Re: Cinnabon Isle Arc

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Bong!

Buggy clobbered Luffy with a balled fist, ejecting his arm, or what remained of it, from Straw Hat's gullet.

"You're flashily lucky I can piece this together you greedy cannibal!" He barked, collecting chunks of his mutilated limb covered in slobber.

"But I'm starrrving..." Rubber boy grumbled with a dissatisfied frown. He fell to his back, staring up to the sky as if this was it; the end of the road. Hunger had defeated the almighty captain. Suddenly, the light of the sun was blotted out, catching his attention. After his vision focused, he identified it to be a woman, dressed in a revealing yet tasteful black uniform. Her white apron swung with the breeze.

"H—Hello mister, are you injured?" She inquired sincerely. Luffy's tongue hung from his maw in response, after which his eyes trailed to the right of her face. She was hoisting a large platter. "I saw what that jerk did to you. I—it's not much, but I brought you some food as compensation. After all, this incident took place at our restaurant. We can't allow behemoths like that to tarnish our reputation, so take this—on the house!" She offered hospitably, sparkling with glee.

"KAAA! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!" Luffy sprang up with replenished spirit, coiling his arm around the plate and zipping it to his lap. Without hesitation he gobbled up the contents, not even halting to use the napkin-wrapped silverware sitting on the side. Buggy merely observed as his animalistic associate filled himself. "Flashy barbarian..." He muttered, palming his face in disgust.

Clank!

"YOSH!" Luffy exclaimed with satisfaction, dropping the platter and throwing both arms up triumphantly. "Hmhmhm, I'm glad you enjoyed it," the waitress giggled and commended, gathering up the dirtied dishes. "Oy, what's your name lady?" The packed pirate requested, standing to his feet.

"My name? I'm Charlotte, and you are?" She returned, placing the unused silverware in her apron. "I'm Luffy! I'm going to be the King of Pirates! Shishishi," he grinned widely.

"Yeah, yeah. That's all flashy good and well. Charlotte is it? Just where the hell is this flashy place?" Buggy interjected, locking his mended arm back into place.

"We get that question quite frequently. Right now, you're at Costa Del Sol. Normally it's littered with heavy militia, however much of their manpower has been called elsewhere recently. If they were here, that masked son of a bitch wouldn't have gotten away scot-free...Oh! Pardon my language," Charlotte explained, covering her mouth timidly. She then extended a finger to the sea, "That way is Cinnabar Island, full of amazing creatures and a rather odd culture, even by Vast Deep standards."

"Amazing creatures?? Maybe I can tame them!" Straw Hat proclaimed excitedly. "Red Nose! We're going to Cinnabon Isle!" He appealed, giving Buggy a thumbs up. "It's Cinnabar you rubber brain!! Ugh, why do I bother correcting you?" The star clown shot back, palming his face yet again. Charlotte simply chuckled at the pirate duo, "Well, good luck on your journey, come back and visit some time!"

"Wait! Charlie! Where can I get a ship?" Luffy urged, swaying from side to side to stretch his legs. "A ship? Hmm, there is a shipping yard near the Naval Outpost, but even renting a ship is costly, let alone buying one," the pink-haired waitress disclosed, disregarding the pirate's incorrect pronunciation.

"Who said anything about buying?" Buggy snarked, stepping forward and flashily flashing a pair of daggers. "We're pirates after all, it's time we started plundering. Gyahahah!"