Most new people don't know. And it's why I'm telling you this now. So you can tell the rest of your nakama.

'Guinea pigs for someone's shitty experiments' is hitting the nail on the head. We're all here for that exact reason.

Now, as to where Nami's gone... these people. 'The Yao Corporation'. They bring us here for their experiments, toy with our bodies, heads, and everything else--trans-dimensional travel isn't easy. Letting us just 'go home' isn't an option. But leaving your mice to just die is wasteful too.

When people disappear. They go to a place called storage. I can't tell you where it is. But everyone who was here at one point are another are there now. Kept in containers so they can be brought back later, or not at all.