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i saw requests were open so heres one
(environmental) heat whump
ooh, something i don’t think i’ve done before! here’s some ideas:
-a whumpee lying facedown in a desert, unable to move due to the overbearing heat
-going to a body of water to cool down, but the water is just as hot
-a whumper keeping a whumpee outside in the heat and refusing any water (or drinking the water in front of them)
-whipping/beating with a sunburn
-caretaker helping whumpee recover from heatstroke
-a whumpee escaping and getting blistered feet from running away on hot concrete, but the pain doesn’t matter (bonus: they try to hide the wounds from caretaker but it becomes increasingly suspicious when they can’t walk right)
rb/comment with more ideas!
#whump#whump blog#whump community#whump writing#whump scenario#environmental whump#tw heatstroke#tw sunburn#tw burning
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i want to die
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Blind Faith.
(aka i am, unsurprisingly, being not normal over dark sun and nexus again. dsfkjhsdf)
#tsams#the sun and moon show#sams#sun and moon show#tsams dark sun#the sun and moon show dark sun#sams dark sun#sun and moon show dark sun#tsams nexus#the sun and moon show nexus#sams nexus#sun and moon show nexus#evil sun/sunburn (tsbs)#my art#eyestrain tw#eyestrain cw#< juuust in case#new moon/nexus (tsbs)
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Broken Reflection
Whumptober 5: Sunburn
Dad!Bo Sinclair x daughter/child!reader (5-6 years old)
Tw: yelling, Bo being a bit aggressive, soft ending
Healing Salve
���I told you over and over to stay away from Vincent’s wax melter!” He snaps, his anger building up. “You have any idea how stupid you are? Any clue?”
You could hear him yelling from the stairs as he came up to the bathroom where you were. You were shaking as you tried to put aloe on your burns, but tears stung your eyes and made it blur. You didn’t mean to be that close to the wax melter; you just wanted to look inside it! How were you supposed to know that was hot to touch and could burn you when you rested your arm against the metal? How are you supposed to learn if you never try it? Bo told you time and time, over and over, not to go into Vincent’s workspace without him, but you were curios today and went down in secret. You always wanted to see what it looked like on the inside, so who was Bo to be mad at because he never told you?
“Answer me!” His shouts, his hand hitting the door, causing you jump. “You’re just as stupid as your mother! Didn’t know how to listen to a simple thing... are you dumb or something?” You tried not to flinch when he yelled, but your shoulder jerked and tensed as he yelled, “Now, I gotta make sure you ain’t leavin’ dis house! ‘Cause I thought you were better than dat!” His eyes harden when your eyes didn’t look up at his. “Hey, look at me when I’m talking to you!”
His hand turned you around and grabbed a hold of your face, forcing you to look up—
Bo’s angry blue eyes broken when a sob escaped your lips, crying out, “I’m sorry, Papa! I’m sorry!”
Hsi tight grip loosens, and he lets go as he steps away from you. He looked down at his hands, realizing they were shaking, then looked at himself in the mirror on the wall in the hall. He didn’t see himself; he saw Trudy and his father with a victory smile as if they were saying that they taught him well. He was becoming like his own parents, and it burned him.
“Sunshine,” he breathed, his eyes softening. “Darlin’, I-I didn’t mean...shit, sweetheart, I’m so sorry.” He took slow steps and knelt in front of your trembling form. “My God—Papa’s so sorry. He didn’t mean for his anger to be like that. He’s sorry...he’s so sorry.” His hands still shook as he held your arms, feeling like you were glass. He’ll do better; he has to do better.
And he compared you to your mother—
“I’m sorry,” you whispered again, holding back a sob. “I’m sorry—”
“Shh, sweetheart,” he hushes softly, his fingers being gentle as he looked over you. “Dida get hurt anywhere else?”
You shook your head as fat tears fell slow.
“Hey, hey,” he cupped his large, calloused hand over your cheek, thumbing away a tear. “It’ll be right. It’ll be right, I swear.” He scooped you up in his arms, holding you tightly as he stood up, and takes the healing salve. “I’ll take care of it...I’m here. Papa’s here.”
#house of wax#house of wax 2005#bo sinclair#house of wax (2005)#house of wax fanfiction#house of wax fanfic#dad!bo sinclair x reader#dad bo sincliar x y/n#dad bo sinclair x reader#dad bo sinclair#dad!bo sinclair#bo sinclair x you#bo sinclair fanfic#whumptober 2024#whumptober#no. 5#sunburn#healing salve#tw yelling#Tw aggressive#whumptober2024
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⚠️Spoilers for Omori!⚠️
I spent way too much time designing the characters for my personal vision of the Sanders Sides X Omori AU, inspired a lot by @zeni1098 and @blackoutbugza (apologies for tagging). That said, they each have a different casting than I do and I think both are valid, I just wanted to throw my own ideas into the ring :)
(On the left is headspace versions and on the right is real world versions)
#sanders sides#logan sanders#patton sanders#roman sanders#virgil sanders#remus sanders#janus sanders#tw death#omori x sanders sides crossover#omori#omori spoilers#someone pls give Logan a weapon /j#shipping wasn’t considered btw#I love analogical but don’t care for sunburn - I like Dukexiety but hate sunflower - i don’t care for prinxiety but love suntan#just so that’s clear
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jongsan ✧ 230621 encore
#san#jongho#ateez#atzsource#ateezedit#usersrin#tusersofie#jennahui#jadeblr#lunanuggets#heyfio#bumblebuzz#heyiri#forbelleseyes#*gifs#tw flashing#the apple of my eye turns red.#so envious of san being this tan. i just sunburn into oblivion lmao#also the shenanigans !!!
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tmi probably
i’m SUCH a bad skin picker that ive had to keep the clear dressing on my tattoo for days and long sleeves now that it’s off because i will pick the shit out of the peeling skin and i absolutely cannot do that 😭😭 i will not ruin this tattoo but im like going feral
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saw the hot babs summer tag on one of my drawings and thought it was funny so i drew some quick sillies for it LOL
#put like no effort into any of these bc its what he deserves#my art#procreate#the locked tomb#tlt#gideon the ninth#gtn#naberius tern#ianthe tridentarius#coronabeth tridentarius#tridentarii#/ tw sunburn#<- if thats a thing idk#i have an awful sun burn right now so its a tw to me <3
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mike gets sunburnt every summer. he tries to remember his sunblock, he really does, but sometimes it slips his mind. sometimes he does put it on but he then forgot to re-apply the sunblock after his first application washed off when he swam or when he was outside all afternoon.
either way, he inevitably always burns. he withstands the teasing from the others for a week, puts aloe vera on his burns with annoyance every day at his mom's insistence. and then his skin starts to get a little bit itchy and then suddenly, his sunburn is peeling.
will is his designated sunburn skin peeler. when lucas did it, he wasn't delicate enough and ended up peeling it to the unsunburnt edges of his skin, causing it to sting and pull. mike always ended up smacking lucas's hands away with a loud "ow, shit, stop!" lucas rolled his eyes at him and told him, "fine, you can keep looking nasty with all your peeling skin." when dustin peeled the sunburnt skin, he always got grossed out, making fake retching noises to make will and lucas laugh, and made distressed groans when faced with a back full of mike's peeling sunburnt skin. mike would call out "this means it's healing, okay! the skin underneath is healthy and not burnt. just do it!"
that left will. he was patient and gentle with his artist's fingers. when he peeled some sunburnt skin that stung, mike hissed in pain and will immediately stopped, whispering, "sorry, sorry. maybe i'll get that one in a few days." when will got a big peel, he showed it to mike with his nose scrunched up, looking a little grossed out but also delighted with sick fascination.
what his peeling sunburnt skin really was was a good exercise in trust. mike didn't love his body all the time. he took his shirt off to swim, got sunburnt on his back and shoulders, and then he couldn't reach the peeling skin as the sunburn faded. the peeling skin made him feel gross, entirely and overwhelmingly self-conscious by how disgusting it looked. and to get it off, he had to take his shirt off again to show it to someone and ask them to help.
will's fingers on his back always made him shiver a little bit. cooler fingers on burnt skin, perhaps. but he was often just red and flushed with the exposure of it all, and maybe that's why he shivered. his bare back being face up surrounded by his fully clothed friends, dustin making jokes about it all, lucas itching to meticulously get rid of all peeling skin with ruthless efficiency.
will helped. he made mike shiver but he helped. he was quiet in a way that mike knew probably just reflected his focus, similar to his focus while painting, but it also allowed time for mike to breathe through his anxiety and his discomfort at being shirtless like this. he wondered what will thought about his back, if his shoulders seemed broad enough, if he had too many moles, if he seemed too skinny or not skinny enough. maybe not muscular enough.
he always managed to breathe through it though, and on the other side, will would quietly say something funny or sweet or distracting, and mike could stop thinking for a moment about will seeing him half naked with gross, peeling skin.
when will was done, he laid a warm hand on mike's back, up between his shoulder blades. it was soft and fleeting but reassuring, and will announced, "all done! it looks a lot better." and he took his hand away.
mike sat up, reached around to feel his back feeling much smoother, and grinned gratefully at will. he shrugged his shirt back on and said, "oh my god, thank you so much. last sunburn of the summer, i promise."
will snorted and said, "sure."
but next time they went to the pool, once they all got out of the pool, will tossed him some sunblock and said, with a twinkle in his eyes, "put some on, okay? i can help if you can't reach your back." but then he averted his eyes quickly as mike flipped open the cap on the sunblock.
mike didn't need help applying it. but he thought about will's offer. he thought about it all afternoon and it hung in his mind for hours after he got home. he thankfully didn't get sunburnt after he put on a second application of sunblock.
he thought some more about will's offer and the way his eyes turned away as mike awkwardly put the sunblock on in front of all the people at the pool. maybe will knew he felt a little uncomfortable shirtless and being looked at too much. maybe mike wouldn't have minded if will had looked, though. will's eyes were always soft and gentle and held a feeling in them that helped mike relax in his skin.
he called will that night. mike thanked him for the extra sunblock and the reminder to put on a second coat, and reported that he was currently sunburn-free. will laughed and brushed off the gratitude like it was nothing. it was late so they both spoke quietly into their phones, mike cradling the handset close to his mouth.
"so maybe you can make it through the summer with no more sunburns, huh?" will asked. he laughed and added, "no more peeling skin to deal with."
mike's head was fuzzy because it had been a long, sun soaked day, and they were already well into the night. he thought of will offering to apply the sunblock again, and of the shiver mike felt at will looking at his back. it was anxiety of being looked at mixed with... something. something that felt like butterflies or the shiver you get from a fever, the flush of a sun kissed cheeks, the comfort of wanting to be soft and quiet on the phone with his best friend late into the night. it reminded him of how he felt watching will get tanner and tanner all summer long, while mike just got pink over and over again. it was how he felt when will took off his shirt to swim, when mike saw the tan line on his arm from wearing t-shirts in the sun all summer. it was the flutter he got from will's scrunched up nose, his big smile, his laugh.
mike's head was buzzing and his heart was pounding out of his chest. the words tumbled out of him, not responding to what will had said at all. "do you want to go to a movie with me tomorrow night?"
there was quiet on the other end of the phone, mike could just hear will's breathing for a few moments.
"like with lucas and dustin?"
mike rushed to answer, "no. no. just you and me. i want to take you to the movies."
quiet again, before will said, speaking quickly and fumbling a little, "yeah, that sounds really fun. let's do that."
mike held the phone handset even closer to his face, as if that would help him see will from across town and know exactly what he was feeling. "no risk of a sunburn at the movies," mike joked.
will laughed quietly and said, "no, it should be a safe place for you."
mike thought to himself, absently, as if floating, that right next to will was always a safe place for him. once he grabbed onto the thought, it hit him hard.
he whispered quietly into the dark, "i'll get us icee's and some candy tomorrow night. whatever you want"
will's voice floated back to him, a little breathless with a small laugh. "i don't need much, mike. i'll just be happy with some reece's pieces. it'll be fun even... even without any candy. it's always fun going to the movies with you."
mike grinned and resisted the urge to bury his face in his pillow. "yeah. yeah, it is. i'll get you some candy anyway though."
mike hoped, as they said goodnight and hung up their phones, that will knew. he hoped that will could tell what mike meant, what was just beneath his words. will always seemed to get him, so he probably did. if not, mike was going to hold his hand at the movies the next night anyway, and will would definitely figure it out then. will's hand in his would probably be just as soft and reassuring as it was when it rested on mike's shirtless back.
mike had a little shiver at the thought before falling asleep.
#byler#sunburns#tw peeling skin??#like not in a gross way but just the little peeling after a sunburn#summer byler vibes#inspired by my own peeling sunburn 🫡🫡#mike and body image#byler ficlet
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Whumptober day 5: sunburn/heatstroke
Summary: Sigma wanders the desert alone for three days.
#whumptober 2024#no.5#heatstroke#sunburn#bsd#bungou stray dogs#fic#tw:#human trafficking#sigma bsd#they/them sigma#bro doesn’t know what a gender is yet
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WHUMPTOBER No. 5: SUNBURN
Healing Salve | Heatstroke | "If my pain will stretch that far." (Lottery Winners, Burning House)
Will stares out at the endless desert around him, scanning for Tug. He glances at the map, and back up again, searching for any landmarks besides the shifting mass of sand.
He takes a sip of water, and another. He’s not used to the heat.
He taps his heels. His borrowed horse continues on its journey.
His head swims. He takes another sip. The water tastes leathery, but it’s so refreshing.
He takes off his heavy cloak, and the relief from the heat is immediate.
He takes another sip.
The last few drops stick to his tongue.
It’s so hot.
#art's whumptober#whumptober 2024#no. 5#sunburn#heatstroke#heat stroke#possible TWs:#i've already tagged heatstroke. can't think of any others#lmk if i missed any#rangers apprentice#will treaty#is there no tag for tug???#guess i'l make one#RA Tug
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NEW YEAR, NEW GIF CHALLENGE!
RULES: give your 2023 music review by showing your fave boy group, fave girl group, fave soloists, fave debut and most played song of the year, then tag some friends to do theirs!
tagged by: @agibbangs @chanrizard @noonaracha @woodziecup and @yang-innie ♡
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
enhypen ✦ orange blood (album) / fav song: orange flower (you complete me)
txt ✦ blue spring
nct dream ✦ istj
le sserafim ✦ eve, psyche & the bluebeard’s wife (alt pick)
aespa ✦ better things and welcome to my world
giuk ✦ scratch (alt pick)
young k ✦ natural
chuu ✦ aliens
nct dojaejung ✦ kiss and strawberry sunday
ampers&one ✦ on and on
tagging: @christakisbang @faunandfloraas @insoeng @juiceofmoons and @strayklds ♡
#tag game#mixtape : queue#sunburn tw#burn tw#thanks for the tag y'all 🫶#honorable mention: everything from skz in 2023#could've put any song but wanted to put one w a mv#this was unexpectedly hard?#picking btwn lsfm and aespa was hardest#and tm and scratch are like on the same lvl for me#actually came up w 3 honorable mentions for each category#but i cut a few cuz i felt like i was going overboard lol#(all my bg picks stayed tho cuz i couldn't part w any of them)#also ik there's a vertical mv for novel#but i didn’t think it would work here…so#ngl i wish novel got a more elaborate video >:(#seungmin and me deserved it </3
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"I don't care anymore."
"You're right. You don't."
#aka 'Peach stop drawing Nexus and D.S angst or you'll have to pick up 5 cards!1!' I continue to pick up the whole deck while walking#backwards flipping god the bird. ty#tsams#the sun and moon show#sams#sun and moon show#tsams nexus#the sun and moon show nexus#sams nexus#sun and moon show nexus#tsams dark sun#the sun and moon show dark sun#sams dark sun#sun and moon show dark sun#new moon/nexus (tsbs)#evil sun/sunburn (tsbs)#my art#scopophobia tw#scopophobia cw#< just in case for the 2nd one lol
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Been feeling very much 'I need a cider rn' lately and I can't tell if its the stress or the sun at fault
#tw: alchohol mention#either way not a particularly healthy mindset#i havent been drinking fyi but i am inclined to have just one little drink#the end of year stress ie assignments moving out packing travelling plus summer camp stress is killing me atm#plus the weather is nice and sunny i feel like i need to be sipping an ice cold drink by an open window (heaven forbid i get sunburn)#altogether a very british response unfortunately#but just as british is the fact i cant afford it. who doesnt love a cost of livint crisis?
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Whumptober Day 14: feed me poison, fill me 'til i drown
Water Inhalation
2493 Words; Pearl & Seaglass AU
TW for drowning
AO3 ver
Raz swam down into the trench. Seemingly endless tunnels dotted the bottom, a deep and endless cave network that could swallow him whole if he got lost.
Raz was here on a mission, though, so he wasn’t going to get lost. Not without a fight.
He swam around the bottom for a bit, searching for a particular cave. He had no idea which one it was—but he was certain that he’d know it when he saw it.
No skulls loomed at him out of the darkness, though. No shiny white bones or carved slabs reading GET OUT. There wasn’t even a ball of sealight to mark one of the caves out from the others.
Just kelp. Lots and lots of kelp, all scattered around and rotting, even though it didn’t even grow here—
Wait.
Raz swam over to a particularly long strand of kelp, knots of varying sizes dotting its length. He couldn’t see where it was tied off—it stretched down into the gloom of the cave mouth it was near. And now that Raz was looking, this particular mouth was absolutely surrounded by kelp strips, all knotted in strange and incomprehensible ways…
“Oh!” His stripes lit up the gloom—Raz glanced around nervously. Nothing came out of the dark to grab him, but he’d have to remember not to talk down here.
Steeling his scales, Raz gathered up every inch of courage he had, and dove in.
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Raz wasn’t sure how long he’d been wandering through these tunnels. A while, for sure. But he kept swimming down twisty tunnels, flashing a stripe every so often in order to keep track of the kelp strands. He should have brought some sealight. His eyes were good in the depths, but these caves had no light at all—only what Raz could provide by flashing his stripes incoherently.
Eventually, though, Raz noticed slivers of light floating up from one of the tunnels. Carefully, slowly, he swam towards the source, hoping it wasn’t some giant mutant anglerfish that lived in caves and ate mer.
Raz peered around the edge of the rock—
Sealight dotted the cavern at distant intervals along a net strung up across it, doing little against the gloom. Yet still, Raz could see that shelves had been carved into the rock, with weird-looking things in glass jars. Ingredients, he presumed. And there, in the center of it all, grabbing a crab from an old trap full of them, was the Sea Witch.
Raz had only seen her once, before, and that was from a distance. He had been following Dion, then, based on Frazie’s hints that his older brother would know where to find a Sea Witch.
Somehow, she looked a lot less deadly up close, sinuous tentacles working around her. Even as she turned to a cauldron—and wow, a human cauldron, Raz had been looking for one of those for his collection for forever—with a crab in one tentacle, there was another pair working a piece of kelp, a third grasping a jar, and the other four were working across the cavern floor, maneuvering her around with little effort. Her hands were occupied with a shell she was holding, claws tracing the edges of its layers.
Raz leaned out a little further. “Did Dion get those for you?” Crabs didn’t seem to be in high supply, down in the trench. Urchins, sure, but Raz hadn’t seen any crabs.
The Sea Witch startled, turning luminous yellow-brown eyes onto Raz. Instead of the sharp beak Raz expected, she had a full row of sharp teeth—moray? They weren’t uniform enough to be a shark’s. She even had facial fins—definitely not all octopus, then.
“Who—” Her stripes flashed a vibrant orange, lighting up dark violet scales.
Raz swam out a little further. “Dion’s my older brother.” He explained, curling his tail inwards in greeting.
All at once, the Sea Witch relaxed. “You must be Queepie then…” She tilted her head, “No—Pooter.”
Raz nodded. “I know, it must be so amazing, finally meeting me.” Raz shrugged his pelvic fins. “But I actually came here with a request.”
“No.” The Sea Witch dunked the crab she was holding into the cauldron. She unscrewed the jar and put whatever was in it into the cauldron, and magic shimmered across the opening. Raz couldn’t see what was happening in there, but she probably knew what she was doing.
“You didn’t even let me ask!” Raz swam further in, stripes flashing angrily. “You can’t just say ‘no’ when you don’t even know what it is!” He’d even brought some of his most valuable items from his collection in his bag, to make sure he could pay for the good stuff.
“I can see your heart’s desires.” The Sea Witch waved a tentacle dismissively, watching the steady shimmer of her cauldron. “I’m not turning you human.” Slowly, the shimmer faded, and she reached a hand in to grab the crab. The scent of boiled crab and saltback roe filled the cavern as she used the seashell to crack the crab shell open.
“But you can,” Raz confirmed. He closed his mouth, covering his teeth. “Pleeeeeeeease?”
“Absolutely not.” The Sea Witch sounded appalled at the very notion. “Your brother would kill me.”
“You don’t wanna stomp on my dreams, do you?” Raz held his fins flat and angled his face upwards a little, a pleading look in his eyes.
The Sea Witch huffed, “Sorry, kid, but it’s not happening.” The glow of her stripes wasn’t apologetic in the least.
Raz crossed his arms. “Well, if stomping dreams is what we’re doing, then I guess I’ll just have to stomp on your dreams of ever seeing my brother again.” He began to swim towards the cave entrance—
“Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.” A tentacle grabbed Raz by the tail and yanked him back into the cave. He turned to face the Sea Witch with a toothy grin, his facial fins flared. “Are you blackmailing me?” Incredulity leeched off of her in steady waves, but her facial fins were just as flared as Raz’ were.
“That depends,” Raz flitted his tail. “Is it working?”
She stared at him for a long moment. Her tentacles lashed in place, little eddies forming on the cave floor.
Raz pressed his hands together, and flared his fins a little wider. “I mean, it really would be such a shame if our parents found out that their son was dating the Sea Witch.” Like he’d ever tell them—if his mother found out that Raz had even thought about coming out here, she’d have his head. But he needed that potion, dammit, and Dion’s secret romance with the Sea Witch was the perfect bargaining chip.
“Alright, fine.” The Sea Witch shoved him away, turning towards the shelves she had carved into the cave walls. “Grab whatever you think you’ll need and meet me at the eastern shipwrecks by high moon.”
Raz swam a quick circle. “Yes!” Finally! He swam out of the cavern on a rush of elation, not even caring if he got lost on the way out. He was going to become human!
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Raz darted between old shipwrecks in the gloom, the moonlight unable to reach so deep.
Sneaking out had been hard, but not impossible. His facial fins twitched under his helmet, but he ignored the discomfort—he was about to delve into a world of unknowns, so he needed his helmet! Any good explorer would have one!
Checking that he still had everything in his bag, Raz swam towards the wreck that he was sure was the easternmost one. He passed a shark, and paid it little mind—even at his age, he was more than a match for it. Sharks only messed with mer if they were desperate.
The Sea Witch was already there, sorting through a satchel of her own. Hers was even wrapped in netting, with little shells tied to the threads.
Little shells of a very particular shade of blue…
“What’s your name anyway?” Raz asked. “It can’t be Sea Witch.”
“Gisu.” The Sea Witch—Gisu—replied. She finished sorting through her things, and turned to face westward. “It’s a long swim.” She cautioned. “If you’re having any doubts, turn back now.”
Raz curled his hands into fists. “I’m ready! Lead the way!”
Gisu regarded him for a long moment, then launched off of the deck. “Just don’t get lost.”
Raz hastened to follow, his tail pumping to keep up with her siphon bursts.
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Gisu hadn’t been lying. They’d been swimming for a while, now, closer and closer to the surface as they went. By the time they stopped, the moonlight was already fading, the shallows beginning to feel the very beginnings of sunlight.
Gisu swam upwards, and Raz followed, his head breaching the surface. Unlike Gisu, who was blinking in the air, Raz’s goggles kept water against his eyes, allowing him to see the slowly lightening sky clearly.
He looked around, unsure what exactly he was looking for—
Raz let out a surprised whistle.
Land!
Actual dry land! That stood above the water! Raz had only ever heard of it!
They were kinda close—closer than Raz expected, honestly. He could make out ships at the shore, and even the boxy shapes of human dwellings.
Raz was so lost in his staring that he missed Gisu diving back down—she yanked him down by the tail with one of her tentacles, making his stripes flash in alarm.
“C’mon.” She urged, letting go. “Not much further.”
Raz nodded. He was really tired, swimming the whole night through, but excitement buzzed in his veins. He followed Gisu along, watching as the seafloor rose up below them, closer and closer without them needing to go deeper—
Gisu stopped. Raz bounced off of her, shaking his head reflexively at the impact.
“Right.” Gisu said, pulling out a jar. “Eat this and say the incantation thrice: ‘Shed my scales and cut out my gills, to land I go to escape my ills.’ Think you can remember that?”
Raz reached for the jar. “Of course! C’mon, I’m so excited!” He was so close. He was so agonizingly close that he felt he might burst if he didn’t become human right now. “Shed my scales and cut out my gills, to land I go to escape my ills!” He repeated.
“Alright.” Gisu handed over the jar. Raz wasted no time in unscrewing the cap. “Before you go, there are some things about humans you might want to know. I’ll be coming with you, but it’ll be good to know the basics before—”
Too late. Raz was already eating the contents—he could taste some kind of roe, but he couldn’t identify the rest of it. It kind of reminded him of seal—something mammalian, then? Whatever it was, it was delicious.
Gisu watched as Raz finished off the contents of the jar. “You weren’t supposed to eat all of it…” She mumbled.
Raz froze. “I’m not going to die, am I?” That’d be a stupid way to go.
Gisu clicked, taking back the jar. “No, but the spell will hold for a lot longer. There was enough in there for seven days. Don’t die while I’m gone.” She mumbled something about hard-to-get ingredients and swam off into the depths, but Raz was already pressing his hands together.
“Shed my scales and cut out my gills,” He started, “to land I go to escape my ills!” Warmth exploded in Raz’ chest. “Shed my scales and cut out my gills, to land I go to escape my ills!” The water around him began to bubble, the warmth in his chest spreading out into his arms and tail—
“Shed my scales and cut out my ills, to land I go to escape my ills!”
Raz tumbled tail over head as the magic washed over him, hundreds of tiny bubbles surrounding him as he changed. His scales disappeared with an itchy feeling, his facial fins melting into a shell-shape under his helmet.
Wow, okay, that’s a lot more comfortable. Of course it was more comfortable—his helmet had been made for human use.
There was a kind of distant shlurp sensation as his tail shrunk back into his body, shedding scales that glowed in the water around him before melting away. Raz imagined that it must hurt, the shifting of his bones—but he didn’t feel any pain at all. Just the warm bubbly feeling of Gisu’s magic crawling all over him. His dorsal fin melted down into his back, the webbing between his claws receded, his gills squeezed shut—
His pelvic fins flared out to his sides, fluttering rapidly. A new sensation emerged, stretching out into the water. Raz stared as his emerging legs—legs! He had legs!—grew flat protrusions at the end, as five wriggling toes sprouted from the ends of his new feet.
His neck squeezed, a little, his cervical gill covers melting over the gills underneath. The water was suddenly so much darker. Were human eyes this bad?
Raz opened his new mouth with a gasp—
Water rushed in, and instead of flowing out through his gills it kept going down. Raz choked, flailing in panic. How did he forget that humans breathed air?
Surface. He needed to surface!
His sense of up and down had disappeared, replaced with a growing sense of panic as he flailed unfamiliar human limbs. He needed to surface!
“Hel—arglubblgbg.” Okay, wow. He’d read that humans communicated entirely through sound, but that was weird—Raz flailed, choking on even more water. Not having stripes to flash meant he couldn’t say a thing until he managed to surface—
Raz hit the seafloor, the sand squishy against his back. His human back, scale- and finless—
I’m not going to be human long if I don’t make it to dry land!
Raz planted his hands on the sand and pushed. He launched upwards, feeling the pull of a wave—
Air!
Raz flopped onto damp sand, his body convulsing as his lungs tried to eject the water in them. He coughed, the feeling unlike anything he’d ever felt before—and absolutely awful. No wonder humans didn’t like swimming.
By the time he finished hacking, his throat was raw, the feeling of something still stuck in it lingering. But no amount of coughing would erase that feeling, so Raz settled on breathing deeply while waiting for it to leave.
Raz let himself fall back onto the sand, staring up at the sky through his goggles. The sun had crested the horizon, the last of the darkness lingering at the very west edge in a tiny sliver.
Raz had never imagined that sunlight could be so warm. His bag was cold beside him, even though he was just as soaked as it was.
Exhausted, and with the waves tickling his feet, Raz let his eyes close.
Seven days. He had seven days before he turned back. Seven whole days of exploring. Seven whole days that started now.
He could afford a little nap, first.
#whumptober2023#no.14#water inhalation#psychonauts#zaz writes#drowning tw#pearl & seaglass au#razputin aquato#uh oh! raz' super drowning skills strike again!#he shouldn't even be able to drown in this au given that he's a fucking fish with gills#and yet...#gisu did not abandon him!! she left to go make more of her transforming spell#so raz will be left to his own devices for a bit (he is going to nap on that beach and get sunburned)#also gisu is both an octo and an eel mer#originally she was going to be an eel (electric eel!!!) but the octo sea witch look was too powerful#so i compromised by giving her moray teethies and octopus tentacles#dion thinks her teeth are beautiful in the way that a lovestruck teen thinks every aspect of their partner is beautiful /pos#gisu nariman
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