Mari

Her birthday is Feb 20th I am putting it here so I do not forget (no i did not forget to remove this note, i decided to leave it)

[aopmari]

Sunrise or sunset?

"Sunrise and sunset!! I'm usually awake for both, unless we're someplace where the night is realllyyyyyy short. They're both super pretty, but if I had to pick just one... sunset? 'Cause there's usually more people awake I can enjoy it with!!"

[aopmari]

If you were a mermaid, what color would your tail be?

"Oh em gee, I have no idea!!! I guess it might be like my fur color, right? Or maybe it'd be like, the blueish undertones of that but as the... over... tones?"

[aopmari]

Fuck, marry, kill: Ian, Sapphira, and Ali

"...Huh? Um! But I can't kill any of these people?? Oh! I heard once that you can change the kill to kiss, right? Oh... Um! It would make sense to say fuck and marry for Ian 'cause we're together, right?? And then kiss Sapphira and... I guess kiss Ali too even though he's married? 'Cause I can't kill him either!"

@iansolko @sapphypyreheart @aliothizan

[aopmari]

What do you want to learn how to do that you don't already know?

"Oh em gee, there's so many things I don't already know! Ummm, how to play ukulele is one I don't know how to do yet that I wanna learn! But also more kinds of crafting and! Also! Stuff you need to know how to do to be armorer here!! I know some of the things, but not all of them yet."

[aopmari]

Would you ever want to live close to the water again?

"Yeah!!!!! Um, I really miss not living close to the water right now... but that's okay! There's some things worth not living close to the water for, y'know?"

[aopmari]

Would you ever go back to Molfaun?

"Ummmmmmm it depends. If it would be safe? I want to try and find my family someday or at least what happened to them but... I don't know how possible that is."

[aopmari]

If you had a superpower, what would it be?

"Superpower compared to what? Like something I can't already do? It'd be neat if I could breathe underwater! I can hold my breath for a few hours, but if I could breathe down there then I could stay even longer! Or, um... something that would make it so I could beat Oglavia and her empire? But I don't know what that would be."

[aopmari]

How are you liking learning to throw weapons around?

"It's fun!! It's kinda like a game that you gotta be careful for, but it can be useful too? Like, when I lived on my own I used to throw stuff at tall trees to knock fruit down? Or throw distracting-sounding stuff one way so I could run another way without being noticed! So there's all kinds of things that knowing how to throw well can help for!"

[aopmari]

Who is your favorite H2O character?

"Oh em gee, that's such a hard question, but! Ummm, maybe Cleo! She's so sweet and she tries so hard, and she really cares a lot! Ohhh but for not-main characters, I like Miss Chatham too!"

[aopmari]

What do you think about Sapphira?

"Sapphira's super fun to hang out with!! Um, I think she's really pretty and has great fashion sense and she's super creative and so sweet!"

@sapphypyreheart

[aopmari]

Who's your best friend?

"Ian!!! My boyfriend can be my best friend, right? I'm gonna say yeah, 'cause he is!! Y'know when you have someone who makes you feel all warm and fuzzy and happy to be around, and you can do anything together and also nothing and that feels like such a fun thing too, and you can talk about anything and you wanna be there for them all the time and know that they wanna be there for you too? ...Yeah!"

@iansolko

[aopmari]

Do you have a crush on Sapphira?

"Huh?"

@sapphypyreheart

[aopmari]

Which colors do you think remind you of some of the other crew members?

"Oh em gee! Ummmm, I think of yellow for Ian 'cause it's bright and happy and warm and also he really likes it! But also purple too, and especially if purple and yellow with each other. And ummm, black for Theo and Robin and Zion because I think it's their favorite to wear? Skylar is like - neon! Any neon! Also with black? There's a lot of black here! Um! Daphne makes me think of red 'cause she's all fancy and it looks great on her, pink reminds me of Sapphira 'cause of her eyes and how... I don't know! Pink makes me think of Ryder too but it's a different shade and also maybe less lately? Hmm... tie-dye makes me think of Ali!"

@iansolko @theoseong @robinastrea @zionslater @skylarclarke @daphnerux @sapphypyreheart @ryderastrea @aliothizan

[quartermasterarys]

Arys didn't know for sure how this would go, but she could act a little more confident than she felt about being able to train someone up. It wasn't Mari- she just didn't know if teaching would be her best skill. "No, of course not more. It's a level of difficult that you're capable of, and I'll do what I can to make sure that we get you to a place where you can succeed in the job. Daphne will have to understand that it would be in her best interest to allow this."

[aopmari]

Oh, good! If Arys thought it was a level of difficult she was capable of, then it was definitely a level of difficult she was capable of. "Okay, that sounds really good then!! Um, when did you wanna get started?? Now? Or did you still wanna watch the show...?" They had originally come in here to watch a TV show, after all, but if Arys wanted to start with training right away then that would be okay too!

[quartermasterarys]

"We might have a bit of a battle convincing Daphne that you're qualified, but I'm relatively respected for my opinions, so I think we can see this through." Maybe that didn't sound persuasive enough. "We're gonna get you a better position. But it won't be easy. Are you prepared to do some learning with me? I won't recommend you if it doesn't work out. I think it will, but you'll have to try."

[aopmari]

A battle of convincing Daphne... yeah! That was a kind of battle that Mari felt okay with. "Yeah! Learning with you sounds like a lot of fun! Um, even though it won't be easy, that's okay! I can try really hard, I promise! A lot of things that are worthwhile aren't easy, y'know? And, um. Even if it's really hard, I think... it still won't be more than an amount of hard that I've been used to before? Even if it's in a different way. So, I think I can do it! Ummm, with you to show me, anyway, so... thank you so much!! This'll help you too eventually, right? After we convince Daphne? 'Cause then you won't have to do as much of the stuff that's only your job right now 'cause there isn't someone else to help?"

[aopmari]

Ooooh, the spacesuits. And weapons too, that sounded more chore-like than a clothes thing did, but a lot less chore-like than doing something like cleaning toilets! It was a craft, kind of! So, everything Arys was saying was super interesting. "You know how to do all of the armourer stuff? And you'd teach me? And then if I knew how to do it and still wanted to do it then we could talk to Daphne and then maybe I could do that instead of cleaning toilets and sweeping and stuff, and then I could help you when I'm not busy with armourer things?" Mari asked, just to make sure she was getting this right. "Oh! I would get to keep doing fashion designer things, right??" She did understand that the crew didn't need a fashion designer full time, but she didn't want to get a job that would make her too busy to work on that when it did come up.

[quartermasterarys]

"Yes, I know the armourer tasks, and can teach you how to do them, and I'll talk to Daphne if you decide you want to do them for real. I'm not as good at that job as my actual one, so don't be surprised if you get better results than me. I think this could be a good fit for you, and of course you'll have time for your personal projects. It's not a job that will take up any more of your time than you already have." It wouldn't be worth proposing a job that didn't let Mari have enough time for creative pursuits.

[aopmari]

Mari listened with rapt attention, hanging on to everything Arys was saying. It made sense, she was pretty sure. This did sound like something she could learn to do well, and it did sound like something that would be helpful for the Prosperity to have someone doing as their main job instead of just something Arys did on the side. But still. “We can really do this..?” It sounded so wonderful that she had to check to make sure. It wasn’t like she minded cleaning toilets and things like that in exchange for getting to live here… but if she could actually have *fun* in exchange for getting to live here… wow.

[quartermasterarys]

"We've got spacesuits, gear for dangerous missions, weapons like guns and such. Someone has to make sure they're in good shape so the crewmembers using them stay safe. One of those good-to-have positions that isn't always a necessity. So you'd help me in the times you're not doing specific job duties... and definitely instead of scrubbing toilets," Arys said, very much a fan of this idea of bringing Mari under her in a reporting relationship. "So I'll teach you. I have to do some of those duties on top of my own, and you'll be better at this than most of the other random crew members."

[aopmari]

Ooooh, the spacesuits. And weapons too, that sounded more chore-like than a clothes thing did, but a lot less chore-like than doing something like cleaning toilets! It was a craft, kind of! So, everything Arys was saying was super interesting. "You know how to do all of the armourer stuff? And you'd teach me? And then if I knew how to do it and still wanted to do it then we could talk to Daphne and then maybe I could do that instead of cleaning toilets and sweeping and stuff, and then I could help you when I'm not busy with armourer things?" Mari asked, just to make sure she was getting this right. "Oh! I would get to keep doing fashion designer things, right??" She did understand that the crew didn't need a fashion designer full time, but she didn't want to get a job that would make her too busy to work on that when it did come up.