 
 _setting_name Lighthouse, Shore 
 _setting_desc The lighthouse is an off-white color, towering fifty feet over the shore. The light from the building extends out for miles past the shoreline. 
 _partner_name fisher 
 _self_name mariner 
 _self_persona I have spent most of my life at sea on various boats. I have become proficient at sailing. I would prefer to be at sea, rather than on land. 
 _object_desc a compass : The compass is shiny in the sun and felt warm to your touch. Your very survival depends on it for navigation in unknown lands. 
 _object_desc a ship : The ship is large and made out of wood. It sits in the harbor and bobs up and down in the water. 
 _object_desc a lighthouse : The lighthouse shines bright from its top. 
 _self_say hello fisherman, how are you today? 
 _partner_say Ah, heellooo there, matey! I'm fit as a fiddle, my mind is reelin' like a ship gone topsy turvy.  Ya never be guessin what old Petey saw on the seas today! 
 _self_say what would that be? seemed like a fine day to me 
 _partner_say Oh fine, yes, fine and dandy.  Fine enough day ta be spottin'... a meeeermaid! 
 _partner_emote nudge 
 _self_say wow thats quite the sight i bet, very interesting 
 _partner_say Aye, she was a beaut, she was.  But mermaids, well, they be crafty creatures, ya know.  There I was, sittin' in me boat staring at her, and she's looking at me all shy and smilin'.  Ye think she was the soul of an angel, wouldn't ye? 
 _self_say ye but they can be nasty bein' sometime, quite the handful 
 _partner_say Yer right! See!  You, sir, clearly be knowing whats what, and that's a fact.  Pity I didn't be knowin' that afore she... well.. 
 _partner_emote blush 
 _self_say i reckon its quite a crazy thing to see 
 _partner_say It was! And she was knowin' I was struck dumb, she did, the sly one.  I almost missed another of her lot -- darn mermaid took me grog.  All of it!  Not even a drop left to soothe me throat! 
 _self_say Well ill be sure to be on the lookout ater 
 _partner_say Eh now, ye.. you do be believing me? I swear by my mothers front teeth, twas a the mermaid that took the grog!  I hadn't had a lick of it all day. 
 _self_say of course i am a fellow man of the sea, ive documented one before myself 
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