#Merman!Julian

[rainynightmoonlight]

Hey. Come talk to me about my ocs.

[dandydanthelion]

i drew this for mermay

the classic pirate x merfolk is a trope i will never get tired of

[redcasper]

Hi um hello? Yes. Here take it, he was painful to draw because I am not good nor use to drawing merfolk I wasn't a mermaid kid I was a fairy kid and now I'm a doll kid- so that's life for ya I guess. Anyway Kith, and goodbye!

[singinghands]

(( @larrythecentaur ))

"I would kill for you. I would die for you" would you take a break for me? Would you sit down and rest? For a day, a week, a year? Would you let others take care of your needs for me? Would you let yourself be held for me? By me?

[lux-nocturna]

Caught by Surprise ❤️🌊

Continuing with the story, one night when Julian was repeating one of his outings, he was found by a young woman who had been as surprised as he was. Julian felt panic, he knew very well what the risk of being seen by human beings was and at first he desperately tried to flee from her. But the young woman showed no signs of being a danger, rather she seemed curious. A little scared at first. And Julian saw that as an opportunity to stay, discovering more of her. Her name, Cassiopea. That she was a tourist passing by because she needed some fresh air. More and more they talked and Julian saw in her something more, someone to talk to. With whom he strangely felt safe and who swore to keep the secret of him. No one would ever know what she had seen. That encounter would stay only between them.

I don't care anymore if it's May, I still wanted to tell more of this story so I'm doing it. In my mind I imagined a lot of scenes of it and I hope that with time I'll be telling more and more. Like this one!Also I'm felling more and more in love with Julian merman design 😭(Hope that I keep with this and not forget X3)

(I took the description from IG where there is all the info of this AU I created. Feel free to go there ❤️)

[cursedfallingmoon]

OC MASTERLIST!

🏢.Modern day OCs!

💖. Jesse || Cute boy best friend: PT. 1 | PT. 2

🦴. Bone || Delinquent: PT. 1

🧸. Lylah || Friend's little sister: WIP

💵. Malakai || Toxic rich boy: PT. 1

🌊. Ranee || Confused Merman: PT. 1 | PT. 2

🔪.Takehiko || Yakuza sugar daddy: PT. 1

⭐. Ryland || Scummy celebrity: PT. 1

Hacker

Scumbag

Surfer

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👾. Cyberpunk OCs!

Netrunner

Mercenary

Corpo

Diner owner

Ripperdoc

City Grown

Badlands Grown

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👑. Switched Disney OCs!

!!Moved here!!

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💍. Husbands through the decades!

Modern Day-☕. Julian || Too perfect Husband: : PT. 1

2010 Husband

2000 Husband

1990 Husband

1980 Husband

1970 Husband

1960 Husband

1950 Husband

1940 Husband

1930 Husband

1920 Husband

1910 Husband

1900 Husband

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💻.Futuristic OCs!

Alien

Robot Society

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💪. Hero Society OCs!

WIP

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🪄.Mythical OCs!

🪶.Helys || Shy Harpy Hare: PT. 1

Tiny Fairy

Fairy Hive

Vampire

Emperor

King

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🪶.Hybrid Bird OCs!

Harpy Hybrid

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🦋.Hybrid Bug OCs!

Butterfly Hybrid

Moth Hybrid

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🐾. Hybrid Forest OCs

Buck Hybrid

Deerling Hybrid

Moose Hybrid

Wolf Hybrid

Hare Hybrid

Bunny Hybrid

Fox Hybrid

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🧺. Fairy Tale Picnic

WIP

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📖.Cealieor Realm!

The Gods

God of Life

God of Death

God of Seas

Goddess of Earth

God of the Skies

God of Sun

God of the Moon

Goddess of the stars

God of Love

God of War

Goddess of Knowledge

Goddess of Dragons

Goddess of Elves

Goddess of Fairies

Goddess of Humanity

God of Winter

Goddess of Fall

God of Summer

Goddess of Spring

The 7 Princes

Prince of the North

Prince of the South

Prince of the West

Prince of the East

Prince of the Central

Prince of the Sea

Prince of the Sky

Dragon Realm:

🔥. Solaris || Yan Fire Dragon: PT. 1

💨. Yandere Wind Dragon: WIP

Earth Dragon

Rock Dragon

Lava Dragon

Water Dragon

Ice Dragon

Thunder Dragon

Fairy Realm:

Ice Fairy

Water Fairy

Fire Fairy

Nature Fairy

Dark Fairy

Light Fairy

Wind Fairy

Earth Fairy

Elf Realm

Normal Elf

Ice Elf

Water Elf

Fire Elf

Nature Elf

Earth Elf

Dragon Elf

MORE TO COME!!

[natanniazdart]

Merman Julian Devorak

The Arcana

Mermay 2023

[desperatelyseekingcannibals]

Hey Garashir fans. Hey!

A little thread just for you...

Out Of Uniform (Garak/Bashir - Explicit - Canon) They seem to have been skirting around this since the day they met, and Garak is determined to have Bashir, even if he needs to employ some gentle manipulation to persuade the doctor to give into his feelings.

In Formal Wear (Garak/Bashir - Explicit - Canon) New lovers Garak and Bashir can't keep their hands off each other. Not even long enough to complete a holosuite programme. Sequel to Out Of Uniform.

eMERgency (Garak/Bashir - Explicit - Canon) Garak makes Julian a merman costume, with a surprising addition.

Teacups Through Time (Garak/Bashir - Teen & Up - Canon) Julian and Garak watch Hannibal, Garak is a fan of Hannibal's methods.

It Would Have Been You (Garak/Bashir - Explicit - S7) The arrival of Ezri Dax puts everything in perspective for Julian.

Obsidian (Garak/Bashir - Explicit - AU) Julian is paying his way through med school as a camboy. Garak is his favourite patron. AU in which the Federation previously collapsed.

Bonus for Hannigram fans:

Enemies Closer (Hannibal/Will - Mature - DS9 AU) Cardassian in exile, Hann Lektor, takes an interest in the station's resident Entomologist, Will Graham. The feeling is not mutual.

[missionkitty]

[Image ID: two digitally drawn images primarily featuring a shark-like merman. the first is in color, the merman holding a much, smaller petite woman wearing a black, high-waisted two piece swimsuit in the crook of his arm while they are in the water. they are both smiling. the second is of the merman making various expressions, from angry, to comically sad while he says, "i miss my wife," to pensive as he examines his own webbed hand. /End ID]

what if i told you...that sharkman julian would become canon someday 😎🦈

(and i guess i lied about not doing anything for mermay this year...guess i just can't resist its...siren call hehehehhfjdhjsjf)

[etdraconis]

Updated Muse List

Bold denotes primary/main muses, underlined denotes secondary muses, Italics denotes tertiary/low muse, * denotes request only

Dragon Age Canons:

Cremisius Aclassi

Anders

Zevran Arainai

Blackwall

Eleanor Cousland

Fergus Cousland

Fenris

Bethany Hawke

Carver Hawke

Nathaniel Howe

Thomas Howe

The Iron Bull

Anora Mac Tir

Loghain Mac Tir

Josephine Montilyet

Dorian Pavus

Cassandra Pentaghast

Cullen Rutherford

Varric Tethras

Alistair Theirin

Cailan Theirin

Maric Theirin

Dragon Age OCs:

Arden Aclassi

August Amell

Elizabeth Amell

Julian Amell

Oliver Amell

Rosalie Amell

Pyke Brosca

Elysia Caius

Amara Cousland

Brennon Cousland

Lauryl Cousland

Victoire Ducet

Callum Hawke

Kenton Hawke

Leanore Hawke

Hava Lavellan

Theron Mahariel

Kalva Sabrae

Alim Surana

Aurelia Tabris

Claire Trevelyan

Declan Trevelyan

Evelyn Trevelyan

Everett Trevelyan

Maxwell Trevelyan

Persephone Trevelyan

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Elain Archeron

Feyre Archeron

Nesta Archeron

Azriel

Cassian

Jurian

Kallias

Rhysand

Tarquin

Eris Vanserra

Lucien Vanserra

Bridgerton

Sophie Beckett

Benedict Bridgerton

Colin Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Francesca Bridgerton

Gregory Bridgerton

Hyacinth Bridgerton

Felicity Featherington

Penelope Featherington

Gareth St. Claire

Gwendolyn Sinclaire

Kendall Sinclaire

Alexander Thorne

Charlotte Thorne

Lillian Thorne

Sebastian Thorne

William Thorne

Crescent City

Aidas

Juniper Andromeda

Fury Axtar

Baxian Argos

Ariadne

Hunt Athalar

Lidia Cervos

Ruhn Danaan

Declan Emmet

Hypaxia Enador

Danika Fendyr

Tristan Flynn

Connor Holstrom

Ithan Holstrom

Tharion Ketos

Bryce Quinlan

Rigelus

The Empyrean Saga

Andarna

Jack Barlowe

Imogen Cardulo

Ridoc Gamlyn

Aaric Greycastle

Liam Mairi

Sloane Mairi

Rhiannon Matthias

Brennan Sorrengail

Lilith Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Violet Sorrengail

Grishaverse

Kaz Brekker

The Darkling

Jesper Fahey

Inej Ghafa

Matthias Helvar

Fedyor Kaminsky

Tamar Kir-Bataar

David Kostyk

Nikolai Lantzov

Zoya Nazyalensky

Genya Safin

Alina Starkov

Wylan Van Eck

Tolya Yul-Bataar

Nina Zenik

Percy Jackson

Annabeth Chase

Nico Di Angelo

Jason Grace

Percy Jackson

Piper McLean

Will Solace

Leo Valdez

Throne of Glass

Aedion Ashryver*

Sam Cortland

Lysandra Ennar

Aelin Galathynius

Evalin Galathynius

Dorian Havilliard

Fenrys Moonbeam

Chaol Westfall

Rowan Whitethorn*

The Witcher

Jaskier

Geralt of Rivia

Yennifer of Vengerberg

Other Book Muses

Daniel Arlington V (Ninth House)

Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Crowley (Good Omens)

Alexander Clairemont-Diaz (Red, White, and Royal Blue)

Arthur Delacey (Gwen and Art Are Not in Love)

Galaxy Stern (Ninth House)

Greek Mythology

Aphrodite

Apollo

Ares

Aristeus

Artemis

Asclepius

Hades

Hera

Hermes

Patroclus

Persephone

Poseidon

Zeus

DnD/Fantasy OCs

Jalana Astorio (human warlock)

Tarquin Auglathia (sea-elf rogue)

Nedri Autumnblaze (half-orc ranger)

Azure (water genasi monk)

Anders Brightwood (human bard)

Caerlin (tiefling arcane trickster rogue)

Drake (Wild Hunt shifter ranger)

Elianis Galonodel (half-elf druid)

Naivara Galonodel (half-elf mastermind rogue)

Taron Galonodel (wood elf bard)

Rhys Le'Quella (eladrin wizard)

Makaria (tiefling paladin)

Reya (tiefling storm sorcerer)

Alwyn Sulian (sun elf paladin)

Auryn Sulian (sun elf fighter)

Cerys Sulian (sun elf celestial warlock)

Emrys Sulian (sun elf shadow magic sorcerer)

Cloak Timbers (gnome cleric)

Hollis Tremaine (human fighter)

Other/modern OCs

Destin Michaels (merman)

Novah Michaels (mermaid)

Cassian Sage (werewolf)

Sophie Sage (werewolf)

Reina Solace (werewolf)

Hazel Thatcher (werewolf)

Nicolai Voss (vampire)

[thedemonofcat]

Once upon a time, Jaskier dwelled happily in the depths of the sea as a merman, reveling in the freedom of swimming and serenading the ocean waves.

But fate took a cruel turn when he was ensnared by fishermen and sold to a mage who inflicted upon him a dreadful curse, transforming him into a human.

Confined within the walls of a mental institution, Jaskier was coerced into believing he was merely a troubled young man named Julian Pankratz, his true identity suppressed.

Under the cover of night, Jaskier fled, forsaking his watery home and embracing his musical talents as a wandering bard, eventually crossing paths with Geralt.

Though Geralt sensed Jaskier's otherworldly nature, it was only when the bard revealed his plight that the witcher vowed to undo the curse.

Amidst their quest, the specter of the institution and the malevolent mage loomed large, threatening to drag Jaskier back into captivity. And as Geralt's affection for Jaskier deepened, the thought of returning him to the sea grew increasingly disquieting.

[stargazer-sims]

Obscure OC Associations

I was tagged for this by @holocene-sims (thanks for the tag and sorry it took so long)!

I decided to choose a character we don't see enough of, so here is Victor's stepfather, Julian Britt.

Julian

animal: dog (specifically pitbulls)

color: green

month: March

song: Annie's Song - John Denver

number: 31

plant: maple tree

smell: french fries, chocolate

gemstone: malachite

time of day: afternoon

season: autumn

place: anywhere near the ocean

drink: coffee

food: grilled cheese

element: water

astrological sign: Pisces

seasoning: oregano

sky: sunny

weather: cool and clear

magical power: invisibility

weapons: scalpel

social media: Instagram

makeup product: none

candy: Reese's peanut butter cups

mode of travel: boat

art style: realism

fear: heights

mythological creature: merman/mermaid

piece of stationary: Post-It notes

three emojis: ☀️🐶🥪

celestial body: the sun

________

I'll tag @lynzishell @minty-plumbob @cawthorntales @dandylion240 @micrathene-w @rebelangelsims @havenroyals

As always, participation is optional!

[dbphantom]

Veneer started as 4 merman princes (Zayden, Echo, Thrymr, and Ike- two of them have been gender swapped since) from different oceans getting together under a shitty time god (clockwork man) to fight evil creatures that keep spawning in because Julian was an impatient little shit and gifted godhood to someone who definitely shouldn't have gotten it and today I figured out how to tie one of those things back into modern day Veneer by blowing up the ocean so, all in all, I'm having a good day

[nebris]

"From Photos Maria was somewhat of a substantial woman who according to her writings had a bit of a temper. Legend has it she was known for throwing large objects like couches. So somewhere in an alternate reality Ethyl Merman is praised for her performance in Sound of Music." ~Julian M Lobachewski

[i-am-oneness]

I wanted to redraw your Julian because he’s a merman!Julian is so silly and funny, he has no idea what a microscope and a stethoscope are XD

Come on, boy, go ahead, advance underwater medicine!

(I hope you don't mind that I took your art as an idea :( )

Vesuvia Weekly (poorly doodled): M6 as mermaids

linking back MC as a mermaid here! please excuse my poor quality doodles once again, I do not claim to be an artist XD

Julian: buys scavenged medical instruments from the underreef market & spend hours figuring out how to apply them to merhealth. always, always follows ships during storms in case of a shipwreck

Asra: the legendary sea sorcerer who nobody realizes is also the neighborhood merchant with the randomest wares and unpredictable business hours. does shows on the reef sometimes

Nadia: the queen of the reef who takes her duties very seriously, but who has such a colorful and impressive tail (painstakingly well-maintained, btw) that it's hard to connect past the intimidation

Muriel: originally from the cold waters further south, he lives in a seagrass forest several miles away from the reef. lives on plankton and seaweed and looks after any fish that seek refuge with him

Portia: spends half her time socializing as Nadia's tail-carer and half her time using all those connections to coordinate with other reefs against encroachers, poachers, and pollutants. wins all her fights

Lucio: so fascinated with humans that he mistakenly made a deal with them for fancy trinkets in return for access to the reef. now he assists with the cleanup project and border patrols against them

[casspurrjoybell-17]

HEART'S FATE - CHAPTER 38

*Warning: Adult Content*   

Having established that Miguel was, while shaken, otherwise unharmed by the encounter with his mother, we reconvene to discuss our plans while the children play hide and seek in the sprawling house. 

As lunchtime approaches, Ambrose Thorne orders a half-dozen pizzas from a nearby restaurant and boxes now litter the room. 

"Could it be true?" Martin Hunter asks, directing the question at his brother Alpha Dane Hunter. "What Elena said. Could Miguel really not be a Wolf?"

The Alpha furrows his brows and leans forward in his seat, elbows resting on his knees. 

"I don't see how but I'm not a geneticist. Don't even know if genetics has anything to do with it. Mom or Dad might know more."

Martin huffs in frustration and sets his plate aside. 

"I thought you had to learn all the Wolf lore and shit to be an Alpha. Don't you remember?"

Dane rubs a hand over the stubble dusting his jaw. 

"To be honest, I didn't pay all that much attention in 'Wolf Sunday school,' Martin," he says. 

"It seemed more useless than math. Why would I care what Stanislaus the Betrayer did, or how Curriculum got his fur back from the Fae? They were just fairy tales."

At his side, his mate, Julian Hart gently elbows him in the ribs. 

"Yeah, I might have rethought that position by now, considering."

Dane shoots him a look. 

"I have. But apparently absorbing and retaining a shit-ton of information is easier when you're a kid than it is when you're pushing forty. I'm working on it, considering I have two little Alphas of my own to pass it on to but like I said, I don't recall anything about Wolves having a kid who's not a Wolf."

"Even if only one parent is a Wolf, the offspring should be full-blooded Wolves," Noah comments. 

"Look at Luna and Luca."

Julian grimaces. 

"They might not be the best examples. They basically shouldn't exist to begin with."

Having listened in silence so far, curiosity gets the better of the Merman at last. 

"Who is their mother?" Skylar ask.

Julian's brows lift. 

"Martin hasn't told you?"Julian's brows lift. 

Martin winces. 

"It didn't come up and... I didn't know how to say it."

Julian rolls his eyes. 

"Technically, I'm their mother. I carried them. It's a Fae thing."

"Ah." 

Skylar laughs and settle back in his seat. 

"For a moment I feared you'd say they were Elena's."

Julian narrows his bright purple eyes at me. 

"You don't seem surprised. I feel like you should be more freaked out right now."

Skylar waves a hand. 

"It's not so strange. The Mer-people can do the same, when needed."

At my side, Martin chokes on his drink and doubles over, coughing. 

Skylar pats his mate’s back and wonder if perhaps he ought to see a doctor about his swallow reflex. 

He seems to get things down the wrong pipe a lot.

When he's mostly recovered, Skylar turn his attention to Noah. 

"Speaking of esoteric lore and special knowledge, how does this mystical bookstore of yours work, anyway?"

Noah blinks at his brother’s Mate. 

‘Noah’s resemblance to Martin is uncanny, though Skylar would never mistake one for the other.

"I'm not entirely sure, to be honest," Noah asks. "Shanti tried to explain it to me as being part of a larger 'cosmic library' tied to multiple realms and the karmic journeys of souls across countless incarnations, or something, but I don't fully understand it. All I know is, if the knowledge you need at a particular moment in time is available to you, you'll find it there. The problem is recognizing it. It's seldom what you expect, and often not what you want."

"I see. Unfortunately, I fear not much information regarding my people exists outside our own libraries."

"You have libraries?" Noah asks, the keen interest in his voice eliciting a smile from his mate. 

"How? I mean, surely you can't have paper books."

"Our 'paper' is made from seaweeds and other materials, not wood pulp," Skylar says. "It's quite durable."

"What about ink? How do you transfer it to the page without it just..." Noah waves a hand, "...washing away?"

With sudden understanding, the merman laughs. 

"Ah, I see the problem. I'm afraid that, in all the excitement, I haven't explained properly. My people live beneath the water but not entirely in the water. The palace and many of our dwellings, places where we eat, rest, study or do anything for which the buoyancy of water is less suited than the stability of air, are dry."

Noah frowns. 

"How far beneath the surface do you live?"

"Several hundred meters at most. Far enough down to be invisible from above, but not so far as to be beyond the reach of light."

"And you have dry habitations down there," he states.

Skylar nods and gestures at himself. 

"This form is as natural as my other and even in the sea, the Mer-people spend about equal time in each. Legs serve us well in dry places, while our aquatic form is for travel, for dancing and for battle. All our athletic pursuits require fins."

"But how does it work?" Noah asks, his indomitable curiosity summoning another smile to my lips. 

"From the sounds of it, your city is ancient and unless the merfolk had advanced technologies, I don't understand how you could have chambers of air so far below the surface."

Smiling, Skylar shrugs. 

"As your brother is not a geneticist, so I am not an engineer. How do a Wolf's cells rearrange themselves when you Shift? What chemical signals trigger your transformation? What secrets lie in your DNA that let your bodies contain two forms at once?"

 He shakes his head. 

"You are right: Thassos is ancient and most of the structures were built in the distant past, when Athens was the nearest great city on land. Much of it is indeed submerged in water, our gardens, parks, theaters, places of worship and other localities that might draw a large crowd. But the rest, the palace and many smaller dwellings, are dry inside. I don't know how, the best I can say is 'magic.'"

Noah blinks at Skylar. 

"Fair enough, I guess."

Martin laughs. 

The sound is unexpectedly beautiful and as Skylar turns to look at him, he feels his heart lift. 

That Martin can smile and laugh after everything that has happened over the course of the last day and a half is a small bit of magic in itself.

"Noah's always been the skeptical one," Martin says, grinning at his brother. "He's a werewolf who works in a bookshop owned by a Nagi and he's mated to a dragon but it's the physics that has him stumped."

"You really read it?" Martin asks, his expression betraying his surprise.

Noah scoffs. 

"Of course. I've read all your books."

Martin clears his throat and looks away. 

"I didn't know that."

Noah's smile fades and his tone softens. 

"I probably should have told you," he says. "It just seemed like..." he trails off and sighs, rubbing his brow. "I don't know what it seemed like. Shit, Martin. More than Pack, we're brothers. You think you have something to be guilty for?" he adds, shaking his head.

 "Forget it. Yeah, you fucked up big time but only after ten years of nobody noticing anything was wrong. You seemed fine and we were all too absorbed in our own problems to imagine you might have your own. We're all to blame. And yeah, I've read your books. I buy them as soon as they come out. They're really good."

Martin presses his knuckles to his eyes and takes a deep breath, which he releases in a laugh. 

"Thank you," he says. "That actually... That means a lot. Especially since I may have written my last one."

"What do you mean?" Skylar asks, frowning at his Mate.

Martin sighs. 

"The publisher wants more but with everything going on now and the timeline they gave me... I don't know if I can manage it."

"You can write at your own pace, surely," Skylar says. "You needn't rush."

Martin gives his lover a look. 

"I do, if I want to afford things like a house and food," he says.

"Ah... another oversight on my part," Skylar says. "Martin, do you imagine street artists and part-time art teachers make a lot of money? Or that this amulet is the only jewel a prince would own? That sea chest in my room is full of treasure."

Martin gapes at him. 

"But you live in a van."

Skylar shrugs. 

"I'm a simple man and my needs are few. I only sell off a pearl or trinket now and then to get by. But in truth, you never need work again, if you don't wish to."

Martin stares at him without blinking for a moment, then shakes his head. 

"The rug's been pulled from under me so many times recently, I'm just gonna stay seated."

Looping his arm around his Mate’s shoulders, Skylar pulls Martin against him and kiss the side of his head. 

"If the rug you've been standing on is a magic carpet, it might still take you for a ride."

Martin leans into Skylar. 

"I actually wouldn't mind seeing Thassos, someday. It sounds... beautiful."

"It is. And if I could take you there now, I would, as the answers to our predicament are likeliest found at the source. Sadly, the amulet itself prevents it."

Ambrose leans forward, rubbing his jaw. 

"If you could bring Martin to Thassos, how would you do it? Wolves don't breathe water, as far as I'm aware."

"I would enchant him with my voice," Skyylar says. "Put him in a kind of... suspended animation for the journey. Then, once in Thassos, he could receive the blessing of the sea, if he chose. Although I'm honestly not sure how it would work, for a Wolf."

Ambrose frowns. 

"Do you happen to have ponds or pools in your 'dry areas,' such that might serve as reflective surfaces?"

"In the temples, yes," the merman says. "Why?"

Ambrose and Noah share a glance. 

"I may have an idea. Nagas are freshwater creatures, as far as I'm aware but I recall Shanti saying once that 'all water is one water' to them. It could be worth a try."

Noah sighs. 

"She also said Nagas don't get involved in the affairs of others, generally speaking. But I guess it won't hurt to ask. I'll let her know we want to talk to her."

"In the meantime," Ambrose says, "I propose we go shop for some books."