PC: ACE 💀

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Unsurprising. this makes sense to him, but he does give him a curious little look. ] You sure about that?

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Why wouldn't I be? [ :3? ] I offered.

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[ he does not say that people offer things frequently and then don't do them. ]

Then...whenever you have time. I wouldn't say no.

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So far, we've got nothing but time in this place. I'll hit you up! I already told Chiemi I was going to help her out so she can learn a little.

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Oh. [ this makes sense. ] She didn't strike me as a combatant either so that's probably for the best. I'm surprised she asked you for help.

[ he thinks there's also a higher chance ace just decided this on his own, actually. ]

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She didn't, I just offered.

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Should've seen that coming. [ haha. ] We have nothing else to do here, and it's not like I didn't talk to Danny about this yesterday anyway. We need to look out for people who can't defend themselves if we're going to be fighting villains or doing heroic deeds or whatever they need from us.

[ ...tentatively punching the lil punching bag of the video game. ]

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Yeah, they at least talked about beating up bad guys, so it's probably for the best everyone has some kind of basis for it.

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Oh, that's a game too? I thought it was just a bad punching bag. [ watches the little numbers go up ... ]

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[ he is shelving the beat-up-bad-guys talk for a second before he grins. ]

It kind of is, but yeah. It's a game. Wanna try? I can put in another coin for you to see how high your score can get.

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Sure, why not? It's sort of like those strength tests, then?

[ getting ready to wind up this poor punching bag doesn't deserve this ]

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Sort of. [ can't wait for ace to break the game actually, but nico's foolishly feeding money into the game as it sets its score counter. ]

Ready?

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Ready!

[ anyway yea for comedic effect ace is probably breaking the game. it's fine. ]

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[ listen i'm gonna say ace probably literally punched it once and there it went.



which. hm. ]

...do me a favor and promise me you'll actually go a little easy on me when we're training.

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Woops.

[ just. looking at this bag for a while. or where it used to be. then he laughs ]

Promise! I'm not that rough. [ he is. a little. don't trust him. ]

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[ oh my god this is not funny. it kind of is? god. ]

Well now I'm not sure if I believe you. [ this poor bag. ] We should get away from the machine before somebody else notices it broke.

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Yeah, probably a good idea.

[ gotta blast!!!! to the other end of the arcade ]

I thought it'd be tougher?

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[ WHEEEE away from their mistakes. ]

I think they're not really designed that well. [ he does not say it's probably because ace is part of the strongest pirate crew. ] It'll probably be fixed later. We can try something with less punching?

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[ it is entirely because ace is a monster whose strength i am only using for comedy purposes ]

That might be a good idea. Are there games for multiple people?

[ i think they should play air hockey ]

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Yeah, of course there are. We can try... [ he looks at a foos ball table before absolutely rejecting it. probably one of those shooter games. rejects that too.

but here...is air hockey. ]

This should be simple enough. All you have to do is hit the puck into the other person's goal. I mean it's not really a video game but they have these at arcades for some reason.

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So it's basically like a table sport? [ "does one piece have air hockey" I REFUSE TO THINK ABOUT IT ace is wandering over ] That's probably easier to teach than one of those games anyway.

[ and he probably won't break this one. maybe. ]

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Yeah. I would have suggested ping-pong but somehow I get the feeling you'd hit the ball hard enough it'd go through the wall. [ he's pushing a paddle toward ace and grabbing the puck for himself. ]

You use these things to push the puck around. It'll slide across the table, and you not only have to block your goal you have to try and get the puck into mine. Simple, right?

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Hey, c'mon, I can play sports without going overboard...

[ probably... he grabs the paddle and then kind of like. pushes the paddle back and forth to himself on the table because air hockey physics are fun. is he listening to the explanation while he does this? probably ]

Puck goes in the hole, sure. This is neat though! It's hovering a little.

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Uh huh. [ sounds fake. but he watches ace push the paddle back and forth...and he's briefly following. ]

I'm not sure how it really works, but it's so it glides smoother. I think. But it makes it easier to push things around right?

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Yeah. [ continues to just. push his paddle around for a bit. wheeeee ] Seems straightforward enough though! Let's try it. I'm ready.

[ he is going to hit the puck so hard it bounces right back into nico's space and then straight to his own goal for a self-score. i'm just saying now ]

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Okay. [ and the puck is down! and zipping across the table! nico doesn't even have to hit it back before it pingpongs its way across the table and straight into ace's goal.

so he just. looks at him. ]

Normally when you're playing a game you don't help your opponent score.