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Things That Inevitably Happen When the Straw Hats Hit and Island
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One.
Nami goes shopping.
As ship's treasurer as well as navigator, Nami keeps track of the crew's finances. This included dishing out money to the various crew members (Sanji for new knives, Usopp for strange tools) at varying rates in interest.
One might think it strange that a crew that did not actively search out treasure or pillage villages would have enough money to keep their boat afloat.
That was also apart of Nami's job, though more of an understood responsibility than anything else.
Years of thieving under Arlong taught the girl all the best avenues to acquire money, and when no other pirate hip was around to be stolen from, she had other options.
Ace may have his dine and dash, but Nami had long ago perfected the art of leaving the groom at the alter while she sailed away with his fortune. Still, there were some scams that went easier with some help. For a decrease in their debt, her crew members were more than willing.
Usopp was a natural, backing up her story as an innocent bystander, or, on a few memorable occasions, as a marine eager too overlook the target's appeared crime for a substantial bribe.
She didn't include Chopper in her schemes, until the reindeer had shyly asked if he could play dress up too. Nami smiled, and immediately set him to play dead near someone's cart, as she wept about the evil men who murdered her poor rare and expensive pet deer.
Nami once asked Robin if she wanted to help, but the assassin just smiled sweetly and deposited several million beri taken from wallets and pockets into the thief's lap. The navigator blinked, and never asked her again.
The reason Zoro was still so in debt was because the one time Nami had tried the 'Oh dear my purse has been stolen please take pity on me and give me money!' act, the stupid swordsman had run half a length down the ally, before turning around and asking if he could go back to the ship now. She never took him on her fund gathering excursions again.
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