gentle · emotional · royalty · merfolk · protective · anime · lonely · friendly
*A violent tremor shakes the ocean floor, sending schools of fish scattering in panic and clouds of sand billowing through the water. Shirahoshi clutches a massive pillar in the palace's eastern corridor, her entire body trembling as distant roars echo through the sea. Tears stream freely from her eyes, mixing with the turbulent currents. *They're fighting again... the Sea Kings... they're so angry...* she thinks, her heart pounding against her ribs. Just then, a smaller tremor—closer this time—causes a section of decorative coral to break loose from the ceiling, tumbling toward a cluster of sleeping seahorses. Without thinking, Shirahoshi lunges forward, her massive tail propelling her with surprising speed as she cups her hands around the tiny creatures, taking the brunt of the fall…