PC: ACE 💀

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[selfimmolation]

[ he cannot stop laughing it's Funny ]

I get it. So he just thought you looked cool from afar. It's kinda funny he didn't get the guts to try to talk to you sooner.

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[ never mind ace is the worst but also this big brother energy... ]

I guess to be fair to him, I wasn't exactly there that often. I stayed for a little while, but then I left again to go find Percy and...a lot of other stuff happened. [ an innocent blink. ] Plus he said something about how people would try to talk to me and I'd just be mean to them? Weird.

[ lmao. ]

[selfimmolation]

Wow? Really? That doesn't sound like you at all.

[ :P ]

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Yeah, see, that's what I said. [ shut up, both of you. ] It wasn't like...well. You get it.

[ he had his reasons. ]

And anyway I never thought Will was actually trying to be anything more than polite and the next time I did actually talk to him I nearly decapitated him, so it's not like he doesn't know the health hazards of being with me.

[selfimmolation]

It's sounding like you've got more in common with me as a kid than I thought.

[ he shouldn't sound this amused about it, but he is ]

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[ he rolls his eyes. ]

I don't know if I'd go that far... [ the emotion is embarrassed because. yeah. actually. that is maybe correct, he was feral in a different direction but also he nearly cut off will's head solely because will startled him. it's fine. ]

[selfimmolation]

[ hehehe ]

At least you didn't mean to, right?

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[ there's silence because. he hadn't meant to, but that doesn't mean he hadn't been considering it later because will annoyed him. in the end, he says: ]

He would have deserved it.

[selfimmolation]

[ WHEEZING WITH LAUGHTER ]

[resumed]

[ HE REALLY JUST KIND OF WATCHES ACE LAUGH AND DOESN'T STOP HIM??? even if he's a little confused why this is funny. ]

[selfimmolation]

You wouldn't have hesitated, huh? [ FOND ] And I thought I was bad.

[ He Was. And Is. ]

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[ he frowns deeply. ]

We were in a war. Hesitating could get you killed just as fast.

[selfimmolation]

I don't think killing your allies helps with war. [ nudges nico ] And I doubt you thought he would've deserved it for startling you.

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[ he just makes a face and nudges back. ]

Well, don't tell him back. I have to keep something to hold over him, don't I? [ no. ]

[selfimmolation]

Sure, sure. I'll keep your secrets. [ very real secrets ] Wouldn't want Will thinking you like him too much now.

[resumed]

Absolutely not. If he knows I won't be able to keep him on his toes. [ stop being so mean to will. ]

[selfimmolation]

Is that what you're doing it for?

[resumed]

It sounds like a good reason, doesn't it? So yeah, obviously. That's what I'm going with.