Journal Entry 11-
It's been two years since my last entry, it's been two years since Ace left, and it's been two years since the promise that I made to meet him and Luffy on the ocean. But today is also the day that I got to open the letter that Doc left for me. And boy did it really set my mind reeling.
I was walking down to the pier where my boat was waiting early this morning before anybody could come down to see me and opened the envelope. When I touched it, it opened like this journal does. I slowly pulled out the letter inside.
Dear Kai, it said.
If you're reading this, this means that you are ready to head out to sea. Knowing you, you probably don't know what you're going to do when you finally set sail.
They sure got that right.
Your mother and I have made plenty of decisions for you in the past and they turned out rather bad to say the least. You should probably know by now that your mother and I had promised you off to two different people and that was why we left you in the care of first Koshiro-san and then Dadan. What did you think of them? In the end I guess that it really is your decision which one you want. Or you might not even want either of them. We just wanted to give you good choices so that your future is safe and assured. And you need a good partner for your future. Why? You were born for a higher purpose.
You know that the crew of the Pirate King learned the truth about the polyglyphs. When we found them, it revealed that we were the first to begin a ritual that was meant to last for eternity. It said that the readers would procreate and give rise to a generation that would never pass, a generation born to protect the polyglyphs and their secrets.
Was this going where I think it was going because if it was…
Kai, the crew of the Pirate King were those readers, and our offspring are the ones meant to protect the secrets that the polyglyphs hold-
Damn. And now comes the part that explains why this involves me …
-and you are the one that is going to round them up.
Right there. My path is chosen for me- again- right there.
Kai, (Did they seriously have to start every sentence with my first name?) get Sophia and Ace and gather up all the children of the crew before the next Pirate King arises. If those polyglyphs aren't protected before the next Age of Pirates, the world will be left in turmoil. The whole balance of the future rests on your shoulders, my daughter.
Your father,
Silvers Rayleigh
PS. Remember that you have family in VERY high places if you ever need to get away with anything. But I wouldn't suggest trying to use your mother's name. Just don't.
PPS. Tear out a page of your journal and give it to Ace when you see him. It's just a good idea.
PPPS. The list of surviving crew members is on the back of this letter if you haven't noticed.
I flipped over the letter and sighed at all the random names that I've never recognized before and the random places I have never heard of.
Between my parents admitting that they control my life to them also admitting that they want to control the rest of it, I could hardly wrap my mind around the context of this letter.
Did my parents seriously set up my life so that I would have no other option but to listen to them? Because according to them I had absolutely nothing planned for the rest of my life.
Unfortunately, I think that they're right. And seeing as I had no idea what I was going to do when I set out to sea, I might as well try.
Because when it comes to my parents, I'm nothing if not obedient.
Today, I have shoulder length brown hair, dark brown eyes, a scar over my left eyebrow, a journal attached to my wrist, Zoro's old bandana, and an hourglass tattoo on my left hand that I finished last night. It's pretty badass for a home job if you ask me.
Silvers D. Kai
17 years old
1521 AOP
