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

[blackedjack]

I'm not going to get hurt! I promise.

[He smiles.]

Just... don't tell anyone about me, okay?

[warmskies]

I won't.... It seems like you've had to deal with enough, lately.

Are you sure there's enough for you to live here alright?

[blackedjack]

I've been living here so far... you wouldn't believe what some people leave on the beach for food.

I promise I'm fine. But if you want to stop by every day to check on me, I'd appreciate it.

[warmskies]

That can't be healthy for you, to just eat junk that's been left on the beach!

[blackedjack]

I eat plenty of other things too. Don't worry, like I said.

[warmskies]

….I’m not sure how to not worry. Do you want me to bring you some food now and then?

[blackedjack]

If you want. I wouldn't mind seeing you again, after all.

[He chuckles, splashing a bit of water onto the boat.]

[warmskies]

[Tsuna jerks back from the water with a startled noise.]

Ah- you’d want to see me again?

[blackedjack]

Of course! Why wouldn't I?

[He grins, his tail splashing about in the water.]

[warmskies]

[That’s a good question, and he flounders for a moment trying to explain.]

I…. guess I just wasn’t expecting it. This sort of thing doesn’t seem like it’s supposed to happen to me.

[blackedjack]

Why not?

[Grimsley smiles and tilts his head.]

You seem like a good person to me.

[warmskies]

I mean, I guess- [He’s flustered again. Compliments like that don’t reach him often.] But… it’s too extraordinary! And I’m…. the opposite of that.

[blackedjack]

Maybe you're more extraordinary than you think.

Aren't I extraordinary to you?

[warmskies]

You’re… really extraordinary, yeah.

[blackedjack]

And to myself, I'm simply. Normal. Plain.

So why can't you be extraordinary?

[warmskies]

I, well… I never thought of it like that…