The Return of Shantae

The Sunken Town of Bonesdale

Cemeteries are by far the most disturbing places to be around, especially one that's set up like a town and it's located at the bottom of a lake. Everything was straight up spooky to look: from mausoleums looking like houses to graves stones that read "Welcome Home!", the concept was just so eerie and disturbing to Korah that he tried to stay near the surface.  Killing monsters is one thing, but killing people was more horrifying. Monsters don't leave anything behind except loot, but men leave behind bad memories and regrets in life that could soon turn into curses for the unfortunate, well that's what Korah thinks anyway. But in his case killing bad people is an exception as long as it's with his good morals and rite of killing. But let's face, killing in general is straight up wrong, like that one scuba diver grave robbing a desiccated grave..... What?

Korah spots a skinny diver defiling a grave, which made him wonder why. As he swims closer to him, the diver panics and tries to swim away from as fast as he can. He nears the edge of the surface but accidentally drops his sack on Korah, making his getaway to land. He gave up the chase and wanted to bury the confines of this bag back into the grave where it belongs. Upon arriving at home the defiled gravesite, he looks at the contents and was shock to find out why that diver stole these items in the first place. All the items were mementoes: framed pictures, a dowry, and toys. The photographs showed a zombie family having a barbecue, a dead father playing baseball with his dead sun, and they all looked happy together. But what proved that this was all his was the last photo of the zombie father scuba diving with his kid for crabs.

This made him a little envious yet more sorry for this guy, to lose his family grave down here. Korah's feelings wavered and he need to go apologize to this poor man, even though he's dead. So he went to the surface towards the direction of the diver and finds the edge of land. As he surfaces, he finds the man sulking right next to a beached boat, making it all the more pathetic and sad. Korah tries to call out for him to grab his attention, but still all that he could say are in gurgles and a "Woomy." After some thinking, he tries to whistle as loud as he can, which worked wonders as the man turns around showing not a zombie face, but a skeleton face. Korah face turned from an expression of worry to a face of comedic horror after look at his skull, which is still able to blink somehow. They both screamed like idiots for a good thirty seconds until Korah receded back into the waters out of fear.

Skeleton Diver"No! Uh-Wait! Come back!" After a few seconds, Korah rises up trembling in fear and with caution. "I'm- I'm sorry young fella- eh, yah' are a fella, yes?"
Korah nods his head yes, and he raises a framed picture the zombie diver interpreting if he's the same zombie in the picture.
Skeleton Diver"Why yes. Yes, that is me. May I please have my belongings back?" Korah gingerly gives him his picture and the rest of his mementoes back to him. "Like what I said youngin', I'm sorry for scarin' yah. I thought yah might've been those undersea monsters that are leakin' in here now."
Korah looks around himself for them, unaware of the hidden dangers luring around the waters.
Skeleton Diver"Well they outta get through them monsters hiding in the forest first before gettin' in here. How'd you get pass them?"
Korah interprets with his tentacles how he'd escaped an arachnid and killed it.
Skeleton Diver"Uh-huh... Well, the name's Roman of Times News Roman. I worked as news reporter while this town was still above sea level, if you know what I mean.
Korah writes his name on a nearby rock by spitting streams of ink, legible enough to read before the rain washed it away.
Roman"Hmm, Korah huh? Say, what're you doin' here anyways?"
Korah only responds with a shrug which universally stands for "I dunno". Towards the castles behind Roman interpreting that he needs to proceed there.
Roman"Hmm, are there more of yah?"
Korah responds with a nod and tries to speak in his gurgled language, which was half understood.
Roman"Okay okay, I get it. Y'all must have your own reasons for bein' out here. So, why is that?" He points at the castle in the back of Roman, indicating his destination. "Hmm.. Well I'm sorry to say this to yah, but anyone how came in their- never came back out. Dead or alive. But why there of all places?"
Korah interprets that he needs a boat to safely sail through the seas and get back home.
Roman"Well I could get you there to open sea myself, if it weren't for the fact that mah' boat here's been busted fer years. If you're willin' to help me find parts to bring it back to tiptop shape, I'll help you across. Sound good?"