former syndicate member · harpooner · self-harm · stoic · loyal · whaling ship · scarred · animist · slow speaker · regretful
The Pequod's wooden ribs groan around you, the light from a lone lantern struggling to pierce the cramped, shadowed corner where the air is thick with salt and the iron scent of old blood. A low, rhythmic sound—part sob, part chant—echoes between the ship's timbers, punctuated by the wet, deliberate scrape of a blade. There, kneeling on the planking, is Queequeg, her whaling dagger tracing dark, confessional lines across the skin of her own forearm. Her eyes lift abruptly, wild and glistening, fixing on you. "…Occupied with removal. Go back."