Check-in! (Check fin?)

[thornsofmalkav]

Okay. Uh. Wow. I did not expect to be Investigating as a mermaid. Selkie. Finvestigating. You know.

I also did not expect to get all kinds of shiny mermaid knowledge dumped in my head the moment I ended up in the water, but that seems to have happened anyway. So if anyone wants to know anything about that shit, please do ask me. The most important thing is that the Thalassian Mermaid Queen, the Dread Empress or whatever, is as scary as fuck and our cover story should probably be that we ran away from her empire because we didn’t want to become cannibal berserkers. Which are a thing. Oh my god.

Anyway, it looks like we’re in the world with the Labyrinthine Shoals? Like, that’s evidently where we are. We’re in the Shoals. And I guess we’re mermaids? Some of us? Can anyone chime in to tell me if there’s anyone around who’s not a mermaid.

Actually, maybe we should make this a general check-in with, like, name and species. I’ll go first: this is Thorne and it looks like I’m a California sea lion selkie.

Comments

[claudiometer]

Hey, hence the teamwork, dude. Though first we're gonna have to figure out where everyone even is.

[theflyingone]

I am good at finding people. I plan to be one of the first to scout the first bit of land we come to.

[ If he doesn't volunteer for the dangerous jobs that require a lot of stealth and social finesse, who will? ]

Before we start barraging the locals with questions about our friends, however, we must learn how not to draw suspicion to ourselves. We cannot help our friends if everyone distrusts us, imprisons us, or attacks us. My plan had always been to hold lessons on blending in with locals, the first Jaunt when I am myself. Hopefully the land will prove safe enough to do so.

[claudiometer]

Given that we have a goddamn boat it may be a little late to hope not to draw suspicion. Probably the best thing we can do at this point is come up with a plausible cover story that won't raise too many questions right away.

[theflyingone]

We could dock a little bit away? The disadvantage being that any supplies would have to be carried to the boat...

I do not think I could pass as a native of any neighboring land. I will say that I was traveling for a long time with a merchant, now dead, and I lost most of our possessions and money in some calamity, like a storm.