I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue

[sassybird]

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

1.
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...

2.
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

1.
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.

2.
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.

3.
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?

4.
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

Comments

[thesmokingbomb]

You don't have to have them all at once.

[But he sounded pretty amused at the imagery, and he wouldn't put it past Shitopi-chan to do just as she said. She was pretty creative and ingenious in the most unlikely ways, and Gokudera admired that.

He waved aside the idea that 'land was fun'.]

It sucks. The beds are all hard and stiff. People smell. They're so wasteful. Sometimes I really miss the ocean.

[But he didn't regret his decision, not really.]

[shitopichan]

Why wouldn't you?

[The question she asks to so much- why not?]

[It's not something she's come to regret so far.]

[His complaints are listened to patiently, curious ears and fins picking up on it all.]

Then make them smell like a thing you like. Salt, or fish blood.

[thesmokingbomb]

You can coordinate them with outfits so they'd be more effective and stand out more.

[Spoken like a true child of Hot Topic.

The suggestion was met with a small sigh, Gokudera frowning a bit.]

I tried with fish blood once. The Tenth said I wasn't allowed to do that anymore.

[And the Tenth's word was law to him, for better or for worse.]

[shitopichan]

Mmm, that's your problem, Gokudera-kun.

[With a lazy push upwards, she places one finger against his mouth.]

You restrict yourself so much.

[thesmokingbomb]

[The touch, like most any touches from other people, makes him lean back as far as possible, eyes wide in shock. He wasn't used to people touching him without it being a prelude to a hurt, even though the Tenth had helped start to repair that sort of mentality.]

Not everyone can be like you, Shitopi-chan.

[shitopichan]

[With a careless flop backwards, she lounges in the water nonchalantly.]

Mmm, I don't understand that kind of thing at all.

[Sounds like senseless misery to her.]

[thesmokingbomb]

[He let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding when she moved away, starting to stuff things back into his bag. Shitt P.'s unshakable confidence and love for herself was one of her strongest traits but also a glaring flaw.]

It'd be a pretty weird world if we were all the same.

[He rose up, rolling his pant legs back down.]

I should be heading back anyway. I'll stop by again when I'm in the area.

[shitopichan]

[That kind of thinking makes her grin.]

It'd be much more boring if Gokudera-kun wasn't his interesting cute self.

[With a bit of effort, she snaps her tail enough to flick a little water at him.]

Bring back more weird human things for me when you come by.

fin???

[thesmokingbomb]

[As always, the tease got a rise out of him. Logically, he knew he just would have to stop reacting to Shitt P. calling him 'cute' and he would stop being cute, but it was easier said than done. He flushed slightly, making a face at her.]

Cut it out with the cute stuff.

[As mature as ever, he stuck his tongue out at her when she flicked water at him, before turning and waving as he went.]