Along with pinball high-scores, Strawberry Shortcake stickers, and vintage designer dresses bought at discount prices, a five star 3 course meal served at fancy ocean restaurants, in the humble opinion of Miss Reinaka Sciwalker, was more than enough reason for some kind of jubilation. Such a momentous occasion, she firmly believed, was deserving of at the very least a little bit of festivity, preferably in the form of laughter, glitter, and many hugs and kisses. There might possibly even be a drink, or two, or four - maybe more - all to be consumed in good company, naturally. Much to her delight, most of Rei-Rei's company appeared to be very much available for such foolhardy activities. Tai was otherwise occupied with whatever activities rummaged through head all the time, but Owen, apparently, was just as elated as she was to be tasting the famous dishes of the Baratie, and as for the Gozu? Well, Captain Sciwalker was far too busy with her own emotional roller coaster to keep an accurate account of all her crew now could she: all concurring answers this way please.

A waiter! Of all the creatures in the world, Reinaka disliked snobby waiters at fancy restaurants the most. Positively exhausted of the constant oohs and ahhs of first-patrons of the Baratie, certainly, he made it known that he would be less than pleased to answer any and all touristy questions, not qithstanding some sort of obnoxiously sizable tip. Really then, that was just insulting, now wasn’t it – especially considering how very much she despised snobbery in all its forms, and what's more, matchy-matchy black and white uniformed ensembles which put the man and most waiters doubly high on her list of nays and nay thank-yous! Indignant upon receiving this response, she told herself that this was going to have to be bumpy meal if she didn't contain her usually high level of rage in situations such as this one, because she would not let this rain put a damper on her parade.

No way, José. This wasn’t even really rain, after all; it was more of a light shower, or better still, a sprinkling of water. Mist! There: it was mist, soon to be cleared away, because she was going to dine like a queen, and she was going to have a good time, and it would be absolutely splendid, thank you very much. In fact, she was completely positive that she was going to have a wonderful time, even though she would have to go it with no help navigating the fanciful menu of the restaurant, which was really only a minor setback in her mind. After all, she was, in fact, a trained navigator enthusiast, and as such, was was sure to find a familiar word or two to help her reach her dining destination in the end, yes?

"Your finest vegetarian cuisine, please and thank you, garcon!"

She awaited the others to give their requests and orders and sat patiently, nay, delicately during the entirety of the process. Every bit the lady that she could pretend to be. After he had cleared his rounds and left to fill the orders, the girl exhaled as though a weight had been lifted of her chest and she found finally breathe easier.

"Well, this is certainly exciting. Great choice, Owen. I'm practically salivating in anticipation. I can't wait to sample all the vegetarian delicacies of all the blues and beyond! A worthwhile endeavor if there ever was one, I'd say. Hmmm what do you guys hope to find on out there in the world anyway?"

Hmm... Everyone was so interesting. Except for Tai, of course. He didn't feel the need to give any reasons as to why he wanted to form a crew and sail the 7 seas. Granted, Rei-Rei knew a little more about him than the others so she wasn't exactly totally unawares of what was driving the man. But still, she knew very little relatively. He did outright seem like the group type, but he was here, wasn't he? Of course, he had tried to go it the solo route already and look where he'd ended up. Maybe he was with them simply out of convenience. Hell, it was likely they were all together out of convenience. None of them had any real attachments to one another other than their own dreams and how those maybe intersected. Was it wrong to join up with people, only to use their power and skill sets to achieve your own goals? They'd be doing the same to you most likely.

Still, as little as she knew about him, she knew even less about these other guys. Did she even like them? Did they like her? Hell, they didn't know her. But she knew Owen liked candy now...and perhaps had never dined in a fancy restaurant before, and perhaps had a few cavities. Lee could hold a grudge apparently, and could maybe help her some specs she'd been playing at concerning her hidden blade style. Was that wrong of her to think about? Hmm. They both seemed personable enough, and neither of them said they dreamed of burning down villages and pillaging until their hearts content. So, the hardest part of it all was over.

"Wow. A devil fruit user, so... you can't swim? Well, good luck finding the One Piece considering we don't even have a boat yet! Ha Ha Ha. Ya know... I've never really thought of looking for the One Piece, or if it was even real o be honest. I wanna....I wanna..... carve out my own place in the New World! Some place all my own, with no one to tell me what to do. I'm gonna be the King, the Empress and the Government of my own life. And I wanna fill it with friends and family and live out my life there!"

Rei-Rei folded her arms and tilted her nose up in the air in a display of mock superiority and majesty. She looked down her nose at the boys seated around her and, in a battle of hesitation that clearly took a lot of thought, took mercy on them.

"And I suppose if you bums need a place to crash, well, you're invited to set up tents near the shore of wherever I choose. I'm nothing if not charitable. Hmph."

Something came over the girl, flighty and unreliable as she was, that caused a bit of racing in her chest. Her stomach knotted up and goosebumps ran alone her her thin arms and down her back. The edges of her hair stood as though sentient and alert to what was happening before them. Was she even aware? Did she even understand this reaction occurring in her, a chain-reaction of the events taking place here today? In her heart, she did!

She watched Owen tease her and smile that wide grin, observed the same rush of energy overcome Lee that she was sure had just overcome herself and smiled at how he'd immediately converted it to enthusiasm and gusto! She gawked as Tai revealed himself to be a shipwright. This was all too surreal! A musician, a blacksmith, a shipwright and a navigator all coming together, thrown at each other by lucky or maybe unlucky timing and fate perhaps! How serendipitous!

"Did I mention... that I'm a trained in seafare expedition and navigation? Heh heh. This is getting too weird. How does a shipwright, blacksmith, flag human and a navigator come together without some kind of divine intervention!?"

She folded her arms and lowered her head, a shadow cast over her face, hiding her contemplative expression. Was this the moment? The very moment that occurs for every single crew that ever did form and sail the seas? That moment of intense exhilaration and worry. She if went ahead with this she'd never be able to live a life void of conflict between herself and the powers at be again.

But... If she said no, would she ever truly be able to live at all? What kind of freedom could she have obeying the status quo? To be a pirate meant a lot of things, but primarily, at least for her, it was beginning to mean that you were the most free of all people, anywhere!

She reached her hand out slowly, watching their faces now, each spinning with their own dreams, goals, worries and grand expectations. Maybe this wouldn't be so hard, not if they all believed in her and each other.

"Well... It looks like the Featherweight Pirates are officially a thing! Who's with me?!" Owen was the first to reach out his palm, though perhaps it was a detoured action from his reaching for the new plates of food that had arrived. Either way, she had one. Two to go!