Forty-Third Spool of Thread - [Voice/Action]

[so_shik]

[There's the sudden sound of a bunch of boxes falling to the ground, contents spilling everywhere as the journal's camera points up to the ceiling. It shifts suddenly to focus on a particular pink-haired girl who was unceremoniously dumped into the back room of her shop on top of said boxes.]

Ugh...thanks for the warning, jerks. [She begins to

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[sea_king_bait]

Someone broke into your shop? That's really mean.

[sea_king_bait]

Hm... any idea where he might have hidden it?

[so_shik]

If he's a pirate there's got to be a ship somewhere, right?

[sea_king_bait]

[She nods.]

There's a ship docked in the ocean not too far away from me, actually.

[so_shik]

I might have to go check it out later, maybe call in a favorite from a friend.

...wait, what are you doing out at the ocean?

[sea_king_bait]

I... live here?

[so_shik]

You live...in the ocean. [Girl say what.]

[Video time.]

[sea_king_bait]

[She turns on the video feed. The top half of her body is floating in view as bubbles gently drift around her. A fish is seen in the background quietly going about its business. Guess what? She's been under water the whole time.]

...See?

[Videoooo]

[so_shik]

...[Okay. Okay wait. This just may top the talking pony she met a few weeks ago.]

So you're a mermaid then? [She may or may not be enthralled by this.]

[Videoooo!!]

[sea_king_bait]

[She blinks. This is the first time in Luceti that someone has actually guessed that.]

Y-yes, actually. I am.

[She'll back a little to show off her tail, which is a brilliant shade of pink.]

[Videooooooo...killed the radio star?]

[so_shik]

[Shiki may or may not have spent a good portion of her childhood studying fairy tales for the fashion design. This includes things like The Little Mermaid <<;]

I...[Am speechless. Totally not sure what's appropriate to say here.] Whoa.

[Video is such a jerk D<]

[sea_king_bait]

[She scratches the back of her head and gives an awkward laugh.]

D-don't worry. I breathe air too, and I have a wheelchair to get around on land. I can still work at the shop--

[She pauses. Her memories of back home pool in the back of her mind every time she talks to humans. They don't like merfolk back home. There's always a chance that someone new you meet won't either.]

...If you want, I mean.

[Poor radio. It just wanted to fit in ;;]

[so_shik]

Oh! No, I wasn't worried about any of that, I just...you know, I've never met a mermaid before. Is it really okay for you to be out of the water?

[All he really wanted was friends ;;]

[sea_king_bait]

Y-yeah. We're pretty rare I guess. I'm the only one here. [She looks to the side from that. It gets a little lonely, being the only one out here and all.]

But I'll be fine. It just gets a little uncomfortable if my skin gets dry. But nothing a bath or a couple drinks won't fix~.

[But nooo...video had to be a bully and ruin everything. :|]

[so_shik]

Kind of a bummer...are any of your other friends here? [It's better than asking if she DOES have other friends.]

If you say so. Sure then, I'd still love to see what you can do. Let me know and I'll be here. If it's easier I can always take a day-trip out there, too. I haven't seen the ocean yet.

[He took all of Radio's friends. :|]

[sea_king_bait]

Mhm. Have you met the Straw Hats? They're pirates, but they're really nice pirates. They won't go breaking into your store and stealing dummies.