She seems a bit... fishy?

Persia (Pia) Nereida Arabella ๑ Mermaid Cove ๑ 195,490G [Part of Pelago Islands]

[childlikemermaid]

Deception, Disgrace

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“Sticks of fish?”

The pinkette tilted her head to one side as she listened to the traveling vendor describe the items for sale this week. The wares sounded as normal as they could to her until they listed a food called fish sticks. Of course, Pia didn’t know it was a food at first, her face lighting up at the mere mention of it. But then the explanation came and it didn’t make sense. They weren’t sticks in the shape of fish. No, they were sticks made of fish.

The horror!

“That is unacceptable! What did they ever do to you? They don’t put you in stick form!”

[childlikemermaid]

Justice!

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“Get back here!”

Dating back exactly one day from today, Persia had started her low-level reconnaissance mission. Her goal: to locate the squid that lived among the humans and find out their grand plan. And while this might not have been her primary objective when she decided to try and learn about people again, she found that these people really enjoyed seafood. Not the right kind either! More often than not, she’d see a fishy friend on a plate or on a stick - nauseating - while the squid roamed free. There was justice to be served.

Justice!

In one quick swoop, the mermaid grabbed a runaway squid by its tentacles and held it up. A victorious smile painted across her face and her free hand rested upon her hip.

“Thought you’d be able to flop away? I don’t think so, squid-minion!”

So caught up in her act, she failed to realize that she was still in the open streets of the town. The squid had fallen out of the bag she put it in and was making for a speedy escape. Too bad for the villainous creature that it was caught and soon to be dinner.

[childlikemermaid]

Passing the Time

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Uh...?

Pia had recently bought a new book in hopes of learning more about humans, but unfortunately for her, she didn’t understand anything. It wasn’t that she couldn’t read, it was that she couldn’t understand the translation of words. Everything would make sense at first, then as she kept reading, the phrases were gibberish.

Sitting under the shade of a tree, she looked at the pages like they were blank. With the little she was understanding, they might have well been.

[childlikemermaid]

 [ Full Connections Reset ]

[childlikemermaid]

                                                           [ ๑ Beach Day ๑ ]

[childlikemermaid]

[ Semi-Hiatus - End. ]

[not-horsin-around]

A Fish and a Horse || Dylas & Pia

[childlikemermaid]

not-horsin-around‌:

It had already been a half-hour since Dylas had began fishing, and there was no ‘legendary fish’ in sight. The only thing he had been lucky enough to catch was some seaweed. Still, he didn’t want to pack up his things just yet – if there was anyone who knew the constant patience required of fishing, it was him. He rolled his shoulders, cracking and popping his back and joints before staring down his line once more.

Suddenly, it felt as though something were tugging on the line. His eyes widened and he nearly started to reel it in – before his own hook appeared in front of his face. He blinked slowly, before following the hand that held his line to a girl. 

Incredulously, Dylas took a step back, a look of surprise overtaking him. He hadn’t heard anyone approaching, and normally he would be able to sense the energy flowing through a person… but this was different. He briefly wondered how she had managed to swim so far out from the island and find the cove, but he’d seen stranger things. Anger quickly won over the surprise at her accusations. As far as he’d known, no one owned this cove… or any other cove, now that he thought about it.

“Trespasser?” Dylas spat back at the girl, particularly offended that she had believed him to be a criminal. Instead of asking what she could mean, Dylas plucked the hook from her fingers, a disapproving frown on his lips. He tossed the hook back into the water without regard. He took another peek at the woman, realizing her appearance was… different. He didn’t feel the need to defend himself. He spoke indifferently while his tail flicked behind him. “I’m fishing, if it weren’t obvious enough.”

Pia couldn’t believe her eyes when the criminal took the hook from her hand and tossed it back into the water. The mermaid rarely got worked up over anything, but this... this was pure evil! He had no intention of stopping his collection of her friends and didn’t even try to explain himself to when she addressed him. He didn’t say another word beyond repeating the very fitting title she gave him.

“Rude!” Sinking back below the surface, she swam towards his line and with a swift blow from her tail, snapped the line. She smiled victoriously to herself and grabbed the hook as it slowly made its descent, then tossed it above to where it would land next to where he sat.

“This is not your home,” she scolded. “Leave.”

[athanatosasteria]

Fish Out of Water || Pia & Wizard

[childlikemermaid]

athanatosasteria‌:

He kept watching. Wizard was wary of the situation as pirates were difficult to deal with, whether you held magical abilities or not. He let out a heavy, rumbling sigh before looking through his telescope one last time. What he saw quickly changed his thinking – the mermaid seemed to look to him, muttering something he could just barely make out through the movements of her lips; ‘help.’ With that, Wizard threw on his amethyst robe and nearly ran out the door, smashing it behind him with more force than he meant. 

Luckily, the beach wasn’t too far from his home. He didn’t even think to use his magic to transport him to the girl’s side – only instincts were fueling him now. Once Wizard arrived, he hid behind a collection of rocks on the shore, waiting for an opportune time to interfere. The two men pulled the ropes around her tighter, and he saw she was struggling to breathe. Wizard clenched his fist, looking to the stars for guidance before he chanted a mystical spell.

A blue aura twinkled from his hands, and only then did Wizard appear in front of the men. They immediately turned their attention to him, shouting something he didn’t care to listen to. With a flick of his wrist, Wizard sent one of the men flying across the beach, their body sliding across the sand. With the other hand, he pointed a finger toward the other pirate. The man’s body was sent skidding into the beach, coming to a stop right beside the other. Wizard walked toward the mermaid, glancing at her eyes before speaking dully. “… I’m going to borrow this.”

With another lazy hand movement, Wizard unwound the net from the girl. As it snaked in the air, he tossed it toward the two men, effectively wrapping them in their own tool. They began to clamor about, and Wizard clenched his fist in the air, cinching the net together so their movements would halt. He looked toward the mermaid again, only briefly viewing her tail that sparkled beneath the moonlight.

“… You are free now.”

Pia felt herself growing weaker and was moments away from giving up when she felt the grip of the net loosen. Her tired eyes trailed up to see a vaguely distinguishable outline of a person. And once she was able to rest when the net fell and focus on the scene in front of her, she saw the face of her savior. There was no hesitation in his movements as he threw the pirates with no more than a flick of his wrist - another magical being like herself.

“Thank you,” the mermaid replied; in a language that the average human couldn’t understand. She rubbed on her arms where the rope was tightest and left small burns. It was harder for her than normal to be her peppy self after what she was put through, but she tried her best to smile at him. “You saved me.”

[athanatosasteria]

Fish Out of Water || Pia & Wizard

[childlikemermaid]

athanatosasteria‌:

@childlikemermaid

Evening had set on the town of Castanet. The day had been eerily complacent, with no special occurrences to speak of. In fact, it was enjoyable to have a day without the Witch Princess running a muck, as it was sure to give Wizard some problems. 

The lanky man took a sip of the coffee he’d prepared – already tepid. He had been busy studying over some new scrolls he’d acquired from the mystical beings that resided in this town. Though he was sure to move on from this land soon, it had bargained to be one of the more interesting places he’d resided in. With a breath, Wizard rose from his wooden desk, raising a hand above candles on his way up to his telescope. They lit beneath his touch and cast a comforting glow across the otherwise dark room. He preferred it this way, since it was easier to see the stars from a dark place.

Wizard walked up his stairs, gliding to his telescope. He peeked through before adjusting it slightly, brows slanting in concentration, before looking through the lens once more. Constellations were peeking through the veil of the night already, and he picked out new patterns in the stars before him. He reached for his chart and pen, aching to plan out the new track of the stars, and accidentally pushed his telescope with his shoulder. He peeked through it again, noticing it was now set on the beach near his home, but… 

A pirate ship was docked on the coast, and there was nary a soul awake at this time in Castanet to raise alarm. Wizard moved his telescope down, trying to catch a glimpse to see if anyone was on the ship when he saw three figures struggling on the sand. Two of the nasty sea-breeds were dragging another figure onto shore, and Wizard’s eyes went wide when he saw exactly what it was. Could it be…? I thought their kind had gone into hiding… He frowned, staring into his telescope with intense thought. Perhaps it was better to leave this alone…

The nights at sea were just as dangerous as the mornings. Pirates lurked in the shadows that hid their misdeeds. It was after the sun set that her kind were in the most danger. However, Pia was a known explorer amongst her friends and family, which often led to her swimming in the dark hours of the night. Although she was often told not to, even forbidden to by her father, she went anyway. She felt she was wary enough to be safe, but...

It wasn’t her cautious eye that got her in trouble, it was her concern for her aquatic friends. While she played with a pod of dolphins, two of them were caught in a pirate’s net. They had started catching them in greater numbers thinking that they were connected to finding the mermaids, which wasn’t that far from the truth. They often lingered where the merfolk were. But Pia couldn’t leave them and quickly worked to untangle them from the net. It was in her fight to free them that her tail was wrapped and caught. In the chaos, she shoo’d the pod away to keep them safe and tried her best to escape - to no avail. The pirates had dragged her on board and cheered at their win.

Hours passed before she was dragged on land in a new net that restricted her movements more than before. Pia squirmed as much as she could to try and find a weak spot in the net, but they quickly caught on and rustled the net, pulling it tighter and lessening the room she had. She was already struggling to breathe on land and after exuding so much energy trying to wriggle free, she was exhausted and the constraints added another kind of pain as the rope tightened against her skin and scales.

“... help.”

[childlikemermaid]

[ Activity Check - Passed! ] + Character Reset

[not-horsin-around]

A Fish and a Horse || Dylas & Pia

[childlikemermaid]

not-horsin-around‌:

@childlikemermaid​

Dylas had heard the rumors. There was rumored to be a secret cove out in the ocean near Leuda nicknamed the “Mermaid Cove,” though it didn’t particularly matter what it was called or if any so-called ‘mermaids’ resided there. Dylas was after one thing; something that usually caught his attention and centered around the only rumors he cared to hear. A poisonous fish that, if treated correctly, would be a delicacy among men. There was a similar fish that resided in the Water Ruins, where he had been cursed to protect as Thunderbolt, but he had never gotten the chance to attempt to catch it.

So, here he was. It was a good thing he was stubborn since he even had to borrow a boat from some sailor to find it, but once he was sailing through the cove seemed to just… appear to him. The cavern stretched out before him, stalagmites hanging above the entrance like barred teeth.  With a shake of his head and a sigh, the half-beast entered the cove, oar pushing through the water. It was enormous, and there was barely room for him to make his way further in. Dylas stowed his boat near the edge of the cavern, and managed to hoist himself up on a narrow space of rock.

After a few sweaty moments of basically scaling the wall, he arrived at a larger slate that stuck out from the back of the cove. He dropped onto it, placing his fishing gear next to him, along with his shoes that would serve him no purpose in this slippery terrain. The light that trickled in from the entrance was just enough for Dylas to see his surroundings, and his yellow irises glowed in the darkness. He rolled the legs of his pants up to his mid-calves before picking up his rod and equipping it with a particularly fancy lure. 

Dylas took another glance around the cove. Nothing seemed to be around, and there weren’t any signs of ‘sirens,’ as the more shady residents of Leuda had claimed. Finally, he tossed his line out to the water before him, and a smirk heightened his lips as his tail flicked around him. “C’mon, let me get lucky..” 

When it came to the cove there was very little that Pia worried about. It was hidden far past any islands and protected by a magic that only mermaids - and some other beasts - could penetrate. And during her long life she had yet to come across either a human or beast that was able stumble upon her second home. Until today.

On her way back from gathering strange thingamabobs on the ocean floor, her fins twitched as she neared the cove. Someone was close. No, rather... Someone had already broke through the barrier and made their way inside. 

An alert Pia kept her head below the rolling waves and out of the visible line of sight for anyone on land. Her eyes scanned the surface once she passed the docked boat and started to swim further into the cove. And that’s when she saw it. Not only had someone broken into her home, but they had decided to do the unthinkable, too: fish. 

Carefully grabbing the hook, an upset Pia swam to the surface and held it up in front of the fisher’s face. “Hey! What do you think you’re doing, Mr. Trespasser?”

[dannysdinghy]

Fishy Dance Partners || [[Danny/Pia]]

[childlikemermaid]

dannysdinghy‌:

Watching the girl begin to tear up was pretty funny. If she actually began to cry, he might have felt a little bad, but she seemed to catch on pretty quick. If she really believed she was his servant, there’d probably be more begging (which, let’s be honest, would still be funny), and less laughing.

“Hmm. I think there’s a maid cafe around here somewhere, isn’t there?” he said. “Maybe you could ask them to borrow an outfit. Either way, I’m not paying for it. Make sure it’s cute, all right?”

All joking aside, Danny didn’t want to actually miss out on the dancing, for the sake of banter. He pointed behind himself, using his thumb. “So, you want to hit the dance floor? We keep standing around here like this, we’re gonna miss out on the actual dance.” Since he wasn’t actually getting a maid, it would be a shame to not get his money’s worth.

Pia nodded, seriously taking note of his request. “Will pink work? I’ve never been to a maid cafe before but the uniform has to be cute in pink. Everything is!” The mermaid chuckled and the tears that welled up in her eyes dried before one had the chance to fall down her cheek. 

“That’s right!” After learning that she had to become his servant for however long, she had forgotten that a dance was still promised. And regardless of whatever happened, a promise was a promise and she had never broken - and will never break - one. “Let’s go~♪” She chimed, grabbing his arm and dragging him to the dance floor. 

[arch-sorceress]

New Places, New Faces [BTTP]

[childlikemermaid]

arch-sorceress‌:

Pandora stared in wonder. “Are you…half-fish?” This was the only explanation she could think of. Not that it made much since. She had never heard of such a thing. Her father did look down on half-breeds so she supposed she should as well.

”I prefer ‘mermaid’ but half-fish is okay, too.” Pia smiled through the soft waves that broke between them; the barrier between land and sea. 

“What about you?” The fins that were hidden in her hair and attached to her wrists twitched in the woman’s presence. It wasn’t a reaction to imminent danger, but of a force that wasn’t human. Although merfolk resembled humans in the upper-half of their bodies, there was never any record of human blood being in their lineage. This made them full monster despite their looks, which gave her the ability to accurately sense other non-human forces. 

[childlikemermaid]

Mission: Extinction

[childlikemermaid]

embroideredsmile‌:

Though she had never put it into such passionate terms as the requester had, Candace agreed that few things were as off-putting as litter. She was a considerate girl, and so she had always done her best to keep her waste to a minimum… But it was impossible to not make an impact.

So, due to an equal mix of drive to help and need to feel useful, she had decided to assist this stranger.

She wasn’t much of a beach-goer, as was apparent in her non-beach-friendly blue check dress and awkward stance on the sand; she much preferred the soft grass and cool, shaded air of the forests’ edges. Nonetheless, the ocean was as beautiful as it was important, and it deserved protection.

No one seemed to be nearby yet, so she decided to go ahead and get to work collecting the scattered pieces of litter off the shore.

When Pia had gotten word that her request had been taken by another island resident she didn’t waste one second rushing over to the beach to meet them. During this season it wasn’t odd for the beaches to be empty compared to the hotter months of summer, which was good as the mermaid was able to find the woman rather quickly. “Hi-ho!” Pia called out, excitedly waving a hand in the air as she approached her.

“You must be here to help me!” And even if she wasn’t the one, Pia had a tendency to drag random people into her ridiculous schemes. “I’m so so glad that you are wanting to help clean the beaches, but our real target is over there.” Her cheery smiled faded into a frown and she narrowed her eyes towards the ocean. “They’re watching. Always watching...”

[childlikemermaid]

Friend Request

[childlikemermaid]

eatrocklove‌:

•｡ ✩ Since he was already at the request board, he figured he would go ahead and check the other ones out from boredom; then, almost as if it were fate, his eyes came across a request that was too good to pass up. Reading it alone was sufficient to bring out the eager and enthusiastic voice from the requester - and, to be honest, he thought that the number of people was pretty funny… though, he could have sworn he heard it from somewhere; nevertheless, he did not wait another moment to text the stranger who was seeking friends - and, she would soon find out, a good time.

[SMS]: hey! i got your number from your request [SMS]: the name’s rock. wanna have a good time? let’s go to the beach!

Anything other than a shellphone was a newer concept to the mermaid, but after some convincing from her human friends she had caved and gotten a cellphone. It was her lack of experience with them that caused her to jump at the chime that came from it one afternoon while she rested at the cove. The melody echoed through the walls and she perked up, perching herself on the edge, tail splashing in the water as she picked up the device. 

[ SMS ] Rock? That’s a silly name! I like it! ♡ [ SMS ] I’m Pia~ and I love, love, looove the beach!  [ SMS ] When can you go?

[childlikemermaid]

[ Activity Check - Passed! ]

[vxntulus]

dynamic duo

[childlikemermaid]

elvenrock‌:

Billy was usually pretty good about controlling his expressions, but it seems he had let his displeasure show. Honestly, he wasn’t even really bothered by her remark. He mostly found it amusing, but it was too late to tell her that.

“No, you’re good.” He tried to think of a good excuse for his apparent expression change, but failed. It was too awkward to leave it at that, so he thought of an alternate conversation route. 

“So…when did you become interested in learning to play?”

Pia was usually the kind of person to easily switch topics, but lingered a second longer on what she could have done that made him unhappy. It hadn’t been her intention and she wanted to apologize for it, but... As quickly as she would have changed topics, he did. 

“Hmm,” she placed a finger to her bottom lip and stood up, straightening her posture. “I’ve always been interested,” she continued, looking to him with a smile. “But I was only allowed to learn the harp while I lived at home.”