"The rod from my room?" Usopp protested, even though he'd suggested it to Nami in the first place. "But what'll I hang my clothes on?" He already knew he'd wind up agreeing; nonetheless, he felt the urge to protest on general principle.

To Zoro, he said, "You mean you want metal for alchemy? Sorry, I'm kind of low at the moment. I just helped make some stuff I owed an ally, but it used up a lot of my resources. Maybe we can gather some more tonight." He kept his personal distaste for the small army of people here who weren't willing to improvise even a little and who relied on Roy's alchemy to himself, since Zoro was his crewmate and after all he knew for a fact Zoro really needed swords... not the sword-like objects he'd given Yuber.

"Right now most of my supplies are smoke bombs, broken glass, some really small pipes I need for something else and some fruit we should probably eat before it goes bad..." He paused, glancing up and down the hallway forlornly. "I don't see Sai or Sanji here yet."