human
Produce a detailed written description of a foreboding scene outside a boat ship with barrels.
assistant
The quarterdeck looms above, half covered by the port canopy, its only access a ramshackle wood ladder secured to its face wall. A splintered door slams open and shut with each lurch of the ship but its latch is obviously broken because it never catches. Stacked against the wall on their sides are several weathered barrels resting in a rack that looks like it will soon collapse from exposure and release them to roll across the deck.