Usopp jumped a bit, but managed not to knock over his fledgling production, which was coming along very well if he said so himself. An impressive castle, too bad there was no king of cards to come along and live in it. "Hi, Brook. Thanks for checking in! Weren't you going to look for Zoro, though?"

He leaned around to see his crewmate once Brook was seated, although it hadn't been neccessary at all while Brook had remained standing thanks to the height. "Or Chopper. They still need to check in. Chopper's not irresponsible, I hope he's okay... maybe he just hasn't thought about the board lately." Frowning as much in thought as in concentration, his lips pouting a little, Usopp carefully balanced two more cards and then started another level. "Everybody's probably okay and just busy. But I hadn't heard anything and wanted to be sure."