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mermaid oh murmur into my ear

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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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[Okay, nothing crazy had happened yet. Maybe this would be okay.

... Or he could just casually walk forward into the deeper part of the water.

She wanted to shout at him to stop, that it wasn't safe if he didn't know how to swim.

But he made the decision before she could even force herself to move. When he went under, she rushed forward, no longer particularly worried about being spotted because his safety was more important than staying out of sight. And he didn't look that dangerous.]

Don't do that! It isn't safe!

[It never occurred to her to wonder if he could even speak underwater, but then she wasn't thinking straight at the moment. She didn't understand why but seeing him go under like that made her heart ache.]

[It's freezing and part of him realized he wasn't sure what he was waiting for now at this point. Was he supposed to feel himself change? And if he did, would it hurt? Was it suppose to be instant or would he probably drown first? So many questions...]

[And then, a voice spoke. That was peculiar, but even underwater, it sounded like it was near. Just managing to open his eyes, both of them shot open wide and he gasped, drawing water into his mouth. Hurriedly, he closed it again, but the damage was done. He panicked.]

[So maybe charging at him at full speed wasn't the best idea, but she wasn't exactly thinking straight. Humans weren't supposed to just dive under the water like that, and she couldn't figure out why this one had felt the need to do so. What was he trying to do?]

Wait!

[That probably wasn't the best thing to say in this situation, but it was the first thing that popped into her head before she crashed into him. Without really thinking about it, she slid her arms around him and pulled him close. Her first thought was to try and get him back up out of the water again, but what were the odds of him fighting her on it?

The fact that he'd swallowed some water and was now panicking wasn't helping her nerves, either.]

It's going to be okay!

[He doesn't know what she's doing, but he was a little distracted by just... well, looking at her. Here he was beginning to drown and the girl holding onto him wasn't - or didn't appear to be - human. Was this from swallowing too much water? He was hallucinating from lacking oxygen?]

[Either way, he wasn't fighting her.]

[This had escalated quickly and she honestly wasn't sure what to think. Her mind was reeling, because why would a human be trying to drown themselves? What could possibly be that bad?

But now was hardly the time to worry about that. It was more important to get him to the surface where drowning wouldn't be an issue. That thought in mind, she tightened her grip on him and held him close as she rushed upward.]

[He continued to let her do as she pleased, feeling a bit strange while she did so. He should've read up more on drowning because what were the signs? Still, he managed to collect himself enough to realize their trajectory was up towards the surface.]

[... And immediately, he began to squirm.]

[They were almost there when he started to struggle, and she was so startled by the sudden movement that she lost her grip on him for a second.

She was able to recover soon enough, but there was no telling if he'd be able to get free because of it.]

I'm trying to help you. Stop!

[Save him? Trying to save him? She was stronger than he expected, but he was feeling heavy.]

[He can't maintain his struggle and soon just left her able to take him back up. His hand though kept the charm clutched tight.]

[Mostly, she was just confused as to why he'd want to do this in the first place. Being a human wasn't that bad, was it? She couldn't really imagine things being bad enough to make him want to drown himself.

It didn't take long at all to reach the surface once he'd settled down again, and once his head was above the water, she relaxed her grip on him.]

What were you doing?

[He coughed, spitting out water he'd previously swallowed beneath, ignoring how the corner of his eyes stung. He recovered his breath and looked at Marinette.]

... T-Trying something. I... didn't intent to start drowning.

You weren't trying to drown yourself?

[Humans were so weird sometimes. She could have sworn that was what he was doing, but apparently she'd been mistaken.

Marinette tilted her head at him.]

What were you trying to do? Maybe I can help.

[This was perhaps the other reason he hadn't told anyone of his plan. Because... well, it wasn't going to sound sane.]

... I was told there was a way to temporarily become a merfolk. I looked into it and thought tonight would be the night.

[Of all the possible reasons he could have for not trying to drown himself, she wouldn't have guessed that one.]

I... Do you not like being the way you are?

[He had to consider because he actually wasn’t sure... but he finally shook his head.]

No, I just... I wanted to get away from this life for a while.

[That made her frown, mostly because she hadn't ever heard of a way for someone to temporarily become a mer. The only way she knew of involved drowning...]

Is it that bad?

[She wasn't really trying to be condescending. He seemed genuinely upset and it made her heart ache, which was just weird in general because she barely even knew this human.]

If I’m trying this... I guess it has gotten to a low point...

[He sighed. And if he told anyone, his dad would probably just make it worse trying to make him better.]

[What was she supposed to say to that? She honestly couldn't imagine things getting so bad that she'd want to try something similar.

Instead of even trying to come up with something to say, she slid her arms around him and pulled him close.

Maybe not the best idea, or even what he was expecting, but there it was.]

[He’s certainly embarrassed by his actions now and can’t believe he’d have to explain to his father. He just wanted a few hours, maybe a day to be away from it all.]

[His eyes grow when she realized though... she’s hugging him.]

Why... are you...? You don’t even know me...

[It wasn't something she thought much about, so it hadn't even occurred to her that doing such a thing might seem a little weird to someone else]

You're right, I don't know you. But you looked sad...

[And she'd been pretty sure he was trying to drown himself.]

You just looked like you needed it.

... Thanks.

[And it did make him feel a little better.]

I can't remember the last time someone hugged me like this.

You don't have to thank me for that.

[It seemed a little silly to thank someone for that, but she wasn't going to hold it against him. Mostly because it seemed like he did genuinely need it just then.]

Is that why you were trying to get away?

I feel like I should... you didn't have to save me either. Thinking I could become something else just to escape was a silly idea.

[Running away for a hug? He shook his head.]

Not really. I just... I want to stop being who I am for a while.

You're welcome, then.

[It really wasn't necessary to thank her, but if he wanted to, she wasn't going to make light of it.]

I know I didn't. I just... didn't want you to drown.

[Which was odd because she hardly knew this boy.]

It wasn't silly. I get wanting to escape sometimes.

[Not that she'd ever actually considered becoming something else, but the sentiment wasn't entirely foreign to her.]

So forget who you are for a while. Stay here with me.

[She still hadn't released him, and she shifted slightly to rub his back in what she hoped was a calming manner. It wasn't a perfect solution, but it was better than nothing.]

[It was odd. Had they met before? He felt like he would remember her more if they had... but it might also be the shock still keeping him from remembering.]

... You do? But, you're out here. Or, do you feel trapped here?

[The biggest portion of the river definitely wasn't this location. But he's take aback by her words.]

Stay...? Is that okay? Aren't you worried?

[He doesn't mind at all staying with her, but didn't mermaids... weren't humans dangerous?]

[She liked to think she'd know if they'd met before. She couldn't remember seeing him before tonight, but there was something about him that felt familiar. It was frustrating because usually her memory was good.]

I don't feel trapped. But sometimes I wonder what it would be like if things were different.

[There was no memory of being born, though she assumed she must have been. No memory of being small, but it surely must have happened. In fact, the only memories she had were of being this way.]

You can stay for a while. I'm not worried about you.

[Admittedly, humans could be dangerous at times. This one, though? He just seemed lost, more than anything.]

Aren't you worried?

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