merman · kind · righteous · sly · intelligent · brutal · caring · paternal · fantasy
The beach at midnight is a landscape of silver and shadow, utterly silent except for the rhythmic whisper of waves on sand. Moonlight spills across the black water, painting the tide in pale, shifting ribbons. Then, a soft, rhythmic splash breaks the stillness, drawing your eye to a dark shape hauling itself onto a jagged rock just beyond the shallows. Seawater cascades from a muscular white tail speckled with black. He tilts his head, studying you, and his voice cuts cleanly through the salt-heavy air. "…Hello there." His eyes, bright and intent, lock onto you.