Monkey May Day 17: Cave! Monkey King becoming the Monkey King! Considering I did the sketch and the line art for this one while in a moving car I think it came out surprisingly well.
Chaos has broken into the camp at nightfall, barks of shouts and yells of confusion with pointed fingers and accusations. It started right around supper with Pilgrim Sun and the youngest brother passing a waterskin to and fro between them, both mentioning a strange taste even describing it until their master mentions it's possibly the water from the mother-child river; the same infamous they just left days prior. Of course it led to an uproar and panic, Sun Wukong pointing fingers at Zhu Bajie, who dropped his chopsticks and raised his hands in surrender, profusely claiming his innocence while Sha Wujing tugs at Wukong's sleeve hurriedly. Few more words were exchanged before the eldest and youngest left on nimbus with haste.
It only took five minutes before Tripitaka burst into a fit of laughter clutching his stomach.
“Master..” Zhu Bajie quietly asks, his voice wavers, “Why are you laughing at a time like this?”
“Hahaha…” Tripitaka wipes a tear from his eye and smiles at him. “It's not the mother-child river water, water mixed with juices of fruit. The women back at the kingdom were kind enough to show and gifted me some.”
“Wait…”Zhu Bajie stares at him in thought before a broad smile and fits of giggles. “Mischievous Master, pranking that hairy oaf and that red hair fool, hehe he serves them right for laughing at us when we drank the waters.” The duo laughed together at the campfire, Tripitaka sharing how the idea came about along with the careful plan without Sun Wukong catching wind.
I have so many thoughts about “what if Sabo was in Alabasta at the same time as Ace and Luffy?” this doesn’t even scratch the surface.
Sabo has such Sabo vibes that it would definitely cause a 🤔 but as soon as Luffy sees his scar and long hair he’d immediately forget his suspicions and run off again. And I don’t think Sabo in this state would be in any way prepared for Luffy’s Luffy-ness.