"Ocean blue eyes looking in mine, I feel like I might sink and drown and die."
A simple girl, daughter of a pirate captain, meets the future "King of the Pirates" and begrudgingly decides to join him on his adventure to find the One Piece.
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For what was supposed to be seasoned pirates, they were pretty easy to take down. All Artemisia, Nami, and Zoro did was sneak up behind them and knock them out. It was as simple as it sounded. The three fought off whoever got in their way as they rushed back to the main stage. Artemisia was worried about whatever they were going to see. From how it sounded before, Luffy was in trouble, maybe a lot more trouble than they were in... Which is saying a lot since Artemisia was literally in a contraption from hell.
Once they were close to the main stage, the three split up. What they saw was not what they were expecting. Artemisia was expecting something really bad. Like, never come back from Bad. Instead, she saw Luffy floating in a glass tank of water almost filled to the top. Sure, the situation wasn't good, but she had a feeling that it was much better than almost getting cut in half. The worst part about Luffy's situation was the clown taunting him from outside the tank. That was the last thing that Artemisia wanted to experience. Listening to Buggy talk and talk and talk and not being able to escape from it.
Thankfully, they had a plan. Nami would approach first and break Luffy out of the tank. Zoro and Artemisia would approach last, standing by in case anyone tried to attack or anything else happened. It was working quite well already. Artemisia could see Nami getting closer and closer to the ring that separated the audience from the stage. Luck was not on their side, it seems. Nami wasn't able to progress any further.
A certain boy trapped in a water tank looked directly in the direction of Nami. He tapped on the class, showing that he saw the girl. This caught the attention of Buggy. The clown went to turn around. Nami had to take her chance. Nami quickly threw her staff toward the glass tank. The staff hit the glass, and the tank cracked. The staff came hurling back to Nami, and she grabbed it once it was close enough, spinning in once it was in her grasp.
The cracks started to get bigger and bigger in the glass of the tank. Buggy looked around but didn't find what, or whom, he was looking for, "Where are my freaks?"
That was the moment. The entrance. Zoro stepped out first from one side of the tent, "They're not coming." He wielded two swords in each hand. he stood very menacingly as the light slowly shone on his face as he stepped closer and closed.
From the alternate side, Artemisia also stepped into the light, "Let's say they're..," Artemisia shrugged. "A little tied up at the moment. They won't be coming to this show." And that wasn't a lie. Whoever attacked them, or vice versa, was tied up as soon as they were incapacitated. They were lucky enough to find some rope lying around. This was supposed to be a circus, though. There was no surprise they would have rope somewhere.
