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AN: SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN THE CHAPTER, BUT I HAVE FINALLY FIGURED OUT A TIME SCHEDULE. EVERY TWO DAYS, I WILL UPLOAD A CHAPTER. SO, I WILL UPLOAD THE NEXT CHAPTER DAY AFTER TOMMOROW. ANYWAYS, HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE CHAPTER 54.
[PREVIOUSLY ON GAMER PIECE]
THE NEXT DAY
"You know that we can just blow up Mary Geoise, right?" I look at Luffy as I randomly pull this conversation, making everyone look at me. Luffy knows what I am talking about, as Franky explained the schematics of the ship to Luffy, who, even though he doesn't fully understand the capabilities of the Ship, knows how dangerous it is.
"That's a good idea. We should-"
Luffy stops, thinking about something. Robin guesses what Luffy is thinking, speaking it out loud.
"We Should Not Waste Time." Robin indicates we don't have the time to waste here, looking serious. Luffy, Me, Franky and Merry look at her, and Luffy nods, also having a serious face.
"Plus, we need to be INSIDE of your Dungeon when crossing through the Red Line, so coming out of it just to attack the holy kingdom is not ideal. We still need to get the crew back." Franky comments, and this makes up everyone's mind—
except for me that is. I am the one who planned it after all.
I already know about it, but I was curious to check if Imu would react or not. I just wanted to confirm if Imu has the last Ancient weapon or not, as hinted by Vegapunk before his death. I might be acting arrogant—
But when The entire ship is made through the blueprint of Pluton, giving access to its Power, of course I would be arrogant. Plus, while I don't have the Mother Flame to power up this Ship's true Capabilities, I can generate power from some other place, and that is through Impact Dials and Reject dials. Me and Franky figured out How Impact Dials and Reject Dials absorb Kinetic Energy, which we added to the entire ship.
Basically, every time the ship moves, the Ship generates Kinetic Energy which is absorbed into A Massive Reject Dial, which was made After me and Franky fully understood how the Dials work. The dials work thanks to its shells, which if crushed, has the ability to become coating. When coating the entire Ship, we added the mixture that was made by crushing all of the Impact Dials and Reject Dial shells, painting the entire ship.
The Ship is a weapon made thanks to the Blueprint Of Pluton, my ideas of Having a ship be a transformer, the dials, and various other items that I am interested in using.
As Luffy is about to speak, all of us notice that the Hand of The ship finally grabs onto an Edge, pulling up through a fog. We hold our breath, while I look excited. Not only for us finally reaching the top of The Red Line, but also—
As Dante's Inferno finally pulls itself to the Top, All of us look at the view, which is…beautiful. The fog seems to be water, flowing through the wind which is chilly. The Cloud seems to shine thanks to the sunlight. And the sunlight seems to shine on everything like it carries Heaven's grace. All around us are fogs, so we can't see below, making us see the Heavenly Island said to be God's Home.
All of us, even me, are stunned by the beauty of this world, as the top of this world offers its beauty to us. I suddenly feel a strange sensation like someone notices me, and immediately look at Luffy, who doesn't look like he feels what I am feeling.
Even against my better Judgement, I use Observation Haki, connecting with My Map—
My senses extend so far—
I sense, feeling the wailing of something, or someone. I don't know what it is, but I can feel it all around me, as if they are in pain. Not one, but hundreds/thousands voices are wailing in pain. My mind is almost overwhelmed, but gamers' minds calm me down, making me notice something.
I don't feel A different Will other than Mine, Luffy's, Robin's Franky's and Merry's. Luffy looks at me in surprise but I ignore him, focusing on the feeling of My Range is still Being expanded, my Map being updated, and it seems that the wailing is coming from everywhere. From the air, from the oxygens that allow Humankind to breathe, the Clouds, The—
The entire Red Line is wailing. The wailing increases as my Range increases, making me wince. Robin notices Luffy looking at Me, noticing my expression and rushing towards me, holding my Shoulder. Seeing this, Luffy narrows his eyes, trying to sense what I am sensing. The commotion makes Franky and Merry look at us, feeling uncomfortable as they don't know what is happening.
"Rai, are you okay?" Robin shakes my shoulders, but I ignore it, focusing on my Increasing Range. Even though I can sense everything when mixing My Map and Observation Haki, I have learnt to resist the headaches that come with it. But now, I Split my brain by using , making one of the brains focus on gathering all the information I receive by using Observation Haki, while my other brain starts to think of the situation.
I know what is happening, as I experience this every time I use Observation Haki along with the Map. I can sense the Will of the world, but I can also sense the Will of the island I am in, the area my range covers, and understand what is happening from what I sense. But sometimes, that understanding is based on the feeling of anger / sadness / happiness / content etc, Not pure despair.
The entire Red line, the air, the oxygen, the clouds all feel despair. I don't know why, but I know one thing. So I expand my senses as Luffy closes his eyes, trying to feel something. He can feel how my Observation Haki is working, and so, he tries to copy it. Rather Than trying to sense other Will, he Just senses…everything—
"OWWW!" Luffy grabs his head in pain as he collapses, the overload of information being too much for him. He can feel the utter despair and the wailing of all around him, even though his range is much smaller than Luffy. Franky rushes towards Luffy as I close my eyes, completely focusing on expanding my range to meet at the middle point that was established before.
Not noticing Merry's Expression turning from Shocked to horrified, as she senses something too.
Luffy, even with his head hurting intensely, notices My range expanding even faster, and realises something. He grits his teeth, expanding his range as well, pushing his observation Haki to the limit, completely ignoring the Information he is receiving.
"J-joy—"
"Libe-liberat—"
"End this Suff—"
"Oh Gaia, please—"
Or trying to. Blood starts coming from Luffy's nose as his brain overloads, but he pushes on. Both me and Luffy ignore all the others, trying to push our Range as far as possible, even though Luffy's range is nowhere close to mine. Luffy, in a genius move, tries to follow My Range, Somehow Overlapping with mine. Even though His Range isn't spreading like mine, he is somehow able to Receive information that I do.
Right as Luffy overlaps his Range with Mine, I reach the middle Point—
Both Me and Luffy feel something dark, something so dark which overwhelms every information that we were receiving. Luffy's eyes roll back as he collapses to the deck, unconscious due to the overload of information, but I still stand, confirming my theory. Still having on, I Use Dungeon creation to escape this place—
[3RD POV]
*BOOM*
An explosion occurs in the place where we were, as a winged creature appears in the place as if it teleported. The winged creature is covered in a cloak, but there is a Crown on the head of this creature. The Wing is demonic in nature, as a huge double-barrelled flintlock pistol rests on one of the hands, as the other hand has a levitating grimoire-like book with a pentagram on the cover.
"...you can Run, Gaia's Chosen One. But both of us know that Me and You will eventually Meet, like Me and Joyboy's Mirror are destined to meet." Imu whispers, as it disappears Into the fog, arriving back into the castle with no evidence that it did anything.
Imu looks at the Huge Strawhat That is covered with Ice, as It turns before walking to its chambers. Imu whispers one last time near the Giant Straw hat.
"It doesn't matter if Gaia's Chosen one wins, as this place is one of many after all."
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[1ST POV]
I take a deep breath out, as everything becomes silent. Even though my Observation Haki is still active, I don't receive any information, as The Dungeon cannot receive any information due to it being created by Gaia. A copy of the original world, with nothing except Monsters. This copy doesn't have a will of its own, so I can't use this to Update my Map (believe me, I have tried.)
"Luffy?" I look at Robin, who takes a look at Franky wiping Luffy's nose. I walk towards him, with Robin looking worried if I will also collapse, but thanks to Gamer's Mind, I have little to no problems, except one thing. That Dark Will I sensed, that doesn't go out of my mind, I don't know why. I kneel down to Luffy and hold his head, bringing a potion and feeding him, also holding his head and clearing it like I did with Robin and Khalifa when I had Sex with them.
Luffy wakes up abruptly, his eyes wide with shock. He looks around, as his eyes find me, a question he asks immediately after realising it is me.
"What was that?" I look confused, as I don't know what—
Oh, yeah. he somehow overlapped his range with mine, gaining the information that was being received by me. That is genius—
"The sounds, the pain, the screaming to end it all, the sounds of someone speaking about Joy, about Gaia. What are all those—"
"What just happened?" Merry, not understanding what Luffy is saying, along with her feeling the exact same thing me and Luffy felt, finally snaps and screams, holding her coat in frustration. I randomly muse that her Nami side is showing, but I look at Franky and Robin, who also demand explanations from their look, plus I also imagine the party wanting to know what happened.
I look at Luffy, curious about what he said. I didn't hear anything like that, but he did. I could sense the emotions and other feelings, but it seems Luffy felt that AND their voices. Meaning, it is the Voice of All Things, but it is somehow related to Observation Haki? Maybe, a food for thought.
"I just—we just sensed the ruler who sits on the highest throne. The one who controls the world without anyone knowing its existence except for a few people. The one who has the weapons of mass destruction, and is ruling the world since the Void Century." Robin, Franky, Merry and even Luffy have their eyes widened, all of them understanding the implications of what I am saying.
Well, not Luffy, as he narrows his eyes before turning his eyes towards the direction of the evil feeling. Robin snaps out of her shock, looking frantic.
"W-wait, are you s-seri—" I never saw Robin so shaken before, but Luffy interrupts her, him only having one question.
"Do we fight that thing later on?" Luffy asks, serious. I look at where Luffy is looking, as I answer it.
"If you want to, then yeah. We can." Luffy continues looking in the direction, as I turn towards Franky, who seems to almost have a heart attack. Merry who seems to shake in fear—
Huh, why is she shaking? Does a ship understand the implication of what I said? Good to know—
"Rai, explain, please." Robin looks desperate, and I blink in surprise. Why is she desperate? I try to think of any reason why she would be, but nothing strikes my mind. Robin should know that there are things she doesn't know, so knowing new information should excite her, rather than make her fearful.
"Robin, you okay—"
"NO, I am not okay. You can't just say that this world has a ruler and expect me to be okay." Robin has an outburst which completely takes me by surprise, as I never expected the calm and collected Robin to freak out. Why is there news that there is a ruler making her like this? I think—
Ohhhh, I see. She is freaking out as the existence of a ruler makes everything in history a lie.
"Yeah, there is a ruler sitting on the Throne. The name of this entity is Imu, and while this isn't confirmed, the entity seems to be one of the First Twenty, part of the Nemora Family." Other than that, I don't think there is anything to know about Imu's life history as I check the internet, the best place for information—
Nope. There isn't, other than the depiction of Imu in the Harley Text.
"T-then, everything that is said in this world, from texts, to history are all…lies?" Robin looks at the verge of a mental breakdown, but she raises a good question. The knowledge of this world I know is different from its residents, including Robin. This world has its inbuilt history, and unless important to the story, it isn't shown in the story.
Like, is it ever stated when the Adam Trees were first created for example? Or how Fishmen are born? Etc etc. unless it somehow solves a mystery, it is not shown in the anime/manga.
"Some are, some aren't." I am not sure of the answer, but I know that if I deny everything being the truth, Robin might have mental collapse, as history is one of the reasons for her being alive. If I say everything is the truth, that will be suspicious, as if there is a ruler of this world, then propaganda and the change in history always happens.
"L-like what—" Robin wants more information, to soothe her mind if anything, but I know only one truth that she needs to know.
"The Poneglyphs are the truth of this world you can believe are real. Rest, mostly propaganda as they can be changed. But all the information you need to know is from the Poneglyphs, so believe in them." I hold Robin's shoulder and look at her seriously, as she looks into my eyes, seeing my conviction.
I truly believe what I am saying, and after a few seconds, Robin breathes out, nodding and accepting it. I remove my hands from her shoulder, and turn to see Franky—
All okay. I blink in surprise, and Franky notices this, grinning.
"I built a ship with you which contains the power to destroy the world. It cannot get any more worse than that." I chuckle, nodding at him. It is true, as for Franky, Imu being the ruler of this world doesn't really affect him that much.
I turn to Merry—
Who slams her fist right into my abdomen, making me wince in surprise, rather than pain. My HP goes down, but I look down at her—
Merry jumps, spins in the air, and kicks me with a style reminiscent of Sanji, making me snap my head to the side. Merry lands on the ground, and as I turn to her, question in my mouth as to why she is trying (unsuccessfully) to beat my ass, it stops at the throat, as I see Merry having tears.
"Wha—" Merry spins, before slamming her leg into my abdomen, a copy of Mouton Shot from Sanji, but I catch the kick, before lifting her in the air, making her agitated.
"LEAVE ME—" I drop her, doing what she asked. She slams into the ship, getting up as she rubs her head. Merry then looks at me—
And I notice that there is fear in her eyes. A fear that is masked by anger. Merry seems to notice that I noticed her emotions, so she kicks me in the leg before bolting back inside the ship. Seeing this, Franky remembers his task, going to the wheels and grabs onto it.
"Forward." Luffy whispers, his eyes still on the direction where that presence was. Him thinking, what is he thinking? I don't know. He still hasn't answered if he wants to fight Imu or not, but I know he doesn't have a chance. The ship starts taking a step, after that, another. One by one, it starts walking step by step, crossing the Red Line.
Back to the current matter, I turn to Robin, looking confused.
"Why is she trying to beat me up?" Robin looks where Merry bolted, before shrugging.
"Talk to her and figure it out for yourself. She seems to feel the same thing you and Luffy seemed to feel a minute before." My eyes widen in surprise, not at all ready for this curveball. Since when did Merry know Observation Haki? I look over to the door, and decide to speak to her.
But, I am annoyed. Why am I supposed to speak to Merry when she has reached some random conclusion of her own. This is like a trash fanfic where there is a forced plot of a female getting mad at MC when it isn't his fault.
As I enter the room, I see Merry pressing her head against the pillow. She looks at me, and then immediately puts her head back into the pillow.
"Leave." I try not to sigh in annoyance, which I successfully do. I walk and sit on the bed Merry is lying on, making her clutch the pillow tighter.
"What happened?" I look at the door, trying to console Merry even though I don't know why I have to do it. I try to think of why she is angry and sad, but nothing comes up.
"Nothing. Just leave—"
"Merry, stop acting like this and tell me what happened that caused you to hit me." I ain't gonna let this bullshit go on any longer. She has a problem, and the fact that she is expressing it means she wants to say it, but she wants me to convince her to say it.
I ain't gonna do that shit. Merry looks at me, staring into my serious eyes that tell her to cut the act, making her frustrated.
"Things are spiraling out so much, I can't even understand it anymore." Merry gets up, sitting on the bed next to me. I look at her, my expression much more relaxed and comforting as she explains her problem. I understand what she is implying, making me chuckle.
Merry snaps her head to look at me, and seeing my amused expression, gets angry—
"Did you think the journey Luffy chose was going to be easy and joyful?" I ask her a question, making her stop the retort she had. Her anger fades as she becomes solemn, shaking her head.
"No, but when all of us first started this, we were four people, going from island to island, getting friends to join our crew and enjoying ourselves. All of a sudden, it became a fight to the death, we were hunted by various powerful people, got split apart, and now are chasing the rest of our crew. We haven't had a party since forever." Merry clenches her hand, her frustration and her sadness to the overall situation visible.
I look back at the door, thinking about what she said. There is a subtle implication that Merry herself didn't realise. Everything changed because of something, and that something…
was me.
"Me joining the crew changed everything." Merry's eyes widen in shock, looking at me in panic. She seems to think that I misunderstood her words.
"Wait, it's not your fault, I didn't mean that—"
I get an idea on how to console her.
"Let's say I don't join the crew, then what do you think would happen?" Merry's expression changes from panic to horror, completely misunderstanding what I said.
"Wait, don't leave the crew please—" I snort, chuckling. Merry stops her panicked rambling, as I raise my hand and put it on her head, giving her a headpat.
"I won't, don't worry. Just imagine, this is just imagination after all, not like there is a reality where I don't exist somewhere." I chuckle, making Merry pout. The context of what I said only being recognised by me.
"Well, we would die from the Life Absorbing Plant in that one island, from CP9, from those two God Knights, and various other people. Without you, we would have gotten captured by Zephyr, and without you, Luffy and I wouldn't have escaped from Aokiji." I chuckle at the analysis that Merry is doing. I can clearly see that she is showing just how important I am to the crew, but I decide to answer the question in a different way.
"So, let's say I deny Luffy's request to join the crew in Alabasta, you guys would still defeat Crocodile anyways, helping Vivi. You guys would still reach Sky Island, and defeat the lightning guy. Zephyr wouldn't come after you though, as me destroying Tashigi was the base of him coming after us. If we didn't fight the Marines in Alabasta, we wouldn't have had Zephyr after us. And without Zephyr, Aisa and Wyper wouldn't have joined." Merry has her eyes widen in surprise as I smirk.
I lean back, leaning against the wall while still sitting on the bed, getting comfortable.
"You guys would still come back to the ocean and meet Foxy, winning against him. But you guys would still meet Aokiji—"
"And get captured. Without you, we wouldn't have escaped." Merry seems to think that I am contemplating my place in the crew, for some odd reason. I chuckle, patting her head once again.
"Nah, you guys will still survive, as without me to escalate it, Luffy wouldn't attack Aokiji. You guys will still go to Water 7, where CP9 were, where Robin will give herself up—"
"Wait, why would she give herself up?" Merry questions it, since in this timeline, Robin was in CP9's hold due to Aokiji giving her to them to be escorted through the Gates of Justice. I give her the reason why, and continue explaining the plot of the original timeline.
After explaining all of it, Merry seems much more at peace.
"At the end, if the journey is dangerous, then we are on the right track. Come on, we still need to get our crew, remember?" I give Merry another headpat, but even though Merry looks much more at peace, BUT something is bothering her.
"I... I felt the pain of something. Something, similar to me, was crying." I blink, confused. Something similar to her crying? Like a ship crying?
"What is it? A ship?" Merry looks at me, before looking down and thinking. She nods, but it seems that there is more to it. I narrow my eyes, trying to think what she could mean.
"Not just a ship, but similar to Dante's Inferno." The answer surprises me, even confusing me. Dante's Inferno is made out of a blueprint from Pluton, and she sensed it in Holy land? isn't it in Wano? from what i remember, it is theorized that Imu has Uranus with her, so maybe she sensed that?
that would kind of make sense, as the three ancient weapons might feel the same. but one is a living being, other is a warship, and the third has no identity. maybe Uranus is also a warship Like Pluton? or is it something else entirely? Wano is protected by kaido, so to get Pluton, they would need to go through him, which would make big headlines, and would also ruin my plan.
Merry can sense other boats, but it seems she can sense ancient weapons now too.
But the range—that's astonishing. Somehow, Merry could hear Uranus even further than my own and Luffy's Observation Haki combined.
"Thanks a lot, you gave me very crucial information." I pat her head once more, getting up and opening the door of her room, going out to the main deck. Merry jumps out of the bed and follows me, much more calm.
With Uranus being confirmed at the hands of Imu, I am so very glad I convinced Franky to make Dante's Inferno. Now, I just need the Mother Flame or a power source similar to that.
"HEY RAI, CAN WE JUMP FROM HERE?" As we come out of the room, Me and Merry see Luffy being his jumpy self. We seem to have arrived at the end of the Red Line, nearing the edge. Merry looks horrified for Luffy to even imply it, as Robin looks concerned.
"Sure." Robin sighs, knowing that I can never deny any of Luffy's requests. Luffy grins like a maniac, turning towards Franky, who also grins like a maniac.
"Then, LET'S JUMP!!!" Luffy raises his hands and screams to the heavens in this copy of the world, as Franky hits some buttons. I walk towards the wheel, holding it—
Before grinning. The entire ship stills, as a glass glass covers everyone, protecting them. I pull the wheel back, making Inferno take a couple of steps back. Franky keeps his hand above two buttons, before nodding to me with a nod, his grin still intact. I nod back, my grin also intact.
I push the wheel forward, and with a jerk, Inferno starts running full throttle towards the edge. A small lever comes up near Luffy, who is sitting atop the Straw Hat, a handle appears near Robin, and Merry so that they could hold on. Luffy realises what it is, and his grin becomes maniacal. As we reach the edge, Luffy pulls the lever towards him. The ship crouches mid-run, before jumping high into the sky.
"WHOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Luffy screams his heart out, his worries and seriousness all going through the wind as Dante's Inferno almost levitates in the air for half a second, like a devil watching over this world, before allowing gravity to do its thing and dropping down—
"FRANKY!" I scream, making Franky slam the first button, making the ship transform back into its original shape. Franky slams the second button, making Dante's Inferno go through another transformation. The woods from under the ship open up, moving towards the sides of the ship. It all connects together and creates wings on the sides of the ship, similar to a plane.
(AN:- BTW, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, THERE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT OF A BOEING AIRPLANE CRASHING INTO A BUILDING OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN INDIA. IN THE PLANE, THERE WERE 240+ PASSENGERS DEAD, ALONG WITH VARIOUS COLLEGE STUDENTS.)
The ship shakes as the wings get hit by the downward gravity and wind pressure, but Franky clicks a small button in the control panel, making a hole below his legs, sliding through it into a room where all Jet Dials are stored. Franky clicks a button, making an indicator near me turn green. I press that green button, and from under the ship, the woods move allowing 8 cannons to point towards the ground. (The woods that are the wings btw).
Franky, inside of the room pulls a lever, allowing all the dials to be moved towards the 8 cannons. All the dials are inserted into a container that is attached to the cannons individually. Franky presses the same button he pressed before, notifying me once again with the button near me turning OK. I press it once again, as the machinery activates.
From under the ship, from the cannons, massive amounts of air shoot out, so much air that it stops the descent of the ship to the ocean. The ship levitates for a second before being pushed up little by little due to the amount of air being pushed down. I grab onto the OK button and twist it, pressing it once again. The amount of air is reduced from the 8 cannons, allowing us to float in the air. From a huge cannon behind the ship, huge amounts of air shoot out, making the ship go forward in the air. A huge glass covers the deck, allowing the smaller glass to go back into the ship, freeing Luffy, Robin, Me and Merry.
"GO GO GO!!!" Luffy screams in excitement, and I push the lever to the front, making the ship move in the air. I have an eye on the party system, especially the party map which indicates where everyone is. I turn the ship a little bit, making it take a small turn as I fly the ship towards G1 Base.
Dante's Inferno flies across the air at the speed of a cheetah. Due to its weight, it isn't as capable for flying as a normal plane in my world, but it works. All of us are on the deck, seeing clouds go past us, as we see the water below. Luffy and Merry are enjoying the situation, while Robin sits in a chair and reads the book she got in Sabaody, deciding to rest until we reach G1 Base, which would have been turned to New Marineford by Akainu after he becomes Fleet Admiral.
It would take around 2 hours if my calculations are right, so all we can do is wait. Which we do, me controlling the ship as to not do 9/11, Franky checking the internals to make sure it doesn't malfunction, Luffy sitting on the Straw Hat and looking over everything, Merry who seems to talk to Dante's Inferno.
During the 2 hours, I slowly bring the ship lower and lower to the ocean, allowing us to see the waters and the small island we pass through. I already made us come out of the dungeon, and am using Observation Haki all the time to sense if anyone is gonna attack us.
The point on the map gets closer, and I bring the ship into the water. I click the OK button once again, making it go red as the wings retract, disconnecting and moving under the ship. The cannons stop spewing air out of them, as the wood connects back into its original position. The only cannon left working is the one behind the ship, as Dante's Inferno slams into the water, riding the water. I give Franky the OK, and he clicks the button he clicked before, stopping the air from coming from the back of the ship.
"Luffy!" I notify Luffy, who grabs a rope near to him and yanks it, releasing the sails, allowing us to travel using the air pushing the sails. Robin closes the book and stands up, tossing the book into the inventory, as Franky comes out from a hole which is opened. Merry gets up and walks towards the masthead, as Luffy gets up from his seat, all of us looking at the G1 Base which is visible.
Luffy breathes in air—
"LET'S GO GUYS!!!" Luffy screams in determination, making everyone give affirmations. I am still controlling the wheel, but I mix Observation Haki with my map, extending my range. Luffy uses his own Observation Haki, trying to sense if any opponents are going to attack us—
*BOOM*
THE END
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AN:- I WANT YOU GUYS TO COMMENT YOUR OPINIONS ON HOW THE CHARACTERS FEEL WHILE READING. FOR SOME ODD REASON, I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT BE MAKING THEM A LITTLE TOO OUT OF CHARACTER—ESPECIALLY LUFFY. IT SEEMS LIKE RAI IS SOMEHOW OVERSHADOWING LUFFY AS CAPTAIN, WHICH IS NOT MY INTENTION AT ALL. PLEASE COMMENT BELOW, AS THAT WILL HELP ME EDIT AND ADJUST THE CHARACTERS MOVING FORWARD.