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[selfimmolation]

He gets into plenty of real trouble physically. But he's more resilient than a cockroach.

[ neither of them know luffy needed life saving surgery after being hit by magma. but ace seems confident luffy is okay! this is partially because robin said luffy talked about him and ace was like WHILE I WAS ALIVE? FAKE ]

... His crew'll be there for him. I'm sure of it. I entrusted him to them, after all.

[sharkgirl]

[help all of you stop being vulnerable to magma. simply be invincible]

I'm guessing they took that serious. [she's not gonna lie, she's curious to meet the rest of the straw hats, too. nami's going to be her best friend or else]

[selfimmolation]

[ ok you joke but this is an actual skill they can and have learned. simply become invulnerable to things. ACE'S TURN TO LEARN THIS ]

They better have! It was a serious request. [ but despite the joke he leans back ] ... He really got himself a dependable one. They look at him like he's an idiot, but one they'd follow off a cliff if he asked. It's why I wasn't worried about what'd happen to him after.

[sharkgirl]

[OKAY ONE PIECE but yeah though. ace learn how to be invincible this is part of his training montage]

Kinda seems like he has that effect on people. [she's vaguely amused.] You better watch out, maybe I'll end up joining his crew instead.

[she would not]

[selfimmolation]

No way! I called dibs. [ FIRST OF ALL ] Besides, do you know how embarrassing it'd be to get ditched for my little brother?

[ don't do him like this!!! ]

[sharkgirl]

[cackling!!!

she does little cat kicks against his back and ignores how embarrassing it is that i called dibs makes her happy every time]

Super embarrassing! What if I'm looking for a cooler hat theme, huh? Or really good benefits? Reigen said I should be looking for better employment after my last gig! [does ace's crew have dental]

[selfimmolation]

Being a pirate isn't a job, it's a way of life! [ it is also sometimes a job. this is all mock offense and he's grabbing her so he can do that thing where you kinda just hold a cat like long cat is long and wiggle them a bit ] And there is nothing cool about his strawhat, don't lie to me.

[sharkgirl]

[:waugh:

she dangles, and is doing her best to be a cat slinky, trying to chew on his fingers in PROTEST but it's all mock protest in response so, y'know]

I'm very serious about my work! [ok] You just want me to tell you that your hat is cool.

[she has been wearing it without taking it off for like three weeks.]

[selfimmolation]

You've been wearing it for weeks!

[ his hat is not cool and he has bad taste but he thinks its so cool ]

[sharkgirl]

That doesn't make it cool!

[unfortunately she also thinks its so cool and her emotions betray her in this instance]

[selfimmolation]

You know I can tell you're lying.

[ wiggles her more ]

[sharkgirl]

[NYEH]

Cheater. [... turns into a ferret to try and escape being PEAR WIGGLED]

[selfimmolation]

[ yelps and she can successfully escape THE WRIGGLING ]

Hey--! [ GET BACK HERE AND TAKE YOUR WIGGLES YOUNG LADY*

*NIMONA, WHO IS NEITHER YOUNG NOR A LADY ]

[sharkgirl]

[sometimes i do be out here forgetting she's like a thousand years old

anyway she escapes and cackles about it, crawling around his arms and shoulders so she can stand on his head. triumphantly.]

[selfimmolation]

[ that thing where you try to look up at something that's on your head without making it fall off but you can't properly because it is on your head ]

Brat. [ fond. horrid. ] You want to keep it, or are we getting you a new one?

[sharkgirl]

[she peers at him from on top of his head, grinning. she is a brat and she's proud of it!!

the question actually startles her a little, funnily enough. there's a lot of ??? and then:]

... You'd let me keep it?

[selfimmolation]

[ hmmm. there's no right way to say he gave it to her because he fully did not expect to live again despite what people said. his emotions are pretty calm despite that thought ]

Sure. [ he likes his hat, but at this point he thinks she's got a deeper emotional attachment to it than he does. ] It's not like you're going far.

[sharkgirl]

[it's a mix for her, because like yeah, she does have a dumb emotional attachment to it, but it is his hat. it was a symbol, more than anything, the same way reigen's regular old grey jacket was. these things belonged to them, and she carried them with her, so they'd keep living.

but ace is here again and he's not going to die on her watch, so the emotions are conflicted. she hops down from his head.]

Yeah. [she says, after a second, and then:] Maybe I'll keep it until I find something that fits my wanted poster.

[selfimmolation]

[ he doesn't mind either way, so he grins a little ]

Maybe we can find you a pink to match then. [ because he thinks her wanted poster will be very pink "are they even printed in color" so pink ]

[sharkgirl]

[she grins a bit at that, finally.]

And a new outfit. I need something that isn't part-chainmail for the water. [she hasn't worn her canon outfit in weeks but still.] A pink hat. Or bandanna.

[she's already thinking about it...... flag designs too, actually.]

[selfimmolation]

[ he laughs a little ]

Sure, that's doable. We can go clothes shopping once we get to an island. We need supplies anyway.

[sharkgirl]

Are you going to keep wearing shirts...

[it's just weird that he has a shirt ok]

Supplies like what, food? Or like... pirate supplies. [what are pirate supplies.]

[selfimmolation]

[ it's not like he is regularly against shirts he's truly just been wearing them because of how naked he was in the gy without it and also he still keeps them open, wow

but he makes a face ]

... Probably while we're near the government headquarters. I don't really want to cover up my tattoo, but it's probably safer.

[ bleh. bleh!!! ]

Huh. Kind of both? Food and drinks, for sure, but you need other stuff to run a ship too. Definitely a new log pose. [ a beat ] It's a special kind of compass for the Grand Line, since regular ones don't work. It doesn't so much give you directions as lock on to an island's magnetic field.

[ why is one piece so weird ]

[sharkgirl]

Oh, yeah. I forgot. [somehow. the tattoo being hidden for now is probably a good idea though.]

I guess you're gonna have to show me how to run a boat, because I've never actually been on one that wasn't ours here and that doesn't count.

Is that where we're going? The Grand Line. [headtilt...] What's so grand about it?

[selfimmolation]

Don't worry. I'll teach you and Saya all the tricks to sailing. Navigating's a little harder, though, we'll see if you guys pick it up. The ocean's a lot trickier than a forest.

[ hmmmm. excuse him while he draws a circle in the sand that he separates into four quadrants and writes north east south west ]

We'll already be on the Grand Line. There's five seas back home. They're called the Blues-- I was born in South Blue, but Luffy and I were raised in the East Blue. [ he points at the line he made vertically ] This would be a series of mountains called the Red Line. It separates the seas. It's totally out of our way, but the way to get across it includes climbing up the mountain through the river. It's a cool experience. [ BUT NOT THE POINT pointing to the other line ] This would be what we call the Grand Line. It's a treacherous stretch of ocean where everything is different and more dangerous than the other seas. Pirate graveyard's is what people in the Blues call it. But the half we'll be in is nicknamed Paradise when you're on the line itself, because once you get to the New World past Fishman Island, that's when things really get insane. That's where Pops' territories are. ... Were.

[ frowns at were but moving on ]

It's where we'll be heading, since that's where they would have gone back to.

[ GEOGRAPHY LESSON WITH ACE ]