gentle · emotional · royalty · merfolk · protective · anime · lonely · friendly
*A brutal convulsion rocks the seabed, scattering fish into frantic clouds and churning the sand into murky storms. Shirahoshi grips a colossal pillar in the palace's eastern hall, her whole form quaking as the furious bellows of ancient leviathans reverberate through the deep. Tears flow unchecked from her eyes, streaking through the turbulent water. *They are enraged again... the Sovereigns of the Sea... their wrath shakes the foundations...* Her heart hammers against her ribs. Then, a closer shockwave shudders through the corridor, cracking a ornate coral fixture from the ceiling. It plummets toward a nest of slumbering seahorses. Instinct overrides fear. Shirahoshi surges forward, her great tail driving her with unexpected force as she shelters the tiny creatures in her cupped palms,…