PC: ACE 💀

[resumed]

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[selfimmolation]

[ hello... nico does a head bonk and ace just kind of wraps an arm around him so he can stay leaning ]

Yep. You guys looked pretty cool out there.

[resumed]

[ he takes that as a sign to wrap his arms around ace instead for a hug because he won't get to do this again by this time tomorrow. ]

Couldn't have done any of it without you. I know you were burning as fast as you could. So thanks.

[selfimmolation]

[ hugging it is... ]

Pretty sure anyone could've done that. [ like. with a lighter. ] But it worked out better for me to stand back, I guess.

[resumed]

There were almost too many of us out there to begin with, but...whatever. Rather have too many hands on deck than lack the power to deal with that guy anyway. All that matters is it's over.

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. And we've got that world breaking book to use, too.

[ so they're fine!! ]

Looks like we don't need to worry about visits after all.

[resumed]

That part I always kind of was banking on, so...kind of glad it worked out. [ he does not know what he would have done if it didn't work, actually. but now they don't have to think about it so it's fine!! ]

If it's infinite visits and an easy way to do it? Looks that way. You won't be able to get rid of us that easily.

[selfimmolation]

When have I ever said I wanted to get rid of you guys? I think you're the ones stuck with me now.

[ :P!!! ]

[resumed]

Oh no. A tragedy. What ever will we do when we have to willingly spend time with you just like we have been for eight weeks? I cannot believe we're stuck now.

[ wehehe. ]

[selfimmolation]

Yeah, yeah, wise guy. How's that any different from what you were saying? [ hair ruffles ]

[resumed]

[ character development is that he leans into the ruffles. ]

It just is? I at least know people want to spend time with me. [ the emotions say this is debatable but he's saying it for argument's sake. ]

[selfimmolation]

I never actually doubted that, you know.

[ he thinks he is a very fun person to hang out with it's just the likeable part that was more debatable. his emotions are just amused still though ]

[resumed]

And yet you were still surprised Nimona and I cared about you as much as we do. [ just directly calling him out anyway. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ ...... ]

Well, that's... different.

[resumed]

How's that any different? [ no. ]

[selfimmolation]

I don't know. I think I'm a fun guy to hang out with...? So that part's normal.

[ but he doesn't think about it deeper than that!!! ]

[resumed]

[ he kind of rolls his eyes to that because he still thinks ace is dumb about it. ]

I don't do things for people just because I think they're fun. I'd hate for you to leave with that impression.

[selfimmolation]

[ shoves nico's head down with a hair ruffle ]

We were talking about before all that, c'mon. I'm not that stupid. [ >:T ]

[resumed]

[ there's a nyeh kind of sound with the pushing and he swats at it. ]

I'm just making sure! [ ... ] I don't know exactly when I'll get to see or even talk to you next. Will and I asked the book for something that'll hopefully make it easier though.

[selfimmolation]

I thought that's what we had the phones for?

[ the hilarity of ace not reading what was written in the book because he wasn't writing a specific request so he also never saw the "ace gets to live" "NINETHED" preview ]

[resumed]

Yeah, we do, but...we don't have phones at home for a reason. They're a huge honing beacon for monsters.

[selfimmolation]

Seriously? How come?

[ it must be the inner snails... monsters can sense them ]

[resumed]

[ he shrugs. ]

No idea. There's just something about the signal that attracts all kinds of monsters. So we wrote in the book that we could keep these ones without gaining any attention.

[selfimmolation]

[ i see... it is the snails. he understands. ]

Oh, good, so it shouldn't be a problem.

[resumed]

[ please tell him about the snails. ]

Hopefully. I mean if you guys text or call us and we don't answer you can probably assume either we got eaten, we're in the middle of a quest, or we're in the middle of a quest and might be in the process of being eaten.

[ he is obviously kidding but like. also. yeah. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ it's going to be a group text where nimona is like LOOK AT THESE SNAILS and ace is like you all have snails idgi

nudges ]

That's one way to make sure every unanswered call ends up with all of us barging in on you, you know.