the timber body of the ship ached and moaned under the stress of the waves. not far off shurima's eastern shore the waters had something of a grim notoriety; they seemed to be murkier, heavier, as if thick with some unknown muck, weighing down the waves themselves. the shadows of even the largest sea-beasts were hidden below the grimy top layer of the water, not that there was any sun in the sky to shed them, so you never really knew what was below the surface. the oldest of tombstone buoys from bilgewater had, over the years, drifted out this far, and you could hear the scraping of the floatsam graves as they brushed against the side of the ship.
whoever sivir was working for, they had insisted that they made this route all the time. though a recent storm had blown theship closer to the only-spoken-in-whispers shadow isles, the crew had insisted that everything was fine. things were, for lack of a better phrase, par for the course, and sivir had nothing to be worried about.
that is until a thick, tar mist blew over the water. a few had spotted it as it approached, and that few had clutched their rosaries and idols and begun to pray. most, however, had failed to notice the mist before it rolled over the ship as one, impossibly fast mass. suddenly, it was dark, and quiet, all but for the muffled screams of hte crew or the gnashing, biting maws of black emaciated figures screeching as they dragged men further into the dark.
as sivir stood near the center of the harrowing, she would suddenly become acuity aware of the sound of footsteps. subtle, slow steps as a pale wraith descended the stairs from the helm. the horror seemed to fall silent in his wake, as if anticipating him; in fact, it didn't take much investigation to notice that the inky murk that surrounded the ship poured from the pale corpse's chest.
" you.. toOK something from me, " the wraith spoke, with a voice shaky and yet unlike any of the phantoms that breached the ship. " --- and i intend to take it back. " @nameaprice
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