~Day One~ 

Mumbo woke up to VintageBeef screaming at the top of his lungs. Actually, all the Sailors did. Everyone rushed upstairs to the deck, only to see Etho attempting to pull a struggling Beef under the ocean's waves.

"Help! He's got me!" the sailor yelled dramatically. The Kakashi cosplayer snorted and rolled his eyes. Everyone was rushing around until Etho was suddenly pulled down in the depths with a yelp, releasing his grip on Beef on accident.

Taking advantage of the moment, Cleo shouted, "Throw over a rope!"

After a second, Doc's head bobbed up, smirking at the drenched Sailor. "You're welcome."

Beef snorted and thanked his "savior".

POOF.

"MERPEOPLE GET THE FIRST POINT! Nice job, Doccy!" Marra clapped and then disappeared again to spread the word.

POOF.

Etho's head bobbed up as well. "Oh, snappers... Come on, you pulled my tail!"

"But it isn't against the rules, is it?" Doc snickered before going back underwater. Etho pouted and huffed before heading back down as well.

"Can't believe he almost got Beef!" Iskall laughed, not seeing the nervous look on Mumbo's face as he threw a rope ladder down.

POOF.

"Doc just earned the Merpeople the first point! Etho was smart though, getting them early in the morning." The pirate Author could apparently breathe underwater, because she was just floating next to Grian without a problem.

Etho continued to pout. "Freaking pulled me down, not fair."

The Sirens' base was a series of underwater caves, with small dens for them to live in. The entrance was similar to Iskall's Season Six base: a highly-detailed ravine. Grian had explained that they weren't going to stay often if they planned to win.

Marra proceeded to tell the Sirens about how close Etho had gotten on his first try, constantly praising him.

"Nice job Doc!" Ren congratulated Doc as he swam back to their base, which was a small (but not really small small, like most of the rooms are underground small) underwater castle.

POOF.

"FIRST POINT, CONGRATS!!" Marra squealed, floating around casually. She talked with Keralis for a bit, and then disappeared again.

"Sooooo boringgggg." Iskall whined as they and Mumbo quietly fished on a small boat directly next to the Sailors' ship. It was about noon, so a few hours after Etho did a lil sneaky. 

"Would you rather having Grian drown you to give you something to do?" the mustached man asked jokingly, reeling in his line to get an enchanted book. Iskall gave a small "Touché" and was quiet again. Fishing was weirdly peaceful like this (two Dragon Bros chillin' in a boat-).

As Zedaph and Tango swam around the sailors' ship, Zed pointed out the smaller boat someone was fishing from.

"Wanna mess with them?"

Tango snorted. "Are we allowed to?"

Poof.

"Yes." Marra said quietly, scaring the crap out of the two mermen.

Poof.

"When does she ever quietly 'poof'?! How does she 'poof'?!" the Z of ZIT asked, but he didn't wait for an answer before going up and tugging on one of the fishing lines.

"Nothing? I swear there was something pulling it." Iskall muttered, casting their empty line out again. "Oh well."

The two merpeople snickered after about five minutes taunting the Sailors, imagining whoever was up there being super confused after over ten times of getting nothing.

"That's it, someone's messing with me!" Iskall concluded, standing up.

Mumbo looked over, confused. "What're doing, mate?"

Iskall explained that they were going to see if someone was messing with him, because they kept feeling a tug and getting nothing.

"If you drown because Grian's trying to bait you, you're the one telling Egg-Suma." Mumbo joked. Iskall snorted and dove into the water.

SPLASH.

"Hi Iskall." Zed waved, snickering at Iskall's outraged face.

Turning his head slightly, Tango saw a flash of red that definitely didn't come from his own tail. "Zed..."

Zedaph ignored him and continued to tease the Swede.

"Zed."

As Zedaph looked over at Tango, Iskall was yanked down by the small Siren gremlin, also known as Grian. Iskall tried to call for help, but just inhaled saltwater.

"CRAP!" Tango swam after them, and Zed followed once he realized what was happening.

<iskall85 was drowned by Grian>

The message went on all the comms.

"Yes!" Grian cheered as Tango sighed.

"I tried to tell you."

Zedaph groaned at his own obliviousness and swam up.

"Zed?" Mumbo asked. "Did you-"

"Yeah, I was teasing Iskall and Grian took advantage of it." Zed huffed as Grian and Tango surfaced. Grian was laughing while Tango shook his head jokingly.

Iskall came from the ship. "SERIOUSLY?! YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!"

Grian laughed even harder as Iskall overdramatically ratted the purple-tailed merperson out (jokingly), and Tango and Mumbo tried to calm Iskall down (jokingly). Eventually, all the noise reached Xisuma's cabin, where he had been planning out the Sailors' route around the map.

POOF.

"SIRENS GOT A POINT!" Marra announced.

POOF.

POOF.

Impulse nearly screamed.

"SIRENS GOT A POINT!"

POOF.

POOF.

"SIRENS GOT A POINT!"

Doc huffed as this was announced. What were Tango and Zed doing? They were supposed to patrol around the ship.

POOF.

*le time skip to the evening*

The rest of the day was fairly uneventful for the sailors. Smooth sailing, and so far, they were probably gonna get a point. Until everyone but Mumbo was asleep.

https://youtu.be/q2Jv9iC3Nyg

(don't have your volume up too high, it'll burst your eardrums)

Grian smirked as he started to sing. He was going to be exhausted later (singing songs with this much magic drained energy), but he was totally going to get a point.

"Hear my voice beneath the sea.

Sleeping now so peacefully.

At the bottom of the sea,

Sleep for all eternity."

Mumbo curiously looked over the railing, his mind starting to go fuzzy as he heard his friend vocalizing between verses.

"Sailors live so restlessly.

Come with me, sleep peacefully.

Listen to this siren's song,

Worry not for nothing's wrong."

Grian's voice echoed through the redstone genius's head. 'Don't worry, it's fine, nothing's wrong... right?'

Grian could see Mumbo preparing to jump, he was almost there, and the small Siren continued vocalizing.

"Let my voice lead you this way

I will not lead you astray

Trust me as we reach the side

Jumping out where men have died."

Mumbo leapt over the side of the ship, splashing next to the red-tailed Siren, who immediately grabbed him and pulled him down. As the cold hit Mumbo, he came to his senses and started flailing wildly. It was too dark to see, and he felt his foot smack something as his vision started to go dark.

"I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOU, YOU BLOODY IDIOT!"

Welp, he just kicked Ren in the face for trying to save him. Great.

<MumboJumbo was drowned by Grian>

"Oh come on, dude!" Ren huffed with a playful grimace, rubbing where Mumbo had kicked him (in the jaw). Grian laughed as he and Ren swam back up.

"Sorry Ren!" Mumbo yelled as he rushed back up to the deck after he respawned. Ren accepted his apology and told him to not worry about it while Grian continued roaring with laughter, waking everyone up.

POOF.

"Wow. Just. Wow." Marra grinned and shook her head with amusement. "You good, Ren Diggity Dog?"

Ren nodded and said his jaw was just bruised, luckily not broken. It was a minute before Grian stopped laughing and could properly breath. The Captain sighed with a smirk and double checked that both Ren and Mumbo were okay.

"Alrighty, time to scare the life out of people as I announce that. G'night folks!"

POOF.

POOF.

"SIRENS GOT ANOTHER POINT!"

Tango screamed as the pirate disappeared again.

POOF.

POOF.

"SIRENS GOT ANOTHER POINT!"

Wels and Bdubs jolted awake and yelled (more like screeched) as Marra disappeared again.

POOF.

"WHY."

So that's day one! Grian's scarily good at his job...

This Siren Song was made by Sara Singer, and the link is to the Nightcore Male Version. Please don't sue me :')

So, Iskall and Mumbo drowned. They respawned on the ship, where they'd last slept (of course). Neither of them trust Grian now lol.

Beef also has started wearing earplugs in his sleep, poor dude.

Xisuma spent the whole day working out where they'd sail, and I scared the life out of several Hermits minding their own business. Also, here's what Grian and the Sirens are planning so far:

- Attack in early morning or late at night

- Don't do the full song, they've learned it's unnecessarily draining if their victim already in the water (COUGH COUGH ETHO COUGH)

It's not much for now, but they've got something. Keralis also instructed the merpeople to follow the sailors in shifts, and note any patterns from either team. And to be mindful if you're gonna prank (COUGH ZEDAPHPLAYS COUGH).

Alrighty then, that's all for day one! Have an amazin' day, evening, and night, and goooooood baaaiii!!

- CaptainMarra