Chapter 2: An Insight On Sentorappu


Okay so you don't really have to read this chapter, but I think it's pretty helpful to understand the circumstances of the slave island I write about :))


Sentorappu Island was different from all the others that existed. It was a slaveholding island, where there was an exchange of many human beings, as if it was an underground market. However, there was a main household, or rather, a building, in the center of the island, where Celestial Dragons would come and go to see the new experiments and amusing entertainment presented to them: the slaves.

You see, there were multiple doctors and Celestial Dragons who wanted to see the limits, and also the ability, of human beings. The Celestial Dragons who actually owned the building were very smart people. They were well known in the entire Grand Line as some of the greatest Celestial Dragons alive. They were treated like gods, even from other Celestial Dragons' perspectives.

The main family of Sentorappu Island could be considered one of the richest families in the entire world. Maybe not deserving of the title of the richest, but surely, in the top ten. The Gratius Family, a strong family that built their island on beliefs passed down from generation to generation with the assumed purpose of making the lives of unfortunate human beings complete shit shows.

The worst thing about Sentorappu Island's slave aspect was its events, no doubt. A lot of times, slaves would be forced to partake in different types of events where they would put on a show for Celestial Dragons who would come and marvel at the different things they would do. These events usually consisted of disgusting, immoral, inhuman acts that a regular human would gag at. But more of that is explained later.

Instead of trading slaves, or bringing more in by a mass amount at a time, there was something quite peculiar about this mansion. There was something highly strange going on hidden in the place, where new creations, such as extremely weird animals, or mutations of humans and even artificial Devil Fruits, were created. There was a fucked up system in the Sentorappu building, as well.

Slaves were not normal there.

For slaves, it was either a dream or a blood curdling nightmare to be in that place. You might be asking, how was this possible?

Ranks.

Ranks were given out to every slave in this particular island. For children, or fourteen year olds and down, there were three basic ranks.

High class.

They were pampered, treated like pets. Extremely good-looking, intelligent, strong… all the good qualities a Noble liked in a human being. High class slaves were almost treated as if they were the friends of some younger Celestial Dragons, and were normally rewarded with gifts and delicacies from all around the world. They were almost normal human beings, but they were only like this because they were the most treasured slaves. Those teenagers were probably part of the high class. They were extremely smart and talented, in one way or many different ways.

Remember the "events" mentioned previously? Yes, high class slaves actually were provided the choice if they wanted to participate in the events or not. Many of them would say yes because they wouldn't really be affected or hurt. Actually, these events were more beneficial to them. Usually, they would just demonstrate their abilities to the Celestial Dragons, just to show that some humans were incredible like them. Nobles would cheer and clap for them, but that was all. Nothing bad happened to these slaves.

All was well in the high class population. The problem was when they grew. As they became older, they were either turning into fine, well-groomed slaves, or they would start to act up. Be more rebellious. Children like that would either be killed if they did anything too reckless, in the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, or if they seemed too dangerous- again, in the eyes of the Celestial Dragons.

Middle class.

They lived in large barracks which were connected to the main slave house. They had actual beds, and received three meals a day. But they were still commanded to do certain things, and Misaki would later find out that they were basically, brutes. The strong ones, who were the slave military for the Celestial Dragons. However, the middle class slaves were not tormented as much as regular, lowly slaves, and were actually quite respected by some Celestial Dragons who weren't so twisted in the head. They would continue being shields for the Nobles until they died, or moved up a class. The one thing that established high class and middle class from being normal people was the silver loop around their necks, suffocating their ability to breathe, although more mentally than physically. Most middle class children participated in tournaments, but the number of participants was decreasing, because there was the chilling fact that only one would make it out alive and a certain someone was preventing this one survivor to be anyone but her (You can already guess who it is). And so some middle class members were drafted into these tournament-type events.

To sum up, the slaves in the middle class were literally just cannon fodder.

And, of course, low class.

Torture and the most experimenting went to the low class, and since neither the nobles nor the upper class did work like rebuilding parts of the island, acting as prostitutes, or being stools for the Celestial Dragons, these "chores" were all handed down to the lowest class. These children would see the least sunlight, would most likely never leave the island, unless they were escaping or being shipped away, and would die the fastest. Usually, slaves in this area would be working on iron products which was for a company that was linked to the Sentorappu Island slave business, where pots, pans, and other home necessities were made. This was one main industry, along with a small portion of slaves from the lower class who were plucked out of the group to run experiments on.

Most never came back to the room.

During a low class slave's day, you might be drafted into the battles the Nobles had every morning for "entertainment," as they called it. It was really a bloodbath to determine the last one standing. If anyone was breathing except for that last person, he or she would be put to death and the winner would be rewarded some money, which would usually go to more rations. If you were in desperate need for more rations, you could volunteer yourself to fight in the battles.

After the battle, you would trudge along, doing your daily "chores," which would be gruesome work, lifting heavy objects and relocating them, or performing other inhumane tasks. If you failed to do one thing perfectly, you would be punished through torture methods.

Sometimes, a few selected slaves would be tortured until sheer exhaustion or death, just for the fun of it.

It was awful and sick.

This would last for the entire day until night time, where everyone was sent back to the slave quarters, which was basically a room with a bunch of cages crowded together so it looked like an indoor zoo.

When they grew up, most of the low and middle class would continue on serving the Celestial Dragons as either personal entertainers, servants, or construction workers. With the high class, these newly formed adults would only be used to being pampered and treated almost like royalty as they entered into becoming an actual adult. However, most of them would become prostitutes, and if they were lucky, some of them would be granted the mercy of turning into escorts, consorts for the Nobles, or just companions, if a Celestial Dragon took interest in a particular high class slave. And as for the high class slaves who were really outstanding, obedient, and just had all the qualities that Celestial Dragons liked in a human, they could be potential spouses- definitely not first wives or husbands, though- to some of the Nobles. It wasn't likely, but it happened occasionally.

No slave was freed, under any circumstances.

Now, Sentorappu Island's central building was a large one, protected with iron walls and strange protective objects and warriors everywhere to keep it unavailable to anyone who tried to break in. The main three sections were split in one segment of the building which took up one third of the place. The highest floor was where Celestial Dragons and the high class slaves roamed. The second floor was where more Celestial Dragons stayed.

The ground floor was for all the rowdy slaves, the middle class. In fact, the Nobles were getting tired of some of the slaves' chanting and wild behavior and decided to separate some of them into a warehouse nearby the building, where they had a better time than most (until the next time they were called out to protect the Nobles, that was). Clearly, the most populated children's' group was the middle class. Actually, a lot of middle class slaves were good friends with high class slaves, and they had good times together, for the most part.

And then, three floors down, was the lowest class. They were put, or rather, cramped, in the basement. Slaves would be stuffed into that place, which also had horrid living and sanitary conditions, and quickly killed off human beings there as fast as replacing them. Most of the slaves who were sent there were normal people living normal lives, only to have the misfortune of being kidnapped from their own homes by people associated with an illegal underground slave trade, where anyone could become a slave, even if they weren't a criminal or being auctioned off.

You see, the iron businesses Sentorappu worked with did not know of the low class's existence, although they wouldn't care either way. However, the Celestial Dragons felt that it was best to keep the low class out of sight, and for the most part, leave all the work assigning for the low class to the scientists and torturers.

In a way, these Celestial Dragons almost recognized themselves as human. They acknowledged the fact that they were not gods sent from up above, and they knew that the low class was the same species as themselves.

But the main goal of all the Nobles of Sentorappu was actually to make all the other Nobles of the Grand Line to realize that they were all humans, as well.

And in reality, since they were so far from being holy beings, they all needed to be converted into gods.

And that was why the building, the experiments, the different classes of slaves, were created. It was still, in the end, all for the Celestial Dragons.

But also, the Celestial Dragons were keeping the high and middle class for a reason. They pitied the low class, but they couldn't just get rid of it. So, they tried to forget their guilt and the fact that they were entrapping thousands of innocent children every year, just to suffer and work until they passed away, usually in a painful way and treated terribly even after death- Sentorappu Island usually just burned the dead bodies and dump the surplus amount of ash into the ocean surrounding them.

Of course, the system that they ran in Sentorappu was just as terrifying as the other slave owning functions, but Sentorappu was definitely different and distinguished themselves in a rather disgusting and disturbing way. Anyone could tell that they weren't really human- they were all just monsters.

But the Sentorappu Island industry was about to change the course of its history history permanently, as it was the first to be crushed by the hands of a single girl who would then proceed to destroy the entirety of slavery in the Grandline- no, in the world- by freeing the children of the corrupt islands and psychotic Nobles, one island to the next.


Edited May 17th, 2019