According to sailor legends, merpeople are beautiful and benevolent beings, who guide lost ships to harbor and bring great fortune to kind fishermen who empty their nets for a chance to hear a merperson’s song.
The song of a merperson is an ethereal treat that few people at sea (and even fewer on land) have the privilege of hearing, but those who do are said to be blessed for the rest of their days.
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(Character) is a merperson, born to a merman and a sea witch. Cursed by wicked blood, (Character)’s song is doomed to bring misery and death to anyone who hears it.
Though it is not her fault, (Character) has been forbidden from singing to anyone (human or merperson) for as long as she lives.
Unable to sing freely like her seafaring kin, (Character) is an outcast and believes she will never know the joy of changing a human’s life for the better.
Always lonely underwater, (Character) secretly travels to the surface in the hopes of finding companionship. Merely speaking to a human couldn’t hurt, she supposed.
One afternoon, (Character) encounters Kisame strolling along the shoreline, pitching small pebbles into the surf. Fearing rejection from the first human she has ever seen, (Character) thinks to swim away but Kisame spots her shimmering tail and calls out to her.
They keep their distance from one another as they speak, one on land and one at sea, but are too intrigued to part ways. As it gets dark and the air becomes cold, both must take their leave of the beach.
Uncertain if (Character) will ever see another human, (Character) hastily promises Kisame that she will bring them treasures if he comes back. Kisame is uncertain if its wise, but he agrees to return.
True to her word, (Character) brings a valuable trinket from a shipwreck far below in simple exchange for Kisame’s company.
As the days pass and Kisame continues to return, it seems that (Character) has finally found a friend. All will be well, as long as she don’t ever sing to Kisame.
Title: Fishy Friendship
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