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[mikangirl]

[At 17, Nami will be out and about per usual, though not trying out her newly discovered thieving ways.  She learned all she needed to the day before (a year ago), and by now she knows enough of what's going on.  Her mood isn't the best for a variety of reasons, so at some point in the afternoon she vanishes off to the sea and just watches the waves from the desert fort until she can't see anything at all.  She'll creep home late.

At 18, on the other hand... she wakes up in tears.  Again.  But it's okay.  This time she doesn't mind at all.  She doesn't so much sleep in this morning as curl around her pillow and rake over her memories until they all make sense, so if anyone wants her before 10 that's where she'll be.  When she finally gets up, she spends most of the day in the house because ksfasf she finally remembers all of you sorry pirates.  She just doesn't remember anyone else.  And the Arlong brand is gone this morning, replaced with her familiar pinwheel-and-mikan tattoo. 

At 19, she makes a post, a little paler than usual.  She's regained all the way to her nineteenth birthday, but the events before that were kinda nasty. 8|]

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So I finally remember enough to work out what's been going on this week.   But as I understand it, I still have a couple years to go, so.  Don't hold it against me if I don't remember you for another day, or whatever.

So... am I cute at 21?

[Private to Noel]

Um.  [She remembers you saying two people went home a few days ago.  That, and according to her memories, you're supposedly missing.]  Are you there?

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[hiken_ace]

Well, it's only a few years. I'm not sure you have to worry about losing them.

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[mikanthief]

You never know. Have you seen the place we're living in right now?

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[hiken_ace]

Trust me, I have. But you'd been here for a couple years, and looked perfectly fine to me.

[voice]

[mikanthief]

Well, then. It's reassuring to know I won't lose my face in a random experiment, then.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

The experiments never seem to be permanent, anyway. I think you're fine.

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[mikanthief]

Ah, but what if there's an experiment that burns the village down?

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[hiken_ace]

... I don't think one would ever be that extreme.

[voice]

[mikanthief]

You'd be surprised. They had a plague experiment once.

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[hiken_ace]

[His voice becomes more stern.] I didn't think they would be that huge of an ass.

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[mikanthief]

First rule of Luceti. [Don't talk about Luceti Her light mood is vanishing.] The Malnosso are always committed to find new lows.

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[hiken_ace]

[A sarcastic laugh.] You'd think I'd have learned that by now.

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[mikanthief]

Well, how long have you been here for?

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

About... five months, I think?

[voice]

[mikanthief]

Mm. Some of the experiments are really ridiculous in nature, but yeah...they pull no punches when it comes to some of the darker ones.

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[hiken_ace]

Wonderful to know. [Sarcasm.] Love being run by a bunch of psychos.

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[mikanthief]

Everyone does. [She frowns a little. This isn't quite the easygoing Ace she remembers from Alabasta, and ...nope. Doesn't know him well enough to ask.]

Place has got its good points, though.

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[hiken_ace]

[Here he perks up.] I definitely can't deny that.