my love is like the sea | it is and always will be

[ex-familiar]

Life isn't quite so fun now without someone to keep from harm's way, is it? Haha...

Insidious doubt whispers to him underneath the crashing of the waves that have kept him company. A memory of callous laughter and red blood to match red eyes, dissipating in the murky water. An unwelcome reminder that time has passed in his absence, and will continue on without him.He's had years to think that... To realise, that he...

He hasn't been able to protect anyone for a long time.

[hyde-draws]

Speed paint

[tsumikitxt]

Actual confirmed snapshot of Samekichi’s stuff.

[jealoustentacles]

Fukami’s brow furrowed. He thought about he she had been. The sobbing, the screaming, the difficulty sleeping…. The time shortly after the events where she hadn’t even been able to get out of bed because of the pain, and only half of it was physical… He was curious to know exactly how Samekichi thought she was, but Fukami had asked enough direct questions today, and felt he had revealed far too much of himself that he would rather the shark not know. Fukami had never claimed to be good…. And he wasn’t sure he was better than Samekichi in any sense of the word. "Is she what?" Fukami asked calmly, ignoring the last question.

[ex-familiar]

Safe. Healthy. Happy.

"It doesn't matter," he said, and turned away.

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[jealoustentacles]

Fukami had never, not truly, felt his dislike of Samekichi had been entirely justified. He had felt it was mere jealousy, something stupid. It was like ordering food with a pickle and then throwing out the pickle, it was silly. But now, as an almost mortified feeling twisted inside him as the shark smiled, he never felt such fury. Was Samekichi so blind that he wouldn’t listen? Fukami felt a kind of sadness, he had tried, tried to make life easier for Wadanohara, tried to talk to the shark. He would not, however, divulge information about Wadanohara if she did not want Samekichi to know. Fukami nodded. "Very well," he said quietly. He knew it was wrong, he knew he should hold his tongue and walk away. He couldn’t, however…. "But………" he started, "I want you to know………. I don’t trust you," that was a given, and he assumed the shark already knew that. "I don’t trust you with her, and…………… Wadanohara has always been too kind………. To look past it…… To look past your failures.” Fukami glared at Samekichi. He had never understood the shark, never understood how he could fail Wadanohara so repeatedly, and still be forgiven.

[ex-familiar]

The octopus didn't have to trust him, and neither did he have to know how much Samekichi trusted him to protect Wadanohara in his stead.

He had failed to keep her safe. He knew that very well. The words resonated painfully in a hollowed-out place in his chest, but the ache was familiar—Samekichi had repeated them to himself many times since his return.

"Is she...?" He hesitated before asking, "How is Wadanohara?"

[jealoustentacles]

Fukami’s teeth clenched, and he felt his anger growing. Would the shark be so stubborn as to not even give a decent response? That did not suit the octopus just fine. He closed his eyes for a moment in an effort to keep himself calm. He did not open them again when he spoke. "You realise your resemblance to Sal," Fukami tried to keep himself from spitting the name, "will be a constant reminder to Wadanohara of what she went through….. You realise how difficult it has been for her to move on from this, do you not?" Fukami heard his voice begin to rise a little, and he struggled to stop his emotions from getting in the way of this confrontation. He sighed and looked at Samekichi. "………………………I only want what’s best for her." Fukami thought of the time just after the Sea of Death had disappeared, how changed Wadanohara had been, how broken….. He remembered every night he heard her cry out in her nightmares, and the times he had tried to soothe her, make her feel safe again. All that pain she had been through….. Yet she would never send the shark away, she was too kind. Fukami saw the scar on his face. Perhaps that was enough to remind Wadanohara that it wasn’t Sal. Perhaps she did see only Samekichi when she looked into his eyes…… But perhaps she did not. Perhaps she saw her tormentor, perhaps she saw her own failure in that scar. Wadanohara didn’t need that, she doubted herself too much already. If she was stuck dwelling on the past, would…. she ever grow? Would she get stronger……? "So, I shall ask again……. What do you want?”

[ex-familiar]

You realise your resemblance to Sal...

Many years ago, he had briefly glimpsed a white shark in Princess Uomi's court, clearly trusted by Tatsumiya and other guardians of the Sea Kingdom. The shark had red eyes and no nicks or scars along his dorsal fin. Samekichi had dismissed him as a threat to Wadanohara's safety. He had been wrong.

Were they anything alike? Did Wadanohara look at him, his skin marred by foolish mistakes and savage fights, his hair darker, his remaining eye a more trustworthy blue-grey, and see...?

...a constant reminder to Wadanohara of what she went through...

Samekichi was resolute. He could cut his hair, remove the jacket to show more of the scars along his body...anything, if it meant that Wadanohara could look at him without being reminded of the shark that had tortured her instead of seeing the shark that had done everything in his power to keep her alive, safe and happy.

I only want what's best for her, the familiar told him. What do you want?

It seemed that, after all these years and the revelation of Sal's betrayal, he was still distrusted by the Sea Kingdom's citizens. 

"That's none of your business," he said again, this time with a wry smile. 

[nikki-tachibana]

By Namie-kun

[aquajoggers]

if u are in the ocean nd a shark is bout to bite u point to it firmly u hav to do it firmly and say “hey shark dont do that”

[theotherseapancakes]

So I took all the profile info from the bonus room and translated each character’s given height into Feet and Inches. Figure it’d be a good RPer resource, so here you all go. :>

[ex-familiar]

Samekichi ~

He closed his eyes, and let the distant murmuring of memories that could never be forgotten slip away from the forefront of his mind. There was brief respite in the gentle crashing of waves on the shore.

[ex-familiar]

What is your greatest wish? Besides wanting Wadanohara to be well.

"Why should I tell you?"

He would do everything in his power to make sure that Wadanohara was safe, and push himself recklessly past his limits if it meant that she could be happy. But there was no point wishing for the impossible…to remain by her side, even after all that had happened between them.

[jealoustentacles]

Fukami’s eyes narrowed as he came to a halt before the shark. So there was to be no civility toward each other? That was fine by the octopus. It meant he could be frank. "I want to talk to you about Wadanohara….. And previous events, and wonder where it is exactly you stand," Fukami made no effort to keep accusation out of his voice. He was being cold, and it suited him just fine.

"Wadanohara may still care for you, but that does not mean that your presence is good for her. As her familiar, ensuring her safety and sanity is of the utmost importance," Fukami spoke formally. However, he was sure that Samekichi at least had an inkling of how Fukami felt about the Witch…. Perhaps.

Fukami regarded Samekichi, looking him up and down. "So, I shall put the question to you as well. What do you want?

[ex-familiar]

His teeth scraped together, the jagged rows uneven in his mouth after years of hunting prey and fighting to protect Wadanohara.

Too easily, he could remember the taste of blood, the scent of it in the water, the sight of it swirling between hunter and ravaged prey. His blood—hers—hazy memories of his time in the Sea of Death, when there was only his promise to return that kept him alive-

He didn't have to explain anything about 'previous events'. "None of your business," Samekichi said dangerously. He didn't have to trust this octopus with anything more than Wadanohara's protection.

[merrigo]

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[ex-familiar]

every rper ever: i have to reply to this but i don't know how to reply to this

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ex-familiar  

[dahaiyuan-blog]

"Samekichi, let’s go all the way to the very bottom of the Pacific Ocean this time, shall we? I want to see how it’s like down there."

[ex-familiar]

He can't deny her anything, except...

Samekichi huffed out an exasperated breath. "So long as you're not running another errand. If the mermaid wants anything else, she can swim down there herself!" he said stubbornly.

"Ah, but..." If Wadanohara really did want to travel somewhere...with him...

He blushed even more deeply and looked away from her. "I suppose we could go...if it's important to you..."

They'd travel further than the ocean's depths—even to the surface, if that was where Wadanohara wanted to be.

[wadanohara]

WOW THIS IS REALLY