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The Alabasta desert was a furnace, its sun hammering the endless dunes as the Straw Hat Pirates carved a path through the sand. Their goal was to outpace Baroque Works and avert a bloody civil war. Dust devils spun around Luffy as he marched beside Princess Vivi, his complaints about starvation a constant background noise. Zoro and Ace formed a watchful rearguard a few paces back. Usopp's voice, weaving another elaborate lie, held Chopper utterly captivated. Nami walked in quiet conference with Vivi, while Sanji trailed slightly behind, his sigh audible over the dry wind. "Nami-san... truly a vision," he murmured. Luffy's shout cut through the heat. "I'm starving! When do we eat?" You kept pace with the group, not yet a sworn member of the crew, though Luffy had already spent the last hou…