Ayanna Dumpington/IF-1667

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Background

The following accounts can be traced to a single leather-bound journal originally found in a locked wooden chest alongside a sextant-like device of indeterminate origin and a shell that matches no known species of mollusk. The chest was located in a storage room in the Legscraper’s lower levels that was described as “smelling faintly of the sea.” Subsequent attempts to locate and navigate to said room have been unsuccessful thus far. The journal details the exploits of the crew of a large sailing vessel, The Tokyo Adrift, descriptions of which are largely consistent with mid-17th century galleons.

With The Tokyo Adrift

Ayanna Dumpington was first discovered aboard The Tokyo Adrift when an unnamed crew member attempted to “tap the admiral”, only to discover that the barrel of rum they were attempting to drink from took offence to this action. Described in the journal as “the spirit of a spirit”, Dumpington is theorized by the writer to be the spirit of a sailor preserved in the aforementioned barrel. Following an incident involving wood-boring beetles, the rum contained in the barrel had to be transferred into a fresh receptacle and, upon Dumpington’s request, topped off with fresh liquor. It is unclear if Dumpington is the liquid contained within the vessel or the vessel itself, a question the journal’s writer was never able to find the answer to.

Dumpington was often found attempting to assist the crew in their tasks but her incorporeal form made this difficult. Nevertheless, she would join them and mime the duties they were assigned to, providing moral support. Dumpington was also notably immune to the thrall of Val Hitherto’s singing, allowing her to harmonize with him in performances described as “transcendent, beyond mortal ken.”

The last mention of Dumpington in the journal is of her barrel rolling across the main deck of the Adrift as the entire ship began to keel over, [REDACTED] in the lower decks. The entry is abruptly cut-off, the base of the page having been burnt away.