http://superhappycashcow.com/pic/The%20cosplay%20tattoo/X.JPG One Piece Transformative Work For my transformative work project I chose to write a fan fiction set in the world of One Piece, a popular ongoing anime. The idea started when my friends and I realized we were all going seperate ways after school and we have no clue when we are going to see each other again. The picture I've included is from the show, where the main characters have to leave a few ofo their crew members behind. Vivi, the crewmate who must stay on the island, can not admit that she is a pirate or else she'll be persecuted by the royal navy. So instead, they mark their arms as a symbol of their everlasting companionship. My friends and I are going to go get these tattoos right after graduation. We have always viewed ourselves as our own little crew and we love the show and always watch it together so it just seems to make sense to put it all together. In addition I waned to write a fan fic reimagining myself and my friends as a character in the show; making our own pirate crew in the world of One PIece. The idea is to pass the fan fic around and each write a little bit as a way to stay connected to eachother and the show. The following fan fiction is a rough sketch of the characters and an inciting incident for the first adventure. I also included an event that ties their story to the story of the main Strawhat Crew in the one piece story. It is meant to be incredibly silly and cartoony—I hope you enjoy it! "The Third Golden Age of Pirates: To Sky Island!" Drake looks out from the crow’s next at the Grand Line’s seemingly infinite expanse, its crystal blue shining back at him from every direction. The ship’s log pose, encased in a small capsule on his wrist is pointing straight up. He rubs his mustache in deep thought. “Oy! Drake! Food’s ready!” his first mate Benji calls from the deck. “Let’s eat!” Drake calls back. Drake grabs a rope hanging from the main mast and hurls himself out of the crows next. He seems to fly through the air effortlessly, looking as cool as any captain could. As he swings down towards the deck, he spots the ship’s doctor, Violetta on the upper galley. She smiles and waves in his direction. He waves back, but loses his grip with his other hand and belly flops straight onto the deck of the ship. Benji, twice the size of the captain, hobbles over to him, picks up his captain with one hand and dusts him off. “You idiot.” Drake grabs a mirror from his back pocket and checks his reflection. The mirror cracks. “Dear Benji, brawn can only take you so far. A man is only as good as the vernacular he employs.” The Swift Spirit is a two decked interceptor styled ship crewed by the infamous pirate rookie Drake and his crew of nakama. They have been blundering around the Grand Line for quite some time stirring up trouble on every island they manage to weight anchor at. Drake, infamous for his signature ‘stache, is seen as one of the most promising up and comers of the second golden age of pirates. Drake and his crew are wanted by the World Government’s navy for their actions on the grand line. However the Swift Spirit proves more than capable in outrunning any of the clumsily large and over burdened warships of the navy. Drake, like many other pirates of this age, dreams of becoming the pirate king. He gathered up his crew of 8 along his journey, but Benji has been there from the start. Benji says, “you’re never going to get her if you keep acting like an idiot.” “Learn some other insult than just calling me and idiot! You’re the idiot!” Drake screams. “Idiot!” Benji yells. “INCOMING!” Drake and Benji look up just in time to see Drasper, the ship cook, throwing a silver gourmet platter from the upper galley. Drake and Benji yell in excitement and run around in circles like dogs underneath the shadow of the platter trying to catch it. They run headfirst into each other but Benji, being twice the size of Drake, sends his captain flying across the deck through the wall and into the map room. The food falls perfectly set and Benji digs in, inhaling it all in a matter of seconds. Drake is knocked out cold. Violetta, known for her temper and her unorthodox medicinal practices, take a giant hammer and golf swings Drake into consciousness and out back onto the deck. She cackles maniacally, as Drake nurses his bruises. She shoots a wink at Drake and he falls over unconscious again, knocked out cold by the woman’s charms. The entire crew of eight is gathered out on the deck now, engaging in a feast of epic proportions. They laugh as they take markers and draw on Drake’s face. Jester, the ships navigator, pulls out a violin and begins to play alongside Benji who plays the accordion. They crew sings a song as their captain is knocked out cold. This is business as usual for the Swift Spirit. They are a rambunctious crew who throw parties every chance they get—the drinking, singing, dancing, belay their abilities as fierce fighters and crafty pirates. They all come from various walks of life, carrying various dreams with them. Drake found them scattered across the islands of the seas and between flirting with the women and getting into scuffles at the taverns, helped them all to find the courage to pursue those dreams. They have been on countless adventures together and have formed unbreakable bonds of friendship through the danger, loss, and victory they've endured. Drake’s dream is to become the Pirate King. He wants to be the strongest pirate in the world. To be the Pirate King is to be the freest man on the seas—answering to no one. Not only that, but Drake wants to do it in style. He is infamous for his collection of superfluously colored elaborate captain’s coats and boots, and has a fashion sense that separates him from the more bloodthirsty brand of pirates. He harnesses the power of the devil fruit, a mysterious rare fruit that grants whoever eats it extraordinary powers. The only downside is, once you eat the fruit, you lose the ability to swim. Quite an inconvenient trait for a pirate captain to have. Drake ate the acceleration fruit, which gives him the ability to speed up and slow down himself and any object he touches. His first mate, Benji, is a fishman from fishmen island. He used to be a member of the royal king neptune’s personal guard before going out to find his brother who was kidnapped by the world government. He wields a trident with deadly accuracy and is unmatched in underwater combat. He doesn’t speak much and acts incredibly shy around most people. He is especially respectful to everyone on the crew except Drake, whom he bickers with. It is more of a rivalry than anything else but the rest of the crew find it hilarious that Benji can barely speak to anyone else but he has no problem cussing out the captain in any circumstance. Drake just seems to have that effect on people. Drake saved him from a group of bounty hunters and they are still looking for Benji’s brother, who is rumoured to be somewhere in the New World. Violetta hails from the desert country of Arabasta. She was the only doctor in her village and was notorious for saving lives but breaking bones. Violetta dreams of discovering a way to cure a disease that has been running rampant through the world, hopping from island to island. Drake flirts with her incessantly, but she usually meets his advances with the business end of her hammer. Jester is the ship’s navigator and resident swordsman. His dream is to become the greatest swordsman in the world, and since Drake seems to have a knack for getting into trouble with powerful foes, he thinks that sticking with the captain will land him in fights with the best swordsman on the seas. He wields a rapier. Drasper is the ship’s cook and wields the power of the devil fruit. He lives for music dreams of crafting the crew into a traveling band of sorts. He not only wants to be on the crew of the next pirate king, he wants to have the crew sell out stadiums on the islands along the way. He has a cheesy sense of humor and no manners. Drake brought him on because of his food but kept him on because of his loyalty. Kristoff hails from a winter island in West Blue, he found himself in the grand line on the wrong end of Drake’s sword in a bar fight. He fancies himself a sort of poet and seeks the deeper meaning in all things. He and Drake often get into battles of wit, but Drake nearly always wins. He wants to chronicle the events of the great pirate age and believes earnestly that Drake will be the next pirate king and wants to write an epic recounting the crew’s endeavors. Johnster is the ships scientist—a peculiar role to have on a pirate vessel. He is usually in the crows nest making things explode in multicolored plumes of smoke with a full laboratory kit and works closely with Violetta on finding a cure for the recent illness that is sweeping the world. He ate a zoan fruit, which allows him to shape shift into a bear. He creates a variety of weapons that the crew uses and is Drake’s personal stylist. He is also a complete lunatic that over drinks, over smokes, and is obsessed with taking pictures of everything. No one is really sure why he stays with the crew, but he has demonstrated his unwavering loyalty to Drake on many occasions. Johnster brandishes a pair of clippers and silently tries to sneak up on Drake, who is still unconscious from Violetta’s attack. He snips them together once. Drake’s eyes shoot open and he jumps straight into the air, much higher than any man should be able to. Drake is a devil fruit user who ate the acceleration fruit, he is the fastest man in the world. He hits the deck running away from Johnster. “Captain, as your stylist I can’t let you run around with the stache anymore! The clean shaven look is all the rage these days in the capitol!” Johnster shouts at the captain. “No! My good man, it is a part of me! It’s my whole image! A physical manifestation of class, wit, and power!” Drake continue’s to run. “It makes you look like an idiot!” Benji joins in. Violetta winks at Drake. “I quite like it, sir. It distracts from the stupid look on your face and the terrible prose that usually pours from your mouth.” At this, Drake stop dead in his tracks and looks earnestly into Violetta’s eyes as he takes both her hands. “That” he whispers, “is the greatest compliment anyone has given me.” Violetta smiles devilishly, which Drake returns right before she smacks him once again with her hammer. The entire crew erupts in laughter. A messenger bird drops something onto the deck. Drake reads it, and gets a flint in his eyes. “I know that look cap’n” says Drasper. “Gentlemen and lady, we’ve got some catching up to do!” He slams the paper down onto the table, and the crew scramble to get a look at it. It is a picture of the infamous Strawhat Luffy. “Apparently Strawhat rang the bell at marine ford 16 times. He’s declared war on the marines!” Drake exclaims. "This is going to cause huge waves! Every pirate in the world is going to be taking to the sea soon." “Aye, sir. They are calling him the next pirate king.” “Not if we have anything to say about it! Right captain?" Benji claps the captain on the back. "Where are we off to next?” Drake smirks and laughs heartily, “To the sky my good people!” He shows them the log pose which is pointing straight up. The crew cheers and man their stations. A painfully long period of silence engulfs the scene... ... ... Drake, still smiling and fiddling with his ‘stache says “Does anyone have any idea how to get to an island in the sky?” “You’re an idiot sir!” shouts Benji from the wheel. “Don’t talk to me like that, you idiot, I’m your captain!” At that moment a cannon shot fires and just barely misses the crows next. Johnster laughs maniacally and reports “captain, the boys in blue finally caught up to us! Orders?” “My good people!” Drake draws his sword. “We do what we do best!” He runs to the head of the ship and points forward, his coat flapping in the wind and his sword in hand, “we fly!” The crew cheers, unfurls the sails, as Drake kneels to touch the deck of the ship. The ship churns into motion and rockets across the water, a benefit of Drake’s powerful Devil fruit ability, as the The Swift Spirit careens towards its next adventure.