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

[naggysa]

Eh...it shouldn't be that long if you try not to use it much, right?

[What Nagisa (repeatedly) fails to realize is the fact that Rin has to keep swimming so he can breathe. He's a shark, after all.

Speaking of hunger, Nagisa is starting to feel a little hungry himself...he hadn't eaten since that morning, having gotten too caught up in his shipwreck excursion to stop for lunch.]

[showyouthesight]

I don't know. I usually don't get hurt. I'm smarter than that.

[He's also used to working with someone more his size.]

[naggysa]

Being smart doesn't really have anything to do with getting hurt. I mean, not unless you were doing something that you knew could've gotten you hurt.

[Exploring abandoned wreckages can be dangerous, he guesses, but it's more dangerous for the predators, not the wreck itself.]

[showyouthesight]

It has a lot to do with it. You learn how to avoid most accidents.

[He runs a hand down the back of his tail]

[naggysa]

Oh yeah? You make it sound like you've been in lots of trouble before, Rin-chan.

[showyouthesight]

[Rin snorts loudly, flaring his gills]

Oi, I just said I know how to avoid real trouble. But a little trouble keeps things interesting.

[naggysa]

Okay, mister troublemaker.

[Nagisa sneers, his fins slapping against the rocks.]

What's real trouble look like, then?

[showyouthesight]

[Rin just points huffily at his injured tail.]

This is real trouble.

[naggysa]

Well...it could be worse. You could still be stuck down there.

[It slips out of Nagisa's mouth before he quite realizes what he's saying, and he regrets it almost immediately, given the way his expression falls, tightens, and he quickly looks back over at his collection lining the wall.]

[showyouthesight]

[Rin has the decency to look the least bit sheepish about his bitching.]

I'm not blaming you... It was just a shitty set of events.

[naggysa]

Yeah...I guesso.

[Nagisa sighs, turning his attention back to Rin. By now, long shadows are being cast into the little cove, with orange light filtering through and reflecting off the water as the sun goes down.]

So, you're staying, right?

[showyouthesight]

Depends on what you've got to eat. I'm starving.

[He looks around the cave again for anything that might feed a shark.]

[naggysa]

Weeell...there's fish, mostly. There's lots of schools of fish around here. That's okay, right?

I can go try to catch enough for both of us, since you're...yaknow.

[showyouthesight]

I need big fish. Can you catch a big fish? Those little ones aren't going to do it.

[He gestures at the various skeletons lying around.]

Maybe if you herded them here, I could grab a few.

[naggysa]

I could try that! Just as long as you promise not to eat 'em all. I gotta eat too, yaknow.

[Nagisa slips headfirst into the water after saying that, giving a good kick of his tail to power himself toward the cave's exit.]

[showyouthesight]

I'll save you plenty. As long as you chase plenty in here!

[Rin teases, readying himself for the frenzy. He's never really eaten with other mers aside from sharks. He wonders what it will be like. Though he hopes Nagisa knows better than to get too close.]

[naggysa]

[Nagisa hears Rin just above the water, but is too focused on his task to reply. Instead, he just keeps going, disappearing into the deeper ocean to find one of the schools that he knows should be nearby.

Thankfully, Rin won't have to wait for long as a sudden churning of the water heralds Nagisa's return, hundreds of fish frantically trying to get away from the seal chasing behind them stirring up the water as it gets shallower and shallower.]

[showyouthesight]

[Rin grins in absolute maniacal glee as he snatches at the fleeing fish with his claws, ripping one from the water and biting into its still flailing body. He grabs another while he's still snapping away at the first, his tail twitching in his excitement. His eyes are that bright red again, glistening with bloodlust.]

[naggysa]

[The selkie stays beneath the water behind the school of fish, keeping them trapped at the cove's entrance while he watches in mute fascination while Rin tears fish apart within seconds, clouding the water with deep crimson. While he's hungry himself, it's hard to think about eating when there's a bloodthirsty predator just feet away from you...wrapped up in a feeding frenzy.

The sight is enough to keep him frozen, not wanting to move away, but not wanting to get closer either.]

[showyouthesight]

[Wise move, Nagisa. That will probably avoid any more unfortunate accidents that could happen between the bloodlusting shark and a plump selkie. Sorry about that appetite though.

Rin is just going to keep up his messy fish carnage until he goes through about five around the size of lower arm. It's been a while since he didn't have to shove other sharks away to get the choicest specimens. Not that he has any problems doing that.]

[naggysa]

[As long as Rin sticks to the fish only, Nagisa isn't particularly bothered by how many fish he eats. It's a little harder for him to dart in to catch anything though, repeatedly snatching at fish that swim frantically by his head, only to miss them by a hair. No matter, though. If these fish get away, he'll just have to go hunting again on his own to find another school...far away from Rin to avoid the shark's inevitable bloodlust.

Eventually, he gives in and decides to man the exit until he's done, scaring fish back towards Rin when they try to swim the opposite direction.]

[showyouthesight]

[Eventually, Rin's frenzy dies down so that he's mostly gnawing at the same fish while the rest pass by him without further incident. The frantic movements of the fish have dissipated much of the blood that was in he water so that Rin seems somewhat relaxed, sated from the glut of prey. He flops on his back to continue mouthing at his meal, twitching the tip of his tail. He's still too heavily into his feast to remember Nagisa just yet, but he's no longer as ravenous as he was moments ago.]

[naggysa]

[As scary as it is, it's actually kindof fascinating to watch in a way. It's not like Nagisa has been able to watch a shark feed this up close and personal before, not without worrying that he might end up on the menu next.

For now, he decides to just let the other fish escape. They're too riled up for him to catch easily, and he's still a little wary of accidentally disturbing Rin. He'll eat a little later.

Instead, he crawls his way back up onto the rocks, watching Rin out of the corner of his eye as he goes.]

Wooow...you musta really been hungry.

[showyouthesight]

I have a high metabolism. I need a lot of meat.

[Rin half-flops his tail at him, picking at his teeth with one of his claws. His gaze narrows on Nagisa, noticing a distinct lack of fish mess on him.]

Aren't you going to eat too?

[naggysa]

Oh, um...yeah! I was just...waiting to make sure you got what you wanted.

[He isn't going to say it's because he was scared he'd get mistaken for fishmeal, but it's probably still easy for Rin to assume as much, given the way he's looking off to the side as he says that.]