#mervibes

...And a more typical-looking merfolk by his side. "Come on, Robert, they'll love you out there! Don't get stage fright now!"

Scary! Oh no, shark! Scramble for the rocks!

Jade would probably get the sneaking suspicion right about now that she isn't alone. The feeling of eyes on you, even if you don't know from where.

"Oh? But of course! I'm cooking, so I gotta pay the cheese tax~!"

EMMET LET ME DRINK MY HOT CHOCOLATE

"Oh, hello there dear!" Erin smiles as she hums and goes to get something.

"Whoa, that's a lot of Kaseys! Lots of friends! Maybe I will join them~!"

"My, what a loaded question, no?" She leans back in her chair fully, grumbling to herself. "I'd have to say no...if only because I will not be remembered as such until much later."

She leans forward again, over her desk, thinking her words carefully. "I will do good by doing bad. Let me explain, yes. The mafia life ruined many a life before me and will ruin more after me, unless I do something to stop it. Petty squabbles and feuds over territory and money and things so material run this city through the underground and behind the scenes. Powerful people who abuse that power."

She shakes her head. "You could say I'm no better, yes. I am rich and have great connections, but I give back to my communities I protect. I don't do shakedowns, I don't ask for a tax or toll. I ask that people look after each other and let me know when something gets out of their hands. That is where I come in, you see~."

"When others cannot fight for themselves, I step in. I am so tall and I am so big and I am so scary to those small little people with power and money who don't know the right way to use it. You should bolster those around you, instead of just yourself. Otherwise, your friends and family and those you care for aren't well off enough to defend themselves when a big, bad wolf like me comes to pick you all off, one-by-one~."

"I want to give back and I want to end these petty wars in the city. When I am the only one left, I will gladly step down and disband my empire. I don't need it. I never did. I just wanted a happy life with my husband, but the mafia life does not let you have that easily. I made a promise and I intend to keep it. I will not be remembered as nice for what I'll have done, but it will be done before I am gone. When the city is finally safe from the families, then I can rest and protect this city from others who wish it harm. My methods may not be good or just, but they are effective. And that's the key~."

"I do not consider myself a good person. I have enough death at my hands for many a life sentence in prison. But I do it to clean the streets more than those corrupt pigs and politicians will ever do, especially those on the payroll of those powerful families! I will gladly help those who have been abandoned by this city and will build them up. I will cherish and bolster them! I do not forget my friends, you see?!"

She finds herself towering over her visitor, labored breathing from all over her movements and flourishes on her words. Her aura is out of whack of one who is a danger to those she deems a threat, but a welcoming beacon to those who need help. Her eyes glow dimly purple, even through her eyepatch, before she covers them up slightly and turns away.