Supposedly charming

Dingle hoppers and octopi

You swim around with a grin.

It's strange how easily you were able to get out of the palace, but you aren't complaining because that means you can look for more human items!

You hold onto your bag tightly as you swim towards the ship graveyard.

You can't help but feel like you're forgetting something, but it's probably nothing.

Soon you see shipwrecks in the distance and you grin.

The first time you found a shipwreck was when you were little. You and your sister got lost while playing and the two of you had to hide from sharks in a shipwreck at some point. She decided that she'd never leave home ever again, but you and your curiosity? There was no way you could just sit there in the palace, not knowing everything you can possibly know about the strange land creatures. 

You'd sneak out whenever you could and collected human items. You didn't know how your parents would react to you bringing home human items at the time, so you hid them in a cave. 

You quietly hum as you swim towards a shipwreck that you haven't explored yet.

You squeeze yourself in through a hole with a giggle. You have the feeling of being watched for a second, but it quickly is pushed into the darkest corner of your mind when you see something glimmer.

'Shiny!!'

All logic is thrown out the window is you swim over to the shining piece of metal. You grin when you bring it up closer to examine. Another dingle hopper! Small metal items that you have seen people sticking into food and pictures that you have in your hide out and are like mini tridents but with no powers.

You then see something black sticking out of a bag. You swim over and pull out something made out of what you've learned is called um...lacie by the humans. You can't remember if this item is called a cloak or a cape but you love it. You pull it over your shoulders and tie the ribbon. 

You excitedly twirl around then put the hood up, then down, up, then down, up, then down, over and over again. You giggle once you stop. Oh yeah. You're keeping this and bringing it home with you, then wearing it almost everywhere.

When your parents aren't able to keep you from going to shipwrecks and you bring something home, they don't keep it from you. Unless it's like actually dangerous, then they will keep it from you.

Three more things float out of the bag and you squeal in more excitement. More accessories! One is a (f/c) ribbon that you can carefully tie around your neck like in a few other pictures you have in your stash, and the other two are sleeves that aren't attached to anything. The farther they go the wider they are and they are very want and soft. More lacie is at the end where your hand would stick out and at the other is a ribbon to tie around your arm and keep the sleeves on your arm.

You tie the ribbon around your neck and the sleeves around your arms and spin around once more with a grin.

You find so little accessories that aren't destroyed! In fact they seem brand new!

The only ones you have found that weren't destroyed and could be worn before now have been a few human clothing that you've seen 'females' wear in pictures, one pretty fin piercer made of (f/c) gems, funky fin piercers that you've seen stuck on a few fishes mouths, ribbons, and bags. You have six fin piercers on you alone, two of the funky ones being on each fin on the sides of your face and the fifth one being on your right tail fin. The sixth being the pretty fin piercer which is currently on your right face fin that replaces what humans call 'ears.' You didn't entirely like the dresses, so you left them where they were. 

Such a jackpot today. Wonder why...

Your head shoots up when you see another shiny thing out of the corner of your eye.

You look in the direction and you watch as it dissapears behind a corner.

'Hey! Come back here shiny!!'

All alarm bells warning about the fact that it was MOVING are ignored and you quickly swim after it. You watch as it dissapears behind corner after corner until...

Nothing?

You're met with an empty wall and you stare confused.

Where'd the shiny go?

You are about to turn around when something grips onto your shoulder and you gasp. The grip becomes just a bit tighter and you recognize it as a hand.

A whisper is sayed right beside your 'ear' with a voice that sends shivers down your spine and causes something in you to flutter around just a bit.

《What is such a delicious looking thing like you doing down here, princess~》

You gulp and look out of the corner of your eye to see a large figure with their face near your 'ear' and covered in shadows cast by the hood of their large cloak.

'I-I like f-finding human st-stuff and t-taking them home or or t-taking them to my hideout. Th-thats all.'

They let out a thoughtful hum before the grip on your shoulder loosens.

《Alright then. Anyway...isn't there somewhere you're supposed to be right now?》

You think for a bit before you realize what you forgot earlier and slap your forehead.

'Damn it! I knew I forget to ask my parents if I could not have a party for my twentyth birthday! I avoided the topic, then I accidently avoided the party! Shit!'

You quickly forget about the mer and quickly swim away. You then feel a tap on your shoulder and look back.

A tentacle floats a few inches from your shoulders then retreats. A black hand raises, holding a mirror.

《Here, I noticed this floating around and saw you chasing it》

You Stade at them before nodding with a smile.

'Thank you!'

You gently take it, place it in your bag, then swim away.

You swim towards your hideout and look around before pushing a rock away and slipping in through some seaweed. Inside you find your hideout, filled to the brim with humans items.

You place your dingle hopper with the other ones you've found, and do the same with the mirror. You then swim back out, push the rock back in front of the entrance, then start to swim back home.

Let's hope your parents aren't worrying their tails off...