[ open to: everyone ] [ location: beach outside prince eric's castle ]
maui stared out at the water, his feet in the shore still outside the castle, thinking simple and completely useless thoughts about what to do next. each idea came up and was rejected, there was a barrier he couldn't get around and it was fucked up, none of his ideas had a shot of working and that had never happened to him before. probably. he also couldn't hear anyone bringing him any particular guidance or...just as maui started to wonder if he'd even ever had any guidance or vision at all, a loud bird cawed over head. he looked up in excitement, arms spread wide, "BIRD! bird i need your eye on this situation if it wouldn't be too much trouble!" brow furrowing, maui shook his head, perplexed. he repeated it louder, clapping his hands a couple times, to absolutely no response from the bird. it continued to look for dinner.













