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Post by urchin on Nov 22, 2008 2:25:08 GMT -8
He flinched, it looked like Ariel was rubbing off on him. He saw humans often, but rarely got to speak to them. At least not like this.
"Yeah that I've heard of." He rubbed his chin, looking as though he were about to ask something when a rather large wave crashed towards them.
It caught the merrow in it's undertow and Urchin gave a yelp as it sent him fin over head onto the beach. As the wave rolled back, he sat up, spitting sand out of his mouth and struggling to flip onto his back. The sun catching the sage green scales of his fin.
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Post by Rose on Nov 22, 2008 10:51:03 GMT -8
Rose gave him a look of disbelief at his reply, and was about to say something, when a large wave took over to two. It sent Rose flying, and she landed almost on top of Urchin.
Sitting up, the blonde coughed and spluttered, while using an arm to flip over her wavy locks of hair, which were all tangled now, and in her face. Not to mention she was soaking wet.
Looking up for Urchin, with her somewhat blurry vision from the salty water, didn't notice his fin at first. "Are you ok-" Rose stopped, and gave a gasp as she saw his green fin. She should've been used to this by now, working with people who hunt magical creatures, but she couldn't get over the fact the boy she had just been talking to for the past half hour, was a mer-person.
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Post by urchin on Nov 22, 2008 22:12:51 GMT -8
Urchin managed to flip around, moving his hair out of his eyes and gulping and trying to pull his tail under some seaweed. Even though it was relatively useless. The look on her face pretty much said she'd seen what he was.
He looked genuinely worried, the weight of his fin on land making it impossible for him to crawl back towards the deeper water.
"Look I..." what could he say?
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Post by Rose on Nov 24, 2008 15:18:33 GMT -8
Rose just stared at the boy, not knowing what to do...
Well, he'd shown his secret, maybe not on purpose, but anyway... "I...I haven't exactly been truthful either..." she managed to blurt out, a look of worry on her face.
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Post by urchin on Nov 25, 2008 12:54:40 GMT -8
Pretty much stuck, Urchin looked up at her, "Not truthful?" Well...Triton did say that humans tended to lie.
The look on her face made him pause, "What's wrong Rose?"
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Post by Rose on Nov 25, 2008 14:33:45 GMT -8
Rose didn't know what to say. She wanted to tell him, but didn't want to frighten him at all. It then dawned on her that Urchin needed to get back to the water.
"Oh, you need to get back to the water!" Walking over to the merrow, she lifted him up as best she could, and carried him to the water edge, before setting him down.
Then, Rose sat down next to him, her eyes full of sadness and confusion. Taking a breathe, she sighed, "Okay, but you can't tell anyone else!"
Tugging at a strand of hair, the blonde looked away and back, before continuing, "I-I don't live with my Uncle. Well, I do, but he's not actually my Uncle, he's this guy called the Huntsman. I'm in this clan, called the Huntsclan. Everyone who has this birthmark is part of it," Rose held out her hand with the purple dragon-shaped birthmark on it.
"Anyway, the Huntsclan is supposed to slay magical creatures...the Huntsman hates them. But...I don't want that...I don't want to go around, killing innocent creatures. All I want is a family, someone who actually cares about me. But, I don't have anywhere to go, so I stay. I have to, if I left, they'd hunt me down..."
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Post by urchin on Nov 25, 2008 16:59:54 GMT -8
"Whoa" He helped her balance his weight as best he could, shifting a little and giving a small sigh of relief as the water started hitting against his fin. "Thanks."
He scratched his head and gave a soft laugh, "Don't worry- I'm not going to tell anyone I was talking to a human. We're not supposed to." Not that merfolk ran into humans too often. Not without traveling to the surface.
Taking her hand to inspect the birthmark, it looked like a sea serpent, he listened. When she described what exactly this 'HUntsclan' did his eyes widened.
"So...there really are humans that hunt mermaids?" When she continued to talk though he relaxed, frowning a bit.
"Your stuck then? That's not fair. Why would they be worried about you leaving?"
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Post by Rose on Nov 26, 2008 11:33:05 GMT -8
Rose gave a pained look, she had frightened him a little. "Yeah, there are," she sighed, "They also hunt other creatures, like dragons, fairies, unicorns..."
Running her hand over the birthmark, she continued, "I know it isn't fair. Nothing is there. I couldn't leave, I have nowhere else, and if I did, they'd suspect something. They'd hunt me down anyway, they hunt anyone down who tries to leave."
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Post by urchin on Nov 30, 2008 8:48:15 GMT -8
((sorry for the delay! Holidays went 'Hey There' and stole my computer time))
She had scared him a little, but the fear was quickly vanishing- she didn't seem like she'd shove him in a fish net anytime soon.
"So- what if you found a place to stay? Could you leave then?"
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Post by Rose on Dec 2, 2008 8:20:08 GMT -8
"I...I don't know..." she had never thought about this before, "It doesn't matter anyway. I'll be okay on my own."
Rose tried to smile, but it wasn't really there.
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Post by urchin on Dec 3, 2008 7:06:57 GMT -8
He could see through her half smile, but didn't push that. Folding his arms he gave her a look.
"Everyone can be all right on their own- but it does matter. Even humans should be happy."
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Post by Rose on Dec 5, 2008 8:41:45 GMT -8
Rose stared at Urchin; she knew he was right, she should be happy. She blew a lock of hair away that was covering her face, and sat up on her knees.
"You're right," she stated quietly. "But...I don't know where I'd go."
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Post by urchin on Dec 6, 2008 11:45:04 GMT -8
He pushed himself up a bit more, "Well that's easy! This place is huge- there's gotta be somewhere you could find."
Urchin rubbed his chin, trying to think of someplace, "A lot of the humans talk about a place near the castle. You can't really see it from here though."
He'd take her but...well the rivers only went so far.
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Post by Rose on Feb 1, 2009 12:43:48 GMT -8
(OOC = I am so sorry I haven't posted in this long. My muse died for all of my characters. -_-)
The blonde thought. Urchin told her of a place near a castle...Rose hadn't ever seen any castles around here, but maybe because she hadn't had much time to look around the area. She smiled gratefully to the merrow for trying to help her, then looked around at the horizon.
"I guess it's worth a shot to try and find the castle...thankyou, for everything."
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Post by urchin on Feb 6, 2009 14:23:43 GMT -8
"It's a town right past the castle- you can't miss it."
Urchin grinned at her and waved her thanks off, "Nah, it's no problem. If you ever need help- just call, someone'll come get me."
He swam out a few feet before turning around and waving at her, "Good Luck Rose!" with that he dove under the waves, a small splash the only sign he'd been there at all.
((is ok! *hugs* glad you back kid!!!))
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