[51] [Video; Japanese]

[paincuresall]

[Camera is set on Kureha's left side. She is sitting down on a couch reading the news paper. OP can recognize it from their world. She sets the paper down and pulls a small pile of papers. The doctor chuckles amusingly to one particular paper.]

These idiots fixed you good, didn't they blondie.

[And here Kureha holds up the

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[pilot_princess]

...is--is that really--?!

[pilot_princess]

[Works for Anemone. She smiles and just leans a bit closer, looking at Usopp's oddly.]

I guess I'll ask when he comes back... Hey, what about the rest of the paper?

[paincuresall]

Heh, just some news on what's happening a couple months later. More than a year here already... Sheesh.

[flipping, flipping through and--Oh! The headline!] Hmm... One section is talking about some execution. ...The idiots.

[pilot_princess]

An execution? [And she leans in closer. she wants to see!]

[paincuresall]

[Go right ahead, you get to see a picture of Ace]

[pilot_princess]

What?!

[Stare. No, that can't be Ace. Anemone leans in closer, practically climbing over Kureha to get a better look at the article.]

[paincuresall]

[Ouch. That's my ear. Lifting up the paper a bit as you squeeze through.]

Girl I'm right here!

[pilot_princess]

B-but... it's... [She doesn't mean to climb on you, but... Ace... and he--executed--

Brain status: broken.

She finally moves back and just stares at the ground.]

[paincuresall]

.... [Yeah, just watching you sink....]

It hasn't happened yet, or even if it's about to happen. Why do you think they all have bounties on their heads for? You think a pirate life is a simple boat ride?

[damnit, she needs a drink.]

[pilot_princess]

N-no... but... I didn't think they'd actually... get caught.

[She sighs. Death, always death for someone, somewhere... she had once taken lives and probably wouldn't have cared... but this...

Leaning against the back of the couch, she sighs loudly, looking up.]

I'll ask him about it.