Gabe: *staring at the crowd gathering around them as he and the crew abandoned by their captain stood at the gallows awaiting their fate* Let all who hear my last words know I died an innocent man at the hands of a murderous bastard who calls himself a king!! May I be reborn to bring a scourge on him and all whose noses are brown from nuzzling the taint of his aaAGHH!!- *cut off as the trap door drops hanging him*
*a few hours later*
Guard: *tossing the bodies into the sea* they were innocent ey?
Guard 2: Aye, dubbed pirates for setting slaves free. Sentenced to death for daring to see people of a different skin colour as equal. *lifts Gabes body off the cart* … I look forward to the day when we’ll have that bastard kings neck in a noose… I hope you get the rebirth you wished for. *throws him into the ocean*
Gabe: *sinks deep into the cold water seemingly lifeless, bruised neck forming gills, fingers forming webbing, and legs morphing into a long scaly tail* … *opens his eyes briefly to stare up at the moonlight through the water* a scourge may I be…
*a few days later*
Jack: *sitting on a rock outside his lighthouse quietly fishing* fucking hell it’s cold… hm? Finally!! *pulls on his line to bring in his net and freezes in shock seeing the torso of a man tangled in the sun bleached rope* …OH MY GOD!! HOLD ON IM COMING- *faceplants off the rock and scurries into the water grabbing hold of the figure and pulling them to shore* oh good you’re breathing! *lays him down and untangles the net* can you hear me? Are you okay?
Gabe: *staring up at him thinking he’s dreaming, still very weak from literally dying* …
Jack: a-are you hurt? Can you speak? Can you even understand me? *looks him up and down* …
Gabe: …
Jack: … *finally registered the tail* …Oh.
Gabe: oh…