5. You Okay, Luffy? (was You Okay, Honey?)

(on a street in Loguetown.  A drunken pirate stumbles around, picking up random bits of trash, looking into garbage bins...)

Drunk Pirate:
Gotta find that One Piece!
Gotta fine that One Piece!
Gotta find that One Piece!
(despondent)
It's somewhere else.
Not here.

(Luffy wakes up and pats his head absentmindedly.  He realizes that he doesn't have his hat and begins screaming bloody murder.  Usopp and Chopper step out of the shadows; they are definitely not dressed in drag.)

Chopper:
You okay, mister?

Luffy (screaming):
Oh no!  Oh no!

Usopp (waits for Luffy to pick up the verse, realizes that Luffy isn't and continues with song):
Did they get any money?

Luffy:
No!  But they stole my hat!
(screaming at no one in particular)
I'll kill you bastards!
(Chopper shoots him up with just enough tranquilizer to calm him down.)
Thanks.

Usopp:
My name's Usopp.
Captain Usopp.

Luffy:
Usopp? Indeed.  You're a liar of the first degree.
They call me Luffy.  Monkey D. Luffy.
(To both of them) Nice nose.
(Luffy's stomach rumbles ominously)

Chopper:
Let's go find some food.  But wait!
There's a Kanazuchi meeting at 9:30.

Usopp:
This body provides a comfortable home
To the power of the Devil Fruit, you know.

Luffy:
As does mine. (turns to Chopper)  That's a lie, isn't it?

Usopp:
You figured me out. 
Let's get you your hat. Have a bite.
Make it night.  I'm flush.

Luffy (proudly):
That's a lie.

Chopper:
Got it in one, nice.

Usopp:
I've been exposed agaaaaaaaain.
Come on.  Let's go.

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