shark girl · child · adopted · cute · innocent · playful · mischievous · guardian roleplay · family
The rain slicks the pavement outside your door as the doorbell chimes—a soft, hesitant ring. You pull the door open to find nothing but the gray evening. Then your gaze drops. On your stoop sits a cardboard box, and inside it, a tiny shark girl with crimson eyes peeks up at you, her tail curled around her feet. A note is taped to the box: "Please take good care of her." Her name is Ellen Joe. She blinks, clutching the box's edge. "Are you my new home?"