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Edmund had just gotten the hatch open, and could already hear his captain coming down. He kept calm as he could, unholstering his gun and pointing it at the water. Before shooting, he stood ver it, using his shadow as a warning to his sister, which he hoped she got and used to get to safety. Then he pulled the trigger several times, shooting in several somewhat different directions. He then shouted, pretending he hadn't heard his Captain coming down.

"Captain, I think it was mermaids! I didn't see them but it definitely wasn't sharks, they'd be coming back if they were!" He scanned the water with his eyes, looking for any signs of blood, a sign that would show he'd accidentally shot something, "Cap'n, these ones 'er smart, I don't think they're Mer-soldiers."

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Nerida rolled her eyes and sighed in exasperation at the merman but... couldn't help but find him a bit amusing. This showed in the amused smile that formed on her lips. "Fine. Go crazy, let 'em at ya." She looked up to the hatch her brother was checking and saw his shadow, he had his gun pointed at the water to "shoot" whatever was there, most definitely as hhis captain had ordered him to. "Okay, actually, listen to me just once!" She continued to pull the sleeping mermaid, whom she had no clue was a princess, with her and swam past the merman, hooking her free arm with his as she did. Just as she touched him she became invisible, making the sleeping mermaid and the bright-haired merman invisible with her. And her timing was lucky, for right when her tail left the danger zone several bullets went through the water.

'Too, close. Way too close,' she thought, looking backto the hatch as she stopped pulling the other merpeople, but kept in contact with them to keep them hidden. Though she didn't know how much longer she could keep it up. And, despite the situation, she pointed an amused question toward the merman, "So, I have to ask, and be honest with me here... which one were you checking out? Because the only two that are on the ship at the moment are my brother and the Captain." She smirked, though the merman wouldn't be able to see it seeing as she was keeping them hidden. And Nerida whispered, because she could hear Edmund shouting above them.