[ deep blue drift ] 1x1

[fern fawn]

• deep blue drift •

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When a mermaid saves a snorkeler from drowning,
the relationship they form is one they'd never
wish to give up, but a human doesn't belong at sea.
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[ 1x1 minuki & fern ]

[skyprincess]

Nora Kate-- 17-- Female-- Human-- Bisexual

She is a professional surfer and loves snorkeling. She is adventurous and cares about the ocean. She has a strong Australian accent and is a strong swimmer. She loves her father and despises her little brother who is annoying. She is easily distracted and is stubborn often. She is risky and goes snorkeling when it is stormy a lot.

Nora is very short for her age and is not growing anytime soon. She is only 4'11. She has dirty blonde hair, almost always in a messy bun, especially when she is snorkeling. She is tan and has freckles scattered around her face. She is skinny but strong. She has beautiful white teeth but barely ever smiles, she usually just grins a bit.

[fern fawn]

Aspen • 18 • Female • Mermaid • Lesbian

She's a girl of many wonders, constantly attempting newly crafted (and mostly impossible) feats. She grows bored of the familiar, causing her to seek out new adventures and discover things she didn't know existed. Aspen knows no boundaries, but she's also intelligent enough to be careful crossing them. Spending her life in the ocean has been a joy, but she also feels impossibly limited by it. The humans fascinate her, as well as their way of living. She's a gentle soul, never harming anything out of malice, and enjoys the limited conversations that are thrown her way.

Aspen is somewhat short, with light hair and a dusting of freckles across her face and shoulders. She's thin, with small curves. Her tail is a similar color to her hair, a platinum grey that fades darker near the end, where a large white, and somewhat translucent fin expends wide. She also has small fins on either sides of her hips, just before the beginning of her skin. She normally wears only a black bikini top.

[fern fawn]

[ • Aspen • ]

The young mermaid breached the choppy surface and cast a glance around. Her lips turned up in a smile as the waves caused her to rise and fall. There was a large storm on its way, its wind causing the ocean to become more turbulent, but this was beneficial to her. She was atop a beautiful coral reef that was normally populated by human divers and snorkelers, but was currently bare due to the weather threat. After a quick glance towards the approaching storm, she dove back under, using her powerful tail to quickly bring her towards the bottom.

[skyprincess]

• Nora •

The fearless girl ignored her father's lecture and ran down to the beach in her black bikini. She put on her snorkeling mask and dove into the choppy water. She swam out to her favorite place and looked at all of the small creatures. She took off the mask for a split second before a huge wave crashed over her. She swam up to the top of the water before another huge wave pushed her under again. Before she knew it, her vision went black and she sunk deeper into the water.

[fern fawn]

[ • Aspen • ]

Aspen remained underwater as the waves steadily got more violent, their crashing disrupting the sea life below. She was sure the storm was right overhead, but she didn't go above to check. Everything was cast with shadows, it was oddly peaceful. She was distracted by a figure in the distance, and her gaze met it. Much to her shock, it appeared to he a human, and it didn't seem to be returning to the surface. After a moment of hesitation, her concern beat her fear in being discovered, and she rushed to the human's side. Her eyes were wide as she neared the seemingly unconscious girl, hesitating for another moment, before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the surface. Once there, she realized how bad the waves had gotten, and could hardly keep either of their heads above the water for more than a few seconds. There was no land close enough to bring her to. Her heartbeat escalated, her features growing pale. She was terrified of this girl dying. She gently touched the necklace she wore around her own neck, then looked back to the other female.

[skyprincess]

• Nora •

Nora stayed unconscious but after a few minutes she gasped and started coughing. She fell back unconscious and went limp again. Her lips started growing a bit blue as she shivered in the strong winds. She groaned after she woke up again and started coughing up more water. She realized she was still in the water and turned her head. "Woah." She whispered once she saw the beautiful female's face. "Who are you and how are you holding me? The water is super deep." She murmured and leaned her head back before another wave crashed over them.

[fern fawn]

[ • Aspen • ]

She had thrown the necklace over the other girl's neck as soon as she realized it could save her. Aspen had no use for it herself, but had kept it for the simple reason that it was very difficult to come across. It was solid black, little more than a thick cord, and rested against the skin. She had little idea who had made or or how exactly it worked, but it allowed a human to extract oxygen through the water, instead of the air. Her panicked features returned to the human's as she spoke, biting her lip in worry.

Another wave crashed before she was able to answer, bringing them both back under. Even with her tail, she was struggling to keep them up. "You're going to have to trust me." she spoke, her voice loud and worried over the waves. Aspen ran a finger down the girl's collar bone, just above where the necklace now rested. Without giving her an option, she took hold of the other girl's hands and dove back under. Pulling the human with her, she swam backwards and upside down deeper into the water, with the girl held out in front of her. Aspen grimaced, knowing she was very likely to receive a terrible reaction to forcing this girl underwater. But she would drown otherwise! It was a strange transition, when lungs were forced to inhale water instead of air. Aspen had little idea how it would feel, but she imagined it would be awful until it adjusted.

[skyprincess]

• Nora •

Tears were coming out of her eyes but you couldn't tell because they were underwater. She was holding her breath before she tried to swim up to the surface to inhale air. She couldn't get out of the girl's grip she took in a shallow breath and coughed. Fear was taking over her body so she held her breath again. Her face turning a light shade of blue. She took another deep breath and started to breath more often. She touched the necklace that she hadn't realized the girl had put on her. She wanted to tear it off.

[fern fawn]

[ • Aspen • ]

Aspen's features were riddled with worry. She felt awful, putting this beautiful girl such an ordeal, but she didn't know what else to do. If she had left her, she was sure that the human would have drown. It was the lesser of two evils. Her grip tightened on the girls hand, taking her nearly to the bottom, but avoiding the coral and seaweed. The water was calmer down here, still turbulent, but much, much less than at the surface. Seeing the girl feel the necklace, her eyes widened, freeing one hand to place it over the girl's upper chest, covering it from her grasp. "No! Please, just let me help you." She knew it would make very little sense, but she wasn't good in these situations, wasn't good at interacting with humans at all. She assumed that, with everything else going on, the girl hadn't realized what she was, and Aspen was dreading that moment. Her eyes locked onto the girl's, hoping she was focus on them instead of the rest of her. "Just breath, okay?" Aspen felt sick with fear.