The Cost of Living 0.0

In the new plot, once he graduates, Victor's parents inform him that they aren't going to provide for him anymore, so he moves in with his grandmother on the northwestern coast and takes a job on a fishing boat. It goes pretty alright for a while; he becomes friends with some of his shipmates, and although his life isn't really the most amazing he's getting along. Every year around September, though, a violent storm rips through this region of New England; the crew typically tries not to be far out to sea during this time, but this year in particular they have no choice (I haven't found a reason why for this yet). Inevitably, the ship is destroyed in the storm. Victor, by sheer luck, is still clinging to life by the time the sun rises; most of his crewmates are dead or barely alive. He thinks he's saved when an unfamiliar ship makes its way toward the wreckage, but when he's pulled on board, he can see through the ship's crew. The ship itself - The Grapevine Darling - is a soul ferry, which exists to turn the souls of seamen over to the other side. While his surviving crewmates have died from their wounds, his weren't severe enough to cost his life - leaving them with a problem. He can't move on to the other side while he's alive, but he can't return to the 'real world.' So he swears himself as a ferryman, because he has no other choice. The other soul ferrymen are the undead, basically ghosts; they're seamen who sold their souls years prior. Similarly, Sandrine also sold her soul, but she isn't a ferryman; she's an intercepter, meaning that after the ferries collect the souls she guides them over to the other side..