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You descend into the bowels of the ship, away from the safety of your crewmmates and the small boat, to try and find the grand battery. You aren't strong and you aren't a fighter, but you can do one thing and that is move quickly and quietly. You're clever enough for this!
Squint told you the grand battery on a ship this large would likely be right in the middle, suspended above the bilge, surrounded by metal sheets and glass panels for lightning as to not allow any errant sparks inside where they could cause it to blow- ah hah! You find it, and snap the unlocked door open with a mouse-like squeak. There are no weapons left aboard this ship, the Deathless would toss away all pistols and swords, anything the men aboard could use to fight back or kill themselves with, but the Deathless aren't going to bother with cannons like this. You find a cache of many large bags of powder and poke a hole in one, before having to think. A fuse...
You can make a fuse. Out of the shoots of beachgrass, an islander trick. Tying the stems into knots can slow down the burning, down to a science, each twist adding a second and a half... poking it in, you light the end carefully and then make a break for it, hurtling over cannons and between scores of torn teeth, before leaping from the window out into the boat.
<span class="mu-r">"Did you find it?"</span>
"GO! GO GO GO!"
As the boatmen row as hard as they can, the sticky strands of hagfish slime pull and slow down the progress of the small craft, leading to chance of it being caught in the blast. The captain shoves the small craft off the larger ship with the end of his harpoon, giving you all the push you need to escape... Then, there is a massive explosion as the inside of the ship erupts, the Deathless that were still aboard exploded into bits and mashed against its interior, and the hagfish swarm suddenly finding entry into the ship interior itself, ready to feast on the remains of the crew, or whatever else, sinking slowly into the black waters...
