Formation of the Spade Pirates
Washed up on the shores of a deserted island at the edge of the East Blue Sea, two men from different backgrounds unite in their shared thirst for adventure.
One of them, Portgaz D. Ace, will follow in his infamous fa...
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"Eat-and-run!"
''He went that way!"
Angry shouts filled the market. The lanes were full of angry workers from all manner of food stands. Clearly, this situation was the result of Ace making the rounds without any money.
I would find him leading the line of angry, shoving workers, I was sure. But it wasn't a situation I could navigate in that circumstance. There had to be a better way to get through them to reach him...
I steeled myself for action. My eyes shone.
"All right, looks like this is going to require some negotiation... I'll need you people to get out of my way!"
I shook out my shoulders and fists, then grabbed the man standing at the very end of the line.
"Hey."
When the intimidating fellow turned around to glare at me, I gave him my most simpering smile.
"How much do we owe you?"
In this manner I made my way through the line, paying each food worker and apologizing in turn.
I finally caught a glimpse of Ace in a bubble-themed amusement area called Sabaody Park, beneath the Ferris wheel. Apparently he'd been lured here by the scent of the food stalls.
Eventually I finished paying the last of the food merchants chas,ing after Ace and made it to his side, panting and wheezing. He was sitting on a bench near the Ferris wheel and-believe it or not-he was fast asleep. In fact, he was sleeping with his cheeks still completely stuffed with food.
There was a half-eaten skewer in either hand, which must've been the food I'd just paid for.
"If you eat food... you pay for it!"I said, like a mothergiving a child etiquette lessons, and then I chop-slammed Ace on the forehead.
"Mmmlp?!" Ace woke up, his cheeks bulging. He gazed around sleepily, blinked, and swallowed everything in his mouth in one gulp. "Pwaaah, that was good. I sure ate and ran a lot. In fact, I ran so much that I'm hungry again."
"How in the world does your body work?"
He chowed down on the remaining bits of meat left on his skewers, then headed for another food stall, so I tossed him his wallet. "Here. Don't cause any more trouble."
"My wallet! Is it ... lighter than I remember?"
"Ofcourse it is."
"Hm..."
He didn't seem to be able to put two and two together.
I sighed; my job was done. I glanced up at the giant wheel overhead listening to the children shrieking with delight.
The rotating wheel looked huge from below, and it was even more beautiful up close than it was from our ship. The gondolas shone with the iridescence of the bubbles, rotating slowly and catching the sunlight.
