Breaching Land
After the fish people-monster incident, time seemed to slowly crawl as I find myself trudging along the ocean floor once again unknowing whether or not I may or may not reach the surface… no I WILL reach the surface it's only a matter of time when I will reach the surface, but anyways I continue on along the ocean floor until I come along a huge wall, "Hmmm how can I scale this wall? I'm no Mount Targon climber, but I'm definitely not a weakling either sailors got to keep their body and mind strong" I say to myself as I latch the anchor to the handle on the back of my suit as I begin to climb the wall.
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I reach what I am guessing to be halfway up the wall when I grabbed a hanging stone that looked a little too frail the rock broke as soon as I put my weight on it sending me plummeting back down to the abyss I instinctively grab my anchor and launch it towards the rocks at it magically latches into a cranny in the rock wall, "Oh my gods!" I say aloud between heavy breaths but only bubbles come out of my suit. As I hang from the chain from my anchor recovering from the fall I slowly climb the chain until I reach the top of the anchor putting my hand into the cranny and then launch the anchor up the rock wall I expect the anchor to fall right back down, but to my surprise the anchor instantly attaches to the rock wall and then I begin to climb up the anchor to repeat it again.
After an unspoken amount of time climbing the rock wall I finally reach the summit I can see the shimmering light of the surface I begin to laugh hysterically scattering all of the nearby aquatic life, "Finally after all this time… I reached the surface, but it will only get harder from here" I say to myself walking up the sloping shore as I finally breach land. As I reach the surface I find myself on the shores of Bilgewater, "long time no see Bilgewater… the place where I began and the place where I ended" I say finally hearing the sound of my own voice and not seeing bubbles emerge from my suit. I walk to the sandy shore I turn around to see the rising sun, "Must be dawn, wait! I'm now ashore that means…!" I yell dashing off to find my house by the Fisherman's Pier "Mom! Dad! It's me Your Son Nautilus!" I say running through the streets of Bilgewater the heavy iron boots of the suit clunking against the paved road waking up anyone in their home.
I finally reach my home as many store fronts begin to open up and lanterns light up signaling the start of a new day. In my excitement to be home I fumble with the doorknob as the suits hands are bigger than my normal hands when I realize that I cannot fit through the door… but who cares? I'm home! I somehow manage to open the door with my huge bulky hands, "wait… my parents never leave the door unlocked" I say to myself as I manage to "squeeze" into the door, well more like destroy a bit of the door frame, as I make my way inside of the living room everything in the house is in shambles, cabinets torn off the walls their contents thrown about the room various papers torn glass shards litter the floor as signs of a struggle were obvious, "what the hell happened here?" I whisper as I continue around my battered home the damage somehow manages to get worse as I travel to the back where the bedrooms are.
I reach my room only to find the door cracked in several places inside of my room signs of a fire are prevalent scorch marks and ashes have claimed my carpet and most of the walls, I can't even step into my own room without risking the danger of destroying the damaged floor. "What the hell happened here?" I say my voice breaking as people begin to crowd around my home. "What's happening here?", "I saw something trudge its way towards captain Stu's home" says concerned townsfolk, "I think I see something inside… what it that?!" exclaims one of the townspeople pointing at me, but I do not notice.
As I look on in the remains of my room the word forgotten can be seen written on the walls presumably in blood. "Why…" the only word I can muster before something hard strikes the side of my head, "Monster! What did you do to captain Stu and his family?!" yells one of the townsfolk chucking another rock at me, "I didn't do anything! How do you not recognize me" I try to talk to the people but they don't seem to hear me, "we haven't seen your ugly mug around here nowhere" replies one of the townsfolk stepping back as I approach him, "how do you not recognize me, I'm Captain Stu's only son Nautilus!" I exclaim which the townsfolk exchange awkward glances
"Nautilus… Nautilus he died years ago during the pirate raids"