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A frantic flash snapshot taken on a cheap disposable camera during a boarding raid between two wooden airships high above the clouds, the frame tilted almost 30 degrees. In the foreground, a young aarakocra pirate with ruffled blue-and-white eagle feathers, a gold earring through a feather tuft, and a crooked tricorn hat swings in on a rope, talons outstretched, her beak open in a battle cry. In the center, a massive tortle deckhand with a cracked, barnacle-crusted shell and a bandana tied around his head braces against the railing, swinging a boarding hook. On the right, a lean tiefling captain with lavender skin, chipped horns decorated with brass rings, and a scar across her lip aims a flintlock pistol just past the camera, eyes narrowed. Behind them, cannon smoke billows, ropes snap, a second airship hull looms close with grappling lines strung between the ships, and a crewman tumbles backward over the rail into open sky. The on-camera flash freezes the aarakocra's feathers mid-flutter and bleaches the front of the scene, while the smoky daylit sky beyond falls grey and underexposed. The photo has gritty grain, overexposed flash glare on the tiefling's pistol, red-eye on the tortle, slightly crushed shadows, and a faded cyan-magenta color balance from cheap processing.