"Cough, cough... phew..."
Nami was the first to wake, and the others soon followed.
"Cough, cough... haa... cough, cough."
"Urgh..."
"Where are we? Is everyone here?"
"What is this place? It's so hard to breathe. There's hardly any air here."
"Oh, you're awake."
As they slowly came around, they saw Barn fishing alone at the bow. Fitz lay on his head, looking rather listless.
"Huh? Mr. Barn?"
"Hey! Look outside! It's beautiful!"
As Vivi looked toward Barn, she noticed the surroundings the Going Merry now floated in-a sea of clouds.
"Whoa..."
Chopper's jaw practically dropped to his belly button...
"Clouds? How are we floating on them?"
"Haha, adventures really are fun. Who knew a place like this existed?"
"Where are we? Everything's white!"
Barn had already put away his fishing rod and walked over, shaking his head.
"Ah, still no luck."
Then he turned to Nami.
"Nami, this should be the Sky Sea. Check the Log Pose and see where Sky Island is."
"Oh! Right!"
Only then did Nami remember the Log Pose on her wrist, but its needle was still pointing upward.
"It looks like this is only the middle layer of the Knock Up Cloud."
"Sky Island must still be above us."
"But how do we get up there?"
Hearing Nami and Robin's conversation, Vivi came over to ask.
"That, I don't know."
Robin shook her head helplessly.
While they were still discussing how to reach Sky Island, the idiot trio on the other side was already getting ready to explore.
"Step one! Captain Usopp is going swimming!"
"Yay! Yay!"
"I'm so jealous!"
Usopp had already stripped off his shirt and was warming up on deck.
"Hey! We don't know anything about this place yet. Don't do anything reckless."
Sanji spoke up worriedly.
"Who cares! A sea's a