Locks felt dizzy.
She perched on top of the lighthouse, purring contentedly in the warm sunshine. In the water below, a giant whale floated. It had swallowed her little brother's crew, and the boy himself had been quick to climb inside via a mysterious hatch once he'd realised what had happened.
Honestly, what had he expected to happen? Punching the poor behemoth in the eye like that.
Yet, despite the many stupid situations he got himself into, he always somehow managed to come out on top, since the very beginning of their voyage when he had jumped overboard in a barrel after steering their dinghy into a whirlpool while Locks was asleep.
Trusting in his luck to bring everyone back out in one piece, Locks decided it was the perfect time for a nap. Hopefully, her headache would be gone when she woke up.
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"What nasty little people you are." Locks said, eyeing the prisoners. They glared at her impotently.
Losing interest, Locks turned to watch the accomplished thief- er, navigator, freak out about the compass, which was madly spinning in circles. Considering that Locks' instincts were trying to tell her that North was in seven different directions, she supposed that the magnetic compass would be useless from now on.
The lighthouse keeper, a flower-man who looked as if he badly needed watering, explained to the navigator that yes, the compass was indeed useless to them now. Locks smiled at having her theory confirmed, before deciding to go for a swim.
"Don't eat me." She told Laboon(the giant whale) sternly.
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"Guys? I think there's something wrong with Scales . . ." Usopp said, looking worried.
He was informed by Crocus that it was just the magnetic fields messing with the dragon's head. Dragons had an internal log pose, and the conflicting magnetic fields at the start of the Grand Line confused them. She would be fine by the time they reached their first island and locked on to the particular path they would take.
"Are you sure?" Usopp asked.
"Yes." Crocus said.
Usopp stared at the girl hanging upside down from the crow's nest giggling and waving her arms about and really hoped that the crotchety old guy was right.
Locks shrieked and fell, hitting her head on the deck before doing a back flip and stumbling until she fell overboard. Usopp sweat dropped as the surface of the sea rose to catch her.
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Locks glared irritably at the woul-be whale killers.
"Do we have to bring them?" she whined. Everyone ignored her. They had resolved to continue to ignore her until she came back to her senses.
Even if the dragon's muttering that 'cheese was evil' was starting to get a little creepy.
They set sail for Whiskey Peak.
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Birds can sense the Earth's magnetic field. Dragons can do the same. At the beginning of the Grand Line there are seven different routes to choose from, all ending up at Sabaody eventually, and once you pick a path you're stuck on it. When they get to Whiskey Peak and the other six potential islands aren't messing with her system, Locks will be back to normal.