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Bold is for attacks

Steve's POV

We docked the Sunny and stepped off onto the red carpeted floor of the dock.

"SO COOL!" Luffy, Chopper and Usopp cheered.

"Sure, is a lot of gold." Rose hummed.

"Wow, look at that." A woman walked up to us.

She was about as tall as me or Robin, she had long red hair and a curvy body wrapped up in a black and white stripped dress, she was also wearing sunglasses and gloves.

"Excuse me but might you be the famous Strawhat Pirates?" she asked "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"The pleasure is all mine." Sanji told her "I'm the ship's humble cook. Our meeting must be destiny!"

"Humble, really now?" Monet scoffed.

"Is everyone on your crew so charming, anyway my name is Baccarat." She said "I'm the concierge for our VIP guests."

"VIP?" Lil asked.

"Very Important Person." Robin explained.

"Okay but what's that got to do with us?" Luffy asked.

"Because you're on the list." Baccarat said pulling out a book "All famous pirates, Navy Officials and Government Members are."

She flashed the pages of her book which had all our pictures in it "See there you are."

"I always knew I was a star." Usopp laughed.

"If you ever need anything feel free to ask." She said "Now this way please!"

A strange little machine car powered by a bunch of turtles pulled up.

"Whoa, what is that?!" Franky got all excited.

"Some kinda vehicle looks like." Wyper hummed.

"It's a Turtle-Mobile." Baccarat explained "It's the main form of transportation around here, please step in and have a seat."

We hopped in, the floor of the car was so soft and plushy, the seats too.

"It's like a bed!" Lil flopped down.

"Sit up so everyone can fit." Robin told her.

"Okay." She sat up between us.

"Whoa it's got a minibar." Usopp opened a cabinet.

"You can help yourself." Baccarat told us.

"Sounds good to me." Zoro smirked.

"Luffy don't sit on the hood." I sighed as he jumped up.

"Let's go!" he cheered.

"It'll be fine." Baccarat smiled turning a key.

The turtles pumped and the car started moving at a decent pace, surprising even me, we first headed downtown, everything was gold or neon lights, bright flashes and upbeat music assaulted our senses as we drove forward.

"It's rides so smooth." Wyper commented.

"We're equipped with only the gentlest of turtles" Baccarat said as we passed under a sign "As promised Downtown!"

There were even more casinos and lights flashing about as drove passed them all.

"Incredible!" Lil gasped.

"This is just the start, this is lowkey compared to the rest, there's more than six miles of ship to explore." Baccarat told us.

"It's fricken huge." Rose gulped.

"We have everything here; it's even recognized as an independent nation." She said "The ship is pulled by two giant turtles that allow us to go anywhere. Now we're approaching the luxurious area."

We pulled into the next area that was even more shiny than the last.

"I'm noticing a theme with all the gold." Robin commented.

"Our King, Tesoro, is certainly a fan of gold." Baccarat said.

"So he's like super rich?" Luffy asked.

"He's also called the Casino King." She added "And a performer here as well."

"Just look at all the gold." Nami smiled "I wanna swipe something."

"I'd reconsider that." Baccarat pointed at a tree.

"BRRREE~" a snail looked down at us.

"It's a video transponder snail." Lil said "They must be watching for people who try and steal."

"Correct, anyone caught stealing or trying to destroy something will be thrown in our underground prison." Baccarat explained.

Why would a casino need an underground prison?

"Come on I wanna see the casino!" Luffy whined.

"In due time." Baccarat pulled up at a store "But first let's get you dressed, after all you can't be running around in costumes."

Later

"You look nice." Robin fixed my collar.

"You too." I smiled looking at her dress "Although the feather boa is a bit much."

The theme for everyone's clothes was white, dresses for the ladies and suits for the guys. I didn't have a suit jacket, just the vest part you wear with it.

"Wow amazing!" Baccarat clapped "And don't worry about your old clothes, I'll burn them for you."

"Wait what?" Wyper looked at her.

"You said this is all on credit, right?" Nami asked.

"Of course, this is a VIP service after all." Baccarat smiled.

"Yay we're important!" Lil cheered.

"You can simply win the money to pay it off, if you win that is." She smiled.

"Not a problem." Luffy laughed.

"What if we lose?" Usopp panicked.

"It'll be fine, so long as we break even." I shrugged.

Although I have zero faith Luffy can win us anything.

"Everything's so shiny." Rose looked at the floor.

"Hey Mister!" Some kid pulled my leg "Buy a flower!"

"Huh?" I looked down "What's up?"

"You're VIPs don't be a cheapskate!" A boy missing a few teeth told me.

"Alright relax don't yell." I held my hands up "I gotta find my wallet…Uhh how much is it?"

"5000 berries." The kid said.

"Jeez kid your pricing is all screwy!" I yelled.

"We need money for our freedom so pay!" he yelled "Don't make me beg for it you jerk!"

I looked down at him.

"I never said I would." I told him "But I don't have that much money on me, I'm sorry."

"Come now children don't bother the VIPs." Baccarat ushered them off "This isn't the first time I've warned you either."

"Let's just leave." The little girl said as they left.

"Sorry about that." Baccarat smiled "Let's go inside."

I gave her a look as she passed me by before following her inside. I don't think we even got all the way in the door before Luffy ran off and entered himself in the race, spending all our starting money at once, though he did win so I guess that counts for something.

"Hmm." I felt Robin standing behind me "Have you won?"

"I up five grand." I told her looking at my cards and sliding chips forward "I call. Where's Lil?"

"She and Chopper went off to the candy area, apparently they have a whole store for that here." She told me.

I watched the last of the cards flip on the River and I flipped mine "Three queens."

I beat everyone else at the table with that hand and cashed out.

I'm not bad at poker but I never get cards that good.

Robin and I walked around for a bit and saw some of the others playing games.

"Miss?" a dealer looked at Monet.

"Hit." She told him.

"21." He nodded passing her chips.

"How's it going?" I asked her.

"I've tripled my starting amount." She fixed her glasses.

"You gonna play anything besides Blackjack?" I asked.

"It's the best odds." She smirked "Even better for me."

"You certainly are lucky." Robin laughed.

"There's no such thing as luck." Monet said "Stop."

"Dealer 23, you win." The man said.

Monet's counting the cards that's why she told us that she could make us money with the little we entered with, still why wouldn't they throw her out, she should be running them dry at this rate.

"I can't believe it!" Nami cheered when we regrouped "We made 30 million!"

"You're naturals." Baccarat told us "Perhaps you'd be interested in visiting the VIP room? It's higher risk but also higher reward."

"Sounds a little too risky for us." I said.

"Come on." Nami smirked "Don't turn down a challenge!"

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