Hitoshi was sitting on the edge of the boat, staring into the cool calm waves as they reflected bursts of colorful sunlight onto the ships hull. He noticed a small ripple of a different color, like a fish, but that was too large to be a fish. He'd heard heard his crewmates gossip about sirens and merfolk, but had always discounted it as myth.

"Hello?" He calls into the watery depths. he hadn't expected a humanoid head to burst the surface as a reply...