet for a second at that, not because he thinks she's serious or anything, but because even as a tease it's still "I like you" and the way she clings says "stay" and so he lets her cling for a bit ]
Gee, thanks. [ his tone's dry despite the pause, a little smile on his face ] I like you for the cat transformation, so I guess we're even.
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Date: 2023-10-02 12:55 am (UTC)[ok,
anyway:]
... No.
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Date: 2023-10-02 12:59 am (UTC)[ organs should not be soup. but he nods at that and move her off him gently so he can crouch up ]
Piggyback or shoulder? [ he's only giving her an option because she had a rough weekend he is a Bully normally ]
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Date: 2023-10-02 02:26 am (UTC)[she wobbles when he moves. but.] Piggyback.
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Date: 2023-10-02 02:32 am (UTC)[ he turns so he's in front of her and she can grab onto his neck, lifting her up under the knees gently after. she like. weighs nothing to him and it probably shows ]
Up you go.
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Date: 2023-10-02 02:51 am (UTC)Don't. [she says, quietly, as she holds on.]
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Date: 2023-10-02 02:56 am (UTC)Hey, do you have a favorite form to go to? When you can change into anything.
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Date: 2023-10-02 02:58 am (UTC)Uhhhh. [she rests her head on his shoulder.] Shark? I really like uh, wolf and gorilla too, for a lot of reasons.
Shark's the most fun.
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Date: 2023-10-02 03:07 am (UTC)[ stop talking about your brother constantly disease continues, but he laughs to himself ]
His full name's Monkey D. Luffy, you know? Real ironic he couldn't beat up a few monkeys.
[ [narrator voice] luffy was like 6 years old at the time ]
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Date: 2023-10-02 05:21 am (UTC)[she wishes she could show people animals they've never seen!!! alas.]
He kinda sounds like a monkey by what you've described him with. Like a big rubber one. [she is a little loopy, don't mind her.]
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Date: 2023-10-02 05:48 am (UTC)[ i just thought ace not seeing a gorilla was funny i have no proof of this. she's a little loopy and he's aware, but it just makes him laugh softly. also they look insane going up to their secret penthouse like this but it's fine ]
Yeah, that's pretty much it. A big, stupid rubber monkey. [ Fond. taking the elevator upppp to the penthouuuuse ]
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Date: 2023-10-02 06:27 am (UTC)Honk. [she says, shifting her arms. does ace run warm, because she's probably also a little sleepy, getting carried like this. maybe they get weird looks but she literally does not care unless it gets them kicked out.]
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Date: 2023-10-02 06:30 am (UTC)Honk? [ honk??? help. he can probably feel her looping to sleep so: ] Hey, don't fall asleep yet, alright? You gotta wash off first, or else I'm dunking you in a bath and hoping for the best.
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Date: 2023-10-02 05:37 pm (UTC)I'm not asleep, I'm resting my eyes. [grumbles.] Don't dunk me or I'm going to horse.
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Date: 2023-10-02 05:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-10-02 11:02 pm (UTC)Horses can't go in the bathtub, the hooves would break the - whatever tubs are made of. Actually, would it even fit? I should try. For science reasons.
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Date: 2023-10-02 11:48 pm (UTC)[ he's not actually miffed about it, but yknow. he'll bring nimona over to the Very Fancy Bathroom because this is a suite. the bathtub is probably massive. he's going over and starting the bath for her while still carrying her he is Full big bro moment. don't at him. ]
You really think a horse would break this thing? It looks big enough to fit two horses. [ it is not that big. ] Might as well give it a shot.
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Date: 2023-10-02 11:58 pm (UTC)[ok,
she hums, peering over at the bath. she's still clinging to him a bit.] If I turn into a horse then I can't be a cat, though.
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Date: 2023-10-03 12:01 am (UTC)I mean, I do too, but it's not like she knew. I can't be too mad. I do think it was dumb of her to not let go.
[ why. it's not like he was fighting. he couldn't. but cute she wants to be a cat... ]
You're not going to be a cat in the bath, right? Kotatsu never wanted to take baths.
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Date: 2023-10-03 07:11 am (UTC)anyway yeah she wants to be a cat because people cuddle her when she's a cat and she's unfortunately touchstarved. there are several scenes in the graphic novel where she is sitting on ballister's desk, in front of him, as he has to type around her.
she wrinkles her nose.]
No, I don't want to be a cat in the bath - I can wash myself off, Ace, god. [...] Kotatsu?
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Date: 2023-10-03 07:19 am (UTC)I'm not washing you, I'm setting up. [ sheesh!!! ] Kotatsu was a lynx I rescued from poachers. He decided to follow me around after that, even though he's kind of a coward, so I let him join my crew. [ which is a very roundabout way of saying "that's my cat". there's a pause ] He probably just liked that I was warm, really.
[ the bath is running and he's just crouching back down to deposit nimona despite the fact she can like, y'know, jump down just fine ]
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Date: 2023-10-03 07:26 am (UTC)[she says, which is stupid because she's hugging him like she's afraid he's going to vanish if she doesn't dig her claws in. she obviously does not mean this.
she will eventually let go of him she just has to be a brat first.]
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Date: 2023-10-03 07:38 am (UTC)Gee, thanks. [ his tone's dry despite the pause, a little smile on his face ] I like you for the cat transformation, so I guess we're even.
[ he's not even that big of a cat person ]
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Date: 2023-10-04 01:25 am (UTC)and then, after a second, she sighs and gets down off his back, though she does waver because she's still dizzy as fuck.]
Yeah. Guess we're even. [she's smiling, though.]