Castle of Snow:
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Wapol, Kuromarimo, and Chess were once again riding on Robson and were approaching the base of Drum Rock.
"King Wapol, that Straw Hat is up there somewhere," Chess reported as he stared up at the huge mountain ahead of them.
"Good, I'm beginning to get a little hungry," Wapol replied. "I'll eat the rubber man for a little snack." An evil grin appeared on Wapol's metal-plated face as he stared up the mountain his castle was on top of. "NOW LET'S GO!"
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"Dalton, please don't die on us here!" Vivi cried out as she shoveled snow and joined the villagers in attempting to locate Dalton.
"We'll find him in time, I'm sure of it!" Usopp insisted as he dug through the snow with his bare glove-covered hands. "We have to! Dalton, please hang in there, okay?"
"So who's Dalton?" Zoro wondered as he Mr. 5 and Ms. Goldenweek stood by and watched everyone digging.
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE!" Usopp jumped up and shouted at them. "DO SOMETHING!" At that moment a Hiking Bear walked through the village, Usopp quickly bowed to it, "And bow..."
"LIKE I WAS SAYING!" Usopp continued once the bear was gone. "Don't just stand there! GET A SHOVEL! HELP US FIND DALTON!" Usopp leapt back into the hole he'd dug in the snow and continued digging.
"What was that thing?" Zoro wondered as he stared after the Hiking Bear.
"EVERYONE!" Someone suddenly shouted, "WE FOUND DALTON OVER HERE!" A group of villagers had uncovered a trio of frost covered arrows that were now sticking out of the snow like flags. Usopp, Vivi, and the rest of the villagers ran over to see if they could help.
"Who's Dalton?" Zoro questioned again as Usopp and Vivi ran passed him.
"If I had to guess, I'd assume he's someone important to these people," Mr. 5 offered as he stood there with his hands in his pockets. He'd already done his part for these people, and using his powers to dig someone up didn't seem like a good idea. Ms. Goldenweek was beside him casually making a snowman.
"This is horrible," one of the villagers stated as he pressed his hands into Dalton's frost-covered body. "I can't feel a heartbeat."
Usopp and Vivi could only stared down at the body of the patriotic man in shock.
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"Old lady, join my crew!" Luffy requested. He, Sanji, and Dr. Kureha were sitting at a table in Nami and Ms. Valentine's room. The two patients were resting while Y/N was somewhere in the castle opening up the last of the doors to work off their payment. "Please, we really need to have a doctor on board!"
"Luffy... you did tell me that's your name, right?" Dr. Kureha inquired in a calm tone.
"Yeah," Luffy replied.
"And did you just call me 'old lady?" Dr. Kureha questioned.
"Yeah, that's what I said," Luffy admitted.
THWAK! "IF I WERE YOU, I'D BE MORE CAREFUL OF WHAT I SAY!" Dr. Kureha hollered as she kicked Luffy in the face. The rubber pirate went flying and slammed into the wall up above the door to the room. He was left embedded in the wall as Dr. Kureha as back down. "I'm still well within my youthful one hundred thirties, thank you."
"Geez, you're a tough old hag," Sanji remarked.
THWHAM! Sanji was sent face-first into a wall courtesy of the doctor.
