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[nishishi]

[The first image you'll get to see on this particular video feed is pretty much a scenic view of someone's nostrils. The individual responsible for such a sight is trying his damndest to figure out how the hell this thing works, how you can send messages or even videos on something that's very pointedly NOT shaped like a snail, and how you even know if it was working or not.

Eventually it seems like he's stopped caring, or decided that on sheer force of will alone that it's working. Because the feed pulls back and you can see this very 'good dog' expression on a very simple-looking man. A scar under his eye, and a rather ratty old straw hat perched atop his head.]

The food's really good here! And I wasn't even yelled at when I ate a lot, either, and I like that. [The feast at the festival hadn't been the most fun, but who needed fun when there was food involved.]

An' yanno what? I don't like being away from my crew an' home, but if there's an adventure--Nihihi, then I guess I don't mind stayin'! around! [And then that 'good dog' expression melts, as if exposed to heat very suddenly. A frown on his face.]

But I don't like this uniform! The arms are too long! I don't have any mobility at all, so I ended up tearin' the sleeves outta them, see? [Look at the mess he's made.] Ne... I guess if anyone's got a needle an' thread, I can try to fix them myself...

...Where's Nami...

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i love dying

[nishishi]

[Alive. He's alive, by some weird twist of fate, something he can't begin to explain or even be able to understand. It doesn't really matter, he decides for himself somewhere between making a gross, soaking mess against his brother's chest and actually looking up at that freckled face. It doesn't matter the details of how--all that mattered was that he was here.

He was here, and he hadn't broken his promise after all.

Oh, and just because he's looking up at Ace does not mean in any way that he's letting go.]

...It's real, right? [And despite the blubbering and crying:] You're not some sort of bad joke, right?

[meramera]

( if it was a bad joke on anyone's part, it'd be ALASTAIR. they were the ones responsible for this, plucked him somehow from the depths of nothingness after death and brought him here whole and unmarred. ) Yeah, it's - it's real. ( for how long, he doesn't know, but these are mysteries they can ponder, later. or never, really. not important. ) I'm here.

[nishishi]

[He doesn't need proof, he doesn't even need any suggestions further than a 'yes' from his brother. Just being told it's real... that's enough for him. His head tipping down a little against the others' chest, against the spot where there used to be a gaping, burning hole...

...Ha, letting him go would be hard, wouldn't it.]

Don't go anywhere again.

[meramera]

( luckily for them both it seems to be a dilemma that plagues the two pirates equally -- one made far worse when luffy speaks; as if ace needed to be hit by yet another emotional sledgehammer today. ) It's a promise.

[nishishi]

[It's all he needs to hear. It doesn't matter what happens, between this moment and the next hundred moments--that promise is all he needs to hear.

Even if Ace disappears from this place, for however long--he'd wait for him, and he'd always be happy knowing that at least somewhere his brother is alive. Safe, and happy.

Sabo had said it first, after all, didn't he? That somewhere, Ace's spirit was living on with him.]

...Heh.

Come on, let's get something to eat.