"My apologizes. You seemed rather busy, so I waited here." Jing Yuan totally didn't fall asleep, waiting for Neuvillette to return.
❝AH, IT IS FINE. Forgive me for making you wait, General. Had I known that you were coming to visit, I would have returned much sooner.❞ Shoes clacked against polished tile until he came to a stop before the other, his gaze taking in their languid appearance with an expression that could not be read. Whether he was amused by the General's present state or not, one would not have been able to tell. ❝If you are tired, you may rest here if you please. Such would not disturb me in the slightest.❞ After all, he would have just been pleased enough to have company whether that person was sleeping or merely chitchatting with him – either or being quite rare regardless. ❝I know that your work can be just as involved as my own, and so I would certainly understand.❞
Alhaitham sighs under his breath. “Yes, you’ve told me this much already. My question was what ‘DO’ you remember?” This stranger looked like a person that was born of the desert which makes him an eremite. Though given the clothing, this person was someone quite prestigious. But it does not solve the dilemma he’s faced with. Having discovered him in the middle of the desert, sure the kindest thing to do was give immediate aid..but he was anything but an altruistic individual. “If you got the strength to walk then I can take you back to Sumeru city and have the Mahamatra look into your..predicament.”
fall starter / accepting / @loreconcepts : 🎞️ - Jun
There was a little event in the city where people were generally invited to attend at the park to view a horror movie. It was an event specifically made to bring people together, people can come with friends, loved ones or even alone and meet someone at the event with similar interests. All in all it was a promised good time and Yusuke was invited to go with a friend except the dummy flaked out on him at the last minute due to college stuff. Understandable but it doesn’t mean it sucked any less.
“H’oh well, no use bitchin’ about it now.” Said the young man as he arrived on his lonesome, the place was packed. The spot he chose was upon one of the seating mats left by the organizers, and of course he came with his faithful ‘plush’ and string bag full of snacks. Gently his plush remained upon his lap as the movie progressed, a zombie flick of all things. Didn’t take long before he saw someone approaching him. “Go ahead and sit down, ain’t gonna bite off yer head.”
" those humans are amusing, but if they are becoming bothersome, i can get rid of them for you." ~ ( Lucien )
❝IT IS FINE. I can rid myself of them if I so desire.❞ A hand was waved casually, brushing aside the very thought. As aggravating as some Servants in this building were, most of the time after they acted out their foolishness a bit, they would go find something else to do. It was all about patience from there, and though Ozymandias did struggle with that sometimes, he did have it somewhere within his person. ❝Although,❞ he continued, ❝I am pleased with your offer regardless.❞ Unless said offer held ulterior motives. In that case, no thanks.
A girl is at a top-secret training academy. Very superhero except so very not. There’s a lot of swimming, and I realize she’s a mermaid. Maybe.
She likes a boy. Not cute, but nice. They start going out.
Then the fin on her high-tech flipper rips, and she spirals into a deep depression. I don’t know how, but this is connected to her own actual fin.
Her boyfriend gets mad at her for not paying attention to him anymore. He’s not very understanding, and she doesn’t tell him what she is or what’s wrong.
Then another cuter boy comes. He’s nice too. He helps her. He’s understanding.
He finds her in a “pool room” for lack of a better term. It was basically a room that fills with water.
They’ve spent enough time together that he can tell when she’s upset. He gets close. He kisses her.
Her ex-boyfriend who isn’t officially an ex sees, and he traps them in the room and fills it...
Now I’m awake and have had a couple of hours to stew over the idea...
The girl has her breathing aid for underwater training, but her friend doesn’t. Trapped, they share it until the thing breaks. The girl is scared. They can hold their breath for a long time you’re wondering why she has to hold her breath or use a breathing aid if she’s a mermaid but it’s getting harder.
She scratches her neck and gills appear through the blood. She helps her friend breathe until she hears someone in the hall. She gets their attention and then takes her friend to the surface when the water starts to drain, but now it’s hard for her to breathe.
Her friend is completely aware she’s been his air tank this whole time.
She runs away when the doors open, and her friend finds her gasping in a shower.
“What do I do? Tell me what to do!” He’s curled his fingers through hers trying to hide the gills on her neck.
“Kelp. In my. Room. Bottom drawer. Black. Bag.”
He sprints through the halls and retrieves the kelp. When he gives it to her, the gills disappear, and she can breathe normally again.
I spent twenty minutes contemplating how to make this breathing thing work. Answer: mermaids can’t breathe properly with gills out of water, but she can’t have gills and lungs at the same time. Maaaagic kelp can change from one to the other. So not really a mermaid. Something else.
Now she’s afraid he thinks she’s a freak. He definitely does not, but now the government has come. They think the tank malfunction was an assassination attempt on his life--turns out, he’s a marquise because princes are overrated and I fell in love with a fictional marquise once.
The whole school is shut down, and the marquise takes the mermaid with him to keep her safe.
Their friendship blooms, but then officials from Atlantis appear.
The little sun reaches toward the king, offering some flowers. ( Chibiterasu )
❝AH, HELLO, LITTLE SUN. Have you come to bring me offerings?❞ How gentle the this one's light was. Whereas his could be intense and all-encompassing, Chibiterasu held the soft warmth of the sun instead. It earned a genuine smile from him, his entire countenance that must softer for it as he reached out to gently accept that gift. ❝Thank you. I will be sure to treasure what you have brought me.❞
"The water is clear and cool today." The dragon is calm this day, enjoying the breeze and tranquility. @ Neuvi
❝SO IT IS.❞ NEUVILLETTE smiled slightly, glancing off towards the direction of the seas blue waters. ❝We had a storm last week, but it is hard to imagine when the waters are usually so calm.❞ You could read much about a place by its waters, a concept that only those connected to it can understand in full. There was much about the other dragon that was a mystery to him, but one thing that they certainly had in common, was their love for those gentle, waves. He turned his gaze to them, expression neutral once more. ❝I have much to do today, though as soon as I am finished, if time permits it, I will join you in enjoying this wonderful weather.❞ ‘If time permits.’ When did he ever really have time…
