Chapter 38:Role Play

Southern Village

Nami awoke in an unusual place, dressed in very revealing Elbaf attire. She then saw Robin, Clisson, Vega 40, Shoujo, Carrot, Vivi, Rebecca, Mansherry, and all of the girls in the hall with two notable location exceptions.

"Pandora was so sweet to spare the gals before SHE came to collect them. G-gerd would scold me!," spoke a lecherous voice.

"What is this false Adam tree? I do not like it! Cut it down!," spoke another voice.

"No-no. It's gonna revolutionize the war against the enemies of the True Sun God- we'll have super warriors unable to die and be able to convert enemies into more warriors for us. And we'll be counted among the surviving kings when the purge happens.," argued the first.

What did it all mean? In any case, she had to reunite with the crew. She saw the Straw Hat Pirates' new ship in the distance, and her heart raced.

Suddenly, she was grabbed by a massive hand and saw an ugly face- a pug-nosed, beady-eyed, bulbous Giant wearing a golden crown, a green long-sleeved robe with green pants with a golden belt, brown long gloves, and blackened shoes. His arms were longer than his stubby legs and his upper torso was larger than his lower torso.

He was accompanied by a towering Giant dressed with an imposing skull of deer over his head and dressed in a dark-colored coat, light fur pants, and high-heeled shoes.

"Hey ugly! Let me go!," she shouted. But the Giant holding her only chuckled, his deep rumble shaking the very ground beneath them.

"She shall go on dates with me while the purge commences and the World Nobles will then hold our wedding ceremony. I failed with...," the giant said before he gently placed Nami on the table and then sulked.

"Thou must be less concerned-eth with ungrateful harlots. Come and reenact the origin of this world with our fellow believers!," said the deer-skull man in a deep voice that Nami was convinced was the pervy man she heard when she woke up playing a role.

"But Lola...love of my life...dumped me for a gangster...!," the crowned Giant cried.

"To be fair, she also dumped that imposter Loki! Her tastes are clearly abnormal! Do not fret my king! You find true love that truly appreciates you!," shouted the deer-skull man as he consoled the crowned Giant.

They glared at each other for a long time and then hugged one another.

Nami gave a deadpan, exasperated expression at the sight.

"You are truly a Giant of great wisdom!," cried the crowned Giant.

"My king!," cried the skull-wearing Giant.

Nami realizing that she had the Climate Tempo and Zeus, gritted her teeth and shocked them both. Unfortunately for her, only the deer skull was knocked out.

"Road!," the crown-wearing Giant cried as he held Road in his arms. "Your death will not be vain!"

"He's not dead, you foolish pretender prince- Other Loki!," shouted Gerd as she kicked the back of the crowned Giant. Only for the blond Giant to groan in pain.

"You're a terrorist! The New...Sun God...w-will punish you! Did you summon this false tree to replace Adam?!," spoke Ripley as she crossed her arms.

"We have time before Pandora summons the other Goddesses! Quick we must do the story! Retrieve the bag of revival!" Loki spoke.

Loki (the other one)- One-Time Prince of Elbaf before King Harald.

The masked followers proceeded to give Road a dose of smelling salt as he instantly awoke.

"Yes, the origin story!," shouted Road.

The giants then grabbed the other girls and Nami was then tugged along into another room.

They arrived at an elaborate diorama, which all seemed very, very strange- one was very familiar- being the world map she knew- except instead of multiple islands- it was five landmasses in each cardinal direction with one directly in the center that was larger than the others, the second having a yellow sea implying gold with desert-based locations, the third being a nonsensical realm with all kinds of random weirdness, a turbulent sea covered in wet lands, a green sea implying leaves with forest-based lands, a brown sea covered in fanged mouths covered in beasts, a sea that was a mesh of different elements, a sea at night with stars perpetually in the sky with circus-themed lands, a rainbow sea with different colored lands, a sea covered in musical notes with lands based on different music genres, a sea covered in monster faces with lands covered in giant monsters, a cloud sea with lands made of clouds- which seemed mundane to her due to being on Skypeia, a time covered in clocks surrounded by birds and dinosaurs, a snow-covered sea covered in icy continents, a sea that had lands underwater yet people still lived there, a gloomy sea covered in skeletons and the undead, a sea comprised of celestial bodies with Giants living on them, a silver sea covered in robots, a hellish magma sea populated by demons, and an elegant sea with golden crosses and populated by angels.

Nami took special note of one island in that cross-sea- one with the words Laugh Tale- the location of One Piece.

"I-I need to get out of here. And the others too-," she murmured, her heart racing as she tried to process the surreal world around her.

"You godless heretics! This map goes against the will of the True Sun God! The only world is the Void! All must-," spoke Angie before Loki stared with Conquerors Haki and knocked her out.

"Angie!," Gerd cried as she rushed to her.

"So we're hostages...," spoke Ripley.

"No, witnesses to a great show.," spoke the prince.

Nami instantly became horrified.

I'm doomed..., thought Nami.

"Wait, where's my other friends- the boys!," shouted the orangette.

Loki, Road, and their lackeys all respectively gave scowls (the same type Oden would give in disgust).

Vega 40 came to and realized-

"Wait, this is a map of the OLD WORLD. And very accurate."

"So it's real?," asked Nami as Vega 40 turned to see Nami was giving her an exasperated expression (the same thick-chinned expression Robin gave when she saw the news of Luffy ruining the plan).

They were placed on the diorama and looked in baffling surprise at who else was there-

Mihawk of all people dressed as a tree with striped vegetables, Daz Bonez dressed as a tree with spiral fruits, and Cabaji dressed as a tree with diamond-patterned tomatoes.

Crocodile was dressed as a mole, Doflamingo was dressed as a parrot, Moria was dressed as a Sea King covered in scars, and Buggy was dressed as a macho guy with just a leaf covering his manhood.

The others including some random pirates and civilians likely captured by the Giants of this castle, wore generic outfits with Alvida, Perona, and a few other women wearing the same risque outfits as Nami and most girls.

"Who was driving into that mist?," asked Crocodile with a cold, but noticeably infuriated expression.

Richie the Lion who was among the larger animal group including a cat with a crown on his head, nervously whistled as he looked away.

"W-what the fuck...?," asked Nami.

"We got drugged and woke up like this...you will tell no one.," spoke the World's Strongest Swordsman with an intimidating glare.

Please no one say anything...they'll kill me...my resolve just deflated..., thought Buggy.

They were all cast into whatever play this was going to be.

"Alright, so it's a play... but why do we have to be in it?" Nami whispered to herself, trying to make sense of the absurd situation she found herself in.

"Action!," shouted Road.

Next Chapter: Minerva

Author Notes: This chapter was meant to be a breather after the wham of the previous chapter and before the intensity of this upcoming events.

It plays as a substitute for the Lego Elbaf portion of the start of the story, but modified so it's more hilarious- with Road being a close bro to the other Loki and the Cross Guild getting caught in the mist- resulting in the surreal situation of serious characters like Mihawk and Crocodile being forced to role play for the amusement of Giants.

This Loki is based on fan's initial expectations of Loki- a goofy dolt who is not taken seriously.