# Chapter 1: The straw hat guild
(This story involves a lot of my headcanon but I am very open to criticism, and for all the dnd players you may find it makes no sense sometimes but that's just to keep the narrative moving haha thanks for reading)
Zoro sits in his crows nest sleeping and the glint of the sun begins reflecting into his eyes, he awakes and looks off to its direction, an island way far out, he notices the ship is travelling by it but decides to report on it.
Zoro: I see an island! Is that what the pose was pointing to nami!?
Nami: No, it still says to travel this way.
Nami flicks the pose and lifting up and down to get a better read before a door slams open behind her.
Luffy: an island?! Nami! Let's go there!
Nami: no luffy, the pose is pointing this way!
Luffy: BUT I WANNA GO THERE!
Luffy tries to point to where the island is but doesn't even know.
Robin walks down the stairs from the helm.
Robin: you know we could always stop there, the pose should keep pointing us the right direction regardless.
Luffy: yea what Robin said!
Nami pinches the bridge of her nose before she walks to the helm and turns the ship.
Nami: prepare to dock on the island, but we're not here for anymore than 1 day ya got it Luffy!!
Luffy nods with a large grin, chopper and ussop take the end of the sunny with a spyglass, they see it looks tropical but strangely as they near the island doesn't grow larger, rather it look like a picture.
Ussop: guys something funny about this island, it's not another title swimming away is it?
Zoro calls from above :no no I'd see the head again like last time this ones got no water streaming behind it.
Sanji walks from the kitchen door holding a platter of food.
Sanji: whatever it is you all have time for lunch so you better eat up if it's anything like the turtle incident you won't see food for days.
Nami has sharp pain down her spine and a she breaks a cold sweat she thinks to herself 'what's going on? The wind? the island? It's all so weird, I don't remember reading about this' she looks to the clouds and her stress grows greater, they are beggining to take a whirlpool form right above the sunny, and slowly the wind picks up, before a tornado surrounds the sunny.
Nami: brace yourselves, I don't know what's happening here but be ready.
Zoro: 108 caliber Phoenix!
He slices into the side of the walll of air that encapsulates the sunny but it makes no difference. Luffy begins to try punching out but his fists rebound off. Finally the area around them grows black and they begin to pass out.
The straw hats awake on what looks like an infinitely long all directions white room.
Luffy: aaaah my head hurts.
Zoro: see what you did this time luffy, this is why we listen to Nami!
Robin: how strange this appears to not be any sort of island?
Brook: it's seems I am dead, wait I already am dead YO HO HO HO!
Zoro and luffy begin to argue and wrestle whilst ussop try's to run away and find an exit but appears next to the crew running towards them.
Usopp: huh? What have gotten into this time, are we actually dead?!
Nami: it would be hell if I'm here with you idiots.
Sanji goes to grab his smokes from his pocket but instead pulls a piece of paper, it's very alien to him but walks to Nami to show her to which she has one as well.
Nami: a character sheet, I don't even know what this is? Hey IDIOTS CHECK YOUR POCKETS.
She screams at zoro and luffy who stop and find the same paper. Robin looks down to find the book she was reading has changed.
'The players handbook'
Robin: oh what's this?
She opens it a note falls out along with her own piece of paper.
'Follow this guide has full out your character sheets, you must complete quests and level up in this new world to escape, reach level 20 and you shall return to your home unhurt, but die in this one you die for real. Once all have finished filling their sheet you shall be taken to a faraway land and go on a great adventure. -O. helly.
Robin flips through he pages and begins to walk to the group who stand around pondering their papers.
Robin: I think we should read this book, they have detailed that our way home is to complete whatever game they want us to play. Going on adventures of sorts.
Luffy: Adventure haha, where do we start.
Robin smiles: well I think we should all take turns filling these sheets using this book, when we're finished we can begin.
Robin hands then its and book to Nami to look over who begins barking orders on what to do.
Nami and robin help the crew fill their sheet.
-Now for a special section called what we're their thoughts when filling their sheet out.
Luffy: hmm oooh awesome I love to fight like that I want this one and those guys look awesome I'll pick that race.
Nami: whatever helps me get more money hehe, and these guys are cute maybe I can lure some men in like chumps.
Zoro: whatever, as long I can use my swords. These races are dumb I'll stay what I am.
Usopp: huh looks like only one of them is good with ranged at level 1 plus I always wanted a pet haha, and these guys look tall and hot sure I'll pick them.
Sanji: charm person? Haha maybe Nami swan will love me? And sure I could always look hotter.
Chopper: oooh this one is a healer, maybe I could pick up some tricks I didn't know before, and these guys are short like me haha.
Robin: hmm magic powers by reading, sounds like my style, and these guys are so cute, I'd definitely like to live with them.
Franky: this class is suuuuper cool, I can upgrade my gear. And this race is definately my style.
Brook: yohohohoho! My music becomes magical? Sign me up! And I wonder if I get my skin back if I choose this race? Yohohoho!
All of the straw hats read ahead to the abilities they could unlock and motive at level 12 they will regain their powers from their world, luffy and his gum gum fruit and robin with her fruit to, sanji and zoro will regain a lot of their fighting ability, strangely chopper gets to keep his fruit. Nami will be able to use her climattack at level 12, franky gets his coup d'éburst and chopper expertise in medicine again. Brook is able to use his humming blade technique and finally ussop regains expertise in his shooting ability.
They all fold their pages and put them into their pockets as the world around them begins to slowly go black once more.
Luffy: leeets do thiiis!!
As he throws his arms in the air.
Ussop begins cowering but is secretly excited.
Nami taps her foot impatiently wanting to get this over with.
Zoro: ah damn it luffy always getting us caught up in this.
Zoro rubs his head as he awakes laying on the ground in some grass. He stands try's to brush himself off and realises he's wearing some weird armour.
Zoro: hey I remember this stuff from that island with that gecko guy.
He brushes his hand across his chain shirt and leather padded pants, he reaches for his swords but realises their not their, instead on his back in a sheathe is a long sword. He sees a short sword on the ground he picks it up frustrated.
Zoro: aah what where the hell are my swords? What's this piece of junk on my back it doesn't look nearly as sharp as my Wado ichimonji, damn it luffy, where are you guys anyway?.
He looks in all directions, to the south he sees a road and a town that it leads to. But he turns toward the forest and begins walking into it.
Luffy: wow this place looks boring, gum gum grapple!
Luffy punches the air but nothing happens.
Luffy: oooh.
Luffy whines.
Luffy: Nami did say I won't have my powers yet huh, oh well she said the monk class I chose let me punch a lot.
He looks in his hand and sees he holds a short sword but tosses it away and begins walking aimlessly in town. The streets sre lined with cobble and the houses look kind of familiar to Foosha village. He turns the corner of a road to see usopp and chopper checking out their cool stuff and he walks to them.
He sees ussop playing with a bow whilst trying to wave away an owl that is trying to perch on his nose. Chopper admires his new beard and horned helmet, he holds a staff in his hand and waves it around.
Luffy: whoa usopp where did that bird come from.
Usopp: I don't know! Go away ya stupid bird! I'm trying to figure out this slingshot!.
Chopper: Luffy what's that tail thats behind you?
Luffy looks behind himself and a red scaled tail sways behind him attached to him.
Luffy: WHOA cooool! Nami I knew that dragon one was awesome. What about you chopper what's with your sweet beard.
Chopper brushes his hooves through it.
Chopper: I know it's awesome, I chose those dwarfs they were short like me and had cool beards.
Usopp finally manages to get the owl to ignore his nose by tying a rag to it. Ussop is wearing a hooded cloak, his ears are way pointier and he looks a bit taller with leather armour underneath his cloak and chopper wears a cute white robe also with a hood. Luffy has leather armour as well but he sees small patches of scales on his arms and fists, he isn't covered but it looks to provide more protection.
Luffy: hey we should explore the town and find its food place, I don't know where sanji is so it will have to do for now.
The trio walk into a building with a sign out front with food drawn on it, it reads 'the drunken skunk' and inside it is havoc, women and men throw utensils and cups at a man in funny clothing holding an instrument like brooks violin.
The people: get em that pervert is usin that magic in my tavern? Kick him out.
Sanji: who are you calling a pervert ya dumbass! I thought the charm spell was meant to make these women like me it's not my fault!
Sanji makes it for the tavern door and runs into the usopp Luffy and chopper.
Sanji: oh hey guys I'm glad your here but I gotta go, this bard magic ain't as cracked up as I thought.
The towns people chase for him and the tri run and laugh at sanji as they make their way down the village road.
Nami awakens on a path next to a sign it reads "Verwood village".
Nami: huh just I as I feared, it's real… aaaah lufffy.
Nami examines herself and finds two daggers in sheathes at her side, her hands feel nimbler as ever, she looks to find her pole but can't seem to see it, she feels something touch her leg and sees a purple barbed tail swaying behind her she looks at her skin and it's a light purple.
Nami: aaaah I didn't think this was real why did I think tieflings looked hot? This is too weird!
She forgets what she was thinking as she spots a man carrying a pouch, as he walks money can be heard inside jangling together. She approaches softly and without issue swipes the pouch from him, upon opening the pouch she is confused, inside are just plain gold and silver pieces, she still keeps it but is worried to see they are not berrys.
She begins to walk away and a man begins shouting behind her.
The man: A tiefling! that no good tiefling stole my money I know it.
Nami turns to see him pointing her out to some guards wielding longswords who begin to approach her. She begins to try hide away and makes a dash for it.
She runs into sanji, luffy chopper and usopp behind them an angry mob follows as well, with Luffy and chopper giggling to themselves they see Nami too.
Luffy: Nami your skin and tail are weird as hell.
Nami shouts in response: well your one to talk you look like a dragon and a human had children. Besides we're hear cause of you.
Sanji: oooh Nami swaaaan! Thank god your ok!
The manage to outrun the townspeople and end up on the road Nami awoke on. From here they see coming from the road leading from the forest is Robin franky and brook.
Robin wears a black dress with heels, her hair tied back, wearing glasses. She carries a book bag by her side.
Franky looks normal, somehow the speedos survived the teleport, but his skin provides him a natural armour as he has attained more cyborg parts on his front back side to.
Brook looks exactly the same but has bony elf ears sticking out of his Afro.
Brook: YOHOHOHO! There you all are, we woke up in the forest and found this road, oh sanji I see you picked the bard elf as well?
Sanji: yea yea I did but WOW look how beautiful your are robin chan your dress is amazing!
Robin smiles and looks to Luffy: Luffy I think almost all of us are here now, where's zoro? I'd suppose he is already lost haha.
Sanji: yea that's moss head for ya
Luffy: oh well he's pretty strong besides it won't be long before we know where he is anyway.
At this moment zoro can be seen sprinting from the forest beside them, behind him is a large beast, a troll shakes the ground as it chases zoro.
Zoro: Luffy be careful I tried cutting him but I felt so weak, and my swords are shit!
Zoro lines up with the crew as the prepare to fight this beast.
Luffy goes first ", gum gum punches! He misses some as he's not used to it but lands 3 or 4 punches. The beast looks to him with annoyance and goes to swing at Luffy, it hits and luffy flys 20 metres away, robin casts a spell from her book and a spray of poison erupts from her the troll reacts harshly but still looks healthy.
It runs for the group and they quickly disperse, sanji try's to kick it but it does nothing, and he looks to brook who plays some music and shouts to zoro you can do it my boy! He inspires zoro to run up and he 1 sword style cuts into the trol dealing some damage but troll again manages to hit zoro sending him flying. Luffy sits up hurt but runs back to battle, he sees Nami has hidden behind the troll and attacks from hiding the troll recoils and try's to hit her but misses. Zoro lifts his head to see chopper is casting something from his staff, he feels strangely unhurt now, the troll now breathes heavily lashing out at everyone until franky takes one of usopps arrows and enchants it, usopp fires from afar and lands the killing blow.
Luffy stands to look at the dead troll
Luffy: that was so cooool! How did you guys do that
The crew kind of shrug.
Sanji: i was hopeless, brook you make a better bard I guess?
Robin: hm it almost felt natural as we fought I kind of knew what to do?
Nami: same here it's strange that were able to naturally use what that book mentioned we could do? How do know we leveled up?
Zoro: I don't know but I should of been able to cut that thing down easily, seems the stronger of us have been brought to be equal? Ah nah. It's cause I don't have my swords.
Usopp: no zoro I think your right hahaha, it felt strange landing the blow like you do all the time hahah.
Zoro: quit it you wait til we get back home!
Nami walks to the trolls body and examines it while everyone chats or argues. She sees a large symbol has been tattooed into its skin it looks to be an eye but the pupil is a sun
Nami: Zoro what were you doing to get this thing on your tail, without chopper it would look like this thing almost killed you.
Luffy: yea Zoro, what to weak huh? Hahaha.
Zoro: no I saw it sitting outside some tower, sitting next to it was some swords I just wanted to see if a better one was there so I could use my three sword style.
Robin: a tower huh, maybe we should see it, I think to level up we just have to explore and have fun just as the book said.
Usopp: yea I think I could track his footprints that got him here, the book mentioned I'm an expert in the forest and tracking in general, I knew the ranger was a good pick.
The crew venture the forest before finally the so called tower is standing before them in a small clearing.
End of chapter 1 (for now)
