... You honestly think people believe that sort of nonsense?
[ Well, maybe other people do -- Dia's not surrounded by people who are keen to chatter about merfolk so she's always assumed that people can tell myth from truth. But maybe the line's a little blurrier when it concerns, y'know, merfolk ]
Well -- regardless, I've no interesting in harming you, much less eating you! I only apprehended you because I thought you to be some sort of... of... peeper!
Of course I do, you ridiculous boy. If I had my heart set on eating you, I would be dragging you back to shore as we speak, with my servants readying the dinner table.
[ JESUS CHRIST DIA ]
But I do not. So you needn't worry -- you have my word.
[ and then he actually does start to swim away, because he's still supposed to stay away from humans. But then he stops again and turns his head back to her. ]
[ She looks a little surprised to hear that. Not that she doubts it's true, of course, but it's a bit surprising to hear it from a merman. But her expression quickly shifts and she gives him a grin that's all confidence. ]
Well, of course. I could hardly call myself a daughter of the Kurosawa family if I sounded like a warbling cat, could I?
[ SHE PUFFS HERSELF UP IN ABOUT THE MOST INDIGNANT WAY IMAGINEABLE
shoving her face up close to Choro's-- ]
Then allow me to educate you! [ oh no ] The Kurosawa family has a long and proud tradition of seafaring and exploration, dating all the way back to [ oh my god you don't need me to type the rest of it, you know what Dia sounds like when she goes off on a lecture. this is a lecture. rip in pieces, choromatsu. ]
[ LEANING BACK oh god this is. a lot. and he is only really paying attention less than half of it.
after his surprise, his face goes back to unimpressed ]
How was I supposed to know any of that? That'd be like expecting you to know merfolk families.
[ he swims around her, if just to give him a bit of distance after she was all up in his personal space and to stretch his tail... huh, speaking of merfolk though... ]
Though... if you're seafarers... would you know who Poseidon is?
Of course we do! What sort of fools do you take us for?
[ And now she's back to just sounding lowkey offended instead of highkey. No change to the high volume, though -- she's at a seven when the situation calls for maybe a three. Get used to it, Choromatsu. ]
I understand you think of humans as being particularly ignorant but perhaps consider giving us some credit!
I-- no, please. I'm sure I must have just misheard you for a moment -- would you mind saying that again?
[ surely it's just some weird mermaid name for Posidon that happens to sound like 'Dad' or maybe all merfolk call him that. Maybe it's a weird merfolk thing. ]
After all, it sounded as though you just referred to him as your father and surely, that can't be the case.
[ He jumps back at that. That... sure is a reaction. He's too used to merfolk being like "yes we know now leave us alone" and it being treated like no big deal ]
You-- are all merfolk like this?! How do you swim with a brain made entirely of sea sponge? Does it not weigh you down?
[ DIA THAT'S RUDE AND YOU KNOW IT ]
It's quite one thing for him to be real but another for you to be his son! How am I supposed to return to my family now, knowing this is the sort of impression of the Kurosawa family I've made on passing royalty?!
You truly don't understand how this could possibly be an issue, do you? For all I know, you could be about to go back to your father to announce how rude I've been and the next thing I know, the Kurosawas are cursed at sea for centuries to come!
I'm not, because then I'd have to tell him I disobeyed him by coming not just to the surface but also to the shore and I'm not an idiot about to do that.
...Besides he wouldn't know who your family is either.
[ Dia opens her mouth. It works out a few shapes like she's about to say something but no words come out. Then out of nowhere she just jabs her hand at him, pointing all accusingly like. ]
I-- good! Very well, then! I will apologize for my rudeness in exchange for your continued silence!
[ dia he literally just said he had no intention of telling his dad anything you FOOL ]
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[ Well, maybe other people do -- Dia's not surrounded by people who are keen to chatter about merfolk so she's always assumed that people can tell myth from truth. But maybe the line's a little blurrier when it concerns, y'know, merfolk ]
Well -- regardless, I've no interesting in harming you, much less eating you! I only apprehended you because I thought you to be some sort of... of... peeper!
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hrmmmmm
he deflates a little ]
...Do you actually mean that?
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[ JESUS CHRIST DIA ]
But I do not. So you needn't worry -- you have my word.
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[ and then he actually does start to swim away, because he's still supposed to stay away from humans. But then he stops again and turns his head back to her. ]
Your voice is really pretty.
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[ She looks a little surprised to hear that. Not that she doubts it's true, of course, but it's a bit surprising to hear it from a merman. But her expression quickly shifts and she gives him a grin that's all confidence. ]
Well, of course. I could hardly call myself a daughter of the Kurosawa family if I sounded like a warbling cat, could I?
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The... what family?
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[ she makes THE MOST OFFENDED noise ]
You surely aren't about to tell me you've never heard of us?!
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You're humans.
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shoving her face up close to Choro's-- ]
Then allow me to educate you! [ oh no ] The Kurosawa family has a long and proud tradition of seafaring and exploration, dating all the way back to [ oh my god you don't need me to type the rest of it, you know what Dia sounds like when she goes off on a lecture. this is a lecture. rip in pieces, choromatsu. ]
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after his surprise, his face goes back to unimpressed ]
How was I supposed to know any of that? That'd be like expecting you to know merfolk families.
[ he swims around her, if just to give him a bit of distance after she was all up in his personal space and to stretch his tail... huh, speaking of merfolk though... ]
Though... if you're seafarers... would you know who Poseidon is?
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[ And now she's back to just sounding lowkey offended instead of highkey. No change to the high volume, though -- she's at a seven when the situation calls for maybe a three. Get used to it, Choromatsu. ]
I understand you think of humans as being particularly ignorant but perhaps consider giving us some credit!
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Eh? Really?
I'm used to everyone knowing who dad is, but I didn't actually expect a human to considering how he gets...
[ wait ]
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what ]
I-- no, please. I'm sure I must have just misheard you for a moment -- would you mind saying that again?
[ surely it's just some weird mermaid name for Posidon that happens to sound like 'Dad' or maybe all merfolk call him that. Maybe it's a weird merfolk thing. ]
After all, it sounded as though you just referred to him as your father and surely, that can't be the case.
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Poseidon, king of the sea, is my father.
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casually says that like it's no big deal ]
1/3
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[ you know how i said her voice was a seven before?
it's a ten now. ]
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What?
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[ SHE PUT THE PRINCE OF THE OCEAN IN A HEADLOCK AND SCREAMED IN HIS FACE SHE IS THE MOST IN TROUBLE ]
DID YOU NOT THINK TO MENTION THIS SOONER?!
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It's not like it's something I bring up often.
[ because again, everyone knows already ]
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[ DIA THAT'S RUDE AND YOU KNOW IT ]
It's quite one thing for him to be real but another for you to be his son! How am I supposed to return to my family now, knowing this is the sort of impression of the Kurosawa family I've made on passing royalty?!
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I don't even see the big deal, no one acts like it's one back home they just use it as an excuse to avoid me.
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You truly don't understand how this could possibly be an issue, do you? For all I know, you could be about to go back to your father to announce how rude I've been and the next thing I know, the Kurosawas are cursed at sea for centuries to come!
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...Besides he wouldn't know who your family is either.
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I-- good! Very well, then! I will apologize for my rudeness in exchange for your continued silence!
[ dia he literally just said he had no intention of telling his dad anything you FOOL ]
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