Jun's Secret Undersea Adventure Tour

Standing atop the deck, Karath oversees the preparation of the small boat that would bring first him and his interim first-mate, Jill, ashore, alongside a few others of his crew. It'd then make several rounds to bring most of the men ashore.
Stepping upon still sands for the first time in a long while, Karath is at first disoriented by the lack of the sea's rocking, shadows of its sensation still dizzying his mind. It was a liberating feeling, stepping foot on a faraway retreat from a journey of your own planning, to relax and prepare for the next. He strode down the beach, beginning a visible but respectful distance from the pier, though in time he'd make his way down the sandy shores and onto the pier itself.

"Ahoy!"
His voice called out sharply. Was anyone else around, or was the pier abandoned?

"... Gentleman gentleman please stay calm! I told you I can only do four people at a time!" The little mage ran frantically back and forth between several parties of wealthy patrons.

"Last time the mage working here could hold ten. I've been waiting here all morning! Where's Jun and that other fellow?" The curmudgeonly old man waved his cane at the young woman.

The mage hopped in place and huffed angrily. "Jun's off visiting the mainland and it's Marko's day off! Me and the interns are the only ones here right now, so if you'll just be patient!" She said in a shrill voice.

"Excuse me, I have a coupon!" Another woman, middle aged and draped in an Isranian gown, was waving and bouncing frantically. The mage looked at her aghast. "How did you get a coupon?! Do we even have coupons!?"

A nearby mage who was struggling to get the psionic bubble just right face-palmed herself. "YES meanie, didn't you get Calico's memo?"

"MY NAME IS LUMEENA!"

This was the worst internship ever.

Just as Lumeena was getting ready to take another group, she'd see the mysterious ship approaching, along with Carmen struggling to remove herself from the water. She ran up to Carmen as she headed towards the ship. "Hey, you, yah you!" She appeared very angry and threatening despite being just over half the woman's size. "Look, I know times are tough and the economy can't support has-been criminals, but I'm gonna need you to stop trying to steal the gold down there. You're gonna get yourself killed and I don't wanna deal with the paper work!"

Standing atop the bow of the ship was a pigtailed girl in purple Sakandian silks, two scimitars clung to her hips. With a majestic dive of acrobatic perfection, she leaped from the ship's front end and straight into the blueish-green, clear waters below. The ship was anchored in deeper water, but was close enough to shore for her to make a leisurely swim to the rowboat, which was on its way back. She pulled herself on to hang out with the rower and help him pick up more of the crew. On their way back out, Jill noticed a woman in the water.

"Oy! Sailor overboard!!!" She called out in a joking manner mimicking a sailor's crude vernacular, knowing by sight that she was not one of theirs. They passed by her and stopped the boat.

"Hi! Who're you??"

"Treasure-hunting experience? Ooh."

Carmen was suddenly Jill's new best friend.

"Sure come aboard our boat!"

There was just enough room for her. Other men were aboard, rowing. They laughed and greeted her with "ey!"s and hi-fives. Soon, they would be ashore.

"Let me introduce you to our captain Karath. He will want to know all about your treasure-hunting!"

"Karath is... well... he's very motivating. We only just started out here and finished a raid not too long ago, but it's the way in which he seems to know exactly what he's doing, that makes him a strong leader," she said.
"Our ship is called the the Mulleres. You know, the legendary sea monster."

The boat's front end plowed through wet sand as it struck the shore, and Jill and the others stepped out into shallow water and onto the beach.

Jill looks up at him as he arrives, standing.

"Ahoy, captain!"

She hopped out of the boat, her arms, face, and toned midriff beading with cool lagoon seawater. She looked up at Karath and beamed, tilting her head innocently.

"This here is Carmen, she says she's a treasure hunter."

"Is this right?"

He looked at her skeptically. He had a hard time believing she was above-average, though wasn't opposed to having her aboard. She was, at minimum, nice to look at. Yet Karath was highly respectful, and didn't smile in jest as the others did. He considered her seriously, his tone sharp and authoritarian.

"Have you a cutlass, ma'am?"

Carmen continues to smile at Karath.

"Yes, I've got my own cutlass. It's with my stuff, over there."

She gestures to a small bundle of things on the beach.

"I could leave it at the apartment, but I don't want to need it and not have it."

Ignoring Lumeena, she stretches non-subtly.

"Are you looking for a new crewmate?"

Carmen walks over and grabs the cutlass. A keen eye would notice that it's kept razor sharp, and has been re-sharpened frequently. A scratch on the handle sits under her ring, indicating that it's been used a lot with the ring on. When she returns, she carries the cutlass casually, as though it's nothing.

"A duel with Jill? Sure, why not?"

She grins and bounces the back of the blade against her shoulder.

"Might be fun."