escordvi | closed 🌠⚡ it's far too easy to miss the beauty in the simple things

[Oh god, she can stomach a lot of things, but the way that this current is carrying her would make anyone sick.]

Eustace, what's going on!?

[Can he even hear her? She's so far away now that she can barely hear his shouts over the loud rumbling of the whale above her, and no matter how hard she tries to swim away, she can't.]

I can't get out of this!

[Too lost in her panic, she has no idea yet that she's a little bunny—]

[Because she's so much smaller, that current is carrying her farther and faster than he can keep up.

But he continues to urge the seahorse on, who seems to be taking this as a kind of race as its legs churn the water, its tail snapping behind it to push along the current.

What worries him most is where this current is even going and what if he loses sight of her? What the hell even happened!? And eventually there will be a large shelf of coral where some figures seem to be swimming around, perhaps some hunters or other travelers.]

[Oh, thank goodness. She swears she sees something—someone up ahead, though with all of the spinning she's doing, everything is just a blur of colours that she's not sure if she imagined it or not. And then there's Eustace, who I also a blur on the other side as he chases after her, though it never feels like he gets any closer.

So, she's just going to shout a little louder.]

HEEEELLLP!

[She tries to flip herself over, tries to swim out of the current again, but then she's slamming into something solid and the waves that have been carrying her suddenly come to a grinding halt while she's left spinning round and round, unaware that she's pressed up against a very buff chest—]

[Urgency rises when he watches her tiny form slam into something larger, but there is some relief as it was clear he wasn't going to catch her soon. Yet he still won't slow the seahorse until they are closer, pulling up just in front of them.]

Tifa, are you...

[But his words falter when he sees how the...person...is holding Tifa. She's so small, smaller than his own fingertip, and yet this...fuzzy...slug...bunny...??? Is holding her in their oversized hands veeerrrryyy close to its face.

"Ah, a blessing from the seas! My wife has finally appeared!"

.........

......................

EXCUSE!?]

[She doesn't realize that it could be a person—or whatever the hell this thing is—until she goes to thank whatever has caught her, and she gets about as far as catching her breath before she is met face to face with...]

Ah—!

[Anyone would be terrified upon seeing a giant... face??? looming over them, if one can even call it that. It's a round head with ears shaped like a rabbit, and a face so fuzzy that she can't tell if it even has eyes!? She tries to swim away when its voice booms so loud around her, but she instead bumps against its hand cupping behind her.]

What's... Who are you?

[What is it!?!?]

And excuse me, I am not your wife!

["The sea siren said that my beloved would one day find me in the currents, I think that this is what she meant..."

EUSTACE??? EUSTACE WHERE ARE YOU]

[In the next moment, there will be sharp crackle of electricity that fills the water as a lightning bullet whizzes past the side of the person's(?) head before his low voice can be heard as a growl.]

Let her go.

[Once again, Tifa tries to swim away, but now she's trapped inside between two very large hands. Just how big is this thing!? Is he a whale, too? And when that crackle and bullet whizzes past him, he dodges, swimming in a circle through the water.

"And who are you!?"

She hears Eustace, and she slams herself against the palm, and then tries to bite, but she's pretty sure that he didn't even feel it because there is not a single flinch.

"I was the one who found her! Get your own wife."]

[There's just a cold glare as he sizes up his opponent. Large... But that never mattered to him.]

Her boyfriend. And without following proper procedures or her consent, you can't call her your wife.

[Electricity crackles around him.]

Final warning.

[She tries to bite again in the same spot she had before, and this time, he does feel it. "Hey!" He frees her by lifting a hand, and she starts to float upward out of his palm.

"Then you'll just have to fight me for her."]

... I don't think you want that.

[She would fight him herself if she could!!!]

[Well. Eustace did say "final warning."

So he won't entertaining this any longer, and instead the next moment there's something like a loud crack as he snaps his tail and suddenly lunges forward, that electricity discharging directly at the weird slug bunny man for a powerful, concentrated blast.]

[The seabunny holds up his hands, almost in surrender. "Whoa, whoa, hey man! Let's just talk—"

Tifa tries to dart out of the way, but in all the commotion, she gets swept up in another (less aggressive) current. The seabunny tries to grab her, but by the time he reaches up, he's getting zapped by the electricity. He's too stunned to shout at first, his entire body seizing up, and then he withers to the ground.]

[Knowing Tifa would likely pop out, as soon as she's released he'll reach up and gently capture her in his hands instead while the seabunny writhes on the ground.]

Are you all right?

I think so, A little dizzy, but...

[She stares up at him confused, those little ears wiggling. And if he looks very carefully—very, very carefully—he might spot the two tiny red dots where her eyes are. They are almost pinpoint size, though, but if she were any bigger than a finger, they'd obviously be wide.

And her voice is still tiny.]

What...? Either you got way bigger, or I'm...?

[This is... So...

Ignoring the groans, he'll just carefully swim back away from the should-be-corpse-be-grateful-they're-still-alive, and holds her up closer to his face.]

You're... A slug?

[The ears twitch, turning back towards the groans, and then back towards him and in her indignation, she hops a little on his palm.]

A what!? But I was just... [A mermaid?] What happened!?

[Oh that's actually pretty cute and funny, and his lips quirk as he tries not to laugh.]

Hold on...

[He glances around and notices the fallen seabunny has a reflective surface on its chest armor. Swimming over, he deliberately whips his tail against their face, giving them another electric shock to stun them as he holds Tifa down to it so she can see.]

Here. Maybe more like a rabbit... Slug.

[Ignoring the pained cries of the seabunnymanthing as well as the look on Eustace's face (yeah, she saw it!), Tifa stares down at herself in the mirror, scooting over to the edge of his palm to get a better look, and when she sees herself, she lets out a scream and shoots upward in surprise. Please catch her.]

I'm a slug!

[She repeats it, and her ears wiggle to guide herself in the water, like little kicking feet when she has none.]

How...? Did something happen with the potion?

[He will indeed catch her while again trying not to laugh.]

I guess so... I know my form is part eel, but I wouldn't have guessed yours was different from a fish.

{She had the fishy tail!]

[Can he see her glaring at him, because she is glaring at him!!!]

Don't laugh. [She knows he's trying to hold back!!!] But could be...? I had the same kind of tail as everyone else.

[Her ears suddenly perk up.]

Ah, but I was feeling a little queasy before I fell off the back. I thought it was just from the up and down...

Then it must have been potion.

[Still cupping her in his palm, he gently try to stroke her head with his fingertip.]

We can try asking around town, see if they might have a remedy or if any mermaids are around.

[She starts to flatten under his finger, and it feels... oddly nice. Too nice that she doesn't even want to admit that it does... But those ears start to droop.]

Could we... maybe move away from here too? Before... you know...

[That other slug guy wakes up.]

Yeah.

[He frowns at the seabunnyloser before slowly swimming towards where the seahorse is waiting.]

...I should have brought a bag. I'm afraid you might slip out again. Maybe if there's a shell you can rest in...

[Saying that, he moves over to the nearby coral to see if there's anything.]

[But she doesn't want to rest in a shell, and it's a shame he can't see the way that she is frowning at him.]

And then you'll have to carry the shell around. [Wiggling ears!!!] This is all just one big nuisance!

[But she'll slip out too easily!! And since he's not wearing a shirt or anything he can't tuck her in anywhere...

In any case, he's found a small, empty conch shell and has taken some seaweed to tie it around like a necklace.]

It's just for now. You're so small and light, the smallest current could carry you out for miles.

[Is she really going to ride around in a conch shell? Yes, she is... And she's going to flutter out of his hand and towards it, trying to navigate her way inside with some trouble. He might have to guide her—]

Well, at least you would be there to catch me... Not sure how I'm expected to move around, though.

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