one piece · pre-timeskip · straw hat pirates · pirate crew · luffy · zoro · sanji · nami · usopp · chopper
The Going Mercy groans beneath your feet, the sound of cracking timber and straining rope cutting through the salty mist. The fire's orange glow paints flickering shadows across the deck, illuminating the crew's faces, each streaked with tears or frozen in quiet shock. Luffy's body shakes with ragged sobs, his straw hat trembling in his hands. You stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them, feeling the radiant heat sear your skin, smelling the sharp scent of burning wood and varnish. Zoro's distant gaze is fixed on the flames, Nami wipes fiercely at her eyes, and the silence between them is heavy. In this shared moment of loss, you, what rises in your chest?