Lab rats

"What the hell? A male. She will have to lead a male life?" Nami was disgusted and couldn't even imagine that this could happen. Ken got reminded of the time in the future when Law messed with them in Punk Hazard.

Only this time it was not half real.

The story starts with a young boy who had a normal life. Until one day when the child was targeted by a serial killer. But luckily the boy was saved by his babysitter. But the babysitter's death led to the trauma and his brain chose to suppress the memories of her murder. This was very tragic for the youngling.

"Who the hell is this guy?"

"Someone who is demented." Ken replied.

This was the only important incident that happened to the boy and soon he grew up. The boy found his calling in the form of writing manga. Yup, you heard it write. The boy grew up to be a mangaka and not just any mangaka.

A mangaka who was obsessed with it. He didn't care about anything and did his research for his manga. The others who didn't know what manga was had to listen to Ken's explanation.

"So these people write comics? So cool. But does it help her?" Vivi and others didn't see any use of this 'obsession'.

"You will see." Ken replied.

And Ken wasn't wrong. He already knew that the power Robin was going to gain was a broken one because he knew who the person was.

It was Rohan Kishibe from Jojo's Bizarre adventures.

The character which probably had one of the broken stands. But then again, almost all of the stands in Jojo's story were broken! The story continued and others finally got to see the power that Rohan gains.

A stand that went by the name Heaven's door. (Please refer to wiki for the explanation of the stand from Jojo's Bizarre Adventures). This stand was special as it let Rohan play with his enemies. This stand didn't have any direct impact but its implications were terrifying.

Heaven's door could change any part of the body of a person into a book. A book that had multiple pages where the history of a person was written. Once Heaven's door had access to this book, Rohan could use this book to change, delete or write anything into it. Doing that would force the person to either forget or have a changed perception of his past depending on what Rohan had written.

And this also allowed Rohan to even command others and make a person do things against his or her own will. Everyone was horrified seeing the power of Rohan. Even Robin herself who was inside this Rohan character was intimidated. She couldn't believe that she had gotten such power. Didn't it mean that she just became one of the most terrifying assassins in the group that could use her 'subordinates' to infiltrate anywhere.

Rohan at the beginning could only use his stand when someone read his manga, but soon Rohan was able to draw in the air and this was enough for someone to fall a victim. As time went on, his stand became more precise and with just touching someone could turn a person's part into a detailed book.

Rohan's story went on and he soon came across the Joestar's and met with another stand user. In fact he also came across the serial killer who had traumatized him as a child. After some more time in the simulation, Robin came out of it.

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Everyone came forward and congratulated her. They could already imagine how powerful this so-called stand was and Robin herself felt like she was living a dream. She just wanted to live happily and now finally she had some ways to defend herself.

Ken took everyone out of the system as this was the longest time that they had been in there. The three felt really novel thinking about the lives that they had just led. Though their character had more or less influence from their own lives they still felt it very weird living the life of someone else from an entirely different place.

"Thank you Ken for this wonderful experience." The three thanked Ken profusely. Ken just smiled and didn't think much.

"It's alright. Now that we have finished with accumulating new members. I think it's time to continue on our journey."

"Yosh. We have rested enough."

Everyone got ready after seeing that there was nothing valuable in the ruins. Nami was particularly angry seeing no gold or diamond lying around in the ruin and cursed the ancestors of Vivi. Vivi got embarrassed hearing the words of Nami and just laughed.

After checking one last time Ken asked everyone to get around in a closed circle. It was time they went out of this hole and returned to the surface. He brought out his Stormbreak and with one move he opened the Bifrost. This was the first time for some people here and thus they were excited.

But the excitement didn't last long as they felt their head dizzy after coming out on the surface and Vivi almost puked. Robin was still alright. Without further wasting of time they got into the carriage of Banchi and set off for the Rainbase. While in the carriage the three of them started practising their powers.

Vivi started creating new things but she did so while she was stuffing herself with meat. Chopper was turning into different animals to see to what extent he could use his powers. Robin was the awkward one here as she didn't know how to use her new stand as she didn't want her comrades to be the scapegoat. But of course some people would always have a death wish.

Luffy and Usopp came forward as 'lab rats' and Robin used her stand on them. Robin drew a manga and urged both of them to read. Ussop and Luffy both read it which led to Ussop's face and Luffy's finger to change into a book with multiple pages which contained their history.

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