with a flourish, chevalier presents the carved figurine of a merfolk - crafted on a piece of dry driftwood lodged in the sand. he swore that he'd spied the mermaid from shore himself, inspired by the real thing. truly, though, if you could hardly believe what he'd said he'd heard, then who could believe what he'd seen.
"not my finest work," chevalier confesses. "but, how can you capture the majesty of the merfolk, mhm?"
for @ethercvl , @rosaxseer and @brckenrctual (not a group thread).

















