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"We're all caged song birds, waiting for someone to hear our sound"

After arriving in Upper Yard, shortly after stealing wavers from Juju's Shack, the duo traversed Upper Yard's dense woods in attempts to find the entrance to the ruins, the old woman in Lovely Street had told them about. Whatever the case, Junbei and Caprice couldn't seem to find the entrance, trekking for hours through the Jungles Terrain. "Jeez... This place needs some hedging or trimming... Ugh!" Caprice exclaimed as a spider web collided into his face, as his advancing through the flora wasn't as observant as he should be. "Stop whining, we've only been walking for a few minutes now." Junbei said humming a merry melody. "What is it with you and woods? It's like you get a whole new glow in your eyes or something?" Caprice inquired. "When you spend your whole life locked up being poked and prodded, it's not exactly optimal conditions to go for a nature walk, be thankful for your freedom." Junbei scolded the lazy child. "What kind of thief can't-" Junbei's words paused, as the sound of a large party drew closer.

Retreating to the nearby bushed, Junbei closed his eyes, as Caprice peeped through a slight patch in the bush to inspect the situation. "Radar" Junbei whispered, sending out his high frequency waves to inspect the his surrounding area. Coupled with his Kenbunshoku Haki, Junbei noticed that it was a noticeably sizeable party, around twenty in number, they also where chugging along a cage, with several Winged beings within it's contents. The party weren't move by foot, they were riding on some fairly modern looking forms of transportation, similar in shape to the Wavers from Juju's shop. However, it seems these were equipped for land transportation.

Listening into the parties conversation, "Oooh... We scored some good catches this time around... I don't get why boss doesn't want us mucking around this 'Holy' place. The Noble women have a nice look to their face... I might buy a slave or two for myself." Junbei spied in and conveyed through perceiving the incoming sound spats which rode along his sound-waves. Recollecting Juju's conversation from the night before, especially on the details about Wingless trading natives to Skypiea as slaves on the black market. His childhood friend was a victim to this and Junbei wasn't about to let other random bystanders become slaves over foolish aspects such as money or fame.

Entering into his intangible form to draw closer, reforming behind to the roots of elongated trees, Junbei morphed his voice into loud grungy noise, almost like that of animal call but in away, it was kind of monstrous in nature. Whistling, the slavers stopped the pack, trying to identify the origins of sound. Jumping from out of the bush, Caprice became the centre of the slavers attention, while having Junbei in scope, the man simply placed a finger on his lips in hopes for him to act as if he hadn't noticed him. "Hey brat!" the man shouted. "You ain't got no Wings and your mucking around these parts... That's pretty fucking sketchy? You know anything about that sound we just heard? You wouldn't be a slave kept by the Shandia punks right?" the slaver said grinning menacingly. While the guards focused was on Caprice, Junbei turned into an intangible state, drawing closer against the tree's trunks, until he was merely three meters away from the road's clearing.

Starting to sing, the melodic music set a lull over the area, the angelic notes made the men startled once again, drawing for their weapons. Junbei hidden by the bushes and large tree girths, the musician would continue to weave his melody's tune. As the words slipped from his mouth in rhythm, the curdling melody made the warriors, sleepier and sleepier, their eyes heavy like bags of travellers movements across the hot terrain of an Alabasta's. Each package carrying nourishment for their survival and every step so exhausting they could pass out at any moment either from the heat or dehydration.

From the pack of twenty, ten of the men fell to the floor, their eyes heavy from sound's contents. Emerging from the area where the first set of slavers had fallen asleep, Junbei drew closer to the transport party, hiding behind the cages, now fully in range, the sound became louder and louder, causing everyone in scope pass out, every slaver and slave. All except two, Caprice and a young woman who stored out of the cage with her eyes bobbing from side to side to the melody. "Rishi Rishi... For you to be still awake... You must be either very strong willed or you're deaf. I'll bank on the later in most cases, though, I've met a deaf girl once, so it wouldn't be my first time getting that bet wrong." Junbei exclaimed, scratching his head, rambling towards the Winged Stranger. "Now then. Let me see if I can find these keys. How long are you going to stand frozen there Caprice!" Junbei exclaimed.

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"We're all caged song birds, waiting for someone to hear our sound"

As the man buzzed around the sleeping slavers belongings, Caprice jumped into the fray. A small smirk came to his face, not one of joy but a since of irony of the woman's statement about him being a slaver. "I'd never sell living beings regardless of their race. Don'tca know, the first woman I've ever loved had wings too." Junbei said, finally finding the keys among the slaver's belongings. Inserting the key into the chamber, Junbei could tell by the woman's body positioning, she was unsure of Junbei and his intentions. As soon as the cage was unlocked, the man placed his hands in the air, almost as a signal for a truths, backing away from the prison which encased the woman and her people. "Caprice. Could you gather up their guns and swords, toss them one side, if they manage to wake back up, I don't exactly want to deal with them." Junbei said, emotively towards the child, making a face of disdain at the thoughts of actually having to use his weapons on scum.

The woman's violet wind blew in the rush of air that stormed through the forest life of Upper Yard, blowing the cage open. In moments, Caprice had tossed all of the men's weapon into the bushes. "Alrighty. My works done here-" Junbei stated, stopping his statement, coming into range was a single being, he was approaching at a readily rate and he was winged in nature. With his race revealed, that eliminated the possibility of him being reinforcement of these slavers. Junbei's hand rested steadily by his waists, "I think a friend is on their way to save you." Junbei said propping against the tree. "Once I'm sure you and your people have escaped, I'll be on my way." Junbei said grinning at the violet haired woman. Whistling, the musician began to make a cheerful tune with his lips, it was a soothing sound, one just to bide the wait.

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"We're all caged song birds, waiting for someone to hear our sound"

"You're welcome." Junbei said simply, with no extra needed in his responses towards Eve at this point. The woman inched out of the cage, one by one placing each of the enslaved onto the trees, to rest in a deep slumber. As the man drew closer, his apparent superior height made him simply whistle in awe. He's seen people this big before but nothing to the extent of the man's size and stature so far on his journey. Around his hands carried several golden bangles, around his waist also a seemingly golden pelt or strap. His long flowing white hair danced in the wind, as the man walked over to Caprice, looking down at the five foot teenaged boy, calling him a little girl. Junbei couldn't help it, he simply burst out into laughter. "Rishi Rishi Rishi... How did you do it, little girl?" Junbei said taunting Caprice. Caprice face shot bright red with embarrassment, he'd never been so humiliated in his life. What made it worse was the unknown tall Winged man began to pat Caprice on his head, ruffling his head of hair. Caprice hated actions that made him seem child like the most of all. "Urgh!" the child exclaimed in frustration, about to rip the man Adam a new one in cursing but the woman, Eve, chimed in. She also too believed Caprice was a girl. "Look! Listen to me. I AM A MALE. A MANLY MAN. OKAY!? I'M JUST GROWING. I'M ALREADY 15, I'M TURNING 16!" Caprice shouted at the top his lungs, his face flushed red, pulling away from Adam's shaking of his hair.

Once Adam knew that it wasn't Caprice but indeed, Junbei was the saviour his face seemingly pouted with disappointment that it wasn't Caprice who saved her but the Red Head. "Rishi Rishi... If I knew you'd look so bummed out about it, I would've let Caprice handle them himself. He's not a pushover either. He's strong for a little girl." Junbei said, adding a slight tease into the end of his statement. "Captain! If you don't-" Caprice shouted, Junbei quickly chimed in afterwards sticking out his tongue playfully, "Okay Okay... I'm done. Sorry." Junbei retorted. "Well." Junbei said leaning up off of the tree, "As fun as this was, I've thrown in my two cents. I was so shocked to see a cage filled with prisoners in a place dubbed, 'Holy Land', for a minute, I was going to question what kind of God this land serves." Junbei said sternly. "I guess wherever you go, they'll be slaves and masters in this world. It makes me want to meet this Lao Fall person even more." Junbei said grinning. As friendly as the man appeared, Junbei was still very much uneasy about strangers, and kept on guard with his sensory for any incoming surprises for now.

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"We're all caged song birds, waiting for someone to hear our sound"

"Anything in the future, hmm, I'll hold you to that." Junbei said grinning, firmly staring the giant of a man in his eyes. "Adam? I've never heard a name like that before in my life. Though, I guess mine's a little bit more sketchy, Rishi Rishi." Junbei exclaimed, chuckling slightly. "My name's Junbei Von Echo. I'm just a wandering musician trying to complete a woman's last wishes." Junbei responded, propping off the tree, grabbing Caprice by the collar, as he was looking to snarl and rip into Adam another time for calling him a little girl. Turning to Eve, "Adam's lucky to have such a beautiful and strong woman like yourself in his care, make sure he treats you right." Junbei said grinning, playfully winking at Eve. At the very end of his statement, several winged entities flew into scope of his sensory field. Before Adam could even inform him, Junbei began to walk towards the bushes, climbing inelegantly tripping into the flora. As he fell, his current location, wasn't visible by sight, the thickly packed trees and coupled tree branches shrouded most. On his belly, Junbei began to crawl against the jungle terrain, Caprice following suit, the duo heading East, in hopes of finally finding the Ruins they'd desire.

Springing up to seat positions, one by one, the slavers awoke. Rubbing his eyes, "What in-" the man said, finally coming to his senses, noticing that the cage with all of his capture Shandian's, were now, gone. Well, that's what he thought until he full awoke and asset the situation, his eyes expanding widely as Adam's huge stature towered over the puny Wingless Faction. "Men! To your weapon-" the man shouted, reaching at his waist, only to notice their weapons where piled into a stack off into the distance. A cold sweat broke on the leader of the pack's face, "Mercy?" was the only word that could escape.

By this point, the duo had cleared a good distance, proceeding to run through the jungle once again. "Adam. Hmm... Maybe I should've asked him about Lao Fall?" Junbei thought. "Maybe next time." the man exclaimed grinning.