oceanschild: (Paris [Wistful])
Paris Mercout ([personal profile] oceanschild) wrote in [community profile] middaeg2019-05-11 09:48 am

OPEN

Who: Paris, and whoever!
When: The month of May
Where: At the harbor, at the tavern, and in the shopping district in general
What: Beginning of transformation, trying to settle in
Warnings: Someone being waaay too happy about having gills. Otherwise nothing for now.



a - An ocean away

Even though he's lost his powers and therefore the more tangible connection to the ocean, Paris still spends much of this time by the water. Part of this is for Aeto's benefit- she can walk on land and survive there for sometime, but she is a ray and needs to be in the water often enough that she doesn't dry out. The Harbor district is not as nice as the Haven or the area around there, but that almost makes it feel more like home. The smell of the water mixed with the various sounds (and scents) of sailors is familiar, and in a way, comforting.

He's been feeling kind of off since shortly after he got here, and after going to talk with some people at the Haven he's a little hopeful about why that might be. He slips into the water as Aeto swims around, hopefully far enough away from the boats and general other business that they won't be a bother. He takes a deep breath, feeling over his neck and the subtle change in sensation he's noticed there before vanishing under the waves.

He's down there for a little while, enough that bystanders might begin to get worried, before he breaks the surface again with a bright, joyous smile on his face. "I can breathe again!" he says, sounding estatic and relieved.

b - Hard day's night

Even though this new revelation makes him much happier, he can't just stay in the water all day like he would like; he did sign up to work at the tavern, and he doesn't want to disappoint anyone by not showing up. Having used the gills now, they are slightly more obvious, flared out slightly on his neck.

There are people who don't want anything to do with him as a result, some of the patrons more likely to be harsh with him, but he doesn't seem to let it bother him and just continues on with his work.

c - Making my way

Paris doesn't mind the tavern, but he doesn't think he wants to stay there forever- and besides, he was only hired on for the month and he doesn't know if they would want to or have the funds to keep him around afterwards. So he's wandering through the shopping district with Aeto, not looking for things to buy so much as what skills might be needed. He is well aware that many of the things he's used to are either obsolete here or have never existed at all, so his hopes aren't high.

That is, until he catches the scent of freshly baked bread. He follows it until he finds a bakery, and he lingers outside, looking in wistfully. "Do you... think they'd need more people?" he asks, if someone stops by him as he just takes in the smells.
plasticasshole: (✧ we are not)

An ocean away

[personal profile] plasticasshole 2019-05-11 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Despite there being perfectly good rose baths, Connor has found himself drawn to the ocean when he's not in the baths. He isn't sure why, but the water seems to call to him. He's been experiencing some itching on the sides of his torso, which is strange enough when you've never experienced itching before, but he soon found that he had what appeared to be gills there.

He's contemplating doing the same thing as Paris, wanting to be in the water, when he sees the man break the surface and declare that he can breathe.]

Under the water?

[It's pretty obvious that Paris could breathe above it, so he's just going to take a guess that it's not what he meant.]
plasticasshole: (✦ that no longer beep)

[personal profile] plasticasshole 2019-05-11 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Connor eyes the gills, and idly touches his side.]

I have gills now, too. They're on my sides. I've never had to breathe before, though.

[So he's not sure what the point is. He simulates breathing to make humans more comfortable around him, but he's never actually had to do it to stay alive.]
plasticasshole: (✦ but i'm learning)

[personal profile] plasticasshole 2019-05-11 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I do, yes. And... no, never.

[He looks down at the hand, then up at Paris again.]

How do you plan on showing me?

[He sounds curious more than sceptical, at least.]
plasticasshole: (✦ come take my pulse)

[personal profile] plasticasshole 2019-05-11 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Connor looks at the water, and after a moment he decides it wouldn't hurt.]

Well, I wanted to go into the water anyway.

[So he follows Paris in after kicking off his shoes. He finds the idea of having damp clothes isn't actually that terrible. Swimming beside Paris, he slowly lets himself sink underneath the water. Okay... breathing. He can do it, he's sure. He can do anything he puts his mind to.

After a full minute beneath the surface, a stream of bubbles comes out of his mouth and his eyes widen in mild alarm. It's hard to describe the sensation of breathing for the first time, especially since it was underwater, but when he comes up again with his hair plastered to his face he looks equal parts confused and excited.]

I did it!

[He thinks, anyway.]
plasticasshole: (✻ into little parts)

[personal profile] plasticasshole 2019-05-11 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He goes back under to do it a few more times, but gets distracted by how sharp his senses seem to be in the water. His hearing, his sight, both feel like they've improved. And he feels stronger in himself, too. He starts to swim further under the water, curious about what it's like down here. It's peaceful, he finds.

He gestures for Paris to join him under the waves, and decides to try talking.]

Do you feel stronger in the water, too?
plasticasshole: (✦ but i'm learning)

[personal profile] plasticasshole 2019-05-12 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I think so, too.

[He thinks for a moment.]

I remember something odd, now that I'm here. I was with Hank, we were lost. He had powers, and he created a stream of water. When I fell into it, I came back out with a fish tail. Do you think that's happening to me now?

[He looks down at himself. Yep, still legs.]
ishisstrength: (76 - I got this)

An ocean away

[personal profile] ishisstrength 2019-05-14 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"It's nice to see you in such a good mood." Justine stood at the edge of the dock with a light smirk tugging at the corner of her lips. She looked more confident than the last time they'd spoken in the baths however she wasn't nearly so relaxed.

Her legs were clad in tight dark brown leather with a pair of dark heeled boots at her feet. Around her waist was a tight subtle leather corset with a pale pink skirt covering the swell of her chest and perfectly concealing the fact that this world had an odd definition of bras. Her shoulders and neck were bare except for a single dark green ribbon that was tied around her throat.

"You and Aeto too." Justine lowered herself so she was sitting on the edge of the docks with her feet hanging over the side.

"I didn't expect to see you here. How are you?" She made a mental note of the gulls but Justine wasn't sure if that was normal for him or not. He seems rather enamored with water when they'd first met as well.
scaling: (hey,cool arson.)

hard day's night

[personal profile] scaling 2019-05-14 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's hard to miss the boost in Paris's mood tonight—and even more impossible to overlook the flared gills on the sides of his neck. Akira can only assume the two are probably related, given some of the details he dropped in their conversation last time.

While the owner of the tavern seems to judge them solely on the criteria of being hard workers, the patrons are less forgiving of the obvious non-human traits. After the encounter that happened previously, Akira finds himself keeping an eye peeled while he works. There are murmured remarks here and there, even some less subtle insults, but the night concludes without any serious incident.

It's only once the last customers are stumbling out the door and they're wrapping up cleaning duties that he tries to strike up a real conversation, stopping alongside where Paris is working. ]


Looks like you found out what you are.
ishisstrength: (69 - listening)

[personal profile] ishisstrength 2019-05-14 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Justine leaned forward, watching the ripples as they pulled away from Paris's treading form. He looked healthy and happy. It was strange to think that this was the same young man she'd met in the baths.

"Doing as best I can." She didn't handle this world well but she had her ways of coping, as unhealthy as they could be. "I found clothes. Though I suppose you didn't know about that." They hadn't met with any clothes on but Justine had arrived in nothing but a bathrobe.

"Why are you in the water now?"
rowdyraven: (pic#13061243)

[personal profile] rowdyraven 2019-05-14 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I um...

[He runs a hand back through his hair, frowns. More than a little, his head spins. Realises, distantly, that he's likely too drunk for a conversation like this.]

I'm probably not the best placed to try and explain it. My ex is around here somewhere, you're likely better off talking to him. He's a magician, he knows far more about all this stuff than I.

Same goes for the ah, the ghost...spirit...thing, I imagine. The one I'm talking about was a man, but after a magical ritual went awry he was trapped in a kind of...spirit...ghost...form. A goat, to be precise.

[This is only getting more confusing, isn't it....]
rowdyraven: (pic#13061250)

[personal profile] rowdyraven 2019-05-14 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Julian flashes a grin, big and bright and sloppy-drunk.]

Me, neither. And you know what that means, don't you?
rowdyraven: (pic#13061794)

[personal profile] rowdyraven 2019-05-14 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[He'll swoop in to sling an arm around the unsuspecting man's shoulders, quite abruptly.]

It means we need more rum!

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