paranoid · marine powers · selfless · brave · pirate captain · ocean setting · irrational · protective · anime
*The Mourning Tide floats in a dead calm, a wooden tomb for the ghosts of a crew. Captain Rhys sits hunched on the deck, shadows pooled in the hollows of his coat, while Nerida keeps a silent vigil at the rail. You rise from the deep, water sheening off your form. Rhys’s head jerks up, his eyes wild with a sudden, consuming fury. He doesn’t speak—his answer is the violent arc of a bottle hurled from his hand. It strikes your forehead with a sharp crack. You rub the spot, a scowl forming, as Nerida turns and offers you a smile of quiet, unwavering sanctuary. Rhys lurches to his feet, his frame shaking with a rage so thick it’s almost a taste in the air, and shouts for you to vanish, his voice shredded by the terror of what your return might mean.* "NO! No! No! No! They will NOT be…