#ace (etc)

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“I’m sorry I let you down.” (From Whitebeard. Here have some angst.)

"I'm sorry I let you down" those words. The words that scarred the young man. "w-what do you mean? You haven't let me down! Y-You..You are the best thing that happened to me pops!" Ace said, his shoulders shaking, trying to hold his head high.

But even if, he knew the inevitable. That one day, they will cross paths once more. Maybe not in this lifetime but in another.

As Ace saw Whitebeard go down, his eyes widened and a piercing scream echoed.

"POPS!"

"Don't say that, you are probably the most, if not the best thing that happened to me. You didn't feel me, you can never fail me" the Second commander said, his eyes trickled with tears as he saw his mentor, his "father" figure in front of him.

"You can never fail me" Ace said, soon sobbing. "D-Dont say that" he wailed. "You taught me everything, I became the best because of you"

Memories and nostalgia played in his mind. The first time they interacted, the first time Ace fought White beard, losing painfully but gaining a family in the end.

How time has passed between him and his mentor, the man who Ace called a father, a dad.

"Pops, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you, I'm sorry I went off on my own" Ace spoke.

"Please, Please don't die...not yet"

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Ikkaku's eyes went wide and sparkled with wonder and excitement as she spied the vessel at the docks. The raft was small and sleek, clearly meant for one person, but most notable was that it had one of the most peculiar engine she'd ever seen. Oh, how she wanted to take a closer look and figure out how it worked. Glancing around, she spotted a man in a cowboy hat nearby. The owner? She hoped so, because she had so many questions.

Running over, eyes still bright with intrigue and eagerness, Ikkaku pointed to the raft and said, "Is she yours? She's beautiful! I've never seen an engine like that! How fast does she go? Did you build her? What's her name?!"

As Ace was settling into his boat and making an inventory, a small yell of excitement reached his ears, making the cowboy turn around.

At first, he watched to see what the person would do, and he was on guard and ready to attack the person. But seeing the woman's bright, cheerful question, Ace's scowl turned into a grin, his eyes sparkling with glee.

"Yep! And thank you!" he proudly stated. "I and a friend did!" he said, hopping off the boat and onto the shores.

"Portgas D Ace!" He said, holding his hand. "this is my beautiful ship, the Striker!" He proclaimed, smiling at Ikkaku.

"what's yours?" He asked, his voice low but excitement littering in it.

"You wanna see it?" Ace asked, his eyes sparkling glee as if he were a movie star. "I can show you how it works and how the locomotives operate!"

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we're fucked.

@3katanas asked: Two-word prompts | accepting |

"Who said that we're fucked? The assumption that we're fucked is wrong, these are Marines, but I'm sure we can take them. I mean, after all, we didn't come all this way to get caught." Ace said the moss head, his eyes narrowing as he tried formulating a plan. He knew he had been caught, but he wasn't captured; he still had a chance.

"no offense, but try to think positive," Ace mentioned, seeing just the right person to start the whole shebang, his face turning serious.

"Psst, you see that nervous Marine over there?" Ace said, looking at the Marine, who seemed to have his gun shaking in his hand.

"That's the way out," Ace spoke. "On a count of three, I'll shoot at them, you run, and I'll meet you," Ace said quietly.

As the Marine shook, Ace turned to him, his eyes glittering with excitement.

"1,2,3," he said, shooting the Marine, causing panic on the dusty ground of the Alabastan desert.

"Go!" Ace yelled, making a ring of fire around himself. The Marines yelled as fire engulfed them.

As Ace winked, he ran off, seeing Marines after the two.

"head for my boat; ain't this fun" Ace spoke, a grin on his face as he followed after Zoro.

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“You’ve been quiet lately.”

deathsurgn asked: lonely starters

Ace turned to Law, his eyes looking dull, and yet a tiny look of mirth lay upon it.

"Hm? Me?"

It wasn't like Ace to not be so chipper, his eyes usually sparkled in the daylight, the night calling to him like a moth to the flame.

"I'm just thinking, I'm more then just muscle, I have a brain as well" he said pointing to his head.

But in sudden ways and nights, Ace just stared up at the sky, his eyes wondering if things would be different. Would Ace be more refined? Would he ever have met Luffy if he hadn't been dumped on an island like a thrown-away doll?

For now, Ace just sat there, staring up at the stars as they twinkled before him.

"Why? Is Mr. Doctor caring about me?" Ace asked teasingly. "if so, I'm flattered," he cooed.

As the nightly breeze went through them, Ace just sat there enjoying the night sky.

"come sit," he whispered, still deep in thought.

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you’re joking.

deathsurgn asked: Two-word prompts | accepting |

"Nope, and if you want to live, I suggest you get on my ship before we end up on the Marine's list. Knowing fully well that the Marines would love to have an ex-Warlord and a large bounty pirate on their list as captured!"

Ace was being somewhat dramatic and flailing his arms. But at the same time, there was some truth to what he was saying.

"Sooo wanna get on the ship and let us leave or get caught by the Marines?"

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you’re serious.

@svrt-r asked: Two worded prompts | accepting |

"I'm serious," Ace said in a matter of two blinks before his scowl turned into a small smirk. "No, wait, did I have something to be serious about?" the cowboy asked, tilting his head. "I don't recall. I need to be serious, but I don't know," he said in surprise. "Well, was there something that you thought was serious?"

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(HIDE) for sender to hide their face against receiver's back.

Back turned (accepting)

Ace wasn't sure what to do. To have one of the strongest men hide his face in the back of Ace's back.

"Uh..you ok?" Ace asked with a slight pout, his head turning behind him for a quick second. Then, back to the thing that got the Pirate either scared or something, he hid his face in the back.

"H-How about..we go somewhere quieter?" He asked, shooting people with his finger guns and turning around.

"it'll be ok," he whispered.