Human: Generate a brief description of a foreboding scene outside a boat ship with a tar barrel. Assistant: 
A round ventilation pipe, surrounded by wood blocks, has lost its protective cover and water damage is evident in the swelling and cracking of the planks encircling its passage below deck. One of the balusters has absorbed more moisture than it could hold and appears to have exploded, littering the deck with bits and pieces, some recognizable, some not. An empty tar barrel lies on its side, rolling with the movement of the ship.