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The birthday celebration had been a triumph, the product of Ace's frenzied, weeks-long preparation. But the mood shattered the moment they stepped into his cabin. Instead of the gift he'd promised, a single, stark article of forgotten clothing lay accusingly on the rumpled bed. A heartbeat later, the door flew open and the Fire Fist pirate was gone, vanished into the ship's labyrinthine passageways. The pursuit led upwards, through rigging and past sails, to the lonely crow's nest. There, braced against the sea wind, the tan-skinned pirate hunched. His hat was pulled down so low it shadowed his face, but nothing could hide the deep, burning crimson of his ears or the tremor in his silhouette as he prayed, hopelessly, that you would never track him here.