MerMarch because i said so

[blackmagicduck]

 

Types Of Mermaid:
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! 

Comments

[richestduck]

Scrooge raised an eyebrow. "Then pay me back by cooking the fish. I can't cook to save my life, and I'd like to have something that wasn't charcoal."

That part wasn't entirely a lie. He just typically ate his fish raw.

[blackmagicduck]

It would've been easy to say 'how hard is building a fire!' But... her stomach rumbled.

Pride was one thing, starvation was another.

She held herself and looked away. "Do whatever you want."

[richestduck]

"I will."

With that, Scrooge brushed off his hands. He looked at the basket.

"Mind if I borrow this? Fish aren't exactly easy to carry bare-handed."

[blackmagicduck]

"You break it, you get me a new one." Again, she refused eye contact.

[richestduck]

He crossed his heart and picked up the basket, heading down the beach past the rock where he'd hidden his seal skin. Within moments, he was swimming through the rapidly-darkening waters of the ocean, snagging herring from a school. Careful not to bite down or swallow, he brought each one back to shore to dump into the basket. Once he had six--plenty for dinner tonight and for her to have something for a good portion of tomorrow--he removed the skin and hid it.

He picked up the basket and started walking back, one of the herring's tail sticking up out of the top of the basket.

"Tada~"

[blackmagicduck]

That was... surprisingly quick, and without any sign of a fishing pole or spear. She blinked at his reappearance, curious as to what kind of skills he had.

She stood up - slower this time so she wouldn't wobble as she took back the basket. She hesitated, then, as if pulling teeth, she muttered "... Thank you."

[richestduck]

"You're welcome," Scrooge told her, sitting back down across from her. "I was lucky there was a school close enough to shore."

[blackmagicduck]

Was that all it? Even a school would scatter when a person approached.

She silently began to stab some of the fish onto sharp sticks and placed them near the fire. Further down in the basket, she pulled out a few herbs, crushing them in her hand and sprinkling them over the fish.

"It'll take a few minutes."

[richestduck]

"I've got plenty of time."

He leaned back on his hands.

"Might as well get to know one another, aye?"

[blackmagicduck]

The negative, snooty attitude came back full swing. "Silence is always good."

[richestduck]

Scrooge rolled his eyes. "Fine. I suppose."

With that, he tilted his head back to gaze up at the stars. He'd always liked looking at them.

[blackmagicduck]

The quiet that stretched out seemed to last for ages. Her eyes stayed on the fire - or at least tried to. Occasionally they'd look at him, but if he dared looked back, she went right back to the flames, trying to pretend she hadn't been ogling.

But she was definitely ogling.

Finally, she pulled one of the sticks out of the sand. "Here."

[richestduck]

Scrooge had noticed that she was ogling him. She wasn't as subtle as she thought she was.

Still, he took the offered stick as if he hadn't realized she'd been studying him. "Thank you. It smells wonderful."

He then proceeded to tear into his herring. Oh yes, the herbs she'd added to it made it a lot better than just eating it raw all the time.

"Tastes wonderful, too!"

[blackmagicduck]

Magica took her own stick and began to nibble in. Eating too fast, even when you were starving, led to nausea, and she couldn't afford that.

"It's just simple plants I grow in my garden. Anyone could find the seeds and grow their own."

[richestduck]

"If you've got the place for it, I suppose," Scrooge said with a nod.

Let her assume what she would about that statement. The truth was that the selkie colony shared a large set of rocks that they all slept on as seals, and Scrooge liked to get away from it all. Too many people in too small a space, and he wasn't particularly fond of some random pups climbing all over him. (Allegedly it was different when they were yours, but none of them were.)

[blackmagicduck]

"The world is large. Any place can be yours, if you have the strength for it."

It was simply the way the world worked. The strong ruled, and the weak obeyed.

[richestduck]

"That's a sentiment I'd expect from another man, not a pretty young lady like yourself," Scrooge noted, raising an eyebrow.

[blackmagicduck]

Pretty was expected. Young was not. As such, she glanced away, a little embarrassed.

"I've been alive long enough to know the ways of men."

[richestduck]

"The ways of the nasty ones at least," Scrooge mused aloud. "I suppose I shouldn't be surprised you're not too keen on me."

[blackmagicduck]

"Picking up on that at last, are you?" It wasn't exactly a smile, but it wasn't a scowl either.

[richestduck]

"Is it so hard to believe that I don't know how to read a room?" he asked with a snort.

[blackmagicduck]

"I guess I just haven't met anyone this stupid before. Congratulations." Petty as it was, this was cheering her up.

[richestduck]

"Oi!" Scrooge protested, greatly displeased by that.

[blackmagicduck]

"What, did you think I was going to be sweet and cute just because you called me nice things?" A huge chomp of fish.

"I've had plenty of men try to woo me with flowery words and ignore my protests. Then when their pride is wrecked, they whine to their wives, claiming I spelled them."

[richestduck]

Scrooge snorted. "Well, I've no wife to whine to if you go as far as shoving me into the sea. Pretty yet prickly lass you are."