#seamonster talks

[itsaseamonster]

Malik about Altaïr:

[cyradius]

An extremely quick rough little doodle of my sona and blue from sea beast based on a shot from the film partly because I need to release my doodles more and also because blue from sea beast is very much the marketable small adorable animated movie side character for me. also very much like that the movie is decently enjoyable and comments on the dangerous othering of the other side that the cycle of war promotes and how the victors write the history books.

[fkinkindagauche]

WIP Weekend

I don't think I've ever actually participated in one of these. I have a tendency to only work on one project at a time, which makes it kind of boring, only giving people one emoji to choose from. But I'm gonna give it a try this weekend and see how I feel about bouncing around between projects!

Rules: Send me one of the emojis below in an ask, and I'll write 3-5 sentences (or paragraphs if I'm feeling particularly inspired) from that WIP, and then I'll post it. You can request as many as you want!

divider by @/saradika-graphics

Current WIPs to choose from:

🍆Steddie smutpilogue to II Most Wanted

✂️Ronance smutpilogue to II Most Wanted

❓Steddie Big Bang (I won't be able to post the snippet I write for this since we're still under a gag order, but you're welcome to make me write some of it! I'll post a pic of one of my cats for you instead if you choose this.)

⛰️⛰️Twin Peaks Metalsandwich AU

🐙OFMD Izzy seamonster fic for the Fandom Trumps Hate auction, if you're feeling particularly adventurous and want to venture outside of ST

Tagging some people who may or may not want to do this and/or send me an ask: @stellarspecter, @tinytalkingtina, @pearynice, @vthx, @dame-zoom-a-lot, @hbyrde36, @alwaysurvalentine, @talanashta, @cxwzkeys, @jo-harrington, @sourw0lfs, @cloudsurfing42, and anyone else who wants to participate!

Here is a snippet from one of the unposted chapters of II Most Wanted to wet your whistle (CW for discussions of murder, but not very graphic):

Steve tried to get her to talk about it once they'd pulled out of Hopper's driveway and were back on the road, but she wouldn't. She didn't start talking until they were in Steve's bedroom with the door shut.

"You do realize there's no one else in this house?" Steve teased as he watched her lock the door. She glared at him.

"We need to kill Jason," she said. He'd had an inkling this was where the conversation would be going after what she'd said at the hospital the night before.

"Yeah," he agreed. "Looks like we do."

She collapsed onto the bed beside him with a groan, throwing an arm over her face. "How do we kill someone?"

"I dunno. Shoot him? Stab him? Hit him really hard on the head?"

Robin scoffed, turning toward Steve and pulling the arm from her face. "No way. Those are all too messy."

"Well then what? Poison? Carbon monoxide?" Back when his parents had still been home occasionally, his mom watched murder mysteries constantly. He knew all sorts of ways to kill people.

Robin sat up abruptly. "Exactly how we do it isn't as important as how we keep from getting caught."

"Make it look like an accident?" Steve suggested.

Robin hummed. "Maybe. Seems difficult." She tapped a finger against her lips, deep in thought, then stood up and started to pace.

Steve tried to think about the problem as well, but his head hurt, and he was more exhausted than he remembered being since they'd finished Vecna off. He curled up on his bed and closed his eyes.

Robin took the hint. He heard her call her mom, telling her she was spending the night, then she crawled into bed beside Steve. She pulled the covers over both of them, then wrapped an arm around his waist. "We'll talk about it more in the morning," she said, squeezing Steve.

He had a feeling she was just going to lay there thinking all night, but he, at least, needed to sleep to use his brain. He drifted off, comforted by the reassuring weight of his best friend at his back.

[mobydykes]

Do we have canon ages for the main cast? I wanna know just what that age gap you were talking about with Jiminy is👀

It might not be rude to ask undead were-seamonsters their age, but you're not gonna exactly get an accurate age on account of "mostly living in the ocean and not giving a fuck" thing.

[brunosaderogatory]

I’m not sure if now’s a good time to ask but do you think Seamonsters of different regions have different dialects of how they “talk”? Or if they even talk at all? Like since Alberto and Luca are from various layers of the ocean would that affect how they communicate?

Would love to hear your input thanks!

It’s always a great time to ask! For convenience, I’m going to address this in three parts:

1. Do you think sea monsters of different regions have different dialects of how they talk

Absolutely! Dialects form from a variety of factors, but the most prominent factor here is geography and cultural differences. Even when in seemingly close proximity, enough disconnection will cause disunity.

For example: while sedentary sea monsters, like Luca’s family, have an agricultural-based settlement, pelagic sea monsters, like Alberto, very likely don’t settle or farm at all. This could alter the way they pronounce words (temperature and pressure can affect how sound travels, so they may compensate for that), the slang they use (pelagic sea monsters would have more slang focused upon pelagic life, and so on), and vocabulary (the more important something is in a culture, the more words there are going to be to describe it. Sedentary sea monsters may have a treasure trove of farming-related vocabulary while pelagic sea monsters might have only one or two).

2. Do you think sea monsters of different regions talk at all?

I’m assuming “talk” here refers to “communicate,” and I do think so. But, only infrequently. I can’t imagine reef sea monsters having much communication with one another, due to the nature of their culture and settlements, but pelagic sea monsters—including those of different regions—likely communicate a lot as they move from place to place. Meaning, there probably is a good amount of communication between pelagic and pelagic, less so between pelagic and sedentary, but barely any between sedentary and sedentary.

However, there does appear to be a sort of mail or “sending” system, as the Paguros were able to send for Ugo, who lives in The Deep (and, notably, talks Very Different from the sedentary sea monsters in Luca’s community). So, it’s not as if they are in complete isolation.

3. Since Alberto and Luca are from various layers of the ocean, would that affect how they communicate?

This, I’m not really sure on, honestly. We have almost no information on Alberto’s past that can be 100% confirmed or denied.

We know that he isn’t a sedentary sea monster—that he is, in fact, pelagic—but that’s only biological. We are not sure if he had been ever raised in a culture or if he has ever been outside of Liguria—if he would ever have even had the opportunity to develop a dialect other than his own.

Unlike Luca, but much like spiders georg, Alberto is a statistical outlier and should not be a basis upon which to draw conclusions about the culture of pelagic sea monsters—dialect included. However, he has obviously been influenced to some substantial degree by both the humans of Portorosso and the nearby sedentary sea monster community (though he lacks the social skills to pick up on some aspects of communication, such as what is a socially acceptable greeting and what is not). So, he and Luca should communicate fine, as is seen in the movie.

[discobiscotto]

“Signor Marcovaldo is my father, call me Alberto, Alby…or Maestro 😏”

If we’re talking predictability in design, adult Alberto was NOT easy. I had literally nothing to work from. No (living?) family to compare to, no hints at what kindof quirks he may develop. I had nothing!

All I had was that (assumed) deep-seated desire to be accepted, useful/helpful, and not left behind…..that, and yanno, that Charisma In Excess (as a KID no less, dude calm that shxt down or you’re grounded lol)

Alot of pawing around in the dark and just going with what felt right to me.

I took some cues here and there. Some pretty forward and commonly accepted (“You, the big strong one.” etc), others subtle and unassuming but I ran like the wind with it?

Anyway, here we go. What’s the deal with this walking bowl of spaghetti anyhow?

This will be a two parter. His seamonster form requires a separate post.

Alberto as I said is a bit of a wild card. He doesn’t have as much of an obvious blueprint compared to Luca or Giulia.

His physical appearance for his human form was based solely on environmental influence.

Physically I imagined him to be a bit rough around the edges. Kindof gaunt but not so much that he looks sick or weak. He’s pretty much just one big muscle. Not an ounce of fat on him. Nothing but sinew. Very toned and muscular but certainly not huge. He’s just solid and FIT.

He’s a guy from the docks. He’s a fisherman. He’s salty and peppered in scars. Heavy calloused hands. He picked up smoking at a young age. He spends endless hours in the sun, thus he’s still very freckly as an adult. His impulsive ass got a tooth busted out in a fist-fight. Five o clock shadow and untidy sandy facial hair. I imagined his hair growing more “out and up” than down. Tight coils suggest he’d likely have a ‘fro or pomp, so I combined the two, keeping that old Alberto “top heavy” hairdo lol.

Profoundly Italian, so he’s pretty furry everywhere. Being a hard worker for years, excessive sun exposure, substance use, he looks alittle “older” than he actually is. (Pushing 34 ish).

I made him very tall, 6’4” ish. I admit, I love a good “Tall Man x Small Man” dynamic, so that’s definitely a shameless “luberto-centric” choice lol But I also considered a funny “goldfish” concept where just like a goldfish only gets bigger when his bowl is bigger…perhaps nature was trying to make him “compete” and measure up or even end up bigger than Massimo. 😆

If there’s one thing I learned from “Ciao Alberto” it’s that Alberto has a deep desire to be useful and accepted. He tries through the entire film to impress Massimo and in turn hope Massimo accepts him and sees Alberto can be just as good at his knife-wielding barrel heaving badassery as he is.

Alberto ultimately ending up as a fisherman by trade was an easy choice. Not only do I write what I know (being a Mainer in the coast with a deep affinity with fishermen and shipbuilders) but it is the ultimate way to show his love for Massimo. To help carry on the legacy.

Alberto has mastered some unlikely skills as well. Not as unlikely as you’d expect though considering his desire to impress Massimo.

So consider this:

-Alright, Massimo is great at cooking. Alberto sucks EPICALLY at first but over time, his motivation to measure up to his hero and dad-figure makes him an amazing cook? Check.

-Massimo likes to sing. Alberto picks it up and finds he’s an Unreasonably Excellent Singer and prodigious musician who plays by ear? DOUBLE CHECK.

(Note: The lore and reasons behind this and Alberto’s mandolin will be a blogpost on its own eventually)

-Alberto being a competent and prolific/productive fisherman resulting in the family biz growing and delivering outside of Portorosso? Definitely a proud moment for Massimo.

So to me it all checks out, and drives home Alberto’s strong gumption and the next generation being better than the generation before. As a parent, I subscribe to this goal. I want my boys to be the “Big Strong Ones.”

There’s also the bit that Alberto is a bit of a lush and a party animal. Charismatic, has a bit of a Casanova complex. Charm pouring out of his ears. Why? Well, dang, I really don’t know. I guess bringing it back to that “Charisma In Excess” statement at the beginning of this, it just felt right somehow. I had it so that he really wasn’t all that conventionally attractive but had a level of animal magnetism that’s hard to resist.

There’s lore behind that too…but will be reserved for his “Fish Form” post.

I dunno, it’s probably cus he’s Italian. It could be that simple. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[wolfstarshipping]

I’m in a reading slump, do you have any good fics that you can recommend me?

Hi, thanks for asking lovely anon! I've thought about this and I have several different approaches on how to answer your ask, so this'll be a longer list, I hope you find something you like!

First category: Texting Fics!

I love text fics because they're usually very fast-paced and easy to read, so I think they might be a good way to combat a reading slump!

You could either go with the iconic Text Talk by merlywhirls (141.250 words), a boarding school AU with a home-schooled, chronically ill Remus, a true classic and the fic that started the whole wolfstar texting fic trend back in the day!

Or, one of my personal favorites from the same era for purely nostalgic reasons, aesthetic: trash boys by Emaly/merlywhirls (89.473 words, everyone is super queer, strong chosen family vibes, with an HIV positive Remus and genderqueer Sirius).

Or if you want a modern text fic classic, there's always Staying Strangers by 3amAndCounting (319.368 words, university AU, this is one of those fics I've reread a couple of times already, just because I love it so much, especially the texting in the beginning).

Snow In June by BrigidFaye (25.561 words) is a magical AU set in the US that also has some texting elements, even though it's not as text-heavy as the fics mentioned above, but the worldbuilding and the setting is wonderful, and lumberjack Remus is everything I ever needed in my life!

Dear Your Holiness by @mollymarymarie (142.264 words) is a priest AU and band AU, with a bit of texting, though this one is also already kind of moving into the next category of fics mentioned below. Obviously the whole catholic priest theme is not going to be for everybody, but if you think you might enjoy that, I highly recommend it, it's so, so good! And if you don't think you'll enjoy the themes of this fic, check out literally any other fic by mollymarymarie, I think at this point I've read almost all of them and enjoyed every single one I read immensely!!

Alright, so now the next category is fics with plots that will get you out of any reading slump:

I've recently become obsessed with @lynxindisguise's fics, so I'd also recommend checking out all of them, but since I've mostly recommended longer fics on this list so far, I'll go with a shorter one: in the dark, there is discovery (11.796 words) is a wonderful pirate AU that you can easily read in one evening, and it has beautiful world building, Remus Lupin as a seamonster and my new favorite trope - there was only one hammock.

Let Me Get What I Want (This Time) by Sierra_Sitruc (69.878 words) is a plot-driven and amazing fix-it-fic, that I keep thinking about even months after I've read it, and that had me stay awake at ungodly hours just because I couldn't put it down and wanted to know how it ended!

The Bent by @ebp-brain (40.257 words) is an incredible fic about queer lives, politics and art, oppression and resistance, so if any of those things sound like something you'd enjoy I highly recommend reading it, I always love earlybloomingparentheses' writing, it's so, so beautiful and powerful!

take me as i am (48.494 words) has one of the most unique settings I've ever read - it features Sirius as an (adorable) sleep demon, who is supposed to give Remus nightmares, and I also love the way this fic depicts various mental illnesses.

In saccharine by moonymoment (26.447 words) Sirius is a ghost haunting Remus's apartment, and this is another one of those fics I keep thinking about because it was just so so good.

full moon twofold by renaissance (12,031 words) is a Gothic-romance style AU and an incredible take on the question "what if Remus never went to Hogwarts?".

And now maybe a few shorter fics:

The first rec in this category is not even a specific fic but just a tumblr account: @wolfstarmicrofic, if you scroll through their blog you'll find lots and lots of really short fics which might just be what you need to get back into reading!

In You, I Count Stars by @wolfpants (1.540 words) is a wonderful hogwarts-era oneshot set in the Astronomy Tower with a pining Sirius.

It's Cold Outside by Remustrash (1.788 words) is a very fluffy and cosy there-was-only-one-bed fic, featuring the most oblivious of all oblivious puppies!

June, and Other Natural Disasters by montparnasse (5.524 words) is a beautifully written fic that made me feel all the feels and has great summer vibes!

Okay and the last category is fics with A+ vibes that'll make you forget all about your reading slump:

The Long Way Home by @hollyivydruzy (177.337 words) is a university AU and the kind of fic I didn't want to ever end, because the characters felt so incredibly real, and it's so easy to get completely immersed and lost in their wonderful, chaotic world and follow along on all their university adventures.

this desperate in love by drowsyanddazed (20.776 words) is a very cute high school AU, and reading it felt like watching a coming of age / teen movie in the best kind of way!

wading in waist-high water by @colgatebluemintygel (82.060 words) is a Great British Bake-Off AU that features Remus as a contestant and and Sirius as a host who's thirsting after Remus, and I just love the whole setting and atmosphere of the fic, as well as the writing! And this fic's Arthur Weasley needs to be protected at all costs, I love him a lot!

A Brief History of Dragons by @eyra (23.488 words) is an incredibly cosy and wonderful modern AU set in Cornwall, I absolutely ADORE Remus in this fic and love the way his and Sirius's relationship slowly develops, this fic has such a special place in my heart.

Alright I think I could keep going and add to this list forever but I'll stop now, let me know if you read any of these, and I hope they'll end your reading slump! x

[mega-punani]

If you have too many questions feel free to delete this one, but I am curious: what are the 'bad sanses' doing in the pirate au, if they're there at all? Do they control some islands? Are they another pirate crew? Are they seamonsters? With the Marines maybe? So many options!

YARRRR! Very good question... honestly though, I don't know much about the bad sans. I'm pretty sure they all have lore that I am unaware of, but I've only seen fanon stuff (SO I APOLOGIZE IF IM VERY VAGUE/WRONG) (One Piece SPOILER ALERT!!!!)

So, I didn't really think they would be in the au, but now that I think about it, it would be really cool if they were warlords of the sea! For those who don't know, warlords are pirates that basically are super powerful and so they are basically allied with the government.

I feel like Nightmare would definitely be a sea monster that lives in his castle in the depths of the sea, like the edge lord that he is. Error would be tormenting (more like pranking) marines for fun and would definitely get a kick out of fighting the main crew. He fucking HATES when the Marines tell him to do something. Dust is lowkey obsessed with getting stronger. He will literally kill anyone in his path for the sake of becoming greater. Even his own brother... Although, he seems remorseful and is often found talking to himself. Killer is... scary. No remorse, no way to contain him. He has nothing he cares for and will kill mercilessly. Whole ships will be blasted into high hell just cause he can. Is it so he could get stronger? Maybe? Who knows... (Found out Cross is technically not a bad sans, but I feel like ppl would still want to know sooooo) Cross would fo sho be brooding hella whenever there are meetings, Sometimes, he just doesn't show up. Cause why??? He doesn't really like going out and about talking with people so once in a while he'll actually listen to the Marines and take out weaker pirate crews.

BONUS: Dream is a Marine Admiral! Always looking to change his brother's heart, he is found visiting Nightmare only to be kicked out. He's a nice guy and finds the crew to be an incredibly charming bunch! Even if they are pirates,,,

[imberbitez]

do 8 and 16 ☝️

For this ask game

8. List three of your favorite G/t tropes

- The tiny that gets found by a giant when lost in the woods

- The Giant is a little taken aback/grossed out by the tiny at first(and/or vise versa)

- Giants being dragon/kaiju/alien/etc. etc. shapeshifters and tinies being knights/scientists/astronauts/etc. etc.

16. How open are you about your interest in G/t

Very! I talk about it all the time either directly or indirectly! I grew up with a love of fairies, Kaiju and everything in-between. To me it’s a fun genre of scif or fantasy and a cool storytelling mechanic! So I don’t personally find it all that hard to scream about it to all my friends 8)

A lot of my own stories involve it in some way or other as well, so that’s another way I share the genre even outside the direct community. But I think I lot of people even if they don’t know what “G/t” is really like art and storytelling that depicts it! I always get a fair amount of compliments on my lil fairy characters or my big scary seamonster girl Levvie especially!

[itsaseamonster]

Altaïr before and After Malik

[vaults-of-zin]

Kull of Atlantis miscellaneous thoughts

Being an earlier prototype of Conan the Barbarian most of the sotories are just straight up worse versions of later Conan stories.

There's about a dozen or so stories yet they all end up repeating themselves a lot. Probably a result of how they were/weren't published.

Like a full 50% are about scheming nobles sneaking into the palace to kill Kull and Kull beating the shit out of them.

Conan gets a lot of pre-kingship adventuring stories but every Kull story involves him being king so when he decides unseal ancient evils and plunder their cursed treasure he has a full royal court coming along with him telling him this is a bad idea.

Conan also gets to have a sexuality whereas Kull is wrtten to show how resiliant he is to the manipulating charms of womankind.

This comes off as very gay.

The only type of women in the Empire of Valusia are whiny teenage noblewomen.

The only type of political issue Kull everdeals with involve said whiny teenage noblewomen running off and having affairs.

For all Robert E. Howard loves to prattle about the degeneracy of civilisation, the only example of this he can throw out is scheming noblemen plotting to assassinate Kull. Which doesn't really contrast well with Kull since he also assassinated the last king.

The best story is The Cat and the Skull. Kull gets tricked into diving into a cursed lake full of seamonsters on the advice of a talking cat.

I think the best way to read Kull stories is to imagine them as a strongman dictator's propaganda puff-pieces. That's why the writer is so concerned with describing Kull as strong and virile. That's why every second story is about a consiracy to murder Kull. That's why they never discuss any of Kull's actual policy decisions.

[aswallowimprisoned]

Restless far from a Wine Dark sea - Alt prompt broken bones - fuckin oops

This is a 2 parter. Got a bit long.

Towards the begining of Fogal's captiviy, after he has recovered a bit from initial injuries and blood loss, but his wounds are still healing.

snippet for @medwhumpmay

Tw captivity, accidental injury, restraints, threat, Dead Dove Jewish vampiric whumpee, religious whumpee, drugs/medication, medical talk, broken bone, punctured lung, minor self harm

masterlist

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Stupid fucking question Stupid fucking question, Stupid fucking question!

Nathaniel may be a dirty fucking sellout but he wasn’t going to answer that.

He dug his fingers into the wound on his tail, hard, the pain clearing his thoughts,

“Fogal, stop that right now.” Logan commanded.

“Fuck you.” Nathaniel splayed his fingers out and nearly choked on the wave of pain. He was angry, so angry, and his captors gave him no other way to release the anger climbing up his throat.

He writhed, full body movements making his battered body scream with pain, his broken arm, the stab wounds in his tail, his fractured ribs. But the anger burned brighter than pain.

“Hold him.” His interrogator commanded. Immediately a guard clamped down around Nathaniel’s head, while another threw himself over his torso.

Pain rose in an intense wave, blindingly bright, and Nathaniel screamed.

–8888–

Logan skirted around the bed to the merman’s left side to get a better view of his face trapped beneath the guard’s arm. Only his eyes were visible, darting, bright with fear and unshed tears.

It wasn’t the first time the seamonster had responded to questioning with outrage and self-harm, but Logan could not allow such behaviours to go unchecked. It was bad for their relationship to have to constrain the captive merman like this, but sometimes there was no avoiding it.

Fogal’s hands were spasming, clawed and vicious against the second guard's gloved hand that was clasped protectively around the sea monster's damaged tail.

“I need you to calm yourself Fogal, the guards will release you if you stop moving. We can’t let you hurt yourself…” Logan started a litany of grounding words as the sea monster writhed with rage.

The merbeast screamed until he choked on the cries, coughing against the guards arm. Energy seeming depleted after his tantrum, Fogal slumped, hauling in breaths through his nose.

“You can take your time, Fogal, we can wait a while. I will give you space.”

Fogal glared at him for a moment, then closed his eyes. Logan waited patiently, not wanting to push him back into anger. 

Logan thought he was probably trying to calm himself. There wasn't much of his body or face showing above the guard’s bodies pressed over him.

“That's good, just breathe for a moment,” Logan soothed.

The mer whined at his words, no doubt resenting the encouragement to calm.

“The panic attack has lasted 90 seconds." Dr Orange mused over the comms, "We will have to low-dose sedate him at the 120 second mark. This isn’t good for his circulatory system. His blood oxygen has fallen and it will make it less likely for him to be able to snap out of it.”

“I can see your trying, I can tell you are trying. Just a little more and the guard can let go.” Logan urged.

The sea monster screwed his eyes tight shut, and forced out 3 shallow breaths. He stopped moving. There was a whine in every breath but he appeared to have mostly stilled his rage, at least enough to allow Logan to give home some grace to movement.

“Ok.” Logan spoke softly. “I think you are doing well enough that we can let the guard on your chest off…” He nodded to the guard, who cautiously raised himself off Fogal's body.

Fogal whimpered loudly into the arm that was still against his face, his eyes still screwed tight shut and tension in his expression. He was calm and still for a moment.

He coughed, and coughed again, and then he screamed.

A line of scarlet seeped through the sheet, a bright slash across the merman's chest.

What?

"Dr Orange, advise…" Logan forced himself to keep his voice level, tamping down his shock. “Alright Fogal, I can see something happened, we didn't mean to hurt you, the doctor is going to help you…”

“The guard may have rebroken his rib when he was restrained,” Orange’s heavy breathing came through the mic, “On my way…” The doors opened, and Orange and a nurse rushed in. Fogal whimpered against the guard’s arm that remained against his face.

“I am just going to take a look under the sheet,” Orange remembered to keep his patient informed despite the rush, as he peeled back the bloodied fabric.

“The 6th rib is visibly broken, creating a divot maybe 30mm deep into the chest. A quick visual inspection shows now external wound for that blood to have come from.” Orange unwound his stethoscope, “I am going to touch you, gently, just above the rib.”

Fogal gave a muffled noise of worry, which devolved into a coughing fit. Orange placed his stethoscope on his chest and listened with intense concentration.

“Punctured lung.” He spoke after a few seconds, “Quite rapid entry of blood directly into the alveoli.…”

“Fogal, can you rate your pain for me please,” Logan tried to distract the mercreature, “Just flick a hand signal.”

Fogal blinked a couple times, before flicking his fingers. A splayed hand, and then four fingers.

“9? Bad enough you can’t think about anything else and can't really think past the pain?”

The merman coughed in reply.

“Ok, we are going to help you, we will give you something to help the pain.” Logan reassured,

“...Oxygen has fallen to 80%. Can we release his face to get him on respiratory support?” A voice over the comms.

Logan regarded Fogal’s pain drawn face.

“Now he knows we want to help his pain, he is much calmer. We can release you, can’t we Fogal?”

The merman blinked slowly at him.

“Good. Slowly now.”

The guard raised his arm. There was blood smeared across Fogal’s chin, painting his lips cherry red. He hacked up another round of coughing, blood splattering into his chest. He slumped back into the pillows, breathing fast and shallow. 

Fogal brought his head down to his shoulder, one of his most common stims, but this time he sunk his teeth into the meat of his shoulder, fangs piercing flesh as he injected himself with potent pain-killing mer venom.

“Fogal, no!” Logan reprimanded.

The guard moved with practised movements, grabbing a thick handful of hair to push the mercreature’s head down and jamming steel-wrapped fingers in his mouth to get him to disengage. Fogal made no noise of protest as his head was hoisted up by the secure grip, blood dripping from his open mouth.

The nurse scooped his face into the oxygen mask, and secured it with loops over his ears. The guard took it from the nurse, holding it securely against Fogal's face.

“Why did you do that?” Logan asked, askance. “We can’t give you any medicine if you are envenomed.” 

The merman just coughed a wad of blood into his oxygen mask, grimaced, and flipped him off.

“That was not ideal.” The anaesthetist on the comms informed them. “Right. From our understanding of mer venom from reports of humans who have been bitten and in animal testing, the venom is a pain killer, it decreases heart rate, it is not a blood thinner, and it does act as far more of a euphoric than other sedatives. If we are lucky it may help him to stay calm without causing the disorientation that caused sedated people to fight. We’ll see how his vitals change and hope we can still sedate if surgical intervention is required. The venom should be short term.”

No option to sedate. That made Logan’s role in keeping an angry injured merman cooperative vital to success.

“...We need to do an X-ray to work out how much air or blood has entered the thorax…” Dr Orange threw around medical terms. “Pulmonary sounds like there is a significant amount of blood in the lungs and pleural cavity. Given recent history of blood loss complications immediate treatment is needed. And I still don’t know how he got covered in blood. Is there anything we can give him for sedation or pain?”

“ A topical analgesic like lidocaine will be fine, and he should be eligible for general tranquiliser within 30 minutes.”

“Work something out.” Orange ordered. “Right. Nurse, lidocaine gel.”

“Dr Orange is going to put some pain medicine on your broken rib,” Logan informed Fogal, “It is going to feel numb, but it’s still broken so you are going to have to stay still or you will make it hurt more. Do you think you can stay still?”

Fogal looked tiredly at him. His pupils were blown wide on his own venom.

“Gills.” He said nonsensically.

The nurse squirted a generous amount of the clear paste onto Fogal’s bruised and bloodied chest. 

“Ok. Ok.” Orange held his gloved hands up above his waistline, as if he was already in the surgery room, “we are going to need an X-ray. I am calling a code 703 emergency room-to-room mer transportation while continuous. Can I have permission? " His voice was serious.

703. Fogal must have been bad if they were willing to move him while conscious. Bad enough there was no other option. The comms were silent for a moment.

“703 Permission granted. Let's go people.”

The medical staff moved fast to ready the sea monster for transportation.

“Hey Fogal, we are going to use a special machine that will show us where the damage is before we can fix it. It won't hurt, but we are going to have to take you to another room to use it. The bed has got wheels so we can just wheel the bed out, we don't have to switch beds or anything that will jostle the bed. Just a corridor ride. Ok?”

“Ok, ready for transfer.” Dr Orange commanded. 

“I am going to be right here the whole time” Logan held onto the side of the bed to help push.

Fogal gave a soft sound of surprise as they started moving out into the antechamber packed with emergency equipment. His eyes darted around, face starting to crease with fear.

“Hey, Fogal, look at me.” Logan commanded. The merman refocused his wide-eyed gaze back onto the interrogator, “There are going to be some strange medical machines around, but I promise they are to help you and help mer. You aren’t hurt on purpose here. You are not tortured.”

The merman’s eyes flicked across Logan's face, and his posture slumped more into acceptance. He averted his gaze to observe the concrete walls flicking past with a detached curiosity.

“Logan, I will join you once you get to the radiography room.” Elias’ voice came through the comms, “I can’t see much from up here. I will take my cane in case we are standing for any length of time, but I will keep it out of his line of sight.”

Logan gave a tight smile to the nearest camera. The role Elias played towards the merman was better suited to times like these than Logan’s was. 

The team burst into the X-ray room, and Dr Orange took charge once more. 

“Ok, we need to get an x-ray board under you. We are going to just push it behind your back… Logan, can you hold the O2 mask on?” Orange hoisted a board up, and Fogal leaned forwards as much as the restraints would allow him to let the doctor get the board behind him. 

“This is an x-ray. It will not hurt you.” Orange manoeuvred a massive machine over Fogal. Fogal looked to Logan with big eyes.

“It’s a special camera that is going to take a photo of your chest to let the doctor’s know what’s happened to your chest.”

“Broken rib.” Fogal spoke. “You broke.” he said mildly.

“We know we accidentally re-broke your rib, and it has clearly damaged your lungs on the inside. But we need to take a special x-ray picture to know if it has hit something that makes you bleed alot internally, and what is the best way to stop the bleeding.

“Hmmmm.” the merman hummed neutrally

“Ok. We are going to turn all the lights off. Logan is going to stay with you, but all the medical staff will leave.”

Elias came up behind Logan and clipped a x-ray badge onto his lapel.

“Hey Fogal,”

“Elias.” Fogal spoke.

“How you holding up Fogal?”

-pain. Scared. - he made a little pair of fangs with his fingers and mimed biting, -good. No. pain. calm.- 

“The venom may feel good and make you calm, but it is much safer to let us use our medicine, Fogal. You could have slept through all this if it wasn’t for the venom. But we are going to do whatever is safe to sort you out now.”

Fogal flicked his eyes dismissively.

-hurt. 5. bite/venom. Hurt. 8. No. bite/venom.-

Orange strode back into the room.

“We need more ‘pictures.’ We are going to lay you down flat. It might hurt. There isn’t much I can give you for the pain since you used mer venom, but let me know if you feel unbearable pain.”

The bed started lowering and Fogal screwed his eyes shut against pain, his already laboured breath coming in stuttering wet gasps.

Now flat on his back, his eyes flickered from the guards looming above him. Tears pricked in the corners of his eyes.

He coughed, coughed again, then the skin of his chest split open and blood spilled.

Elias stared, speechless. 

“Oh. Were those gills?” Orange asked, “I suppose now we can estimate how fast the bleeding is.” Then he scowled, “Switching to gills might complicate things a bit.”

Fogal just blinked peacefully. His breathing seemed a lot less ‘wet.’

“We’ll take the X-ray quickly and get him upright again.”

The X-rays were taken swiftly, and Fogal was returned to an upright position by the nurse.

“We are going to debate approaches with the medical team now. Just - amuse yourselves for now.” 

“Last time I got stabbed in the lungs, the doctor Przyżegać burned. He let me drink the rum." Fogal spoke almost dreamily.

“Przyżegać… is that cauterise? When a doctor uses heat to seal a wound?” Elias asked.

-Yes- Fogal signed.

“That is really really useful to know Fogal.” Logan recalled the faint silvery mark on Fogal’s chest, “Is that where the scar on your chest is from?”

-Yes-

“I will tell the medical team. We are arguing if the gills will affect the lung lining. This is why we should have experimented with his underwater breathing sooner rather than later, though I know now is not the time for griping.”

“Did he do anything else to help you?”

-Faint. Hungry.-

“You fainted? And he fed you?”

-Yes-

“Are you hungry now?”

Fogal shook his head cautiously.

“I will soon…” He admitted.

“We have been debating, and we need to act fast, so we are going to twilight sedate him with Fentynl as we are pretty sure venom and opiates mix ok. We are going to have to open him up and find the damaged blood vessel and sort it. No pain, no memory retention, hazed out, no respiratory tubes- unless it goes badly. Wakes up with some stitches in a couple hours. Ok? We’ll take him to the OR now. You can tell him what to expect…”

Part 2 Day 10 - Emergency surgery fuckin oops again here

[prisiidon]

Dealing with deep seamonster Bon 101

Also an open invite for your fish to be chill with him or aggro him lol 💜✨

• He’s a wanderer, giant ocean zola (zora variant), semi-passive unless aggro'd at first and speaks in short broken sentences. When coming across him he’s cautious, circles, stays his distance in the dark water, and may do an intimidation display/dragon-like screech while trying to distinguish whether you’re a threat. He’d rather avoid a fight.

• Do nOT flee!! As doing prey behaviour triggers hunt mode. Only do so if you have the means to get away!

• Don’t draw your weapon he could aggro! Although you could swing your sword around and scream to show you’re not worth fighting lol but he may rush at you. If you get him he’ll stay tf away and whine dhdjdjf

• If you offer him something, talk or look unbothered (to show that you’re chill) you’re more likely to be safe. Just keep the injured away (easy-meal brain activated lol. just a nibbl)

• Be prepared to do the redirect maneuver incase he goes in for an investigative bite.

• Have enough chill and careful interactions you’ll gain his trust and he’ll be curious! May even be able to pat his head, play or stick ur head in his jaws for a cool pic lol. Likes those who aren’t trying to kill hiM, and rumbles like a really low muffled motor when he’s happy.

• At this point he can help you traverse deep dark water as he knows to avoid nasti sea monster territories.

• closest to Seamonster Specialist Niles, so for any pointers, ask Niles.

• Bon is currently bringing specimens to him to pass onto Caeruleis alchemists/scientists! Give them specimens and they’ll give you stuff in exchange via Bon.

(Full bio here!)

[separatist-apologist]

Hi hi! First of all, I just finished Vanmerman and I am absolutely obsessed! I love it whenever Lucien is ready to commit murder just as soon as Elain gives the word. I hope you don't mind my asking, and please know it's no pressure and just genuine curiosity, but I noticed Vanmerman was in the same series with Erina and Feysand sea monsters. Does this mean we might get a Cassian sea monster?

You are DEFINITELY getting a Cassian!seamonster. @c-e-d-dreamer brought this up today? Right? Was that what we were talking about? Monster Cassian and his shiny, blood red tail?

[moonfortunetheatre]

hey, my name is mihou. my daughter told me i should probably make a blog or something about my theatre(although its quickly becoming a personal one), so here it is. its a demon-run theatre, and we're working on a couple different shows right now, so i'm gonna be talking about those a whole lot. feel free to send me questions or comments, no guarantee ill answer you though. current shows:

Amaterasu and the Cave

Tamamizu

The Jorogumo

Shippetaro

The Iliad (HELP ME)

Frankenstein

The Sun Maiden and the Crescent Moon (Valentine's Day Tragedy Event)

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl

Chang'e and Hou Yi

Arachne

The Tragedy of Medea

Hyacinthus

Eros and Psyche

Midsummer Night's Dream

The Minotaur

Utgard Loki

Tokoyo and the Seamonster

i'll be reblogging theatre and traditional chinese dance stuff and occasionally i'll rant about something that annoys me but yeah. thats it. // ooc: hihi!! my friend made an rp account so i made one too just for funsies. im roleplaying as macaque and acting as if this is his tumblr blog to talk about theatre stuffs! my main is @watercolorofthemoon

[moorishflower]

there was this amazing fanart for your sandman siren au, where dream was captured by seamonster hunter Burgess and put in a fishbowl on his wooden ship... the style looks super similar to the jellyfish!delirium post you reblogged recently. anyways I can't find the post anywhere, do you know what I'm talking about?

Yeah yeah! I think it's this fanart by @silver-dream89? Which HECK YEAH, poor Dream in his hamster ball ToT It's good good art yes!