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THE FINAL VOYAGE OF THE RESEARCH VESSEL EMMA, JANUARY FIRST, NEW MILLENNIUM...
THE SUN HAS NOT YET RISEN… I MEAN, IT SHOULD HAVE RISEN, BUT IT HAS FAILED TO RISE!
WE ARE IN PERPETUAL DARKNESS, SAVE FOR A STRANGE GREEN AURA THAT SURROUNDS US.
THE WATER IS BLACK, AND THICK LIKE OIL, YET FAR BELOW WE SENSE GREAT RUMBLINGS AND CHURNINGS OF CURRENT...
GRADUALLY WE HEAR A NOISE SO SIMPLE, AND YET SO UNUTTERABLY ALIEN, THAT IT FILLS US ALL WITH TOTAL HORROR...
IT IS THE CHIMING OF A BELL...
SUDDENLY THERE IS A GIGANTIC CLAP OF THUNDER AND THE OCEAN BEGINS TO ROAR! A SURGE OF WAVES ENGULFS OUR SHIP, AND WE ARE DRAGGED HEADLONG INTO THE CHURNING MAELSTROM...
MAYDAY! MAYDAY! THIS IS THE SCHOONER EMMA! LAST KNOWN POSITION 60 DEGREEES SOUTH, 20 DEGREES WEST.
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? RESPOND IF YOU CAN HEAR ME! THIS IS AN URGENT SOS! MAYDAY! MAY...
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