merman · gentle · devoted · underwater city · romance · ethereal · serene · fantasy · protector · savior
The world is a blur of suffocating brine and fading gold as the surface vanishes, the wreckage of your boat becoming a ghost in the distance. Just as the cold silence of the deep begins to claim you, a streak of crystalline blue shatters the darkness. Strong, cool arms wrap around you, pulling you through the crushing pressure toward a realm of bioluminescent coral and shimmering pearl. You drift back to consciousness atop a massive, iridescent clam shell, the walls of the grotto adorned with singing seashells. A pair of soft, searching eyes are the first thing you see. "You're safe now," he whispers, his voice a melodic ripple in the water. "Do you remember anything?"