Episode 9: The Grand Line

"The Grand Line" is the Ninth Episode of the One Piece DnD Streams by Rustage, in this episode we follow the crew as they learn about the man known as Boss, celebrate their victory and gain a new ship, meet a mysterious woman and uncover things about Gravy's past before heading off towards the Grand Line where they meet a strange man with time powers and eventually arrive on a destroyed island where they engage battle with a shark zoan Marine Commander!

This episode was first streamed on Rustages Twitch, the VOD can be found here! It was later uploaded to Rustages Second Youtube Channel once edited, which can be found here! As well as being posted as a Podcast, which can be found here!

The Summary for this episode can be found here! This consists of a summary of the episode, a TL:DR for the episode, the story impact of the episode, characters in the episode and quotes of the episode.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

TL:DR
This episode we follow the crew as William explains to the crew who the man known as Boss is and what their relation to William is and Jasper offers them a new ship, they then go on to celebrate with food and a great feast, they then sleep and wake up the next morning to check out and exchange ships, gaining an upgraded ship that they call the Yogi Pooh 2, leaving behind the Yogi Pooh for the slaves to use to get home and leave Tarako Kingdom. They then set off with money and food towards the Grand Line where on their journey a strange woman in a small boat approaches them, boarding their ship and giving Gravy strange orders before leaving. Gravy then reveals his past as an assassin and a group known as the Eight Flames. The crew then sets off into the Grand Line, going up and down Reverse Mountain. At the bottom of the mountain inside the Grand Line they encounter a man with a strange accent named Louis Le'cloque with a Devil Fruit that can manipulate time inside of a shipwreck. After saving them he thanks them and explains what a Log Pose is, and uses it to take the crew to an island in search of his crew. Upon arriving on the island they find it to be destroyed with blood and Louis mentions that there is no way a certain man could have found them before a platoon of Marines show up on the island, headed by a man with black spiky hair and a long sharp nose. The crew hide as the Marines search the island for someone, one of the Marines encounter the crew but ignore them and William, annoyed by this, approaches the Marines with Ragnar and Duros to ask them for a Log Pose. After the Marines deny them this Verona misses a shot on the Commander and he turns to fight the group, telling them their bounties before he fights as a way for him to get more satisfaction out of killing them. Before the Marines line up behind him and create a formation as his body shifts into a hybrid shark form from some sort of Zoan, while this happens William rolls his devil fruit and gets the Gravity Gravity Fruit as the fight begins.

Summary
This episode begins where Episode 8 ended off with Captain Marrow, Valve and the King of the Tarako Kingdom being dead and the crew having walked into the treasure room, finding a chest that had been looted with a blue calling card and a letter addressed to William. As William finishes reading it he says a son of a gun, crumpling up the letter and shoving it into his pocket while holding the blue calling card in his hand. Verona asks what the story behind the card is. William rummages around in his pockets and pulls out another card, the blue card with a white key they found in a jail cell.

In his other hand is a red card with a white key, William explains that the red card is the one he used to use back when he wasn’t a pirate. William then says that this blue card belonged to the closest thing he had to a father figure in the world, William says he only knew him as Boss and that he never William his real name. He says he assumed he was his dad and that every time he asked him, he gave William a different story.

William says he last saw Boss 10 years ago when a heist went wrong and it was the last heard from him until now and when they first found the card he thought it might’ve just been someone using the card, but this letter proves that he’s still alive and somehow he got to the Grand Line. William expresses how he doesn’t even know how he got to that place. William then says that he had no interest in becoming a pirate, as they were both just people getting by. William then says that he doesn’t talk about his past very much but he now feels they have bonded as family now. William also doesn't know if William is his real name, as it's just what Boss called him.

Ragnar then says it sounds like they’re going to the Grand Line and William agrees, then turns to Jasper, asking him if they are going to get any treasure. Jasper says they will, Duros but says the treasure is themselves. William says he appreciates the statement, but some gold and Beli could be good too. Jasper then says of course and that they need money so the kingdom can exist. William acknowledges that and is only asking them to give them something and Jasper agrees and offers them a new ship.

William, surprised by this, says he needs to talk to the crew about this. Ragnar says that he doesn’t care about money but he needs it to buy Meat and Ale, so as long as there's enough of that he’s good. Duros says they could always sell the Yogi Pooh and then get the new ship which is much better. William then asks what type of ship he is talking about and Jasper says that it is a decently sized ship and claims that he knows a lot about ships but quickly admits he doesn’t, saying that he has been in prison for 7 years but if they’re so attached to their old ship they could upgrade it or something.

They then say that they should check on Gravy on the ship. Jasper says that then they’ll give them some Beli and some previsions for their ongoing journeys. William says that they’re going to the Pirate Graveyard, referring to the Grand Line. William says they did kill a Marine Captain, saying that Ragnar and Duros were the MVPs of that fight, Jasper also says that he is going to claim deniability. William agrees, as they doesn’t want the Marines knowing about this kinda thing.

William says that is the nicest way to say that he is throwing them under the bus but he understands. Jasper tells them to not worry, as he is very grateful for what they have done for the Kingdom. The Crew notice that Pearl is quite happy now, just standing there content and smiling, basking in the murder of her own father with blood still on her hand. Ragnar tells Pearl that he’s also in a pretty good mood after killing Valve and Pearl reminisces about how cool their combo move was. William says nothing like a round of murder to put your mind at ease.

Ragnar then speaks up about Atom's sister, saying they still have to deal with her, but realizes that Jasper will bring her here. William walks up to Jasper and places a hand on his shoulder and says that there was one loyal member of their crew that they cared about more than anything in the world. Jasper quickly talks about Atom's Sister, telling William that they talked about it just a few minutes ago. William tells him no and that he wants Jasper to build a monument to Atom on this island. Jasper likes the idea and will start constructing it later. The crew's only instruction about it is that it must be tasteful.

Jasper replies that he sacrificed himself for the kingdom in his eyes so he will build a monument to him, before asking what he looked like. William takes out the paper that Boss left for him and rips a piece off, pulling out a pencil draws an okay drawing of Atom, writing Yeehaw under it. William then says that Atom’s sister is on an island where a man made amazing sweet buns, Jasper corrects him that that is the island of Krendor. William tells Jasper to pick up some sweet buns while he’s there. Jasper then says that he’ll send some men to pick her up, telling them not to worry and that he will treat this hero's sister with respect. William tells him to let her down gently, but Jasper says he will tell her that her brother died a hero.

With that in order Jasper asks them if they want an upgraded ship or a new ship. Verona says that Ragnar should access the new ship before they choose. William agrees and Ragnar says that he imagines getting a new ship will be better than upgrading the the Pooh. William says they will because they will take the figure head of the bear wherever they go and Jasper says they could just move the figurehead to the new ship, which they all agree is a good idea.

William then asks Verona what he knows about the Grand Line and Verona only knows about Reverse Mountain, saying that he also knows the Grand Line is also hard to travel. Ragnar also notes that his father used to tell him to stay away from the Calm Belt, not knowing what it meant. Jasper pipes up telling them that they are still very injured and that they should have a feast and Ragnar agrees. William says they should maybe wash all the blood and bones off themselves and Duros notes how he has a lot of bones over him right now.

Jasper says he needs to grasp a hold of the current political situation of the country and hold a banquet for them but also make sure everyone is okay now that the fighting has stopped. William mentioned that they also decimated the prison and some of the village got burned down. Jasper says that is okay and its just that he feels most of the prisoners were in there unjustly or slaves, Jasper tells them he sees what they did as a great justice, saying that the Navy and people might not consider it that way, but that they did should be very happy before asking a favour of Duros, to which Duros says that he will do anything he can help him with.

Jasper asks him to recognize all the royal knights he can and Duros bolts out of the room looking for the knights. Jasper says he knows a few people who can get a feast together and they will hold it in the banquet hall, telling them to head over there and that food will be there in a few hours. So the crew head over to the banquet hall, Duros rounds up all the guards and brings them back to Jasper and he explains to them the situation. Jasper and Duros make sure everything is okay and as Duros returns people begin bringing in large plates of meat and ale along with various other foods which they begin placing along the dining table of the hall. Jasper returns telling them he has sorted out the situation, saying that he will have a coronation to be king in a few days but for now they will have a feast in their honor, saying that they can continue on their journey afterwards.

Ragnar thanks Jasper, and warns him that he's a barbarian and what he’s about to do isn’t fit the room. After saying this Ragnar begins grabbing ale and meat at the same time, messily eating it, while Pearl is doing the same thing. William begins a toast, first to Jasper, the new king of the Tarako Kingdom. Second to Atom, who died and helped them get this far. Third to their further adventures here. And fourth to Duros’ mighty shield that saved them. Fifth to Ragnar's mighty claws and Verona's mighty bone teeth and gun. He says all this before saying #Yeehaw and cheering.

As they eat party music is playing in the background and there is still shots like a montage of them eating meat and having a great time, everyone posing and enjoying the banquet together. Once all the food has been eaten and everyone has filled their belly’s, Jasper sits there and tells them that they should rest up for the night and in the morning he will show them the ship, which is one of their best. William agrees and says they should be out of here as quick as possible as the Marines would probably come soon. Jasper says he has some beds in the castle for them and that they will be the most comfortable sleeps of their life, William says he doesn’t know about that it sounds alright and Ragnar says that Atom's shack was pretty comfy. Rustage as a DM says “The floor of a friend is always comfier than the bed of a king.”

After sleeping that night the crew wake up the next day and Jasper knocks on their doors calling them outside as it's time. Everyone follows Jasper out to the docks and they see this impressive ship that is larger than the Yogi Pooh. William, amazed asks Ragnar if it is a better ship and Ragnar looks it up and down, saying that it's an amazing vessel that has much finer wood, more openings where cannons can be used, and is larger. Off in the distance Verona can see the Yogi Pooh by the prison and Verona notes they left Gravy behind on the ship and William says they will swing around and grab their stuff picking up Gravy as well. William says that he is fine and that he trusts him as the cook. Ragnar then asks if Jasper knows an artist on the island and Jasper pulls out a paintbrush and asks if he said artist?

William faceplants hard realizing of course he is an artist. Jasper begins going on about how he has loved art ever since he was a kid. William says that's enough and asks him to draw them a badass flag with for the Devil's Luck Pirates which everyone agrees as their new pirate crew name. Jasper draws an amazingly cool pirate flag for them, amazing the crew at his skills. William says he drew that in 2 minutes meaning he clearly is great and Ragnar says that after seeing him fight his hopes weren’t too great but seeing this he knows he’s found his calling. Jasper says he isn’t a very good fighter because he spent all his time painting. William says that he knows he is the king of a country but if he wanted to join the crew he’d be more than welcome. Jasper declines, saying it would be a very bad deal for him. William asks him to make some spares and he does, making enough to last a while. Verona says to excuse his eyes because he can’t stop looking at the beautiful flag, and Jasper agrees.

Jasper says the Devil's Luck Pirates and thinks it's a very fitting name. The crew then load up all their supplies and check over their new ship, finding it to have 6 cannons, 3 on either side. Verona says people better watch out as he’s gonna be practicing with the cannons, William then approaches Jasper and thanks him for everything and his help, saying that maybe one day they will cross paths again. William also says that they’ll make sure his sister doesn’t die, referring to Pearl which causes Jasper to turn to Duros and tell him that he has a very special mission for him. Jasper tells him that he spent his entire life protecting him but now it is time for Duros to protect Pearl. Duros says he will do so and that he will always protect Pearl, as well as Jasper, telling him that if he is ever in need, he will come and save him and Jasper, remembering that, tells him to just make sure no harm comes to his sister.

Duros says of course and gives him a large hug and tells him to stay safe, Jasper says he’ll do his best and thanks him for everything he's done, saying that he really does appreciate all of their help, saying that the Tarako Kingdom would still be under the tyrannous reign of King Malachite if it wasn’t for them. Jasper also really, really appreciates it, bowing to them. William says there is no need to bow, saying that its cool and it's what they do. Verona thanks him for fighting alongside them to make things right and Jasper hands over 800,000 berries (~77,000 dollars) as well as 15 med kits. William tells Ragnar to go easy on the meat and ale and he thinks they’ll be okay in terms of money. Ragnar says that he can’t tell him to go easy on meat and ale, it's the only other thing he loves in this world, William laughs saying oh well he thought he’d at least give it a shot.

Jasper and Pearl share one last hug and say something to each other out of earshot of the rest of the crew and she gets onto the ship with everyone else as she wipes a tear from her eye, William asks Duros if he wants to go talk to her as he says he isn’t good with these types of situations, to which Duros agrees and walks over to Pearl, telling her not to worry because he will stand alongside her, not just because he was asked to but because she is his friend. Pearl thanks Duros for this and says that they have come so far and she is very happy and that she knows that her brother said to protect her but he doesn’t have to worry as she will be there to protect him as well. Duros says he is very proud of her, William begins calling out to the crew their orders with his cutlass and they head towards the Yogi Pooh on the Yogi Pooh 2 and Ragnar begins making a brand new large figure head for the ship.

As they sail up next to the Yogi Pooh in the Yogi Pooh 2, they see Gravy on the front of the ship eating some soup, William jokingly invites him to the crew before telling him to check out the cool new ship they got. Gravy exclaims at how incredible the new ship is before William says that he is sure his adventures of eating soup on the deck was amazing but he needs Gravy to gather up all the stuff on the ship and put it onto the new ship. Gravy starts to gather up his stuff and begins doing so as William asks the rest of the crew what do they wanna do with the new ship, asking if they wanna give it a Viking funeral or Jasper could use it for something. Duros says he was going to suggest they sell it but he doesn’t know how they’d even bring it with them to sell it. William says they could just tie it to the back and Verona tells Ragnar to grab the rope which he does and also tells them he has placed the figurehead onto the front of the ship as they talked to Gravy.

Pearl then approaches Ragnar and tells him and the crew that they did free a lot of slaves so they could leave the ship as a way for them to get home and they could use it. William places a note onto it and they leave it near the prison, the note telling anyone that the ship is for them if they need it and to treat her well. William then begins giving a speech, telling them that up until this point they’ve had a lot of crazy adventures but it is a little different now because they are now under a pirate flag and that people will be after them because they killed a Marine Captain. Saying that he just wants everyone to know what they’re getting into and that it isn’t going to get easier from here, he then asks Verona if he knows which direction is to Reverse Mountain.

Verona saying he knows it north easterly and as this happens Gravy finishes loading all the stuff onto the new ship and he asks the crew if they would like some food, to which everyone agrees, saying that they have a lot more ingredients now so he can cook more than just stew. William also tells him he is the official cook of the crew now and Gravy says he is happy that he has gained their trust and asks if they would like some bangers and mash. The Crew doesn't know what that is, other than Duros who laughs lightly to himself, but they say sure and that they’d love some of his cooking. Gravy explains it is just potato and sausages with gravy before saying he will go off and cook them it. Gravy says it tastes amazing as Ragnar says his mouth is just watering thinking about it before William says they trust him with the food and Gravy goes off beginning to cook the food.

This now starts their journey as they travel through the ocean towards Reverse Mountain, during the journey they give a toast to Atom over the bangers and mash, saying he hopes they enjoy. After sailing for a few days, Verona in the crow's nest notices a small boat approaching their vessel from the right. It's a little wooden boat with a foresty feel to it, as it has leaves and such growing over it and it is only large enough to hold one person. Verona signals to the crew there is a boat and William asks what its like and Verona describes it. Ragnar asks if they can check it out because he's bored. William then pulls out a spyglass and agrees that foresty are the only way to describe it, saying that last time this happened Not Steve attacked so they should be very cautious. William then tells Ragnar to take the helm and steer them towards the ship, Ragnar does.

As the two ships get closer and closer they notice that there is a singular women at the helm of this ship, she has wavy long green hair that looks like tree vines in a way, her clothes are leaf themed and she is quite scantily dressed with a Poison Ivy type feel to her and she is sitting there casually. As she gets closer to the ship she jumps from the small boat onto the Yogi Pooh 2 and lands on the deck of the ship and then she flicks her hair back, as Verona raises his rifle. Duros says that was quite impressive and William says that he should be concerned she is attacking the ship but as a fellow tumbler he is quite impressed at the move she just made. As she flips her hair back she ignores all of them and stares are Gravy, begging to talk to him, telling him that it has been quite a long time hasn’t it, slowly approaching him basically ignoring the rest of them. William tries to get her attention but fails and they can see immediately a bead of sweat begins falling down Gravy’s face. William now holding his pistol to this as she asks Gravy to explain and Gravy says he doesn’t know who she is and that he needs to go make more food.

This lady now looks a little bit annoyed and asks Gravy to not be like that and sits down on the deck of the ship, saying that she has a message from the boss and says that she knows he left, but that he also knows he can never truly leave. Now that Tako is missing or dead, his target has gone up the priority list which means we all have to take care of this. William calls out asking if he is the only one who doesn’t understand what is happening right now, to which Ragnar and Duros agree. Gravy is trembling with a panic like his world is falling apart and Duros walks up next to his side, telling him not to worry as he will stand here and figure it out.

Verona tells her to listen and says that she needs to go back on her shrub or things are gonna get ugly, the lady turns and says she is so sorry for not introducing herself and that her name is Hemlock. Hemlock carries on by saying that it is nice to meet them and that it doesn't matters as she is only here to meet with Gravy and pass on the message and then she’ll be on her way. William says that Gravy is a member of his crew and she just hopped on his ship with all them here, but Hemlock turns to Gravy and questions that he is now a pirate and William points up at the sail and sarcastically says did the giant Jolly Roger not tip you off? William also says that Gravy is now the most piraty pirate that ever did pirate. Hemlock says that he talks too much, asking if anyone has ever told him that, and says that he would be a lot prettier if he shut his little mouth. She turns back to Gravy, and tells him that Jason Locksworth has moved up the line of order and as a member it is in his best interest to try and deal with him as he can. He should also to look into the death of Tako as he seems to have died within this region as well, saying they can’t replace him until they’ve found what happened. Hemlock then hands over a photo of Jason Locksworth to Gravy.

Gravy just holds it and Hemlock turns around and says that's that and says it was very nice to meet them. She also tells Gravy that if he can do this in a timely manner then she is sure that the boss will have it in his heart to forgive Gravy. Then she jumps off the ship into her boat as William tells her to get off his ship, realizing she has already jumped off the ship as he shouts this. Ragnar says he is getting the vibes that their cook is a badass, Druos questions to Gravy if he is an assassin and Gravy is shivering as he slumps to the ground with the picture in hand as Hemlocks small ship sails off into the distance. William says that they will need a protocol for people just jumping on their ship as this is isn’t the first time its happened, referring to the Marines from all the way back in Episode 3, William says she was mysterious and dangerous and that they just need to shoot people in the leg whenever they do that or something. Verona affirms that he was ready to shoot her at anytime.

William then turns to Gravy and asks him what's happening and if he can see the picture, William looks over his shoulder and as he does so, William looks at the picture, recognizing it as the spitting image of Boss. Then everything clicks together for William as he realizes that Jason was in the prison and that's why Tako went there and why Boss’s calling card was there, laughing to himself calling him a clever bastard. William says to Gravy that he will have to fill in some details for him but he turns to the crew and says that they will never believe it but the man that Not Steve went to kill was the same man these people are after.

Gravy then looks up at William with small tears in his eyes and says he is sorry, that he didn't mean for this to happen saying again that he is very sorry. Ragnar tells him to stop apologizing because he's apart of them now and if he is an assassin then that's ever cooler, saying that an assassin cook is badass. William also pipes in saying it is pretty badass, saying that when Pearl joined their crew they waged a coup against an entire country so they’ll help him out as well. Gravy appreciates that and that he isn’t an assassin anymore and that he just can’t really leave because they never let anyone leave. Ragnar then asks who this Tako guy is, Gravy explains that he only knew of his name and that he was an assassin and that he never knew what he looked like, saying that he guesses he was a newer member. Ragnar then asks if it is an issue if they killed that guy and Gravy says that whoever killed him has a claim on the seat now. William quickly asks who got the kill shot on Not Steve, the entire crew now connecting that Not Steve and Tako were the same person, as Duros says that it was Ragnar go the last blow.

Ragnar says that Not Steve was like a son to him so he had to put him out of his misery, Gravy says sorry but this contract is now his as well. Ragnar says that it looks like they’re part of this together now, saying that see he is apart of their crew. William then asks if that means he is an assassin now and asks if they are gonna do an assassin guild thing because that's awesome. Ragnar cheers about being an assassin barbarian and Gravy then asks if they got the candle and Verona pulls it out having been the one to hold on to it for the last while, Gravy responds by saying that the candle is still lit. Verona asks if that means this flame is real and Gravy says no, that it is more of a metaphor, saying that he is sorry and that he didn't want any of this to happen, saying that he must now explain himself. Gravy explains that he used to be an assassin but doesn’t consider himself one anymore, that he used to be apart of a group called the Eight Flames and that each of them has a candle and that the idea is that they all have a number and that the numbers are replaced so the candles never dies out and he moves his apron to pull out a candle with the number 4 on it and Verona throws the candle over to Ragnar which has a 2 on it.

Gravy says it is ranked in terms of power, the 8 being the strongest and it goes down with 1 being the weakest, Gravy says that he was indoctrinated as a kid but over time he didn't like being an assassin and didn't want to be one anymore, so he eventually tried to erase his identity and became a chef instead and he was a chef wherever he felt the safest. First he was with the casino because it was safe, then later joined the Marines because it was safe, and the joined them because it was safe. Gravy said that he never thought they would find him again and he brought them into it even after all the kindness they showed him.

Ragnar then says that Gravy is a good man and William agrees before asking Gravy what would happen if they just ignored it. Gravy then says that if he ignores it now that they know where he is again then the other assassins will come for his life. Verona then questions that if he quit, does that mean there is another Number 4 and Gravy says no, he never really quit because they don’t allowed you to, he only ran away meaning he is still Number 4. He says that he is Number 4 until he dies. Gravy also said Hemlock is Number 6. Ragnar mistakes the numbering system and thinks that means Gravy is stronger than her before realizing that is wrong as the crew correct him on it. William then realizes that Not Steve was Number 2 and that he almost died in that fight, William then asks about the leader, wondering how strong he is. Gravy says he doesn’t know who the leader is just that he is very powerful and that they all had contracts but his contracts always came straight from the top. Duros tells him again not to worry as they have been through many adventures together and that they saved a bloody kingdom from the clutches of the navy so they can save him from this mysterious assassin organization. William noting he kinda wish they brought Gravy along for that fight, saying that hindsight is 20/20 so what are they gonna do. Gravy says that he appreciates Duros. Ragnar then asks what situation William has with Boss, does he wanna kill him or what? William says that he doesn’t have a desire to kill him, he was always fair when splitting loot and such that they stole.

Gravy then asks who this Boss man is and William explains who he is to Gravy, explaining the situation. Duros asks if that means he has no problems killing his father figure, which William says he hasn’t seen him in a long time so he thought he was dead the last 10 years saying that he doesn’t want to kill him but that he could go either way with it. Gravy then holds up the picture of Jason and asks William if that is Boss, which William agrees that is Boss, asking what his name is which they explain and William laughs about while repeating it. Duros tells Gravy not to worry as William is very good at killing father figures so he can kill this one too. Gravy says he doesn’t really want to kill anyone anymore and William says that he shouldn’t have joined a pirate crew then. Gravy says that he is fine being around pirates but he doesn’t want to take another persons life with his own hands.

William then turns and asks the crew if they want to do an assassination job and Duros says that they have to help their cook out because he has helped them so many times. William then says if it is a choice between the man who raised him and then disappeared for 10 years or his crew who he has a stronger bond with then its his crew who he's gonna help, also telling them that he isn’t gonna be easy to kill. Verona then says that they still have the problem that if they kill this guy, as Gravy is still gonna be a member because it's not like this is his last job, saying they’re still gonna have to deal with these people. Verona says that its either go with them or against them. William then says that he makes a good point, saying their best solution is to probably take out the leader but he doesn’t know who he is and he also seems quite powerful so that could be a problem.

Ragnar then says that they should just head to the Grand Line and figure it out as they get stronger, saying that he has decided to become the strongest man in the world. Gravy then says the other question is he wonders who put out this contract for it to be such high priority, William then asks who they normally deal with and Gravy explains its people who want others gone without others knowing or people who don’t have anyway to deal with it themselves. The example he gave was of a Marine wanting someone dead and they’re not a pirate they will hire them. Verona then asks if Gravy wants out, like for real and Gravy says of course he does. William then says its decided and they’ll help him out, Duros says that he has decided and they will stand with it, Ragnar also warns Gravy his hands could get dirty and there is no doubt about that but maybe for the last time. Gravy says that seeing the Eight Flames be extinguished has always been a dream of his but he is just scared. Verona turns to William, saying that that he guesses other than than Mrs. Shrub Lady over there, the best way to find the rest of the Flames seems to be to go and find William's Boss. Verona says that they’re after him, so if they find him then they’ll come to us. William says then they should continue their journey to the Grand Line.

They sail for a couple weeks towards the Grand Line, cooking food and training along the way, Duros does some fishing as they go, William rolls his devil fruit and gets the Oro Oro no Mi, the devil fruit with the ability to turn origami into living things, becoming what they create. Eventually they reach the base of Reverse Mountain and see the water rushing up the mountain and into the foggy sky above. William says they’ve reached the base of the mountain, saying it looks terrifying and asks Verona if he is sure this is the entrance. Verona doesn’t know what else this means and as they get closer they notice and William calls out that the current is already sucking them in so they don’t get a choice. They see the water flowing in reverse upwards and Ragnar says it looks impossible and that says that he loves the Grand Line already. Duros saying that he has never seen anything like it ever and William says that this is also the thing a lot of people have seen before they die so they should get ready. The crew brace themselves the ship goes into the stream of water and begins being sucked upwards rushing up Reverse Mountain with incredible speed and the crew is holding onto things on the outside of the ship. Pearl extends her wings just in case as Gravy rolls around inside the cabin of the ship. William calls out and says that if they don’t make it through this he just wants them to know that he loves them all.

Soon enough they burst out at the top of the mountain, through the fog and sprays of water as they notice the four other connecting paths rushing up and pushing down into one path, the crew lean the boat towards this path and they splash down into it, zooming down this just as fast path of water and as they reach the bottom of Reverse Mountain their ship is just floating there for a second. They see a pirate shipwreck and a man leaning on a piece of wood in French revolutionary type outfit with darker skin and a large bushy mustache and white hair with a tricorn hat on and he is floating there in the ocean and they can see far off into the distance is a large sleeping black whale in the distance. William asks if everyone is okay because he thinks he might’ve just pissed his pants and Verona says that he is just surprised they are alive after that. Duros asks if they can do it again while cheering and William then says that brings up a good question because he doesn’t know how they get out of this place now.

William then says that unless they go through the Calm Belt then they’re kinda stuck here and Ragnar says that they just need to continue forward before. The Crew, now sailing towards this shipwreck sees the man more clearly and he has some type of bag with him and they can’t see any other bodies around, noticing that the whale probably had something to do with it, Verona says that if he jumps on the ship then he's gonna shoot him in the leg, referring to what William said earlier, before saying they should move. They now approach this man who is laying on this wood, Duros calls out to him asking if he is hurt and he doesn’t respond, William says they should haul him up here and Ragnar says that he will go get him and Verona quickly shouts reminding Ragnar to not do that due to his Devil Fruit abilities, Ragnar saying he forgot he can’t swim anymore and Duros says he can’t swim very well so Verona jumps into the water and pulls him back onto the ship and lays him down.

They now see that he is alive and he looks injured but just unconscious and not near death, now noticing that his clothing is blue and his tricorn hat has a big clock on it, a pocket watch clock on his chest as well. Duros then slaps him to wake him up and he starts speaking with a strange accent, William asks what strange land he hails from and Duros says that it could be Dodge. The man questions who they are and what is going on and William says they are travelers. The man introduces himself as Louis Le'cloque and as he slowly starts to get up he strains a bit and says his back is in pain, William says they would call a medic if they had one but Louis says it is okay just as they notice a large gash in his chest which he raises his hand to, hovering it over his chest and they hear what appears to be a ticking sound as the gash begins to revert and seemingly return to normal before it finishes.

William asks if he has a Devil Fruit then which Louis confirms, saying they must know about Devil Fruits since they are in the Grand Line. Louis then says that he is sorry and he should formally introduce himself, repeating his name and saying he is a man as they can see, saying that he is also on the run as they can see, he is also shipwrecked as they can see and he also has a Devil Fruit, as they can see. He says that this Devil Fruit is an interesting little thing as it allows him to manipulate small pockets of time, such as here he reversed time on his wound like it never happened. William says that he does understand that and Louis saying it comes in very useful before asking who they are. William repeats that they are travelers and asks him if he had some trouble with that.

Louis says that he did not come from Reverse Mountain he actually came from the opposite direction before frantically looking around for something.

Louis grabs his nearby bag and searches through it, bringing out a strange looking compass and sighs before thanking the lord and putting it back in the bag seeming relieved, he turns back to the group saying that he was actually coming from the other direction and that he was just fleeing and that he got attacked by the whale and he could not reverse the whole ship and so he fell unconscious. William says that he basically got his ass knocked out, Ragnar then asks what that thing in his bag was. Louis questions that he does not know what it is and Louis says they are very lucky that they came across him then. William tells Verona to show him their compass and as he pulls it out he tosses the compass over to William and he sees the needle on the compass is spinning around crazily and William says that Verona has got to fix it and he throws the compass back to Verona.

Louis then speaks up and explains Log Poses and the weird magnetic forces of the islands before William asks if that is the only way to get around the Grand Line which Louis says it is. William exclaims that they are lucky then and Duros says they live up to their name yet again. Louis says that the lucky one is him because they came and saved him and William says that he likes his accent and asks what island he is from. Louis thanks him for the compliment on his accent and says that he will not discuss his personal life with strangers but that he appreciates them wanting to learn more about him, then he'll be out of their hair. Duros says he thinks their air is fine and doesn’t know why he wants to say with them. William says they have a lot of space on their ship but there doesn’t seem to be anything else around other than the lighthouse and the whale, Verona says they’ll need one of those things to get to an island so they don’t really have a choice, saying they’ll pick one up when they get to this island. Louis says that is where he was heading until he got into this situation with the whale and that he was very unfortunate and says let me check if anyone else survived the shipwreck and he looks over and says that it looks like nobody else survived.

Louis says he does not mind as they were just people he hired to do a small trip. William says that it’ll be nice to have someone who has traveled these waters before at least to get them to where they need to be. Louis says he hopes that hopes he won’t be too much of a bother so William asks where the compass points to and Louis pulls it out and it begins pointing towards the North. Verona asks Louis if he would teach him how to use it and Louis says it is so simple that even an imbecile could use it Louis begins teaching him out it works as they set off towards this first island. During the trip Verona asks about weather in the Grand Line and Louis explains how the strange weather works in the Grand Line, rapidly changing and very weird, explaining the islands and their weathers as well. William says that he imagines travel would be very hard in these waters and Louis says without a Log Pose then you're dead. William then asks the limit on his power and Louis tells him that as long as it happened in the last couple of minutes he can reverse it, only in a small area. As an example he grabs an apple, takes a bite from it and reverses time on it, they ask if he still has the piece of apple he just bit inside his stomach and he confirms he does, saying it is very useful.

The crew then follow the Log Pose for a couple of days and they dock at this island and as they look out its quite a small island and Louis looks over and as the crew looks the few island that are on the island lay in ruin and it seems to be desolate and destroyed. William asks Louis when was the last time he was on this island and Louis tells them it was only a few days ago and at most a week, questioning what is happening and runs into the town calling out for three members of his crew, François, Jean and Pepe La Pew. The Crew then realize they have no choice but to disembark here and enter the town due to Louis running away from them and him having the only Log Pose, so they get off the ship and enter the town and as they get deeper into the town there is carnage abound but no bodies, there are destroyed buildings, and dry blood in places. Louis is off in the distance on his knees, William checks the blood, noticing this probably happened 5 to 6 days ago and as they look over at Louis he seems to appear in black and white and they hear sad French music coming from seemingly nowhere.

William walks up behind him and asks him if he is gonna be okay because he doesn’t think anyone is here, Louis says he doesn’t understand as they were supposed to be here. William asks if he had any enemies as it is the Grand Line and Louis says that there is no way he could have found them. William questions who this person is but Louis says it does not matter and Ragnar says it actually does matter and as they hear a voice in the distance. The voice calls out saying "You know what we’re looking for men!", and they see trudging through the town unfazed by the carnage around them is a small platoon of Marines, helmed by a man with jagged black hair with a long sharp nose and he tells them to go out there and as he says this all the marines begin to scatter into the town.

William suggests they all hide and the crew quickly duck behind a nearby building, the Marines are running around turning over all sorts of stuff and searching through basement doors and one of the marines turns a corner and sees the crew all hiding behind this building, looks at them recognizing them and then keeps searching for whoever they’re searching for, ignoring them. Ragnar questions if they just got ignored by Marines, Verona questions if he even saw them as he looked right at them and Duros says he feels a little bad now, asking if they’re that worthless, William says that he is quite offended, saying that maybe they should just grab him. Verona asks what the move is and William says he guesses they should keep hiding, William then asks Louis why the Marines are there and he says he has no idea.

Louis then says when he first saw them he assumed it was because pirates attacked this island or something and they were here to investigate but that doesn’t seem to be case as they seem to looking for someone, Verona asks if he knows who that someone is and Louis says he does not as he has no problems with the Navy, Verona says that he did look right at them so he hopes it isn’t Louis. Louis then says if it was him then he would’ve arrested him right there and Ragnar then asks William if they should send a message so they know to fear them and William says that the Marines would have a Log Pose which Verona agrees that they do need one. Duros says that perhaps they ask first and then they take it by force, Ragnar says that works for him but he assumes they’re not gonna give it to them. Verona says he guesses it's worth a shot and William says that Duros gave him the perfect idea.

William takes a fake mustache out of his disguise kit and then puts it on, saying that they’re gonna go ask and William tells Verona and Pearl to get into a sniper position in case anything goes down, Ragnar also says he wants a mustache to go over his mustache and William hands him one of his fake handlebar mustaches which he puts over his mustache. William, Duros and Ragnar walk out into the street and nobody takes notice of them as they’re searching, so they walk towards the commanding officer and he turns around and sighs, saying that he isn’t dealing with this shit today.

William tells him to hold up and listen to him, he says they’re just travelers here and they’ve found themselves lost on this island and they were wondering if they could hand over a spare Log Pose so they could continue on their journey, but the man still refuses. William says aren’t you guys the Marines, saying that he heard through the grapevine they help people out as they out civilians like himself and his friends. The man then leans down into his face and says that he knows they’re pirates and who they are but that they’re one lucky crew today. William, still pretending to not be himself, says he doesn’t know what they’re talking about while Ragnar says he's just a guy with a mustache. The Commander says that he has orders he has to follow and that he cannot stray from them, saying that if they wanna get in his way it’d be a swift death for them then he stands up, calling out asking if anybody has found this man yet. His platoon hasn’t found him and they wonder if he’s on this island. The Commander says that he was last seen on this island and he starts walking angrily away from the crew.

William then says that its really starting to piss him off they’re continuing to ignore them and that they’re really lucky under normal circumstances and he just motions over to Verona to shoot the commanding officer in the back. Verona misses a shot and the Marine turns around, saying that it’s like that, William then rips off his mustache and says that he isn’t a normal citizen and today they face the Devil's Luck Pirates, pulling out his steam pistol and cocking it. He turns and says he knows, calling out each of their names, William, Ragnar, Duros, Verona, telling them that news travels fast within the Marines, telling them that they have to fight but he was gonna let them live. William says that he did ask for a Log Pose and it was all he had to give them before the Commander says that before they begin fighting he might as well give them a bit of gratification before they die, pulling out wanted posters from his jacket and flips through them before telling them they got new bounties.

William is interested at this and the Commander says that pirates love to hear about these things so he might as well tell them their bounties, he tells William has a bounty of  50,000,000 and William is happy with that and starts boasting to himself quite happy with his bounty. The Commander tells him he got this bounty for killing Captain Marrow, breaking people out of prison etc, saying that he did a lot of bad shit and William agrees that he did before tipping his hat in confidence. He calls out to Ragnar, telling him he has a bounty of 30,000,000, Ragnar says not bad and William congratulates him on the bounty while patting him on the back. Ragnar says that is a lot of ales and meats worth of money. The Commander than calls out to Verona and Duros, telling them they got a bounty of 20,000,000 each, Duros says that he likes that number and Verona calls out asking what they’re talking about to which William shouts back telling him about his bounty and Verona says "Fuck yeah." The Commander then says that they also recently picked up Pearl, telling them her bounty actually went down and that's probably because they killed the person who originally put out the bounty. Her bounty is now only 15,000,000 after a couple moments of silence the Commander reconfirms the bounty number as a "1 5."

The Commander also says they see that they have picked up Louis, Ragnar and William both say that he isn’t apart of the crew yet and the Commander tells them that Louis has a bounty of 20. Duros questions why they actually put up a bounty for 20 and the Commander actually says he doesn’t even understand why they have that out but William says that it was very nice of him to share those bounties with them. The Marine says they are very welcome and William says, maybe bygones should be bygones and says that he signaled Verona to miss him. William asks if they could just grab the Log Pose now and if they could also have the bounty poster and the Marine tells them no again, saying that it is time for them to die and that he'll have more satisfaction when he takes them out. The Commander says that now they know how far they’ve gone they’ll know how much it hurts when their dreams are crushed by him. As he says this body starts to morph until he becomes a shark like creature, turning into a hybrid shark human man with a large shark mouth and he says "Come on boys" and the other Marines and they all stand in a formation behind him and they say lets get it on and as they do this William rolls his Devil Fruit, landing on the Stomp Stomp Fruit as the fight begins.

Story Impact
Here are the main parts of this episode that have an overall impact on the ongoing story.


 * More of William's relationship with Boss
 * Gravy ties to the 8 Flames are expanded
 * Most of the Crew get their first Bounties

The Crew

 * William
 * Verona
 * Duros
 * Ragnar
 * Pearl
 * Gravy

Met

 * Hemlock
 * Louis Le'cloque
 * Commander Bait
 * 6 Unnamed Marines







Mentioned

 * Ragnar's Grandfather
 * The Eight Flames
 * Jason Locksworth
 * François
 * Jean
 * Pepe La Pew







Met

 * Jasper



Mentioned

 * Boss
 * Atom
 * Not Steve/Tako

Quotes

 * "Like Pimp My Ship. You guys ever read that book?" - Jasper
 * "Make sure no harm comes to my sister" - Jasper to Duros
 * "We got a bigger ship Gravy! Check this shit out!" - William to Gravy when they arrive with the Yogi 2
 * "I just asked you for a fucking compass!" - William to Commander Bait

Trivia

 * This is the first episode where before the intro, Rustage doing an additional intro, in this episode he explain that he's a little tired/under the weather.