The desert is boring.
Let's fast forward a bit, shall we?
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"You may now kiss the-"
Hell no. Too far. Rewind!
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Locks peered out from behind the tree, watching as the hunter ran back the way they'd come. She let out a sigh of relief, and then winced as another pulse of pain shot through her. Her whole body ached, come to think of it. And she was so hungry . . .
Wait a minute. Too far again. Fast forward.
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"We wish you a Merry Christmas
We wish you a Merry-"
(blank look) "Uhhhhh . . . ."
(Dragon snatches remote, selects scene, presses play.)
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Everyone ignored Locks as she suddenly stopped and shook her fist at the sky with an annoyed expression. No one noticed how everything sped up around them, Luffy rushing away into the distance along with all their supplies. Ace vanished (he abruptly found himself facing an over-sized purple lizard). Nami and Vivi were riding a camel (that hadn't been there a second ago).
The world stopped, before resuming at normal speed, while Locks muttered irritably to herself about breaking the fourth wall. She then transformed herself into a dragon and went to keep an eye on Luffy. The hot desert sun (poor, poor Chopper) reflected blindingly off silver scales.
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Quite how the birds failed to notice a large silver lizard circling above them would likely never be known. Mostly because said silver lizard had roasted them all for lunch when they tried to steal all the supplies Locks' darlingly stupid little brother left behind when he rushed to tell the others about the 'dying' birds.
The princess apologetically informed them of how the (lunch) birds frequently tricked unwary travellers into getting their supplies stolen, adding how it was really . . . uh . . . lucky that Locks had prevented this.
Locks burped up a feather, and wondered what Ace was getting up to.
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There can only be one over-sized intelligent lizard when the Straw Hats are around. The two desert imposters were roasted and fed to Luffy. The princess was very, very apologetic. And terrified of Locks, for some strange reason.
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The less said about the whole 'sand pirate' thing, the better. On the other hand, Ace had managed to steal a lot of food and was willing to share (sort of. he was the one who taught Locks and Luffy to steal, after all).
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Shorter than usual, sorry. Note to self: review Alabasta arc.
The rewind bit was from chapter 1 of the original Locks. Why did Dragon steal the remote? No idea. Nor do I know what he was doing in my house.
Hope everyone had a great Christmas :) Especially Miss Meep, because she is awesome.