The Brig:
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"Listen up, men!" Ensign Christopher addressed his gathered units of marines outside the base. "Among the Straw Hats that have been captured, one was impersonating a Marine Officer. So if we're going to capture any of those pirates, do not worry about reports or paperwork! If you see an unidentified person, ARREST HIM IMMEDIATELY! DON'T LET THOSE BRATS GET AWAY!"
"SIR!" the marines chorused.
-x-
At Dock 88, Mekao surveyed some of Usopp's patchwork on the mast of the Going Merry.
Tink! Tink! Mekao tapped the metal plate with his hammer.
"Did you hear?" one of the other shipwrights asked two others down on the dock. "That long nosed guy that was snooping around here was a crew member of the Straw Hats."
"..." Mekao stayed silent as he moved around the mast and tapped it again. Tink! Tink!
"I wonder what he was doing nosing around this dock," the other shipwright remarked.
"Yeah," one of the other shipwrights replied, "There's an entire harbor full of ships that are way better than this sad little hunk of junk."
Mekao continued his work. Tink! Tink!
"He could have hopped in any of these ships and sailed away."
Tink! Tink!
"Pirates are dumber than I thought."
"Me too. And I already thought they were pretty dumb to begin with."
Tunk! Tunk! Mekao frowned at the different - almost hallow - sound as he tapped on the mast again.
Without a word, the old shipwright left the Going Merry and climbed down the metal stairs that they had going alongside it.
"Hey, Mekao," one of the other shipwrights called out to the old man. "You already calling it quits for the day?"
"Cut this old geezer some slack, will ya?" Mekao replied as he walked out of Dock 88.
"Did he say 'geezer'?" the shipwright asked the others in surprise.
"We must have heard wrong," one of the other said before they all laughed. "Hahahaha!"
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A marine hummed to himself as he pushed a cart of wooden crates down a hallway into the base.
Klunk! The cart jerked to a stop when it hit something. The stack of crates fell off of the cart and dropped onto the obstruction. KRASH!
"Aah!" the marine yelped in surprise as he stared around the cart at the body of the real Commander Shepherd. Of course, since he had no coat or identification and was stripped down to a purple undershirt, he just looked like a suspicious man.
The marine turned and ran off.
"Uugghh..." Commander Shepherd groaned as he finally woke up. He opened his eyes and pushed the crates off of him as he sat up. He gingerly held his arm that Robin had brutally twisted before she'd knocked him out on the metal wall.
CLICK! "What the—" Commander Shepherd sputtered as he suddenly found himself face-to-face with the barrel of a rifle.
"Don't move!" a marine barked as he and four other stood around Shepherd and aimed their guns at him.
"Good work, men," Ensign Christopher addressed the marines as he joined them in the hallway. "Looks we've found one of the Straw Hat's this time!"
"Straw Hat?" Shepherd repeated. "I'm Special Inspector Commander Shepherd! I demand that you take me to your commanding officer so I can have you court-martialed!"
