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[Marco's voice starts off cheerfully enough.]

Hey everyone, I think I found the place where the cave-in for the train-thing is. The currents here are pretty weird so if we can get ... some ... strong swimmers then...

[He starts trailing off, obviously seeing something.] Pops...? [His voice is quiet, barely audible. It's not possible, he knows it's not, he watched the man die. So it's just like Luffy's food and an illusion. Has to be. But then it gets stronger.] POPS!! [He starts running, sandals hitting the wood of the deck.] Pops... [This time he just sounds anguished. And then suddenly there's a splash. Uh where did Marco go?]

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[This is slipping into the lake along with a certain bluebird idiot. Poor Ace.]

{Yeah thanks bro, not only can't he do anything to save you he's now seeing what you went in after.

He feels sick.

He staggers back, completely useless to do anything because of his powers and well... shock. Some powerful pirate huh? He's stumbling over himself and crashing back onto the deck trying not to puke his guts out. He barely notices Japan diving in after Marco.}

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[Luckily, the corpse is still slipping away and will soon be out of sight, though probably not out of mind.]

{He's just going to scoot back to sit against the mast, hugging his knees and peering over his arms hoping to god they can save Marco. All the while he's trying to remove that image from his head. Speaking of... was... was half of pops' missing? That...what the hell happened!?}

[After getting pulled out by Japan goes running for Ace and wraps him up in a tight winged hug, fighting down all his own tears.]

O...oi... Ace... It's not... it's not... [JUST HUGS MORE.]

H-how... {Swallowing back his emotions, he's too shocked to cry just yet. He's leaning into the hug and clinging to Marco.}

What happened to him? Di--Did teach--??

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[Gulps and holds his arms tightly around Ace and leans right back.]

The prisoners he broke out of Impel Down. You know how they all hate Pops. Half of their crews we destroyed and the rest are jealous...

Pops died standing.

{Swallowing raggedly, desperately trying to clear his throat of how tight it's getting. He feels like he's going to suffocate. Teach, that damn bastard.}

But... his head-- {He bites it back and bows his own, hearing that he died standing... at least he had his honor and dignity in tact in the end.}

Wh-when? {He could guess when but he had to know.}

Ah... [Shivers slightly and swallows his own rage. He promised to tell Ace the truth...]

Akainu. After you died... Pops... The only time I've seen him that upset is when he got that reputation he has. Akainu took off half his face before he seemed down for the count and then Teach came to laugh at us for failing.

Akainu. {That tone was a dangerous one. But in the end his own hatred for that man was not enough to hold back the swelling emotions anymore. He broke before he could really fight it off. It started as a soft, pathetic gasp of air before he dropped his head into his arms and curled in tightly around himself so no one would see.

Fuck. FUCKFUCKFUCK. It was his fault. Pops was avenging him. Dammit. He couldn't let everyone on board see him like this but... he couldn't stop. He just couldn't stop. Hadn't he cried enough? Hadn't he blamed himself enough? Why was this happening? The emotions were just pouring out of him out of his control.}

Ace... [Heartbroken phoenix hug.] Ace... He was proud of the way he went. It's not your fault, okay? [Oh god now Marco's crying.]

{Clapping a hand over his face and trying to force the tears to stop. This HAD to stop.}

He...shit. {Trying to get ahold of himself to be able to even talk.}

So he... he fought to defend us to the bitter end-- It's too much. That bastard Teach... AND Akainu.

[Just hugs and can't talk, silently crying still. Finally after a long long pause.]

H-he was getting old. Said the new Era wasn't for him...

{He gets it out of his system, hearing and seeing Marco ball just makes him cry more. F-fff but eventually he quiets down and wipes his face profusely.}

That's bullshit... {He refuses to believe that.}

[Laughs softly and somehow still bawls more on Ace.] I know, but you ever try to stop Pops from doing something he was determined to? As bad as you mate. [Switches to phoenix to hug him more.]

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