She Came From Outta Space... I Think?

Jaya Making Me Mad! Dreams Are Real! Disney Said So!

"Nami! I see it!" Tani cheered from the crows nest. It was a sunny, early afternoon, the wind was warm and the clouds were lacking. Tani had a packet or gummy bears beside her, surprised that Luffy hadn't noticed the snack. An island had just come into view, just the place they all wanted to find.

Jaya

Nami let out an excited whoop of joy, happy to finally have land in sight. It only took the Merry an hour or so to make it into the dock of the small town. A place called Mock town if the massive sign was an indication of the communities name. Luffy wanted to explore the town before they'd even landed, rocketing himself onto the dock with the widest grin Tani had seen in ages. Nami was already tired of his shenanigans and decided to appoint Tani to Luffy duty, while Zoro had to tag along for moral support.

"Oh and before you guys run off," Nami started. All eyes on her, her gaze hardened. "No starting fights, I mean it. We don't want to start trouble," she said with dead seriousness. "Sanji, Usopp and I will be gathering supplies, Chopper and Robin are on ship watch." Nami declared. Robin gave her that signature smile.

"Perhaps Mr doctor and I could sort through all the treasure that Mr swordsman brought back," she suggested. Nami clapped her hands together and nodded.

"Wonderful idea Robin, Chopper knows where the treasure is stored so just ask him to put any of it away," Nami stated. Luffy was bouncing on his feet, ready to make a run for it once Nami gave the word. "Well, aren't you gonna go explore? You have until sundown," she declared. Luffy was bolting before the final word left her mouth. Tani looked at Zoro with a sigh, the man huffed and started wandering in the opposite direction of Luffy.

Boy, Tani sure had her work cut out for her today...

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The trio had been walking through the streets for about twenty minutes before the first sounds of conflict hit their collective ears. Understandably so, as this was was a lawless town. Tani already had her hands in her pockets, new strings attached to her pointer fingers perfectly. The sound of a gun shot rings through the air, she freezes for a moment. The air around the town goes static before everything resumes as usual.

Luffy can see the discomfort on his nakama's face, so he loops his arm through hers. She instantly calms down, embracing the contact with a relaxes smile.

"Hey I wanna look in that place," Luffy grins, pointing at the entrance to what looked like a hotel or inn? Tani doesn't know the difference. Zoro and Tani followed him. They pushed open the doors to find a rather dodgy looking place. Smoke filled air, cut throat pirates roaming the main lobby, there was blood on the wooden floor... Swell.

Luffy trotted around while Tani hung back to watch from afar, Zoro stood beside her. The pair know that Luffy can hold his own in a fight so there's no point in guarding him. Luffy looked excited, pointing at everything that peaked his interest and just acting like his Luffy self.

The door beside Tani and Zoro opened, all sound from the room suddenly vanished (excluding Luffy and his excited exclamations of "Oh what's this?"). The mood soured and the atmosphere grew thick as lard. Tani's throat tightened as she watched some man with bluey white hair and purple science goggles (you know the kind schools make you wear before you do an experiment) and this white pimp coat that wouldn't have looked out of place on Crocodile.

People's gazes avoided this new man and his entourage, he clearly held power here. So when Luffy didn't stop to acknowledge this guy, well he wasn't very pleased.

"What kind of low life pond scum has the ocean washed up here?" he said with a snort. Luffy paused in his excited ramblings and stared dumbly at the guy. Promptly ignoring the guy and turning back to Tani and Zoro, pointing a thumb in the guys direction.