Wasuremono: The Things We Leave Behind
Author's Note: This story was inspired partly by a decrepit playland in my city which was finally refurbished after being partially destroyed by vandals, and partly by the recent X-Entertainment article about the crappy-but-enjoyable fair. I really appreciate getting reviews, so please leave me one to let me know what you thought of the story.
Chapter 1: Dragon Island?
One of the skills a great man of the sea needs is the ability to tune out certain routine discomforts when concentration is called for. Usopp, perched in the crow's nest, hardly even noticed the blazing sun even as sweat made his hand slip on the screwdriver. The rocking of the boat would have prevented a less experienced engineer from performing the minute adjustments he was making with a steady hand, but Usopp was as used to the movement as he was to his own heartbeat, and compensated for it without thinking. He was able to fufill his lookout's duties as naturally as breathing, scanning the horizon with a telescope every few minutes without losing his place in the intricate device taking shape on his lap.
And of course, he was able to effortlessly tune out Zoro and Sanji's thrice-daily argument as it spilled out onto the main deck.
"How can you try to play dumb? Not that that shouldn't come naturally to you." Sanji shouted. "I walked in on you groping her!"
"Idiot, if you'd listen for even five seconds, I could tell you that--"
"I don't want to hear whatever lame excuse you think you have for pawing at Robin-chan like that!"
"I wasn't 'pawing' at her, you moron! Why don't you use more than one eye for once?"
"So you deny you were pressed up against her back, with your arms around her?"
"No, but it wasn't anything like--"
Nico Robin appeared in the doorway. "Thank you for your concern, Cook. But I assure you, what the first mate and I were doing was entirely my idea."
"WHAT?" Sanji moaned. "But you usually have such good taste!"
"If I hadn't wanted his arms to be where they were, I would have broken them." Robin said with a smile. "If you really want to do something for me, I am a little hungry..."
"SNACK COMING UP!" Sanji cried, dashing off to the kitchen.
"Hey, Robin, he thinks we were-" Zoro began.
"I know. I want to keep what we were really doing a secret, at least for a while longer."
"But he'll go around thinking that we're a couple!"
"Are you embarassed by that?"
"Of course not!" Zoro snapped, reddening. "But we'll never hear the end of it if he spreads it around the ship--"
"LAND HO!" Usopp's voice cried jovially from the crow's nest. "Island dead ahead!" The conversation between Zoro and Robin came to a close as the rest of the crew clambered onto the deck.
"Y-your snack." Sanji panted, slightly out of breath, as he handed Robin a plate of tiny, delicate sandwiches.
"Thank you, Cook."
"That was less than thirty seconds!" Zoro said incredulously. "What're you, on twenty-four-hour snacktime alert?"
"I don't all spend all my spare time sleeping, jackass."
"At least I don't fawn all over people like a chimp in heat."
"KNOCK IT OFF!" Nami snapped, bonking both men over the head. "I want to hear about this island! Usopp, what can you see?"
"Let's see - it looks like a spring island, just like we thought from the air temperature. Nice and green, lots of trees. Looks a lot like my hometown, actually." the long-nosed sharpshooter said, peering through his telescope.
"There's a few mountains - I see some brightly colored buildings near the coast - and --" He gasped. "There's a huge dragon looming out of the woods!"
"What? Really?" Chopper squealed.
"It's got to be as big as a house! And there's - there's Gold Roger, standing next to it!"
"Wow, a dragon!" Chopper said, his big eyes shining.
"BE SERIOUS!" Nami snapped, punching the mast in frustration. "Why do you have to do this every time? It's important to know what this island is really like so we can be prepared for it."
"It's the truth." Usopp said, miffed. "See for yourself." He dropped the binoculars down to her.
"Fine, fine." Nami said, holding the binoculars to her face. "I'll just find out mys-- eh...eh..." She trailed off.
"Nami-san?" Sanji asked in concern.
Nami's legs gave way under her. "A dragon... and Gold Roger... it's the truth!" She started shivering violently.
"Nami! Don't go into shock!" Chopper said, running to her side. "I'm scared of dragons too, but we have to be brave!"
"It's not the dragon that scares me!" Nami wailed. "Usopp was one hundred percent truthful! It's the end of the world!"
Usopp dropped down to the deck and put a consoling hand on her shoulder. "If it bothers you that much, then I've just learned how to fly, I heard that Yosak and Johnny beat Mihawk in a duel, and Luffy's become a vegetarian. Feel better now?"
"Much." Nami smiled.
"A real dragon! Amazing!" Luffy grinned widely. "Okay, Sanji! I've decided! ... I'd like to eat it barbecued!"
"I thought you were a vegetarian." Chopper said, puzzled.
Robin closed her eyes and murmured "Ojos Fleur." After a moment, she turned to Luffy. "I wouldn't raise your hopes too high, Captain."
XXXXXXXX
"You were right, Robin-chan, as usual! It's just a statue!" Sanji said when the Going Merry was close enough to see what stood on the beach.
"A really lousy statue." Zoro commented. Though it had obviously once been intricately painted, the surface of the dragon was chipped and flaking and where it wasn't faded, it was completely bare. Part of a second coat of green paint had been slapped haphazardly on the head much more recently, but not only was it far less carefully applied, but it stopped halfway down the neck as if the paint had abruptly run out. The dragon's sole texture was provided not by scales, but by hundreds of sets of initials and earthy pirate curses carved into the wooden chassis.
"It's still really big, but seeing it in this shape is kind of depressing." Nami said. "I wonder if it's been abandoned?"
Luffy and Usopp were the only two who still appeared really interested in the decrepit figure. As soon as the Merry had dropped anchor, they were off through the brush to leap on the statue and climb on its back.
"Would you get down from there?" Nami yelled, chasing after them. "If that does belong to somebody, and you break it--"
"Hey, this thing hasn't been fixed up in a while. Look at this graffiti." Zoro pointed out two knife scrawls which read "Shanks was here" and "Buggy was here FIRST" followed by identical dates. "These are over twenty years old."
Nami ran her hand over the weathered wood, feeling the knife furrows. "It's it terrible shape now, but it must have been beautiful when it was first built." Her throat tightened. "It's horrible that so many people would deface it like this." Hastily Sanji slipped his penknife back into his pocket and casually leaned up against the statue's side to obscure the heart with "S. N. & R." in it.
"Didn't you say that you saw Gold Roger standing right here?" Robin asked suddenly. "I didn't notice him when I looked, though."
"That's right! I saw him, definately!" Usopp said. "Nami saw him too, right?"
"Somebody who looked like him, anyway." Nami confirmed. "I wonder where he went?"
"I-I-I..." a voice stammered and cracked from behind them. "I'm right here! I'M THE KING OF PIRATES, GOLD ROGER!"
There was a long pause as the Straw-Hat Pirates stared up at the speaker.
"M-m-my treasure?" stammered the pimply teenager in the oversized pirate hat and false mustache. "I-i-if you want it, then you can h-have it, b-b-but you'll have to search th-the entire w-world..." His knobbly legs began shaking in fright.
There was another long, disbelieving pause. Finally, Chopper broke the silence.
"WOW! THE REAL GOLD ROGER!" he gaped, agog. "Everybody thought you were dead! THIS IS SO AMAZING!"
"Aha, so we meet again, Gold Roger?" Usopp smirked. "You want a rematch, do you? Don't worry," he winked at Chopper. "I beat him before and I can do it again?"
"You beat Gold Roger? COOOOOL! I thought you weren't even born then!"
"Didn't I ever tell you the story of 'Usopp, the Manly Embryo?'"
"This isn't Gold Roger, it's some kid in a lousy costume." Zoro growled.
"Yeah, he's a fake!" Luffy frowned. "He's not Gold or even Silver or Bronze Roger!"
"Maybe he's Booby Prize Roger?" Robin said with a straight face.
"... M-my treasure? I-if you want--"
"I don't want it." Zoro said, drawing a sword a few inches from its sheath . "Tell us what's going on!"
The boy fell down blubbering. "The old lady doesn't pay me enough to deal with real pirates..." he muttered to himself.
"What was that?"
"Can't you guys just go around to the front like everybody else? Th-this entrance is closed anyway..."
"For the last time--" Zoro snarled.
"It's a theme park, isn't it?" Robin said. Her arms, sprouting like dozens of new branches from the trees, pulled aside the foliage which obscured a large wooden sign just as old and dilapidated as the dragon.
MAGICAL OCEAN OF A VENTURE
SE THE MON TERS OF THE D EP
M ET FA OU PIRA E NC UDIN
SH RRY "1000 ALES", MOS
B AUT FUL PI TE Q EEN IN
AL OF H S ORY - EAT FUNN L CAKE
"Magical ocean of a venture?" Usopp read.
"It should say 'adventure'." Nami corrected. "The letters have fallen off... I'm astonished a place like this is still open in this condition."
"Hee hee!" Luffy said, looking at the sign. "I can definitely smell adventure here!"
"It's just dry rot!" Nami complained. "If the rest of this place is falling apart the way these things are, it'll probably collapse on our heads!"
"This is the south entrance. It's been closed for years." the shell-shocked boy in the Gold Roger costume said, still fearfully eyeing the disembodied hands. "I-I just come out here to get the equipment w-we stash in the dragon."
"Could you take us to where we do get in?" Usopp asked enthusiastically. "This place sounds really interesting!"
"I'd like to see it as well." Sanji said, having deciphered the words "most beautiful pirate queen in all of history."
"Fine, fine." the fake Gold Roger sighed resignedly. "It doesn't matter if you're pirates. There's nothing worth stealing here, anyway, useless you like stuff that's falling apart, or petting zoo animals."
"We can get some good meat here!" Luffy cheered.
"Is that line about '1000 Ales' true?" Zoro asked hopefully.
"Uhm... it was 'Tales' originally. '1000 Tales'."
"Oh. In that case, I volunteer to guard the ship."
"Why don't I stay with you?" Robin suggested. "It would be better if we had some time alone to work on some things, anyway."
"Hey, what are you planning, pervert marimo?" Sanji said angrily.
"She's the one who said--"
"Buy me something nice at the park, okay?" Robin asked.
"OKAY, ROBIN-CHAN!"
XXXXXXXXXXX
Somewhere within telescope range of the Going Merry...
The messenger picked his way through the ship's hold with the expert care every member of his crew shared. Without tripping once, he slid through the narrow shafts between teetering mountains of books, hopped over several bales of old clothing and expertly used a lamp as a makeshift polevault over a wall of half-rusted armor. Even with his skills, though, it took his a good minute to reach the one spot in the vast wooden belly of the ship that wasn't crammed full of every manner of object. The cozy living room set, each piece a different style and color, was instead only mildly cluttered. It was so clear that the floor was sometimes visible, if you knew what to look for and were lucky.
There were four people here, dimly lit by a sputtering lantern. Facing the one in the worn striped armchair, the messenger repeated his missive.
"Captain, we're almost to Torona, and the lookouts report seeing another ship docked on shore." He gulped. "A pirate ship. The Jolly Roger has a straw hat. We're not sure of what that means--"
"Well! What interesting news! You get a prize." The captain's arm extended. "Surprise capsule!"
The messenger shuddered, but made himself reach out and feel around the hand until he found what he was looking for. He pulled the capsule loose, feeling sick no matter how many times this happened, and opened it.
"It's... it's a thimble."
"You don't sound too happy." the captain said petulantly. "Still not used to my powers? Well, I guess it's just a thimble after all. Better luck next time, bye bye!"
As the dismissed crewman negotiated the obstacle course back, the captain's hand squeezed tight, and opened again holding a small book. "Hmm... I'll check the guide. Ah! Jolly Roger with a straw hat is... the Straw Hat Pirates! I guess it's pretty obvious."
"'Straw Hat' Pirates?" the shortest and widest of the four said with interest.
"Oh-ho, I guess that catches your eye, hmmm? But it says here they're very strong."
"I can take them for long enough." a third spoke. "I've heard of them. There are three pieces on that ship for me to add to my collection."
"My friend, with you it's always the same." the tallest of the group sniggered. "But in truth, my collection is missing a charming thing or two that I might be able to snag. We may have permission to go collecting, correct, Captain?"
The Captain paused a moment. "It's okay with me. Whichever you want to do. I'm still just interested in that park. If you want to mess with the Straw Hats, I guess it's your business. But you know the rules. If you make them mad and they start fighting you, I'm not bailing you out. Understood?"
Three heads nodded grimly.
"Good. Then let's go get some of that funnel cake."
End Chapter 1! Please leave a review! Next time: The Straw Hat Pirates explore the saddest carnival you ever saw, and Sanji's on the look out for the promised buccaneer beauty, in "Sherry of 1000 Tales".
Author's Note: This story was inspired partly by a decrepit playland in my city which was finally refurbished after being partially destroyed by vandals, and partly by the recent X-Entertainment article about the crappy-but-enjoyable fair. I really appreciate getting reviews, so please leave me one to let me know what you thought of the story.
Chapter 1: Dragon Island?
One of the skills a great man of the sea needs is the ability to tune out certain routine discomforts when concentration is called for. Usopp, perched in the crow's nest, hardly even noticed the blazing sun even as sweat made his hand slip on the screwdriver. The rocking of the boat would have prevented a less experienced engineer from performing the minute adjustments he was making with a steady hand, but Usopp was as used to the movement as he was to his own heartbeat, and compensated for it without thinking. He was able to fufill his lookout's duties as naturally as breathing, scanning the horizon with a telescope every few minutes without losing his place in the intricate device taking shape on his lap.
And of course, he was able to effortlessly tune out Zoro and Sanji's thrice-daily argument as it spilled out onto the main deck.
"How can you try to play dumb? Not that that shouldn't come naturally to you." Sanji shouted. "I walked in on you groping her!"
"Idiot, if you'd listen for even five seconds, I could tell you that--"
"I don't want to hear whatever lame excuse you think you have for pawing at Robin-chan like that!"
"I wasn't 'pawing' at her, you moron! Why don't you use more than one eye for once?"
"So you deny you were pressed up against her back, with your arms around her?"
"No, but it wasn't anything like--"
Nico Robin appeared in the doorway. "Thank you for your concern, Cook. But I assure you, what the first mate and I were doing was entirely my idea."
"WHAT?" Sanji moaned. "But you usually have such good taste!"
"If I hadn't wanted his arms to be where they were, I would have broken them." Robin said with a smile. "If you really want to do something for me, I am a little hungry..."
"SNACK COMING UP!" Sanji cried, dashing off to the kitchen.
"Hey, Robin, he thinks we were-" Zoro began.
"I know. I want to keep what we were really doing a secret, at least for a while longer."
"But he'll go around thinking that we're a couple!"
"Are you embarassed by that?"
"Of course not!" Zoro snapped, reddening. "But we'll never hear the end of it if he spreads it around the ship--"
"LAND HO!" Usopp's voice cried jovially from the crow's nest. "Island dead ahead!" The conversation between Zoro and Robin came to a close as the rest of the crew clambered onto the deck.
"Y-your snack." Sanji panted, slightly out of breath, as he handed Robin a plate of tiny, delicate sandwiches.
"Thank you, Cook."
"That was less than thirty seconds!" Zoro said incredulously. "What're you, on twenty-four-hour snacktime alert?"
"I don't all spend all my spare time sleeping, jackass."
"At least I don't fawn all over people like a chimp in heat."
"KNOCK IT OFF!" Nami snapped, bonking both men over the head. "I want to hear about this island! Usopp, what can you see?"
"Let's see - it looks like a spring island, just like we thought from the air temperature. Nice and green, lots of trees. Looks a lot like my hometown, actually." the long-nosed sharpshooter said, peering through his telescope.
"There's a few mountains - I see some brightly colored buildings near the coast - and --" He gasped. "There's a huge dragon looming out of the woods!"
"What? Really?" Chopper squealed.
"It's got to be as big as a house! And there's - there's Gold Roger, standing next to it!"
"Wow, a dragon!" Chopper said, his big eyes shining.
"BE SERIOUS!" Nami snapped, punching the mast in frustration. "Why do you have to do this every time? It's important to know what this island is really like so we can be prepared for it."
"It's the truth." Usopp said, miffed. "See for yourself." He dropped the binoculars down to her.
"Fine, fine." Nami said, holding the binoculars to her face. "I'll just find out mys-- eh...eh..." She trailed off.
"Nami-san?" Sanji asked in concern.
Nami's legs gave way under her. "A dragon... and Gold Roger... it's the truth!" She started shivering violently.
"Nami! Don't go into shock!" Chopper said, running to her side. "I'm scared of dragons too, but we have to be brave!"
"It's not the dragon that scares me!" Nami wailed. "Usopp was one hundred percent truthful! It's the end of the world!"
Usopp dropped down to the deck and put a consoling hand on her shoulder. "If it bothers you that much, then I've just learned how to fly, I heard that Yosak and Johnny beat Mihawk in a duel, and Luffy's become a vegetarian. Feel better now?"
"Much." Nami smiled.
"A real dragon! Amazing!" Luffy grinned widely. "Okay, Sanji! I've decided! ... I'd like to eat it barbecued!"
"I thought you were a vegetarian." Chopper said, puzzled.
Robin closed her eyes and murmured "Ojos Fleur." After a moment, she turned to Luffy. "I wouldn't raise your hopes too high, Captain."
XXXXXXXX
"You were right, Robin-chan, as usual! It's just a statue!" Sanji said when the Going Merry was close enough to see what stood on the beach.
"A really lousy statue." Zoro commented. Though it had obviously once been intricately painted, the surface of the dragon was chipped and flaking and where it wasn't faded, it was completely bare. Part of a second coat of green paint had been slapped haphazardly on the head much more recently, but not only was it far less carefully applied, but it stopped halfway down the neck as if the paint had abruptly run out. The dragon's sole texture was provided not by scales, but by hundreds of sets of initials and earthy pirate curses carved into the wooden chassis.
"It's still really big, but seeing it in this shape is kind of depressing." Nami said. "I wonder if it's been abandoned?"
Luffy and Usopp were the only two who still appeared really interested in the decrepit figure. As soon as the Merry had dropped anchor, they were off through the brush to leap on the statue and climb on its back.
"Would you get down from there?" Nami yelled, chasing after them. "If that does belong to somebody, and you break it--"
"Hey, this thing hasn't been fixed up in a while. Look at this graffiti." Zoro pointed out two knife scrawls which read "Shanks was here" and "Buggy was here FIRST" followed by identical dates. "These are over twenty years old."
Nami ran her hand over the weathered wood, feeling the knife furrows. "It's it terrible shape now, but it must have been beautiful when it was first built." Her throat tightened. "It's horrible that so many people would deface it like this." Hastily Sanji slipped his penknife back into his pocket and casually leaned up against the statue's side to obscure the heart with "S. N. & R." in it.
"Didn't you say that you saw Gold Roger standing right here?" Robin asked suddenly. "I didn't notice him when I looked, though."
"That's right! I saw him, definately!" Usopp said. "Nami saw him too, right?"
"Somebody who looked like him, anyway." Nami confirmed. "I wonder where he went?"
"I-I-I..." a voice stammered and cracked from behind them. "I'm right here! I'M THE KING OF PIRATES, GOLD ROGER!"
There was a long pause as the Straw-Hat Pirates stared up at the speaker.
"M-m-my treasure?" stammered the pimply teenager in the oversized pirate hat and false mustache. "I-i-if you want it, then you can h-have it, b-b-but you'll have to search th-the entire w-world..." His knobbly legs began shaking in fright.
There was another long, disbelieving pause. Finally, Chopper broke the silence.
"WOW! THE REAL GOLD ROGER!" he gaped, agog. "Everybody thought you were dead! THIS IS SO AMAZING!"
"Aha, so we meet again, Gold Roger?" Usopp smirked. "You want a rematch, do you? Don't worry," he winked at Chopper. "I beat him before and I can do it again?"
"You beat Gold Roger? COOOOOL! I thought you weren't even born then!"
"Didn't I ever tell you the story of 'Usopp, the Manly Embryo?'"
"This isn't Gold Roger, it's some kid in a lousy costume." Zoro growled.
"Yeah, he's a fake!" Luffy frowned. "He's not Gold or even Silver or Bronze Roger!"
"Maybe he's Booby Prize Roger?" Robin said with a straight face.
"... M-my treasure? I-if you want--"
"I don't want it." Zoro said, drawing a sword a few inches from its sheath . "Tell us what's going on!"
The boy fell down blubbering. "The old lady doesn't pay me enough to deal with real pirates..." he muttered to himself.
"What was that?"
"Can't you guys just go around to the front like everybody else? Th-this entrance is closed anyway..."
"For the last time--" Zoro snarled.
"It's a theme park, isn't it?" Robin said. Her arms, sprouting like dozens of new branches from the trees, pulled aside the foliage which obscured a large wooden sign just as old and dilapidated as the dragon.
MAGICAL OCEAN OF A VENTURE
SE THE MON TERS OF THE D EP
M ET FA OU PIRA E NC UDIN
SH RRY "1000 ALES", MOS
B AUT FUL PI TE Q EEN IN
AL OF H S ORY - EAT FUNN L CAKE
"Magical ocean of a venture?" Usopp read.
"It should say 'adventure'." Nami corrected. "The letters have fallen off... I'm astonished a place like this is still open in this condition."
"Hee hee!" Luffy said, looking at the sign. "I can definitely smell adventure here!"
"It's just dry rot!" Nami complained. "If the rest of this place is falling apart the way these things are, it'll probably collapse on our heads!"
"This is the south entrance. It's been closed for years." the shell-shocked boy in the Gold Roger costume said, still fearfully eyeing the disembodied hands. "I-I just come out here to get the equipment w-we stash in the dragon."
"Could you take us to where we do get in?" Usopp asked enthusiastically. "This place sounds really interesting!"
"I'd like to see it as well." Sanji said, having deciphered the words "most beautiful pirate queen in all of history."
"Fine, fine." the fake Gold Roger sighed resignedly. "It doesn't matter if you're pirates. There's nothing worth stealing here, anyway, useless you like stuff that's falling apart, or petting zoo animals."
"We can get some good meat here!" Luffy cheered.
"Is that line about '1000 Ales' true?" Zoro asked hopefully.
"Uhm... it was 'Tales' originally. '1000 Tales'."
"Oh. In that case, I volunteer to guard the ship."
"Why don't I stay with you?" Robin suggested. "It would be better if we had some time alone to work on some things, anyway."
"Hey, what are you planning, pervert marimo?" Sanji said angrily.
"She's the one who said--"
"Buy me something nice at the park, okay?" Robin asked.
"OKAY, ROBIN-CHAN!"
XXXXXXXXXXX
Somewhere within telescope range of the Going Merry...
The messenger picked his way through the ship's hold with the expert care every member of his crew shared. Without tripping once, he slid through the narrow shafts between teetering mountains of books, hopped over several bales of old clothing and expertly used a lamp as a makeshift polevault over a wall of half-rusted armor. Even with his skills, though, it took his a good minute to reach the one spot in the vast wooden belly of the ship that wasn't crammed full of every manner of object. The cozy living room set, each piece a different style and color, was instead only mildly cluttered. It was so clear that the floor was sometimes visible, if you knew what to look for and were lucky.
There were four people here, dimly lit by a sputtering lantern. Facing the one in the worn striped armchair, the messenger repeated his missive.
"Captain, we're almost to Torona, and the lookouts report seeing another ship docked on shore." He gulped. "A pirate ship. The Jolly Roger has a straw hat. We're not sure of what that means--"
"Well! What interesting news! You get a prize." The captain's arm extended. "Surprise capsule!"
The messenger shuddered, but made himself reach out and feel around the hand until he found what he was looking for. He pulled the capsule loose, feeling sick no matter how many times this happened, and opened it.
"It's... it's a thimble."
"You don't sound too happy." the captain said petulantly. "Still not used to my powers? Well, I guess it's just a thimble after all. Better luck next time, bye bye!"
As the dismissed crewman negotiated the obstacle course back, the captain's hand squeezed tight, and opened again holding a small book. "Hmm... I'll check the guide. Ah! Jolly Roger with a straw hat is... the Straw Hat Pirates! I guess it's pretty obvious."
"'Straw Hat' Pirates?" the shortest and widest of the four said with interest.
"Oh-ho, I guess that catches your eye, hmmm? But it says here they're very strong."
"I can take them for long enough." a third spoke. "I've heard of them. There are three pieces on that ship for me to add to my collection."
"My friend, with you it's always the same." the tallest of the group sniggered. "But in truth, my collection is missing a charming thing or two that I might be able to snag. We may have permission to go collecting, correct, Captain?"
The Captain paused a moment. "It's okay with me. Whichever you want to do. I'm still just interested in that park. If you want to mess with the Straw Hats, I guess it's your business. But you know the rules. If you make them mad and they start fighting you, I'm not bailing you out. Understood?"
Three heads nodded grimly.
"Good. Then let's go get some of that funnel cake."
End Chapter 1! Please leave a review! Next time: The Straw Hat Pirates explore the saddest carnival you ever saw, and Sanji's on the look out for the promised buccaneer beauty, in "Sherry of 1000 Tales".