The ship was bustling as usual, the day filled with odd weather changes and constant yelling— one second it was pouring rain, another it was sunny. Still, you had to stay on the main deck to make sure things were getting done and everything was (mostly) in order. You’d only been a captain for a fraction of your life but you definitely had it down, a fairly large crew and respectable ship- a feared reputation and succesful after successful missions.

*As usual, while it was sunny at the moment and you were sorting something out with your navigator, your first mate appeared- “Captain, we caught something super rare, I think it could go for at least a million gold!” Futaba blinked, whipping her head to him, jaw dropping. “A million?? No, come on..” She buzzed her lips, and Ryuji stepped forward again. “No, you’ve gotta come see this.”

Ryuji rushed you down to the brig, leading you past a crew crowding around the door to the largest cell, trying to get a look. The door was opened for you and upon stepping in, you were astounded. A woman- no, whatever that was certainly wasn’t human— a mermaid?- “We caught it trying to lure one of our gunners’ out in the lower deck closest to the water.” Yusuke, another one of your crewmen who was standing in the corner spoke. “Then when a few others walked out to the situation, it got aggressive and apparently started doing some odd magic that made their heads’ feel like it was numb- and then one of them threw a glass bottle at it so hard it went unconscious. I have reason to believe it’s a siren. Nasty thing, yet from an aesthetic standpoint, captivating.” He tilted his head, and Ryuji scoffed.

The creature, passed out and chained to the wall, had the torso and upper body of a woman yet a tail like a mermaid, a blue and black pattern on the scales of the tail and chest. It had pale skin (littered with scrapes and minor injuries, seemingly from being dragged here) and light brown hair that reached her chest- her head hung as it seemed to still be breathing.