❝𝐑é-𝐍𝐚𝐨❞ | 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 | [Editing]

What is this place? dance powder?

"What'll we do? Nanohaha is a big place." mumbled Vivi worriedly, an arm around Alice, who shed fat tears, dropping in pearls. "How will we ever find Luffy?!"

This made Alice let out a sob, making Vivi flinch, as she had momentarily forgotten about the sensitive girl forgotten by her brother. "No, no! I'm so sorry Alice! Please don't cry!!"

Karoo came beside Alice, patting her head with its wing making her look at the duck in appreciation and blew her nose in its feather making it let out a loud shriek in horror. Sanji jumped down the ship, taking something out of the small pouch he carried and held it out for Alice.

"Hmm? I don't need them anymore..." Said Alice as she stared at the ear monitors in his
hand. He just smiled and gently placed them in her ears, securing them. "It's for safety. Just because you can hear properly doesn't mean your hearing isn't sensitive anymore."

With that, he turned the ear monitors on, making her squeeze her eyes from the sudden buzz but then it went silent. The noise around her now felt like it was underwater. With a pat on her head, he turned to Vivi.

"Don't worry, Vivi. Just look for the noisiest place in the town. He's bound to be there."

Usopp let out a laugh from Sanji's words. "Hahaha!! You got that right!"

"Let's hope not!" Nami remarked. "Luffy needs to remember he's got a price on his head. There could be bounty hunters around!"

"Don't worry about Luffy. Let's eat. We can make plans after that." Zoro suggested, bored and hungry. He motioned for Alice to follow along, who gracefully followed him with her arms wrapped around her bag. "Why the hell do you have so much stuff? We are just gonna eat."

"I need them!" Said Alice defensively, cradling her camera and messenger bag filled with sketchbooks and pencils. "I can't just leave them behind! I need to capture everything!" He sweat dropped but didn't stop her. Letting out a sign, he pushed her in front of him and continued to walk into the city, followed by the crew close behind. Vivi turned her towards the sound of water hitting a ship and widened her eyes. "Wait, that's....Mr. 3's ship!!"

"What?"

"You mean that jerk is still alive?" Questioned Usopp bitterly, eyeing the ship in disdain. Vivi narrowed her eyes on it.

"That ship runs on Mr. 3's wax-wax powers. He's
somewhere in this kingdom."

The group split into two groups. One will fill the rations. While the others collect any information they could get. Sanji, Usopp and Chopper decided to go shop for the crew. While Nami, Vivi, Zoro gathered information with Alice and Karoo messing around to get the younger girl out of her depression.

"You mean you have a team? What kind of team?"

Karoo quacked, making Zoro slowly grow annoyed by the duck. Alice let out a gasp making him sigh. Well, guess as long as the little one is happy, right?.

"That's so cool! Ahh, it must be fun to have a whole squadron. Are you the leader?" Karoo nodded proudly. Alice let out a chuckle. "But aren't you a bit timid for that, Karoo?"

He hit her head with his wings making her pout and look at Zoro's head. "Sorry."

Zoro looked at the stall selling a barbecue grill. Seeing the owner distracted to lure the customers around, he picked the two sticks and held it out for Alice. With a delightful gasp, she accepted. "Thank you, Zoro!!"

He hummed in reply, a small smirk on his lips watching as she shared the other stick with Karoo. Nami stuffed her pocket with a necklace, accidentally making eye contact with Zoro. Both looked away, not saying anything. Vivi was particularly pleased with the crowd around here, relieved to know it wasn't ruined by the rebel army. She asked around for more information regarding the welfare of the king and the capital. So far it seemed alright, nothing too risky or dangerous. Though, there are marines around the city, scattered around trying to find someone.