BANG!! Clad in a diving suit, Charles crashed heavily onto the water's surface and immediately began to sink toward the island below.
The water wasn't too deep. The Narwhal's draft was 5.5 meters, and with a remaining 1.5 meters from the ship's keel to the island, it had only sunk seven to eight meters below sea level. Compared to islands that had plunged straight into the deep sea, this place hadn't sunk much at all. Yet, even this small distance had transformed a once-habitable island into a useless shoal in the lightless ocean.
BANG! BANG! BANG! The other sailors, also clad in heavy diving suits, sank to the seabed. Their massive weight easily countered the water's buoyancy. Beams of light shot out from the divers' helmets, illuminating the pitch-black depths.
