The Runaway Compass

In a bustling port town in 1710, where cobblestone streets buzzed with merchants and sailors, and the salty scent of the sea hung in the air, lived a girl named Nami. She was twelve, with a tangle of chestnut curls and eyes that sparkled like the ocean under a noon sun. Nami wasn’t like other kids in Orange Town… she didn’t dream of fancy dresses or grand adventures on pirate ships. Her heart belonged to maps. She’d spend hours in her father’s tiny shop, Straw Hat’s Charts, tracing the curling lines of coastlines and whispering the names of far-off places like Sky Ocean and The White Sea.

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The Magical Seashell of Tanjung Bungah

The salt-laced wind whipped Eddy’s hair across his face as he scanned the glistening sands of Tanjung Bungah beach. The morning sun, a fiery orb in the pale sky, warmed his skin. He loved these early morning hunts, the beach deserted save for the scuttling crabs and the cries of distant gulls. The air smelled of brine and something sweet, like ripe mangoes from the nearby orchards.

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