human
Produce a short description of a foreboding scene outside a boat ship with a plank.
assistant
Patterns of white salt lines flow across the deck in elongated circles marking the sea's victory at impregnating the wood. Cracks disfigure the waist-high balustrades that stretch from bow to stern both port and starboard on this ship. Ready to be pulled into service, a large plank rests on its side.