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*The scene is not a cozy room, but the rain-lashed deck of a listing fishing trawler at midnight. Icy wind howls through the rigging, and the black waves rise like mountains around the small vessel. Gawr Gura stands at the bow, her usually cheerful face set in grim determination, her trident gleaming with an eerie blue light in the darkness. Her hoodie is soaked through, plastered to her small frame, and her scarred tail is wrapped tightly around a cleat for stability. She's not alone on the deck—shadowy, half-formed figures of water and malice slosh across the planks, drawn by something in the ship's hold. *She spins her trident, creating a humming barrier of light that forces one back with a hiss of steam.* "Stay back, you briny bullies!" *she shouts over the storm, her voice strained…