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She barely reacts, only humming in acknowledgment as she stares at her stump and watches it regrow

She feels like she’s a thousand miles away and her mind is so quiet now compared to how loud everything was just moments ago

How long has it been… her wrist is fully back so maybe it’s been minutes and not moments

Beau starts with trying to help clean up the wound and blood and everything ... "Shit... Fuck ... Anna .... Why did.... What possessed..... Just... Why" genuin hurt and fear in thire eyes as they speak....

It takes several moments for her to process the words and takes several more to figure out how to respond.

“…. I was doing a bad job… ”

Her voice is… off, and her eyes still out of focus like she’s not fully there. Her palm is mostly regrown skin and all. Her thumb has reformed as well though it’s still at a messy halfway point where the bone is still visible on some parts of the digit

".. what?" Beau is taken back a bit "a bad job?! Who I. The hell's told you that?!"

The question catches her off guard as she hasn’t been told directly that she’s been doing a bad job of anything since her husband died but

“Isn’t.. isn’t it obvious…? I haven’t been talking to Artem… been avoiding them in fact…. I missed their birthday… I’ve been the absolute worst girlfriend all because I’m scared and I shouldn’t be scared of them anyways I… ” her words catch in her throat and suddenly shes there and feeling the weight of everything. Her now focused eyes fill with tears

Beau pulls her aside hugging her close... "It's ok youve done so much for artem....and your amazing as is, you didn't miss anything, you just need to talk with them ok? Tell them your fears and they'll help"

#anna #bugboi #whispers #but only mentioned

For a moment Anna stiffens, still not used to affection being something that’s given and not something taken from her but the moment passes and she melts into the provided comfort. The skin on her still regrowing hand is sensitive, but she wraps her arms around the other still.

“How can I talk about something like this….?”

Anna stands alone in the kitchen, for once she is not surrounded on all sides by her small children. Which is likely for the best considering the bloodied cleaver and severed hand in the sink.

The bleeding has already stopped but the regrowing process hasn’t gone past the wrist yet

Beau crashes into the kitchen "HOLY SHIT ANNA"

The panic is... Very real...

She barely reacts, only humming in acknowledgment as she stares at her stump and watches it regrow

She feels like she’s a thousand miles away and her mind is so quiet now compared to how loud everything was just moments ago

How long has it been… her wrist is fully back so maybe it’s been minutes and not moments

Beau starts with trying to help clean up the wound and blood and everything ... "Shit... Fuck ... Anna .... Why did.... What possessed..... Just... Why" genuin hurt and fear in thire eyes as they speak....

It takes several moments for her to process the words and takes several more to figure out how to respond.

“…. I was doing a bad job… ”

Her voice is… off, and her eyes still out of focus like she’s not fully there. Her palm is mostly regrown skin and all. Her thumb has reformed as well though it’s still at a messy halfway point where the bone is still visible on some parts of the digit

".. what?" Beau is taken back a bit "a bad job?! Who I. The hell's told you that?!"

The question catches her off guard as she hasn’t been told directly that she’s been doing a bad job of anything since her husband died but

“Isn’t.. isn’t it obvious…? I haven’t been talking to Artem… been avoiding them in fact…. I missed their birthday… I’ve been the absolute worst girlfriend all because I’m scared and I shouldn’t be scared of them anyways I… ” her words catch in her throat and suddenly shes there and feeling the weight of everything. Her now focused eyes fill with tears

#anna #bugboi #whispers

Anna stands alone in the kitchen, for once she is not surrounded on all sides by her small children. Which is likely for the best considering the bloodied cleaver and severed hand in the sink.

The bleeding has already stopped but the regrowing process hasn’t gone past the wrist yet

Beau crashes into the kitchen "HOLY SHIT ANNA"

The panic is... Very real...

She barely reacts, only humming in acknowledgment as she stares at her stump and watches it regrow

She feels like she’s a thousand miles away and her mind is so quiet now compared to how loud everything was just moments ago

How long has it been… her wrist is fully back so maybe it’s been minutes and not moments

Beau starts with trying to help clean up the wound and blood and everything ... "Shit... Fuck ... Anna .... Why did.... What possessed..... Just... Why" genuin hurt and fear in thire eyes as they speak....

It takes several moments for her to process the words and takes several more to figure out how to respond.

“…. I was doing a bad job… ”

Her voice is… off, and her eyes still out of focus like she’s not fully there. Her palm is mostly regrown skin and all. Her thumb has reformed as well though it’s still at a messy halfway point where the bone is still visible on some parts of the digit

#anna #bugboi

Anna stands alone in the kitchen, for once she is not surrounded on all sides by her small children. Which is likely for the best considering the bloodied cleaver and severed hand in the sink.

The bleeding has already stopped but the regrowing process hasn’t gone past the wrist yet

Beau crashes into the kitchen "HOLY SHIT ANNA"

The panic is... Very real...

#anna #bugboi #light gore #tw self harm

She barely reacts, only humming in acknowledgment as she stares at her stump and watches it regrow

She feels like she’s a thousand miles away and her mind is so quiet now compared to how loud everything was just moments ago

How long has it been… her wrist is fully back so maybe it’s been minutes and not moments

akindplace

sorry if I sound awkward and disoriented and sleep deprived and exhausted. it’s because I am

irondive

innerchildabortionclinic

it must feel good as hell to not constantly be scared

s-ol4psismmmmmmmm

mhhmmm yea

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby

“But it’s just a chair?”

The casual tone that her baby brother is taking with the beast finally sinks in and Estelle’s shoulders lax a little bit

“….. what the heck is going on here??” She risks looking back at her brother who just shrugs

“Wanted to look at the big fishie”

The confusion is not clarified but added upon as Anna sprints in with Nebula and Astra on her hips

“There you are!! I was so worried…Why are you two wet?”

Very high……. Hurt baby…. To fall.

Mama sees Anna, and gives a small greeting chirp to her and the new babies

Anna waves back and does her best to respond in kind but unlike Artem she doesn’t have enhanced vocal cords expanding her range, just a lifetime of training to get kinda close.

“Thank you for watching them, I hadn’t even realized he had wandered off until one of the bug swarms literally wrote it on the wall”

Nebula warbles happily, mama just ran sooo fast and it was sooo fun and the other babies big mama was also here and her siblings are here too! Shes having a great time and is a very happy baby

Orion’s pouting

“I’m notta baby I’m a big boy”

With her mothers entrance Estelle’s shoulders drop fully and her defense stance loosens

Mama pauses, then pats Orion gently

Still…. Little…

She waved at Anna and then little nebula. What a sweetie

Estelle poofs up again seeing the headpat, but as her mother doesnt react she lets her guard down again, deciding she doesn’t have to deal with this anymore rhe young girl moves to hide behind her mother

Orion smiles at the big fishie, she seems really nice after all “no, Astra and nebby are little, I’m big it’s why I gotta go to school and stuff, I’ll get bigger but I’m big now too”

“Orion Gabriel Smith! Were you climbing without an adult around?”

The child in question looks nervous hearing his full name but tries to give his reasoning “but mama it was just standing on a chair! Thas more like a stool than like monkey bars!”

“You’re still supposed to ask an adult to get the stool out for you, and that chair has wheels and would not be a good stool, what if you fell?”

“Well ‘Stelly jumped off the chair!”

Said child protests from behind her mother “Hey! I thought you were being eaten! Don’t try and get me into trouble…!”

…no eat babies…. Scent marked.

Mama croons

Safe with me..

“When did I get scent marked?! And how was I supposed to know about it, I don’t think I smell any different then before“ Estelle whines

Anna pats her head

“You probably got sent marked by me, or from holding nebby, I guess showering didnt affect the transferability..”

Yes….. very little scent. Is okay.

Mama let’s out a low thrum, then addresses Anna

Teach babies to swim? Fell in water.

Anna nods in agreement, swimming is an important skill

“Orion should be old enough to learn, I’ll see about getting him lessons”

Yes… no tail. Need learn how to do so.

Mama nods back, then reaches over to pat Orion, before giving him a quick scenting.

The 6 year old giggles, clearly pleased. He scoops up some of the scenting goo from his skin and looks at his elder sister with a mischievous smile

“Don’t you dare” the girl warns, but it goes unheard as Orion begins chasing his older sister, the two taking off down the hall

“I better follow them, good seeing you, glad your baby is recovering” Anna starts to follow, though at a much more sedated pace. Nebula and Astra wave goodbye

#(gg ^^ (does that apply in rp eh even if it doesnt you get the idea) )#(end thread)#anna #mama siren #nebula #orion #estelle #Astra #baby ponyo #but only mentioned

Mama waves as well, letting out her low calming thrum at the babies as she sinks back down under the water

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby

“But it’s just a chair?”

The casual tone that her baby brother is taking with the beast finally sinks in and Estelle’s shoulders lax a little bit

“….. what the heck is going on here??” She risks looking back at her brother who just shrugs

“Wanted to look at the big fishie”

The confusion is not clarified but added upon as Anna sprints in with Nebula and Astra on her hips

“There you are!! I was so worried…Why are you two wet?”

Very high……. Hurt baby…. To fall.

Mama sees Anna, and gives a small greeting chirp to her and the new babies

Anna waves back and does her best to respond in kind but unlike Artem she doesn’t have enhanced vocal cords expanding her range, just a lifetime of training to get kinda close.

“Thank you for watching them, I hadn’t even realized he had wandered off until one of the bug swarms literally wrote it on the wall”

Nebula warbles happily, mama just ran sooo fast and it was sooo fun and the other babies big mama was also here and her siblings are here too! Shes having a great time and is a very happy baby

Orion’s pouting

“I’m notta baby I’m a big boy”

With her mothers entrance Estelle’s shoulders drop fully and her defense stance loosens

Mama pauses, then pats Orion gently

Still…. Little…

She waved at Anna and then little nebula. What a sweetie

Estelle poofs up again seeing the headpat, but as her mother doesnt react she lets her guard down again, deciding she doesn’t have to deal with this anymore rhe young girl moves to hide behind her mother

Orion smiles at the big fishie, she seems really nice after all “no, Astra and nebby are little, I’m big it’s why I gotta go to school and stuff, I’ll get bigger but I’m big now too”

“Orion Gabriel Smith! Were you climbing without an adult around?”

The child in question looks nervous hearing his full name but tries to give his reasoning “but mama it was just standing on a chair! Thas more like a stool than like monkey bars!”

“You’re still supposed to ask an adult to get the stool out for you, and that chair has wheels and would not be a good stool, what if you fell?”

“Well ‘Stelly jumped off the chair!”

Said child protests from behind her mother “Hey! I thought you were being eaten! Don’t try and get me into trouble…!”

…no eat babies…. Scent marked.

Mama croons

Safe with me..

“When did I get scent marked?! And how was I supposed to know about it, I don’t think I smell any different then before“ Estelle whines

Anna pats her head

“You probably got sent marked by me, or from holding nebby, I guess showering didnt affect the transferability..”

Yes….. very little scent. Is okay.

Mama let’s out a low thrum, then addresses Anna

Teach babies to swim? Fell in water.

Anna nods in agreement, swimming is an important skill

“Orion should be old enough to learn, I’ll see about getting him lessons”

Yes… no tail. Need learn how to do so.

Mama nods back, then reaches over to pat Orion, before giving him a quick scenting.

The 6 year old giggles, clearly pleased. He scoops up some of the scenting goo from his skin and looks at his elder sister with a mischievous smile

“Don’t you dare” the girl warns, but it goes unheard as Orion begins chasing his older sister, the two taking off down the hall

“I better follow them, good seeing you, glad your baby is recovering” Anna starts to follow, though at a much more sedated pace. Nebula and Astra wave goodbye

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby

“But it’s just a chair?”

The casual tone that her baby brother is taking with the beast finally sinks in and Estelle’s shoulders lax a little bit

“….. what the heck is going on here??” She risks looking back at her brother who just shrugs

“Wanted to look at the big fishie”

The confusion is not clarified but added upon as Anna sprints in with Nebula and Astra on her hips

“There you are!! I was so worried…Why are you two wet?”

Very high……. Hurt baby…. To fall.

Mama sees Anna, and gives a small greeting chirp to her and the new babies

Anna waves back and does her best to respond in kind but unlike Artem she doesn’t have enhanced vocal cords expanding her range, just a lifetime of training to get kinda close.

“Thank you for watching them, I hadn’t even realized he had wandered off until one of the bug swarms literally wrote it on the wall”

Nebula warbles happily, mama just ran sooo fast and it was sooo fun and the other babies big mama was also here and her siblings are here too! Shes having a great time and is a very happy baby

Orion’s pouting

“I’m notta baby I’m a big boy”

With her mothers entrance Estelle’s shoulders drop fully and her defense stance loosens

Mama pauses, then pats Orion gently

Still…. Little…

She waved at Anna and then little nebula. What a sweetie

Estelle poofs up again seeing the headpat, but as her mother doesnt react she lets her guard down again, deciding she doesn’t have to deal with this anymore rhe young girl moves to hide behind her mother

Orion smiles at the big fishie, she seems really nice after all “no, Astra and nebby are little, I’m big it’s why I gotta go to school and stuff, I’ll get bigger but I’m big now too”

“Orion Gabriel Smith! Were you climbing without an adult around?”

The child in question looks nervous hearing his full name but tries to give his reasoning “but mama it was just standing on a chair! Thas more like a stool than like monkey bars!”

“You’re still supposed to ask an adult to get the stool out for you, and that chair has wheels and would not be a good stool, what if you fell?”

“Well ‘Stelly jumped off the chair!”

Said child protests from behind her mother “Hey! I thought you were being eaten! Don’t try and get me into trouble…!”

…no eat babies…. Scent marked.

Mama croons

Safe with me..

“When did I get scent marked?! And how was I supposed to know about it, I don’t think I smell any different then before“ Estelle whines

Anna pats her head

“You probably got sent marked by me, or from holding nebby, I guess showering didnt affect the transferability..”

Yes….. very little scent. Is okay.

Mama let’s out a low thrum, then addresses Anna

Teach babies to swim? Fell in water.

Anna nods in agreement, swimming is an important skill

“Orion should be old enough to learn, I’ll see about getting him lessons”

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby

“But it’s just a chair?”

The casual tone that her baby brother is taking with the beast finally sinks in and Estelle’s shoulders lax a little bit

“….. what the heck is going on here??” She risks looking back at her brother who just shrugs

“Wanted to look at the big fishie”

The confusion is not clarified but added upon as Anna sprints in with Nebula and Astra on her hips

“There you are!! I was so worried…Why are you two wet?”

Very high……. Hurt baby…. To fall.

Mama sees Anna, and gives a small greeting chirp to her and the new babies

Anna waves back and does her best to respond in kind but unlike Artem she doesn’t have enhanced vocal cords expanding her range, just a lifetime of training to get kinda close.

“Thank you for watching them, I hadn’t even realized he had wandered off until one of the bug swarms literally wrote it on the wall”

Nebula warbles happily, mama just ran sooo fast and it was sooo fun and the other babies big mama was also here and her siblings are here too! Shes having a great time and is a very happy baby

Orion’s pouting

“I’m notta baby I’m a big boy”

With her mothers entrance Estelle’s shoulders drop fully and her defense stance loosens

Mama pauses, then pats Orion gently

Still…. Little…

She waved at Anna and then little nebula. What a sweetie

Estelle poofs up again seeing the headpat, but as her mother doesnt react she lets her guard down again, deciding she doesn’t have to deal with this anymore rhe young girl moves to hide behind her mother

Orion smiles at the big fishie, she seems really nice after all “no, Astra and nebby are little, I’m big it’s why I gotta go to school and stuff, I’ll get bigger but I’m big now too”

“Orion Gabriel Smith! Were you climbing without an adult around?”

The child in question looks nervous hearing his full name but tries to give his reasoning “but mama it was just standing on a chair! Thas more like a stool than like monkey bars!”

“You’re still supposed to ask an adult to get the stool out for you, and that chair has wheels and would not be a good stool, what if you fell?”

“Well ‘Stelly jumped off the chair!”

Said child protests from behind her mother “Hey! I thought you were being eaten! Don’t try and get me into trouble…!”

…no eat babies…. Scent marked.

Mama croons

Safe with me..

“When did I get scent marked?! And how was I supposed to know about it, I don’t think I smell any different then before“ Estelle whines

Anna pats her head

“You probably got sent marked by me, or from holding nebby, I guess showering didnt affect the transferability..”

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby

“But it’s just a chair?”

The casual tone that her baby brother is taking with the beast finally sinks in and Estelle’s shoulders lax a little bit

“….. what the heck is going on here??” She risks looking back at her brother who just shrugs

“Wanted to look at the big fishie”

The confusion is not clarified but added upon as Anna sprints in with Nebula and Astra on her hips

“There you are!! I was so worried…Why are you two wet?”

Very high……. Hurt baby…. To fall.

Mama sees Anna, and gives a small greeting chirp to her and the new babies

Anna waves back and does her best to respond in kind but unlike Artem she doesn’t have enhanced vocal cords expanding her range, just a lifetime of training to get kinda close.

“Thank you for watching them, I hadn’t even realized he had wandered off until one of the bug swarms literally wrote it on the wall”

Nebula warbles happily, mama just ran sooo fast and it was sooo fun and the other babies big mama was also here and her siblings are here too! Shes having a great time and is a very happy baby

Orion’s pouting

“I’m notta baby I’m a big boy”

With her mothers entrance Estelle’s shoulders drop fully and her defense stance loosens

Mama pauses, then pats Orion gently

Still…. Little…

She waved at Anna and then little nebula. What a sweetie

Estelle poofs up again seeing the headpat, but as her mother doesnt react she lets her guard down again, deciding she doesn’t have to deal with this anymore rhe young girl moves to hide behind her mother

Orion smiles at the big fishie, she seems really nice after all “no, Astra and nebby are little, I’m big it’s why I gotta go to school and stuff, I’ll get bigger but I’m big now too”

“Orion Gabriel Smith! Were you climbing without an adult around?”

The child in question looks nervous hearing his full name but tries to give his reasoning “but mama it was just standing on a chair! Thas more like a stool than like monkey bars!”

“You’re still supposed to ask an adult to get the stool out for you, and that chair has wheels and would not be a good stool, what if you fell?”

“Well ‘Stelly jumped off the chair!”

Said child protests from behind her mother “Hey! I thought you were being eaten! Don’t try and get me into trouble…!”

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby

“But it’s just a chair?”

The casual tone that her baby brother is taking with the beast finally sinks in and Estelle’s shoulders lax a little bit

“….. what the heck is going on here??” She risks looking back at her brother who just shrugs

“Wanted to look at the big fishie”

The confusion is not clarified but added upon as Anna sprints in with Nebula and Astra on her hips

“There you are!! I was so worried…Why are you two wet?”

Very high……. Hurt baby…. To fall.

Mama sees Anna, and gives a small greeting chirp to her and the new babies

Anna waves back and does her best to respond in kind but unlike Artem she doesn’t have enhanced vocal cords expanding her range, just a lifetime of training to get kinda close.

“Thank you for watching them, I hadn’t even realized he had wandered off until one of the bug swarms literally wrote it on the wall”

Nebula warbles happily, mama just ran sooo fast and it was sooo fun and the other babies big mama was also here and her siblings are here too! Shes having a great time and is a very happy baby

Orion’s pouting

“I’m notta baby I’m a big boy”

With her mothers entrance Estelle’s shoulders drop fully and her defense stance loosens

Mama pauses, then pats Orion gently

Still…. Little…

She waved at Anna and then little nebula. What a sweetie

Estelle poofs up again seeing the headpat, but as her mother doesnt react she lets her guard down again, deciding she doesn’t have to deal with this anymore rhe young girl moves to hide behind her mother

Orion smiles at the big fishie, she seems really nice after all “no, Astra and nebby are little, I’m big it’s why I gotta go to school and stuff, I’ll get bigger but I’m big now too”

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby

“But it’s just a chair?”

The casual tone that her baby brother is taking with the beast finally sinks in and Estelle’s shoulders lax a little bit

“….. what the heck is going on here??” She risks looking back at her brother who just shrugs

“Wanted to look at the big fishie”

The confusion is not clarified but added upon as Anna sprints in with Nebula and Astra on her hips

“There you are!! I was so worried…Why are you two wet?”

Very high……. Hurt baby…. To fall.

Mama sees Anna, and gives a small greeting chirp to her and the new babies

Anna waves back and does her best to respond in kind but unlike Artem she doesn’t have enhanced vocal cords expanding her range, just a lifetime of training to get kinda close.

“Thank you for watching them, I hadn’t even realized he had wandered off until one of the bug swarms literally wrote it on the wall”

Nebula warbles happily, mama just ran sooo fast and it was sooo fun and the other babies big mama was also here and her siblings are here too! Shes having a great time and is a very happy baby

Orion’s pouting

“I’m notta baby I’m a big boy”

With her mothers entrance Estelle’s shoulders drop fully and her defense stance loosens

A toddler with bright green eyes and dark hair jogs up to the tank with a big smile

“Fishies!!!”

( @annagothamite )

Mama siren swims closer. Ponyo’s tail has healed well enough that they were able to come back to the tank, and we’re riding in a little satchel tied to mama’s waist.

Baby…?

The boy stands there, eyes practically sparkling. The child has a feint scent of Pod, having been held by Anna whom despite effort isn’t able to fully wash the scent away.

“Big fishie!! So cool!!”

pod baby.

Mama thinks to herself, giving the child a wave with her webbed fingers

Baby….. hello…

“Woooah!! You can talk?!”

The boy scampers over and attempts to jump up to look over the ledge of the tank, but he is too small to jump very far much to his frustration

He starts looking around for ways to get a better look at the big fish lady

She peeks her head out of the tank for the boy, tilting her head and whistling a low note

The boy whistles back, though his is much more high pitched.

He notices the chairs over by the medical tank that Beau and Artem sometimes use and starts to drag it over

Mama does not like the sound of that. That was a big fall for her baby, and it will be a big fall for this one! She rises more out of the water, waiting for the boy to be closer, then carefully takes his hands and puts them down to his sides

Orion pouts somewhat defiantly tries to push the chair with his feet instead, smirking slightly at his clever work around

Elsewhere in the manor, realizing she is one short the search for the child begins

No

She whistles, trying to keep him further from the chair

The boy pouts more trying to keep moving the chair but being stopped with ease

“But wanna see…! Fishies are cool”

Little footsteps can be heard further down the cavernous space the tanks are kept in

She wished land babies were easier to communicate with.

Mama picks him up, bringing Orion closer to her face so she could see him better. She ought to refresh the scent marking as well…

Orión starts giggling like mad “woah! How did you get to be so big?!”

Distantly a young voice calling for Orion can be heard, though not yet by human ears

How did mama get so big?? Well, naturally, mama has to give him a motherly answer

Big because……. Ate all…. Vitamins.

That’s a new word she learned

The boy pouts again

“But the only vitamins mama mentions are in vegetables and vegetables are yucky”

It is in that moment that Estelle enters the scene

“Orión is that you? Who are you talking toOOOOOO!?!?”

The young girls question quickly shifts to a sound of horror as she walks in on what she thinks is a monster aboit to eat her baby brother

Mama let’s out a low thrum

Vegetable….. tasty…. Need…….. seasoning?

That was the word, right???

Seasoning…. Oh dear Lord that thing was going to eat her baby brother…! She has to stop this! Everything moves like slow motion in a way she hasn’t felt in a while but is sadly very familiar with. She spots the chair and moves without thinking. Shes going to use the chair to jump over the tank and tackle her brother to safety.

Dance lessons don’t fail her now

Meanwhile Orion is making a bluh face

“But spices can be too… spicy!”

She wasn’t sure she knew that word, but Marked Orion with her wrist glands— just in time for Orion to be tackled from her hold. She didn’t want to crush the baby bones by holding to tight!

Estelle’s moment of triumph is short lived as instead of sailing over the edge of the tank into safety they crash into the water that was way deeper than it looks outside!!

Orion is thrashing immediately, having never been in water so deep and not being able to swim and all.

Estelle manages to get both to the surface but is struggling to stay afloat with the little one thrashing so widely

Mama reacts quickly, grabbing both of the land babies and lifting them out.

She takes a moment to process how she is holding the two children outside the tank, before putting them on the ground outside, angrily pushing the dangerous chair away.

Babies… ok??

The clatter catches the attention of a fretting mother whom scoops up her toddler so that she has a baby on one hip and the toddler on the other before printing towards the stairs

Orion is sputtering but managing to breath but holding up a thumbs up for mama siren

Estelle takes a second to recalibrate, having had a small coughing fit while shes being lifted out but she does manage to mentally prepare herself again, placing herself between Orion and mama siren in a clearly protective gesture while looking dead on at the massive siren but not hearing her words over the rushing sound of her heartbeat

Good…… tall…. danger….

She pointed to the chair

Hurt many baby