so yes, Portorosso had a history of hating sea monsters. Lots of places have that sort of history. And this could either be just the way this particular small town is, or it’s genuinely like the 50s to 60s. (I don’t know how small Italian towns are, given as I’m not from one.)
But like, in the 21st century I’m more wondering....MAN....the sea monsters are all colorful, like caribbean coral reefs, with SHARP TEEFS and long tails and long fingers and- dude where my monster fuckers at? Half-sea monster kids have GOT to exist somewhere.
And if regular sea monsters possess the ability to maintain a human form provided they remain completely dry, what would that mean for a human? Or rather, a human-sea monster hybrid? Or would it vary from hybrid to hybrid? Like some hybrids may look like a sea monster all the time, some may only look human, some may have a muddled look with skin AND scales, some might be able to shift back and forth like their sea monster parent, some might look like sea monsters but be incapable of breathing underwater...
so maybe hybrids vary.
Which inspired my own OC because THAT’S what I do when I get obsessed with something new, I make ocs.
Anyways, long intro to my new Luca ocs Achille Bianchi and Marcello Esposito!
Achille is an OLD sea monster some might call a “mad scientist”, and he seems to have fallen into a peculiar obsession with one particular form of study, primarily sea monster-human hybrids. It almost seems personal for him, even. He has books upon books upon books all filled with notes of the hybrids he’s met and how he’s lost them in eerily cold and scientific terms.
Enter Marcello, currently on the run from a particularly dangerous Hunter known only as the Kraken. He’s the first hybrid Achille’s ever found that has a perfect balance between his sea monster and human sides, swapping between human and sea monster forms almost seamlessly with practice and focus. (he’s still studying the scientific reasoning behind this)
When the tall thin sea monster showed up and immediately obsessed over the teenager, his family wasn’t....exactly enthused. They pointed out that he was behaving like a creep, and Achille finally remembered to act like a functioning adult and explain himself, about how he was studying human-sea monster hybrids, and he just wanted to understand how their bodies functioned with the mixed genes.
“Are there any catches, Signor Bianchi?”
“No, non, none at all.”
“......”
“......”
“......”
“....I’ve been having a really hard time...keeping my test subjects for study because a certain hunter out there is killing hybrids. He thinks they’re an abomination and need to be destroyed.”
“THERE it is! How do we know you haven’t let this man straight to our son?”
“He never attacks any hybrid without extensive setup, and he moves quickly. He’s always ahead of me, never behind. I’m usually late. This is....rare.”
“....you didn’t answer our question.”
“I’m following him, not the other way around Signora Esposito.”
Bonus OC: The Kraken!
Known information: .....probably male, responds to male pronouns, masculine looking form, approximately 6 feet tall? is he human or not? unknown. age unknown, but Achille’s been struggling with his desire to eliminate human-nonhuman hybrids for a long time. Very fast, well practiced in hand to hand combat and anatomy but not terribly tech savvy.
He may have been operating to close to a century, much like Achille himself, lending credence to the idea that he’s either not human or not a singular entity. (Achille thinks it would be an appropriate ‘fuck you’ to himself if his greatest rival turned out to be a hybrid as well.) His nickname Kraken was finally attributed to him in the 1970s due to the tendency to kill people in seaside towns who usually have at least one parent who “sailed off and never returned” or the like.
Dislikes-
Achille: orange flavored foods, failure, art (bc he’s not good at it), preconcieved notions without evidence, the smell of burning meat
Marcello: any food with squid ink, fishing, gym class, washing dishes
The Kraken: himself, hybrids, idling, romance, “chick flicks”, lemon flavored foods
Someone: so do you three believe in gay rights?
Achille: I’m pretty sure we’re all gay
Someone: they’re dodging the question!
“Is there anything you find personally offensive about the Kraken, though? Like if he didn’t try to kill hybrids, could you ever be friends with him, in another life?”
“Absolutely not, Marcello-that monster buries himself in orange Perle de Sole all day every day. You can tell when he’s near because you can just SMELL the vitamin C stench off of him a mile away!”
“.....why do you hate oranges so much.”
- I imagine Cyroath doesn't really pay any mind to Helvella at first; she sees her as just another entity she had to save and keep.
- She did choose her though. Found the poor girl cowering somewhere and was like "yep, this one." She chooses often to not make decisions on who to kidnap, so trust when she does it's a bit special. (though she kind of had to since the army was dropping like flies and Mephis wanted to keep her anyway....erm...)
- She does feel a bit guilty about it though, so even outside of when she is commanded to visit, she will visit in her own free time.
- She encourages Helvella to visit too sometimes.
- Helvella gets a little bit of a free spirit sometimes and obliges. Especially on bad days.
- OR Cyroath will just take her. Especially when they get closer.
- Cyroath doesn't really bother to take care of herself much, so Helvella definitely does for her sometimes.
- She'll brush her hair or do her best to tend to the wounds Cyroath often ignores.
- She's the only one who can get close to Cyroath. Both physically and emotionally.
- Helvella is a nervous rambler. She will accidentally talk Cyroath's ear off, but its ok cus Cyroath finds it cute and she's not much of a talker.
- Cyroath often ignores any feelings she gets for anyone. Finding it often useless because she or they will most likely die in battle, but obviously she couldn't ignore her feelings this time and when she realized it lowkey destroyed her ok......
- Same with Helvella. kind of. She just tried ignore them due to her situation, knowing she probably wouldn't ever get to have a relationship like that, so while she was aware, she felt like she couldn't really do anything about it.
- but its ok cyroath was like "ok we yuri" and desperately tries to get her out of there.
- on that note, Cyroath hates Mephis more than anything. She kind of always did but trust it gets worse.
- Helvella is a little scared of Cyroath, especially at first, but its okay....it contributes to her attraction.
- The first time Cyroath took off her mask infront of Helvella was the first time Helvella had really seen Cyroath act shy or ashamed.
- It was definitely a very vulnerable moment, but after hearing Helvella still feening and calling her pretty it was all good:3 Cyroath probably quietly cried abt it tho.....in a positive way
- Helvella would probably cry if Cyroath ever called herself ugly though.
- Cyroath tells stories about the worlds she's seen and other cool stuff. its the only time she'll ever really ramble. Helvella finds it fascinating since she's never really seen anything outside of her home world and the abyss.
-Ciarán does like Koi; not that he necessarily understands, he's never really felt this sort of pity and love combo.
-Everyone he's ever had an ounce of romantic interest in he's hated in some sort of way, so he feels weird when he actually likes Koi without hating him or just wanting to use him.
-Koi shows up and Ciarán is like "I'll take him" and Koi is SCARED, but accepts.
- At first Ciarán is like "I can use him" but really he just enjoys his pathetic boy swag.
-Everyone is shocked Ciarán managed to bag someone without force (kind of) and theyre also shocked Koi accepted.
-Everyone is like "Koi....you know what youre getting yourself into...right?" and Koi just sniffles. No, they do not know.
