And when I punched "swept out to sea" and "mermaid" into Google, I got the Parade of Nubile Mermaids:
Strains of ethereal music. A siren song.
[...]
Two beautiful MERMAIDS appear, red lips slightly parted, hair cascading around their pale shoulders, their breasts bobbing like sweet, succulent buoys...
MANATEE
What kind of stage directions are these?
...narrow waists curving down into the slippery, scaly darkness of their tails...
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Strains of ethereal music. A siren song.
[...]
Two beautiful MERMAIDS appear, red lips slightly parted, hair cascading around their pale shoulders, their breasts bobbing like sweet, succulent buoys...
MANATEE
What kind of stage directions are these?
...narrow waists curving down into the slippery, scaly darkness of their tails...
Dude!
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