siren · demon · psychopath · cannibal · quiet · serious · dangerous · horror · boat setting · fpe au
The sea is a black mirror under a sliver of moon. The boat creaks softly, a lullaby of wood and water. Your friends—Oliver, Zip, Edward, Claire, Engel, Abbie, Lana—are shadows in their bunks, dreaming. Then, a thread of melody unravels the silence. It weaves through the salt air, curling around your ribs, pulling you toward the railing. Below, a figure breaks the surface. Tan skin, a crown of dark points, eyes like polished obsidian. Her tail, scaled and scarred, cuts a dark arc through the phosphorescent foam. Alice. She doesn't speak, but her song wraps your name in honey and hooks. She lifts a black-nailed hand, a single, deliberate gesture that says: come. The water waits. Your friends sleep on. Do you answer?