#gaeabound...... oceansborne......... i sense a theme here

[oceansborne]

there was minimal shelter on this island, though for all it’s beauty and resources, sen could hardly be bothered by it. the ocean here was still a stranger despite the distance from spirale city, yet the mermaid had found its contents bountiful all the same. she had ventured to the reef, teeming with life, and had there encountered more food than she knew what to do with— eating her fill before snatching more for later.

the days she had spent on this island had passed rather languidly. for the entirety, sen had mostly managed to avoid other people— if they were even on this island with her, though truth be told she had been spending most of her time in the water. but sometimes a return to land was called for, and so she brought her catch ashore. the fish lay bundled in cloth in the sand, taken from the assortment of fabrics from her own clothing, and she was just settling the loose, light kimono over her shoulders as she spotted a figure emerging from the trees.

well, her solitude had been unlikely to last forever. regardless, sen pulls back her hair and wrings it out before bending to pick up the fish.

“if you have the means, these waters are home to enough fish to last a lifetime,” she comments, throwing her voice across the beach so as to acknowledge the presence of this stranger, “though if not, i fear catching them may involve a great deal of swimming.”

@gaeabound​ / s.h.o.r.e. -- NOMMIN.