We had gathered quite a crowd when we marched out of the shrine, heading for the docks where the wizened captain's fishing boat remained. It was a small boat, but it was fit to get us there and back. The townsfolk of the fishing village had watched up intently, and there was even a rounds of applause when the priest of Shennu stood up and declared that we would go to the sacred lighthouse and return with good tidings. We would go and end Shennu's berserk state for good. Many people wished us luck.
And so we set off, across the sea. It took a while, and we disappeared into the infinite blue. The priest had entertained us with tails of the leviathan deity. Remarks that her lighthouse stayed where it was, but was not always possible for everyone to see, it was a special thing he said. I got to wondering along this trip if he or any other of Shennu's worshipers even knew the dragon was a dragoness this whole time. He admits he never gave that much thought.
And here we were, the sacred lighthouse. It was built of the whitest bricks, and the top was, worryingly, nowhere to be seen. I assumed Shennu must have damaged it in the past herself, as the Priest claims he had not been alive when it was pristine. The lighthouse sat on the face of rocks that must have been standing from the seafloor like a pillar, or floating by some other enchanted mechanism. There was no dock, so the boat had to be anchored to the edge, and we walked up on the face of the rocks with a long wooden board as a ramp.
The captain stayed put in his vessel, and I headed to the top with Wolfboy and the Priest, who had the harmonica ready.
When at the top, I commanded him to play this song that would summon Shennu.
BGM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOXEl_7LNw4[SHENNU PRIEST] "..."
'...'
[WOLFBOY] "..."
[MAJORDOMO] "Zzzzzz-nh- Nuh?! What's happening?"
'Did... did it work, priest?'
[SHENNU PRIEST] "It... it should have! This is the exact song we always summoned it, or her by. We never changed the tune or anyth-hii-hiinnng! Aaaah!"
It looks like we got our answer. The lighthouse began to shake. The waters began wavering, and they were getting rougher, shooting up spray about against the rocks as the sky above trembled and began pouring drops of rain!
[WOLFBOY] "Sh-She's here alright! I just hope mom isn't that angry!"
