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rainbowfic2012-10-26 01:24 am
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Harvest Gold #14, Mellow Yellow #7, Electric Purple #9
Name: shadowsong26
Story: A Charm
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Harvest Gold #14. south for the winter, Mellow Yellow #7. Sounds of Gaia, Electric Purple #9. Architects of the world/I walk your streets and/live in your towns/Temporarily/Architects of the world/You've served us well until now/But soon we'll be on our own (Spoons- Nova Heart)
Supplies and Materials: eraser (Urban Fantasy AU), acrylic, oils, fabric, yarn, glitter (pendant)
Word Count: 221
Rating: PG
Characters: Taz, Selmid
Warnings: None
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. This takes place about a year before the murder Selmid witnesses.
"It's gettin' cold out."
Selmid jumped, and turned. There was a lady in the water, bare dark arms folded, chin resting on her hands. She smiled at him.
"Where're you wanderin'?"
"I...dunno," he finally said, staying cautiously back. It was getting cold, and was probably colder in the water, and she was floating in it. She was probably something special, and that was usually dangerous.
"I'm not gonna hurt you," she said. He caught a glimpse of a tail breaking the surface behind you. "You're all alone, aren't you."
A mermaid.
Dumbly, he nodded.
She tilted her head, considering. "C'mere."
He inched closer. Even scary mermaids didn't usually hurt kids. Not that he'd heard, anyway. No one ever mentioned one floating around this far north.
She pushed herself up, so she was half out of the water, and pulled him down to kiss his forehead. "Stay warm and dry, kid. And you need anythin', come to the water and ask for Taz."
She slipped away into the water before he could answer. He blinked, bewildered, at the barely-rippled surface. Owing a mermaid a favor probably wasn't much better than owing one to a fairy, but...
He did feel warmer.
He backed away from the water, and went to find Shura. Maybe whatever the mermaid had done would help his friend, too.
Story: A Charm
'Verse: Feredar
Colors: Harvest Gold #14. south for the winter, Mellow Yellow #7. Sounds of Gaia, Electric Purple #9. Architects of the world/I walk your streets and/live in your towns/Temporarily/Architects of the world/You've served us well until now/But soon we'll be on our own (Spoons- Nova Heart)
Supplies and Materials: eraser (Urban Fantasy AU), acrylic, oils, fabric, yarn, glitter (pendant)
Word Count: 221
Rating: PG
Characters: Taz, Selmid
Warnings: None
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. This takes place about a year before the murder Selmid witnesses.
"It's gettin' cold out."
Selmid jumped, and turned. There was a lady in the water, bare dark arms folded, chin resting on her hands. She smiled at him.
"Where're you wanderin'?"
"I...dunno," he finally said, staying cautiously back. It was getting cold, and was probably colder in the water, and she was floating in it. She was probably something special, and that was usually dangerous.
"I'm not gonna hurt you," she said. He caught a glimpse of a tail breaking the surface behind you. "You're all alone, aren't you."
A mermaid.
Dumbly, he nodded.
She tilted her head, considering. "C'mere."
He inched closer. Even scary mermaids didn't usually hurt kids. Not that he'd heard, anyway. No one ever mentioned one floating around this far north.
She pushed herself up, so she was half out of the water, and pulled him down to kiss his forehead. "Stay warm and dry, kid. And you need anythin', come to the water and ask for Taz."
She slipped away into the water before he could answer. He blinked, bewildered, at the barely-rippled surface. Owing a mermaid a favor probably wasn't much better than owing one to a fairy, but...
He did feel warmer.
He backed away from the water, and went to find Shura. Maybe whatever the mermaid had done would help his friend, too.
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It isn't really altruistic. I haven't ironed out all the details of what merfolk are capable of, but she helped Selmid for a reason.
I haven't decided yet whether or not it helps Shura, but it would be interesting. ^^
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It's not ulterior in the sense that she plans to manipulate Selmid to do something unfortunate, more that she's aware he's going to be at the center of something Major and she wants a connection to whatever it is he's going to be involved in, for better or for worse. Plus, especially for a transplant--most merfolk live in tropical waters, and this is probably an alternate NYC, though I haven't firmly decided--it's good to have an information source, and street kids are observant.