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

[blackmagicduck]

Perhaps the dress was making her feel a bit bolder. "And what happens if I win?"

[richestduck]

"Depends," Scrooge said. He raised a brow, smirking. "What do you want if you win?"

[blackmagicduck]

Suddenly confronted, she began to lose her momentary bravado. She hesitated, glancing away, wishing she could learn how not to blush.

"... A kiss."

Gods, he was going to say something stupid, wasn't he, like she didn't need to win to get one!

[richestduck]

"A kiss per round?" Scrooge asked, misinterpreting what she was saying. "I like that idea."

[blackmagicduck]

... Haaa. She should be relieved, shouldn't she?

"... Fine. B-But that's it, don't get any other ideas in your head!"

[richestduck]

"Yes, ma'am," he told her, still grinning.

[blackmagicduck]

They returned to the cottage, with Ratface taking a nap on the roof. Magica placed her old dress aside, noting that now she had a spare, she could wash it later.

"So, what are these games?"

[richestduck]

"Largely versions of 'hide and seek'," Scrooge told her, "but we're going to start small. You ever played a shell game before?"

[blackmagicduck]

She shook her head no. "You'll have to explain it."

[richestduck]

"I'll have to get a few shells from the beach, but the idea is that you have a set of identical shells or something else to cover up a small ball. The shells are then mixed up, and the player has to guess which shell has the ball under it. Correct answer's a win." He shrugged. "Basically, it's a very small scale version of hide and seek."

[blackmagicduck]

That sounded simple - and vaguely familiar - enough. "I can handle that. Fetch me some pretty shells."

[richestduck]

He nodded and parted ways with her to begin hunting for shells. However, he tossed back over his shoulder, "Try practicing light meditation while I'm gone: Falling into a meditative state while still remaining alert to what's around you."

[blackmagicduck]

"Fine, fine, fine..." She closed her eyes, waiting until she couldn't hear his footsteps.

Truth be told, she wasn't going to meditate right away. While she was still shy and nervous, the dress still had some left over confidence - plus there was last night's frustration to consider. If she could just swallow her pride, and win these games, maybe she could with those kisses, maybe... seduce him?

The idea itself made her entire face hot - he was attracted to her, for some reason, and she still didn't entirely believe this magesight and enhanced magic would do her any real good. So, why not use it to what would actually make her happy? All he had to do was not be an idiot for one day, surely he could manage that!

She did try to meditate after planning it out, at least.

[richestduck]

It took a bit of time to find seashells that fit the bill. They were similar enough to one another that no one would tell them apart at first blush, at least.

Besides, the "ball" wasn't going to be as simple as something that could be listened for or seen by the naked eye.

Scrooge returned to the cottage, entering as quietly as possible to see if she was back in that deep trance or not.

[blackmagicduck]

She was so distracted by her ridiculous plan that her trance wasn't nearly as deep as before, and her eyes flashed open.

"I assume you got them all?"

[richestduck]

She was certainly doing better than expected.

"I did," Scrooge said, sitting down in front of her and beginning to set out seven seashells in a line on a flat, smooth surface. "You know the basic rules, but the magesight version is slightly different. Rather than having a ball under a shell, the correct shell will have a magical shield over it that you can only see and feel through magesight. I might use the same shell over and over or I might switch shells. Each time you succeed at which shell is the correct one, you'll get a kiss. Are you ready?"

[blackmagicduck]

So she had to succeed, and she wouldn't let herself fail. She would make Scrooge submit to her charms - or, well, maybe she'd submit to his, given that amused expression he was wearing.

She closed her eyes, inhaling and exhaling deeply in order to better prepare herself. To hell with magic, she was lonely, dammit.

"I'm ready."

[richestduck]

He started simple, shielding the middle seashell.

To Magica's eyes, it would look like a faint soap bubble surrounding the shell. However, it bent around the edges of the adjacent shells along with maintaining its spherical shape even through the ground.

Depending on how else she perceived magic, she might feel a zone of refreshing coolness surrounding the shell by hovering her hand close to it. She might hear a faint bubbling when she leaned in close. Her nose might detect a whiff of salt water, or her tongue might even taste it.

"All right. Which one?"

[blackmagicduck]

Maybe she should have taken that meditation advisement more seriously - all of this was like a flood of senses, blurring together, almost making if difficult to paw through and see clearly.

She shut her eyes again, trying to calm down, before opening again. Just breathe, and look. Don't do anything else. Don't think of anything.

Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.

Slowly, she reached out to touch the middle one.

[richestduck]

He leaned in to kiss her. "Very good."

[blackmagicduck]

Doing that took so much of her energy that the kiss threw her off - damn! She flushed, and ducked her head down afterwards.

"Ah, um, yes... let's do it again." The game, she meant!

[richestduck]

Scrooge smirked and leaned down to start swirling the different shells around. When he stopped and lined them back up, this time the was third from the left.

[blackmagicduck]

Now that she knew what to expect, she could face it a little better. She was about to point, then stopped.

If this was right, now she could prepare better.

She pointed, then inhaled. "This one... and..." She pulled back to gesture at her neck. "... Kiss me here."

[richestduck]

He leaned in to kiss her neck, taking a moment to linger as he grinned from ear to ear.

"Two for two. You're good at this."

[blackmagicduck]

Couldn't he at least act surprised!

"M-Mmm... j-just set it up again."