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[Ace is camped on his favorite spot on the beach of Genessia on another pile of driftwood and such that he's been collecting for various Ace related reasons. He doesn't look really happy, though. And he even sounds pissed, voice tight and clipped.]

I'm looking to start a pirate crew. Not sure what the ultimate goal is but for right now adventure, breaking laws, maybe some arson and never paying for anything you eat ever.

If you're interested come and apply in person.

You know where I am.

[it's almost as if he has ulterior motives for this post. But what could they be?]

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[no shit stupid]

What are you going to do about it?

The obvious.

[DUH.]

What, sit there and not have any friends?

[he's a bit concerned okay?]

[Fuuuuucccckkkk yooooooou.]

I don't need to make friends with pirates. And I'm not the one pushing away friends I already had.

[HE DID THAT YEARS AGO GOSH!]

[And repeatedly with Kuzan.]

[And Hina.]

[And Tashigi.]

[STFU.]

Then why do you want to come to hell with me?

[because logically that doesn't make any sense]

You've never heard of the lawman dragging criminals to hell?

[Really Ace? REALLY?]

[well that settles it] Lawmen are morons.

[He wants to retort with a simple "Your Mother," but can't because he knows about the whole 20 months pregnancy and Ace taking her name.]

[SIGH.]

So's your face.

There are actually a lot of bounty hunters around here, for the first time ever, I think adding my hand to it might be superfluous.

Man that's pathetic. So's your face? Really? It's practically substandard. You can't just retort: "So's your face" and expect me to take it seriously. Forget about that other thing for now. You have to give me something a little better than that, old man.

[Grunts.]

[This is what he gets for not having his heart in it.]

[He's good at holding back, but not making it look like he isn't.]

Is that what you said the last time you were getting fucked in the ass by a lawman? No wait, I know, it was "Is that all you've got, I can't even feel that."

Edited 2016-07-04 03:33 (UTC)

[Shrugs weakly and fixes the camera with a steadier look.] I've been in G-5 for two years. It's rotted holes in the better parts of my brain.

But I was serious about the bounty hunter thing.

Not my fault you have a small dick. [.... no wait he can't unsay that can he?

Shit.

MOVING ON?]

That sucks, what are you going to do?

[didn't just say anything else. la la la la]

[Ace earned an amused smirk for that. Since it's not like Smoker can legitimately respond adequately to it either. Well played, boy.]

[Muttered but still said loudly enough for Ace to hear and stay flustered:]

Sucks less than your mouth.

Edited 2016-07-04 03:46 (UTC)

[But back on seriousness:]

I haven't decided yet. I've been beating up pirates since I was eight. And I don't think translating that to baseball or golf will suddenly work well. Ugh, and I seriously don't want to train fighters. It'll give me horror flashbacks to your Grandfather.

You said all this is a dream, right?

[Or else... how is Ace alive?]

What would you do if you had to stop being a pirate? And actually could.

My mouth sucks fine!

[... no wait. Forget that too]

Marco says it's a hot pocket.

[shrug.]

Also a pirate can do whatever he wants so I can't answer your question.

[but he sits up concerned]

Do you need someone to cause trouble so you won't be lonely? [not that he likes Smoker but] I won't let anyone else catch me but you if you want.

[.......... There's a lot in that.]

[1) What's a hot pocket? And how does that make this a dream or not?]

[2) Right. Stupid pirates.]

[3) No, he doesn't actually want to have to fight pirates? Deep down inside.]

[4) IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE SWEET? OR REALLY CREEPY? WHAT KIND OF OFFER IS THAT ANYWAY?!]

[5) :| No Smoker, he tells himself, don't be tempted to take the kid up on that. Even to try to spare the idiot from getting caught by Blackbeard or Akainu who aren't even there, but other bounty hunters maybe? But Smoker doesn't really want to catch Ace either, so that would be a problem.]

[6) Why can't he just stay out of trouble? Then again, might as well ask why a fish can't stay out of water.]

I... that... No???

[Shakes out his hair and lecturing finger get!]

Don't get into trouble. Period.

And fine, if you do...

[ARMFOLD AND EYEROLL!]

And I do not WANT you to!

Don't let anyone else catch you. [ANOTHER EYEROLL. IT IS NOT BECAUSE HE WANTS TO CATCH YOU DUMBASS, HE JUST DOESN'T WANT YOU TO DIE OR BE SAD OR STUPID OR CAUSE A FUCKING WAR OVER SOMETHING INCREDIBLY DUMB JEEZ.]

I don't...

I don't actually want to catch anyone if I don't have to.

[He's kind of really embarrassed admitting that. Kind of a lot.]

It's just always been necessary.

[He can't explain the rest, it's too embarrassing already. And clearly Portgas wouldn't get it, and he should pretend to LIVE FOR arresting criminals or the kind of insane bloodthirsty zealotry that Akainu had, but fuck it. He doesn't have it in him.]

It's not as though I'll be satisfied simply letting others do the work without giving my best, but... [But... it's so unnecessary. For once.]

[He drums his fingers.] I thought I must have been purposely taken here to do hunting. Now I'm not sure. [.... and more than that, part of him wanted to rebel against it. Defy it, just to see what would happen, if it would bait the kidnappers to try to rein him in better.]

[well that's interesting. Smoker is unexpected. But then he kind of knew that. It's his justice that makes him that way, Ace has a feeling. But all this... is pretty big... big and small but Ace needs time to think about it so...]

Come here.

[and he'll cut the feed. That'll buy him some time]

[... No, that's creepy.]

[And Smoker doesn't walk into lion traps.]

[WELL, OKAY HE ACTUALLY DOES. EVERY TIME WITHOUT FAIL. BUT HE STILL HATES HIMSELF AND BERATES HIMSELF FOR IT: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER.]

[Which is why he reluctantly hunts Ace down, standing a good thirty feet away, one hand on the jitte, still debating every inch of this.]

[And just VERY VERY VERY LIGHTLY ventures a haki tap to the shoulder.]

[HE CAN DO HAKI NOW LOOK AT HIM.]

[OR don't look at him and then maybe he can sneak away and just watch.]

[Also what the hell he just took an order from a pirate.]

[A dead pirate]

[And blood of Gold Roger has nothing to do with it.]

[He hates himself a lot.]

[Well, if he's going to do this, no sense doing it halfway.]

[So he closes the distance until they're only fifteen feet away :|]

[Ace feels it and turns and waves at him. It doesn't occur to him that Smoker shouldn't have haki.

Then he goes to the bonfire and lights it. There are two crudely made drift wood chairs sitting in front of it, both with beers beside them in the sand (don't think too much where he got them) and a few fish arrayed around the fire on sicks.

Ace flops in one of the chairs and waits for Smoker to decide to join him or not]

[He gingerly grabs a chair, and slowly relaxes as he sees the craftsmanship, okay that's pretty fucking nice, he has to admit.]

[And eventually has to move the jitte to jab into the sand, on the opposite side of Ace so Smoker can still grab it obviously.]

[And steals some fish, kicking out his heels in the sand.]

Not bad Portgas. Not bad.

[The chairs, the setup, the fish.]

[He's kind of iffy on the beers because if it was stolen, he's not taking party to that damn it.]

So this is what you do here?

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