( taking what they want, abusing their possessions, always wanting more. it's not like nami ever had the word no in her vocabulary when it applied to arlong, because a no would've seen more suffering inflicted on coco village, on nojiko. higher taxes, another raid, more dead mothers. something worse than whatever he was threatening to do to her. besides, she was just a kid β she had willingly gone to arlong, and figured the worst he could do was already done. nojiko had to scrub their mom's blood and brains out of her hair, because the red blended in too much for nami to spot. their very last interaction as sisters, until recent times.
she also wouldn't have changed anything. not now, or ever. the price of coco village was everything she had:Β now, in hindsight, a whole lot of nothing. why she ever believed arlong would keep his word is beyond her now β willful childish ignorance, the last glimmering drop of hope in an otherwise empty pot, or the belief arlong actually cared about her, the way she believed he did, sometimes. pirates very famously don't love to give up their things. )
i'll make it pretty on you, too. i have a whole book with pictures when i practice i can only do it on my legs though. this'll be a big help wanna meet up at mine? roommate's gone
cw: implied csa
( taking what they want, abusing their possessions, always wanting more. it's not like nami ever had the word no in her vocabulary when it applied to arlong, because a no would've seen more suffering inflicted on coco village, on nojiko. higher taxes, another raid, more dead mothers. something worse than whatever he was threatening to do to her. besides, she was just a kid β she had willingly gone to arlong, and figured the worst he could do was already done. nojiko had to scrub their mom's blood and brains out of her hair, because the red blended in too much for nami to spot. their very last interaction as sisters, until recent times.
she also wouldn't have changed anything. not now, or ever. the price of coco village was everything she had:Β now, in hindsight, a whole lot of nothing. why she ever believed arlong would keep his word is beyond her now β willful childish ignorance, the last glimmering drop of hope in an otherwise empty pot, or the belief arlong actually cared about her, the way she believed he did, sometimes. pirates very famously don't love to give up their things. )
i'll make it pretty on you, too. i have a whole book with pictures
when i practice i can only do it on my legs though. this'll be a big help
wanna meet up at mine? roommate's gone