Overflow Post For TDM - Ace

[intulpable]

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The network? You mean the device I received when I arrived? [he pulls it out of his suit breast pocket and gives it a look] You might have to show me how to do that - I've never seen anything like this before. It's fascinating.

[Ace seems to get pretty serious and thoughtful for a moment after he mentions the Civil War, and given the things he's insinuated about his own Marines, Dale guesses that there's something dark there in his history: some kind of military oppression or conflict. what he says next only confirms it, but Ace's optimism is a good sign that whatever has happened, he's not letting it define him. and that's the sort of thing that Dale can admire]

A great many things have been achieved by people of kind heart and strong will, Ace. I think you're absolutely right. ... Five sandwiches? That's quite an appetite. Is your moon in effect at the moment?

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[burnt_offering]

Yeah, that thing let's you access the network, I guess? And you can search for pages, and there's apps and stuff you can play around with. So you might be able to get some good information with it. [Ace nods, he'll totally teach his new dadfriend how to work it.] It took me a long time to figure it out. I was still struggling with a lot of words when I got here too, so that didn't help. I coulda used more help than I got.

[Ace is glad to be able to get past the more serious discussion though. He's here, and he has no power over what happens back home. His will was inherited by Sabo, with the mera mera no mi, but Ace's consciousness exists nowhere but here.

Sandwiches are way more fun to think about.] No, I just wanted a snack. I'm trying to watch what I eat, 'cause with my brother's appetite and mine combined, we could be eaten broke in a single meal if we're not careful. I try to moonlace a lot too to compensate.

[intulpable]

Apps. [he peers at the phone with great curiosity and a hint of confusion. where he's from that's slang for appetizers, but he's keen enough to realize that in this context it means something entirely different] Yes, Ace, I think I'd appreciate your assistance with this. I'd hate to do something with it that was ... frowned upon, or damage it in any way by accident.

[the fact that five sandwiches are a SNACK staggers him - and this is a man who orders two pieces of pie at a go, so that should say something. but before he can remark on that, something else Ace says catches his attention]

People can moonlace in place of eating? What an odd phenomenon.