audience: ace

[becomemod]

Comments

[becomemod]

I can't tell if this is endorsement or slander.

[selfimmolation]

can't it be both?
he's always doing stunts to worry me, but he wouldn't be Luffy if he didn't!

[becomemod]

It can always be both.
You're really close with him, huh?

[selfimmolation]

sure?
He's my little brother, why wouldn't I be?

[becomemod]

I'm not as close with my older brothers. Luffy's lucky to have you.

[selfimmolation]

how come you're not close to them?

[becomemod]

The short version is we're really different people that grew apart. I still love them. Family, you know?

[selfimmolation]

sure, I guess I get that.
Luffy and I don't see each other much since we set sail, but we're still brothers. there's nothing I wouldn't do for him.

[becomemod]

Same thing for mine. Kinda wish he'd stop signing me up for stuff before asking.

You didn't want to set sail together?

[selfimmolation]

what kind of stuff is he signing you up for?

his dream is to be the pirate king! He's gotta be the captain of his own crew for that. There's no way I'd ever let myself get bossed around by my little brother, though.

[becomemod]

Work events, mostly.

You know what? That's fair. It would feel really weird. What about your dreams?

[selfimmolation]

can't you get out of those?

ah, you know. I set out to spread my name across the seas, but now I just want to help Whitebeard with his goals.

[becomemod]

[ How cool is this Whitebeard guy... ]

No, my boss would be ticked if we lost an opportunity to promote.

[ Trapped by obligations. ]

Whitebeard has to be seriously amazing if you changed your dreams like that.

[selfimmolation]

you're making me really glad I don't have a real job!

[ sometimes you lie about your dreams because your life goal is figuring out your existential crisis ]

he is!!
and it's not like I'm less known for being on his crew instead of building my own.
but pops is great!

[becomemod]

[ Ace are you good? Are you GOOD? ]

It's not all bad, I do like my job. It's something I've always wanted to do.

Do you also think of the whole crew as your family? Or is it just Whitebeard?

[selfimmolation]

[ yes his only goal in life is to figure out if it's a good thing he was born and he died and he still doesn't know why wouldn't he be good ]

writing? Or is that a hobby?

the whole crew! Even though it's a lot of people, we're all family.

[becomemod]

I've always wanted to be a writer. I'm a literature student.

Does that mean you know everybody's names or is it more like extended family?

[selfimmolation]

I'm glad you get to do it even if I don't get why you have meetings!

I do! But I'm one of the commanders, so I kinda have to. it's fine if some guys can't remember each other!

[becomemod]

Meetings are just part of normal jobs. You don't have meetings as a pirate crew?

Makes sense. I'd be seriously worried if my boss didn't know my name.

[selfimmolation]

sure, but we're dealing with a lot of people and moving parts. Don't writers just...write?

Exactly! Everyone's pretty good at names because they've been sailing together so long though

[becomemod]

Oh, I should've explained more. I'm a script writer, I have to talk with the director and the actors. It's not something you can do on your own.

On all the ships? That's impressive.

[selfimmolation]

oh, so it's like writing plays? that makes sense!

the crew's on one ship! but yeah I know the crews on the allied ships too.

[becomemod]

Yeah, just like that. It's a lot of work but the end product is always worth it.

That's so many names.

[selfimmolation]

I've never seen a real play.

yeah it's a lot, I was a little worried when I joined up I'd never remember half of them. But I've been sailing with them for a couple years now so it got easier with time.

[becomemod]

I'd offer, but I don't think we have enough actors for it here.

That's still impressive. How many people are on one ship?