LW: Well here we are, a new year and a new arc. Enjoy
Rubber King and Mirror Master - Welcome to Water 7
"Everybody move it. Full reverse we need to get the Merry out of the way!" Nami shrieks over the noise
"That can't be what I think it is, can it?" Kaya asks worryingly
"Well, it sure looks and sounds like a train, as weird as that statement may be" Valentina answers, as the whistling gets louder, the combined efforts of the crew managing to get out of danger just as the train rushes past.
"Yep, definetly a train, now how the fuck is there a train going along the water?" Zoro ask/yells
"Well, the thing we got snagged on/stopped by might have been the track, or whatever the equivalent for this sea train is" Kaos suggests, his breathing returning to normal levels
"Granny we've got pirates!" the crew turn to see a girl with pigtails that stick up to form a Y on her head shouting from the lighthouse, though not in a fearful way, which was odd as usually people seem to run in fear or not give a shit.
"Give me a mo kiddo, well it seems you're right, get me the Den Den from out back" the old woman slurs before falling over
"What do we do? If they call the marines we're screwed" Vivi asks
"Well, I don't want to hurt old ladies or children, so we could just steal the snail from them" Kaos offers
"Hello? Who's this? Wrong number bye"
"Well she's drunk off her ass!" Zoro grumbles, while Usopp collapses in relief beside him.
"Well, good luck captain, and Vivi this is what we pay you for" Valentina chirps, lightly shoving the bluenette towards the side of the ship, accompanying Luffy and Nami
"Hello strangers" the old lady waves
"Granny, those are the pirates I told you about" the little girl whines "Hello, my name's Chimney" she greets "this is my kitty Gombe and Granny Kokoro" she introduces the clearly a rabbit and old drunkard after.
"Um, hello. You're a lot more relaxed than I though you would be" Vivi notes, especially given their first meeting involved screaming
"Na ga ga, you kids wouldn't happen to be train robbers would you?" Kokoro asks, getting a shake of the head from the 3 "Good"
"I'm Luffy, and I'm going to be king of the pirates" the rubber boy elaborates
"Really?" Chimney says with starry eyes
"I like you kid, you're nuts" Kokoro laughs
"Chimney, that was a steam boat right? Because what it looked like seems pretty impossible" Nami asks, chuckling nervously to herself
"Well if you thought it was a steam train then you're right. This is the one and only Sea Train: the Puffing Tom, transporting passengers from island to island everyday thanks to the tracks hidden just below the surface" Chimey explains, munching on a cookie "Plus it carries goods and messages as well, you want it the Puffing Tom can get it to you, or at least your island"
"Wow, weird" Luffy thinks aloud, looking down at the tracks
"This is incredible, how is it possible?" Vivi asks, getting in just ahead of the navigator and the curious sniper who'd popped down to check out the sea train tracks
Chimney shrugs "I don't know how they figured it out, it was done back in Granny's time, but the tracks keep the train on target, while the engine runs the paddles on the train's wheels making it rush through the water like it was air"
"Very impressive" Victor whistles, liking the ingenuity of an engineering marvel like this
"So where are you young things going? The next train isn't till tomorrow though, sorry loves" Kokoro asks, her drunken tone and permanent grin hiding the sympathetic message she was trying to impart.
Nami waves her off "It's fine, we don't need the train when we have a ship and a log pose" she replies, pointing to her wrist
"Oh, and where is it pointing?" Kokoro asks curiously
"That way" Nami answers, pointing straight ahead and a little to the left of the station they were at
Kokoro nods, still smiling "Ah, then you're heading to Water 7, also known as the City of Water. Nice place, you'll like it there"
"Water 7, sounds delightful" Vivi smiles sweetly
"It is. Real good shipyards there it's their claim to fame, though technically their claim to infamy is/was the Oro Jackson" Kokoro slurs, missing the spitake from the researcher, though given she wrung her hat out over Usopp Artemis clearly didn't.
"Really, then they must have some great shipwrights too" Luffy cheers "Guy's I know what we're going to do today. Head to Water 7 and get us a shipwright to fix the Merry"
"In that case, hold on a tic" Kokoro says before waddling back into the house
"Wonder what that was about" Alvida thinks aloud, getting shrugs from anyone who heard her
"Here you go dearies, a map of the city, and a reference letter, give it to a man named Iceburg and he'll fix your ship up good I promise"
"Thanks weird old lady" Luffy says with a grin, causing the yellow haired woman to cackle
"We'll be heading that way soon so I hope to see you there so I can show you my favourite drinking holes" Kokoro grins as the crew prepared to head off "It'll take a week for the log to lock on to the next island so I know you'll still be there. Good luck"
"See you then Koko, Chinmey" Luffy waves as Valentina gets them moving again
A little while later
"Leave finding the shipwright to me, I'll find the hottest girl in town" Sanji declares, swooning already
"What do I care about how hot she is, I want a big manly man, 16ft tall and built like a bear!" Luffy argues
"A person that size wouldn't fit on the ship moron, plus think of how much food they'd need" Usopp vetos
"Idiots" Zoro sighs "What they look like doesn't matter, the problem will be finding someone mad enough to join a crew of pirates" he adds
Kaos shrugs "I don't know, we got a good few people to join willingly, and those that didn't, well Luffy is the more stubborn bullheaded person most of us have ever met, he won't take no for an answer"
"He's not wrong" Vivi and Alvida agree, Chopper and Carue chuckle to themselves as Luffy shoots his girls a look of betrayal and flops onto the deck sadly
"I agree with Zoro, the appearance don't mean anything, all we need is a good shipwright" Victor pipes in, adding to the main conversation
"Keeping the kids in line down there girls?" Robin calls from her position between Nami and Valentina
"About as well as usual" Vivi replies, letting herself be pulled into Luffy's lap and hugged
About half an hour later
"I think we've arrived" Kaya calls happily
"Wow, it's so cool" Luffy cheers
"I can see why it's called thw City of Water, they have rivers for streets, basically" Nami notes, until Robin corrects her
"Given they're most likely artificial, they're canals" she says, still smiling
Lucky for the straw hats they managed to prevent another Dead Race incident by being directed to the canal equivalent of back alleys and going into Water 7 that way, avoiding any potential marine prescience.
"I like this place, there was a lot of work put into the construction of all these buildings" Victor notes with a grin, then pointing how to Chopper how the buildings were high and dry despite the initial appearance.
"It's so cool, like all the houses are built on stilts, or maybe bridges with all the arches" he cheers, awed by the designs
Once more they were oddly helpfully directed elsewhere to dock their ship, probably so they'd keep out of trouble and the city would remain intact. All was good as it weighted achor… less when the sails were raised
Creeeeek. Snap!
"Shit" Zoro curses, himself and Alvida catching the once more broken mast
"Are you trying to break the ship idiot!" Usopp yells, about to slap the swordsman until Kaya restrained him
"No, I didn't do anything that I don't normally do. Damn the Merry is falling apart, how the Hell did we make it this far into the Grand Line in the first place?"
"Sheer dumb fucking luck" Kaos answers, himself and Victor moving to help centre and secure the mast once more.
"Hey, did anyone find it weird nobody cared that we're pirates?" Nami asks
"They're shipwrights, anyone with a ship is a potential customer, therefore as long as we don't cause trouble they don't give a shit" Valentina guesses, getting nods of agreement from a few of the others
"Possibly, or the security they have is good enough some minor league pirates like us won't be much of an issue for them to deal with, so they have no reason to worry" Robin adds, giving her own idea to the blaze reactions they'd been getting.
"Ok, before everyone goes crazy we need to remember why we're here. Find Iceburg and give him Kokoro's reference letter so he can work on the Merry, then we find somewhere to cash in all the gold we got for Berri. Now obviously half the crew can't do the 2nd mission, as you have bounties on your heads, so Usopp, Vivi and I shall do that. The rest of you can help unload the gold, then I guess do whatever, see the sights, stock up on supplies, anything, as long as somebody stays behind to guard the ship" Nami explains the plan, the large crew making short work getting the gold into a sack and off the ship, Luffy deciding to make it his job to mind the treasure, slightly altering Nami's plan, but given Luffy wasn't listening in the first place she decided to allow it, plus it meant she didn't have to carry all their gold.
"Rental Bullpen. Any idea what that is?" Usopp asks as he reads the plaque over the city entrance
"Well, Bull's are animals, usually beasts of burden, or just really stocky animals like bulldogs. Other than that, no idea" Vivi guesses
"Guess we'll just have to go find out" Luffy shugs, following the 3 in front of him into the city
As it turned out 'bulls' were plesiosaur looking animals with horse like faces, their head/necks sticking out of the water and when a boat is attached to their back like a saddle made for simple transportation in the mostly aquatic Water 7. 2 boats were provided, Nami and Usopp in one, while Vivi and Luffy (the sack on his lap) in the other. The renter also gave them a map and directions, both for somewhere to trade the gold for berri, but also a shipyard, hopefully Iceburg's, at least that was the thoughts of the 4 pirates.
"Wow, this place is incredible" Nami gasps as they ride through the canals, forcing herself to keep one eye on the map so they didn't get lost
Vivi nods "Yes it is. Too bad we didn't get Alvida to come with us"
"Don't worry about it, we'll find a yagara fit for 3 and go sightseeing later, how does that sound?" Luffy asks, turning to see the bluenette smile and kiss his cheek
"Lovely Luffy, almost romantically so" she says with a wink, causing both to laugh
"Who's the one with the sweet Devil fruit again, the cavities I'm getting seem to be affecting my memory" Nami deadpans, ignoring some random guy flirting with her, and lucky she did as his wife pulled him back in a minute later and apologised
"This place is really weird, even ignoring that as Nami and Robin seem to get flirted at everywhere, these people are so friendly, it's actually a little unerving" Usopp thinks aloud, the sniper clearly feeling a little paranoid in their current condition
"Relax Usopp we're stuck here for a week, try to relax, maybe you and Kaya can take a Yagura to the other side of town, do a little shopping for herbs or weapon maintenance supplies" Luffy suggests with a shrug
Of course the long nose's worry was at least in his and Nami's eyes warranted when the bulls decided to take a different canal than the one she wanted and their equivalent of a gentle stroll turned into a high octane roller coaster, Luffy cheering as they went up and then a rather sharp down, Vivi, once secured by one of Luffy's arms, giggled at his antics, while Nami and Ussop swore and screamed, especially the jump which even had the bluenette cling to Luffy's shirt before they landed with a splash
"Never do that aga...wait a minute" Nami begins to yell, but stops when she sees a sign "This is the shopping district, this is exactly where we were trying to go. You took us on a shortcut, didn't you?" she asks the yagura, who nods and whinnies, louder when she rubs his mane/fin and coos at it.
"Ok, we need a plan…." Usopp begins, right until Luffy speeds past "Hey where are you guys going?"
"I don't know ask my ride" Luffy calls back with a shrug. Luckily it was just hungry, so returned a few minutes later with an arm full of water-water meat, which was apparently rather good, not that Luffy was letting anyone but Vivi and their Yagura have any of the ones he bought
"Nami, Luffy's eating in front of us, make him share the local food" Usopp whines, though Nami didn't notice, too distracted by the odd masks some of the people were wearing, ornate but expressionless marvels, reminding her of pictures of a masquerade ball from a storybook.
Frowning she puts the weirdos to the back of her mind and gets back to work "Ok, so now all we need to do is go up the watergate elevator and we've finished this part of the job"
"The what now?" Luffy asks in confusion
"The tower thing, right in front of us" she responds, pointing straight ahead.
"Wow, they really do use water for everything" the navigator laughs as they take the elevator, which used the water like a lock (which makes sense when you remember most of the city is canals) to float the bulls and their passengers to the upper level.
10 minutes later
"So this is the greatest shipyard in Paradise. Everything's so huge!" Luffy shouts when they finally exit the elevator and catch a look at the upper region
Drawn to a crowd the 4 discovered just how big a deal it was to be a shipwright in this town, with the locals treating the Galley La company like celebrities, one reason being their ability to beat up any pirates who try to mess with them.
"I can't wait to meet these guys" Luffy gushes, nearly dropping the treasure on Usopp's foot
"Hold the boat Luffy, we still need to get the gold converted, then we can come back" Nami reminds him, getting a grumpy sigh before turning on his heels and following the person he recruited because she could read a map.
Meanwhile
"This place is so cool, and it's just the shopping district" Artemis gasps, grinning widely as she follows directly behind Robin, Chopper on the woman's right and Kaos essentially guarding their rears
"It's a good thing they have walkways as well as these canals" Chopper notes, then shivers as a masked person walks past him
"Yes, the amount of planning required for the construction of somewhere like this is incredible" Robin agrees, ignoring the flirting idiots staring at her cleavage, luckily Artemis strategically clinging to her, and a glare from Kaos got them moving, the artist having to switch parent a couple times when the rare local girl flirted with the reflect human
Chopper grimaces "This place is full of Sanji's and girl-Sanji's"
"I think the word you're looking for is Regu, and I'm glad we don't have one on the ship or I'd have lost something important a lot earlier on this journey" Kaos muses, chuckling to himself while Robin stiffles a giggle behind her hand
"Hey guys, what's that guy selling?" Chopper asks gesturing with his head to the stands on the other side of the canal "They look creepy"
"Don't worry Chopper it's just a mask shop. I've seen quite a few people walking around town with them on, I guess they buy them from him"
"You wear them, I thought they were those guys faces" Chopper laughs as they continue on
"There's a costume carnaval on most days a few islands over, so people take the sea train over to participate"
"How'd you know that Mama?" Artemis asks, eyeing the masks
"Everyone's talking about it, side effect of always being on the lookout for danger is you see and hear practically everything around you, even if it does sometimes cause a light touch of paranoia" Robin explains, then something catches her eye and smiles "Hey Chopper I found the bookstore"
"Really?" the reindeer's eyes sparkle, shooting over to where she points, Artemis chasing after him, "Can we go in Robin, please, please, please?" he begging, bouncing around like an excited child, the redhead not far behind in excitement.
"Seems like you've adopted another one" Kaos teases, then see's Robin freeze when one of the masked men brush past her "You ok?"
Robin blinks and quickly fakes an enthusiastic smile "Of course, everything's fine, just feeling a little peeky. I'll follow you in, in a minute" she assures him, the purplette looked unconvinced, but Chopper and Artemis' combined whining forced his hand, to Robin's relief
It seemed that a carnival city was the best place for Chopper, as everyone assumed he was wearing a really nice costume, rather than calling him some kind of freak.
Eventually worry entered the younger member's heads, as Robin still hadn't come in, all 3 of them worried something was wrong
Back on the Merry
Zoro was doing the one thing he seemed to love more than his swords, sleeping, on the Merry's deck, one of the few to remain on the ship, when a group of people snuck on board and interrupted it by trying to split his head open with a sword
"Pity, I was hoping we could kill you quickly in your sleep" the man taunts in response to Zoro's annoyed face
"Who the hell are you morons?" he asks
"You really don't know? Cause we know you Pirate Hunter. We're a colection of bounty hunters, known as the Franky Family. We'll be taking the 60 mill bounty for you, then wait in the cabin for the others to come back and deal with them" one of the goggle wearing dumbasses boasts, swinging his sword which Zoro blocks with practically no effort, then rather than cut him, just knocks him out with the hilt of another of his swords.
Seeing the man go flying the rest of the Family charge, Zoro looking bored as he held 2 blades towards them and countered
Nitoryu: Rhino Cyclone
Sending them all over Water 7
"The fuck is going on up here?" Alvida asks as he come out onto the deck, looking annoyed when she see's Zoro had his swords out "Did we just get attacked?"
"In the most basic sense of the word, yes. And here I thought we'd stop seeing incompetent bounty hunters when we got to the Grand Line" Zoro replies with a sigh, sheathing his weapons and sitting back down "They won't be back any time soon, so don't worry about it"
Meanwhile, in Upper Water 7
"Wow, VIP, think we'll get caught in an indoor pitfall again?" Luffy wonders aloud as they all sit in the rather fancy looking room, well until him and Usopp start bouncing on the cushions, Vivi looking nervous while Nami was still as a statue, not taking her eyes off the aprasier.
"You're oddly quiet, what, do you think the gold is fake or something?" the sniper asks after calming down
"No my boy far from it, this is some of the best quality gold I've seen in a long time, and I've been at this for over 20 years. I'd estimate the value at about 100,000,000 beri"
"100 million!" Luffy yells, before getting his mouth covered by Vivi and Usopp
"Quiet idiot, do you want people to know how much money we're lugging around?" the long nose hisses
"Usopp is right about one thing, it's probably best we leave the negotiation with the ship's treasurer rather than risk messing things up" Vivi adds, Luffy nodding as he understood both of their points, plus he was confused as to why Nami hadn't yelled at him yet either
"Well, I belive all we're going to need is your thumb print and signiture then we can get everything done nice and quickly" the moustachioed man says as he slides a document across the table, only for Nami to kick it away
'Ugh oh, Nami's mad' thought the 3 straw hats as their navigator began to speak
"3 things before we negociate.
This idiot here as a 100 million beri bounty
I don't belive your apracial to be accurate
If you lie to ME again, it'll be the last lie you ever tell."
The man swallows thickly "A-a-ah of course.
A little later
"300 million beri!" Usopp cheers, much like Nami practically cuddling their new found wealth
"Skypeia paid off, big time" she purrs, wide grin on her face
"Well, at least we now have all the funding we need, for whatever it takes to get us a vessel off this island" Vivi notes, as a royal the amount of money in front of her wasn't as brain melting as it was for the others, but it was still an impressive haul that she was proud to have been a part of
"Yeah, let's get this bagged up and head to… who are we looking for again?" Luffy asks, clearly Nami was in a good mood as she only lightly threw one of the stacks of berri at his face, rather than punch him
"Iceberg. That's the man Kokoro gave us a referal for, so he's the man we're going to ask to have fix the ship" she repeats
Later
"I'm not sure I'm comfortable with us carrying around all this money, shouldn't we head back to the Merry?" Usopp asks, Nami having loaded their 3 suitcases of money into her and Usopp's boat, leaving Luffy and Vivi a chance to be free of the burden for this leg of the journey
"It would be a waste of time to do that, especially when the shipyard is just over there. Besides, we'll be heading back to the Merry in no time, after all the shipwrights will have to come down to see how much damage has been done before we can agree on a price" Nami counters/explains, smiling brightly at the fact they were all rolling in it right now
"You're right, i guess I'm just a littler nervous, I've never even seen this much cash before in my life, never mind having it in my posession"
"Well don't worry Usopp, I trust you not to do anything monumentally stupid with our money, something I can't say about Luffy, even with Vivi supervising him. Hell if he used it on a ring I doubt she'd care"
Usopp nods "Yeah, you're probably right there, plus even if she is a pirate now, you'd assume a princess would like to be spoiled from time to time," he says, while hoping to be just out of earshot of the bluenette
When the 4 returned to the shipyard it was a lot quieter, which was perfect for a group carrying so much money with them, as well as meaning they won't have any trouble from the shipwright's fan club.
"Well, we're here, now to find Iceberg" Luffy announces, mostly to remind himself what he was looking for. Given much like his grandfather Luffy seemed to have a distain for procedure he decided to just step over the fence, until some weirdo with a nose about as long as Usopp's but square stopped him.
"Luffy's going to get us kicked out, then how will we fix the Merry" Usopp whines as they follow their captain over to the fence.
"So, what are you outsiders doing here?" Square nosed Usopp asked, to which Nami handed him the referral in lue of an answer "interesting, not many youngesters these days show up with a letter signed by Granny Kokoro" he laughs, handing it back to the navigator
"You talk weird, how old are you?" Luffy asks before either of the girls could stop him
"I'm 23, why?"
"Because you talk like you're at least 50, when we're got I think around 3 crewmates older than you that still talk like normal people" Usopp replies
"So, do you know Iceberg, or are we at the wrong yard?" Vivi asks, causing the man to laugh
"Know him? Of course I do, everyone in Water 7 does given he's the mayor"
"Damn drunk idiot, she could have told us that!" Nami shouts, glaring angrily in the direction of the train station the old bat was probably still at right now
"So this ice guy is just as much a big shot as the last one we met" Luffy says
"Yep, not only that, but he's the president of our Galley La company, and the manager of the Sea Train" the shipwright adds
"Wow, Kokoro really did us a big favour with that letter if Iceberg is such an important guy" Vivi hums, smiling sweetly "So, can you help us get in touch with him?"
The man chuckles his eyes hidden under his hat "Now that's the hard part, pinning down Iceberg. He keeps himself real busy, so it's not easy to find him for most people"
"But you could get in touch with him for us, right?" Nami asks
"I suppose. Though we may be able to speed up a few things first. Where's your ship docked" the worker asks, doing a few stretches, to the straw hat's confusion
"Down by that rocky bluff, why?" Usopp answers,pointing down to where the Merry was
"I'm going to go check out what needs to be fixed, that way when you get to Iceberg you can get straight into discussing cost and work, given how precious his time is he'll apreciate it"
"How are you going to get down there, on a Yagura?"
"I'm trying to save time, not waste it, give me 10 minutes and I'll have an evaluation, maybe even a ballparked quote"
"10 minutes?" Nami mouths to the others, before the dock worker vanishes in a burst of wind, rocketing through the island in the direction of the Merry
Soru
Gepo
"Holy crap this guy's fast!" Usopp shrieks "Do you think he'll be ok?"
"Don't worry, he's always doing that" a voice behind them says, causing the 4 pirates to turn and see a man with blue hair and lips, in a suit, with a mouse in his breast pocket "He's Kaku, Galley La's foreman"
On the Merry
Kaku lands gracefully on the Merry's deck, looking around and only seeing a sleeping green haired teen "Hello, anyone around" he calls, causing Zoro to crack open his eyes and double take when he saw a square nosed Usopp. Then Alvida, Kaya and Victor came out and were confused as to why there was a stranger on their ship
"Who are you?" Victor asks, the others at least resting their hands on their weapons, understandable after the Franky family tried to attack them
"Kaku of the Galley La, I was sent down to have a look at the damages, and wow I'm impressed this old girl still floats even just from a casual look. She's held together with hope and dreams, or practically" he jokes as he continues his unofficial tour of the Merry
Back at the top
"I've never seen someone jump that far, I don't think I can with my fruit, nor Kaos with his" Luffy gushes, then pouts
"Well, my men are the best in the business, so of course they can do things nobody else can" the man in the suit boasts
"I see… wait a minute, your men, then you must be Iceberg" Nami gasps
"Correct. Califa" Iceburg calls to the bespectacled woman beside him, who looked like she had a naginata shoved in an uncomfortable place
"I've already done the background check. The boy in the centre is 'Straw Hat' Luffy, his crew containing other noteworthy pirates as 'Pirate Hunter' Zoro, 'Mirror Master Kaos' and 'Devil Child', Nico Robin" she says "Also the girl closest to him on the right, is Nefetari Vivi of Alabasta, if I'm not mistaken" she adds, giving a barely noticeable bow, surprising the princess "Combined the crew has a bounty of 346 million, though a handful of the crew have no registered bounty so the bulk is the captain and the few I just named, the crew was formed in the East Blue and still has a majority East native crew, and due to being named after their captain are known collectively as the Straw Hat pirates" she finishes, flashing her glasses
"Very interesting. My name is Iceberg, this here is a mouse I found on the way here, I'm thinking about naming him Tyranosarus" the mouse squeaked in what he assumed was approval
"Nami, is this the guy we're looking for, he doesn't seem that special, just kind of a weirdo" Luffy asks, while Iceberg complains to his secretary and has her clear his day of things he didn't want to do
"This is the guy. Which means we need to give you this" Nami smiles as she passes him the letter
"Take a look at their ship X" he reads, then rips up the page, crushing their hearts
"Why'd you do that you dick?" Luffy shouts, then ducks a kick from Califa, which hits Usopp instead
"Please, we need someone to look at the ship, money isn't an issue" Nami pleads
"Come on, if you're the best than you're the perfect choice to fix Merry, so please" Luffy asks, now putting his navigator between himself, Vivi and the crazy lady with poor aim in kicks.
"Ok" Iceberg responds imidiately, shocking the 4 pirates
"Just like that? Then why did you rip up the letter?" Usopp yells
"The lipstick mark was creepy. Though given we're drinking buddies Granny Kokoro is a good friend of mine, so I'll take her word that you're good people" he then sighs, picking his nose "Besides, Kaku has already run off to asess your ship and it's not like I have anything else to do so there's no reason to turn you away, now would you like a tour of the facility?" he asks
"Sure, sounds like fun" Luffy agrees, following the odd blue haired man through the gate with Vivi, Nami not far behind and Usopp was about to follow until he noticed…
"Guys! The money's gone!" that statement had Nami turn on her heel's eyes wide with panic
"WHAT!" she shrieks
"Hey, there it goes" Usopp shouts, seeing 2 Yagura's carrying weirdoes with wonky shades and odd clothes bob away, the people in the boats not even trying to hide the fact they'd stolen 3 suitcases of money "Who are you people, or better yet, come back here and give us our money back!"
"I'll wring all your necks if I catch you!" the navigator shouts, even from the distance Vivi could see the men shiver, seemed they might have some functional brain cells up there after all
TBC
LW: 2020 yo. Hope you enjoy the new chapter and that you stick around for another year of content, bye everybody :D