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happilyeverbeginning2019-03-29 04:51 pm
blackmagicduck) wrote in happilyeverbeginning2019-03-29 04:51 pm
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MerMarch because i said so
1.Good: Everything said about merfolks is wrong. They are reclusive, but not evil. Especially not this one. Maybe they even saved you. No matter what, they love you, absolutely. And, were you to be honest, it was love at first sight on your end, too. But that doesn't mean you can be together...at least, not easily.
2. Bad: Come, jolly sailor bold. Come into the arms of a mermaid, and you will not regret it. They will hold you, and you cannot resist, even as you're dashed against the rock.
3. Wild: Good and evil cannot be applied to mermaids here, for they are like any other wild creature, more beast than man. Yet the more they're exposed to the kindness of humans or others who live on land, the more fond they grow towards it - and those who show them that kindness.
4. Ignorant: The mermaid's intentions are good, yet he or she doesn't realize what they could do to hurt their land dweller lover.
5. The Mermaid Dilemma: What can be done if someone wants to do more with a mermaid than give them kisses or sweet words? Not much, it seems. At first glance, that is, though who knows what can happen if one puts their mind to it.
6. Not What Was Expected: Beauty is always expected of a mermaid, but what if such a creature looked more like this? Who could care for such a beast? Well, there's still charm there, and with enough personality, appearances can be looked past.
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, carp. 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 ♢ 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?
9 ♢ 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?
10 ♢ 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?
11 ♢ 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.
12 ♢ 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.
13 ♢ 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?
14 ♢ 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?
15 ♢ 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.
16 ♢ 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?
17 ♢ Wildcard
♢ follow your dreams, make up whatever
Mix and Match the two, or pick one! Pick one of my characters to play with!
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[It's plenty fair, really. Her tail flicks about in reaction, splashing the water.]
That makes me ... anything else, you weirdo weirdy McWeirdson!
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[He's just going to keep at it.]
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Quit it, quit it! How dare you find out my darkest weakness!
[Hard to take that seriously when she's giggling like a madwoman. Her tail splashes even harder, almost like a dog's happy-signal.]
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Hey, you know mine.
[He's talking about money... He thinks.]
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[She grins - a hint of fang in there.]
... Counter-strike!
[With that, she attacks his sides! ... Wait-]
Curse you and your protective armor!
[The hoodie saves the day.]
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Yeah, it's pretty great for that.
[He has two brothers, after all, and roughhousing happens.]
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... But it can't protect you from everything!
[Maybe she can't tickle him, but she can tackle him down! Victory by other means is still a victory!]
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[He's still laughing, though, even as he finally stops tickling her.]
Fine, you win. [The shadows from the rocks along the beach are starting to get quite long. He can't ignore the time forever, and she seems pretty happy.] I should probably go home, anyway.
[She's still got him down for the count, of course...]
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[Her shoulders sink. She knows he has to go home, but every time he's had to leave her, it's always been a bummer.
She sighs, and pushes herself off of him, rolling a bit on the shore until she can "sit up".]
... You'll come back soon, right?
[It's the question she asks every single time he goes, even though she knows the answer by now.]
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[He gets to his feet, standing near her for a moment's pause. He feels like he wants to say more, but he doesn't know what the "more" is.]
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Tomorrow, okay! Same time! I'll bring the gold round things... and you just be a better person.
[Little grin.]
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I will.
[And then he realizes... Maybe it wasn't that there was one more thing he needed to say. Maybe there was one more thing he needed to do. Avoiding any eye contact, he leans down and gives Webby a hug. It's awkward - he's never initiated a hug between them before, and he's clearly out of his depths - and he backs away quickly, but he smiles as he does so.]
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But this is... hm.
She feels... strange again. Good strange. Bubbly, warm, stupid strange. She's smiling, but not the big, wide, enthusiastic grin she usually sports. It's more soft and content, and she doesn't realize how different it looks on her.
She chuckles softly instead of her usual high-pitched giggle.]
... You really are weird.
... I'm glad you're weird.
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Thanks.
...I don't want to go home.
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["want you to go home", she almost says, but cuts herself off, looking away. It's an awful thing to say, true as it is. He has a family, a life outside of her, and it's selfish to take it away. No matter how lonely she is and how wonderful it feels when he's around.
Life's not very fair.]
... But you have to. Your family will get worried, won't they?
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Sometimes it's still really hard to feel like he brings anything to the family table. He knows they love him, but do they need him?]
I guess?
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She does look back out at the water... and still doesn't move.
Ugh. She really is awful, isn't she?]
I'm sure they would. It's your family. I bet they care about you a whole lot. If my Granny thought I was gone for a while, she'd tear apart the continents trying to find me.
[... Horrifying, but accurate, though she doesn't realize how it sounds.]
You shouldn't get them upset because of me.
[She's not worth it, so she thinks.]
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They do care! I just...
[He likes being here, with her, more.]
...Well, I guess we both have to go home, though. [He tries to smile, but doesn't really manage it.] We don't want the continents being ripped up, right?
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[She takes a deep breath, and forces herself to move. Given what she is, she has to crawl to the deeper part of the water, then stops to glance back at him one final time.]
... Tomorrow! ... You weirdo.
[A sad little smile, and then she dives into the water, her tail flicking up the last thing he'll see before she's submerged.]