One Seashell - Action

[upthere]

[When Ariel burst out of the sea, she had expected to still be in the water. What she wasn't expected was to be stuck up in a tree.

At least, she thinks it's called a tree. Whatever it is, she's stuck in it, and the ground is pretty far beneath her.

She leans over to cling to the trunk of the tree and stares down, wondering how she got up here and how to get down and - and is that... is that the ground?

Then she... She's on the land?

Ariel slowly looks over to her legs. Legs. Legs! She can't help stretching one out, and the shock on her face turns into elation. It worked! The spell worked! Oh, she has to find Eric now! She -

She's so happy that she very nearly falls out of the tree, and she holds tightly to the trunk again. Yeaaah, she should. Probably not move much right now, even for Eric.

Maybe someone will come along...]

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[tailasoldastime]

[Oh no, she hea- but she doesn't mind?] I... r-really?

B-but, but you're... [Sixteen, seventeen years old? How do you not walk for that long?]

[upthere]

[Human? That's how her mind completes it, anyway.

She bites her lip and looks off to the side. Hmm. Maybe trying to explain it wasn't a good idea after all... But it's not like she can just leave it at that. Let's just hope he figures out what she'll try to say next.

Ariel gestures down to her legs with her free hand, then moves that same hand in a way that a dolphin's tail would move under water. Or, rather, a mermaid.]

[tailasoldastime]

[Huh... gesturing again? Can she not talk or something?

He's not always good with these, but he thinks he might know what she's talking about?] You... y-you're used to... swimming?

[upthere]

[She nods. Yes, that's right! Used to swimming and only swimming.

And occasionally sneaking onto ships. But that's a different story.]

[tailasoldastime]

I... [This... takes him back a good ten years... when he was forced to adapt to his present form... suddenly having all of this strength, this fur, trying to hold things with claws... and especially learning how to walk on all fours when his limbs are different on each end.

So quietly, but firmly, he responds with an:] I understand.

[By now they should be able to see a clearing beyond the trees, probably with visible buildings.]