Swordtember Day 8: OPALESCENCE (Patreon)

The start of week 2 - some cool prompts to get through for these next ones :}

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Driftwood, of gleaming shell and curious critter 🐚🦀

Waves race up the beach to meet your feet, and you feel the crunch of sun dried kelp into wet sand beneath you. In the waves, the sun catches on a bobbing shape. Floating slowly ashore, wrapped up with the ebb and flow of the tide, is a huge shell. The waves deposit the opalescent carapace at your feet, the light bending over its shiny exterior. A hunk of driftwood juts from the base of the shell almost like a handle, and you note the sharpened, serrated edge. A blade? You take the sword in your hand, and almost drop it immediately as a curious eye emerges from within the weapon. The crustacean eyes you up and, seemingly satisfied with its new wielder, withdraws back within the sword. As seagulls cry overhead and the daylight sparkles on the water, you already start to think of the adventures you might go on together.