#msjuniperwoods

It was a normal, average day today out on the ocean - specifically, for a small cottage situated right next to the sea. Though, this particular cottage had a secret the owner was not aware of - it was very close to the territory of some particular mythological beings. The clan of merpeople did not like being so close to humans - the ‘spoilers of the ocean’ who took away and overfished so much - yet the food in this area was amongst the healthiest for their kind, so they did not have a choice if they wanted to remain strong. They had the majority of their clan under strict orders - never to be seen, never to go too close to the house. Especially the son of the clan’s chief, who had passed away.

Yet, the clan should have known that odds were, when you told a ‘young one’ something NOT to do, they would be all the more curious about doing so. To be honest, he had always been inquisitive of the humans, ever since he was young - when his father died, though the other merpeople gave sympathy, their way of expressing things was slightly...aloof, cold.

The humans he observed seemed to be more forward with emotions, like he secretly wanted to be under his own ‘mask’ he put on to pretend being aloof as well. However, today - when he snuck away from the clan to pretend ‘going out collecting seaweed’ (Kaspar hadn’t believed the story for one minute, but his best friend knew him very well) - and snuck close to the human’s house - the strong winds had dislodged the strange ‘fishing net’ covering the plants (why did humans put a fish net on flowers?? That was so silly!) and suddenly caught him tight.

Oh. This was bad - he couldn’t move! The net was close to the flowers, so if the human came out, they’d defintely see him...he didn’t wanna be turned into tinned food for c-cats or some other thing humans did! Even if he was curious and wanted to learn more of humans, he didn’t wanna learn by being turned to food...he had to get out.

The sound of the school bell was a great relief to Robin's ears. It was the middle of April, and the Themis Academy finals were fast approaching. 

"H-hm? Camping? I've never really been camping before. What exactly does one...do? Besides sleep in tents, I mean. I don't really know much about it..."

Juniper Woods stepped into the Space Center.  She carried with her a basket, and warmly greeted the workers as she meandered her way towards the area she knew she was most likely to find her friend.  It was around lunch, so she had to make her way through a small crowd before finally spotting him.  Phew.  She didn’t want to yell, so she walked up to him, and gently placed a hand on his shoulder.

“Clay?”

"Hey Junie." Clay turned to greet Juniper as he felt her gentle hand on his shoulder, he'd just finished training and felt a bit bad that he was still a little sweaty, he just hoped she either  didn't notice or didn't care. 

“Clay?  Are you busy this Saturday?”

"Hey Junie."