The Bloody Barnacle

An orange light suddenly appears under the water. A deep, muffled voice begins to sing in Italian as shadows can be seen swimming toward the light. They coalesce into a dark mass, the orange light just barely peeking out as the song grows clearer and clearer.

A tower of waterlogged corpses, held together by orange light and sticky blackness, begins to rise from the water as the source of the song becomes clear.

The pillar collapses onto the deck of the Barnacle, the corpses dissolving into umbral wisps as the singing voice grunts in pain. A humanoid figure made of that orange light lies on the deck as the shadows wrap around it, forming a goliath-sized monstrosity with a ragged cloak of dark souls covering most of its body. The monster grabs a deer-like skull that manifested on the deck and places it where its head should be.

The glow still shines from the eyes of the abomination as it slowly stands and continues singing in Italian as if nothing had happened.

"We've been away too long, sealed away, but we're home at last...
Dream deep and dark, my lovelies, for you may never dream again...
Don't worry, my lovelies, I will forget your final sins...
I need to feel human through you, though it is all gone in the past..."

My character is terrified, and hides behind a pole

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My character is terrified, and hides behind a pole

 The monster falls quiet as the song ends. It turns slightly, its glowing eyes shining like lanterns in the dark. It jams its claw into its cloak to sickening noise, pulling something out with a wicked, visceral crack. It holds out the thing it removed. The dryad remembers the trinket. It's something they had lost long ago, or at least a good replica.

SHe's still terrified, but looks curious. She takes one step toward the thing

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SHe's still terrified, but looks curious. She takes one step toward the thing

 The trinket floats out of the horror's claw and toward her.

She cautiously takes it, (it's a plank, by the way)

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She cautiously takes it, (it's a plank, by the way)

 The being watches, the only sound audible through the rain being its deep breathing. Its antlers look almost like bony, petrified arms reaching for the heavens. Not quite, but in the right lighting, or if you weren't paying a lot of attention...

"Thank you..." she's still scared

The beast takes a deep inhale and goes to all fours. It begins to circle her, leaving flickering shadows in its path. It sings a song in a boisterous, cheerful tune, and in common for that matter. As it moves, the area around her feet seems to turn into grass (hallucinatory terrain; she's in a peaceful graveyard).

"My puppets are but imitations,
They're taught to reflect, not to feel
I've mastered the craft of animation,
Not the kind you would find on a reel!

I've discarded my heart in artistic pursuit,
Wound up reinventing the wheel,
But in turn revolution may spur evolution
as machinations are made real!"

*ynw idk how to respond. Ideas?*

baalze?

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The female mage waves her hand casually. In the blinks of an eye, the two mages teleport straight to the ship. They’re now about 20 ft. away from the party and 50 ft. away from the ship (the Barnacle, not the rowboat).

The male mage hurls a fireball towards the ship. It explodes harmlessly against its side — apparently the ship is protected by magical wards. The male mage scowls.

 Hayano's eyes widen, and he ducks instinctively.

Dante starts shouting angrily at the two mage. "Ay you hooligans, what's the big idea?! Let's talk it out instead of actin' like savages!" 

 *idk I think after I hit them with 99 damage in a single turn talking it out kinda stopped being an option lol*

 *Yeaaaa just read this XD* 

How bout, they both do this as the lightning flashes, and Dante's jaw just drops a bit, watching as they finish off the woman. 

Jack takes the bodies to the cellar, and uses his magic to freeze the bodies to preserve them for later interrogation.

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An orange light suddenly appears under the water. A deep, muffled voice begins to sing in Italian as shadows can be seen swimming toward the light. They coalesce into a dark mass, the orange light just barely peeking out as the song grows clearer and clearer.

A tower of waterlogged corpses, held together by orange light and sticky blackness, begins to rise from the water as the source of the song becomes clear.

The pillar collapses onto the deck of the Barnacle, the corpses dissolving into umbral wisps as the singing voice grunts in pain. A humanoid figure made of that orange light lies on the deck as the shadows wrap around it, forming a goliath-sized monstrosity with a ragged cloak of dark souls covering most of its body. The monster grabs a deer-like skull that manifested on the deck and places it where its head should be.

The glow still shines from the eyes of the abomination as it slowly stands and continues singing in Italian as if nothing had happened.

"We've been away too long, sealed away, but we're home at last...
Dream deep and dark, my lovelies, for you may never dream again...
Don't worry, my lovelies, I will forget your final sins...
I need to feel human through you, though it is all gone in the past..."

 Once he finishes, Jack goes up to the deck. He has a stern look in his eyes, and is clutching his holy symbol, an amulet, as he shouts, "Dark creature, what business do you have here?"

Ummmmmmm… what did I miss?

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An orange light suddenly appears under the water. A deep, muffled voice begins to sing in Italian as shadows can be seen swimming toward the light. They coalesce into a dark mass, the orange light just barely peeking out as the song grows clearer and clearer.

A tower of waterlogged corpses, held together by orange light and sticky blackness, begins to rise from the water as the source of the song becomes clear.

The pillar collapses onto the deck of the Barnacle, the corpses dissolving into umbral wisps as the singing voice grunts in pain. A humanoid figure made of that orange light lies on the deck as the shadows wrap around it, forming a goliath-sized monstrosity with a ragged cloak of dark souls covering most of its body. The monster grabs a deer-like skull that manifested on the deck and places it where its head should be.

The glow still shines from the eyes of the abomination as it slowly stands and continues singing in Italian as if nothing had happened.

"We've been away too long, sealed away, but we're home at last...
Dream deep and dark, my lovelies, for you may never dream again...
Don't worry, my lovelies, I will forget your final sins...
I need to feel human through you, though it is all gone in the past..."

 Once he finishes, Jack goes up to the deck. He has a stern look in his eyes, and is clutching his holy symbol, an amulet, as he shouts, "Dark creature, what business do you have here?"

 “Yeah, I’ve seen my fair share of Eldrich abominations, but none that rhyme and give planks of wood to tree girls.”

Normiah runs up. "The ship is under attack? I came as fast as I could. Oh, I'm late aren't I..." He grumbles.

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Normiah runs up. "The ship is under attack? I came as fast as I could. Oh, I'm late aren't I..." He grumbles.

 “Jack just finished preserving the bodies downstairs.” 

"The bodies? Why did you kill them? We could have interrogated them!"

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"The bodies? Why did you kill them? We could have interrogated them!"

 “The only thing I killed was already dead calmate niño.”