Hi! It's Jello. This is from a prompt challenge by bleachfan170. The prompt is as follows:
"The crew has gone completely broke, mostly thanks to Luffy. The crew must find a way to earn money before their rations run out. Can be a one-shot or multi-chapter story."
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"YOU WHAT?"
Usopp cringed as Chopper ran and hid behind Zoro. Nami's voice carried through the whole ship.
"I'VE BEEN SAVING UP THAT BELI FOR 3 MONTHS! YOU JUST SPENT IT IN 3 MINUTES!"
Luffy had seen some things that he had to have at the last island. His problem was that he didn't have enough money. He had snuck back to the ship at some point, and, though no-one was quite sure how he had done it, Luffy had managed to raid Nami's stock of money. The problem wasn't necessarily that he had done that, but the fact that Nami's money was everyone's money. Therefore, coupling that with the fact that everyone else had spent their allotted amount, that meant that they were now broke. Nami rubbed her forehead to try and alleviate the oncoming headache. The next island was several weeks away, and they didn't have enough rations for the trip. Sanji had counted on the 'food allowance' that Nami usually gave him for food, and so he hadn't bought any ingredients with his money. This left them with only one option. She turned to her crew-mates, who, with the exception of Zoro, were instantly at attention.
"Everyone..."
She sighed. This wasn't going to be easy.
"We are going to have to go get jobs."
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The navigator looked through the newspaper and sighed. None of the jobs seemed very interesting. She had circled the highest paying ones that they might actually be able to get. She rubbed her forehead. Her headache had not diminished. She vaguely considered going to see Chopper. The only good thing about this mess was that the local Marine base was very small, and not very up-to-date on bounties, so they would go unnoticed. She decided that she would try to find one person a job at a time, starting with Luffy. This wasn't going to be easy, though, having to find someone like Luffy a real job, much less Franky or Brook. That boy has the attention span of a cricket. She thought to herself. Looking through her list of jobs, she found one that he might not get kicked out of right away. She wrote "Luffy" next to it as a reminder. She followed suit with the other members of the crew, including herself. Tomorrow morning, Luffy would wish he had never touched her money.
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Early the next morning, everyone was given a very early wake-up call by a still-irate navigator. "COME ON!" She yelled.
Her sleepy crew-mates dragged themselves out of bed and into the galley where Sanji began preparing breakfast. Nami handed each of them a folded slip of paper as they walked in. "This paper tells you where you have to go after breakfast and what you will be doing for the next week." She informed them. "You WILL do these jobs, because otherwise, we won't make enough money to get supplies at the next island." Her face darkened. "And I WILL know if you don't do your job."
Luffy opened his paper and looked at the job. His face lit up. His job didn't look so bad.
Zoro cursed under his breath and looked at Nami suspiciously.
Usopp and Chopper looked at each other and cheered. They had the same job.
Sanji let out a cheer despite himself. His job would be a piece of cake.
Robin smiled slightly. Nami knew what she would want to do.
Franky frowned. His job was not SUPA.
Brook laughed and yelled "SKULL JOKE!"
Nami clenched her own paper tightly. This was something she hoped would never happen again.
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Later that day, the papers laid scattered on the floor and the table. Everyone was out doing their new jobs.
Luffy was working in a local zoo as an assistant handler.
Zoro was now a janitor for the local Marine base.
Usopp and Chopper were working at a carnival.
Sanji was at a local restaurant, cooking.
Robin was a librarian's assistant.
Franky's job was as a cashier at a nearby store.
Brook was in a haunted house at the previously mentioned carnival.
Nami took on the job of being a maid at a hotel.
This was going to be an interesting week.
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A/N:
Something new here. I'm taking a break from "Blind" to write a more upbeat, somewhat ridiculous story. I will have one person's POV in each of the following chapters. In general, I'll follow the list above, but if enough people want a particular person's story I'll move it ahead. Don't worry, fans of "Blind", I will still be working on that. Also, if you have any suggestions for a different job for any of them, I'd love to hear it! If I haven't written their story yet, I might change their job...
~Jello