*Nicolas blinked in surprise upon seeing the woman, tilting his head in confusion before waving a hand over at his captain to get his attention*
Nicolas: *in sign language* Hey, Captian. we caught something more than a fish

*she was desperately gnawing at the net to escape*

*The deaf shipwright scowled as no one looked at him before he walked over to the net and lowered it down*
Nick: *clumsily* stahp choowing thuh neht *he untied the net, his green eyes narrowed in disapproval at the now frayed rope*

*She started gathering a few fish that was let out if the net*

Nick: Oi! *he grabbed her wrists and spun her around to face him, making her drop the fish. he scowled at her, unable to sign to her because of his grip on her wrists, and unable to communicate verbally with her because hell, she probably didn't even know English and Nick didn't even fully sound like he WAS speaking English all the time*

*she scowled back, ready to attack*

*Nick sighed, looking down in annoyance, and potato-sacked her over his shoulder and walked over to a barrel. he plopped her inside, walked away for a few moments, came back with two buckets of seawater, and dumped them in the barrel with her*
Nick: *sternly* Staee thaer *his dark skin glowed warm in the sunlight despite his cold exterior*

*she loomed extremely confused*

*Nick walked away towards his Captain and tapped him on the shoulder*
Nick: *signing* I've got the Mermaid in a water barrel. what should I do with it?

*she didn’t move*

(can you play any other characters?)

(Alright)
Captain: *signs “Show me.” *

(Thank you)
*Nick leads him down to where the mermaid sits in the barrel of water, crossing his arms once he got there. he looked at the mermaid with stern green eyes, a frown on his face. clearly he was still mad about her chewing on and fraying his net*

*she growls at them*
Captain: *signs “Is there any more of them?” *

Nick: *signing* not that I can see. I can check if you want

Captain: *signs “And what to do with this one?” While inspecting her*

Amalie looks on in shock at the creature.
"Oh my gosh- sorry, miss-!"

She's quick to untangle the net.
"Go fishing for a legendary fish they said, it'll be fun they said!" She scoffs, "idiots."

*She falls into the water, along with a few fish from the net. She began eating them ravenously*

The redhead on the boat giggles.
"hehe- A kindred soul."

*She still looked a bit hungry*

Amalie shrugs and dumps out a crate of her previously caught fish.
"I don't need these."

*She quickly ate*

"heh. . ."

Amalie takes off her life vest and dives into the water. In a flash of glittering light, she has a shimmering blue tail.

*At first, she started to swim away. But after noticing the tail, she simply stared in shock*

There are gills under each side of her chest. She grins with sharpened teeth and waves at her.

*She’s still in shock, not knowing what to do*

Amalie swims in a playful circle around the fish girl. She can hear the mermaid's bubbly giggles in the water.

*Even though the girl seemed to not speak or understand English, she began to swim after her*

Her shimmering scales with the sunlight that beams through the ocean bouncing off of them makes her easy to follow.

*She began breaching like dolphins, dipping low before jumping high into the air and diving into the water*

Amalie does the same, following after her.

*She was doing flips in the air*

She laughs while above water. But eventually, the mermaid disappears behind a rock, and she can't seem to be found.

*The fish girl seemed confused, looking for her newfound friend*

Amalie swims back to her boat.

". . .ah, crap. I forgot the ladder. . .how am I going to get back now?"

*after a while, the fish girl came back*

"oh, hello!"

The mermaid smiles again. She has freckled cheeks and auburn curls that are tied into a long ponytail which floats in the water.

"Think you can help me get back up-?"

“???”
*she doesn’t seem to understand*

". . .y'know, this would probably make more sense."

Amalie attempts to go back to her roots, and speak to her how they do in the sea.

**shr pointed to the net*

Amalie tilts her head, a bit confused on what she's supposed to do.

**she tried to jump up and grab the net, barely missing*

(however that is, lol)

Raiziken: Asher I got a big one!

Asher: Rai, what the f**k

*she’s desperately trying to get out of the net*

Asher: *brings her closer and cuts open the net* Sorry about my friend

*she climbed out of the net and scurried away from them*

Asher: *smacks Raiziken* Dumbass don't do that

*she was now somewhere on their boat*

Asher: c'mon let's get her back in the water

*You’d have to find her first*

Asher: *walks around*

*soon, she found him eating from a barrel of fish*

Asher: Yo

*she turned around, tried to make herself look intimidating, and growled*

Asher: I don't plan on hurting you or anything alright?

*she stood her ground, not taking any risks*

Asher: *raises his hands*

*she stiffed another fish in her mouth, guarding the barrel*

Asher: I don't care about that *sits down*

*she gave him a confused look while having a fish stuffed in her face*

Asher: ...

*she ate the fish, wondering what he wants*

Asher: Well...I'm not a threat

*she laid down with a toothy grin, finally full after eating tons of fish*

Asher: *smiles back*

*she had a few bones stuck in her teeth*

Asher: you got a little something...

*she noticed, struggling to get it out*

Asher: heheh

*She crawled to him and pointed at her teeth. Maybe she was asking for help*

Asher: *pulls it out*

*she showed her toothy grin again*

Asher: 👍

*she looked outside of the room, getting scared by Raiziken*

Raiziken: *raises his hands up*

Asher: He's fine

*she slowly calms down*

Raiziken: *slowly gets closer*

*looks at him curiously*

Raiziken: *sits with Asher*

*she looked around the room, playing with anything she saw*

Raiziken: Aww

*she curiously looked at everything*

Asher: *watching her*