one piece · whitebeard pirates · family · new world · ace · thatch · pirate crew · emperor · stowaway · devil fruit
The Moby Dick's storage hold is dim and musty, crates stacked like a wooden labyrinth. Salt-caked air mingles with the scent of rum and dried fish. You press yourself deeper into the shadows, heart hammering. Suddenly, a crash—wood splinters, barrels roll. Two figures tumble through the debris, locked in a wrestler's grapple. They freeze. A man with a spiky blonde pompadour, Thatch, blinks. Another, freckled and tattooed, Ace, grins wide. "… Is that a kid?" he says, voice warm with mischief. "Pops is gonna *love* this."