" ": You talking

' ': You thinking

* *: Narrator/Voice-off

Your POV:

"And a one, and a two, and a threeeee-"

Caribou: FORGIVE MEEEEEE !! DON'T THROW ME OUT INTO THE OCEAAAAAN !! ANYTHING BUT THAAAAAAAAAT !! YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO MEEEE !! DON'T THROW AWAY A GUY'S LIFE SO EASILYYYYY !! GOD IS... GOD IS LOOKING DOWN ON YOU ALL!! YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT ?!

"That's just another reason for me to do that, then. How can you act so righteous when you're about to piss your pants when not even a minute ago you were screaming about gatling guns and killing us all ?"

Zoro: Who are you anyway ?! You're the captain of that ship, right ?

Caribou: 'Guehhh ! It's Roronoa Zoro !!' N, no, no, no !! Don't be ridiculous, of course I'm not the Captain !! I'm just, uh... A guy who was being used by them for menial work !! Man, I'm sick to death of being on that ship... ! Yeah... This is perfect !! Would you let me stick around on your ship for a while ?! Please, i'm begging you !!

Chopper: Eh... ? I- I'mactualy starting to feel kind of sorry for this guy...

Usopp: Ohh, don't be an idiot !! He's obviously lying !!

Chopper: WHAAAAA ?! HE IS ?!

"... ... Wet-Hair Caribou, Captain of the Caribou pirates... Bounty of 210 million Berry, a renowned marine killer, torturer and overall scumbag. Loves to bury people alive."

Usopp: T- TWO HUNDRED AND TEN MILLION ?!

Chopper: BURY PEOPLE ALIVE ?!

"He was among the dumbasses that got tricked by the fake us, so I can only guess he decided to try his luck with the real deal..."

Nami: Hey, can I ask something ? Where did you find that sea cow that was pulling your ship ?

Caribou: Ahhhhhh... My, my... Now ain't you a cutie... You must be... The "Cat burglar", yeah~ ?

Sanji: DON'T YOU DARE STARE LEWDLY AT OUR BEAUTIFUL NAVIGATOR LIKE THAT !!

Caribou: BLUEGHHH !! Aaghh... !

Sanji: Nami-san ! You're all right- NOOUUUUWWWGGHHHHHHHHH !!

"Okay, this is starting to get old already, not gonna lie..."

Chopper: We'll have to rehabilitate him slowly... Start him off with some tame photographs...

Caribou: ... Anyway, we just found that thing swimming around in he area... ! It's the markof a pro undersea traveller, to have your ship pulled by a beast like that !!

Luffy: Ehhh ? Is it really ?!

"yeah, and we saw where that took you... Luffy, no. Luffy, don't you dare, I know what you're thinking about, the answer is no !!"

Moomoo: MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH !!!

Coribou: STOOOOOP !! STOP, SEA COW !! What's wrong ?! Sea cow !! Big bro dude !! I'll save you !!

Luffy: D'you think there are any sea monsters around ?

Nami: Luffy... What exactly are you planning now... ?!

"I think the answer's obvious, and it's still no, Luffy !"

Usopp: Hey, Nami ! Aren't we going in a slightly different direction to where the Log Pose is pointing ?

Caribou: 'Dammit all... How could things turn out so wrong... ? What am I gonna do now ?! I can hardly hope to fight them one-on-ten... ! It'll be simple enough to break out of these ropes, but... I guess I could wait for my chance, and take 'em out one by one... Or else...'

Nami: ... No, it's fine. Travelling slightly to the Southwest of where the Log Pose points is the best route.

Luffy: Why ?! It'll be quicker if we just go straight where it's pointing, won't it ?!

Brook: Ahhh, i'm sprouting goosebumps all over my skin... ! Oh, but I-Chopper: You don't have any skin since you're just bones !

Brook: *Bone depression*

Nami: if we head straight for the island, we'll get caught in the currents and be smashed against the mountains and volcanoes on the seabed before we manage to reach the bottom.

Chopper: EHHHHH ?! Volcanoes ?! The seabed is scary !!

Usopp: But I thought the currents in the Grand Line were totally unpredictable in the first place ? Is there really a route that'll guarantee we're safe ?

Nami: There is, just one ! You should all put on coats like this, by the way. It's going to get cold from here on out.

Zoro: We're going somewhere cold ? I thought we were to the sea bottom.

Franky: Idiot... Of course it's gonna be cold at the bottom of the ocean ! It's like a bath, the water at the bottom's always cooler than the water at the top !

Usopp: Oh, right ! So the bottom of the ocean would be colder than it is at the surface !

"These guys manage to be factually right and completely hopeless at the same time..."

Brook: It is not only the temperature that is different ! In the depths of the oceans, there are also what is called "Deepwater currents", entire currents of water that one would never be aware of from the surface. These currents move in completely different directions to the "Surface currents" that we are currently experiencing.

Usopp: Huh ?! There are currents underneath currents ? You sure know a awful lot !

Brook: Yohoho ! I am your elder, after all !

Franky: What's more, these currents are always interconnected somehow ! And I don't just mean splitting off to the East and West or coming back together again... There are currents rising up to higher levels, drilling deeper down... All connected together like some kind of giant dragon ! There interconnected currents flow unbroken through the seas of the entire world !

Brook: From what I have heard, the Deepwater currents flow along the sea bed at a rather leisurely pace... So slowly, in fact, that once a ship has travelled down to the deepest depths, it can take as much as two thousand years before they even reach the surface again !

Usopp: Two thousand years ?!

Brook: Indeed... For this reason, many legends surround the dark, unexplored regions travelled by these deepwater currents... Mighty beasts ! Curses ! The souls of the dead... !!

Chopper: WHAAAAA ?! There are ghosts at the bottom of the sea ?!

Brook: Th- There are ?! That's so scary !!

"But you're the one who... I'm not even gonna question it..."

Luffy: Now i'm getting excited !!

"Of course you are, Luffy..."

Nami: Well, who knows ? The important thing is, we're getting on one of those currents the runs from the surface currents to the deepwater levels ! That way, we'll be taken straight down to the deepwater currents and we can reach the seabed !

Luffy: Oh ! You're right !! man, you're really smart...

Chopper: But wait... How do we even find these... Places where the water flows down ?

Robin: It's just like what we were saying about the bathwater... Where the water gets colder, the currents start to flow downward.

Usopp: I get it ! That's why we're heading into colder waters !!

Nami: The Red Line is essentially a huge collection of islands all joined together... there are "summer island" areas and "Winter island" areas, just like anywhere else. So of course the area we're heading towards right now, is an ice-cold "Winter island" region. It's an area that fulfils the one other important condition for the current to turn sharply downward, as well.

Luffy: Hm ? And what on Earth is this other condition, I wonder ?

Nami: ... You always ask about these things without thinking, don't you... ? Are you sure you want to hear about saline density levels ?

Luffy: Salinedeen city ? I think I might have been there as a kid...

Zoro: A slaying dynasty ? Now that's something I'd like to see...

Nami: Ohhh, forget it !!

"Can you really say you aren't surprised ?"

Nami: ... ... ...

Luffy: So Zoro, where did the bear guy send you ?

Zoro: Oh, you're not gonna believe this...

Usopp: What's all this about saline density ?! Let us in on the secrets of the ocean !!

Nami: Oh ? You two are very enthusiastic ! Well, basically,the conditions for water to flow down downwards are that it has to be "cold" and "heavy" ! In freezing-cold regions, you find ice forming in the ocean water, and when it does, the salt content...

Usopp/Chopper/Luffy/Zoro: I see... So they're mysterious currents~... !!

Nami: THAT'S WHY YOU SHOULD JUST SHUT UP AND LET ME HANDLE THESE THINGS IN THE FIRST PLACE !!

"... Freezing water means more salt, and more salt makes water flow down more easily."

Luffy: Ooooh, I see now.

Nami: And now he gets it *sob*.

Brook: Care for a song, Nami-san ?! Yohohoho !

Robin: Nami ! While you've been explaining the theory, it looks as though we've almost reached the current !

Nami: Really ?!

Luffy: Oh ?! Let me see the mystery current, then ! What's it look like ?! A current flowing down to the ocean depths... ! WHOAAA !! Isthat it ?! That's amazing !!

"... Yep. Just the way I remember it, it's always as majestic."

Franky: NOT HALF-BAD WORK, NATURE !!

Sanji: What... is that.. ?

Nami: That's the downward current Plume... ! It's almost like a gigantic... UNDERSEA WATERFALL !!

"Welcome to the ocean's bigger roller-coaster ! Strap yourself for a ride you'll never forget !"

Robin: the sheer magnitude of the flow is breathtaking... ! How many hundreds of meters across must it be... ?!

Luffy: AWESOMEEEEEE !!

Brook: It's one thing to hear about it, but seeing it first-hand is another matter entirely !! Yohoho... !!

Usopp: I CAN'T SEE THE BOTTOM !! It's just pitch blackness down ! We're doomed !! At that speed, we'll be smashed against the seabed for sure !!

Nami: is this really gonna be all right ?!

Franky: Don't worry about the ship !! The Sunny is the ultimate craft, hewn from the legendary Adam tree !!

Caribou: Hey !! Straw hats !! Turn back, right now !! We're all in mortal danger !!

Zoro: Oh, yeah.. I forgot you were still here...

Caribou: Take a proper look down there !! There's a monster below !! I've never heard that thing was living in these waters !! That legendary demon that roams the vast ocean, never tiring of the slaughter it leaves in its wake... !! The enemy of all humanity !! That beast is...

Caribou: IT'S THE KRAKEEEEEEEN !!

Franky: It's crushing all those ships in its tentacles !! It must have taken all the ships that set out in the past few days !!

Usopp: LOOK HOW HUGE IT IS !! IT'S A REAL MONSTER SQUID !!

"Pretty sure it's more of an octopus... But yeah, that thing is biiiiiiiig."

Caribou: I don't know where it came from... But it must be feeding on all the ships that try to take this current down to the sea depths !! I've never heard about this !! Please !! I don't want to die any more than you do !! Just turn back !! If we wait it out for a few days, I'm sure that thing will...

Luffy: Oh, shut up already !!

"... I know that smile all too well, and it never means anything good..."

Luffy: I've just had a great idea ! Let's make that thing our pet !!

All: HUH ?!

"I knew it !!"