DergTheDergon
Huggles fo all :3
Nadia met Sky’s eyes, a deeply worried look gracing her features, clearly not happy with her lover choosing to go alone yet knowing there was no stopping her. "Alright Sky… be careful…” she hugged her briefly, then watched as she allowed her tail to form, unable to take her eyes off of her afterwards. Nadia bravely remained at the edge of the shelf where the water became deep in order to help Sky up should she need it. For the next few moments, time felt to Nadia as if it slowed far beyond a crawl, her heart thumping very much like a panicked wardrum as she anxiously awaited any sign of her brave girlfriend’s return.
When she finally saw that blue head of hair emerge, the expression on the face below it one of pure terrror, Nadia instinctively reached forward and took both of Sky’s hands with her own and began to pull her up the moment before her panicked demand for the gesture was uttered, Glen and Faye then joining in. Once she was safely on to dry land, Faye beat Nadia to her question.Her eyes widening, Nadia whirled around, facing the water, backing up against the side of the raised section of the pool so that she could see and react to the approaching intruders, at as safe a distance as possible, ensuring that she was floating protectively in front of her loved one.
It was not long before a woman flaunting sharp rows of teeth in a grimace surfaced, the judging-bordering-hostile look in her eyes causing Nadia to back up so fast and carelessly that she cut her back on the stone, making her think about how fragile it was compared to the scaly skin of her tail.
Nadia let her lover and friends speak, and simply transfixed the predators with as non-terrified a stare as she could imagine. Since she was still in the water, that might have a assumed her your average merfolk against the other three, which was completely fine by her. Maybe she could protect Sky better that way, she figured, feeling blessed at the thought.
Just as she suspected, the fearsome intruders immediately began interrogating the three fish out of water, so to speak. As things became more and more heated, Nadia watched the mysterious newcomers more carefully, glaring at them as if to silently warn them against harming Sky. They seemed to be utterly ignoring her now, however, as, being unable to step free of the water and transform, they clearly thought of her as a common Mer and not a Royal, as they were convinced the other three were. The intruders, voices raised, the tension rising with them, until it reached the boiling point.
The next thing she knew. Nadia’s deep blue eyes shot wide open as, without a clear reason, the shark-Mer who seemed to be the group’s leader forcefully pressed Sky against the wall while the others poked and prodded at her tail, seemingly trying to discern something. If she could’ve, Nadia would’ve risen straight out of the water and, in all honesty, risked the lives of the people she cared for most by acting recklessly. So, perhaps, this was another upside, however small, to the curse she found herself subjected to.
Nadia let out a sigh of relief when finally, they let Sky go, wrapping her arms about her the moment she jumped into the shallows with her, her snake-like tail following, wrapping about her legs gently. She simply held her there for a while, not a word shared between them, until the seven wanderers left.
Only once the others had said their pieces did Nadia speak, choosing her words carefully. “I’m not sure about this either… but… our only plan before now was to stay cooped up in here for the near future. I don’t trust them, but if they say they can find us a better home, then… I think it’s worth taking the chance.”
She waited for her words to sink in among the three before continuing. “If you want to go ahead and tell them that we accept, it’s better to get it over with then give them a reason to barge in here again.”
StoneWolf18
When she finally saw that blue head of hair emerge, the expression on the face below it one of pure terrror, Nadia instinctively reached forward and took both of Sky’s hands with her own and began to pull her up the moment before her panicked demand for the gesture was uttered, Glen and Faye then joining in. Once she was safely on to dry land, Faye beat Nadia to her question.Her eyes widening, Nadia whirled around, facing the water, backing up against the side of the raised section of the pool so that she could see and react to the approaching intruders, at as safe a distance as possible, ensuring that she was floating protectively in front of her loved one.
It was not long before a woman flaunting sharp rows of teeth in a grimace surfaced, the judging-bordering-hostile look in her eyes causing Nadia to back up so fast and carelessly that she cut her back on the stone, making her think about how fragile it was compared to the scaly skin of her tail.
Nadia let her lover and friends speak, and simply transfixed the predators with as non-terrified a stare as she could imagine. Since she was still in the water, that might have a assumed her your average merfolk against the other three, which was completely fine by her. Maybe she could protect Sky better that way, she figured, feeling blessed at the thought.
Just as she suspected, the fearsome intruders immediately began interrogating the three fish out of water, so to speak. As things became more and more heated, Nadia watched the mysterious newcomers more carefully, glaring at them as if to silently warn them against harming Sky. They seemed to be utterly ignoring her now, however, as, being unable to step free of the water and transform, they clearly thought of her as a common Mer and not a Royal, as they were convinced the other three were. The intruders, voices raised, the tension rising with them, until it reached the boiling point.
The next thing she knew. Nadia’s deep blue eyes shot wide open as, without a clear reason, the shark-Mer who seemed to be the group’s leader forcefully pressed Sky against the wall while the others poked and prodded at her tail, seemingly trying to discern something. If she could’ve, Nadia would’ve risen straight out of the water and, in all honesty, risked the lives of the people she cared for most by acting recklessly. So, perhaps, this was another upside, however small, to the curse she found herself subjected to.
Nadia let out a sigh of relief when finally, they let Sky go, wrapping her arms about her the moment she jumped into the shallows with her, her snake-like tail following, wrapping about her legs gently. She simply held her there for a while, not a word shared between them, until the seven wanderers left.
Only once the others had said their pieces did Nadia speak, choosing her words carefully. “I’m not sure about this either… but… our only plan before now was to stay cooped up in here for the near future. I don’t trust them, but if they say they can find us a better home, then… I think it’s worth taking the chance.”
She waited for her words to sink in among the three before continuing. “If you want to go ahead and tell them that we accept, it’s better to get it over with then give them a reason to barge in here again.”
StoneWolf18