A/N two for two yall! This one’s ending feels kinda abrupt but I really wasen’t too sure on how else to cut it but regardless here we are. Reminder that I wrote all of these in the plane which is why I had a bunch of writing focused time but now I am starting a double masters and new position and as such might not have a lot of time
Reader here is replaced by Dokucha which stands for reader in Japanese to ensure the enjoyment of both reader and oc character readers!
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“He’s on the lower northern crow-nest, does everyone remember their role-yoi?” Marco called to the small group who nodded at his words.
“Let’s go over it one last time-yoi”
“Pops, will be engaging first, he will attempt to talk Dokucha into it without us needing to intervine too much-yoi” He started glancing at Izou to continue.
“If this fails, unfortunately we will have to take more on-hand measures. The Captain will do his best to remain welcoming so that Dokusha is more likely to make his way into the clinic. If he notices that the interaction is going downhill, he will give me a signal, which I will then relay to you.
Marco will be taking a position above the Captain and Dokucha, so he can step in when necessary. Ace and Haruta will be taking positions below the Crow-nest in case Dokucha decides to leave the nest.
Vista and Fossa will be at the bottom to ensure any handovers that need to take over proceed smoothly. Jozu will be at the lower deck to ensure that those not included in this operation maintain clear passage towards the clinic and also to mitigate any unnecessary stressors to Dokucha.” He recited, arms tucked into his kimono as he went over the plan.
“Thatch and Tate will be waiting for us at the clinic-yoi, Tate will help me with the procedure and Thatch will be there to offer refreshments and comfort to Dokucha after everything Is completed.
Does anyone have any questions regarding the plan?” Marco finished, glancing at one of the newest recruits who had hesitently raised his hand.
“Umm, Commander Marco, I don’t mean to overstep, but is this really necessary? Can’t we just hold them and give them the vaccinations that are due?” He questioned, nervously scratching his cheek, letting out a frightened sound as Fossa let out a slight growl at his words, seemingly wanting to launch at the recruit.
“I ‘m sorry!” He squeaked
“Fossa; Stand down,” Whitebeard Grumbled as the former begrudgingly stepped back, but continued to send glares to the young man.
“It’s only normal for those who have not been here long to question the way we do things,” he explained, leveling his son with a stern gaze as Fossa’s anger continued to flow about. As the Captain continued to ease down his hostility, Marco turned to the recruit with a nod.
“It’s alright-yoi. You are more than welcome to ask questions; you might not have known this, but we have to approach this with caution. Dokucha has bad memories relating to needles, and that unfortunately has prevailed to this day and has generalized to all kinds of injections, including the necessary vaccines they must have at their age. Because this is something we are actively working on, the thing we want the least is to do something that would cause their fear to grow or even for distrust towards us to grow.”
“If we were to force them, it wouldn’t really make us any better than the people who caused this in the first place. That’s why we have Pops trying to coax them first before we have to go in,” Jozu piped up, joining the discussion, Izou following suit
“Although any extra intervention necessary if that were to go downhill will not be a walk in the park, we ensure that every step is full of encouragement to make sure we do not feed an augmentation of the phobia that simply holding them down would cause. As Marco mentioned, Dokucha is still healing from past experiences, and we have gone through great lengths to show them we are no threat and simply want the best for them. Forcing him would crush that relationship and would likely cause Dokucha to engage in dangerous behaviors, attempting to distance himself.”
“Does that answer your question-yoi?”
“Yes, Commander!”
“Alright, it’s time,” Whitebeard sighed, dismissing everyone to initiate the small yearly operation.
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“Dokucha,” Whitebeard called, watching as the boy poked their head over the railing of the nest at the call.
“Yes,” he mumbled, his shy voice barely being heard as it continued to be carried away by the wind. It would be hard to believe for recruits to know that this boy, a soft-spoken and skitish little critter, had actually made tremendous progress from when he first joined the crew.
But those who were part of the expedition that had first found him were very well aware that simply being able to speak and stand in front of them was a vast difference from the broken shell of a boy he had been a year prior.
“It’s soon to be the end of the year,” Whitebeard began, knowing that that information alone would be enough for the child to understand what he was trying to hint at, and sure enough, Dokucha shook their head furiously, backing away from the captain, eyes welling with tears at the idea. Knowing that this would get them nowhere, the older man decided to make the decision to move forward with the plan and hoped for the best.
“It’s okay, Dokucha-yoi.” A voice soothed behind them as a gentle breeze collided with him, prompting him to turn around, wrapping his arms tightly around himself in an attempt to relieve the growing anxiety.
“I apologize-yoi but I Promise we will be quick and we won’t do anything until you say you are ready. However, we cannot delay these any longer; it would be dangerous to travel to so many regions without proper protection.”
Dokucha just shook their head again, ignoring the man in favor of skittering away. Despite being a bundle of trauma and anxiety, the boy’s abilities were not to be denied; something that was clear as he nervously evaded Marco and made his way off the nest, only for another pair of hands to halt his descent.
“Whoa there!” Ace exclaimed
“Let go!”
“Hey, Hey! C’mon!” Haruta called, bringing him into his arms, his usual mischievous smile now lessening into a softer one as he slid off the ropes that led to the crow-nest; holding tightly onto the struggling boy while Vista efficiently helped the Jester into the ground where he sat criss-cross on the wooden floors, plopping the boy on his lap.
What would ensue would be a complexing scene as Haruta began to prattle on different stories and jokes to the boy whilst rocking back and forth in soothing motion, words flowing freely as if the commanders was simply catching up with an old friend at the bar rather than narrating entertaining and story-like jokes to a panicking child who to their surprised had been growing more and more receptive to the single-sided conversation until eventually the joker had managed coax the child into a neutral state.
“Aha! So I see my incredible sense of humor has managed to bring you back to our world!” He beamed
“Though I enjoy my spectators’ attention more than anything, I am afraid I must halt the show and remind the audience that there is a task that must be completed for this work of art to continue!” He exclaimed, noticing the way the boy tensed at the reminder, he was quick to continue his monologue.
“Be afraid not, my dear spectator, for this is a task that will be promptly fulfilled, and because I am such A Gratious host, I will even convince the infamous First commander of the Whitebeard fleet to discard previous materials and opt for the grand butterfly needle, a tool most known to be but the smallest in the seven seas! For I will not give the public less than the most memorable spectacle their eyes can feast on! And how could I guarantee thy enjoyment if not by assuring your comfort?!
What say you, Dear spectator? Do thou dare to risk the small butterfly handled but by the fiercest Doctor out there?!” He boomed with a grin. Marco could not say he expected such an approach, but he could not argue with the results, as an enthralled but still cautious Dokucha nodded in agreement, prompting said ‘fierce doctor’ to step forward, ready to take Dokucha.
At the moment, Dokucha couldn’t help but hug Haruta tighter, something that caused the latter to let out a string of giggles.
“Oho! Fear not, Dear spectator! I admire you tenacity, though, know that you will be rewarded for your actions with the most magnificent of shows, and know that you are in the hands of the best of the best, as nothing less would be befitting of my favorite host!”
At his words, Dokucha looked up at Marco, who gave him a gentle smile before successfully scooping him into his hands, before making his way into the clinic, as Dokucha shyly waved the jester goodbye before holding tightly onto Marco’s neck.
“Scared’ Dokucha Muttered as the Doctor reached his clinic, gingerly placing him on a medical bed before situating himself in a chair, patting the boy's leg in a comforting manner as Tate moved behind them, bringing all the necessary materials within Marco’s reach, ready to be used.
“It’s alright-yoi, remember I won’t do anything until you are ready he assured him
Although it had taken virtually all day from the initial encounter at the crow’s nest to the moment Dokucha finally nodded their head and allowed Marco to proceed, the fleet had been successful in their mission, successfully delivering the needed medicine to the boy without having to compromise the fantastic progress the young boy had been able to accomplish throughout the months. In fact, the crew would actually dare say that their patience and assurances had actually expanded the relationship with the boy, showing the hard commitment they had to taking care of their family.
You know, I'd always been really impressed with how Oda rendered the diamond texture on Jozu's arm, but now that I'm looking at it, it's just a little hatching on alternate triangles. Still time consuming, but it's simpler than I realized
(Also first drawing of me! Also also, Haruta was so hard to try and make spin! TOTALLY WORTH IT THO LOOK AT HIM SPIN!! Also also also, I forgot my stylus so I had to draw with my finger again!!)
- In hot weather Atoms can be seen laying flat on his back sunbathing no matter how busy it gets on the main deck
- Whitebeard actually likes to banter with his kids about his health, it’s a guilty pleasure seeing his kids worry about him (smh someone get this old man)
- Rakuyo frequently overhears crew members secrets purely by accident. Rakuyo had trouble keeping it to himself so he avoided long conversations, worried it’ll slip out, cause when he starts talking he can’t stop, having no control of what comes out, but he found comfort in telling it all to Curiel, Curiel doesn’t care for rumors or secrets so he doesn’t mind having Rokuyo act as personal podcast while he works
- Haruta enjoys mysteries from mystery books, mysterious rumors, to Mysterious islands. He’s all up for it until it gets too paranormal, he’ll try to disprove it but once he can’t, it scares the crap out of him. (He’ll be thinking about it for weeks)
- Thatch loves telling spooky stories, he’s so good at telling them that he scares himself sometimes (Marco is tired of him having “surprise sleepovers” in his room (with the addition of Haruta and Jozu sometimes) these nights he actually go to sleep on time instead of pulling another all nighter to finish paperwork)
- Jozu is naturally superstitious and Thatch’s stories doesn’t help one bit, he gets struck with insomnia some nights (you can catch him asking Thatch was the stories true the next day or asking his other brothers if they believe it’s true, he just needs a bit of reassurance)
- Whitey bay bought all of Haruta clothes when he joined, she daunted on him a lot when he was younger, he ended up with her taste in clothes and some of her personality
- Izo has to make his kimonos himself, it’s one of the many forms of art he enjoys but like any artist, he’s got bad spending habits, spending chunks of his funds on different textured n patterned fabrics, different threads, and whatever else the shop owners swore he needed, he started giving half his money to Marco to hold for some type of control.
- Izo wrote many letters to Kiku, so many it could’ve became a travel log, it was later burned up with the moby during the paramount war.
- Rakuyo loves cats but has cat allergies, he sneezes like crazy with his eyes watering with no control as he nuzzles a kitten.
- Kingdew has pollen allergies, also of sneezing variety.
- Vista has an affinity for cats, he doesn’t take any in because of how of Rakuyo gets.
- Thatch has an affinity for all animals especially the large vicious ones, “Why bad if friend shaped” mentality. (He’d fold immediately if he seen a lion taking a nap with its paws covering it’s face)
- Marco has an affinity for birds (ofc) but gets irritated with them if they come bothering him too much, he still ends up feeding them. When he’s grumbling about the birds Thatch calls it “family drama”.
- Blamenco’s whole division holds pride in their craft, him included, they got a friendly rivalry with galley la workers (even though some of them are from galley la, it’s fun to to talk shit even if it’s your old friends) Galley la is always loud with banter and laughter when they come by to pick up materials.
As this is still somewhat of a constant thought for me and as there is little to no canonical info about Whitebeard 16 divisions, and going off on how big the crew and Moby is, each division must have a role to help keep the ship running smoothly.
I can see maybe two divisions having the same role depending on what it is.
1st and 4th Division are the ones set in stone for me, it's the other divisions that I would like help with.
So what roles do people like to give to each of the divisions, cause I've seen different roles for same divisions and I want people input on on this.
I will update this until each division has role, so if you want to give your thoughts please do, it will help a lot.
A complete and totally accurate account of how much each individual of the WBP loves me (part 2).
This time with my OC Violet - aka me, but just way cooler.
Edward Newgate - 90%
Marco - 70%
Ace - 23%
Jozu - 4%
Thatch - 24%
Vista - 9%
Blamenco - 47%
Rakuyo - 53%
Namur - 73%
Blenheim - 24%
Curiel - 96%
Kingdew - 55%
Haruta - 55%
Atmos - 32%
Speed Jiru - 77%
Fossa - 60%
Izou - 45%
Somehow this one pissed me off, LOL
though I would agree that its accuracy is a little scary.
not sure why Ace hates Violet's ass so much, they're besties in my dreams.
Marco... ;) (I think he just tolerates the shit out of her cause she's in his division...but she's also a stubborn piece of shit and will wear you down until you like her...wait is this why ace hates her? Cause he does the same type of shit? omg, imagine. another baddie copying a baddie)
Papa Whitebeard is expected - Violet pisses him off a lot, but she gets doted on too much. He can't stay too mad at her for long.
