Melody Mermaid

Whaling ship Grace gets lost. Crew finds an uncharted isle with a woman who offers to mend a sail that will lead them home. The sail is the curse - it steals color and sound from the crew and ship, and each day they think they are free, they wake up back at the same isle, a little more faded and silent than before.

Terrain: Small, black volcanic rock, sea grass, one wind-bent tree, one stone hut. One clothesline.

Origin: Melody mends their torn mainsail with thread made from her own hair and indigo from deep water.

- CREW OF THE GRACE - 10 Men All men, whalers, 19-55. After each loop they lose something together. By Loop 5 they are almost monochrome and mute

- 4 months at sea, lost after storm took compass & sextant. Low on oil.