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

[starshower]

Who: Eustace & Tifa Lockhart.
Status: Closed.
Where: Around.
What: It's Tifa's birthday, and she's overworking again, so Eustace takes her away. Event stuff tba.
Warnings: Fluff.

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[flamekthunder]

[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.

[starshower]

[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?

[flamekthunder]

[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!]

[starshower]

[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...

[flamekthunder]

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.

[starshower]

[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.]

[flamekthunder]

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.]

[starshower]

[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!

[flamekthunder]

[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.

[starshower]

[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.

[flamekthunder]

[He'll help, especially to make sure she doesn't drift away until she's safely in the shell.

...Cute—]

We can figure that out once we're in a safer place.

[He carefully brings the makeshift necklace around his neck and looks down at her. He'll still keep his hand on the shell to press against his chest, but at least this way it's more secure around him.]

Just try not to fall out of the shell.

[starshower]

Don't exactly have any arms to make sure of that, but...

[There's a squeaky strained noise as she shuffles forward, and she wraps her tiny ears around the edge of the shell.]

This might work. Just tell the horse to go slowly.

[flamekthunder]

Do you need my help pushing you inside?

[Push her tiny squishy butt—]

[starshower]

No!

[The little spines on her body stand up on end, like a hedgehog.]

I want to be able to see where we're going.

[flamekthunder]

[He smiles helplessly at that and tries to pet her a little.]

All right... But go in further if it gets too rough. I'll try to keep it slow.

[starshower]

[It's not like she can go far so he'll manage, and those bristles on her body smooth out yet again as she flattens against the inner curves of the shell under his finger.]

I'll get smothered by this shell if I do. It's ten times the size of me, and I'll get lost.

[He'll hear the humour in her little voice, though, as well as her appreciation.]

[flamekthunder]

If you get lost I'll just break it open.

[After another gentle stroke along the top of her head, he lifts the shell up a little higher to his face.]

But how are you otherwise? Don't feel... Strange or anything?

[starshower]

About as strange as anyone would feel like... this?

[She still doesn't really know what she is supposed to be, and she pokes her head a little further out of the shell, that little tip of her face twitching like a bunny wiggling its nose.]

Seeing your face so close and so big is gonna take some getting used to.

[flamekthunder]

[UGH.... Too cute. Too bad he can't use his shellphone down here to capture this...]

Hopefully you don't have to get use to it for long.

[He then smiles a little.]

But... I admit you are quite cute.

[starshower]

Am I?

[She shakes her head at him.]

You think slugs are cute?

[flamekthunder]

No, just you. And somewhat fitting that you looks like a little seabunny.

[starshower]

[Well, alright. As long as it's just her that's cute...]

It's the ears, isn't it?

[She gives them a wiggle for him.]

[flamekthunder]

Ears, small eyes, relative shape. Even the way you wiggle your face.

[starshower]

[She goes to reach up to cover her face, and forgets that she has no hands, and instead slips further into the shell.]

I'm not trying to do any of that!

[A pause, and little strained noises as she tries to climb further up to where she was.]

I didn't even know a creature like this existed.

[flamekthunder]

[He just chuckles at her and lowers her so she'll feel less embarrassed. Against his chest.]

It really suits you. But I prefer your normal form better.