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

[lifesa_witch]

"That's fine with me." But then she glanced away, shyly playing with her hair a bit. "... Maybe we shouldn't have the same prize this time."

As much as she'd really like another round of love-making, she wasn't sure it would be safe with her injuries.

[richestduck]

"Aye," he agreed. "I don't want to hurt you.

"Maybe instead I could bring you up something pretty."

[lifesa_witch]

She quickly glanced over, interested, especially after the thieves had taken away all her pretty things, save the dresses. "A good idea, one of your rare ones."

[richestduck]

"I do have them sometimes," Scrooge told her with a smirk as he went to collect the shells.

[lifesa_witch]

"Always a momentous occasion." She settled on the floor, preparing herself.

[richestduck]

He chuckled as he laid them out in a line. He sat cross-legged behind them, waiting until she'd closed her eyes before he shielded four of the seven.

[lifesa_witch]

She closed her eyes, taking a few deep breathes. "So, what sense should I be focusing on?"

[richestduck]

"Let's try hearing this time," he told her.

[lifesa_witch]

Wait a second. "How am I supposed to hear a shield?"

[richestduck]

"Well, that's the point of the exercise, isn't it?" Scrooge asked her with a small smirk. "So you can learn."

He dismissed the shields and tapped the bottom of her beak so she would look at him.

"Other than sight which is pretty consistent, the other senses when they tap into magesight can vary from person to person. To you, my magic smells like the sea but you might get similar smells for other selkies' magic. However, to another selkie, it smells entirely different."

[lifesa_witch]

He could be a little smooth when he wanted to be, huh? She tried to pull back.

"I doubt at this rate I'll ever meet another selkie... but fine, fine. I'm ready, I'll try."

[richestduck]

Scrooge smirked and re-cast the shields on two shells. He said nothing, giving Magica the quiet to listen.

[lifesa_witch]

She closed her eyes, and attuned herself to the quiet. Birds chirping outside, Ratface pecking at his meal, the soft wind... ah but there was an outlier. Even with the cottage where it was, she shouldn't hear the ocean - yet she did.

Slowly, she began to touch one shell, circling it just in case.

[richestduck]

Scrooge waited, not saying anything until she made a definite choice. He already had ideas for mixing things up. Once she had mastered guessing from a line of items, he would hide them all over for her to locate.

[lifesa_witch]

After a moment of further hesitation and deciding, she circled two shells with a finger.

"Here... and here."

[richestduck]

"Very good," he told her.

He dismissed the shields before recasting on one of the shells before adding three others.

"Now?"

[lifesa_witch]

She winced a bit - now with so many shields, the sounds were crashing over each other, making it more difficult to single them out one by one.

"... Here... here, and... here?"

[richestduck]

"Close." He paused, realized something, and grimaced. "Sorry, lass. It's all janglin' in your ears, isn't it?"

[lifesa_witch]

She sighed, rubbing one side of her head. "It's like... waves crashing on the shore, climbing all over each other."

[richestduck]

"Sorry about that. You've been catching on so quickly that I didn't stop and think for a moment. That was unfair of me. Let's go another round without all that mess, shall we?"

He removed all of the shields before doing just two.

"As you get better, we'll add more to the noise."

[lifesa_witch]

Before she'd bite at him to stop making things so easier on her. Now... she didn't mind so much. There wasn't a real rush to improve what wasn't helping her out yet.

"... Thank you."

[richestduck]

"You're welcome, lass. Believe it or not, I'm not out to torture you."

[lifesa_witch]

"No, just to annoy me." She smirked.

[richestduck]

"Maybe a little," he smirked, raising a hand and holding his forefinger and thumb slightly apart.

[lifesa_witch]

She rolled her eyes before closing them again. "I just keep you around for the pretty things, so I'd better get back to earning them."