padlock heart wrote:Sapphire jumped at the sound of a voice and became wide-eyed with fear seeing a human so close to her. though she found them so facinating she was very shy and timid. this was the first time one had spotted or spoken to her. she turned to dive into the water but realized one of her fins had gotten stuck in between the rocks. pulling away too quickly would tear it. she moved herself farther behind the rock to try and hide herself though she knew it was too late.
•Alex•
Alex didn't want her to swim away, he was curious (and very hungry, wanting to know where he could get some grub). As he watched her hide instead of swim he inspected her tail again, was it just a costume? He remembered how it fit perfectly against her skin though and knew it wasn't. Then he spotted the end of it, it was stuck, the delicate silk-like fin curved to fit the rock as it pinned it back. He put his hands in the air and said with a straight face "I don't mean to hurt you or anything." He said with red cheeks. "I can help you if you'd like..."