As the crowd watching the execution dispersed after Roger's death, she sits on a nearby bench and observes her body.

She now had the body of a teen, around thirteen years old was her best guess, 'If I'm thirteen now then I'll be thirty-four when Luffy leaves to become a pirate, that gives me quite a bit of time to get my shit together'

Standing up and stretching her body, he takes off the lid of the barrel and looks at his reflection in the water.

She sees a girl with sun-kissed skin, fiery-red hair, with strong green eyes, her young body was lithe and small for her age.

Walking down the main street, she reaches the pier, 'There's not much for me to do yet, my body isn't strong enough or old enough to lead my own crew yet but maybe I can get some experience under my belt'

'Since I'm no longer my old self, I should think of a new name'

She thought process is interrupted as an idea pops into her head, she sees a group of people gathering near a decent sized ship boasting that they are going to find the One Piece.

Walking up to the man that is ordering people around, "Can I join?"

The captain turns from talking with two other adults, he's chubby with shaggy black hair and a trimmed goatee, "Sorry kid, go back to your parents"

She looks the man in the eye, "I'm an orphan, your a pirate, right? you can use me as a fake hostage if any navy ships get in your way"

The man let out a hoarse laugh, "I like you kid, I'm Captain Merve, I'll allow you to come along but you'll need to pull your weight"

He nodded, "I'm Eliza Blast", she said before heading onto the ship.

Most of the crew are normal looking cannon fodder besides the captain and his second-in-command.

His second-in-command is a woman in her late twenties, she has black hair tied into a ponytail, tanned skin, and a long tribal tattoo that covers the entirety of her right arm.

The captain stands on top of a crate to get a slightly higher view before raising his voice, "Listen up, today marks the death of Gol. D, Roger but along with his death comes a new pirate era"

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"I am Captain Alestor Merve, beside me is Credence Bello, she is my second and an experienced fighter"

"Now that introductions are over, Let's get on our way", the men and women started running all over the place getting the ship ready to set sail.

Eliza walks over to Credence Bello, "Is there a spare sword and pistol I can use?"

The woman turns to her before going into the captain's quarters and coming out with a large machete, "Here", she holds the blade in her hand and offers him the handle.

Gripping the handle firmly, she moves it as though it was a part of her body, "How does she get a sword and I don't"

The voice comes from a spindly skeleton-esque man in his late thirties with an overly high and mighty attitude, the man had greasy blonde hair and a face even a mother couldn't love.

The rest of the crew stopped their work to stare at the situation in front of them, some of them nod, agreeing with the man.

Before Credence could talk she was interrupted by the girl, "How about a bet... I'll give you my sword and if you can beat me when i have no weapon and you have my sword then you can keep it?"

The tattooed woman raises her eyebrows in surprise but the man being made an offer gives a shit-eating grin, "Fine, I agree, If I lose, I'll leave the crew"

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The crew forms a large circle for them to duel, She tosses the sword at the man who fumbles to catch it.

"Begin!", Captain Merve shouts.

The greasy man lunges at her with the sword foolishly, Eliza simply sidesteps him before grabbing the man's sword arm and raising her knee into his solar plexus.

Her opponent drops his sword and rolls around on the ground gasping for air, she walks over and picks up the dropped sword before pointing it at his throat.

The man scampers to his feet and runs off the ship, what happened next will be remembered by the crew and their captain for a long time.

She pointed her sword the rest of the crew before staring the captain in the eyes, "Anyone else"

Silence fell over the ship but was interrupted by the captain's loud cackling laughter, "I like this girl, listen up everyone, while Credence is my right-hand and second-in-command, I'm making Eliza Blast my left-hand and my Quartermaster"

"She's proven herself a skilled combatant and since none of you stepped up to challenge her then you shouldn't have any problems with my decision"

The men cheer before going back to their work on getting the ship ready.

Eliza walks into the captain's quarters after Merve and Credence, She closes the door behind them, "While I appreciate the rank of authority, I have one condition on becoming one of your trusted crew, I want the first Devil Fruit that we find"

The captain and his first-mate stare at each other before nodding in agreement, "Very well, If we find a Devil Fruit, It's yours"

After a deep discussion on her duties as a quartermaster, she leaves with a smile on her face and fire in her eyes.

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