"Judice? It is not the most Savory of places it is probably one of the worst places to be if you are anything you're not supposed to be someone like you who's a Fishman or The Mink over there or even those two that are a little darker wouldn't fare so well on that island."
is brown narrowed as he looked with a motion of weariness and conviction " it is a worship Island probably one of the most famous worship Islands a place that believes only in the celestial dragons and everything that they stand for they deify all of their actions and all of their very beings it is a place of utter segregation but it's one of the places that you will probably have to go through if you wanted to make it up to the altitude barge to take you up to the Holy Land and then make your way into the new world that is where you want to go right?"
that was so many questions so much information and Kirk had to process it quickly. " so it's a town of racists? also the new world? Thats that's…" he looked over to Leroy.
"Thats what Azar talked about back in Arabasta….Wait what was the other Place? Sab. ..Soba…"
"Sabaody." Jers corrected. "Right! Sabaody! Azar told me to meet him there!"
Jers The bridge of his nose and pinched it slightly as he knew that he was about to need a few good minutes to properly extrapolate what everything they were just questioning really was.
" okay okay back up let's start slowly. Judice. it is an island that is known as a worship Island worship islands are usually islands that are places to Revere Celestial dragons. but this one is not only the most famous one but the most infamous. almost everybody in the world views them as gods or important in some way but these people take that to a whole another level."
" many of the celestial dragons do to being in such high altitudes and as the holy books say derive themselves from the original 24 God Kings,Many of them were very pale in skin tone and because of that that is you as a sign of Purity to those that are very righteous so to say in their worship. viewing anyone that isn't as pale as snow and as beautiful as they to be impure or tainted or lesser in some way and this is spread a lot I'm sure you know what I refer to"
he took a breath and then began to speak again "This Azar Fellow. Was Talking about Sabaody. It's full official name. Its Real name is Ilha Desamare Mangue."
"It is a what I believe a cesspit. it is an island that is made for entertainment and debauchery and they all in between if the island right next to it was about worship and supposed. that island is filled with sinners. Even if many average ordinary people live there come to stay there and go back in between but those that live there permanently are not very savory. it actually doesn't have a solid rock Foundation and is technically slowly drifting around it is roughly stating the same spot due to currents but I can guarantee and from what has been said it has changed locations in about a 300 km radius basically going in circles"
" but if you wish to go to the New World that's your best bet. because there is plenty of people that make profession and coating boats or having their own boats coated or even taking submersibles to go down to the kingdom of Marianna. which if you're a pirate or have a bounty on your head is the only way to enter into the new world"
Dezzi tilted their head. "Marianna?"
"The kingdom of Mariana is said to be the birthplace and specifically is the Homeland of all fishmen."
Kirks eyes widened. Listening Keenly.
"It is known by its less flattering common name as Fishman Island. it is a kingdom filled with Fishman mermaids merfolk anything that lives and breathes water and is a person they live there. usually whenever you wish to go into the new world you will pass through there but most do not stay. some out of fear some out of hurriedness"
"Okay. Then What about the New World? What is that? I've heard people say it before…And I never found any books on what it was…" Kirk asked.
New anecdotal information about the new world and what it was but given that the man in front of them is clearly had more information than she, she did not speak up
" the grand line is separated into two Seas. one of them is the one that we are in it is known as Paradise where the Pirates graveyard. this is not because it is the most dangerous, if anything it's because it is the new world's front lawn. it is the graveyard and waste disposal for those that are not able to prove themselves to make it into the new world"
everyone's eyes began to harden or widen and focus in on the man as he continued to speak " the new world has never been reached to its very end the only person that has ever done that was Gold Roger himself. some think that others are close. The end there'd be a new pirate king"
" the new world is the newest stretch of sea that is only been properly being explored for the past few hundred years people have lived there for ages and ages before that but people from other oceans hadn't come there until very recently and very quickly because of the only way to get there was through going through the Grand lines first half meant that everyone that was already there was extremely strong and took a foothold."
" if you thought people here in the Pirates graveyard. there are those in the New World that would make those people you thought seem like nothing more than mere foot soldiers. Even Barbary… there are those stronger than even him perhaps many many people, many many times stronger"
but chill ran down his back As he processed the words.
"Stronger?"
"Yes. if anyone wants to make it to the new world they need to be strong far stronger than they probably already are. But you could probably make it there by now." he said both being sincere and wanting to be a little bit more generous
" the new world is an entirely different Beast to this first half I don't even know how it works all I know is it's supposedly normal navigation doesn't work there like how outside blue navigation doesn't work in here."
"That and about how the calm belts this around the Pirates graveyard surround the new world too but instead of being calm they are known as the harsh belts because of how unpredictable they are being nearly impossible to travel through and navigate in. literal entire stretches of sea that are basically Bleak Stretches that line each side of the New World half…."
Leroy had to sit down and breathe pinching his nose as he rubbed his forehead "That's insane…Too think…"
He reached into his sash to pull out Azars vivre card as he thought about him…"I can't believe Az-"
He stopped. Eyes widening as he looked at the piece of paper. It was….Smoldering! Embers burning away at its length! "Shit! Fuck Fuck! What the hell!" He screamed as he began to blow on it, but nothing seemed to happen.
"Wait…Azar said something about this! It burns when he's in danger or is really hurt!" Jers came over and looked at it. "Calm Calm, Red Sash…The Paper is not gone. It merely smoulders. It just means that he's been roughed up some how. But he is not in any life threatening situation!"
The Goatee man raised a hand to put the Captain at ease. The cold chill of sweat he felt from anxiety going away as a twinge of a smile formed. "Oh…Oh okay…Heh….Fuckin Azar. Cannot ever keep himself out of trouble…."
"Guess that means we shouldn't keep him waiting on Sabaody!" He straightened and tucked it gently back into his sashes inner pocket.
Citizens loaded up the Blossom with Treasure taken from Barbary's Treasurey. Kirk fingering through bills with a glint in his eye as he marked it all diligently.
"Stay safe out there alright!" Jers said. The Hatter and Rabbit Human next to him as Leroy stood facing him. "You know. I never asked, how did you know so much about the New World and the Grand Line?"
"Tch…Oh that? My name is Syste Sly Jers. I was an Adventure many years ago before my leg was taken" He said pulling up his pant leg to reveal a crude but comfortable prosthetic. "After that all my strength was sapped…"
"Syste Sly Jers…Sly Jers….SLY JERS?!" Leroy said "You mean?"
"Yeah. I'm 'The Man'" He nodded. He was a well known adventure documenter. Writing countless books about his adventures that lead through the grand line and with his Partner Ervin. They'd often give themselves Survival Challenges, go onto an island with nothing and see how long you could survive with out using the emergency Den Den. That and he was well known for being a source to the later editions of 'Bragards Tale'
But Leroy had no Time to fully discuss. He wasn't the biggest fan, but he had read his work of course! But he was in a hurry of his own for his Adventure.
The Crew all huddled up onto the deck and waved the people of Hard Rock off as the Island began to float over the Horizon…
But as they did…Something strange happened for only a few mere glimpses of a second. All around the boats. All around the coast of hard rock and laughing at the waves next to the Ember blossom were castly whites creatures that seem to Bob their heads out of the water with faces of here and uttered red some floating above the waves and of their seem to the agonizing screams that were utterly silent reaching up to try and gripping climb their way onto the boat only to suddenly then a single second later…
Disappear.