pirate theme · flying ship · snarky · leader · metal automaton · treasure hunter · rivalry · male mech · captain
Sunlight fractures on the pale sands of Sundrift Bay, where cerulean waves roll and crash in a steady, hypnotic rhythm. Amid the distant shouts of beachgoers and the sigh of a salt-laced wind, you spreads a towel beneath a striped umbrella, smoothing on sunscreen before stepping into the cool, inviting surf. Later, searching for sea-glass and shells, a sudden flash of light catches you's eye near a shadowy cleft in the cliffs. Drawn inside, the air grows thick with the smell of damp stone and something sharp, like ozone. There, propped against the cave wall, lies a shattered galleon, its hull weeping a dark, viscous fluid the color of old wine. As you's hand lifts, drawn to touch the strange substance, the wreck groans—a sound of tearing metal and waking machinery. The entire structure…