#nele threads

♜ ─ The young tactician and bow user smiled at the strawhat pirate. “Yes. No matter how much something hurts it shows us that we are not soulless and that we live.” her red eyes were hidden from sight as she closed them but the smile did not disappear from her lips. 

padraigthedemon “A-Are ya sure? Maybe ya could t-try another dare.” He suggested not wanting her to hurt herself.

  ♜ “Why wouldn’t I be sure? It may not be easy but it’s not impossible.”

shrapnelsong

♜ It had been a surprise that's for sure but not an unpleasant one. Rather Nele was glad to meet the girl that had helped Aki two years ago when he had decided to buy them some time so that everyone could get to the ship. Of course she had felt guilty for leaving her brother behind like that but when he behaved like that no one could talk him out of it.

When he came back eventually they had expected him to be injured with so many enemies around but they hadn't expected for him to already be patched up by someone now he was repaying the debt for the girl. He also introduced her to all of them and Nele was the one who was showing Alice around the library. They had a lot of books and still got even more new one's. Nele wasn't the only one enjoying and bringing new books to their little book section after all but she was probably the one who enjoyed and stayed most of the time in this part of the ship.

Rosa:

lyricalrosa

[ ♫ ] — Rosa had always wanted to make friends, however having been instructed not to speak to strangers and not going out much, she really didn’t make any at all. However, noticing the brunette of about her age she couldn’t help but walk closer, though the other seemed too into a book she was reading so the blonde was too shy and nervous to interrupt her.

    Instead, she’d silently plop down by her side and attempt to get a few glances at the book so she could read with her, while not disturbing her. She just hoped the other was reading a cute fairy-tale since those were her favorite kind, besides her music learning books.

♜ Nele had immediately spoken up that she wanted to go with her mother to the island because she wanted to have new books. After getting the things she wanted she promised the green haired female that she would wait patiently here whilst her mum took care of the other things they needed.

She saw someone approach at the corner of her red eyes but she stayed silent continuing to read her book. Soon though she noticed that the someone who had approached her had not only sat beside her but was reading her book as well. Finally she looked towards the other kid who turned out to be a kid her age.

pxrtinglass

♜ She had been scanning the area and decided to volunteer to get some supplies. Or rather find the shops that were going to sell stuff to pirates. Surprisingly there were some and her being not that wanted seemed to do the trick. The brunette did notice some marines hence why she ended up in this bar eventually.

A soft sigh left Nele's lips as she looked around. It wasn't that full or stank of drunkyards that much like normal taverns did. Of course there were some exceptions. She walked up to the corner and sat beside an old man with a cloak who looked oddly familiar. Nele had the feeling that she had seen him somewhere even though she was sure that she didn't know him. 

douceshistoires

♞ It really was something none of the Whitebeard pirates had expected to happen. Sweet non-violent Nele who always tried to avoid fights had started one because the people were badmouthing not only their crew but Ace, Ann and her kids. Because of that they were running to the ship and as they reached it they were all out of breath. Aki looked at his sister with a disaproving gaze but she ignored him. A sigh left the white haired male's lips.

"We should go to the nurses office." they were both the most wounded because those towns people and later the marines had focused on the both of them. Nele was the one who was bleeding on her right arm. A deep slash wound from a sword and a few scratches on her cheek. Their clothes were ragged as well.

Honestly Aki was just glad that Luca and Mia hadn't been with them. It would have been a even bigger chaos than it just happened.

♜ Nele had other worries as they walked in silence to the nurses office she ignored her little brother as she thought back on the words those men had said. That they.. were glad that Ann and Ace were dead. That they were devils children and so were Ann's kids. 

Nele had never been one to act on impulse but that one time.. she had just snapped and slapped the first man who had laughed gleefully and boasted that he would go out to sea one day to kill those demon brats as he had called them.

As they finally reached the office both of them sat down and were scolded by the nurses and their ship doctors. The brunette looked down in shame and she also felt slightly guilty.. but she was not sorry. Those guys had deserved the beating they had given them.

✗ The words about the little brawl that Nele had started spread around the ship pretty quickly and Luca was the first one to arrive at the nurses office followed by Mia and Ann's children. The zoan fruit user demanded to see his siblings but the nurses denied their request. "They need to rest a bit. Besides the doc is stil scolding them for their reckless behavior."

Luca bit his teeth together but complied. If he went in there he would make their doctor only more furious.

♪ And so they waited patiently to be let in. Eventually they did and this time it was Mia who pushed herself through - her devil fruit powers helped a bit with it. "Aki, Nele!" she rushed towards her two friends and saw how both of them had a lot of band aids around their body and some in their faces. "What the hell happened! How could you guys be so reckles!?!"

The young boy with freckles all around his cheeks raised his dark eyes from the ocean before him to look at the girl.

The sudden question surprised and confused him a bit, why would she ask such a thung? Everyone knew when people died, Nele too. He guessed it was another philosophical one, since his aunt, best friend and crush had always been so clever.

However, he was no sure what she wanted him to reply.

Something smart probably, but unlike his two youngest siblings, he had never really been intelligent. Nicole would certainly had find something brilliant to say, while Sora would have answered something poetic. Oh he was not stupid either, just an average child.

And at the moment, his brain was more preoccupied by something else. Likeprotecting his sister and brother from the world now that Ann was no longer there to do it. Or mourning the death of his mother and grandfather for example.

Maybe the reply would help him?

Eddie’s onyx shifted to the beautiful cloudless sky, then closed when the bright sun started making them watering.

                                             When do people die? 

He pondered the question during long minutes.

  - -  Apparently when someone hits you in the chest with a lava punch, you die.

That was what his only thought at first, but he could not reply that. It would be too cruel. So he glanced at the girl again and shrugged.

     |☀| —- “Dunno… When their heart stop beating?”

♜She had been pretty much silent after they had reunited with their nakama. After the funeral she hadn't even talked one bit. Not with her siblings and with no one of the crew. Most of her friends and family tried to coax her into talking. But it didn't seem to work. Nele had regressed to the silent girl who she had been before she bonded with her Nakama.

She walked around only at night so she wouldn't meet much of the crew. Nele's keen red eyes noticed Eddie in the darkness. The brunette thought about it and eventualyl decided to sit down beside him.

"When do you think people die?" it was the first time she had spoken in weeks. The first time she even started the conversation or sat down beside someone.

Still there was no emotion displayed in her eyes or in her voice. 

If he had replied with the first thought about the magma fist the girl would have probably started to cry. She had been there with her Nakama after all. She had witnessed it all.. and she did feel so unbelievable guilty.