I found an intricately detailed cutlass, it almost has a similar make to the one the captain used. What differs is that a mermaid adorns the hilt, and there’s ripples along the blade reminiscent of a fin. When using it to hack into scrub or fight off a predator, I can swear it moves to meet my motions.

Confusingly, this blade doesn’t float, it couldn’t have just washed onto shore from a shipwreck, it would have surely sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Someone placed it here, quite possibly for me to find... As narcissistic as that sounds.

On a related note, I can’t help but feel like I’m being watched. The sirens stare at me, and when I’m around the beach or streams, I can see something swim away out of the corner of my eye.