#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @recovened, taylor! )
“ magic? ” she asks, eyes wide and glittering, dark amber and filled with a wonder that she holds up to all the world. “ land magic? oh, i’ve never … “ the words escape her, and the thought as well, she catches hold of a glimmering ball on the book case, but a sour feeling stirs in the dark, forgotten pit as she finds it reminds her of a story she has tried her best to let go of. ariel tries her best to let it roll off of her, eagerly awaiting the other woman, rife with power that ariel can feel through her daydreams, to tell her all about. “ what is it like? ”
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#recovened
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“ princsea. ”
“ a brave one, a very brave one! ” his tone is intense, insistent, impassioned, as is his gaze - but his touch is gentle as he takes her hands into his own. running his thumb back & forth across her knuckles reassuringly. it felt as if his heart might burst forth from his chest, so fiercely was it pounding. though it always felt like that whenever he looked at her. so precious was she to him, so good, so kind. that she could think any less of herself was unfathomable to him. the sea witch didn't deserve a passing thought from her, let alone her guilt. " ariel, she gave you no other choice. who knows what else she would have done if you hadn't stopped her! " impulsively, he brings one of her hands to his lips, turning it to press a soft kiss to the inside of her wrist, then another. she shines so brightly in his eyes; such a warm, nourishing glow, and he so desperately wished to give her even an ounce of the comfort she has brought him. " you saved my life - again! not to mention your father's, and surely countless others. that makes you a hero by my reasoning. "
his hands feel like safety, safe keeping beyond what she could ever imagine. it almost takes her aback, his intensity. she’s used to eric’s gentleness, brushing across her surface and only dipping deep when she beckons. and she supposed that she did beckon, somehow. the blue of his eyes is comforting, but she finds her grounding in the touch of his hands, and she lets herself relax in the warmth of his hand against her cool skin. brave, brave, brave. “ you don’t think- think i’m a monster, do i? ” the word she used after what ursula did to her father, was she worse? did it matter? was she just like her? the thought makes her feel like she’s sinking, and she needs to cling to eric in order to keep herself from falling too deep. ariel feels her breath stuttering, the kind she can feel before she cries. only now, there’s no grotto, no hidden cave, there’s nowhere to hide but him, and so she does. the mermaid rests her head in the crevice of his next, leaning into his space slow enough that he could stop her. ariel feels one cold tear dribble down the side of her face, it lands in the fabric of his shirt. “ i … i did a horrible thing, i did- i did a horrible thing. ”
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#princsea
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @khenzi )
with wonder filled eyes, ariel leans over the edge of the ship, and every part of her reaches for the water below. she stands on the tips of her toes, only moments from toppling forward and diving into the water. a flash of deep red, green, a warmth that beckons her, like a comforting embrace. “ hello! ” she cries out, her smile wide and her arms just as, waving in big sweeps. “ we’re friendly! i’m ariel! i’m from atlantica! ”
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#khenzi
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @publicabsent )
her curiosity is insatiable, leading her places she can’t remember having a direction to go. the tight, heeled boots her new friends at the castle had put on her have been discarded some way along the way. there’s a draw to the woods, one that hadn’t been there before, something that feels inhuman, safe, a gentle hum. ariel pushes on the door, the loud creaking startling the other girl in the room, and something in her hips stirs. “ are you the psychic? ” she asks, her eyes wide as saucers.
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#publicabsent
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @princsea )
she runs to the water, and it feels like home. giggling all the while, she trips over her own feel, but with her hand in eric’s, she knew she wouldn’t fall. they reach the shore, only stopping for a moment for eric to take off his shoes. she had barely been able to hold herself back in that time, bouncing on her toes, feeling the scales poking through already from the anticipation. “ come on, come on! just leave your shoes on, anyway! you have so many! ”
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#princsea
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @celinegarnier )
“ you’re a princess too? ” she’d met a queen, a prince, but never a land princess. she glows with the light of all of the stars, and ariel seizes the other girl’s hands in her own. she’s silver, she rings like a bell, pretty chimes that float through the air and tickle the soft crevices of her ribs. they’re at a ball, near the end of the night, ariel’s shoes have been gone, for a long, long time, and there’s scarcely anyone left in the room besides the two of them. it feels like a story. “ where? i- i mean … where are you from? i’m from the sea! ”
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#celinegarnier
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @softbrawn )
he feels like sunlight, warming the water from far away. except now, it’s not so untouchable, so forbidden. not that it mattered, not that it ever did. she knows her father, knows his heart, but she still doesn’t understand why he ever wanted to keep this beautiful, wonderful world from her. with these lovely people, with gil, who tells her stories and lets her play with his hair and put land flowers in it. “ and what then? ” she questions, eagerly, awaiting the rest of the story from where gil paused, so much so that she lets her hands slip from his hair, peeking over his shoulder so she could look at him. “ where did you go? ”
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#softbrawn
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @witch3rie, belle!)
she’s completely lost, wandering around the warm, elegant castle, threaded with age. her shoes have been gone for a long time, most of the time she’d been here, actually. she’s never been inside one that was so closed off to the outside world. even eric’s castle had open windows, balconies and terraces that held rooms. it makes it hard to feel her way around without the breeze of the sea to guide her, but she doesn’t mind. it feels like a game, hide and seek! except the seeking is all of the lovely things she finds. golden things she had used to hold dinglehoppers back at home now holding the biting, jumping, dancing fire. the next thing she finds, just as enchanted, is a room lined with books. she lights up with recognition, a library! like eric’s, but more books and less things from her home and much, much bigger. and not so devoid of anyone else as his is. nestled in soft cushions, next to … something she wasn’t sure. the idea of the other woman slips from her mind as she nears the object, gazing at it curiously. wide eyed, she approaches it from its own level. “ what is it? ” she asks after several beats of silence, examining the curve of the object, the tiny designs splayed across the front, facing the woman. “ i’ve never seen one before! ”
#the idea was her and eric are visiting bc. kingdom allies. or something#and ariel got distracted and goes wandering around and finds belle#the object in mind was also a teapot but it def doesn't have to be if u think of something better#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#witch3rie
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lil testing starter call, accepting. ⟢ ( @winterbeheaded )
these waters are cold, far past chilly and unlike the waters of atlantica, or any of her sister’s seas. but the sea can never be too different, not in its entirety. a big, living body, and yet, there is so much to find, to explore. ariel ducks into a bed of coral, pearly white, her fingers brushing up against them, humming and letting the melody the coral sings back sweep her into its arms. she doesn’t know how long she stays like that, before she spots large brown eyes, human in shape compared to one of the fish. they reminds her of one of the animals eric has shown her, far, far away from any shore she’s known. a deer. “ hello there, ” she says, softly, to match the gentle trembling of the other mermaid. “ are you from these waters? or just visiting? like me? ”
#literally just the vibes of what i think ri as a merm wld be like LOIHUIGYHSBC#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#winterbeheaded
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“ recovened. ”
What an odd little girl. Not that Taylor minds at all. She revels in the odd. Normal people don't understand what it is she and her brother do. Some get curious, drawn in by the allure of knowing their futures. Taylor amuses them, peeking into the beyond and spoon-feeding them droplets of the future. They give her coins, food, they amuse her, too. Taylor sits at the table, watching Ariel taking in her possessions with child-like wonder. ❛ It's ... fun. Not a lot of people understand it, unfortunately. ❜ She gives a soft sigh. ❛ Do you want to see something fun?
ariel drinks it up, sweet silvery words from a stream of magic. she can feel it, and it grows stronger the closer she gets, even just by nudges. she can feel the beat of magic, and fights the urge to press her fingers to taylor’s pulse to feel it further. “ i’m … well, i don’t know that i understand it, but i know it. it’s everywhere in the sea, it’s so beautiful, it sounds like singing. ” she can feel herself drifting away in the waves of it, even as she’s talking, a glittering sea taking the place of her thoughts. taylor’s question brings her back, and ariel shines brightly. “ yes! please, show me! ”
#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ in character ” … let me sit here‚ threshold of two worlds.#⟢ ₊ .◝ * “ verse: main ” … to unpathed waters and undreamed shores.#recovened
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