"You made me live when I wished for death.. That is your crime..." Ms. All-Sunday explained with a casual smile, "I have no place to go nor return to. So let me stay on this ship."
Faythe was sitting on the stairs with Chopper on her lap, "Great.. Not only is she dangerous, she's freakin suicidal..."
Luffy glanced back at his crew and then shrugged, "Oh, really? Shucks, I guess there's no other choice then. Fine by me."
"LUFFY!!!" Half the crew shouted at the captain.
The said Captain turned his head to his crew with a bright smile, "Don't worry! She's not a bad guy!"
Faythe paused for a moment and stared at Luffy's face, she visibly relaxed for a second as she felt something familiar gazing at him.
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Usopp was now questioning Robin at a table he pulled out with some chairs. He had a bright light facing her as he scribbled down some notes. Chopper and Luffy were messing with a hand that the woman was messing with them. Zoro was sitting by the mast listening on the questioning. As well as Nami who sat at the stairs. Faythe was just editing her wording in her story, and glancing at the letter her brother left her, with the book's title.
"Since 8, I was an archaeologist, And had my head placed on a bounty."
Faythe perked up.
"Archaeologist?" Usopp questioned.
"Sort of my family trade. For 20 years, I've had to live hiding from the marines." Ms. All-Sunday stated, and waved her hand, "Since a child can't sail the seas alone, I placed myself under the care of many villains by following their orders. Thanks to that, I'm quite skilled with moving behind the scenes. That should come in handy for your crew."
"Hm, you sound confident... What would you say is your specialty?" Usopp rubbed his chin in thought.
Before the woman could answer Zoro spoke up, "Wait, Let Faythe have a go at it. Bet she could guess it."
"Assassination." Faythe answered without looking up.
"Correct." The woman smiled at the red head.
Usopp gawked terrified, "WAIT FOR REAL!? Luffy! After careful investigation, I've come to the conclusion this woman is way too dangerous!"
Faythe turned her head to watch Luffy and Chopper seeing them follow the hand tilt, and they leaned in that direction. Chopper toppled over while Luffy was grabbed from behind and was smacked over. Then multiple hands started tickling both of them. Laughter filling the air.
"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING!?" Usopp hollered at him.
Nami sighed and shook her head, crossing her arms, "He's crazy for even accepting in the first place. You were the vice president of a secret criminal organization. A partner to Crocodile, for crying out loud! Even if you've fooled Luffy, you won't fool me! I'll kick you out at the first sign of suspicious activity!"
The said woman only giggled at Nami's threat, "Fufu.. Sure, I'll keep that in mind." She then brought out a bag and laid it on the table, "Oh by the way, I've brought some of Crocodile's jewels with me."
Nami came flying over and started sucking up to her, "Ohh, I love you so much sister!"
Zoro and Usopp pointed their hand at the lady as she contradicted herself, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, there..."
Usopp turned away in worry, "Nami's been bought!"
"Damn her underhanded tactics..." Zoro crossed his arms.
"Ahhh, Love!"
Then came out the first one that fell, he twirled out of the kitchen with a plate and tea, "Drifting love my jet black body, is driftwood caught in your stream... Struck by lightning that is your beauty. My body is sent to fall deeper down the currents of love... Here is your snack."
"Oh, thank you." Ms. All-Sunday smiled at the sudden desert that was presented.
Zoro stared on blankly, "Well, 'that'... Was to be expected."
"Yeah, that was a lost cause from the start." Usopp frowned, Faythe snorted at his comment and carried on writing.
"Looks like we're the last bastions, including Faythe." Zoro narrowed his eyes at the rest.
Usopp nodded and pointed his thumb at himself, "What a troublesome bunch we have for a crew!"
"Usopp!" Luffy called out.
"Hm!?" Usopp turned around with a scowl on his face.
Luffy had quickly turned around with a derpy face, a pair of hands sticking out of his head like antlers, "Chopper!"
"PFFT!!" Usopp stared wide eyed at the boy stupidly and cackled away with Chopper on the floor, Luffy soon joining them.
Zoro was growing irritated by how the crew were slowly losing their guards around the woman. He turned around and made it upstairs, gazing out at the sea with furrowed brows.
Ms. All-Sunday made her way up there and tried to persuade Zoro on her side with small talk, "How nice... Is it always this lively?"
Zoro raised a brow at her, "...Yeah, pretty much."
"Oh." The woman just smiled, in turn making Zoro even more cautious. Faythe just watched as they're conversation was only getting awkward. She sighed and called out to the woman, "Ayo! Lady, what's your name again?"
Ms. All-Sunday turned her head and glanced down at the red head, "Robin. Nico Robin."
"Ah, so that's your name... Sorry I was calling you by your code name this whole time in my head." Faythe laughed.
"Oh, It's fine, You might've forgotten it after everything." She smiled.
Zoro glanced at Faythe for a moment as Robin said that.
Faythe shrugged and pulled out a paper, "Since you said you were a archaeologist, do you know how to read different languages?"
"Different languages? Read? If it's in my area, sure." She brightened a bit, making her way down the stairs towards Faythe. Nami had heard Faythe's question and bounded over curiously.
Faythe handed Robin the paper, with a raised brow, "It was given to me by my brother. He had written it down in a different language to give me a challenge but I have no clue what it says..."
Robin's eyes trailed down the paper and widened in surprise, "Oh my... This is extraordinary...!"
Nami and Faythe perked up. Luffy and Chopper had heard the exclaim and bounded over curiously.
"What is it? Is it a good or bad extraordinary..??" Faythe asked nervously.
Robin peeked her head from the paper with a wide grin, "This is the same kind of writing you find on the Poneglyths!! This is written in ancient script..!"
"Ancient Script..??" Faythe, Luffy, and Chopper tilted they're heads in confusion.
"Who did you say your brother was again??" Robin asked hurriedly.
"His name is Portgas D. Corbett." Faythe said proudly.
Robin's brow's furrowed, "Portgas? Is he related to 'Fire fist Ace' by any chance?"
"Yes!" Luffy and Faythe shouted happily.
The woman gaped at the red head in front of her for a moment. She then started muttering to herself, "Must have been from the mother's side..."
Faythe creased her brows and stopped the woman from her rambling, "Can you please tell me what the written text say's?"
"Oh! Of course." Robin trailed back to the texts and read it, "Basically it's a book or some type of story..?"
"A story? Like a myth or legend?" Nami spoke up. Robin nodded as she tried to read the title.
"'Caelum Lapsus Stella' Meaning 'The Fallen Heaven Star'." She tilted her head a bit.
"The Fallen Heaven Star?" Faythe frowned and crossed her arms, "How does that have to do with my potential dream?"
"What if it's the star your looking for?" Luffy guessed.
"Or maybe it's heaven your searching for." Chopper suggested.
The four people gave Chopper a look. Nami spoke up first, "Chopper... To find heaven you would have to first die...."
Chopper looked horrified, he then ran up to Faythe, "Don't find heaven! I'm sorry! Don't look for heaven!"
Faythe snorted and gave Chopper a pat, "It's fine, I'm not looking towards heaven anytime soon."
Robin looked deep in thought, "I've never heard of that book or story."
"You haven't??" Luffy gawked.
Nami frowned, "That's troubling.."
Faythe smiled, "Well at least I know what the book I'm looking for is."
Luffy smiled, "That's true!"
Chopper was still latched on Faythe's leg so she had to pick up the small reindeer and place him on her hip.
Robin glanced down at the book in her hand, "You write?"
"YES! It's super good too!" Luffy said excitedly, before Faythe could answer.
Chopper smiled, "A-And She adds all of our adventures too! That way we won't forget about each of them!"
Nami made a money sign with her hand, "She's already sponsored it at Alabasta so expect a bunch of money when she publishes it."
Robin muffled a fit of giggles, "Seems promising, can't wait to see it published."
Faythe rolled her eyes and went to go ask Sanji for something to eat, carrying Chopper with her.
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"Ms. Navigator, is the log pose alright?" Robin asked with the same smile.
Nami turned happiley, "Straight West- Northwest! Everything's A-OK, sister!"
Usopp sighed, "...She gave you some jewels didn't she?"
SANJI! WHEN ARE THE SNACKS COMING!?" Luffy hollered.
"WAIT A LITTLE MORE!" Sanji hollered back from the kitchen.
Faythe sat on the railing, squishing Chopper's hoof pads, Luffy was right next to her on the other side of the rails hanging loosely on.
"Nami, you think there'll be snow at the next island?" Luffy snickered to himself excitedly.
Nami was busy peeking at the needle, "...You still want to see snow?"
Faythe frowned at the thought of snow, "I'm not a big fan of the cold..."
Chopper looked up at her from her lap, "You don't like the snow?"
"No, I don't hate the snow, it's the cold that's the problem." Faythe smiled softly and continued squishing his pads. Chopper giggled at how ticklish his pads were.
Robin smiled at the two, "The log after Alabasta should lead to a fall island."
"Fall, eh? Fall's fine by me too!" Luffy smiled.
"Fall!? Ahhh.. I love Fall and all it's colorful leaves..." Faythe smiled to herself.
Then something hit Faythe on the shoulder, looking down she noticed it was something dirty, "Eh?"
"Hm?" Zoro looked up from his lifting, "Rain?"
Everyone started looking up trying to identify what was raining on them.
Sanji opened his hand out trying to feel if it was, "I don't think this is rain..."
"Is it hail?" Usopp suggested.
Faythe narrowed her eyes up to the sky. She felt the color drain from her face, "Guys... That's a fuckin..."
"Huh?" Then the object falling from the sky became clear and everyone stared at it shocked.
A quote had strangely fit this situation that Faythe had suddenly thought up.
'Everything that human's can imagine, can happen in reality.'
-Physicist Willy Gallon
A ship or battalion the size of 30 to 50 Going Merrys was falling from the sky and was right on top of them..!
"A falling ship?" Luffy gawked in shock.
"A Galleon..!?" Nami stared with a pale face.
Sanji's cigarette fell out of his mouth, "What the..."
Even Robin was baffled by the sight.
The said Galleon landed right beside them fortunately, but it set towering waves around them. And the debris from the ship was still falling above them.
The ship was set flying in circles by the same towering waves, "AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"HOLD TIGHT ONTO THE SHIP!" Zoro shouted out.
"LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!" Faythe laughed out.
Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were holding onto the ship's mast still not believeing this was happening.
"W-WHAT, WHAT, WHAT!?" Nami cried out.
Usopp screamed out with his arms out, "A DREAM! YES, I MUST BE DREAMING!"
"A DREAM!? Whew, that's a relief!" Chopper instantly believed his words.
"THERE'S STILL MORE STUFF FALLING DOWN! WATCH OUT!" Sanji called out.
Faythe was stumbling across the unbalanced ship, as they were flying across different waves, "DAMN, THE FUCKIN LUCK WE HAVE!"
"TURN THE RUDDER!" Nami ordered. Chopper was bonked in the head by a falling barrel.
Zoro looked at the woman with utter sass, "AS IF THAT'D WORK WITH THESE WAVES!"
"Luffy! Faythe-Chan! Protect the ship! She can't take much more!" Sanji held onto the rails as he was about to fall right off.
"Alright! Hm? Usopp!?" Luffy turned his attention to the man who sat on the deck crisscrossed.
Usopp had his hands in a praying motion, "There's nothing to worry about. Just close your eyes like so, and then slowly open them again." He looked up to the sky, "And look... It's a calm, beautiful morni-"
A skeleton was a inch from his face.
"GAHHHHH!" He shrieked, "AGHHHHH! A SKELETON!" He tossed it over randomly.
Nami was unfortunate, "DON'T THROW IT AT ME, YOU IDIOT!" She tossed it randomly to Faythe who caught it under her arms.
"THERE'S MORE FALLING DOWN!" Chopper screamed.
"SKELETOONNNNNS!"
/;/~***~/;/
Everything had calmed down after a few minutes.
Usopp and Chopper were shaking, hugging onto each other for dear life.
"Why did..." Luffy took a breather, "A ship fall down from the sky..!?"
Sanji had already gotten another cigarette, "Talk about bizarre...!"
"There doesn't seem to be anything else up in the sky.." Zoro huffed out a long sigh.
"Plus...! I got myself a new friend!" Faythe laughed out, leaning back against the rails with the skeleton by her side, sitting casually.
"Shishishi! Is that so..!" Luffy snickered.
"FAYTHE! GET RID OF IT!" Usopp screamed at her.
Faythe in turn gasped and placed both hands to where the skeleton's ears would be, "Mr. Brook is not an 'it'. He's just had a hard life! Don't be rude!"
"Oh great... she's named it..!" Usopp sighed baffled.
Luffy walked up to the skeleton and offered his hand, "Hi, I'm Luffy, Imma become the next King of Pirates."
"I can't handle this anymore..." Zoro grew annoyed and grabbed hold of Mr. Brook. He then did the unthinkable.
He tossed him overboard.
Both Luffy and Faythe screamed out horrified at the sight.
"Mr. Brook!" Faythe leaned over the rails to see the skeleton sink into the sea. She then turned to glare at the murderer, "You killed him!"
"He's already dead!"
"But still!" Faythe threw her arms up.
Zoro crossed his arms, "Whatever, it's too late to save him, your both devil Fruit eaters, so you can't save him."
Faythe stomped away and sat down in a corner to grieve over her new friend that didn't even last 5 minutes. Luffy just patted her shoulder to comfort her.
"AHHH!" Nami's shout alerted the crew in her direction.
"What's wrong, Nami!?" Sanji questioned.
"What do we do!?" Nami's attention was on her log, "THE LOG POSE IS... BROKEN! IT'S STUCK POINTING UP!"
"...No, you're mistaken. There must be another island nearby, "Robin stepped up, "Whose stronger magnetic fields must have caused the log pose to switch to a new log! If the need is pointing upwards, that means the log pose is locked on..."
"To a 'Sky Island'...!!"
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