Starter for @mamachocobro
An albino mermaid, extremely rare. The first discovered in all humanity, many skeptics didn’t believe it when it made breaking headlines that the Insomnian government had discovered a new species. Much was still unknown about them, except that there was evidence of established speech and more research was needed.
Add would do anything to escape his father’s strict reign. Prince to his kingdom, heir to a throne he wished to not hold, and a test to his father. Add often bid out far from their widespread borders, exploring the lonely ocean. Certain days.. When he felt hopeless, he’d get close to the shore to watch the two legs above. Add had always envied them. They could explore the wondrous world on land. Live their own lives… Choose who they loved.. At least that’s what Add remembered from the tales his mother would tell him when he was young and she was still amongst the living.
Despite being sure he’d been spotted more than once, and the warnings he got from his father and people… He kept coming back.
Now sitting upon the rocks for the first time ever above water… He found he could breath fine with his nose that he had always thought was just an aesthetic feature… Maybe he had some ancient two legged ancestor.
That’s when it happened. It was all so fast. Something sharp dug into his neck, and then everything had gone black. He heard sirens and shouting before truly passing out.
The next he awoke, the albino found himself in completely new surroundings.
There were artificial plants and sand in this… What was it. The walls were clear… This was glass. But it didn’t seem thin enough to smash with his tail. He wasn’t dumb enough to try it anyway.
The water tasted bitter of chemicals and burned his gills… And apart from the bright light hanging far above the surface of this tank.. Everything else beyond was dimly lit except a metal path with railing along the side of the rim.
Add made a few nervous laps back and forth, up and down, stirring the disgustingly yellow sand on the ground. Strong heart beating faster, something clicked. Had he been captured by two leggeds?
He’d only picked up a bit if their speak in his observing, but he knew enough to have basic conversations…
The albino let out a whine of despair, falling into the fake dirt on the bottom, stirring his tail sadly. The sound echoed through the glass and probably resounded outside of it. Maybe he’d get someone to come in.. Anyone…
Add felt hungry, too. This was bad.
He remained in the bottom, whining for what was certainly hours. He had noticed a small device in the corner of the (upon further inspection and adjustment to the lighting, actually very large) room his tank was in. It moved and clicked, focused on his tank. He was being watched by it.
Feeling desperate, knowing it was stupid, Add swam to the glass wall. Bringing his muscular tail down, bashing at the glass, all he got… was nothing. Except an ache in his fins.
An albino koi type. Add had beautiful glistening fins and a magnificent tail. His hair rippled down his shoulders and over his back.. And magenta irises were set in pools of deep black. Add was rare for even his own people. These two leggeds that had him were surely going to try to find everything out about him…
Hungry and depressed, the merman fell dejectedly back into the bottom of the tank, burying himself into the sand. It was hard, considering his tail was twice the length of a two legged’s limbs. But this was what Add always did to calm down. Bury himself in the sand and let it carry his worries away with the current.
Though this sand was artificial and scratchy.. And the water was mechanically still.. It was all he had to escape the mind altering bright light held swaying above his tank.
Add hadn’t even noticed the door opening on the other side of the room in his attempts to cope with his anxiety.
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