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I'm Io and I'm your boy, probably. I play soccer for seidouzan. this is an indie blog.

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[He notices the face you make, and questions it a bit, wondering why your own name my bother you.] 

[Having you lean against him was a strange experience, usually this at least wins him some attention.   But apparently it didn’t work on you. He’s rather offended to say the least.] He’s not the worrying type. 

Where do you get grains and rice from?

[He’s skeptic for a moment, but this is for his personal safety.] Alright I’m in, what do you want me to promise? I can’t say it will last for a season though.

[koiosing]

[casting his eyes out past your shoulder, out to where the rain is beating, as though listening or expecting someone. but there's no-one out there, and you are quite warm. speaking of-- he doesn't really need to strip, anymore. snuggling against you, starting to inexpertly tug the giant soft flannel shirt over his head. rippling back to his male form without fanfare, since you don't seem to care.]

I get rice from buying it in town. It's good when you're on land for a little while, it keeps well.[tutug. freeing his head. starting to shimmy into what looks like a skirt, then claiming his seat leaning beside you.]

I don't want-- Don't tell people that I am here, or what I am. [clearly.] That needs to be a secret.

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So Io? [He nods, and crosses his arms. This makes much more sense.]

[While waiting for you to get back he rids himself ot the blanket under the excuse of it being too hot, and not because he’s is trying to seduce you. Not at all. ]

I hope my roommate doesn’t notice I’m gone, he’d probably assume I’m dead and try to sell my space.  [As he talks he leans towards you. Clearly he is not trying to seduce you at all.  This is exactly what not seduction looks like.]

I’d like you to promise not to eat me as well but if that’s out of range I wish for you to not eat me when I’m alive. I’m not a fan of being in pain. 

[koiosing]

[pauses a little at that name, but nods, almost-pouting. it's been a long while since he heard his name said like that.] Uhn. That's how it's said.

[just blinking when you shed that blanket, but doesn't seem surprised, just cuddling up in his own quite comfortably. when you lean into his space, he looks a little startled, but you're warm, and so he leans into you, too.] Well, you'll be back in the morning, right? If your ship has not been wrecked and you don't want to stay longer. He might be worried now though.

I can do that. [matter-of-factly.] I'm not hungry right now and there is food here. [nodding towards the back of the cave.] Dried fish. And grains. Rice? It keeps well.

[shakes head.] I won't drown you and I won't eat you. You have my own promise on whatever you want me to swear on. It will last for a season. [lifting his chin some.] But I want a promise from you too, in return.

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[He repeats your name how you said it, his rolled s’ sounding more like hisses. It was almost unnatural for him to say it.] 

[He pulls his hand back, now resting it against his own chest to gesture to himself as he speaks] How long until the sun is up? I can’t say I exactly trust you. Normally this ends up with the human drowned and dead. 

You can see why I’m not too eager to spend my night with no one around but you.

[koiosing]

[that way of saying his name makes him smile.] The human way is uh, uh... there's no S. Like so. [kneeling up, letting the blanket fall without self-consciousness, taking your hand and sketching a line and circle onto it.] Those two letters in your alphabet.

Uhm, I don't know. Wait. [rising, pulling a shirt around himself as he does so. it's very big.] I'm fire-blind.

[going to the mouth of the cave, pale against the darkness of the rock wall. the shirt isn't actually to cover for any modesty-- it's apparently just to shield him from the rain.]

[returning.] Tide's still high. Maybe five, six hours. The storm will have passed by morning. Just before dawn? As it grows light.

[resuming his seat before shaking his head.] You made me promise. You don't remember? We don't have any anchors, so a promise only holds for a season. You made me promise not to drown you. You don't remember? You want me to promise other things?;

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[Thomas does make mental notes of how your body differs from a normal humans, after all he is a scientist at heart.] 

And what is your name? You can’t ask for a name and not give one in return. [He mocks taking deep offense to this] 

[Speaking like a southern belle from an old movie he places his hand over Io’s heart.] Oh well you see darling I just can’t say I care too much about that. I just want to get back to my boat. 

[koiosing]

[just blinking at you when you look him over, not bothering to cover. this body is this body.]

My name...? [blinks once. when he does, there's an odd double-blink-- he has a third eyelid, tinted red.] Ihyosss. [slurring it out like he did your own name.] I can't say it how you say it.

[blinking again when you touch his... heart. redirecting an unimpressed stare to you. Thomas why are you touching my boob.] I can't find your boat right now. [plainly. thunder crashes, after a beat.] Visibility is poor. It's better to wait for the sun.

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[You don’t have to tell him twice. He heads back over to the fire, tossing the wet clothes by the fire to dry out, and wrapping himself in a blanket. The blanket helps keep him warm, plus covers what he noticed you were eyeing earlier.]

I never asked to be saved by you, and I can’t say I feel like I owe you much. [He raises an eyebrow at you when you sigh, what a strange sound.] The name’s Thomas, I work at the aquarium on the boardwalk. Which is why was out on the water.  

[He points at you accusingly.]  You interrupted my work, and now my research may be ruined. 

[koiosing]

[curling up in that blanket beside the fire, leaning carefully against you when you settle down there. leaning forward flinchily to build up the fire, as promised. there's a sheen along his forearms that could be fins. when he extends his dainty feet to the fire, there's an iridescent glitter around his ankles-- scales.]

Tho...maaas. [he seems to have trouble with the harsher "m" sounds, but that "s" is easy for him. it makes your name sound like a wave crashing.] It's a nice name.

[lifting his chin doubtfully when you say that, as though he's debating whether or not to be hurt. but he's comfortable, and it is warm here, and human contact is nice.] If you go out now, you'll die, you know. [which seems to be all he has to say on the matter. or she? that body swap did happen. but then, tail to legs happened, so...]

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I’d prefer not to wear too restricting clothing at the moment. [Despite saying that his clothing is already beginning to adhere to his wet skin. Far too much is being shown off, not that he notices.] 

Doesn’t your skin dry out when you are out of the water? Or does it function like human skin now? [He totally ignores the fact that you just admitted to eating people. It’s much easier to stay in a cave with someone who doesn’t eat human flesh. ]

If you even try anything like that with me I’ll open a sushi stand with you as the main course. 

[koiosing]

Uhn, I understand. [not exactly minding your nudity. it's not as though he wears clothes most of the time, let alone legs. it's of no particular import to him. you are extremely good looking, though. tsking at the feel of your wet clothes, though, pushing you back toward the fire with your blanket.] Go, go there. If you want to take that off you can wrap up in the blanket and I will build that-- [pointing to the fire--] --higher. That will not be, that will not be, binding.

It's like human skin I guess, but more, more... bouncy. [taking your hand to bounce it off his arm to demonstrate.] I will dry out. But I'm not far from the sea, I'm okay. I'm not hurt.

[recoiling with a mock show of offence when you say that you'll make sushi into him, though the image makes him giggle.] What should I do with you then? Dally? You don't even want to be fed. [now that he's a little dryer, bringing another blanket to come sit down by the fire. his as-yet unworn clothes are in his lap, to be put on when he's dry.] This is a lot of effort and I don't even know your name. [a weird bubbly sigh, for emphasis.]

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[Despite you saying there is not much to see by looking at his crotch Thomas can clearly tell that is a lie.A massive lie] 

[While your back is turned he removes the rest of his clothing then walking up to the chest now both stark and cold. Picking out some rather ordinary looking clothes he changes without bothering to but underwear on. The fabric clings to him in vaguely uncomfortable ways, but he ignores it.] 

A thing? [He pulls a blanket out of the chest.] You mean this? where did you come across all this stuff anyway? [He must not be thinking clearly to assume you’d just find this stuff and not steal it off victims. Near death experiences must affect brain function.]

[koiosing]

[well, that word "massive" certainly applies. nice double entendre.]

[startling a little when you turn and strip, arms full of his own clothes. they're the softest he could find-- so flannel.] Oh! Should I-- Would you prefer-- [biting his lip, furrowing his brow slightly in concentration, and giving another little rippling shrug-- that seems to continue going all down his body, changing it as he goes. that sure is a perky pair of boobs, oops.]

Yes! I mean that. [stepping carefully so as to not trip on still-unbalanced legs, half-burrowing into both you and the blanket. it really is chilly.] Some of it is mine. This is mine. [holding up the soft skirt he's holding illustratively.] It's not comfy to wear anything that splits my tail, even when it's in two... And some of it became mine. [smiling with rounded, pointy teeth.]

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[He’s snapped from his thoughts of how mermaid sushi may taste by the arrival of his now less fishy host. He looks over at you, likely trying to spot the difference between your two forms.] Yes, I am still alive. No, I am not hungry. And what type of clothes do you have? 

[Despite not agreeing to take your clothes, he begins to strip anyway, getting down to his binder and boxers before turning to face you.] What clothes do you have for me anyway? I don’t want to end up naked and have no spares. 

[koiosing]

[he looks like a pretty, well-endowed boy with wet hair and some wet strings of pearls around his neck. nothing too much to see there.]

I'm glad. [well, kind of. you are good-looking though.] Uhm, I have a variety. They're all clean. At least some should fit you. [looking in curiousity at your boxers and binders. the fabric looks soft, even though wet.] Let me get some.

[padding past you to a chest in the back, tucked away neatly. squeezing water out of his hair onto the floor as he does. pulling out some soft things, burying his face in it and breathing deeply. he likes the smell of clean clothes, and these are sea-washed and dried in the sun and smell like it. plus, he remembers who wore this garment first. he was pretty tasty.] I, I don't know what fits. [a rippling little shrug.] Come see.

[digging through for some clothes for himself, too. you don't seem to mind his nudity but it is chilly.] There should be a, a thing you wrap in. [he means a blanket.]

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[He nods and  dredges to shore quickly walking to the back of the cave. Despite his fear of flames he works on starting a fire immediately, soon relaxing by the roaring fire’s embrace as the cold slips away from his body.]

I hope this doesn’t end like it does in the movies.I just need to turn my paper in before it’s due. 

[He sighs loudly, and lays down on his back looking towards the top of the cave. He soon lost himself in thoughts of how this could all end poorly on either end.]

[koiosing]

[at least you're walking. that means you're probably not dying, right? Dying people mostly stay still.]

[but that means that it's his turn to transform. ugh. he hasn't worn legs with someone who knows he usually doesn't since... well, it's been a while, that's all. there's no point in thinking about it now.]

[sinking below the water to avoid the sting of the freshwater rain, allowing himself to pout and stroke his tail. just when it was getting such a pretty gold tint, too... ah well. he can't afford for you to die, after all, and if he manages to land you, he won't have to go elsewhere to eat for a while.]

[letting a long sigh bubble out of his gills one last time, thrusting his face above the water, undulating straight into legs and letting himself wash up on shore. staggering up.]

Ugh. [well, there are clothes in his cache and he's less sensitive to fresh water this way. staggering to the cave, walking a little better as he gets used to it again, rapping politely on the side of the cave as he comes in. ugh, he's wet and going to chill, but there's a fire, which is nice.] Are you still alive? Are you hungry? I have clothes.

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[Apparently he wasn’t wildly hallucinating, and you are in fact a merperson. While comforting that he is not completely insane he vaguely remembers something about mermaids eating people which is very disconcerting at the moment.] 

Y-yeah, I can. [He stands, and walks back towards the water, submerging himself up to his waist.] You promise not to drown me right?

[koiosing]

Uu. [a bubbly dissatsified sound. if he knew you could do that so easily he would have asked you to carry him, but there's no time to waste. sighing and hauling himself back towards the water with his arms a little ungracefully, scything into the water with a sigh of relief.]

Ugh. [wrinkling his nose, a surprisingly human gesture.] I can't promise for all time, but no, I won't drown you. [clearly.] Here. [looping his arms around your waist, wasting no time in zipping you around the promontory to a shallower, smaller, nearly-hidden cove. keeping your head above water, easily, as promised, although his head submerges sometimes. his hair drifts when he does. pushing you toward the shore.] Can you start-- a fire? There's a cave, in the back there. There's a place for that. I need-- legs, so I'll follow you in a second.

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[He stills in your grasp, relaxing slightly. Not that he had much of a choice really, his lowering body heat was getting to him. Already his lips were tainted blue color, and he was shivering to the core. He shook his head before replying.] 

No, I-I’m fine. But where am I? 

[Looking at you more clearly for the first time, he assumes the storm must have frozen his brain, and now he’s wildly hallucinating. Oh mercy me.]

[koiosing]

[your lips look pretty natural to him, but that shaking sure doesn't. he doesn't know what to do. none of his previous humans ever did that. just casting his arms around you again.]

[at least you're not injured. well, not that you can tell. wrinkling his nose. he's going to have to shift or move soon, or all this freshwater rain is going to foul his tail.] I-- I'm not sure. By human standards I'm not sure, I'm sorry. There is a settlement not too far from here. You are-- next to my cove, you-- fell off your boat.

[even if he doesn't want to keep you, he's going to need to do something. making another split-second decision.] Come on. Can you walk? My cache is in the next cove. The water will be warmer than the air, and you need to be somewhere sheltered. [tugging at you.] Please, hurry.

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[He can hardly focus on whomever saved him, his vision is still spinning, and more importantly his paper is still gone. Hearing the response he attempts to get up, but  stumbles and falls back to the ground instead. He lays in the sand for a moment trying to regain his senses. Still laying down he tries to ask another question.]

Where’s my boat? I have to get my paper back.

[In a rather pathetic attempt, he tries crawling towards the water, although he gives that attempt up rather quickly. Instead choosing to curl up to keep warm. Hypothermia would  be a terrible way to die.]

[koiosing]

[he can't really undulate, here, but honestly he doesn't need to-- you're not going far. casting his arms about you instead to hold you more still, gently, like a seaweed bind.]

I don't-- know. Wait. [laying his hands soothingly on either side of your face-- he wants to see you, and you're in such distress, and he wants to soothe you. also man, that fluid in your inner ear sure is swirly. quieting it a little, with that touch.] I didn't see the boat that you have fallen off of.

[pushing up on his arms when you try to crawl and curl up, scooting a little over to you. lifting his arms a little, as though he could shield you from the stinging rain.] Please, answer me. Are you hurt?

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[He’s woken up by the impact to his chest, coughing up more water than he expected to be hidden inside his lungs.  The world around him is blurry, and he can hardly pick up on his surroundings as everything was still spinning around him. As the world comes into focus the first thing he notices is his missing research paper.] 

W-where? [He manages to stammer that out between coughs, whilst trying to struggle away from whoever was touching him. This paper couldn’t be lost, he needed it to retain his scholarship. Taking a deep breath he turned to shout at whoever was near him.]

Where’s my paper? Have you seen it?

[koiosing]

[feeling bubbles of curiousity through his chest when you cough-- there's a legend like this, isn't there. maybe that's why he feels such accomplishment at not seeing you dead. it's like the soothing quiet of someone spelled and sinking, in reverse.]

[that, and you are very pretty. catching at your hands quite lightly, trying to restrain you so you don't fall and hurt yourself.]

[blinking, parsing. human voices are so-- fiery by comparison, and everything sounds different above water. even so--] A paper...? [shaking his head. the water around you was clear, or as clear as it could be.] There wasn't one. I think it's still on the boat you fell off of.

[who thinks about that when they're nearly drowned? not even bothering to attempt to shift to legs. those are wobbly at the best of times, and would you even notice? he's unsure.]

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Despite the warnings not to go out alone tonight, Thomas insisted to his colleagues that he needed to go out that night as his research project on sharks depended on it.  So during one of the worst storms of the week Thomas set out to see to research the sharks in the area, and how they respond to the weather. 

As if his idea wasn’t bad enough by itself he stayed towards the edge of the ship far too focused on his project to notice his surroundings. It was a gust of wind the sent him over the back of the boat, but it was the shock of the icy cold storm water that caused him to pass out. The sudden change in temperature was too much for his human body to handle. This goes to show you should always listen to your colleagues.  

[koiosing]

[the water today is frothing like a mad dog. even all the animals in the area are taking shelter. who'd be out in this? a real mess. visibility is really, really poor.]

[the only reason he's been out is to check that all his snares haven't been blown away. they've taken a while to set up, and if they've been swept away by these nasty tricky currents, abyssal gods only know where on earth he'll find them again. but they're fine. they're more than fine, even-- it looks as though some crayfish have decided to use them as storm shelter. well, that'll be a good dinner later.]

[it's only because of that that he hears that sudden disturbance. undulating up strongly towards the surface with a beat of his tail. ugh, it's so nasty. but that's...]

A human...?

Dead, or....

[no, that's definitely a plume of bubbles coming from your lips, even though you're hanging there even in this nasty current, momentarily suspended. uh-oh. he can barely see you, but your eye...]

[making a quick split-second decision, sighing at himself, gills ruffling. you had to land in his lap when he wasn't even hungry, which is just so sad.]

[catching you up. oh, no, you're so light. picking up speed, zipping you off to his sheltered little cove. nothing's really sheltered in this storm, but it's the best that you're going to get. pulling you ashore a little ungracefully, mostly by dint of beaching himself along with you. oogh, the rain stings his fins. twisting your limp body by the neck so that your face is angled down, thumping you on the chest.]

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[Sticks his tongue out at you] [He takes your arm walking besides you] Only if I’m allowed to get candy. I don’t want to go there for just products.

[koiosing]

[sticks his pink tongue out in return at you. bleh~.]

[presses close to your side, nodding.] Uhn, of course. Why shouldn't you get candy? Unless all they have is bad stuff or something, but they shouldn't. What kind of thing d'you want?

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[Paps your nose] I just don’t believe in feelings.

Sure, why not. I have nothing better to do.

[koiosing]

[makes a "mouu~" noise when you do that. twitching his nose a little, like a rabbit, and pursing his mouth.] Well, feelings believe in you, IV-san. Or I do.

Then I'd like to. [taking your arm, gently, stepping closer. he'd probably best prefer to be pressed to your side, but he's not sure what's up with you lately, honestly, so leaving room for you to tear yourself free again, resigned.] Matsumoto-Kiyoshi then?

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[Angry squinting]

First of all, that sounds like something poor people do. And second, at the drug store. 

[koiosing]

[squints direly right back.] It's something everyone does. In fact, some poor people marry out of necessity I bet. Marrying for love can be termed a luxury, so.

You can't buy feelings at the drug store. I should know, I'm going there right now, I want to pick up a new cleanser. Want to come?