49 [Audio; Japanese]

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[Bzzt. Bzzzzt. BZZZZZZZZZZT.]

--PIECE OF CRAP!

Tch!

[A pause. Heavy breathing - Zoro sounds angry.]

I don't see why the hell it does that when we're using it for other things. Shitty thing!

[And then there's a slight wooshing sound and a crash before it times out. Zoro threw the communicator out of frustration. And now it's stuck in a piece of

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[Comment Log] Cause we haven't in a while and I live across the hall.

[dontcallmegol]

So the communicator doubles as a throwing star, who knew?

{This is Ace, leaning against the door frame, arms crossed over his chest as he eyes the device sticking out of the drywall.}

Pirate Zoro. Not a Ninja. {Just a shake of his head as he lets himself in and kicks back on your couch.}

[Comment Log] Which is a very good reason!

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[Usually, he'd have caught someone just... being there. But getting so caught up in his frustration at the communicator, he didn't. So Ace being there kind of startles him. He turns around with a surprised look.]

Oi! Don't just sneak up on people like that, you shitty bastard!

[Comment Log] I missed you bb ;^;

[dontcallmegol]

{Poor Zoro, not being accustomed to Ace's creeper ways. You'll get used to it eventually. Maybe. Though, he does get a small kick out of seeing you near jump out of your skin, he'll just never admit that. Tough, strong, stone sentinel of a kenshi that you are. Just means he's still got it.

And have a defensive raise of his hands, no, that's not an amused grin plastered on his face.}

Hey, sorry, it wasn't my intention I swear. {Pffft not.}

[Comment Log] I missed you too ;A;

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[He crosses his arms. Zoro's clearly still pretty frustrated about everything, so now he's just going to stare Ace down.]

Sure it wasn't.

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[dontcallmegol]

{Ah-hah, whoops. Well, amusing as it was, this wasn't really his intention at all. He certainly didn't want to bring the swordsman's ire down upon him. They, never really fixed things did they? He was still under some suspicion, or so he thought. Definitely not a good way to help his case.}

Well, I mean, I was going to at least say Hi.

{He dropped his hands to his lap, clearing his throat.} I uh, just have really bad timing I guess. Didn't know your comm would decide to piss you off the moment I wanted to pay you a visit.

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[Goddamn Ace, why the hell do you have to be right about stuff like that? He let out a sigh - reminded that his communicator was still in the fresh hole in the wall.]

Great timing then.

[After a second, he turned his back, facing away from Ace to focus his attention on getting his communicator back.]

What a pain.

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[dontcallmegol]

{Brotherly insight, comes with the territory. Yeah he was eying that hole in the wall too. Franky'd be happy, I'm sure.

There was a small wince at that comment though.}

Sorry. I uh... I can go, if you prefer? I don't want to impose.

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It's fine.

[He wasn't angry at Ace. Hell, he really didn't mind that the other pirate was even there. Really, he was frustrated with the communicator. And getting it out of the wall.]

Dammit.

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[dontcallmegol]

{Don't mind him Zoro, he'd just kick back and watch you curiously. Honestly he was trying to think if there was a way he could help without getting in the way, or if there was something else they could do to retrieve the thing from the wall. Even if he was doing so in an eery silence.}

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[Well, this is him trying to pull it out of the wall. But his frustration is getting the better of him, so it's failing. He's about to take a sword out and cut it out of the wall.]

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[dontcallmegol]

{His eyes widen slightly as he watches the swordsman's hand grip a hilt. He can practically feel the frustration radiating off of you from across the room Zoro. He gets to his feet and wanders over, putting a gentle hand on his wrist to stop the man from drawing. He gives a reassuring smile.}

No need to dull your blade over this. {Sure the wall didn't seem like it could put up much of a fight if he did use his sword. But hell, it wouldn't hurt to let Ace give it a go right? Maybe those three inches of height he had on the marimo would make a difference.

He shifted away from the man to peer into the hole then glanced back at the other. } Mind if I try?

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[Zoro paused, looking over Ace when he said that. An eyebrow quirked at the statement. What the hell else was he supposed to do when this shit was totally stuck in the wall? He was annoyed. More so than he probably should have been, but shit. Discedo was frustrating enough without the communicators being an epic hindrance all the time.

So when the other pirate had made an offer to give it a go, his shoulders slumped slightly. It could have been taken as some sort of hit to his pride in other circumstances, but he couldn't be bothered to interpret it that way. Even the swordsman himself knew that he was letting his anger cloud his judgment.

His hand slipped away from the sword's hilt, dropping to his side as those slumped shoulders gave way to a shrug. His eyes drooped closed and he let out a sigh.] Go for it.

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{He grinned and nodded, turning to face the hole and rolled up a sleeve. He then stuck his arm in and reached down, feeling around blindly. He leaned in as far as he could, getting his shoulder through and pressing his other palm to the wall for support.

It was then that something brushed just above his elbow and he realized the damn thing wasn't as far in the wall as they originally thought. The funny angle it was stuck it made it easy to miss if you were blindly groping as both of them had been.

He drew back, tilted his head to peer in and caught a small spot of light over the screen. He carefully got his palm under it, gave a good yank to dislodge it and dragged the thing out of the wall with a triumphant smile.}

There ya go.

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[As their positions seemed to switch, Zoro took his step back, leaning on the adjacent wall in the meantime. His arms folded over his chest, his eyes watchful of the other pirate's actions in the meanwhile. They followed the motions he made as Ace's hand searched for the small device.

When he finally pulled it out, his eyebrow quirked - both in surprise at the other's ability to grab it, and at his own sheepishness in NOT being able to do the same.

A sound escaped his lips, something between a grunt and a chuckle as he pushed himself off the wall. His tone when he spoke was nothing short of difficult to read; Annoyed, appreciative. Embarrassed. It could have been any or all of the above, but he wasn't about to give any indication as to which it really was.]

Tch. Thanks.

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[dontcallmegol]

Don't mention it.

{He thought to give the man a brotherly ruffle of that short green hair, but he wasn't so sure he'd have a hand afterword. So, not wanting to push his luck, he'd just settle for the manly clap on his shoulder. The comm was back where it belonged, crisis averted. He'd make himself scarce so Zoro could get back to responding to people or what have you. He didn't want to pry into his business and all. So he made his way for the door.}

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[Zoro really had nothing to say after that. The clap on the shoulder telling enough; Letting out a chuckle and a slight nod, he looked down at the communicator. By this point, it was already pretty bustling with people's reactions to the transmission - a real pain in the ass, but it was something he was going to have to deal with now. In all honestly, he didn't care if Ace stuck around. He was around a good chunk of the time anyway, but just as the other pirate had done for him, he had little intent of prying... Letting him go about as he felt he needed to was his prerogative, after all.]