[Voice/Action to those in Port Chance]

[legsarerequired]

[She’s been talking to a human girl for like, the last few hours! It was scary at first, but then she just started talking and rambling and everything was spilling out of the other girl which got Ariel talking and... and... it’s so cool! Talking to a real live human!]

[And then she was told she could talk to MORE. This little journal she found could do it. HOW EXCITING!.]

Hello? I was told that I could contact more humans through this thing. Just by talking! How amazing is that? Does it really work? She called it... a “Journal”. She told me everything! This isn’t home, which is more of an adventure then I’ve ever been on. I miss my friends though but I’m sure they’d be proud of me.

Oh, but she told me about Pirates, and that there is a race going on? [she gave a chipper giggle to that] Races are great! She said there was a prize and everything. It sounds like the yearly dolphin races back in our kingdom.

[there was another pause and the sound of someone holding a hand over her mouth to hide the giggles filtering from her mouth] It feels silly talking out loud to a journal. Can people really hear me?

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[For those of you at Port Chance still, this is open for Action too. She’s sitting on a rock, on the beach, tail half in the water, red hair bright and a small journal in her lap. She’s pawing through it, hearing what others have said and are saying. How curious!]

[She’s spoken to enough humans at this point that she isn’t jetting away. Far too curious to run, but if you startle her she can hit the water almost instantly!]

Comments

[Voice]

[om_nom_namur]

Hell yeah, people can hear y', sweetheart. Y' from somewhere there ain't a shitload a humans everywhere? How come y' jus' wanna talk t' them?

[Voice]

[legsarerequired]

[Ahhhh! It’s true! You can’t see it, but she’s holding the journal up with both hands, looking into it, and grinning!] Oh! It does work! Hello! Oh uh, I’m from Atlantica. There are no humans there though.

[Humans are TABOO, okay?]

[Voice]

[om_nom_namur]

What kind a people are y' then?

[If they're a bunch of shitty birds he's gonna chuck a table.]

[Voice]

[legsarerequired]

[You aren’t a human, are you. You made a big fuss about that. Still, she sounds just as excited to talk to you! But! She answered this question earlier to someone else.]

I’m one of King Triton’s daughters, of the Merfolk of Atlantica. Do you know of it? [no one else has known of it yet silly npcs]

voice;

[feetarestrange]

Yeah, we can hear you just fine. [Although...] You have dolphin races?

voice; (can i say our journal names made me LOL)

[legsarerequired]

[Oh! there is another voice! She sounds pleased to talk to someone else. Ariel brings all the fishfolk to the shipyard]

Oh yes! We do. Some dolphins train year round to play. As serious as they take it, I think they have a lot of fun.

voice; (it's pretty much the best)

[feetarestrange]

There's a lot of space here for a race like that, but I'm not sure if now would be the right time. Everyone is already in the middle of another race.

Voice

[originaldragoon]

Yes the journal works and people can hear you just fine.

Voice

[legsarerequired]

Thank you! These are really something, rean't they? I never dreams of such advances where I'm from.

Voice

[originaldragoon]

Well, it certainly makes communicating over great distances easier.

You sound quite excited to be here.

voice;

[wantsarobotgarden]

People can hear you loud and clear, but uh... Sorry for asking but is a dolphin race exactly what it sounds like?

voice;

[legsarerequired]

Thank you! I didn't believe it at first but now I do!

Oh yes. It's a race that dolphins do every year to see who is the fastest!

voice;

[wantsarobotgarden]

But I thought dolphins swam about the same speed? But your saying some can be faster than others.

voice;

[watchesthesea]

[Kairi feels like she should at least give her hellos anyway to more new arrivals]

Hearing you loud and clear and it can feel silly talking out loud to a journal. I mean after all they are usually used for writing in and not speaking into, but you'll get use to it I'm sure.

But I'm safe to assume that you are new here, correct?

voice;

[legsarerequired]

Everyone here seems to be so nice! Thank you for confirming! It really does feel a bit silly talking to one of these things, but I'm really glad I did.

Oh, ah, yes, I suppose that stands out pretty well, doesn't it? That I'm new? It's true though!

voice;

[watchesthesea]

I'm sure it may seem silly now, but you'll adjust to live here soon enough. You just gotta find a crew to join and be like a family to help you.

It kind of does make you stand out, but it's good it helps me figure out a method for welcoming people and offering to answer any and all questions you might have.

Voice;

[seakingbait]

This world is nothing but adventure!

[Giggle.]

Voice;

[legsarerequired]

[Oh yay! Another chipper voice! She sounds happier to hear this]

Really?! Like what kind? Someone else made it sound really dangerous here, but it's so new it must have some interesting things in it.

[seakingbait]

There's so many neat islands to explore! I don't know if we'll ever see them all.

Some of them are kinda dangerous, but if you have your friends by your side, you'll be okay!

voice;

[hoodwinking]

Hello there! You certainly are talking to a human right now. What's your name, and what are you?

Ah, and yes! We're in the middle of a little race, but I don't think it'd be like a race you've been a part of.

voice;

[legsarerequired]

[and another. How wonderful!]

Oh my father would have a fit if he knew how many humans I am getting to talk to. He seems to think you're all trouble, but so far everyone has been very kind. I'm Ariel! I'm... a mermaid.

[she giggles though, about the race] No, it doesn't sound like the kind of race I know. Still, competition is always a little fun, right?

voice;

[hoodwinking]

It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Ariel. Goodness, another mermaid... ah, I wouldn't say that, by the way. If anything, most humans go out of their way to prevent trouble!

Of course it is! We're doing quite well in the race so far, but you'd better hurry onto a crew before it's too late and you get left behind!

Voice

[raavashing]

We can hear you. You raced dolphins?

[Wan's first introduction to dolphins was in this world. So it was interesting when he heard stuff about other worlds that had many of the same elements of this one.]

How did you race them?

Voice

[legsarerequired]

I'm so glad. This little... book is really amazing.

Oh, I've never raced with one myself. Or at least not in sport. Just for fun! The Dolphins are just really playful is all. They've been having annual races for as long as I can remember. They line up at the castle and a group of other fish line up a course for them. The first one through it fastest wins for the years! It's a lot of fun to watch.

[Yes, the dolphins race for themselves, not as mounts...]

Voice

[raavashing]

They race themselves?

[Wan's voice is in awe.]

I didn't know dolphins liked to do that! Though, I don't really get much time to spend with them. They live in the water and I can't stay down there long enough to get any time with most of the sea creatures. You must be one yourself, if you have a castle the fish and dolphins can swim so close to. Are you a sea creature? Or a spirit maybe?