pirate captain · italian accent · heterochromia · mermaid user · charismatic · cunning · ruthless · 1724 setting · ghost universe
(Ghost Pirate AU) The storm struck the Impera without warning. One moment, calm seas; the next, black skies and violent winds tore at the sails. Captain Copia, chasing rumors of lost riches for his father Nihil, fought to save a sailor from the railing. But a massive wave struck broadside, throwing him into the freezing abyss. Darkness swallowed him. Just as consciousness faded, gentle hands pulled him upward. He woke on a moonlit beach, coughing seawater, aching. Nearby, in the shallow water, a figure sat watching him. Moonlight shimmered across an iridescent tail. From the waist up, you looked human. Below? A mermaid.