A Great and Terrible Future

Isola Affiliated RP blog for Madam Shyarly from One Piece

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threetigerblessing :

Threo pulled her head back into the open air, taking a deep breath and shaking water droplets from her hair. Did Shyarly understand her underwater? It made sense that people who lived underwater would be able to hear underwater too. Or maybe Threo just didn’t have the right tongue for it.

She decided to repeat herself just in case. “Hi Shyarly! I thought you were a big fish! I guess I was half right!”

She took a seat on the dock again, taking a kebab in each hand. “It’s good to see you too! And it’s pretty fun! I’ve been to lots of festivals all over the skies, and this one isn’t too special, but that’s not a bad thing. There’s a lot to do, at least. And so much food! They really fixed up this place super quick after that happened, huh?” She continued to eat as she spoke, not caring for table manners in the slightest.

“What about you? Are you having fun? I guess you can’t do all of the stuff that’s going on, huh? And you’d have to watch out for people on those weird water machines, too.” Maybe it wasn’t fair for her, now that Threo was thinking about it. How far could Shyarly go out of the water, anyhow? There was also the issue of size, she was probably way too big to do lots of stuff.

Threo chewed over her food and the problem of Shyarly. Everyone should be having a good time, right? This was one of those situations that Anre would say she would have a response ability to do something about  “Hey, do you want me to get you anything? You can have one of my kebabs if you want. Or maybe you like other food? I can go grab you something! I don’t mind!”

Right off the bat, Shyary regretted asking. Her expression grew cold and stiff. “It’s very rude to call merfolk fish Thero. Don’t.” There was a sharp click of her teeth before Shyarly blinked again and softened her lips. It was hard to stay afloat when angry anyway.

“Not really. If I can’t come out of the water, how am I supposed to enjoy the festivities. But nobody asked me if they could set up on the beach, throw all their trash in the sea...” And now she was getting angry again. Shyarly pinched the bridge of her nose, cutting herself off before she went on a rant. “Urgh.” Getting upset wasn’t going to help Thero understand how she was feeling, if she even could. Better just to engage with the girl on her own terms, speak to what was capturing her interest in the moment.

“Thank you Thero but I’m fine. Plenty of fish in the sea for me. What else are people doing out there? I keep seeing explosions in the sky. Are those fireworks?”

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thelgo :

“It is no problem to be honest, but your question is rather hard to explain in a way…” She pressed her palm to her cheek, thinking of the best way to explain the deterioration of the age of gods. She was not born when the deterioration started, but she knew some of the minor details. The falling of star, the conflict of the Mesopotamian gods and their…choice candidate, and then the complete shift in the laws of her world…

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“Can you try for me?” The harder it was to explain the more Shyarly wanted to know. Of course it also meant she would have to pay even closer attention, leaning in to catch each on of the bird-woman’s words and ruminate on them. 

“Ha, interesting to hear that your gods we not so omnipotent in the end. Yes humankind’s science is interesting. I can’t help but wonder what system will replace it.” So much to take in. However neither gods nor science were ever much of a concern for merfolk so she was able to view it all from a detached sort of lenses. being separate from those cultures didn’t lend to understanding them however, even if she could be a subjective judge. 

She blinked, startled by this next revelation. Her shoulder retracted from the woman slightly, at the same time reaching out to pinch their cheek. “So you’re a ghost?” Hm, squishy. Not incorporeal, though she had never seen a ghost before. There was a first time for everything and Shyarly was really hoping this was not about to be her first encounter with an undead entity. Even if it was, they still were so friendly. 

“No, something else. Living beyond your death... well that’s already an exception to a great many things.” She tapped on her forehead while leaning over. “You may have a bit more to explain even after all that, sorry.”

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graileacht :

     Just because she was a queen did not mean that Medb was opposed to mingling about with the more common citizens of Spirale. Not only would she indulge in the simpler pleasures of life, but she would also get the opportunity to observe those that she intended to win the hearts of. After all, wasn’t that the wish of any ruler? To be loved by their followers?

     Having realized that the majority of people did not know her identity, she was a bit disappointed. So Medb welcomed it when this… mermaid of sorts offered assistance. Her appearance mattered not; Medb was thrilled for the opportunity to show anyone just who she was, and she’d certainly seen many stranger things.

     “My, you’re so very kind! I didn’t expect to be greeted with such friendliness.” The queen touched a finger to her lips in thought, considering what it was that she was here for. “I felt as though this boardwalk would offer some entertainment. Tell me, what’s the most popular attraction here?”

Shyarly smiled back, tipping her head gracefully as she moved her tail out of the way. “Thank you ma’am. A manager always treats her guests with the respect and hospitality they deserve.” Ma’am? Lord she was reaching back in her repertoire of manners. Really stretching on that one. 

And of course they wanted a personal recommendation. That was fine when it came to music and plays, but for an activity one would enjoy, she had every doubt that the two of them were nothing alike in interests. Nor did she want to share the interests of such a royal blooded person. “Well, ah we are still very new. And I am very new to many of these human games. But personally? Hmmm I suppose the Ferris Wheel?” It was the largest attraction after all, impossible to miss. 

Even though Shyarly herself had never been on it and was just speaking out her ass now.

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threetigerblessing :

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Maybe this festival was being done to celebrate the city’s reconstruction? It was weird to think the city was putting on an event like this so soon after its sudden renovation. Maybe that was the point, though. Maybe it was an attempt to show everyone that things were really alright, even though they’d just been invaded by monsters.

But it was tough for Threo to feel too suspicious when there was so much good food to be had and so many fun things to do! Vendors lined the streets, hocking fresh-cooked food no matter where you looked. Not to mention the activities being offered. Maybe when she was done eating she could try some of them out. If she was ever done eating.

For now, she sat by the water’s edge, feet in the tide, a kebab in each hand, and eyes on the strange machines people were using to skip across the waves. It was almost easy to forget she still didn’t know where she was.

A dark shape moving under the water soon dragged her gaze away from the races going on., something huge. Perhaps it was a huge, tasty fish? Threo was considering dropping her food and leaping in after it when she saw it had… arms? There was something familiar about it.

Careful to keep her food dry, Threo thrust her head into the water, searching for the shape. Thankfully, it was hard to miss something that size. “Shyarly! I thought you were a big fish!” she tried to say. Of course, underwater, it came out as nothing more than a mass of bubbles.

And here she thought it would be easy to sneak away from the festivities with so many people gathering around the area she called (or wanted to call) home? Who invited them anyway, not her. Yet even a party planned by someone else, Shyarly doubted there would be much in the way of cleanup.

But alas she was about to get dragged into this mess herself now after getting discovered. Even worse to be spotted by someone who knew her. The short girl with the big voice and nut much brain. Also funny their head was underwater but those horns weren’t falling off. Huh she had just assumed it was a head ornament but maybe they weren’t even human. Heaven knows what they were trying to say to her underwater. A little piece of kebab meat came out of their mouth. Great, she had to worry about catting backwash in her gills. Shyarly smiled as best she could and then pointed upwards before she plopped her head above the water so that they could communicate. 

“It’s easier for me to hear you up here Threo.” Doubtful it was anything importunate besides hello. Hair bushed aside before it fell back in place. “Nice to see a friendly face here. Enjoying yourself?”

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@hokutousei

“Is that machine giving you trouble?” An ominous but soothing voice echoed up from below the pier. Shyarly had been swimming around the boardwalk when she heard frustrated exclamations. Another victim of that faulty prize machine no doubt. Luckily she knew just where to smack the thing to get it working right again. Usually. Wasn’t an exact science, but better her doing it then a customer possibly damaging the property. 

“Just a moment. And place excuse me.” Diving back down, the ripples from her tail going under were all that lay across the water for a moment, before she burst out of the water with built up speed and in the perfect arc to land her rear onto the wood planks right besides the man and the prize dispenser. “Now, let’s see.”

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@graileacht

Ah, she wasn’t really sure what to do in this case. The boardwalk was a place with games and amusement, but not at all a high class establishment. Shyarly understood the difference, the type of customers this place attracted, and she was fine with that. What to do exactly, when royalty walked through the place was another matter. 

The pink haired woman looked like a queen from that crown. Her stance alone had the presence of a Divine Dragon. Just the thought made Shyarly shudder, though they could be one in the flesh and she still would never shirk from the duty she had been given with this job.

Rolling out of the office building like a casual beached whale, Shyarly sprawled across the width of the boardwalk, preventing the queen from going further. “Um, can I help you with something?” Surely they were here for something other then commoner frivolity. 

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“Not even dinner? Now that’s just sad.” Tsk tsk, why was he falling over on her beach to complain about being hungry? Who was she, his mom? Wasn’t he about her age?

“Enough, I don’t want anymore sass from you till you’ve eaten. You’ll feel better once you’re not in danger of collapsing. Honestly, treating your body like this…” She grabbed at his wrist. “So skinny! I’m getting us a large tuna and we’re eating it all together. All of it.”

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augurdivinus :

“Well, strictly speaking most societies normally have multitudes of cultures, even micro-cultures within their own borders. Whether or not you live in societies, small packs, or as individuals, there should be a shared understanding of behavioural and societal practises, or… Oh! Perhaps it’s something to do with species! Of course…! Each species could even have their own unique way of existing, separate from the others! From your comment on how some of your males behave, I assume where you’re from at least has common-ground and understanding of other individuals which indicates either a community or society built on mutual respect but otherwise keeping to yourselves, practising hunting alone rather than in groups, hence the focus on speed or strength rather than communication and planning…!”

“Am I close?”

Her comment on the situation of more eyes made him grin wildly, shoulders shaking in a strained laugh, eyes following her bubbles nervously. “Well, you’re not wrong! Strictly speaking though, these wouldn’t be for merely seeing on the planes we are existing on now, though. They are meant for piercing the veil! To see beyond, to understand beyond, to speak with and exist alongside with the beings who make the cosmos their home…! Alas, for some, being granted eyes may lead to an existence where you are incapable of comprehending the things you see, your brain too addled with the world you once knew, too worn down with the devolved beastliness that resides within… Preparing ones body for understanding is crucial! Much like you, who are adapted for water, if you were to try and travel across land, you’d need preparation! What would it take, I wonder? What formulas would you need to ensure are in place before you were to cast such a gamble?” 

She listened to it all closely, nodding along. Definitely one of the most interesting talkers she’d heard in this city so far, with many fair observations. “You’re not close, but you’re also unlucky. Merfolk society is actually incredibly collective. We have to be, there are humans to account for after all.” In that rush of excitement to expose he overlooked a few things.

“You are the eternal other, the species we’re always competing again. It’s common for merfolk and fishmen to join a group that forms their identity the way humans do. Often this is marked by a tattoo and for males, it is a sign of maturity to be a part of something greater. But I can’t blame you for not knowing, since I’m an individualist outlier, more at home with the type of society that you described. Unlucky, as I said.” Maybe she was the only merfolk he’d ever met, but it wasn’t wise to jump to conclusions. 

“Ah, a terribly human way of thinking I guess. Perhaps these beings of the cosmos are quite content to be left alone, yet you intrude because no depth is greater then human curiosity.” She leaned closer. “Mind you, I’m not admonishing you for your nature, it’s just an observation. Humans don’t need extra eyes or sight to risk turning into beastly monsters.” Drawing back, she rose up on her tail, balancing her posture a little to show how high she could stand. “It’s not such a gamble, I can drag myself, or even walk on my tail fins just fine. It’s simply not pleasant and humans would gawk at me.” 

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thelgo :

“Humans are rather fickle but still you are correct.” She smiled back at the mermaid. She has dealt with untrustworthy humans, but she also knows there are some who are trustworthy.

“I can do a particular form of magic. Magic is rather diverse to be honest, there are as many forms of it as stars in the sky. However, its not quite as rare as where you come from…but also not as common.” She turned her head a bit as she thought of a good way to explain her realm’s magic. After all, she came from an age where it was prolific but she did know that at one point it changed. “Lets see here, when I lived in my realm…magic and magic practitioners were fairly common per say. There was a point where an age of magic ended and those who still practiced it went into hiding. The magic users now are fair less common and are more focused upon maintaining bloodlines to some degree. It’s rather depressing really.” She turned her head the other direction. Its rather odd to explain something that happened after she had died. However, she does know that while the Throne cannot be so accurate, it was accurate about the history of Magi.

“How interesting. It must be that the more forms of magic there are in the world, the more accepted it becomes?” Magic in here world was so rare that it was just a word to be feared. Few people could even say what it was, or what made it different from other types of strange power, other then that it was a gift without came without a price or training to earn it. No wonder it was feared or spoken of with derision. 

She leaned over more, falling onto her elbows and right in the bird-like mage’s face. “I can’t even begin to imagine a world like that. An abundance of mystical power. Was there a particular reason it came to and end? And I suppose you must be awfully long lived to have gone through the turning of ages like that.” Saying all this, Shyarly gave a sputtering laugh, mostly at herself, and then pressed a palm on her cheek and sighed.

“It’s interesting is all. This is me trying to be as curious as humans are.”

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pavlovianpoet :

“R-Right.” Yuri agrees with a nod and a small smile. The orange hue of the sky and the sun starting it’s slow descent beyond the horizon, indicating that her time with Shyarly was becoming short. Assuming she didn’t want to walk home in the dark, with the city as it was and the lack of lamps to guide her way other then her phone. Which, with the distance between here and Cotes ward might happen anyways.  The conversation utterly distracted her from the passage of time.

“I-I’m not looking-, Uh, you don’t have to- I, It’s okay, I.. Uh…Mm…” And just like that the objection dies on her lips in a tangled mess of vowels and words. Objecting further probably would change little.  It’s not like she has anything particularly against having a matchmaker of sorts (beyond the concept of interacting with a unfamiliar human being at a later date), but, well it. It was a hard emotion to describe, through the flustered feelings and burning cheeks. 

She was just concerned about being ‘good’ enough. She didn’t have to worry about that when reading, or imaging herself with purely fictional characters… she turns her attention back to the setting sun, distracting herself from a distraction.

“Thanks Anyways… Looks like the sun’s setting soon…” Her observation was more a veiled reminder of how little time they had,though she was sure her new friend was well aware. “Um, I’ll try to look for books, to help get your ready for the club. Though, I don’t know if I can find, anything waterproof, uh… Do you like any particular genres?”

Shyarly closed her eyes and nodded softly. “I’ll be ok. Just a matter between you and me, yes?” Another matter for her to keep on the back-burner, and a fair excuse to appraise any humans she would see afterwards. Possessing more perspectives to appreciate their species was always welcome.

She tapped Yuri on the leg. Wouldn’t do her guest any good to keep standing there forever. “Mmmm, you should be leaving soon. I can’t offer any protection for you traveling home besides currency. More then enough to buy you a safe ride back, I think.” Tough to say if the girl’s nervousness would win over their politeness. Well, the polite choice would also be to accept her offer of aid. Shyarly felt she would have given the same circumstances if she were stuck on land at night.

Another small laugh, this time almost catching water in her mouth as the large mermaid laid down in the sand. “Ha, is that not obvious? Romance please. Human courtship is such a deep and fascinating topic, I’ll never get tired, even if it’s what they call sappy. And anything about adventures in the sea.” 

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spacefell :

❝  haha… well you see these are a little complicated to explain but i can sure tell you i didnt used to have these super cute fluffy dog ears when i was younger. mermaid people are pretty awesome though.   ❞

“I have plenty of time for a story, I’m not going anywhere fast around here. And thank you, it’s nice to see humans so enthusiastic. One day maybe all humans and all merfolk can be treated as awesome together, yes?”

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threetigerblessing :

Threo hadn’t even considered something like that. Did Shyarly take a taxicab like she did? How did she fit into a little thing like that? Did she have a room in one of those little buildings? How did she get all the way to the water in the first place? It would keep her up at night, trying to figure out things like that.

“Hm… I hadn’t really thought about it like that, but maybe they are kind of similar! Except kelp is soft and trees are hard. I heard some people eat kelp, do you think it’s any good? I’ve never tried it.” Talking about eating made her hungrier. 

“This place kinds of stinks, doesn’t it?” said Threo, frowning. “There’s no monsters to fight, no food, almost nothing! But at least there’s some nice people, like you.” Plenty of the people in the city barely reacted when she spoke to them, only continuing whatever they were doing after a moment’s pause. Shyarly was a nice break from that.

“No, not like what it looks like,” she said, shaking her head. “I mean, what’s it like? What does it smell like? What kind of memories do you have about it? How does it feel living there? Stuff like that.”

She kicked her legs in the water for a few moments, chewing on the thought that was crawling through her head. It was a complicated memory, one she wasn’t really sure how to feel about. “I used to live in a big forest,” she said, staring at the ripples around her legs. “But they cut it all down to build a village. I didn’t live there anymore, but it was still kind of… weird when I found out. I don’t know.”

Shyarly swayed her head slightly, thinking of how to correct the girl while keeping it educational. “Kelp can be tough if you grow it right, but I’m of the carnivorous persuasion.” Ah no that was a much too complicated turn of phrase. She coughed and restated it. “I like meat.” Living with beasts like the girl said, they were probably the same way Shyarly just didn’t want to make those assumptions. At least she seemed capable of entertaining the idea of eating kelp. Humans were capable omnivores after all.

“That is an equally complex topic. It was a strange city and I ran a successful business there, a pleasant cafe that eventually attracted people from all over.” She refrained from saying ‘successful cafe’, not wanting to make it sound too exciting. It really wasn’t that exciting, and the moments that were suited for climatic storytelling weren't ones she felt comfortable sharing. In fact she had told nobody so far since entering this new city. Nobody would care if they didn’t know.

Falling into that line of thoughtfulness, Shyarly rested her chin in her hands. “It is strange isn’t it, living with the barest traces of modern necessity, then suddenly being thrust into a world with new technology and other people. But I think that has been the expertise of so many menfolk. Nobody I know misses living on the seafloor, so I have to wonder if some do.” A curious blink as she stared right at Threo. “What about you, were there others who had to leave when you did?”