Water World

The ship was sinking. Me and a few others were in a higher compartment of the ship, just below the top deck. The man in charge (I'm not sure if he was actually the captain) ordered us to leave everything behind except certain crates, which I believe to be bombs. They were to be carried up to the top at the last minute. He left to take care of some things at which time me and the others discussed this and we were all sure it was suicide. We began packing our things and getting together what resources we had. We he returned he began shouting at us and I emerged from the back of the crowd with a large pistol and shot him dead between the eyes. We stopped only for a moment and then went straight back to work.

I think the ship broke in half. There was a large earthquake-like feeling, and the ship must have been designed for this because our half stayed afloat while the other half sank. We had snorkel breathing pieces but no masks. We did not use them. We all went to the top together with what little we had. Everywhere was water.

After awhile (hours, days, I do not know) we saw another ship. They were survivors like us. They took me and 3 or 4 others to their settlement. It was a shelf of land underwater, and they had built structures within that land. I have no idea how this was done - maybe before the flooding, but there were rooms that were completely waterproof and supplied with air for breathing. Round, convex windows glowed along the edges of the shelf.

We met with the people of this place and they were getting along well. There was progress and I told my companions that we must find a way to strive for something more like this. That living on the small piece of ship was not stable and we needed to find a settlement of our own. So with some help from our new friends we went back to my ship, for now I was in charge. I told them what I thought and they all agreed. So we set out on a borrowed boat, the gift of supplies they'd given us, a nautical map, and a few volunteers from the group we'd met.

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