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[open] under the sea darling it's better down where it's wetter

Who: Anyone!
Which: Interactive Dream
Where: Sora's dream of Disney's Atlantica
What: It's May and Sora is dreaming of an under the sea oasis. Turn into mer-creature and explore the Kingdom of Atlantica!
Warnings: Finny Fun

Dreaming of underwater oceans and deep dark depths of the sea could be anyone's dream. But the dream that opens here is one that is uniquely vibrant and full of magnificent colours and glowing corals. Playful schools of fish and seahorses that swirl around while singing songs. Crabs and lobsters clack away to a beat of a song and whales fill the waters with long sweet notes. Dolphins kick and play and push for others to join in. Jellyfish gloop about and nest in hair and whisper secrets. And devoted sharks prowl and patrol around a large standing castle in the distance.

You might find yourself in this dream surrounded by a school of baby guppies that poke and prod at your new form. Half of your body seems to have changed to help you with your new underwater situation. Perhaps you have a powerful dolphin's tail or several long octopus-like tentacles in lieu of where your legs were. Or perhaps you've gained gills and water-cutting fins on your forearms or flippers for feet. Maybe your hair has been littered with starfish and your eyes glow with the ability to see through the darkness in the water. No matter what happens to your body here it seems you're now referred to as Merfolk.

A. Forest of Seaweed. Upon arrival you may find yourself lost in a forest of long strips of green and blue seaweed. The green is almost dizzying as you try to navigate through the wispy plants with your new body. The seaweed seems to easily attach to you or wrap around a limb if you're not careful. Perhaps you need to find a weapon or sharp piece of broken coral to get yourself through it? Or can you adapt quickly to your new fins and are able to dodge your way through the forest?

B. Singing Seahorses. Once free of the slippery pieces of seaweed the ocean opens to a deep and beautiful chasm of glowing rocks, crystals and plants. Schools of fish swim by and all of them seem to be heading towards that beautifully lit castle in the distance. But before you can proceed several dragon seahorses swarm up to you and demand to know your name. They kiss at your cheeks and forehead as if trying to coax information out of you. Asking you all sorts of personal questions like what is your favourite food or asking you to sing them a song or tell them what the real use of a Dinglehopper is. They won't leave you alone until you indulge them!

C. Emotional Seashells. Along the seabed there are several glowing seashells that can catch your eye. If they are picked up they tend to glow a certain colour to reflect your mood or personality. They will look very nice in your water-swept hair! But be careful because if a broken or chipped seashell is picked up and worn it might induce the wrong or opposite emotion into you.

D. Sharky Noctaere. A dream isn't complete without the presence of noctaere. Make a wrong turn and you might find yourself face to face with a noctaere in the shape of a very strange looking shark. These huge beefy sharkmen are not happy to see you and look like they might make a snack out of you if they can get their hands on you. Swim or fight!

E. Atlantica Castle. Upon swimming into the castle grounds you will be greeted by a plethora of merfolk happy to bring you into the castle. They will make sure you are fed with all sorts of underwater treats like fresh scallops, crab bits or kelp cookies. They will shower you with bits of gold jewellery and pearl bracelets as welcoming gifts. There seems to be an entire festival of some sort going on to welcome in all the dreamers. There is a big hustle and bustle about a music performance coming up and they are missing some key players to sing, dance or play instruments. And they want you to do it. A pretty mermaid might try to pull you to her as a dancer or a merman may hand you a set of handheld drums or a coral horn.

"Swim this way, we'll dance and we'll play now it's very easy, come on in! Just take a chance and shake a fin!"

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[ The Forest of Seaweed ]

[ Merisia isn't normally fond of entering the dreamscape; largely because of the fluffy, four-legged form she tends to take. Even though she's short for an Elezen, she's a little proud of how tall she is, thank you very much. One would think that she would be relieved to have her opposable thumbs back, but it would seem that something else has caught her attention: She's underwater.

At first, Merisia flails a bit, wondering how she can breathe all the way beneath the surface, but it seems that she's just fine. Only then does it click that she's in the dreamscape again. Well, at least she has her hands back. But why can't she feel her legs...? The answer soon becomes clear: in place of her legs, she has a long fish tail covered in dark crimson scales. Atop their iridescent sheen are swirling markings not unlike the tatoo on her left eye, and they seem to be glowing with a soft bioluminesence. Rather than being a little furball, it seems she's taken on a form more suited to swimming.

You know, if she didn't immediately get herself tangled up in a bunch of seaweed.

If you hear someone struggling nearby, or perhaps hear a few choice Eorzean swears, that's probably Merisia. She's currently trying to extricate herself from a string of seaweed that's wrapped around her tail, and not having much luck. If it's any indication of how bad a swimmer she is, she's also upside-down. ]

Get OFF of me, you gods-damned-

[ Yeah... Not much luck at all. ]

[ Emotional Seashells ]

[ Merisia is making her way through the chasm along the seabed - it's a bit darker down here than higher up, and even in the dreamscape she seems to prefer the darkness a bit more (and the quiet; sensitive hearing can be a curse) - when a glow or two catches her eye. There, nearby, she spots a small scattering of glowing seashells. Curiosity gets the better of her and she makes her way over, staring at first before she scoops one of them up.

It shifts color slowly but surely into a soft teal, reflecting her growing curiosity, and...perhaps something else. If there's anyone nearby, she's now a bit too distracted to notice. ]

They're so...

[ Beautiful? Yes, yes they are. Though Merisia is a little too entranced by them to really finish her sentence. It's not just the emotion coming from the seashell that has caused this in her, but something else: that old feeling she first felt all those years ago, when she found those tarnished silver cooking utensils that kickstarted her love for treasure hunting. Sure, maybe she can't take these shells with her outside of the dreamscape, but...they're nice nonetheless. ]

[ Wildcard! ]

[ you do you and I'll match! \o/ ]

Edited 2022-05-16 05:04 (UTC)

[Throughout this whole dream-verse, Roxas will take on this merfolk form!]

Singing Seahorses
[It's a little weird having to navigate around with just an oversized tail, but Roxas is making due as best he can. What he isn't enjoying are all of these strange seahorses who seem to swarm around him and demand all kinds of invasive questions from him. He keeps having to push them away because they are getting way too close in his personal space!]

H-Hey, back off! Leave me alone..!

[The water around him is starting to bubble and grow warm with his irritation. It might be best to interfere before things get too heated!]

Sharky Noctaere
[Fighting against the Noctaere is familiar at this point, and so when the beefy sharkmen begin to swarm around, Roxas is ready for them.]

[What he's not ready for is how dang awkward it is to swing Keyblades underwater. So while he's trying to dodge attacks, he keeps twisting and turning awkwardly and getting turned upside down.]

W-Woah..!

[Someone help him..!]

Wildcard
[Got another idea with Roxas? Feel free to come up with your own starter, or hit me up via PM or a

pocketnoivern!]

[A - Swim This Way]

[This really should come as no surprise. Ira's seen and been in enough dreams that really he should come to expect this, but this one is definitely new.

Ira isn't unfamiliar with Atlantica. Indeed he's been to the world before, albeit briefly. And never interacting with the people there. It was never one of his favourite worlds, finding the merman form awkward. And he's still deciding if merman is preferable to unicorn.

For now he's found a quiet patch of ocean, practicing his swimming. He has the fins of a dolphin in a light blue colour and it's one of the rare times that he lacks his mask.]

[B - Seaweed Forest]

[With swimming more or less mastered, Ira sets out to explore. It seems to be the best thing in these dreamscapes. Though, caught up in the undersea landscape, with the bright coral and schools of fish floating by, Ira drifts into the seaweed forest.

He's brought to attention as the slimy leaves brush over his skin, but some has already wound around his tail as he tries to gets his bearings. There's a flash as he summons his keyblade to cut himself loose but that almost makes things worse in a way. He swings again, perhaps a little wildly, trying to get loose.]

This would be easier if I could use fire...

[But you can't use fire underwater. That would be silly.]

[C - Under the Sea]

[Ira floats in the concert hall, holding a large shell and looking at some music with a very puzzled expression.

He'd just been looking around, trying to keep out of the way when he'd been dragged by a mermaid into the hall and had an instrument thrust into his hands. They were about to start, couldn't you tell and there wasn't really a chance to explain that he had no idea what he was doing.

Without really much else to do, Ira attempts a note.

It's loud, it's off key and it ends with a large bubble popping right in your face.]

Ah, my apologies!

[D - Wildcard]

[Open to all swimmy shenanigans and available for plotting at

urbaninja or by PM]

⊗ a: forest of seaweed

[Although he had some experience transforming into sea creatures back in Avalon, being a merfolk is a completely different matter. Especially when his form is part electric eel, his tail a long dark brown with bright yellow lines along the ridges, making his tail movements more of a side to side motion like a snake than up and down like most mertails. At least with the latter the movement would have been more similar to normal swimming, but this? This is way too different and it's taking quite a bit of time to adjust.

Which makes being a forest of clingy seaweed not great.]

Damn things...

[With some frustration he roughly pulls away some that had wrapped around his arm and tail and even his head before sighing. Okay he just needs...to first get his movements down. Maybe the seaweed could help as an exercise??? Like slalom poles—

In any case, Eustace will be struggling a bit through the forest as he tries to navigate through, and maybe, just maybe at some point he might be completely entangled.]

...

[Seaweed, the underwater vines, of course. Help appreciated.]

⊗ b: shock factor + noctaere

[Even after he gets the movement down, Eustace will have another pressing issue to deal with: his electrical charge. No matter what he touches, there's a small zap as the electrical current flows easily through the wall to the target. For the most part it's benign, like a static shock, but it's not something he wants to inflict on anyone without warning.

1. Still learning. However, there are times when the electrical currents are visible around him, lines of electricity crackling out that can easily and instantly reach out to a target that comes to close.]

Careful, I'm...still trying to control this. It shouldn't kill you, but it could stun and paralyze you for some time.

[2. Sharktaere. WELL at least his electricity will be useful for something!? When one is spotted, he'll swim out to help and release that excess electrical charge onto the noctaere to help stun, paralyze, and maybe even finish it off with how much voltage he's able to produce if he concentrates hard enough.]

Keep your distance! If you're not careful you'll get hit.

[He can control the range and area, but recognizing allies so they don't get hit is a different matter and electricity is a volatile thing, after all.]

⊗ c: atlantica castle

[Eustace is dragged inside against his will, but he will do his damnedest to not be dragged onto the dance floor. At least by this time he has more control over both his swimming and electricity so they shouldn't be a problem.

Shouldn't.

In any case, he's hanging back, but sometimes those friendly merfolk manage to shove an instrument into his hand. Tamborine, drums, triangle—whatever it is, he just stares at it before handing it over to whoever happens to be next to him.]

Here. You'd do a better job than me.

⊗ wildcard

[Have a very accurate image of what he looks like as "Eusteel." All other options are open as well! Feel free to contact me via PM, Discord or

laenavesse!]

[ So if there's one thing that's been established from Those Doodles back home, is that Mei has a... thing for mermaids. Really, hot hermen, but this is close enough. The anime influence strikes again, as she has a tiara in her hair and her fins look more like princess dress frills. ]

Singing Seahorses

[ Um, adorable seahorses that want to know all about her??? Yes please! She's trying to pet some of them as she talks, giggling every now and then as she tries to keep up with their questions. ]

Okay okay, one at a time, guys! Ummm - ! My favorite food are my dad's pork dumplings, they are the best! I speak three languages - Chinese, English, and French. And my favorite music... you guys are in for a treat. Who wants to learn all about 4Town?!

[ All the sea horses cheer. best. day. ever.

Eventually, you, dear swimmer, may come across the young teenager dancing and singing to boyband songs - and having all the seahorses do the same moves and lyrics. It's like an adorable children's film... if Mei wasn't so intent on shaking her booty. ]

Sharky Noctaere

[ So, when Mei wanted to meet a buff sea-man? This was not what she had in mind. ]

HEEEEELP!

[ She hasn't been in this body long enough to really master fast swimming, so it looks more like she's desperately clawing the water as she tries to get away. Naturally, with her fear in overdrive, the panda may be on its way - she's already POOF'd up a pair of panda ears. Which, of course, makes her panic even more. ]

I don't know if red pandas can swim! I DON'T KNOW IF RED PANDAS CAN SWIM! THIS IS A REALLY BAD TIME TO FIND OUUUUUT!

Atlantica Castle

[ Well, it's not like she's never performed in public before - but this all kinds of different. She's handed a gigantic razor shell, and she tilts her head quizzically, before looking around and hoping someone can help her. ]

Ummm... I've only ever played the flute. And, y'know, I'm amazing at it. Got the solo at all the seasonal concerts. Buuuut... I have no idea how to play... a shell. Any ideas?

Wildcard
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[ A. | Forest of Seaweed ]

Hey...!

[ The voice that drifts up from below may not immediately draw ones attention to its source. Or rather, even if one should happen to take note of the quiet call, a brief glance around might not provide an obvious answer as to where it came from. No, it takes a keen eye to spot, but-- ]

Over here!

[ -- There's a hand waving out from what might at first have looked like a ball of weeds near the ocean floor. The arm in question is slim and pale and gestures pleadingly for attention with splayed fingers, and following it to the expected shoulder, one might presently realize that there's a young lady hopelessly tangled in the seaweed, peering up out of it with a bemused little frown.

It's actually an impressive mess, one that wouldn't be possible with any normal amount of limbs, but-- are those tentacles peeking up out of the maelstrom of leaves? ]

[ B. | Singing Seahorses ]

[ Introvert or not, Naminé never has been able to resist answering someone's questions entirely, and those little seahorses are just so full of them. At first she'd tried avoid the impoliteness of brushing them away from her with an awkward backpedal made ten times more so by her unfamiliar form, but in the end her kinder nature (and their persistence) won out, and now--

Well, newcomers might get at least some kind of relief from the immediate attention of the seahorses, since the lass seems to have taken up a place on the rocks amongst the curious creatures. With their small tails curled around one or two of her eight tentacles which have been curved conscientiously into helpful perches, she sings - upon their strenuous request - a quiet melody that sounds suspiciously like... a jazz song? Or what's supposed to be one, anyway; she's not too terribly out of tune, but the way she sings it has a more careful, minor tone than might normally be expected from the music itself. ]

[ E. | Atlantica Castle ]

[ There's an awful lot of activity in a place so full of cheer and welcoming. Music and dancing abound, the glitter and shine of gold catches the light, and the overabundance of food is enough to satiate one's hunger all on its own.

And sometimes that can be a bit overwhelming, can't it? So maybe if one happens to take a break - or perhaps just wander too far from the main attractions - one might chance upon the peculiar sight of several pale tentacles curled around one of the many pillars of the castle, the appendages still except for the faint drift of their ends in the current through the hallway. Their owner remains out of sight, tucked around the opposite side of the support; perhaps this is by design? It's not much of a hiding place, but it is off of the beaten track. ]

a:

[Sakura is trying to orient herself, figure this out. It's just taking some adjusting to, for all that she has magic she had never changed physical form like this. That she can now breathe underwater somehow, has fins instead of legs. Unfortunately, as she swims, the seaweed somehow catches her fins and she pauses, reaching to try and free herself.]

This....oh no. Comeon, get free....!

b:

Huh? Um, do I know what a -- what was that? Dingle....hopper? I'm not sure what you mean....?

[Sakura does try answer some of their questions though. Tries to help. Not that she has any clue about what a dinglehopper is or why they want to know her favourite food. She does giggle though, if sheepishly, at the nudges and kisses at her cheeks and forehead.

As for the singing. Well. she might sing a little bit. But not for too long. With the ache in missing Syaoran.]

d:

H-hoeeeeee???!!

[It's a....shark? Person? Sakura isn't sure. But it. Doesn't exactly look friendly. She freezes initially in seeing it, her green eyes widening in shock and instinctive fear. She. Only has the Flight card and she is pretty sure that is probably next to useless right now even if she did have the chance, the time to summon the oversized ribbon that attaches at her back.]

e:

Ah, this is....you don't have to?

[But Sakura also doesn't want to seem rude or something. With the offered jewelry and bracelets. So she still accepts them, if sheepishly, when the merfolk offer her them. She's not so sure on being roped into the performance. Mostly because she can just barely manage the recorder and hasn't had lessons and solos and such like Tomoyo to be really good at music or singing.]

I'm really not....?

[A Forest of Seaweed]

[It's not just the seaweed confusing Alastor. The first several minutes arriving in this dream has resulted in Alastor getting rather dizzy because he keeps swimming in circles. He knows how to swim -- practically a requirement growing up that close to the Gulf of Mexico -- but he's never had to swim with a dolphin's tail before. It's like his feet have been put into one huge slipper.]

[After taking a moment to drift and let the spinning in his head slow down, he finally makes some progress.]

...Oh, so this is forward!

[Singing Seahorses]

[Alastor is all for musical numbers, but this is getting monotonous.]

[He's swimming as fast as he can to avoid the cluster of dragon seahorses chasing him while singing a rather catchy song over and over.]

Thank you, but I think I've got it memorized by now!

[Help? Please?]

[Sharky Noctaere (VIOLENCE WARNING)]

[Fireballs don't exactly work under the sea, but Alastor's shadow along with his claws and fangs are still in full commission. Plus Alastor is starting to really find some use for that dolphin tail.]

[He swims past one of the noctaere, making sure to give it a hearty smack with his tail to goad it into chasing him. He's grinning as he heads towards a crevasse where his shadow is waiting in ambush.]

I suppose I owe those "sea ponies" for helping me practice!

[And as soon as they're close enough, shadowy tentacles grasp the shark noctaere. Alastor spins about and sinks his fangs into the shark noctaere's gills on one side.]

[Atlantica Castle]

[Alastor probably is quite a sight for these people: a scarred merfolk-deer demon hybrid with a bright red dolphin tail that has a black "underbelly". Sharp claws, sharp fangs, red eyes. Doesn't really scream "I'm friendly!" on first meeting, honestly.]

[Though right now Alastor is searching desperately for something to cover his human torso. He doesn't like being exposed like this.]

[It doesn't help that the merfolk keep trying to touch him out of curiosity.]

[Wildcard]

((OOC: Got something you want to thread with Alastor? Throw it at me!))

General

[Okay, this scenario is new. Swimming and breathing water and being shirtless with a shark tail, why not?

But that meant everyone else was shirtless too. Zhao might just be openly staring at some of the guys (behind his shades) while he's getting used to his new tail. Also that without his jacket and shirt, Zhao is pleasantly muscular. Apparently he must do more than cook... and hold up. Yes, you aren't imagining it, his nipples are pierced.]

Seaweed

[Man, apparently the dream didn't take his saber with him because that would be pretty useful. Especially because his shark tail keeps getting tangled up.]

Hey. You know where I can get something the cuts through the ocean...shit that was a sentence.

Underwater fight time!

Aw that's what I'm talking about!

[Because what is traveling anywhere without someone trying to jump him. Zhao is having a ball leaping around in the water and trying to come up with new moves on the fly.

Please help him before he hurt himself.]

Or get into any other shenanigans with Zhao, he's fun that way.

Edited 2022-05-18 00:05 (UTC)

[SINGING SEAHORSES]
[It was a bit unusual getting used to having a fishy tail and being a merboy, but having grown up by the ocean, Kor took to the undersea dreamscape like, well... Like a fish to water!

The aquatic life seems equally impressed by Kor's proficiency. Or maybe they just want to badger him with questions. ]

W-wait, hold on! One at a time! I can't keep track of what you're all asking! No, I don't know what a boneless chicken avocado shrinkage disaster is!

[Help him.]

[SHARKY NOCTAERE]
Since when do sharks have legs?!

[Kor lost his legs and apparently sharks have gained legs in this seascape. It's really putting Kor's handle on his fins to the test as he frantically tries to swim away from a pair of sharks chasing him.

Only for another pair of sharks to cut off his escape route. He was surrounded on all sides now.]

Alright, fine, if you want a fight, you're getting one!

[And out comes the dreamotion, summoning forth a sword made of pure lightning. But still, 4 against 1 wasn't good odds. Join him in the fight? Or maybe just warn him that using lightning in a body of water probably isn't a good idea, even in a dream...]

[EMOTIONAL SEASHELLS]
[Okay, danger is averted, Kor is going to investigate. The seashells lining the seabed catch his eye, and so he swims down to take a look. He remembers going along the beach and collecting seashells a lot as a kid. It's been a while, but it should be fun, right?

As he picks one up, it begins to glow a blueish color, one that reflects his joy at indulging in something like this.]

I wonder if Kohaku would like something like this... [And then the shell shifts into a pink color as he thinks about his love, musing about strolling on the beach in Seaville back home, collecting seashells under the moonlight. ]

[WILDCARD]
[you know the drill.]

Edited 2022-05-18 02:36 (UTC)

i. girl kelp

( so. it's dream time, and that apparently means it's mermaid time? admittedly, given everything nene's experienced with mermaids she's prepared for some major inaccuracies. ... and hoping very hard that her 'queen' doesn't show up somehow. that would be her luck. but for right now, the main priority is getting out of the seaweed forest- pushing her way through gently, nene takes her time for the most part. maybe it's because the light poking through the water, illuminating the kelp and the fish swimming through, is beautiful.

or maybe she's just lost. she doesn't seem to be too upset about that though, save for the occasional tangle of betta fins and seaweed. )

Now, which way...?

ii. are you feeling emoshellnal?

Oh! Hey, come this way- ( which is your only greeting as nene tug-tug-tugs you a little closer to the seashells, radiant as they are. before she can be questioned, she points to one- ) It feels like you- that is, uh. It kinda matches you? See how it goes!

( yes she is going to get whoever she saw in the shell a pretty little decoration, why do you ask? )

iii. partial to partying?

( there's a celebration at the castle? wow! and everything is so pretty- and admittedly, it's just so peaceful here for the most part? so she lets herself be dressed up, and is happy to have some wonderful food. and when a mermaid pulls her in to sing, no she does not get flustered, hush. and truth is, nene doesn't sound bad at all- maybe a little more twinkly than such an excitable celebration, but that's fine. eventually, though, a girl needs to have herself a seat- so she lets herself float contentedly down to a- well, she thinks it's a cushion and it looks like a giant anemone so who even knows, honestly. and it looks like she's not the only one retreating for a little bit- )

Ehe, they're all really excitable, huh? Are you having fun?

( because she sure is! )

iv. wildcard!

( all the prompts are so cute, but i didn't want to go too crazy- or maybe there's something else a couple of mermaids can get into! who knows! nene looks fairly standard for the most part, with a pink and green theme for her scales and fins- the biggest difference is that she has betta fins, and patches of scales along her arms and face. no biggie! )

A. Gina Merstrade

[Gina's had her fair share of unusual dreams. But this is a new one. She suddenly finds herself somewhere deep underwater! Not to mention that the lower half of her body's become a green tail. She looks around in shock.]

W... Wot's goin' on?! Why am I... in water? [She looks down towards her tail, her eyes managing to widen further with bewilderment.] Am I a bleedin' fish?!

[Nervously, she tries moving around in the water. Her movements are very erratic, and it won't be long until she gets tangled by some seaweed!]

B. Jawsbreaker

[As she gets more used to being underwater, she explores more and tries to figure out a purpose in this watery world. She eventually finds something to do, though it's not easy. She sees that shark-like noctaere swimming around and causing trouble. Gina feels like it's her duty to take this guy down, as imposing and scary as the beast is. And she's not sure she can do it alone... So when she sees a potential ally, she'll wave them over.]

I reckon I'll need a 'and or two to take this toothy bloke down. You up for this?

[Alternately, someone could already be having trouble with the shark noctaere, in which case Gina will swim over to help and try to improvise her battle strategy!]

C. Mer-ry Melodies

[At some later point, she finds herself in the castle of the merfolk! She's quickly overwhelmed by the most extravagant place she's ever been in. And she ends up covering herself in the gold jewelry and pearl bracelets, heartily embracing this part of the dream!

But then, there's a price to pay. When a festival begins, and there's not enough singers, Gina's pulled into the spotlight! She feels like she just can't say no to the pretty mermaid... but then, as the time for the musical performance approaches, she stands there like a deer in the headlights.]

Great... I really let myself get dragged into it now. I dunno the first thing about any o' this! I'm gonna bring in a lotta laughs, that's wot'll 'appen... [Gina sinks her head as she dreads how this will go. She feels like dissolving into the sea right now! Maybe she could use a hand.]

D. Wildcard

[Feel free to come up with an alternate prompt (based on pretty much any of the log prompts!) or hit me up for plotting!]

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