In honour of mermay, I was thinking about silly Snowbaz scenarios with a maritime theme. Then I went into a fugue state and when I woke up I had a 4 page outline for a fic I will likely not have time to write for the foreseeable future. But I'll share some sentences (more than 6, oops) from the outline so you can suffer with me.
Capt Cadwallader is dangerously in debt and at risk of losing his ship if he doesn’t make payment on time. He and his crew are commissioned by a mysterious man named Smith to capture a mermaid. Smith’s protege Shepard, a keen marine biologist, is along for the ride and to keep an eye on Smith’s commission. Cadwallader’s crew includes his son Simon (bit of an inept sailor but at least he doesn’t get seasick anymore)(Simon is determined to prove himself a good sailor to increase his prospects with the girl back home he’s planning on proposing to, Agatha) and Simon’s best friend / Davy’s cartographer Penelope. They successfully capture a mermaid who Simon is convinced keeps trying to seduce him with her siren’s song. Shep points out the mermaid is a ‘he’ not a ‘she’ (mermaids, like ladybirds, are referred to as such regardless of gender). “Ladybirds aren’t all ladies, dragonflies aren’t all dragons.. well some of them are but that’s not the point.” The mermaid (Baz of course) is morally opposed to using his thrall for seduction. He is, however, intent on drowning every one of the crew in order to protect his family from capture.
Zero pressure tags under the cut (:
