I have some mermay questions for Iâ, Atrophy, Shama, Oko, Cecile, Salty, and Laeta. What kind of sea creature are they? How do they feel about it? Who finds them? Who takes care of them?
Obviously, some kind of Flying fish, with his feathery wings perhaps changing along with the transformation into more fin-like attachments (also some bioluminesence because that’s cool, too). It’s probably a spell-gone-wrong; someone attempting to keep him from drowning or something like that. A hurried attempt that ends up causing a mer-elf. Drauchanar is the one who finds him, let’s be real here, being Iâ’s best friend, and he’s the one who probably cares for him the most. Not that Iâ doesn’t appreciate help from others, but he’s already self-conscious of his appearance and Drau and Damian are like, the only two he can really be himself around. Laer wouldn’t bother him too much, either, mostly because Laer just /doesn’t care/ and everyone knows. As for the transformation itself...having to only breathe water is annoying, and his wingfings are weird and a bit cramped. Also his hair is not perfect and just...appearances are important for elves and this is not doing it for him. He’s grumpy.
Ha! A taste of weirdness medicine. She’s some black Betta fish type; all fancy, flowy, feathery fins because...it’s Atrophy. It’s Hekla and Ben who find her as they’re walking home, and they drag her back to Carter’s place so she can chill in his apartment tub. Dev definitely calls and mocks her while also worrying uncontrollably. She hates it. The water, being wet all the time, the roughness of the scales, the gills...she hates all of it. She and Ethan would get along real well.
Sailfin Blenny, with a huge, striped dorsal fin and the perfect camo colors for hiding on the bottom of pools in the palace gardens. Probably an attempt to ruin his life (again), and now he’s a flopping half-Blenny. He’s probably found by some nice servants who came into the market to get food, and he’s brought back to the palace. Depending on if his dad is found yet, it’s probably Luca who has to take care of him. Being a merman is okay..free movement and being able to explore the bottoms of pools is cool. Breathing underwater and having the weight of water constantly over him is discomforting and he doesn’t like that.
Peppered Moray Eel. Varnin finds him..or..his clones do and then they have to modify one of the rooms of their ship to hold a now water-breathing Jedi Knight. Either that or he and his padawan just so happen to be in the same area as Cadras and Dasire, who have to drag him out of a life-threatening situation and onto their dumpy little ship to drop him off at the nearest Jedi Base with lots of water. Again, they’d have to modify a spot to hold him and water. Despite how apathetic they are about everything...this definitely weirds the twins out enough to show some emotion about the whole ordeal. Oko doesn’t like how long his tail is, he doesn’t like his sudden desire for raw fish and other little critters, or his ability to now electrocute people who touch him. But the whole breathing-underwater part is pretty cool and his hair is majestic and flips about when he comes out of the water.
Veil Angelfish, bluish with white constellation speckles down her tail and long, feathery, whispy fins. It probably happens while Kaz is at work and..let’s be real..some neighbor finds her so Kaz gets home and now she’s at the aquarium or something like that. Leading to a scenario where he has to rescue his now very Siren wife and majestically fly her back to their apartment where he can make her all cozy in their bathtub. He is such a doting husband and worries over her a bunch. She doesn’t like how she’s pretty much a literal Siren now, and she doesn’t like how worried this all makes her husband. Also, she can’t hug him because his wings would get all soggy and uncomfortable. She doesn’t really enjoy any of it.
Blue-Ringed Octopus. It’s amazing, how calm he acts in most situations, but this completely throws him for a loop. Not only is he now part sea critter, but a highly toxic one, to boot. His friends, Sam and Luna, have to be cautious in handling him, and he is highly agitated the entire time. Having eight extra limbs is useful in some ways, and he makes himself as useful as possible in the meantime. Like everything else in life, he tries to take this in stride, trying to keep a lid on his emotions. Luna and Sam both help him equally, helping him to realize that it’s okay for him to let a bit of his scared, anxious energy out while they work on a way to fix this.
Probably due to weird radiation or being saved from drowning by some well-meaning species, Laeta is part stingray, with gorgeous, wing-like extensions to her arms and a curled, thick, whip-like tail that lashes about when she’s agitated. She is cared for by her fiance Aldaar, as this would happen while she’s on the USS Trailblazer. She has a lot of fun getting to hear stories from engineers (she’s kept in an empty storage crate filled with water, and there are a lot of engineers in the area). She gets to learn more about Ivek and likes hearing about his plans for marrying Leanna and the wedding and all the kids they want to have. She actually doesn’t really mind any of the situation. The only part that she doesn’t like is that she could hurt anyone who doesn’t handle her gently.