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[hanaban]

Then, why'd you still get caught...?

[ this plan failed even with surprise backup? guys, please, ]

[selfimmolation]

[

child ]

They were called in to catch us, Hanako.

[hanaban]

Yeah but they're our leaders.

[ something something team bonds, stab the cops in the back ]

[selfimmolation]

[ ... oh sweet child ]

Sure. I think in this case they went with trying to protect the majority instead of the lot of us.

[hanaban]

The lot of us were fine! But Mika, and the rest of you, you were the ones in trouble right then!

[selfimmolation]

Goat and the others are playing within the city rules. That's their decision. [ he shrugs a little ] I'm not one to listen to things like that, though.

[hanaban]

[ Goat rising to the top of Hanako's shit list ]

Which other leaders were there?

[selfimmolation]

[ HANAKO NO I DON'T HAVE NAMES IT WAS JUST A VAGUE "THE LEADERS SHOW UP" MOD ANSWER ]

Forget about who was here or not. Look, Goat was trying to convince the people in charge to stop the execution altogether. It didn't work anymore than what we did here did, but I can't say the team leads weren't trying in their own way last night.

[hanaban]

[ gonna stab goat ]

All that is is talk. Ox said they were trying to find legal documents proving all of this is wrong, but what good is that here?

[ if they're going to talk, talk with your fists ]

[selfimmolation]

I think it's kind of obvious I don't agree with that kind of avenue either. [ because he is sitting here in jail, for one. ] But people are always going to want to go and do what they consider the right thing, and for some of 'em that includes following rules and laws.

[hanaban]

[ looks at Ace like "but that's so stupid though" ]

[selfimmolation]

[ help the look makes him laugh because OF COURSE HE AGREES HE IS LITERALLY A WANTED CRIMINAL ]

I didn't say I understood it. But that's just how it is.

[hanaban]

Maybe they get it now that rules and laws don't amount to anything.

[selfimmolation]

Maybe... but they strike me as the stubborn type. We'll see. [ he shrugs ] There's only one man in the world whose orders I'd follow, and he's not here, so. Team leads or not doesn't mean much to me.

[hanaban]

One man... other than yourself?

[ Ace seemed to him like a "I only listen to myself" sort of person, this catches him off guard ]

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. [ his grin is a little sharp ] My captain. And Pops'd probably say I'm not always great at listening to him, either.

[hanaban]

[ ...so in the end, yeah. Ace only listens to himself. ]

If your captain were here, what do you think he would do?

[selfimmolation]

He'd have been strong enough to take out everyone trying to keep him in line from the start.

[ ace says it proudly because there is no known universe where even nerfed he doesn't entirely believe whitebeard would just. kick everyone's ass. ]

[hanaban]

[ ...

He nods, because yeah ]

That's the right idea to have. You don't go into a fight thinking you might lose.

[ You step forward filled to the brim with confidence. He remembers when he was like that. ]

[selfimmolation]

Yeah. Be kind of a stupid move. [ he looks at the ceiling instead of hanako for a bit ] ... If it did get to this point, he'd have staged a rescue, too. But he's got a better head for strategy than I do.

[hanaban]

[ If only. ]

It's too bad, but we're stuck here with you. With me. I shouldn't have asked... All we can do is do what we can.

[selfimmolation]

[ hm. ]

Well, maybe it's not a bad idea to think of what better people would do, either. But I'm not all that good at thinking ahead.

[hanaban]

If you're ever not sure, just ask yourself, "What would Hanako do?"

[selfimmolation]

No way in heck. [ censorship... ] I'm not modeling myself after any brat.

[hanaban]

A brat who isn't in jail, unlike a certain someone.