Location: Kurau City
Mokomo Dukedom, Zou
The New World, The Grand Line
A sprawling city of stonework houses sat amidst a thick forest, several massive, ancient buildings embedded in the stonework ringing the forest just inside the Dukedom wall. A massive tree stretched upward, in the shape of a breaching whale, at the side opposite the gate, nestled deeper in the forested part of the island, but still within the walls.
A distant rumble shook the ground, and everyone instinctively took cover, though no one seemed even the slightest bit concerned. What looked like the open mouth of a volcano, grey and narrow, rose on the horizon beyond the great whale tree. It erupted violently, a massive spout of water bursting from the mouth, spewing a clearish liquid, enough to cover the entire island.
The liquid fell like an instant monsoon—“eruption rain”—a wave cleansing the surface of anything that failed to take cover, though nothing failed to do so today. Clusters of fish and other sea creatures were left in the wake of the liquid—it was sea water—and various fury humanoids, anthropomorphic mammals of every sort, casually grabbed buckets to toss the fish in, and continued about their business.
The Mink Tribe were the only intelligent inhabitants of Zou, and
Tony Hart was one such Mink—a white tiger Mink. Tony was at work, preparing the bar of the famous gourmet restaurant,
The Red Plate. They were about to open when Tony’s brother
Leon D. Hart, a lion Mink, burst through the double doors of the kitchen!
