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so we follow sadie {sylvanna}, a mermaid who lives with her older brother pascal {pierce} in queen elinor {elizabeth's mother/travis' grandmother} castle with her daughter eliza {elizabeth}. after their parents passed away protecting their children from a shark attack, the kids were left with mirroring scars going down their arms

years ago, tavari fell for a human couple. he talked with them easily, and they weren't disturbed by his tail. so tavari decided that they would be good examples of how humans could help the mermaid population

they asked hazel {hyria} and locke {luke} to meet them by the ocean at night. tavari managed to capture hazel, but locke was late and tried to fight tavari, but he forgot that he couldn't swim or breath like tavari can underwater

so locke became a regular at drake and uma's {dr doctor and urla's} bar, trying hard everyday to band people together for help. no one believed the couple as they talked about tavari, and all assumed hazel left after a certain point and let locke blame the merman

tavari would try and get zale {zianna} to help a potion that turns someone into a different species, but needed the proper things for it to work {like hair or skin}. eventually, tavari couldn't find a willing participant after queen elinor their ideas, and tried to find another way to make it work

he decided to turn into a human instead, after being shunned by all the other mermaids. he couldn't be close enough to land to get some hair, and needed someone with human arms help…

after helping thea {teony's mom} practice for her guard certification, eliza asked her friends if they could swim with her for a bit. they got pascal to come with and, once far away enough, eliza revealed that she stole one of her mothers sea crystals

thea immediately tried to reprimand eliza, pascal joining in, before sadie grabbed it to get a better look at it. she had been sent over the coral walls that were heavily guarded, and started to freak out

eliza tried to show her what to do, sharing that she had done it before, but thea was yelling {worried for friend} and pascal was yelling {for his sisters safety}

eventually eliza talked over the mers who were freaking out and said that she would come back with more sea crystals. little did they know, sylvie {ivy's mother} had caught eliza stealing the queens sea crystals and turned her in. she got called a goody-two-fin and was told about the situation after eliza was locked in her room. later, sylvie would come to help thea and pascal, but for now

thea and pascal stayed on the other side of the coral fence by sadie. eventually, sadie saw a whale and told the other two her plan: to swim up by the whale and ask if they could swim her over the city to get back home. the coral almost reaches the top of the sea, and whale's like to go up there sometimes

thea was excited and said to do so, but pascal was worried for his sisters safety. he was reassured, and reluctantly let her try her idea

turns out! that whale was a boat. captain garrisons boat.

garrison {garte} was a loud, foul-mouthed sailor who grew up on the ocean with his father and sister. once he was out in the world on his own, he went right back into piracy

he picked up most of his behavior from what he had seen while on land as a child thanks to the crew and townspeople. no one really talks to him about it, since his crew don't really care and they don't stop at places for too long

he is, however, rivals and sworn enemies with the meteli ship and their captains. johnson, harrison, and solaire {joh, hayden and glenda/luna {head meteli guard woman, shadow knight}} have even brought kids onto their ship. leo, piper, and abram {laurence, cadenza, and caleb} are small, with piper being the oldest at 7 and leo at 5, but still won't be all that fun to try and censor himself around smaller ears when insulting the meteli captains

anyway, to sadie the whale is 'singing loudly' and she tries to check up on it. she sees humans singing instead, dancing on two legs and a boat full of laughter. sadie is enraptured by their joy and watches for a moment…

garrison notices a beautiful woman in the ocean watching his crew, and tries to invite her onto the ship. she's scared away and ducks underwater. he's too drunk in the middle of the day to notice that she doesn't come back up for air

after this, sadie notices that the strange whale had led her farther from home. she heads lower into the ocean and catches sight of a mers fin

she tries to catch up, and finds a merman sitting around as if he was waiting for her. he explains that he wants help, because the 'witch' who's passed out in the glass chamber trapped them as a merman. he explains that they fought for a bit, and now he has to wake her up to get the recipe for a permanent solution to his problem

sadie, having heard stories of witches {and not knowing that they were about tavari themselves}, gladly helps. tavari says that they had been up above the ocean for too long, and needed to rest for a few days and stay underwater. zale comes around and suggests that sadie helps in their place, promising to help keep her safe and keep track of time while she's on the surface

everyone says it sounds like the best solution, and tavari tells sadie how to be safe with the potion and to take it around the top of the ocean and to keep her upper half above the water

tavari pulls zale aside and tells her again to make sure sadie is okay, as her help is required for his plans. zale salutes and takes sadie to the top of the ocean

garrison had reached land after seeing sadie and docks. he promised diego and river {derek and rachel} that he would pay them after the prince pays him first. they roll their eyes and say 'sure' before maho {nana's mother su-ji} comes up to speak with all 3 of them

garrison tries to 'welcome' her into his presence, but she doesn't care and instead takes all of them to prince tobias {terry}

tobias tells them about his wants of marrying someone who loves him romantically, not just for power or anything like that. at first the for-hire mercenary couple don't really care until tobias says he'll double {possibly triple} everyone's pay. they gladly accept after this

tobias gives them a couple conditions: they must find someone together, because garrison can find people easy and the married couple would be the most likely to tell who would be the most compatible in the long run with him

the head guard, alexa {originally amber} secretly watches over them because she doesn't trust garrison to do his job properly after tobias sends everyone on their way, maho hangs back to talk with tobias before going to drake and uma's to see how this will go- and to spend time with her friends mica and nelson {martin {vylad’s dad} and michi's dad}

as garrison prepares to talk with people and sets everything up, the couple go to their hang out spot by the ocean to prepare for headaches

they see sadie come up from the ocean with a crab in her arms, barely covered up in a soaked cloth that looked like an old pirate flag

the couple try to help warm her up and talk with her. zale snuck in a language translation potion before sadie entered the cave. the 3 of them talk for a while before garrison goes out to look for river and diego. he makes fun of them for 'not inviting him' to their get together, the couple groans as they leave. sadie asks to come as well, and she's sent to the bar at DaU's {'dow' from dowry}

maho talks with her friends as garrison accidentally falls into his habit of being creepy towards women before they walk out. river smacks the back of his head to try and regulate him, diego sighs and compliments her. some of the suitors hit on members of the team and have to be sent away before the married couple kills them

alexa, watching from across the room, is disappointed and unimpressed with their work. she eventually wants to come over and ask if she can just… give them someone to work with, but mary {michi's mother} walks up to the table with confidence before coming across as the perfect fit for tobias {or close enough to by everyone's standards. they want to be paid quick}

sadie sits and talks with maho, nelson, and mica. nelson and mica point and laugh at garrison as he's almost slapped a bunch, and maho sarcastically debates on going up to the table to give them pointers and tips. once mary gets there, though, nelson is too distracted to hear his qpr partner point out the head guard leaving the establishment. maho notices, though, and sighs before trailing her

sadie leaves the queer-platonic couple at the bar and goes to follow maho. zale has been able to come along this far because sadie has been saying that she helps her calm down. which isn't wrong, but it isn't completely true either

sadie loses track of them outside the bar. she sees oscar {gene and dante's father}, and locke fighting in the center of a street. alexa is breaking it up as some of the normal guards show up, telling both of the men that they're drunk. locke waves it off and tries to leave, oscar taunts him about hazel before alexa has to step back at the force locke threw himself

sadie notices maho watching everything going down and tries to scoot next to her to talk some more. she happily obliges, and tells sadie the whole story about hazel, locke, and the 'merman' that befriended them before trying to kill them

sadie immediately tries to set the record straight, saying that a mer would never do such a thing. maho eyes her, unsure of what to do with this information. eventually, after talking some more, maho goes back to the castle to check up on tobias. she tells him what she thinks of this new person called 'sadie' and tobias immediately wants to know more about her. maho lightly bonks his head, chiding him for his childish interest in mermaids and such

tobias asks if he could meet her and asks if she really is a mermaid. sadie doesn't care to try and stop him, and as they go to leave, Alexa tells tobias that the pirate and mercenaries found him a bride and that he has to come immediately before they try to get the money early. she wants to make sure that they mesh well before giving one of her closest friends away to his job and such, knowing that she'll miss him and that her position can only interact with his before rumors try to spread after marriage

tobias sighs and agrees to go. maho, alexa, and tobias go to garrison’s boat. garrison had to be stopped from hitting on mary many times by alfredo and randall {rhys}. randall would use physical roadblocks as alfredo logic's his way out- but garrison is usually upset by alfredo no matter what and has him thrown under the ships deck. sad!

as that was going on, sylvie had finally reached thea and pascal with 7 sea crystals. thea was shocked, as sylvie always did as the queen asked. pascal took the crystals as sylvie sheepishly admitted her blunder and that this is how she's trying to make up for it. before they all go, though, eliza comes barreling towards them with guards behind her. she crashes into her friends, activating the crystals just before the guards reached her

as everyone tried to catch their water, sylvie told them that she got out of her room. her mother saw, and since she was still mad, sent the guards after her to safely get her back home. syvlie and thea rubbed the area by their gills to try and calm down before pascal pointed out that he saw a mers fins from far away

sadie, back on land, is by the seashore and talking with zale. sadie is sad that she can't get the hair right, and zale tries to cheer her up {mostly because she doesn't want tavari to be mad} and tells sadie that the potion she took only lasts 24 hours. sadie realizes how much time she's wasted before picking herself back up, not noticing her family and friends coming out from the ocean the opposite way she was walking

the couple had gone back to their cave to try and calm down from the day, and instead found the same sight from before but with 4 people instead. they're annoyed and irritated, wanting them gone as soon as possible. they give them some of their own clothes and give short answers to their questions before sending them away. they finally have a chance to relax in each others arms, and do so for a while

the 4 go down the beach in the direction of sadie before seeing someone playing a string instrument by the seashore. they sit and listen. at the end of the song the performer opens her eyes and introduces herself as bella {betty's parent}. they all talk for a bit before bella tells them what she saw that had to do with their friend. she saw the fight between oscar and locke, saying that maho had walked away

she did notice, however, their mouths moving to form the word 'merman', shrugged, and went back to playing

tavari is anxious {and getting mad} about his plan. he wants to go check up on how it's going, but bella and oscar would notice him immediately. he regretted giving the others some of his hard-made potions in exchange for their help

they did, however, get a kick out of having to explain that they'd have to do it sneakily. not just 'going up and taking some' like eliza and pascal said, or 'asking them nicely' like sylvie and thea countered with. tavari laughed to themselves and went up to the glass box containing hazel

he misses her. he misses locke. he gave up on trying to turn her into a mermaid, not wanting to stay like this himself any longer than he has to. he runs a hand by hazel’s face and goes to work on a temporary potion once more. it's difficult getting human objects naturally for this, but he's been doing it for this long and it's fine by now…

sadie had reached the ship and saw that there were 2. she wasn't sure about which one had the people she knew, and headed toward the 2nd one

she stepped on board and saw children coming up to her. sadie, always being a sucker for guppies, immediately started coddling them and making them laugh. she heard someone laugh and ask how she's so good with children. sadie looked up to see 3 adults in front of her, smiling as she played with the children. the woman had a baby in her arms as sadie stood up

she apologized for coming onto the ship without asking, and the parents waved her off and thanked her for distracting the kids. they all heard yelling from the next ship over. garrison was yelling for the throuple to 'come over and fight him like men', waved his hand and added that solaire could kick his a… butt anytime

they rolled their eyes at their friend's antics and waved to him. sadie sees maho, river, and diego and excuses herself. the parents say that she's welcome to come back at any time as long as they're docked. piper had asked to hold zale earlier, and after asking zale if it was okay and going over proper safety, sadie handed her over. sadie, however, forgot to pick the crab back up. zale is yelling after sadie and pinching her claws as piper gets amped about crabs with leo

sadie realizes that she's been so focused on the task at hand, that she hasn't properly shown niceties towards the humans. she goes out and finds some flowers to make wreaths, only finding enough for a couple crowns and bracelets, and walks aboard as she focuses

mary is getting ready with river's help, helping mary do her hair and such. diego silently watches garrison try to talk to him, giving up and instead talking to himself or randall. randall tries to calm his captain down

randall points to what's happening above deck and sends garrison, tired after the captain talks at, with, and around him. diego pats the barrel next to him, and randall takes a seat

maho pointed towards sadie as she came aboard, telling tobias that she was the possible mermaid. alexa starts to say something about being sarcastic in the right spots, but tobias is already giving a formal greeting

he bent to one knee, took sadie's hand and brushed his lips over his knuckles, and gave her his full name. alexa was aghast, as this is what people do for tobias' family to show respect. maho sees her friends face and starts laughing loudly, attracting the attention off the ship's crew towards the sight of the prince and sadie

alexa swats her friend's arm and tries to get tobias to stand up, telling sadie that she should be doing that instead if the prince was in her presence. tobias turns to speak with alexa about being proper with mermaids before sadie holds out the wreath she was in the middle of making. everyone pauses to see what's going on, crew pretending to work

sadie says that she couldn't make wreaths for everyone, but that her people make these for introductions. she puts the wreath around tobias' shoulders, then goes around and asks for maho and alexa's hands to give them bracelets. they're all stunned as tobias' eyes shine and sadie asks where the others are

alexa silently points to the lower deck, sadie stops by garrison to give him a flower ring before getting to river and diego. tobias starts to go on about his theories for mermaids and such, the crew gets back to work and pretends like they weren't watching. garrison messes with the ring on his hand, cursing that he missed the chance to hit on another girl today

alexa hears this and starts to run after garrison, who gives a high-pitch scream as his crew laughs

diego sees sadie and rubs the bridge of his nose. sadie asks for his wrist, gives him a flower bracelet, and asks where river was- diego realizes that sadie doesn't know either his or his wife's name

he jerks a thumb to the changing room, saying that river is helping mary and that sadie will have to wait. as sadie sits on the ground, the women come out from the double doors

sadie excitedly gives river the bracelet and asks if mary would like a ring. she declines, saying that she's about to be rich and won't need flowers. sadie is taken aback, as that's usually the sign of disrespect and wanting to avoid the offer-er in mer culture. she's still stunned as mary walks to the deck

mary sees that the others have flowers and starts to get bad. why would that woman give her man flowers, and he should be making an expression like that because of her! not some--

mary is cut off mid thought as she hears yelling from the side of the ship. on land, two of the town's music men were trying to get her attention. well, one was. the other did not look too excited

mica, sour expression, was holding nelson on his shoulders. nelson proclaims to mary, holding his arm out to her, declaring that he fell in love with her the moment she saw him and that he would love to spend the rest of his life with her. mica rolls his eyes, annoyed that nelson is doing this

mary looks to the prince, wrapped up in flowers, and accepts nelsons proposal. she hikes her dress up and jumps to the men, all of them falling over. the new couple starts laughing as mica is sour about the whole thing. the 3 hear laughing from the next ship over, and see the crew congratulating them on their relationship and getting a kick out of the scene that played before them. nelson is bashful as mary pulls him up and dips him for a kiss. mica sits and simmers on the ground as they do this

bella saw this from far away, small images that looked like mary jumping off a ship to nelson and mica. she laughed to herself and started to head into town to tell everyone at DaU's

by now, sylvie and pascal complain that their weird tubes hurt. thea and eliza push on, agreeing that it's strange, but that they need to find sadie. eliza reminded everyone that this potion would only last so long before their scales, fins, and gills come back. pascal told eliza that tavari said the gills would come in about 30 minutes after the others, she then thanked him for the correction

they eventually leave the town and see the pirate ships. sylvie asks if it's a whale, and eliza refutes her with a slight bump on the head. sylvie calls her mean as they head towards the ships

alexa tells tobias that his date just jumped overboard into the arms of another man as river and diego come up to see what all the noise was about. river starts to pull out a small knife that she carries, saying that she worked too hard on her hair for her to skip out on this. diego puts a hand on her shoulder and points towards tobias- specifically the flowers

river looks down to her wrist and puts it together. she puts the knife away before going up to sadie and asking if she wants her hair done. sadie happily agrees, not knowing that she is about to be courted

as they go back under the deck, diego tells tobias and alexa that sadie is getting ready. tobias thanks him profusely as he dances around with the wreath. diego shakes his head at the princes behavior, not caring enough to stop him

garrison tries to offer sadie help with her dress before river smacks him on the side of the head. she tells him that sadie is the prince's new target of love, and garrison deflates. he huffs out a 'fine' and goes back to talking with randall about whatever pops up

eventually, the meteli captains notice that their kids are stressing out the crab and tell them that they have to take it back to the nice lady sadie. leo and piper groan, not wanting to stop playing with zale, but zale clips her claws in vivid agreement to the throuples words. they giggle at the crab before handing off abram to their second in command

they walk the kids over to garrisons ship, happily greeting the crew as they usually do. they ask around where sadie went, and alfredo calls up that she's getting ready for her date with the prince. they thank him and go to sit while waiting. piper lost hold of zale, who ran away as fast as she could. leo starts to try and go after her, not wanting to see his sister sad, but johnson puts a hand on his sons shoulder and reminds him why they're there in the first place. he apologizes and gets his hair ruffled, harrison saying that it was okay as solaire went to sit on the ground in-between the kids

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xerith-42 · 2 months

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oo ship idea!! asch x phys is a popular one:)

I'm assuming you meant Rhys, and while I'm not surprised this is a popular ship, it's one I've never written.

First time for everything

Asch's castle was depressingly empty. It was something Rhys tried not to think about too often, busying himself with studies or stocking up the library he was allowed to access. It always infuriated him that the Royal Library was shut off from him, but he never expressed such a thing to anyone. Just spend his days wandering the empty castle, stocking the boring shelves of this library. He never expressed his dissatisfaction with this empty castle. He still considered himself lucky to even be in this castle half the time.

Rhys was smart. He never doubted that. He was able to be humble about that fact, yet there was still that lingering part of him that feared he somehow didn't deserve to be here. That he had somehow faked his way through an entire apprenticeship and relationship with the prince of Daemos. It sounded ridiculous, but it never stopped him from thinking it.

"Are you busy?" Asch suddenly asked. Rhys jumped with surprise, looking up from the page he nearly had his nose buried in. Asch was leaning over the table in the library, his hair falling forward slightly as he looked into Rhys' eyes. One major thing made Rhys doubt his entire career path. His never ending crush on the Prince of Daemos. How could he be his right hand man when he wanted to court him?

"N-Not particularly," Rhys finally stuttered out. "Why do you ask?"

"I..." Asch looked around, before pulling a chair over and sliding into it naturally. Suddenly the same height made the scene more intimate. It didn't help Rhys' ongoing crisis when he heard how low Asch's voice could be when he whispered. "I need something from the Royal Library."

"Why are you asking me? I'm forbidden to go in there."

"But you want to."

"That is besides the point."

"Rhys, I don't know how to navigate a library, you do."

"Not one I've never been in." Asch rolled his eyes, and that managed to make a cheeky smile break out across Rhys' face. He wanted to help Asch with this more than anything. He just had to put up a bit of a fight so the prince wouldn't get suspicious at his eagerness to break castle rules.

"Please, Rhys, I need your help with this." That single word was Rhys' weakness. Anytime Asch said that, Rhys was guaranteed to help, and Asch knew it. "Please." Rhys let out a sigh, still pretending that he had to be talked into this.

"What are we looking for?" Asch's face broke out into a smile as he reached into his shirt and pulled out an old worn down piece of paper. On it was a list of ingredients, only about half of them Rhys recognized. It was in Lady Grandma's handwriting. Asch pointed to the bottom part of the list, three different book titles, all marked as being in the Royal Library.

"Lady Grandma has tasked me to start gathering the items on this list. Some will be easier than others, but I figured you could help me with these." Rhys looked over the rest of the page.

"What is this for?" Asch flinched, tempted to pull the page away. Then again, if he was going through with this, Rhys would find out eventually.

"I'll tell you later. We've got a short window to work on right now." Asch somehow leaned in even closer, and Rhys had to fight every part of his body that told him to kiss Asch. Not important. "Bish and my brother will be gone for another three moons, and Lady Grandma said she's willing to open the library for us, but we still have a very short amount of time before someone gets suspicious of how long we've been gone."

"Sounds like we need to get to work."

"Meet me in the east wing, last door before the Royal Hall, just as the moon rises again."

"You have my word I'll be there, Prince Asch." Asch got this look to him, not quite the cocky grin Rhys was used to. it seemed... softer. Like he knew something Rhys didn't, but kept it to himself.

"I'm sure you will."

And when the moon rose, Rhys was waiting nearby the library, book in hand as he leaned against the wall. He was at least trying to act casual. Trying. When Asch slid up next to him and their shoulders bumped against one another, he could tell he was failing. Just their shoulders bumping together was enough to have him blushing like an idiot and struggling to hold his book up.

"Ten seconds," Asch whispered. A shiver went down Rhys' spine hearing his quiet voice directly in his ear. He didn't trust himself to speak, so he just nodded, and counted. Ten seconds past, and they heard the sound of the Royal Library doors being opened. Asch suddenly grabbed Rhys' hand and took off, causing Rhys to nearly trip over himself, only catching his footing once his book had been abandoned. He'd come for it later.

Not much else mattered when he and Asch were racing hand in hand through the Royal Library, ducking past a shelf before they paused, backs against the case to catch their breaths. Asch shoved the paper into Rhys' hands, and while he initially struggled to read the titles, he had an easier time. All of them books on human souls and magic.

"Know where they are?" Asch asked quietly.

"Yes. They'll be hidden, back corner, left side," Rhys answered, and the moment the words left his mouth, Asch took off again. this time Rhys managed to keep up, though his eyes wandered as they raced through the musty library. Asch stopped suddenly, making Rhys slam into his back. "Prince Asch, why--"

Asch brought an arm around him and dragged him into the nearest alcove, before putting a hand over Rhys' mouth. He kept his gaze elsewhere, listening for whatever might be a threat to them getting found out. All Rhys could focus on was how warm Asch's hand was, how beautiful he looked towering over him, and how close their bodies were. Their chests were nearly touching in the cramped space, and it seemed like Asch didn't notice.

Eventually he let out a sigh of relief and dropped his hand, turning to look down at the daemos below him. Then he realized how close they were to each other, and how dark Rhys' cheeks were. Oh. Asch smiled again, that same soft grin, and this time he let out a muted laugh. Only loud enough for them to hear.

"What are you laughing at?" Rhys asked, his voice coming out more pouty than he intended. Asch let out that laugh again, leaning in close enough that Rhys could feel his breath on his face.

"How much you want to kiss me," Asch replied, bringing a hand to Rhys' chin. "Don't think I haven't seen the way you look at me." Rhys' breathing picked up, his hands digging into the shelf behind him.

"I-i haven't a clue what you're talking about, P-Prince."

"Sure you don't. That's why you're pushing me away and telling me to stop, right?" Rhys went silent, and that was all the invitation Asch needed to close the minuscule distance between their lips. Rhys' previously frozen hands jumped to Asch's cheeks, pulling him in closer, leaning into the kiss like it was his last moment alive. It had been two seconds and he was already addicted to the feeling. He needed it like he needed to breathe.

And to his absolute delight, Asch returned a similar affection, pulling Rhys closer by his hips and holding him in place. Their quest of whatever they were doing was long forgotten in Rhys' mind, just pushing into Asch hoping for another second of this sweet bliss. The sound of shuffling from nearby made them both freeze, eyes wide open and looking around, lips still locked. Another shuffle, and then a skittering away. Asch finally pulled away, but he kept his hands where they were.

"The Guardians are growing restless. We need to get going," He said, surprisingly calm given the scenario. All Rhys could notice was how pretty his cheeks looked when they were blushing that brightly. "Rhys, we need to go!"

"R-right, sorry, let's go!" Rhys said back, this time taking the lead as they approached the final bookcase. He barely managed to get his eyes to focus on the paper, and struggled even more to find the books in question. And for once it wasn't because of his awful sight. It was because he kept wanting to look at Asch's lips, to pull him into another kiss, to have another moment like that. He finally managed to find the three books, one of them a normal size he was used to, one significantly smaller, and the other nearing the weight of a hefty tome. Asch carried it without question.

It meant their escape was less romantic as they weren't running hand in hand anymore, but when they stumbled out of the library still breathing, it was worth it. The doors creaked closed behind them, and in the following silence they could both hear the others heavy breathing. Asch glanced down at Rhys, who looked up at him wide eyed and almost in awe.

"Let's get these to Lady Grandma's potion room," Asch instructed as he adjusted how he was carrying the tome. "And when we're done with that, I can take you back to my chambers."

"Y-Yes, Prince Asch."

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