lydiascreams | [013. Part of Your World.]

[First day -- Spam -- Stiles]

[She has no idea what is happening. Lydia was swimming back home when all of the sudden, she found herself on something hard, like the bottom of the ocean. In a-- place. A place that seems to be above the ocean. And father is going to kill her. But she didn't mean to go anywhere! Not this time?

Lydia is freaking out, her eyes are wide and she can't move properly. She smashes her tail against the ground, shifting toward an entrance of some sort. Has she been-- fished? Is she in a boat? Could her dad have been right about humans? But she's not hurt! They wouldn't fish her up and not hurt her if the King had been right, right?

...But. She should hide. Just in case.]

[Second day -- Video -- Public]

[With a very bored expression on her face, Sea Princess Lydia appears in the bathtub in her room. There's a slight pout on her lips as she holds the comm sideways instead of the right way up.]

I can't swim in here. It's too small.

[ooc: everyone is welcome to chat but Jerry, the big bad wolf will be the one coming in to 'help' her to the pool! If your character would come in, too, they can simply find her already gone!]

[Later Second day/Third Day -- Pool Spam -- Open]

[She has a pool! Lydia is happily swimming around the pool and doesn't plan on going anywhere. She's excited to hear more about the humans and everything they have around here that she's never seen, but she's missed swimming.

Most of the time, she can be found lounging by the edge, looking for other humans to chat with, see if she sees Stiles coming back to see her, and more importantly, see what kind of different things they are carrying!

Sometimes though, she dives in deep and disappears for long periods of time. So someone who hasn't seen her on the network, might be surprised to find a mermaid around.]

[ooc: ref post link]

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It's an honor to meet you. [She bows her head out of respect then keeps on grinning up at him.]

Is that the task you need help with?

Yes. Realizing how this might sound...I don't suppose that you happen to have seen a small hut walking about on chicken's legs, do you?

[Lydia purses her lips together, considering his question then slowly shakes her head.]

I haven't seen such thing. Why do you need it?

I don't need the hut itself so much as I need to find it. Inside it you see, dwells an evil witch. I've been charged with seeing to her end, armed and aided by another magic-worker for that purpose.

[Carefully he removes the twin blades from his belt, and holds them across both his hands so she can see.]

One gleams bright when she is near - it has been wet with her blood once before. I followed it this far, but then I lost her trail.

Oh.

[Lydia looks down at the blades and shifts closer, lifting a hand toward it but stopping as she turns to look at him again.]

Can I? [Things look so different when they are not in the ocean. She's seen things similar to this one before, but she doesn't think they were magical.]

What did the witch do? Why is she evil?

[He hesitates, weighing the options. Then he nods, shifting the swords in his grip so the one that Koschei promised would protect his senses from Baba Yaga's magic is closer for her to take.

The blades he was warned should not be parted - but if he has to choose, he'd rather risk losing that one, than the one that might enable him to find her at all. He's trusting Lydia not to be the type that will steal the swords away for a lark. So far she has seemed kindly and innocent enough to him.]

She steals the lives of some, bewitches others. She took the heart of the one who sent me on this quest - he wants hers given to him in return.

[She takes the offered sword and looks at it carefully. She has accidentally cut herself on something similar before so she knows it's sharp like a shark's teeth. It's also heavier than she expected.]

She sounds like a horrible person. Do you think you'll find her?

I feel as if I must. It is my appointed quest now, after all. Isn't that the way these matters usually go?

Now all that remains to be seen is if I'll become victorious, or if my story serves as the warning to the next worthy hero.

[Lydia gently holds the sword back to him, an encouraging smile on her lips as she nods.]

You will. You can do it. You are the worthy hero. This world will be safer because of you.

[He can't help but return her smile, taking the sword back. It's not so much he needed the encouragement as it's hard to feel disheartened, when someone speaks to you so.]

Thank you, milady. I do hope that you're right. For all our sakes.

[Regardless of how little she knows of the situation, Lydia truly believes every single word out of her mouth.]

I'll keep an eye out for you. If I see anything, I'll be sure to tell you next time you come by.

And I in turn will then of course be all too glad to visit you here again, to give you the chance to tell me, if you do indeed hear anything. Perhaps I will meet your other companion the next time.

I hope you do! He'd like to meet you, I'm sure.

Stay safe on your quest, Prince Theodore.

And you take care of yourself until then, my dear friend.

[013. Part of Your World.]

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