So, this is probably not the update any of you want or were expecting, but this is how it is right now.

This fic is almost 3 years old and it's gotten much further than I initially expected. Throughout this, my writing style has changed a bit and my ideas for it have shifted. To put it simply - I'm not quite happy with it anymore and I want to try again. I've mentioned it in passing that I want to rewrite the start of this story and now is the time to properly put my mind to it.

I'm definitely going to leave this version up, but one day in the future (whenever that may be), there'll be a new fic - same premise, but written, hopefully, better. Maybe even with better pacing, because that's one of the biggest reasons I'm stuck with this one. I have rushed many plot points and have felt the need to somehow backpedal, so I wouldn't run out of the story before I ran out of One Piece lol.