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Prt 2: Art Students AU

Chopper, robin, Franky, brook, jinbe

Chopper is a freshman Med student hoping to become a Family Doctor. He joined the Art club when he realized he was gonna overwork himself to death if he didn’t separate his personal life and work life. He meets their first meeting while he’s traveling via bus to the Art campus and runs into Luffy’s friend group. He never officially joined the Art Club but found friends on the Art campus anyway.

Robin is a traveling photographer and historian, she was invited to give a guest lecture on Art History and when she arrived on the Art campus she ran into Luffy- she is immediately charmed by his nature and friends. She’s invited for dinner at the baratie (which the friends adopt as a tradition every day). She helps usopp make his dnd campaigns more grounded in reality with a heavier emphasis on history. Chopper takes up photography because of her and Robin begins a new series of photographs she calls The Strawhat is a Crown for a King. Luffy doesn’t get it but the others think it’s very clever.

Franky is fixing Zoros motorcycle one day and Zoro can’t make it to his classes so he chills at the Autoshop. A single mother with a fussy baby is on the verge of a breakdown as they have to wait for their car to get fixed catches both of their attention. Zoros quick to entertain the baby by talking to her and letting her touch his puppets. Franky is immediately taken back, cause you got the green haired muscle man with a scar on his face and he reaches into his bag and he whips out this fluffy looking tiger puppet. When the mom and her daughter leaves, Franky asks Zoro about it, and finds out everything, including Zoros friends. He invites him to dinner at the baratie to meet his friends. He offers the auto shops lounge as a workspace for the straw hats whenever they need it.

Brook is a retired celebrity that took up teaching at the Art campus. He teaches music and is reached out to by Usopp to recommend what kind of music score would make this scene in a student film cry in instant. He’s got some free time so he shows up to a meeting between the directors to find out Usopp is also a “consultant”. He talks to Usopp and reads the changes he advises for the script and he realizes how those small changes really add to a character and scene. From there, Usopp and him talk about some creative stuff and dnd is mentioned. Usopp invites him to the club but he doesn’t play, he plays a live soundtrack as they play in realtime. It’s very fun and he’s just as charmed by Luffy as he is with everyone else is. Anytime anyone has something going on, he will attend or make an effort to show up; and they all do the same for him and each other.

Jinbe is also a professor, but he works in the physical department. However he’s invited by a student’s father to see a gallery featuring their art. He’s known Zeff and Sanji his whole life, so he decides to at least swing by. He shows up but it’s chaos, there was a sudden fire, there’s a group of people looking around yelling for someone. He sees Sanji as he and a green haired man is held back, yelling for a “Luffy”. Jinbe puts two and two together and remembers something zeff told him. “A young man finally convinced the brat to pursue his art, Luffy is an extraordinary man and I don’t doubt he’ll be an inspiration for his generation and the next”. Luffy is important to Sanji so Jinbe makes his move, running to the back of the campus where he sees is open but unguarded. The flames have died but the smog and smoke is smothering. He can fan the smoke away from his face and yells for the same Luffy.

When he finally finds him, he sees a small man, holding and protecting a canvas and framed drawings. The flames are dying but the ones in Luffys eyes looks so naturally alive. His face is smeared with ash and he coughing and hacking a lung, but Luffy stills asks, “where’s!” Cough hack “entrance!” Jinbe is fast to carry the man and running to where the entrance is. As soon as Luffy is in his arms he passes out but his grasp on the pieces are still strong.

It’s only hours later he finds out the pieces were Sanji’s. And when Luffy wakes up in the hospital bed surrounded by his friends. Sanji immediately starts yelling at him- “they’re replaceable I can just make them again you didn’t need to do that”. Luffy laughs and and croaks out “Sanji was proud of them, I wasn’t going to leave behind my friends work before his old man got to see them” Sanji had been so proud and excited to show zeff his work, and Luffy knew he’d be heartbroken if his works didn’t survive the fire.

Jinbe is tempted to agree with zeff about his statement. He’s invited to stay by Luffys side as he heals and he becomes a member of usopps dnd group. He can’t help it- he’s a nerd at heart, and loves being taught new art skills and tricks by the straw hats.