#and i was salty so i got tired of being the 'unlucky fuck' in every friend group im in

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More redraws from earlier 2022, the ogs are from 2019 believe it or not

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Beyond the Sea (Jadore) Chapter 1 - Eevee

Hiya! Eevee here with what I swear is a much happier fic. Welcome to the mermaid AU I have spent over a month pouring my heart into, Beyond the Sea! I do hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it. As of this submission, it has over 15k words written, and this is some of those.

A note regarding names: Jinkx is not a name a person would give a child. Thus, our protagonist is actually named Virginia or Ginny Monsoon. She gained the nickname Jinkx through being klutzy and rather unlucky. This is actually constant in all of my lesbian AUs, names being changed to sound more like real names.

I’ve yammered on long enough, welcome to Rapture Beyond the Sea!

Ginny walked the beach lazily. It was a cool fall night, no one else was there. Ginny didn’t mind that, she was happy to be alone with her thoughts. She hummed to herself, happy to walk in the moonlight. It had been another long, long, day of classes, and she was tired of being around people. She was just tired in general. ~*~*~*~*~ Adore was bored. She was lonely and bored. She wasn’t fond of being either. She decided she might as well head to the beach, maybe there would be something of interest there. ~*~*~*~*~ Virginia sat on the sand, looking at the moon and stars reflected in the water. She felt her eyes grow heavy, and she dozed off before she could try and do much about it. ~*~*~*~*~ Adore looked over the beach, her beach really, and sighed. There didn’t seem to be anything here. She turned to leave when she spotted something bright orange, it was a person, their hair fiery and lovely in the moonlight. Adore moved closer cautiously. Were they, were they asleep? “Hello?” Adore called out, almost without thinking. Ginny’s head snapped up. “I’m awake!” She yelped, a reflex. She looked around. Someone had said something, hadn’t they? But she didn’t see anyone on the beach. “Is someone there?” Adore bit her lip. She could leave, she should leave really, but something about this girl was calling her. “Turn around.” She said finally. Virginia blinked in confusion, but turned. There, in the water, was a girl who looked about her age. Her hair was long and a beautiful teal colour, and even from where Ginny was on the beach, she could see stunning green eyes looking at her. The girl in the water grinned at her. “Um, hello. What are you doing in the water this late?” Ginny asked. Adore smirked. “I’m a goddamn mermaid.” She didn’t know if the girl would believe her, but either way it seemed to be the only thing she could say. Ginny laughed. “You must be, I don’t see any clothes anywhere near here, how far away did you get in the water? Do you need help finding your stuff?” The ginger had moved to the edge of the water, looking at the girl in the ocean with concern. Adore shook her head. “Nah.” She swam closer to the shore, still mostly underwater, but she raised an arm. Beautiful blue scales glittered along the back of her arm, a fin extending from her wrist to her elbow. “Like I said. I’m a mermaid.” She ran her fingers through her hair, tugging a bit of seaweed out. Virginia stared at her in awe. “Holy shit.” Was all the human could think to say. The mermaid laughed, and Ginny could swear it sounded like music. “Who- how- what?” The ginger stuttered, not quite coherent. “Adore, I dunno, and mermaid.” Adore answered, smirking. “Who are you? What are you doing here so late?” Ginny took a deep breath. This was happening, whatever this was. “Um, Virginia. Virginia Monsoon. Friends call me Ginny. Was taking a walk to clear my head.” She shook her head. “Adore. That’s such a pretty name.” Virginia blushed, some combination of confused and charmed by this woman in the water. “Ginny? Hmm. Not what I’d choose for you.” Adore said pensively. “It’s not a very mer name.” “But I’m not a mermaid.” Virginia pointed out. Adore waved a hand. “Right, fuck, getting ahead of myself. But you are cute.” The mermaid was in the shallows now, tail visible in the water, glistening in every shade of blue. She had delicate stripes running from her spine to wrap halfway around her tail in the darkest navy and the palest cyan, all against a stunning sapphire background. She wrung her hair out a bit, letting it fall around her.

Ginny was positive her face was redder than her hair now, she was blushing so hard. She looked at Adore more closely, she was stunning. She had what looked like seaweed woven into something like a bra around her chest, and there were pearls strung into her hair. Virginia suddenly realized she had stepped up close enough to reach out and touch the mermaid, and she raised a hand cautiously. “May I?” She asked, searching the green eyes that stared back at her. Adore joined her hand with Ginny’s. “Hell yeah.” The mermaid pulled the human towards her and kissed her, needing to feel the soft pink lips against her own. Virginia’s eyes went wide as Adore pulled her forward, but she relaxed into the kiss as soon as she realized what was happening. Adore’s lips were soft and salty, and Ginny loved it. She opened her mouth and the mermaid took advantage, causing Ginny to moan happily. When Adore pulled back, Ginny could barely remember how to breathe. “Ohmigod. Don’t faint, Jinkx, don’t faint…” she mumbled to herself. Adore quirked an eyebrow. “Jinkx?” She asked, feeling the power of the name. “Now that’s a fucking mer name. Names have power, for us anyway.” Jinkx blushed even brighter red. “Oh, Jinkx is sort of my nickname… I have pretty bad luck. I didn’t want you to think…” she trailed off, staring very intently at her boots. A small wave chose that moment to wash over the beach, just high enough to get into Jinkx’ boots. “Aw fuck.” Adore laughed. “Oh dear. Do you mind if I call you Jinkx? I think it’s cute.” The mermaid gently put her hand under Jinkx’ chin and tilted her face back up to look her in the eyes. Jinkx nodded. “Okay. Now, Jinkx, this might sound crazy, but. You wanna fucking, come with me?” Jinkx’ brow furrowed. “You mean, come swimming?” Adore bit her lip. That wasn’t exactly what she meant, but she had never turned a human before anyway. She might as well start slow. “If you want to, I mean. We could have fun.” Jinkx shook her head. “I can’t swim too well.” Adore lifted her tail to catch the moonlight. “I’ll make sure you’re okay.” Jinkx smiled. “Tomorrow, okay? I’ll come back with a swimsuit and a towel and stuff. We can swim then.” “Tomorrow night, please? People might be here in the day. I don’t want to be discovered. And… I am Adore Delano. My bloodline is of the night, that’s what it means.” Jinkx knew Adore had said names had power, for merfolk anyway, but… “If you don’t want to be found, why did you tell me, you know, that you’re a mermaid?” Adore blushed for the first time that Jinkx was aware. “I’m lonely. This beach is closed off by a reef, my pod was passing it when I got thrown in here by a wave. I was young then, too small to escape the current. I heard my pod, they found a scrap of my tail on the other side of the reef, they thought I had died. They’re long gone now.” Adore waved her tail again, there was a sizable tear in her tail fin, and Jinkx winced. “So you’re all alone? And you can’t get back?” “Maybe I could, but I’m nervous about leaving. There’s fish here, it’s easy to hunt, and the reef is far enough from the shore for me to be safe from humans here in the lagoon.” Adore shrugged. “I don’t really remember them so well. It’s been a long time.” “But your family… we have to get you back.” Jinkx decided. “I’ll help you find them.” Adore raised her eyebrows. “You, a girl who can’t swim, are going to help me, a mermaid, find a pod of mermaids who are very good at evading humans somewhere in the vastness of the ocean?” Adore asked. Jinkx huffed. She had a point. But Jinkx wasn’t one to back away from something she was determined to do. “I can learn to swim.” She answered lamely, and Adore laughed. “You’re cute. I’ll see you tomorrow, alright?” Adore plucked a scale off her arm, and pressed it into Jinkx’ palm. Jinkx curled her fingers around the scale. “What’s this for?” She clutched it tight in her hand, making sure she didn’t drop it. “Just- don’t lose it okay?” Adore couldn’t explain it, not yet. “Good night, Jinkx Monsoon.” She kissed Jinkx briefly and then was gone in the water.