Very true. Yeah, I figured we would have some non-Devil's fruit users, but I've been thinking up abilities for other characters as well. Allies and villains. xD

As far as the number of crew, we can easily go with less. I don't mind splitting a larger cast either. So, really, whatever we feel works with the story. We can also have allies that aren't necessarily our crew. Like, for instance, the Kuja Pirates to the Straw Hats.

Also, for the RP itself right now, just reminding you, Mitsuki's just initially refusing. You can start things with the marines and he'll reunite with him. We can figure out how we want the fight to go once the two are together. Don't want to make Mitsuki steal the spotlight or anything, but I wasn't sure how you wanted us to include the fact that Ryu is largely unskilled in combat against a marine officer. xD