[oh no. A happy phoenix is a cute phoenix. Ace smiles at his words and his excitement that he rarely hears. It's nice and rare to hear all of that but Ace can't help but wonder if he misses Pops... Well he'll see him when he gets back can't he? And in the meantime have a lot of adventures and meet lots of cool people and have a wife with a really stunning pair of new boobs.]
Ahh Marco...
[he turns his head so if Marco is willing he can scritch a new place]
[SUPER FUCKING SUBJECT TO CHANGE/RETCON BECAUSE THANKS CANON.]
[At first he's really tempted to say "To live forever." But that's kind of more a fear than a dream.]
[To live every day to the fullest.]
[And if Whitebeard's and Ace's were to have a family...]
[Then Marco's is just to be their guardian angel and see that dream come through.]
[But he also wants to see the end of the World Government.]
[He wants to live up to the god of war he's named for.]
[He wants to explore.]
To see all my dumbass little brothers happy and fulfilled.
[He wants to kick Blackbeard's ass, free all the fishman, stop slavery in all the universe, and be a literal fucking star.]
I'm okay with just starting on you here and having fun pulling out all the stops to make that happen, yoi.
[And then Thatch. Thatch would be hardest.]
[But it would give Grell time to adjust. Not that she needed it, she was always trying to race ahead into the future, which was just as well, because Marco was always living with both feet planted firmly in the past.]
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Ahh Marco...
[he turns his head so if Marco is willing he can scritch a new place]
What is your dream?
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[SUPER FUCKING SUBJECT TO CHANGE/RETCON BECAUSE THANKS CANON.]
[At first he's really tempted to say "To live forever." But that's kind of more a fear than a dream.]
[To live every day to the fullest.]
[And if Whitebeard's and Ace's were to have a family...]
[Then Marco's is just to be their guardian angel and see that dream come through.]
[But he also wants to see the end of the World Government.]
[He wants to live up to the god of war he's named for.]
[He wants to explore.]
To see all my dumbass little brothers happy and fulfilled.
[He wants to kick Blackbeard's ass, free all the fishman, stop slavery in all the universe, and be a literal fucking star.]
I'm okay with just starting on you here and having fun pulling out all the stops to make that happen, yoi.
[And then Thatch. Thatch would be hardest.]
[But it would give Grell time to adjust. Not that she needed it, she was always trying to race ahead into the future, which was just as well, because Marco was always living with both feet planted firmly in the past.]
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What kind of selfish pirate are you?
[he's supposed to be more selfish than that]
But don't start on me, yoi. Find someone that can actually make it work.
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If you're the hardest one to make happy that just means I'll have an excuse to work forever at it.
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It's too heavy. I'd rather see you happy then fight all the time. [and what if he fails and it makes Marco sad or make him feel like a failure?]
Please don't?
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[Pets.] Just do your best to make you happy, and let me take care of me, all right?
You don't have to worry about messing up or being sad, all right? Just let me do what I want.
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Just promise me you'll be happy too. [that's the most important of all]
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[g l o w e r]
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And aye. I'm usually happy with you around, silly.
[Ruffle ruffle.]
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I'm happy you're here too, kid.
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but then remembers the reason Marco's here to begin with...]
Did you want to talk to me about something?
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You're okay?
Not fucking marines out of some low self-esteem issues or thinking you can't do better, right?