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Short Story written years ago for an Italian "spooky" creative writing contest. Translated to English by me but unedited.

The contest rules were:
- choose from an array of pre-made packages or "prompts": I chose WATER
- each package will have a set of prompts and bonus points:
I got MERMAID as the mysterious creature, a famous quote to elaborate on, and bonus for sad ending, and for using a port as scenery.

I had the honour of last place :D behind much vaid and legit other stories. However I decided to keep this and maybe expand on it in the future.

Enjoy!