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badliifechoiice22018-05-05 06:21 pm
pipers_son) wrote in badliifechoiice22018-05-05 06:21 pm
mermaid oh murmur into my ear
Rules:
● Put down character name and series in subject line.
● Add any preferences (romance and/or general, human and/or mer) in comment.
● Reply to other people!
Scenarios:
1 ♢ Little Mermaid
♢ Mer
♢ One of you is a mer person with something you want. The other is a powerful mage who can possibly give it to you. Can an arrangement be made...?
2 ♢ Exploration
♢ Mer and/or Human
♢ Whatever you are, your curiosity has gotten the best of you. Whether it's a sunken shipwreck on the bottom of the ocean or a mysterious cove hidden away along the cliffside... Venturing with a friend or running into something unexpected... What will you find?
3 ♢ Exchange
♢ Mer and/or Human
♢ Sometimes, territories are broached, but it's not always a bad thing. Whether you're of entirely different species, or just from different seas, you've met in peaceful circumstances- perhaps as a direct result of those! So it's time for a cultural exchange. Just ignore the fresh water mer.
4 ♢ For Science
♢ Mer and Human
♢ This is a one in a lifetime chance.... for at least one person. Are you on an isolated island? A ship far out to sea? A highly funded aquarium? Or perhaps even a laboratory with more than questionable methods... Either way, you have the chance now to study something rarely seen before. How will it turn out for both of you?
5 ♢ Ariel's Dream
♢ Mer and/or Human
♢ Some say it's impossible for a mer to live on dry land... except that's been quietly proven wrong. One of you has taken to living among humans, whether for years or still learning the ropes. As for the other... Are you a concerned friend, checking in on them from the sea? Or are you a landdweller, stumbling onto a great secret?
6 ♢ Sea Life
♢ Mer and Human
♢ While they have the legs for landdwelling, some humans seem to have more saltwater in their veins than blood, and those are the kinds of humans that end up with dealing with the mysteries of the sea the most. A surfer catching waves with shark mer? A pirate bartering with sirens for safe passage? A fisherman working together with those who know fish best? There's all sorts.
7 ♢ Stranded
♢ Mer and Human
♢ Well, fuck. Good job. One way or another, you're stuck where you shouldn't be. Whether that's a human lost in the tides, or a mer trapped against the land, you need help.... So don't be picky with what you do get.
8 ♢ Not Safe For Water
♢ Mer and/or Human
♢ The scenario made explicitly for Guillermo Del Toro and anyone who was extremely anxious for a xeno sex scene in The Shape Of Water. Get your smut on. Feel free to mix and match it with any of the other scenarios as well.
9 ♢ Siren Song
♢ Mer and Human
♢ Sometimes, there's a good reason people fear the too wide expanse of the sea, or how deep its depths an reach... Strange songs which string through coastal towns and cause disappearances... The sound of something slipping through the water around a ship in the dead of night... Unexplained shapes which flicker outside of deep-sea vessels or submarines or installations. Do you want to know what's out there?
10 ♢ Capture
♢ Mer and Human
♢ Sometimes, there's a good reason why people fear humans. You don't belong here, being gawked at through thick aquarium glass or trapped in a too-small freakshow tank, but what can you do? Is there anyone who cares for your plight, or are there only people responsible for it?
11 ♢ Chance Encounter
♢ Mer and Human
♢ Well, this is awkward. You didn't mean to stumble onto a mer just... there, doing whatever, on the beach or by the docks or tangled up in your fishing net, but, well. It's happened. Now what?
12 ♢ Transformation
♢ Mer and/or Human
♢ For one reason or another, you want to go where you've never gone before... A mer, venturing on the land either as a rare chance or every day business? Or a human, accepting some sort of trade or just to run away from the life you have now? Either way, it might get messy.... Feel free to mix in with other scenarios.
13 ♢ Fantasy Meets Fantasy
♢ Mer and OTHERS!
♢ Who's to say that humans are the only other creatures in the world? Maybe people living beneath the sea's waves aren't the only strange things. Maybe there are centaurs who travel along coastal roads to watch the night sky along with mer astronomers. Perhaps selkies are just distant cousins. Or who's to say that mer can't be a host of things unto themselves? The ocean's the limit.
14 ♢ Sci-fi
♢ Mer and Human
♢ Some say astronauts are nothing more than sailors venturing off into another unexplored sea, one that's above instead of below. And, befitting those same sailors of older days, they seem to tell tails of strange melodic frequencies coming in over the radio to their ears, and strange comets that look like tails passing them by on a landed planet. Do they not know what's accompanying them in space, or is that what they're actively chasing?
15 ♢ Divinity
♢ Mer and Human
♢ There are stories told of what exactly it is that could be both human and fish... So it's not surprising that, eventually, one would land upon calling them divine entities, either gods of the sea or lakes, or just their messengers. Is that true, or just a very clever, long lasting ruse?
16 ♢ Afterlife
♢ Mer and/or Human
♢ Some say mer are just humans, wrongfully forced overboard by superstition or cruelty and welcomed by the sea into something more. Others say that they're the spirits, haunting a particular sea or lake town for a wrongful death. What's the truth? Time to find out.
17 ♢ Peaceful Living
♢ Mer and/or Human
♢ Not everything has to be a dramatic mess. Sometimes, things just... work out for the best. These are better times, and mer are just another part of life. Water-side towns where everything is built around those that share the waters with them, or huge metropolises with water tubes and sprouts for mer to travel through. How will you imagine this sort of life?
18 ♢ Wildcard
♢ follow your dreams, make up whatever
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I'm alright. Thank you...
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T-That's your name? Your real name?
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[Did he do a Mer faux pas?]
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[Wow. He... just gave her his name, just like that? And her Sight, blurry as it was from blood loss, could see no ill intent in his soul. He... He really was just being nice...]
[She looked down, her face still pink, but there was now an awed expression on it. Her tail flicked and her fins flared a bit, but overall she looked shocked... and oddly touched.]
Thank you... Adrien.
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You're welcome. Rest well...
[She didn't give her his name he noted, but that was okay. Standing up, he soon turned and left.]
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[It took some time. A week's time in the human's... no, in Adrien's home, resting and healing. While there she learned a few things about humans; how they cooked their food instead of simply eating it, how they could make all kinds of things, and many other odd tidbits. It was fascinating and interesting, and every night Adrien checked her bandages to make sure she was healing properly.]
[Eventually, her wounds had healed to the point she felt comfortable swimming, and she felt stronger, too. She would have to visit Tikki to get some proper healing magic done, but... this was still a vast improvement.]
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[Fortunately, Adrien made sure she wasn't bored or feeling too restless while she had to stay. He taught her about humans, any questions she might have regarding them and their surface life that she was curious about. Meanwhile, he learned a little more about her - although, he tried to avoid being too invasive. The less he truly knew about her kind was for the best.]
[Today was the day though. Her wounds were well enough that she could go back. It would be lonely without her company, but it had been nice while it lasted. Carefully, he carried her out towards the sea, feeling warm as the day proved to be clear.]
Ready to go home?
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[Marinette hung onto Adrien as he carried her to the water's surface. At once her spirits lifted as the scent of salt and seawater hit her, and her fin swished as an eagerness took hold. Adrien's bathtub had been nice, but she was eager to swim again.]
I'm surprised there aren't any more humans around.
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I chose this place because it was secluded... it's my getaway from other humans.
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[So humans had time away from their pods too? She hadn't seen anyone come by to visit Adrien...]
It's really beautiful... But doesn't your pod worry?
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[Ah, are they worried? He shook his head.]
No, they don't. They know where I am and can always reach me... [Always... but no time to linger. His feet begin stepping into the shallows.]
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[Her fins lowered a bit; she knew that sometimes merfolk traveled on their own, but it was safer to remain with the pod. She wondered why he had opted to separate from his...]
[She perked up as they neared the ocean, and as the tip of her tail touches the water a happy, melodious trill escapes her. Aah, the ocean! She had missed it so...]
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[But he might not come back for a while then...]
[Already eager to go. He smiled and made it down to his knees and to the point where it reached his waist. He lowered her into the water and loosened his hold.]
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[But she didn't swim away. She circled around the shallows completely submerged, not straying far from Adrien. When she did surface, it was like being reborn; her fins quivered and a long, happy note echoed in the air. It was a song of joy, of reunion and revitalization, of meeting an old friend.]
[After spending a few seconds reuniting with the sea, she turned back to Adrien, a bright smile on her face as she swam as close as she could to him.]
Thank you... Thank you so much, Adrien. Without your help, I...
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[And then... and then she came up. He knew he was staring, but the sight and the sounds she made. Wow...]
[He snapped back when she spoke and he managed to speak through his flush.]
Y-You're welcome... Just be careful for a few more days.
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[Tikki could heal the rest, but she would have to make it home first. But now that she could swim properly, she moved forward, swimming up towards him and wrapped her arms around his middle, pulling him into a sudden embrace.]
You are by far the kindest human I've ever met.
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That's kind of you to say... Take care of yourself, okay?
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I will. And you as well; healers are a blessing in any pod.
[She looked about ready to pull away, but stopped. She looked down for a moment, then back up, face bashful.]
My name is Marinette. You gave me your true name, it's only fair you have mine.
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Oh... thank you.
[She looked ready to pull away, and he was glad... but then she paused. Why did she suddenly look so shy? But then his mouth opened slightly.]
Your true name... Is that really okay? [So he had done a thing... whoops.]
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[Now that her Sight was strong, she could see his soul clearly. And it was still as bright and warm as beams of sunlight.]
[A part of her wanted to stay, wanted to shower him with gifts and repay his kindness in turn, but she knew she had to leave; her pod was waiting for her. Rubbing his cheek with her thumb, she soon pulled away slowly, crimson scales glinting in the light.]
Take care, Adrien... and, may the tides bring us together again some day.
[She drifted backwards slowly, watching him as she did. With a final smile, she turned and dove, swimming back into the depths of the ocean.]
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[He couldn't believe it. This certainly wasn't what he expected... and he hadn't expected anything.]
[Leaning slightly against her hand at his touch, he stepped back shortly after she pulled away.]
Yeah... See you, Marinette.
[As she drifted away, he raised a hand to wave, smiling all the while. She had to go - he knew this... but he already missed her. And turning, she dove and disappeared from the shore. For a few more minutes he watched to make sure... and then he turned himself back to shore, walking slowly back to his small abode.]
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[Soon, it was as if the mermaid was never there, and things returned to normal... although, a few days later Adrien would find a large, pink conch shell washed up on the beach at the spot where they had met.]