"Roronoa Zoro? The one from the Straw Hat Pirates!?" Nika asked incredulous, "You know about us?" Zoro asked back, "You're kidding? You guys are legends! Literally!" Nika exclaimed, "Becoming a living legend... Dead... Legend... Still unsettled..." Zoro expressed serious concern, "Don't worry, I get it, there's a lot of unpack here." Nika reassured.
Zoro looked back at the ocean, barely believing that literally everything in it was dead, "So what's your name?" Zoro asked, "Oh right, I'm Nika." She said and this one caught Zoro off guard, "Like the fruit, or the God?" Zoro asked for clarification, "Both? First time I'm hearing that there's a God that has the same name as the fruit I ate." Nika stated, "You ate the- Okay that actually makes sense." Zoro rationalized, "So you must be here because you want to become the next King of the Pirates, or Queen in your case, there doesn't seem to much competition at the moment." He figured out.
Nika tilted her head to the side a bit "I'm sorry to disappoint, but pirates haven't been a thing ever since humans got relocated to the sky, I heard from the Skypieans that you guys went to their home a long time ago." Nika recalled, "Yeah, I guess there wouldn't be as much space to be pirates in the sky, so what are you doing here?" Zoro questioned, "I'm looking for the Sacred Flame of Instinct." Nika explained, "Cyan colored, never extinguishing fire pit with sacred power?" Zoro described, "...Spot on..." Nika responded stupified.
In a completely unexpected turn of events, Zoro unsheathed all three of his swords, placing one in his mouth, "Now I know I can't let you pass!" He exclaimed, "And I know you're crazy!" Nika responded unsheathing her own sword and Zoro noticed something, "That's... Ame no Habariki!" He exclaimed in surprise, and Nika just stood there in her battle stance, before relaxing and looking at her blade "That's what it's called?" She asked, making Zoro realize that she was much more of a clutz than a threat.
"I... Think we can avoid fighting... This time..." Zoro stated, "What? Why?" Nika asked, "No reason, just- Our shipwright, Franky, is using it to make our ship's fuel supply." Zoro informed, "So... I'm not gonna take directions from you then..." Nika planned ahead, "...What? Is the fact that I have a horrible sense of direction written in historical records or something?" Zoro asked, clearly irritated, "Uhh... Well..." Nika didn't know what to say, "God damnit Usopp..." Zoro muttered.
Nika just looked out at the sea, "Do you have any ideas on how we can find your ship?" She asked, "Hmm... If I'm not mistaken this place should be near Egghead Island." Zoro informed, "Where Dr. Vegapunk lives?" Nika asked, "Oh you know him too... But yes, that place." Zoro confirmed, "Do you have a... Spyglass?" Nika asked, "Do you seriously not trust me at all on this!?" Zoro questioned, "Not at all." Nika confirmed.
Zoro didn't have a spyglass, but since this was a port, they had the idea to look around for one, Zoro couldn't move away from the time stone otherwise he would turn back to bones, but found one, which she used to look over the horizon and after a bit she spotted Egghead Island, "There it is!" She exclaimed, before hurrying on the time stone powered boat, "You're going already?" Zoro asked, "Of course! I've been looking for this flame for days!" Nika exclaimed as zoro got on the boat, "It has only been a few hours since we found the last one." Angel reminded from inside the blade, "Not the point." Nika retored. "Did your sword just speak?" Zoro asked.
In The Middle of The Sea.
"And now we're here." Nika finished telling the story, "That's... A whole lot..." Zoro commented, "You're telling me, if I didn't live it I wouldn't believe it myself." Nika admitted, "By the way, Ame no Habariki you said this sword is called? I've never really called it anything other than sword, Sacred Blade, Angel." Nika told him, "Don't you have a sword catalogue in the sky?" Zoro asked sarcastically, "No, why would we have a sword catalogue? They just make the same sword over and over again." Nika explained, "Redundant." Zoro said, "It is." Nika confirmed before the boat crashed into the shore of Egghead, "We're here!" Nika exclaimed before noticing that every single security system was pointed at her, not the pile of rust she was expecting to find.
"It's the first time someone just decided to come here NOT accidentally!" A woman with a dark coat and a jumpsuit with PUNK 02, "Wait! Hold on! Lilith!?" Zoro exclaimed, "Uh!? Roronoa?" The woman now identified as Lilith asked, "Lilith...? Hold on... One of Vegapunk's Satellites!?" Nika questioned, "I'm not even surprised, but moving back to the subject at hand, how are you still alive!?" Zoro questioned Lilith, "Uhhh... Hello? Genius? Right here." Lilith pointed out, "Doesn't answer the question he asked" Nika pointed out back which made Lilith sigh, "We figured out how to become immortal, do I seriously have to spell it out?" Lilith sarcastically asked.
This information made Nika look a bit skeptical, "Explain." She requested, "We programmed a time stone so that this Island would stay one day before that mess happened." Lilith explained pointing to the petroleum sea and the barrier made by the time stone around the island, withing which there was clean sea water, "...Genius." Nika commented.
Lilith looked at Nika and made a confused face, "Who's that bimbo?" She asked, "B-bimbo!?" Nika replied indignant, "This is now happening." Zoro muttered as the bickering started, "I should just go find Vegapunk to locate the ship." He thought as he headed towards the archives, leaving Lilith and Nika to their banter.
In the Archives.
"Okay, if I know Vegapunk he should be around here..." Zoro rationalized as he turned the corner to the main room of the archives, and there was the old man with the apple antenna, "Zoro!" The old man exclaimed, "I'm guessing Lilith told you I was coming?" Zoro asked, "Yes! But I'm surprised you didn't get lost, do you have a fever?" Vegapunk asked, "F*ck off!" Zoro exclaimed with a vein visibly pulsing on his forehead.
Back at the Shore.
"How did we get to this?" Shaka asked, looking at Lilith and Nika choking the hell out of each other, "I think it's the result of their bickering earlier." Pythagoras theorized, "Okay, but the thing is I would have been expecting something like this from Atlas." Shaka clarified, "I know weird..." Pythagoras agreed.
There was a pause with only the sounds of chocking before Pythagoras asked "Should we prepare a healing pod for them or...", Shaka shrugged and replied "I'm not sure actually, from what I know they could just be flirting.", Pythagoras looked at the girls chocking each other before responding "...Yeah, that might be a possibility."