"John Smith's gun..." Kyo murmurs to herself as her brows knit while inspecting the weapon laid out on the counter before her, gently turning it over before observing the other side also, she can practically feel Teach staring at her with a large grin on his face.

It's a flintlock pistol and has the correct designs...it's a little tarnished from age but if anything, that proves it's legitimacy... 

"Do you like the rain, Littlen~? It has been raining all day~!"

"Please don't speak to me while I'm authenticating." That wipes the smile off Teach's face immediately, the man didn't even want to be served by her and after the incident with Cleopatra's vase, who could blame him? 

He does at least remain quiet until she finally sets the gun back down, her gaze shifting up toward the black-bearded male.

"So? What's the verdict, little Dracule~?" Excitement already shining in the male's dark eyes as he eagerly rubs his hands together, clearly he knows the gun is very real and is hoping to turn a profit on it but...

"We don't have an exhibit on John Smith yet however, I'll buy this gun for future reference. If you could find us more things relating to him, we will be happy to pay." Her request drawing a slight scoff from Teach's throat but he seems cooperative regardless, radiating confidence as he puffs out his chest whilst folding his arms.

"Easily, Littlen! You have the money and I'll always have the goods~!" Of course all he earns in response is a subtle hum, her brown orbs shifting to Perona, for once the pinkette is silent as she stands off to the side, letting the two discuss business and only speaking when it's to a visitor. 

Usually Kyo takes things into her office to look at them but Mr. Marshall has expressed his paranoia over leaving her alone with the gun so she had to do her analysis at reception instead. 

Not that she really minds, the lighting is decent enough for it.

"Perona will fetch the money for you." She doesn't miss how the pinkette pouts at that, the poor woman is just here to be a receptionist and even that job is temporary, it would seem she doesn't like the idea of having to count out cash. "How much would you like for this?"

A lot, I'm guessing...

"25,000~!"

"Since you have other things to find, I think it's only appropriate to talk you down." Kyo's voice is rather calm but firm on this matter, he will be making plenty of money out of them these next couple of months, no doubt. She will have to make sure he doesn't bankrupt them with these items. "What about 15,000?"

"You're kidding, right?! 20,000!"

"Deal." Fool.

It's just the price she was hoping for, she had expected it to be more difficult to haggle.

Perona already making her way toward Mihawk's office to retrieve the money whilst Teach holds out his hand for a shake and it's in this moment that the redhead catches sight of his fingers, more notably, the jewellery on one of them. 

The girl still cupping his palm and allowing him to shake on the deal, although her eyes never leave his ring, it's old and tarnished - it has no place in the modern world but it's priceless and here's this idiot carelessly wearing it on his filthy fingers.

"Where did you get that?" She finally questions, it would seem Teach noticed her staring since he immediately seems to know what she's speaking about, the inquiry drawing a coarse laughter from his lips.

"You like it, Littlen~? It's said to be Blackbeard's himself, I think it suits me zehahahaha~!"

Of course he would get his paws on it first...I'll have to deliver the bad news to Crocodile.

"Hm..." It takes just about everything she has to act indifferent in this moment, her eyes filled with expiration as they fall closed and a very forced smile tugging on her lips as she bottles her true emotions before returning her gaze back to him. "It looks very fitting on you."

"Thank you, zehahaha~! Does it make you feel more attracted to me? I've never seen you smile before~!" The fact that he had the mere audacity to ask such a thing makes the girl's skin crawl, an uncontrollable frown soon etching into her features as her smile becomes much harder to maintain, slowly morphing into a pout as he responds.

"Absolutely not."

Disgusting.

Thankfully Perona comes back with the money in hand, a confident smile on her red lips as she sets it down on the counter for Teach to take. 

"Good thing Mihawk keeps it in sets of 5,000! I would've been there all day if--"

"Yes, thank you, Perona." Kyo coldly intercepts, though for once she isn't necessarily trying to be mean to her father's partner, she's mainly just wary about discussing how much money Mihawk keeps in his safe while in Teach's presence. 

If he steals valuables from gravesites, he'll no doubt steal from Mihawk too, if given the chance. 

She watches the raven count his money, seemingly making sure it's all there before he finally begins to leave. The redhead wrapping the gun up in an old cloth that Mr. Marshall had with him before gently lifting it and taking it to her office, she doesn't like guns and she sure as hell doesn't like the idea of having one in her personal space so she opts for locking it away inside her desk drawer with intentions to only take it out again for use on a display. 

She soon relaxes back into her chair, since the weather is so poor, there hasn't been many customers so she hasn't been doing any tours. Until Teach showed up, she was playing spider solitaire on her computer.

Her attention swiftly being stolen by her phone when a flash of the notification light catches her eye, grabbing the device and unlocking it but what she finds is rather unexpected; a friend request on Facebook from Donquixote Doflamingo.

What?

She never uses the app and she certainly doesn't know Doflamingo so she isn't quite sure how or why he's sending her invites, even when clicking on his name, it tells her that they have no mutual friends so he must have really gone out of his way to find her. 

She scrolls through his timeline, or what parts of it somebody can see without being his friend, seems he keeps his posts public though. Most of them are memes and videos of people getting injured while doing stupid stuff but nothing that would make her understand why he's trying to befriend her all of a sudden. 

Could it be that he has an artefact for us?

Though, the sight does make her wonder.

Does Trafalgar have an account on here?

Clicking the search bar, she contemplates to herself for a moment; isn't it considered weird to stalk people online? But he's her boyfriend so would that make it normal? She's not so sure.

Reluctantly, she begins to slowly type in his name before pressing the magnifying glass icon, much to her surprise his account is first on the list to appear; his profile picture is a sketch of a smiley face, a little like the one accompanying the heart tattoo on his chest although, this one has what-looks-like gears circling it rather than a heart, she's almost certain she's seen the same emoticon on some of the hoodies he owns.

I wonder what it means.

The next thing she notices is that he has 3 mutual friends; Ace, Sabo and Luffy. 

Perhaps she should have expected that much. 

No interests stated, no favourites, no religious views, no relationship status and no information as to where he lives - the man smartly kept his details online very private. There's only one relation, 'Donquixote Rocinante' set as his brother, strange she thought Law would refer to him as a father figure above all else.

Guess she's finding out a little more about her lover through stalking after all, though Law would have likely told her this himself, had she asked him. 

The first post she could see on his wall is from the man who sent her the friend request.

Donquixote Doflamingo: 

You ignoring my request? Accept me as your uncle!

Beyond that is just old posts from October the previous year, people saying Happy Birthday to him, it would seem that he is a Libra. Interesting.

Though when she clicks on the 'photos' tab, things begin to piece together; most of them are just Law sitting in the background and not really paying attention to the camera, there's only one of him smiling (more like smirking) but again, his focus is elsewhere in that photo. However, the very first image and most recent of the bunch is of Ace and Bonney, the two seemingly taking a selfie with each other at the party that must have been weeks ago by now, possibly even a month. In the background is Law speaking with Kyo, the two were both tagged in the picture but she hadn't even seen it, she muted Ace on this app because he always tagged her in memes and it got annoying. 

In the comments is a few people saying how Bonney is so pretty and some people asking Ace if that's his girlfriend but amongst them is... 

Doflamingo, 2 hours ago:

Who's this woman sat with you, Law?

The man has sharp eyes, she will admit that much. 

So that's why he's trying to add me...