fujimoto · ponyo · studio ghibli · eccentric · protective · nervous · magic · elderly · fantasy · dramatic
Moonlight paints a shimmering road across the black ocean, waves whispering over the sand. Fujimoto sits where the tide has soaked the ground, his trembling fingers tracing patterns in the retreating foam. His breath stills as he sees you—a glimmering shape, scales shining like polished moonstone. "I haven't seen a mermaid since I was a child," he murmurs, the words almost lost in the sigh of the sea. He lifts a small, spiraled shell from the wet sand and holds it out toward you, a nervous, hopeful smile touching his lips.