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Every gift was a delight when she learned that the paper was meant to be broken, that it was okay to break it, it was for that, she was afraid to accidentally destroy the things inside... But she is more calmed now, more relaxed with everything that was happening, everything.... was literally precious. For her they were jewels that has to be kept safe.

She knew how the spear works, how the clothes works by now, with the explanation of how the hair barrette works, She puts in on very proudly, the cloack was beautiful and warm, wrapping herself in it, she was warm and looked even more mystical than before, then came Rayman's gift... 𝐨𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠... 𝐨𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐠

She was in love, oh, 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑛 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝘩𝑖𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝘩𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡.... 𝐺𝑎𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝘩𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒�� 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠, 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝘩𝑒 𝘩𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝘩𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠

“ 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔... 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞... 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝... 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞... ”

Says her as she just hugs everyone, one by one, the hugs, the kisses, the warmth, this was her place, her true place, her true identity... She belonged here.

Rayman sighed in relief when Naida told him it didn't hurt much. He guided her over to the table once more and asks if she prefers to sit across from him or next. Once they were seated, they finished their feast before Grute began to pass the presents around. Everyone listened to her explain how the scale wishes work.

"I think I'm going to save mine. Use it for something very special when the time comes."

Rayman took notice of how Naida wasn't opening the gifts the crew got for her. He called her name gently and smiles as he shows her how to undo the bows and just tear at the paper wrapping.

Naida had received lots of gifts from the crew. A new set of comfortable clothes that Naida could wear even while swimming from Minnie, The Doc and Bertha had gifted her special creams that she can use to keep both her skin and her tail scales healthy and moisturized, Finnegan had gifted Naida a conch shell and a hand written note about how he had found it on the beach and thought of her. Little Lum's gift was the smallest, and contained a hair barrette with a small piece of fake coral and tiny fake pearls. Grute's gift was the biggest and contained a spear he had crafted just for her. It was made from sharpened bone and shell, perfect for harpooning fish or fighting off hungry predators. The Black Lum's gift was a hooded cloak that would keep Naida warm and protected from the weather.

Rayman then slid over his present to her, holding a smile as she opened it. Inside was a box in the shape of a scallop shell. When she opened the shell, a tiny mermaid started to gently spin while music played. It was a music box. Rayman began to shyly stare at his hands, tapping his two fingers together as gentle blush formed on his cheeks.

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Esas palabras.... ella podía sentirlo todo, todo el rencor que tiene dentro de su corazón, ella no era ajena a esos sentimientos de soledad, e incluso había veces que deseaba con todo su ser poder estar sola y disfrutar de un momento de paz y tranquilidad dentro de la colonia. Pero como se dice... 𝘩𝑎𝑦 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑑𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎 𝑜 𝑝𝑢𝑒𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎...

En ese caso, su soledad era absoluta y por mero accidente, ella no quería estar completamente sola.

Ella necesitaba compañía para poder sobrevivir, las sirenas son seres que necesitan una colonia, apoyo para poder hacer cosas, 𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐦𝐚́𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐮𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬....

Comida, solo eso... comida. Así se sentía sola, como una presa esperando al ataque, la ansiedad siempre llendo a más, cada sengudo, auque no lo pareciera, era una agonía para el mamifero marino.

Alejándose más y más del agua, sin compañía, ella no es más que un bocadito de color violeta.

“ ¿ 𝙻𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊́𝚜 ﹖¿𝚃𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊́𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚘 ﹖𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚘.... 𝚈𝚘 𝚗𝚘... ”

Ella estaba muy agadecida, eso era la verdad. Una suave sonrisa inundaba su hermoso rostro, una sonrisa real, nada de engaños ni de hechizos con su encanto y voz, no... ella no es así- su corazón estaba en el sitio correcto, acercandose mucho más al dragón, la sirena se alejó totalmente del agua, era hora de aprender algo nuevo por su parte... aprender a vivir en la tierra firme.

“ 𝙴𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚘, 𝚗𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚊 𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚢𝚞𝚍𝚎... 𝙽𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚒́, 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚘 𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚊 𝚕𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎... 𝙿𝚞𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚊, 𝚃𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘... 𝙽𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚘. ”

Trondo, con su postura erguida y su mirada ardiente, dejó escapar un suave bufido, como si el aire que salía de sus fosas nasales pudiera esparcir la carga de sus pensamientos. Su larga cabellera trenzada caía desordenadamente sobre sus hombros, moviéndose con cada ligero gesto. Los destellos del sol sobre sus escamas marrones y naranjas se asemejaba al mar de arena agitándose en el profundo y bello desierto de Pacificadores, a veces creando espejismos terribles para el viajero no experimentado.

“¿Sabes? La soledad puede ser un enemigo despiadado, desde luego. Pero para mi, ha sido mi mejor amiga y mi más tierna aliada.” dijo, la raspada voz elevándose por encima del sonido del oleaje. Frunció el ceño debajo de la bandana, permitiendo que su expresión reflejase el fragmento de empatía que había encontrado en el corazón de aquel ser marino. “No soy ajeno a ese sentimiento, Naida. Creer que la compañía puede aliviar el peso es cierto, pero también está el temor a abrirse y perder más.”

Paró sus palabras para volver su vista al mar. Se sentía realmente perdido con ese vacío inexorable aprisionando su corazón, pero incluso así había algo que lo jalaba de vuelta a la supervivencia extrema. Y aunque ese pensamiento fuese ciertamente egoísta, saber que no era el único que se encontraba en una situación lamentable le hacía sentirse menos desesperado. Al menos, ya no estaba ''solo'' en su infinita tristeza.

La mirada que había estado perdida en la espuma de mar arremolinándose en la arena ahora subía poco a poco hasta posarse en la figura de Naida de nuevo. La hermosa perfecta cola iridiscente, pálida piel y hermoso rostro. Desde luego, ese mundo era cruel hasta con los seres más bellos.

Volvió a suspirar, esta vez su antiguo y característico mal humor llameando de vuelta. No quería realmente compañía a largo plazo, pero ¿qué iba a hacer? ¿Dejar a aquella sirena con la que parecía haber hecho buenas migas a su suerte? Era ridículo, lo sabía, y aún así sabía que tenía que ayudarla fuese como fuese. Aquí era el punto en el que Trondo sabía, muy a su pesar, que su jornada de soledad autoimpuesta y autoindulgente debía terminar.

Era hora de volver a confiar en alguien y pasar a la acción.

''Está bien... Está bien... No pienso dejarte aquí sola a que te pase algo cuando no sabes donde están los tuyos. Me quedaré contigo. Pero te aseguro que... Si veo algo raro, algún atisbo de traición por parte tuya, no querrás verme en mis peores momentos''

Y esa advertencia, tratándose de todas sus cicatrices, tatuajes y aspecto en general, parecía ir bastante enserio.

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Naida listened to the doctor speak as he explained what to do next time... she was still getting used to the life on the land, still getiing used to everything. But honestly ﹖she loved it, it was great, it was something that she loved and wanted to see more and more of the world. Not just the water... This life it was hers now and she loved it.

when they reached for the scales, the violette just looked at them with a smile, before she shakes her head at Rayman's question, 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫.

“ 𝙽𝚘, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝙸𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝... 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞���𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚊. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎. ”

Says the mermaid as she just sits on her sit again waiting for the rest to open everything even thought is better if she explains that to everyone...

“ 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜.... 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎. 𝙱𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 ﹖, 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔. ”

Explains Naida to the rest of the people as she waits for the rest to open their gifts first. she doesn't mind if she is the last one, she doesn't know how to opend them anyways, she needs the help.

The Doc couldn't help but give a smile when Naida explained what she was doing. He gave her shoulder a friendly pat.

"Word of advice: next time, it might be a good idea to either warn us you're going to do that, or maybe step out of the room until you're done. They'll have less of a reaction if you do. No harm done. Everyone was just scared that you might've hurt yourself. Some of them are still learning about how this mermaid thing works."

Once he had finished tending to her wounds, Grute held the door open for her to leave and the two would follow behind her as she made her way back to the galley.

The others happily took a scale each. Rayman slowly walks over and reaches for the scale and takes it. He stares at it for a moment before looking back to her.

"...That didn't... hurt, did it...?"

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The mermaid was confused the whole time, why did they react like that ﹖She knew what she was doing, but it made her sad that they stoped their things for her... It wasn't fair!! For them, she messed it up again, didn't she ﹖

Her head hanging as she just lets Doc treat her scale wounds, it didn't hurt not at all... When he asked if she needed something for the pain, the mermaid just shakes her head no. it didn't hurt, not even one bit as she just waits.

“ 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜... 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜- 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔... ”

Says the violet haired female as she just dries her skin before she could turn and return to the room with the scales still in her hands, the bit of blood of each scale still.

“ 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞... 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚎!! ”

The violet haired female spoke with a gentle smile but her smile grew a bit more when Rayman was close to her.

Upon witnessing Naida tear her own scales out, Finnegan's violin was heard screeching a little. Rayman started to panic upon watching, causing The Black Lum to go over and place a hand on his shoulder. She remained calm and motioned with her head for Doc to see to Naida. The Doc urged Grute to pick Naida up and bring her with him for a moment. He then asked Minnie to heat some clean water for him. Grute carried Naida outside of the galley and set her down against the wall of one of the private quarters. The Doc soon joined them with the basin of hot water and some medical supplies. He goes over to Naida while Grute hangs back and leans against the wall near the door. The Doc waved his hand over Naida for a moment and a sparkling mist surrounded her before quickly disappearing.

"I gave you a little something that will temporarily suppress your mermaid transformation. This way I can clean your wounds without your tail trying to come out and cause you more pain. It won't last long and it should fade once I'm done."

The Doc began to clean the wounds on Naida's legs, bandaging the spots that needed it from when she ripped her scales off.

"Do you need anything for pain? I know some of the guys may have reacted with fear or shock, but I wouldn't worry too much. Rayman will be fine once he's talked with Minnie and the captain. We'll get your legs fixed up and we'll take you back to the galley to continue the festivities. It'll take a lot more than that to get us to stop our celebration. Once Rayman knows you are okay, he will be too.

As for Finn, he was just shocked. He'll be fine too. Give them a few minutes and confirmation that you're fine and it'll be like nothing happened."

[sircina]

@spoocys-glade-of-dreams

[sircina]

Naida looked at Grute once he seated next to her and spoke. Should she tell him about this ﹖She idn't have nothing for them, but her own scales...

Taking her glass of water and pouring it on herselt to have the painful transformation, the mermaid started to rip off her own scales of her tail, one for each member of the crew. 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝... 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞...

Even tho it was painful, she did it to show her love for them... She will heal, she has been throught much worse... This was nothing, when you have to survive in the sea since day one...

“ 𝙼𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜... 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍... 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗��𝚜𝚜... 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝. ”

Said Naida as she just waits to dry herself and start to change again, but now with the little marks of her sacrifice that will grow up in time.

As the others continued their feast and chatting amongst each other, Grute took notice of how Naida was acting. He lets Minnie know that he's excusing himself for a moment and goes to Naida, sitting beside her.

"Something on your mind, lass? I notice how you've been eyeing Rayman and the pile of gifts. What are you thinking about?"

[sircina]

The mermaid just looked at everyone an when Rayman smiled at her, she had a little blush in her features, listening to the captain, she agrees with the rest, as she learned to eat everything presented in front of her, the land truly was incredible that is for sure, no more just kelps and fishes, there are more foods, more flavors, different textures!! everything was great!!

Once that she has heard the music again, and saw how Doc acted with Finnegan, she looked at Rayman and did the same, giving a sigh with softened eyes and a lovestuck smile, oh she loved him, and not as family... Finally a smile appearing into her features and it was a beautiful smile that not many has seen, as she didn't have reasons to smile surviving...

Finally Naida just finished eating her food waiting for the rest, she cared for them so what she can give them ﹖𝐎𝐇 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒!! 𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐋, 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒!!

She just needs to get wet and get over the pain. She can do that!!

Once his gifts were placed in the pile, he would sit with the rest of the crew and with Naida. He smiles when he sees her reach across for his hand. He slides it closer so she can take it. They would hear footsteps heading down into the galley and were now joined by the captain and their navigator, Little Lum. The Black Lum set the gifts by the pile and sat down with everyone, Little Lum perched on her hat.

"Once the feast is done, we'll eat. After we eat, we'll get to open gifts. Sound good with everyone?"

Everyone chimed in to agree. They would continue their songs until Minnie was ready with the feast. Grute began to bring over the dishes and set the table for everyone. Minnie sat beside Grute and they all began to eat. Rayman instructed Naida on how to eat the various dishes set out for them. Finnegan finished his food first and got up from the table to pull his fiddle out. He began to play more Christmas melodies as the others continued to eat. The Doc would stare at Finnegan and let out a sigh. He seems enamored by the sight.

[sircina]

The mermaid listened to him as he spoke to her... the humanoids did do that to their children and everyone they care about... the land truly was different from the mermaids if they did that. They showed love, they showed care...

But at Rayman's words, her eyes went a bit misty. He cares for her and a lot.... But in what way ﹖She doesn't know but know that she is loved is more than enough for her... the land truly was better than the sea, before he sat her down, she just did an instinctive move and wrapped her arms around him, she doesn't know what she was doing but she liked it

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐲... 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢��𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦...

“ 𝚈𝚘𝚞... 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎... 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞... 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 ”

Said Naida drying her tears with her hands as she looks at them but mostly to Rayman... was a way to confess to him ﹖Could be as she just stretching her hand to take his from across the table

"A gift is a present. Something that you give to someone to show that you care. And "care" in this sense is how much you love someone. Be if familial, platonic, or romantic.

Familial love is like parents and their children, on land most humanoid races raise their children differently than the mermaids do. It can also apply to your siblings, cousins, uncles, aunts, you name it. Platonic is the love you have for friends. The crew cares about each other like that. Then there's romantic. Minnie and Grute is our biggest example. They are engaged to be married, and a knaaren wedding means they'll have a partner for a lifetime and no one else. They want to grow old together and maybe have a family of their own one day.

I care about you very much, Naida. I'm glad I got to meet you and I hope you'll stay with us for a long time. See that pile of gifts in the corner? There's some for you in there too. I'll help you find yours when it's time to open them. I need to add the ones from me to the pile, and the captain will need to add the ones from her and little lum."

Rayman guides Naida inside the galley and sits her down at the tables. He sits across from her and asks Minnie to bring him some bubble grog whenever she's free. The other crew members continue to sing their carols over their grog.

[sircina]

The mermaid at feel 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡���𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧... 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞...

But soon it ends as she listens to him explain, they want her to join them for real ﹖The land was a beautiful place, they did not only survive but they needed each other for more thhan that, she has never felt something like that before...

“ 𝚈𝚘𝚞... 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜... 𝚠-𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚊-𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝... 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝... 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠... 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎... 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 ﹖𝙳𝚘... 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 ﹖𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 ﹖”

asked Naida as she just smiles softly before she just smiles more uncounciously, she liked this... she doesn't know why but perhaps the feeling wanted and not abandoning her could be the reason.

The crew had gathered in the galley and were singing Christmas songs together over mugs of bubble grog. There was a pile of gifts in the corner and Minnie appears to be busy cooking a lot of food. Grute would get up to assist her whenever she asked for it.

It was some kind of celebration. Rayman was late and had only just arrived, he smiles to Naida as he watches her stare into the room. He goes over and puts a hand to her back.

"Don't be shy. We're having a holiday celebration called Christmas. For us, it's a time spent together with friends and family, showing how much you care about them. Some show that care by preparing large feasts, and some exchange gifts.

We do all that. Please, will you come join us? The Captain will be here soon. She's finishing wrapping the rest of her gifts and helping LIttle Lum with theirs."

[sircina]

Pontus just hand shaked and hugged everyone, except Mona that he greeted with cheek kisses as a formal greeting, before he takes Pearl from his daughter's arms so he can meet her for the first time

"I know she is not yours by blood, but she is still yours and will be loved as an Ianthe Agua!! "

Says him as he gives the baby to his daughter, gathering instead all the suitcases and bags into the van, Naida sits on the co-pilot sit, but not before giving Pearl to Rayman so he keeps her safe, kissing his lips with a smile

“ 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚖�� 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎, 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜, 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎!! ”

Says Naida with misty eyes, out of happiness, her family even tho it wasn't of blood, it was made with heart and love.

" She has always been a bit of a crybaby with beautiful moments. Okay, is everyone, ready ? We are going to my daughter's house first, then we are going to my house. Nerida will love to meet you all. Same with the Great Grandma... she will be most interested in you than anyone else, Rayman, my boy... I know that you are from Dimension X... Our families, too. They arrived here long time ago... The Grandparents of Naida's mother and mine came from there. They will love to meet you all. "

Confeses Pontus as he drives to Naida's house, a big, and pretty house near the beach.

“ 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝟺 ��𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚜, 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢- ”

Naida was cut off, before a young redhead mermaid and human hybrid jumped on her making her fall on the floor, with a thud. Of course her cousins were here and still living in her house.

“ 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎? 𝙶𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚊... 𝙶𝙾 𝙰𝚆𝙰𝚈. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢, 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 '𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚊'𝚜' 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎. ”

Rayman moved over as Naida instructed, only to see fans of his girlfriend. Floyd let out a huge laugh as Naida began tending to the girls.

"I know what that's like. Here honey, let me take Pearl from you real quick. At least until you're done with them."

Floyd takes his niece into his hold to protect her from the fans that might try to grab Naida. Rayman stays beside his beloved and makes sure no one tries to hurt her or bother her. Once the fans dispersed, Floyd handed Pearl off to Rayman to carry. He stayed hidden within Naida's coat and breathed a sigh of relief when her father finally arrived. When he asked which among them was Naida's boyfriend, he takes his beloved by the hand and steps forward.

"That would be me, sir. I'm Rayman, but everyone tends to call me Ramon."

He let out a small yelp when Naida's father gave him that tight hug. Once the shock wore off, he couldn't help but let out a laugh and smile to his girlfriend. He was accepted? Oh what a wonderful feeling! He wasn't going to be shunned after all. She was right! He goes to Naida once released and gives her a sweet kiss on the lips.

"I'm sorry for worrying so much. Thank you for the reassurance, my love."

[sircina]

What were they doing ﹖Why they were singing songs ﹖And what were those things with different motives ﹖Those thing weren't moving, so they aren't dangerous but why are they on the center of the room ﹖she didn't understand nothing, not at all... The mermaid just tilted her head at everything, confused. Not understanding nothing... She just stood there by the door looking at the floor, not wanting to disturb them. She has learned a few things while on this ship, like read and write, even tho she was still not pretty good at it she was learning...

Her eyes focused on the interior on the room, but not knowing if join them or not...

@spoocys-glade-of-dreams

[sircina]

Naida was relaxed, until she hears a scream and sees girls running at them, making Rayman sit on the other side quickly to not let them see him, even tho she covered him and Pearl with her jacket as she just looked at the girls, oh they were fans of her... after all this is her land and started as singer in here, nothing else... opening a channel for her music, and soon being discovered by a discographic before having her music in the radio...

The mermaid just looked at the fans and smiled softly... waving at them, before she signed autographs and made pictures with them.. her smile faded after a bit... she forgot that she was famous here...

The travel ended after an hour, as she just continues to cover Rayman with her jacket.

Not even five minutes later, her father arrived, a mermaid of deep blue hair and a moustache and beard to acompany the look. Looking at everyone that came with his daughter that greeted her with a bunch of kisses and a hug.

"Which one is your boyfriend? your mother doesn't know that you are here still is a surprise!!"

Says him after Naida just grabs Rayman by the hand, the big mermaid looked at him, allowing Naida to take their daughter from him before he just hugged Rayman tight.

He was welcome in the family. Naida just was watching with a smile in her features as she nuzzled her daughter softly.

“ 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎... 𝙸 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎... ”

Rayman was a mix of both excited and nervous on the plane ride to Spain. When they had touched down, he offers to take Naida's suitcase so she'd have enough free hands to carry Pearl. Everyone was checking to make sure they had all their bags and suitcases. Even Floyd was able to come with on this trip, and he seems just as excited to be there as the rest of them.

The blonde limbless takes their daughter from Naida and returns the nose nuzzle. Everyone began to nod when Naida offered to show them the important places. They would begin running to catch their train. Once on board, Rayman stayed close to Naida. Raymona, Bullfrog, and Floyd forming a sort of protective barrier around him and Naida just in case of any suspicious activity. Given their line of work, they could never be too careful.

[sircina]

  The mermaid was with her family outside of the plane, they arrived to Barajas... Finally, everyone was talking spanish, and even tho seeing the Hybrids wasn't a norm, there were more hybrids around Spain as the times goes... it wasn't still a norm but they were welcomed and respected.

“ 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞... 𝚘𝚑, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚢𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚜 𝚒 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝... 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎... 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜'. 𝙼𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝚆𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚗... 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐... 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚞𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚕. 𝙸𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘!! ”

Says Naida as she has Pearl in one arm and in the other her suitcase, looking around for the terminal of the train, running as the intercom voice said that it was about to leave.

“ 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 ﹖ ”

Says the violet haired as she sits besides Ramon ( @spoocys-glade-of-dreams ) on the train nuzzling her boyfriend letting Pearl go towards him. Her eyes showed happiness!! 𝐎𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄!!.

[sircina]

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fantasy aesthetics // mermaids

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[sircina]

Violet eyes focused on the younger one, a bouncing leg was still the only movement that the older mermaid was doing... 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬 ﹖𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. But then again, she knew it was dangerous, so she just has to oblidge and do what it was aked of her to do, stay put and not draw the attention...

“ 𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚜𝚘... 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚝... 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐... 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 ﹖”

Asked the violet haired one to the pinkette... she didn't know these water but if the other mermaid said that they were angerous, she has to believe her, afterall, she can't do nothing at the moment to avoid dangers.

@sircina sent: I’ve had enough…I long for the seas… / For Nessa!

Mystery Dungeon Sentence starters | Accepting!

Nessa sighed, she knew that the older siren(?) was probably getting restless and stir-crazy from a lack of being in the water. As someone who knew that feeling (and also had a bit of stir-craziness when it came to being cooped up in her grandfather's locker for so long) all too well, the feeling was quick to resonate.

"If that isn't a mood and a half..."

It would be a death wish to swim here right now. Not only were there lots of sharp rocks, shipwrecks and a very strong undertow, but there could even be Merbeasts or something just as worse. It was a miracle that they'd gotten this far without sinking or breaking the boat they were on (it had been stolen from the water police, but is it really stealing if no one was using it at all in the first place?) But, ever the optimistic one, Nessa wanted to try and make things at least a little positive. Somehow.

"Well, we should be out of here very soon, if all goes smoothly... and once we're somewhere safe, we'll be able to swim around as much as we want. Right?"