Phoenix Song

"I would gladly let the sea bury me if all I hear in my dying moments would be that crystal voice—if all I see is the lovely songbird by whom I have been captivated, the phoenix of the crag."

After the captain's descent into madness, a few men from his crew abandon the ship in the night, but find themselves being drawn toward the very same creature who doomed their captain. For the shadowscale contest on Figment.com.