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Matsuno Choromatsu ([personal profile] shikosuki) wrote in [community profile] leires2017-08-22 06:46 pm

mers oh my



Merchoro PSL
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[His sons have gotten old enough that Poseidon lengthened their curfew some years ago. They might still be immature in ways, but he trusted them enough to return either before or just as the sea was getting too dark to find their way. Even if you knew your home like the back of your fins, finding it in the black ocean was near impossible unless you were Poseidon himself. And by night, everyone is accounted for as usual...except for one. And though it's been many years now since the last time Choromatsu didn't come home, Poseidon can't help but worry...but despite this, he gives his son the benefit of the doubt and waits.

And he waits.

And his brothers start to talk among themselves, wondering where the third eldest might have gone. Osomatsu, notably, says absolutely nothing, looking to be almost petrified with as much anxiety and fear as his father is. And it only takes one shared glance for Poseidon to have enough. He orders the others to stay in the reef, and he means it, before rushing out into the sea and immediately trying to put a lock on Choromatsu's location.

...except that he can't. He can sense five other little merfolk nearby...but the sixth is nowhere in the entire sea.

He just barely manages to stop himself from calling for his son verbally, not wanting to upset the others as he speeds off into the water, causing both sea life and non to part and move out of the god's way. Though he only searches for Choromatsu for ten minutes with no sign of him, it's enough to nearly send Poseidon himself to the surface to confirm the worst. Instead, out of seemingly nowhere, Choromatsu returns as a speck in the distance diving deeper and deeper still into the sea...one that Poseidon immediately tracks all the way back to his grotto.

He hears him long before he sees him, and his heart feels fit to burst with relief when he does. Just before he can make his way in, though, he hears him talking to himself. Then, yelling to himself.

The more Poseidon hears, the angrier he becomes. He trembles, his grip on his trident so hard that he can feel his gauntlets straightening beneath the pressure of his fists. And while the hole at the top of the cave is impossibly small for him to fit through, he discovers once he swims up there, it's not enough to stop him. It will never be enough.

Choromatsu will have only the warning of the moonlight being completely blocked above him for a fraction of a second before a voice pierces the tiny grotto with such a fierce bellow that he can feel it rock his body from the inside out, and the upper part of the grotto literally splits apart to let even more light in, revealing the source blocking the moon with his head and crown.]


CHOROMATSU.
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[personal profile] karappo 2017-09-14 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's no need for him to try, really. Poseidon can see everything just from a glance as rocks and coral continue to crumble, deliberately broken so they will not collapse onto Choromatsu himself. He can see everything laid out below on shelves or just out in plain sight, pretty much everything imaginable from pointless artifacts to real, dangerous weapons.

As soon as the hole is large enough for Poseidon to fit through, he swims down immediately with the very water he displaces seeming to churn around him, causing his hair to whip from one side to the other.

It is abundantly clear that he is Not Happy.]


What is the meaning of this?

[He has...a lot more he could say, but he'll see if Choromatsu can explain himself first.]
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[Poseidon's tail whips below him, churning the sand at the bottom of the grotto. Luckily for Choromatsu's things, the rocks are starting to peter off now that he's actually in the grotto proper, but that does not by any means mean they are safe. Nor is Choromatsu, for that matter.

His gaze narrows, and he forces his voice to remain level, albeit loud and imposing.]


And? Tell me where you were.
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[personal profile] karappo 2017-09-15 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

That was not what I asked, Choromatsu.
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[He was prepared to wait as long as it took for Choromatsu to stammer out his answer, but then he starts to try to swim away. And honestly, Poseidon doesn't let him get far. He lifts his trident, bringing the end of it down against the sand with enough force to cause the already disrupted water to change direction, forcibly pushing Choromatsu back into the grotto and preventing him from actually getting around his father.

And whether or not he was going to keep trying to talk, Poseidon interrupts him with a sharp, barking retort.]


I could not find you, Choromatsu!
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[The silence that stretches between them, then, is stifling. But after it's actually silent for a moment, the water's current starts to wane. It likely won't remain that way if Choromatsu tries to leave again, but...]

...I...couldn't find you.

[His grip on his trident tightens, and his expression becomes very dark. Very somber.]

Where were you.
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[personal profile] karappo 2017-09-15 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[It might not be on Choromatsu's terms exactly, but Poseidon would have been largely more upset if he'd tried to lie to his face. At least this is somewhat more acceptable. Still not at all okay, because there is a lot of ground to cover and a lot to discuss.

...and suddenly, he finds that he really doesn't want to be here. In this grotto, surrounded by...all of these human things. But he holds himself back from snatching Choromatsu up and leaving just yet, because this is probably the best, most secluded place they have to talk, never mind all of the evidence for his argument is out in plain sight.

Poseidon can feel his chest ache with the revelation, but it could not be more clear.

But in spite of everything...part of him still wants to deny it. Wants to maybe just...believe that Choromatsu's friends are simply wreckless thrill seekers, and that Choromatsu got himself dragged into their ways much like the trouble he and Osomatsu got into as children.]


...Choromatsu.

Where do your friends live?
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[That's going to be a problem, because Poseidon doesn't say anything else. He just waits.]
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[Another long, uncomfortable stretch of silence follows.]

"It's really from the surface. The surface."

[Poseidon repeats Choromatu's words back at him, each one dripping with disappointment.]

All of these things...they are from the surface.

[He hisses the word like a curse, starting to move closer.]

You cannot get the things you have simply by collecting them on a beach. Can you?
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[Poseidon has always been...rather easily persuaded, even gullible at times when it comes to his children. He loves them, wants to believe them and trust them wholeheartedly in everything they do. But this is a situation in which he has reason to believe he's been lied to, but he's also not going to accuse him outright of that.

This isn't getting them anywhere.]


But what about the rest. Your friends gave them to you...am I right?
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[He sighs, feeling his anger starting to return. It isn't like Choromatsu to be so short and cagey. He's hiding something from him.]

You have been to the surface today...and we will discuss that in due time. But what I need you to tell me right now is if that has been the only time you have ventured up there.

[The only reason he caught Choromatsu...was because he abused his powers to go looking for him, something he vowed never to do unless it was an emergency.]
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[personal profile] karappo 2017-09-15 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Perhaps he just wanted to hear it from him himself. To not assume what he already knew to be true.

But that doesn't make it any better, far from it.

The god raises up in the water just slightly, staring down at Choromatsu with an expression that is almost hard to read with the mix of emotions there.]


Choromatsu. Not only have you deliberately been disobeying me, but you- of all of your brothers- I believed would understand the dangers of the surface more than anyone. You nearly died by the hands of humans, and yet you- you-

[He suddenly slams his trident into the sand again, unable to keep his composure any longer.]

Have you lost your mind!?

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