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I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue

Mermaid AU Meme

Rules:
- Put down your character name and series in the subject header. Put down any preferences (romantic or if you're a mermaid/human) in the comment.
- Reply to other people! RNG a choice from the prompts below, or just come up with whatever on your own.
- This is not a strictly romance meme. Feel free to have whatever shenanigans you like.

Merfolk and Merfolk

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Little Mermaid it
♢ One of you is a merperson with something you want. (Power? Help figuring out what this weird human doodad is? Becoming human?) The other is a powerful sea mage of some sort... And for the first of you, you better hope they're the good sort as you venture forth to their lair...

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Exploration
♢ C'mon. What's the worst that could happen when checking out this enormous sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean? You're merpeople! What's the worst that could happen? (Besides sharks. Or giant squid. Or maybe worse.)

3.
New tides
♢ Hey... That person isn't from around these parts, are they...? Maybe one of you is from deep seas, or a swamp-mer way out of your territory, or just from simply a different ocean. Hopefully neither of you are particularly territorial...

4.
Hey there, Ariel
♢ So. Looks like one of you actually took up on some sea witch's deal and is living in some human settlement. The other? Is trying to help you deal with that. Whether it means puzzling out human culture and items with you, pleading with you to come back home, or even offering you a dagger just in case you need to stab your crush (what? it's a legitimate strategy), you two need to cope.

5.
Wildcard.

Merfolk and Humans

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For Science!
♢ You're a scientist, here to study a fascinating new creature. Although the 'creature' in question might take offense to you saying that... So are you searching them out for the first time in the open ocean? Keeping them in some sort of containment? It's up to you.

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Stranded
♢ There was a shipwreck, and you're the sole survivor... Although you very nearly weren't. Whether you've just woken up or have been trying to puzzle things out on this deserted island, well... It seems you're not alone, although they're not exactly on the island with you.

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Siren Song
♢ Merpeople aren't always good signs... Sometimes they lure sailors out onto rocks, or extinguish their stamina and drown them in the ocean's tumultuous waters. Is this another encounter that will end in tragedy?

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Chance Encounter
♢ You're nothing extraordinary, just a regular person in a beach town, and one way or another... You find something that's very much not regular. Maybe you just walked into the cove at the right time, or found something- someone- trapped or injured that needed your help. So now what?

5.
Wildcard

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[Rolled a 3 for merfolk and humans, and kind of torn as to who would be the siren. Cause on one hand M.M.'s weapon and on the other hand Mukuro's ~*charisma*~. Who would you want to be the siren?]

[ In spite of all the alleged mermaid sightings in the area, it's probably been some time since Sonico began trying to seek one out with no success whatsoever. That's probably because there are some VERY strict cultural laws about human-mermaid interactions, laws with significant consequences for disobedience. It would take a mermaid with very little respect for the old ways and either a lot of balls or a complete lack of care for their well-being to breach them, and where would she ever find one of those?

Maybe leaning over the edge of her raft, find beneath the water with his arms folded on its surface as he watches her scan the water on the opposite side. She hasn't noticed him yet - he could leave right now, and no one would be any the wiser. ]

You know, if you sank out here and drowned I don't think anyone would ever find you.

[ But clearly, he's a conversationalist. ]

[TOTALLY A MERMAID, THIS IS WHERE SHE BELONGS, she likes to race and do swimming tricks and watch the humans play beach volleyball even though she's probably supposed to be way farther away from them than she ever is. She's not really good at this secrets thing. Easily worried and very much the type to help and fuss over humans in trouble, too; the waters get dangerous you sillies!!!]

[yessss, bonding over forks and weird (completely normal) human bullshit. Share the deets, all of them, Dera. Want me to start or you?]

[oooh, tough choice. Maybe Siren MM and Mukuro bribes her both to not do any weird fishy shit and also to tell him how to do weird siren bullshit?]

[So about accidentally sirening Greg into danger and thus trying to help him out? Like a mix of 2 and 3.]

[So clearly she should see this hulking lovely lady at some point, y/n? Option 4, probably?]

[YOU'VE GOT THE IMPORTANT STUFF COVERED AND I APPRECIATE THAT, i am so down. would you like to start or should i?]

Come on, Haru-chan! You never wanna do anything fun!

[Nagisa huffs, pushing himself up on his elbows as he leans on a rock of his own, half in, half out of the water. He thought his idea was a good one, considering. He's always trying to see how close he can get to humans, sometimes picking up nick-knacks of theirs that washed up into the rocks or coves. It just makes him want to see more.]

I promise, if we got caught I'd take all the blame for it! Pleeease?

[Oh no no no NO NO, NOT TODAY

Nagisa pumps both his arms and his tail, trying his hardest to keep out of reach. Why him, anyway? He doesn't taste all that good, he's mostly blubber anyway. Gross.]

Go away!!

[can either be a crabby human or a crabby merdude]

[Being of mixed blood meant that Gokudera didn't really fit in anywhere, even with the ocean being as wide and expansive as it was. But, through a certain string of odd and strange events, he'd found someone who was accepting and kind, someone worth following.

Unfortunately, that person happened to live on land, and it had been a trial in and of itself to get a pair of legs to he could follow him properly. And while he would like to pretend he had no real bonds with anyone in the sea, there were a few exceptions.

Like Shitt P. If anyone was going to get a kick out of all the weird land dweller shit, it would be her.]

Oi!

[He was nestled in a pretty secluded cove, sitting on the rocks that were nearest to the water without being completely submerged, a backpack full of random crap behind him.]

Shitt P!

[Or wait, that wasn't right. Still, he had to look around to make sure no one else was looking, before calling out correctly.]

Shitopi-chan!

[The snake makes one more final push of speed, looking like he's about to nip Nagisa's tail-

-only to dive at the last moment, tackling... something. That something, in the rush of bubbles and yelling, looking like a orca-mer that had just lunged out from some rock. The whale is much bigger then him, but few things wanna tangle with a very poisonous naga, and after a few bites it flees without it's blubbery meal.]

[Nagisa doesn't stop. He just keeps swimming until he feels like he's at a safe enough distance to turn back around and look.

What...just happened?

He powers quickly to the surface once his lungs begin to burn, that sudden exertion burning through the last of his oxygen. He breaks the surface with a loud gasp, his bangs falling into his eyes before he quickly pushes them back, looking around to see if he can see any signs of that naga.]

[The naga also breaches a bit away, his shoulder leaking a little blood into the water. He glances at Nagisa and nods, before diving back in again- apparently with no intent to go after him what-so-ever.

Maybe the whale was his target from the start.]

...huh?

[Had...the naga saved him from being a orca's lunch?

Nagisa takes a huge breath before diving back down into the water to see if he can see where that naga went. Against his better judgement, he wants to follow.]

[It wasn't the first time that Mukuro Rokudo had been caught and sent to some far flung prison for piracy, but it was the first time that instead of escaping using his own wits and cunning, he would have supernatural help with it.

At first, when he heard the singing, he thought it was just more bawdy songs that sailors sang to pass the time. But no, the sound was far sweeter, hypnotic. It was alluring enough that Mukuro had almost missed that underlying tone of danger, and Mukuro had only managed to stuff cloth into one of his ears before the ship ran aground on rocks, tossing him hard against the metal of his jail cell.

The next thing he was aware of was washing ashore on rocks, the sound of men screaming and crying out as they met their fates a dull echo compared to the sound of the waves. He opened one eye blearily, gaze landing on what he assumed was one of the sirens. She was beautiful enough, to be sure.]

What a shame.

[His hand closed down on a jagged piece of metal that had been part of his jail cell, debating on whether he should immediately go on the defensive or charm a siren.]

[ I'm all about this. ]

[ A lot of travel means a lot of different places to explore. Each new town Greg visits has new scenery and secrets to find.

In his experience, superstition and folklore tend to lead to the most interesting finds of all. When the locals warned him to stay away from the shore for fear of disappearances and misfortune, of course it only sparked his interest to wander that way. The tide isn't high, he's a pretty good swimmer, how bad could it be? ]

[ she's been out on the water long enough that her eyes are starting to feel strained from all the squinting she's been doing out across the horizon. She hasn't seen so much as a splash in the water while she's been here and she's starting to suspect she never will.

and of course, that goes out the window once she hears a voice and she jumps so violently that the raft rocks in the water, splashing water everywhere. barely managing not to yelp, she scrabbles to the other side of the raft, as far as she can go without actively looking like she's fleeing. ]

I--I already made sure to let people know I was here, s--so--

[ she's not sure where the rest of that sentence was supposed to go and swallows hard to try and make her suddenly dry voice a little less raspy. ]

[ There's a smirk that tugs on the corner of his lips at her reaction - a smug expression, which she might eventually come to learn is his default state of being. ]

Sure, but you'd be surprised just how deep it gets around here. All sorts of nooks and crannies down at the bottom - things get lost in there all the time.

[ He shrugs, slipping back under the water without much in the way of warning. It might seem like he just decided to end the conversation, except a moment later he bursts back up from the water's surface to more or less invite himself onto her raft, landing solidly and splashing water everywhere in the process. Now, if she hadn't already assumed as much, she can confirm it for real - he's a merman, sharklike from the waist down. ]

Lucky for you, I don't really feel like capsizing your little dinghy.

Finally a day off. He may think Gilbert was a pathetic guy when it came to personal stuff, but he was a task master when it came to training. Dave ached in places that he didn't know could ache, and hurt in places that he definitely knew could. But ironically, he didn't want to spend his day off at home, lazing about the house. His brother might have been part of the reason for it, damn puppet fetishist. So instead, Dave decided to spend the day by the water and ironically fish like a damn stereotype.

Only problem, he didn't know how to fish. Yep, laugh it up. Dave knew enough to bring a fishing pole, a hook, and some worms as bait, but other than that, he didn't know what he was doing. Still sitting at the pier with a fishing pole and some worms was different from staying at home and getting puppet dong shoved in his face. It was better than nothing, after all.

It had been a long time coming, and at last, the kingdoms of Abendstern and Morgenstern had been united, thanks to King Ryuuta and Queen Hayato. Once again, land and sea could live in peace with each other, and defend one another from neighboring foes. Things weren't perfect, however, as the peace between the two kingdoms was new, so mermaid flesh could still be found on the Black Market. The king's guards were in the process of cleaning that up. But most of the land and sea folk now knew harmony.

Whatever problems had been plaguing Dave Strider on land, they were no bother to the creatures under the sea. For you see, Morgenstern was still a fragile kingdom, suffering from its losses over the years. It had its own problems to deal with. It was still trying to recover, still training new soldiers for fighting.

Karkat Vantas wanted to be a soldier.

The thing was, he was kind of a puny merman. He was short, battled clumsily, and had a foul temper, one that turned off all the trainers in Morgenstern. Not only that, but Karkat was considered a mutant. He had grey skin, where most of the merfolk had the appropriate skin tones. Grey was not an appropriate skin tone. He also had yellow sclera and claws, and small horns atop his head. Because of his looks, Karkat had few friends, yet he seemed to think he would be an asset to the kingdom's guard, so he constantly hung around the training area, waiting for someone to notice him, oftentimes adding colorful commentary to the trainees' failings.

Today, he was doing the same thing, flitting back and forth just on the outskirts of the training area, spiky red fins shimmering in the water. He was already told to go away several times, and a few of the bigger guards eventually had to chase him off. He swam off in a huff, not paying attention to where he was going. That was how he ended up in shallower waters.

Something suddenly snagged one of his fins. What the fuck?! He turned to see what it was, and discovered a hook. It had sunk so far into his fins that he was having a terrible time of shaking it loose. That was when he saw the line attached to it. Some human was fishing! Here! What an idiot. Well, Karkat was going to give whoever it was a piece of his mind.

He thrashed a few more times, still connected to the hook, before darting up to the surface. "Hey, asshole! What do you think you're doing?!"

Edited (wanted to make it nicer) 2015-11-30 22:24 (UTC)

[Rin creeps along the sunken ship's side, touching the water-bent planks with his palm. The other sharks refused to come out this far, claiming it to be too close to mermaid waters. Not that any of them were afraid of those uppity fish. But peace was a fragile thing among the merclans and nobody saw any reason to deliberately provoke the other party by encroaching upon their territory.

Nobody except Rin.

It's not his fault. How was he supposed to resist after he'd heard a pair of them chattering on excitedly about how they had spotted the ship in one of the deeper grottoes the other day? Hadn't there be a particularly nasty storm the other week? It probably came from that. And like hell, Rin was going to let those overly colored fish have all the fun with it. They probably can't even dive this deep. It's better suited for his kind.

He grins as he spies an open porthole and swims inside.]

[Rin swims around the cove impatiently. It's ridiculously more shallow than he prefers and the pebbles at the bottom keep brushing against his belly and tail in ways that are less than comfortable. Not to mention that he has to keep looking up toward the shore in case some high-strung two-leg comes to ruin his fun. They always threw such a fit over his dorsal fin, screaming in their undecipherable language and forcing him to return to deeper waters before more of them fetched their pesky nets.

Though he couldn't begrudge their methods too much. Their stupid habits were the reason he had met the merman he now waited for. He'd discovered him thrashing around in one of those nets, surrounded by a whole school of two-legs. Rin hadn't realized he was a merman at the time and just assumed the two-legs were poaching his supply again. It hadn't taken much to scare them off, he didn't even need to come out of the water. Just approached with his dorsal fin in plain sight and they had scattered, as they always did, giving the mermaid plenty of time to flounder his way back close enough for Rin to snatch with his clawed fingers and yank further into his waters.

Only after the merman had angrily slapped him with his powerful tail had Rin actually realized what he caught. Fortunately for their now awkward friendship, the mermaid had still been unable to free himself from the net and had required Rin's help. Or rather Rin's teeth. How they had pieced together a friendship from there, Rin still had no idea.

But it also wasn't a friendship remotely approved of by his shiver. Which is why they had to meet in annoying places like this, places no other shark would dare to venture. Only Rin was foolhardy enough to steal back from the two-legs. Well, they deserved it. If they wanted his fish so much, they could try asking. Until then, he'd make their lives hell.

Speaking of making someone's life hell, where the hell is Haruka anyway? He slaps his tail impatiently against the cove's sand bed. The idiot better not be in trouble again. It's not his job to constantly play babysitter for a dumb merman.]

Edited 2015-11-30 01:55 (UTC)

[It's very likely that Nagisa was one of those who had been excitedly gossiping about the ship. If not, he'd definitely gotten wind of it one way or another, and there was no way that he'd just let that sit down there unexplored. No matter how much his fellow merfolk warned him that it might not be a good idea to go alone- it could be dangerous, especially for a merman like him who doesn't breathe in the water like most species- he couldn't be deterred. As a selkie, he could hold his breath for a very long time, so he wasn't all that concerned.

He had ended up on the upper deck of the ship through a hole broken through the hull, allowing him to explore the surface where the steering wheel and rest of the deck lay. What he really wanted to find were treasures, little trinkets from the human world that he could possibly take home with him. It's not like they'd be missed or anything.

A stream of bubbles in his wake makes his presence clear in the murky depths as he runs a hand over the surface of the deck, pulling off a few barnacles that had attached themselves to the wood during the time it had been down here. He doesn't seem to have realized that he isn't alone...]

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I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue

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Take a character who kicks everything and remove his legs. Perfect.

Aoi Asahina | Dangan Ronpa | OTA

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Karkat Vantas || Homestuck || ota

let me know if i need to edit. o/

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sounds good \o/ also forever tl;drs sorry

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merkat 5 for knight dave

ironically fishing!

Let's go exploring~

Let's play with some forbidden relationships~

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