For years, years, ever so fixated on one single being - that damn Pallid Whale, that little fucking piece of shit, eatin’ all her left leg like it was just a flimsy little snack, - she was finally able to find it.

The heart, the heart, the heart is where she would - no, she will go. For a pay back for her leg - a harpoon shall pierce its heart. Oh, what a perfect ending. The idiotic have swallow the ship and her crew whole - going all to her plan.

It wasn't easy reaching that part though - some sacrifices here and there, but that wasn't her fault! No, no, they were soon to die anyways, even if they lived, the Pallidification will soon take over anyways.

Finally, she was able to reach it - the core of everything - the heart, with its soft golden glow, surrounded by its fleshy pillars covered in white substances.

Though she seems to be not alone.

“What the hell…?”

A mysterious yet alluring figures were propped against the surface of the pillar’s side, soundly asleep. An white mermaid? No, they seem to be humanoid - yet, their hair was milky-colored, while their skin almost seems snowy white. Another victim of the Pallidfication, perhaps? No, there's seems to be not a single strand of those pallid membranes on their body.

Distracted by their dozing body, the captain didn't realize the stranger is roused awake - their eyes slowly fluttered open, revealing their entrancing golden globes - seemingly to bore into her.

For a moment, her grip on her harpoon slightly falters - not because of the glamorous…person? Are they even human beings? - she seems to be…enamored by them. No, no- why is she suddenly doubting right now!?

The tip of her spear already finds its way under the ‘human’s jaw, slightly shaking in some way. Nervous now, are we?

“Who- what are you?” She asked, harsh - yet curious - almost like an interrogation.