Appointment Post / Voicemail / All That Jazz

[justicereigns]

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[orangeoutlaw]

[being cute will not avail you.

He wants to take advantage of it....

But because he wants to he won't.

He'll outstubborn Smoker til the end.

So suck it]

Go away.

[justicereigns]

[Pouts and puppy eyes at Ace.]

[He's not going anywhere.]

[He doesn't take orders.]

[He's a bad dog.]

[But in seriousness:]

I don't want to leave you.

[... Bites his cheek. Why did he admit that?]

[orangeoutlaw]

What if I give you your key back.

[and he will...because a dangerous line like that... What are you thinking, Smoker, you have people to protect]

[justicereigns]

[....]

[justicereigns]

I didn't mean forever and ever!! I just meant... you know... this second!!

[orangeoutlaw]

[there's the Smoker he knows and l.... and knows.]

I don't want you at all.

[it's better this way?]

Take it back.

[justicereigns]

No!

[Tackles in a glomp and loms on an ear.]

I told you! You're stuck with me! What do you think that ocean thing was about?!

You can't get rid of me so stop trying!

[orangeoutlaw]

[grhghhh how can he get him to stop doing that?]

How should-- no. I don't care what it was about! [stupid son of a--][he tries to dig it out but he's lying on that side and Smoker's got his arm trapped at the moment]

[justicereigns]

[BEAR HUG PINS ARMS >:|]

You're just mad at me for the sake of being mad at me so you won't be so mad at yourself, and you're mad at me for not being mad at you.

Quit it, it's ticking me off!

You can't save me! I don't want to be saved. If I did, I wouldn't be here!

[Finally gets up and off and lets Ace go.]

You can't change me. And I'm not trying to change you. Accept it loser.

[orangeoutlaw]

Stop assuming everything, jackass. How the hell do you know?

[he doesn't even know. he just knows.]

Fine here's something I want to do.

[He gets the key out and throws it at him]

What are you going to do about it?

[justicereigns]

[You know how the more Smoker runs away the more Ace wants him?]

[Well apparently it goes two ways.]

[Must be that sadist thing.]

[Because he was going to leave.]

[But instead at the thrown key, he lets it go by him into the sand, and tackles Ace again, this time with a hard kiss.]

[.... For some reason they can't get through to each other.]

[orangeoutlaw]

[damnit! Pushes his face away]

Stop it! Will you just stop, asshole?

[justicereigns]

No.

How many times do you want me to say it?!

[orangeoutlaw]

I don't want you to say anything I just want you to get off of me! How many times do I have to tell you or doesn't it matter?

[punches him in the jaw]

[justicereigns]

SINCE IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN I TELL YOU TO SCRAM WHY SHOULD IT MATTER VICE VERSA?!

[orangeoutlaw]

Fuck you! I did when you asked me to!

[When it was important. When he'd gone too far. At least that he remembers. But ugh there's no point in this he feels trapped but there's nothing he can do to get away

So he just lays there and lets Smoker do what he wants and stews about it]

[justicereigns]

You did not!

[Gets up and space.] You never listen! You have no idea what's important to me!

Name the three irreplaceable things I can't live without!

[Points a finger at him, wishing it was his jitte.]

[orangeoutlaw]

Cigars, your jitte and Justice. [tweaks his stupid nose]

[justicereigns]

Wrong. Cigars are replaceable, and no one can take my justice.

Tashigi, Adela, and Kuzan.

And you took my jitte. [Clenches fists by his side.] Why do you think I stopped chasing you when you did?

[orangeoutlaw]

[that shocks him a little. Though it shouldn't. But that's why he liked Smoker so much. He was a good man. A strong one too. Strong in his convictions but with a good heart.

He thinks]

Because that girl showed up. Tashigi.... [he folds his hands behind his head]

She's good on the chase.

[justicereigns]

My second in command. My best friend. My partner.

And I told you not to touch her. So what was the first thing you did?

[orangeoutlaw]

Oh yeah. [that] Well you're right then... I was going to do more too. [rolls over onto his side.

So he'd deserved it. What Smoker did.

But that just cemented his whole point really.]

Do what you want.

[justicereigns]

I CAN'T!

[Puts his face in his hands, and sits back down cross-legged in the sand.]

I don't want Adela hurt either. And you mean a lot to her. You keep thinking you can get us to hate you, because what? A little hurt now is better than bigger hurt later?? But you don't have your full conviction in it, so you can't. It's not really what you want. Why can't you just admit that?

[orangeoutlaw]

[he hates to see Smoker like that too. It's enough to make Ace wish he hadn't started anything to begin with. But he hadn't expected it to come this far. Maybe that was inevitable though]

It's what I want and not what I want.

[shrug]

But it feels right.

[justicereigns]

That's not justice.

[Glares and pounces, rolling Ace over onto his back and holding his arms.]

Not even close.

That's a weakling's way.

That's the path of someone who thinks they can't do what's right, so they just try to pick the path that is the least bad. But it's still bad!

You're better than that, damn it!

And until you realize it, you'll never be strong enough to get what you want.