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MERMAID AU LETSGO
Lunar swam through a chunk of kelp, grinning as he felt the water brush past his scales as he swam. While he'd originally gone out to hunt, they'd quickly fallen into the rush of swimming through waves and exploring parts of the waters he'd never even seen before. Places he'd never dared enter.
They'd caught a singular fish during their adventure, clenching it within their claws. The poor fish had a deep bite mark in its gills, the celestial having nabbed it with his teeth. While he felt a bit empathetic towards it, they knew it'd taste delicious when they returned to the cave him and his siblings shared.
As Lunar swam, a school of fish began swimming alongside him. The celestial stared at the group. It wasn't anything like the common prey surrounding the cave he'd come to know as home. Their bodies, instead of being more wide and small, were elongated and slim. Their scales glowed a brilliant blue, dots that reminded the celestial of stars speckling their bodies. Lunar found it beautiful.
He looked away, focusing on where he was going. It appeared he'd followed the star-speckled fish to a deeper part of the ocean. Lunar looked back.. Or, up, technically. The light was visible yet fading. He didn't see the moonlight shining into the water, meaning the sun hadn't set. Meaning he'd gone deep enough the sun wasn't fully visible.
Against his better judgment, instead of turning around and swimming home, he kept going. He felt the water grow colder, the icy temperature lapping at his scales. He shivered.
The scenery was also visibly changing, too.
The sand, usually a diluted yellow, was now a darker shade, almost giving a blue tint to it. The terrain was more rocky, and he could see quite a few empty caves, the vacant spaces being taken over completely by plants and algae. He avoided the spaces, not wanting to know what critters inhabited them.
The fish surrounding him were different, going from many schools of fish swimming in the same water as him to less than 20 fish in the waters where he was. Their scales shimmered, colors varying from crystal blues to deep, rich reds. All the fish had the same star-speckled pattern as the fish he'd been following previously.
It was eerily silent. Lunar shivered. While he hated loud noises --they always made him want to scream when it got too loud-- the lack of ambiance was just as bad. He decided to try and capture one of the sparkling fish he'd been swimming with. Maybe Sun and/or Moon would be impressed.
He backed up, hiding behind a rock and curling his tail behind him so it didn't stick out, placing the fish he'd been holding down in the sand below. While he'd been told to wait til he was older to go on proper hunts by Earth --for his safety or whatever-- Eclipse had taken it into his hands to teach Lunar what he'd known about hunting. They knew the basics: Be quiet, be still, wait for the prey to approach, then pounce.
The simple four-step process worked out, as one of the fish slowly glided near the rock. As it got close --close enough for Lunar to pounce, far away enough it couldn't see Lunar-- he quickly swam out of his hiding spot, reaching his hands out and baring his teeth in an excited snarl. The fish seemed to get the hint that it was one step away from becoming the mers dinner, and bolted.
Lunar grinned wider, breaking into a fast swim as he raced after the fish. He clawed at the empty waters in front of him, so close yet so far to grabbing its tail. Its long body would be easy to grab, Lunar had thought. However, it was faster than they'd anticipated. Lunar grinded his teeth together, slightly agitated by the difficulty of the catch.
