@cryptic-glitch
"Yes. Oh, good. I'm not hallucinating." Simon shook his boba cup, listening to the ice rattle.
"Yes. Oh, good. I'm not hallucinating." Simon shook his boba cup, listening to the ice rattle.
Destiny snorted, making bubbles float to the surface of the water.
"She was there earlier," Eric pointed to the middle of the lake where Destiny was, "I think she was wearing the most bedazzled clothing I have ever seen"
The siren grunted angrily. 'How dare he!' She thought.
Simon squinted at the girl in the water. "She's staying under there quite long, don't you think?"
She rose just a bit. "Excuse me, but I can stay underwater as long as I want." She said. Her voice was heavenly, not normal for a human girl.
"She went underwater?" Eric asked with some concern, "didn't she leave the lake?"
Destiny growled and grabbed the edge of the boat, hoisting herself up so Eric could see her while revealing her tail to Simon.
Simon stumbled back. "I'm- I- Oh boy. Okay." He pinched his arm. "You're a mermaid?"
Eric turned around to see Destiny on his boat. He panicked and held a spear near her chest.
Destiny hissed, dropping herself back into the water and swimming away.
"Don't kill her!" Simon said, shoving the other boy aside, knocking the spear aside.
"I panicked!" Eric yelled to Simon, "what did you expect me to do? Shake her hand?"
'Damn humans…' Destiny thought.
"Listen," Eric explained to Simon, "what we just saw was unnatural, that is a Siren."
The siren girl hissed again, pausing when she heard Eric speak. 'How does he know I'm a Siren?' She thought.
( @casualassasin @SoldierB )
"You didn't kill me when I talked to you," Simon said irately. Then to the siren, he said, "Do you speak English?"
Destiny poked her head out of the water, nodding.
"Alright then. What's your name?"
Destiny looked away for a moment. "Destiny…" She finally said.
Eric didn't trust the Siren. He picked up the spear and just held it in his hand just in case Destiny tried to do something.
"For Christ's sake. Put the goddamn spear down. I'm sure Destiny would have killed us already if she were dangerous."
She noticed the spear in Eric's hand and hissed, backing away and ducking under the water.
"She's probably playing the part," Eric said, "I don't fully trust her."
Destiny heard him say he didn't trust her, which saddened her. She turned away and swam to the deepest part of the lake.
Eric waled off the pier still holding the spear, "you're going to regret it when the Siren is eating at your flesh."
The siren sat at the bottom of the lake, arms around her tail and her head lowered. Nobody trusted her kind, and when she found two people, one trusted her. It was heartbreaking to hear one hated her.
"Not like I have much to live for anyway," Simon said wryly. "Look. Now she's sad."
"Hold on," Eric said walking back with confusion, "what do you mean 'not much to live for anyway?' What happened to you?"
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