𝟐𝟐|Salvage!

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( Skypiea Arc )

Ashe wheezed a laugh at the sight before her.

Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji were all dressed in clunky looking suits made of old wooden barrels with a small porthole like window over their faces. There was holes at their sides for their arms, covered with stitched leather to creat a long gloves, while a yellow tube trailed from the top. It was connected to a small rig that rested on the deck so they'd be able to talk and breath properly. Ashe didn't know where Usopp had pulled those hideous suits from, or if they even worked, but she didn't care.

"You look awful" She chuckle around her cigarette as she pointed at the trio.

"Shut up!" Zoro grumbled with a glare. The wooden contraption weighed heavy against his shoulder and he could feel splinters digging into his back already.

"Nami!" Sanji cooed from his own suit as he raised his arms "I swear to find you the answers you seek or I'll refuse to return!"

"I'll hold you to that!" The ginger smiled.

"You'll be safe, those barrels are my special design" Usopp reassured with a grin "They've never been busted!"

"Probably cause they never been used" Ashe hummed with a shrug.

A massive fish suddenly sprung out of the water from the side of the ship to snatch a creature from the sky before it disappeared back into the ocean with a crash. Ashe watched it before she turned to the trio with a smirk. It was a smug look, flaunting the fact that she wasn't going down there with that thing, and it made Zoro scowl at her sharply. The trio were quickly hooked up to the pully system set up on the deck before they simultaneously jumped over the rail into the ocean below. Ashe leaned over the rail to watch them descend. The weight of the barrels brought them down quickly and she guessed it would barley be a few minutes before they reached the Saint Briss.

"Good luck" Name waved "we'll be pulling for ya"

"This is Chopper here" the reindeer, now in his muscular form, said as he manned the handle of the pully "can you guys call off?"

"This is Luffy! There's a ton of monsters down here!"

"Probably a nest of giant sea snakes" Zoros voice rumbled.

"This is Sanji! And they're staring at me" The chef almost whined the last part, definitely wanting to to stay out of the sea monsters attention.

"Keep going!" Nami urged.

Usopp let out a choked sound "they could die!"

"They'll be fine Usopp, don't worry" the navigator assured with a sigh "Chopper, hold that brake tightly"

"Right!" The doctor nodded.

"I'm so glad they didn't make me go" Usopp wheezed weakly as he swiped some sweat from his forehead.

"It's probably not even that bad" Ashe shrugged. It was quiet and calm after that for a few minutes as they simply waited for the trio to either find something or simply call up to them through the pipes. Ashe stood next to Robin. She turned her head to the older woman slightly, lips parted so she could ask a quick question, before an odd sound resonated in the back of her mind. For a moment, Ashe stood there stunned. Her eyebrows drew together, lips pursing, before she nudged Robin with her shoulder gently to get the older woman's attention.

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