Mittie
Ishihara stood by the coast, his eyes narrowed as he glanced around at the water. "Fucks sake.." He muttered to himself, rolling his trousers up his legs slightly as he wade into the water, drawing his sword. He stabbed down wildly towards any fish that passed him, muttering angrily the whole time. While normally a level headed person, hunger had drove him to become incredibly irritable. His journey to here had been a long one, and he'd found very little time to hunt anything that would provide him with a satisfying meal, and what he had hunted often was sold. "Stupid bloody fishes... Swimming all around me, somehow miraculously avoiding me. I'm no good at this fishing, or spear fishing.. I don't even know what I'd refer to this as."
Dana
*It was a clear and usual day for Lumybdis. The tribe had sent her deadly spy around Shasaek. As an important port of the Empire, the M'lystan lady would probably have found interesting informations about the next sailing ships.*
*Maneuvering effortlessly in the shallow waters of the beach thanks to her Siren tail, she soon caught sight of a seemingly young man trying to desperately catch food.*
`"What... A fool human. He don't know... How to fish."` *She sighted at the view of his poor fishing technique.* `"Pity on him."`
*While touching the sandfloor, she dismissed her tail which revealed her feminine bare legs. She didn't want to scare that hunter, as he could potentially have had an idea of where the city was. She approached him slowly and without any attempt at ambushing him, she couldn't have done so anyway: the water line arrived up to her belly and made a lot of noise as the waves hit on her fishy although perfect skin.*
`"Human. Need help? Fishing isn't like this..."` *She straightforwardly asked.*
*Her red eyes would have been quite intimidating, but she presented all of the aspect of an attractive M'lysta woman. Her monotonous voice wasn't sounding threatenning either as she spoke with a neutral tone.*
```Bioluminescence: disabled```
Mittie
Ishihara glanced up towards the woman as she approached, nodding. "Yeah, I could probably do with some help. Sea hunting isn't exactly the same as land hunting I have decided. I've also came to the conclusion that I'm hopeless when it comes, uh.. Whatever I'm trying to do here, I would call it fishing but I don't think this qualifies as fishing if I'm being honest. " He grinned, stabbing at yet another fish, almost stabbing his own foot in the process. "Also, if you don't mind me asking, where did you come from? I thought I would be the only person around here for a while, I didn't see anyone else around before I got in the sea."
Dana
*She mechanically moved aside her soaked bangs while responding to him.*
`"Me. I am M'lysta... Merfolks. We live in the seas..."` *She vaguely introduced herself.* `"I patrolled the beach, but I saw you... And your horrible technique."`
*She then leaned to slightly lift her leather skirt, revealing a bit more of her thick, blueish thigh in the process, but more importanly revealing two holsters filled with rusty blades. She picked off her dagger and leaned even more toward the water surface.*
`"I show you. How to fish."` *She firmly said, gazing into the young hunter's eyes.*
Mittie
"I'm Ishihara, and, uh. That's an interesting place to live I suppose." He moved back to give her more space, sheathing his own sword. "Sure, that'd be appreciated. I'm actually really good at doing this sort of stuff with land animals, but fishes got a bit more.. Weird movement possibilities, I guess." He shrugged, drawing his own dagger. "I'll just copy whatever you do, I suppose."
Arnold
Ah, Salvania. It's been a while since he was here. But he finally mustered up the courage to enter again and go to the coast, as it was probably the most "Alone" Place right now. No need to get stared at by everyone. But of course, he saw the mermaid in the distance and curiosity got the best of him. Who was she helping and why? He approached and watched.
Dana
*The m'lystan woman then disappeared under the water in a fast and graceful dive. While Tyler wouldn't have been able to see her position under the waves and because of the distance, Ishihara would have been able to observe her movements despite the blurring.*
*She swam fast thanks to her fishy skin and palmed limbs, and quickly, red tainted the surface as Lumybdis emerged in a big splash.*
*She pushed back her head so her increadibly long hair could have gotten rid of some of the saline water which was weighting down on them. She victoriously exposed her catch: a medium-sized eel, wriggling of pain because of the rusty steel piercing through its body.*
`"Swim like fish. Wait. Stab. It's easy."` *She barely explained, still giving that blank red gaze to the man.*
*The blue siren didn't notice the brayer yet since she was busy.*
Mittie
"Yeah, no. I can't see me being able to do that. I didn't exactly swim much as a child, nor am I very good at it. My focus would be on not drowning, rather than actually stabbing the fish." Despite saying this, he did dive into the water and attempt to do the same. However, his swimming was wild and lacked any kind of technique, his kicks creating massive splashes behind him which caused fishes to swim around. Every time he attempted to slash or stab at any fish around him, his blade moved far too slowly through the water and was unable to get even close to stabbing it. "I'm so bad at this." He scowled, finally surfacing. "I'm also soaked now.. I should of thought this through a bit more."
Arnold
He finally spoke in a rather booming voice. "Excuse me? How'd you manage to stab an eel?" He had many other questions, such as why would let the thing suffer like that. But he felt like that would get on her case too much. He noticed that walking with hooves meant less annoying sand stuck on them, which was nice... Then he noticed Ishihara soaking and tilted a head at him.
Dana
*Her fiery glance redirected to the impressive being that just spoke. She remained silent for a few seconds, observing the big figure which was slowly closing the distance. A quite uncommon being, for sure.*
`"The sea... M'lystan domain. Landfolks can't master the ocean."` *She coldly replied.*
*She then cold-bloodedly ripped the eel's head with her sharp nails to end its suffering, which ended up in a bloody shower. Not like she seemed to mind blood spitted on her anyway as she remained completely stoic. The sea huntress then bent down to wash the meat which ceased to move, before extending her arm to present the meal to Ishihara.*
`"You seem... Hungry. Eat. Eel is delicious."` *She offered while blood was running on her chest and leather corset.*
Mittie
"Uh.. Thank you?" He took the eel, frowning deeply. "This doesn't exactly seem hygienic or anything to eat if I'm being honest, it's raw after all." He bit into it regardless. He gave a small smile, as if pretending to enjoy it, but this façade was swiftly ruined by a coughing fit where he coughed up all that he had just ate. "Yeah, that needs cooking, sorry." He wiped his mouth clean, holding it back out to her. "I'll have to pass on that unless you can cook it."
Arnold
Tyler was immediately disgusted by the rather violent actions of Lumybdis, as much as tried to hide that fact. Even he ate raw meat sometimes, but he never enjoyed it. He then stopped trying and was instead clearly almost gagging from her actions. "I... Don't think a human should eat raw, ever. It's... Dangerous. It needs to be cooked," He said perhaps a little too honestly.
Dana
*She folded her arm as the macen declined the meal. It was hard to tell if she was upset or disappointed since she didn't say a word, instead raising the eel toward her lips, and bite a small piece. She discreetly chomped and raised an intrigued brow.*
`"Meat is good. Landfolks don't know about good meal."` *She muffled while eating.* `"Cook... What it means anyway?"`
*She continued to feed off her prey while glancing at the two landfolks hoping that one of them would have explained what the hunter meant by 'cook', while even more blood poured down on her curvy body.*
Mittie
"Basically, cooking is when you heat it up to make it safe for eating. Also, you'd have to prepare this probably, and bleed it so that the blood isn't constantly filling up your mouth which isn't the nicest thing." He moved back towards land. "I can try to show you if you bring it to land. I can show you if I can find wood or something anyway." He shrugged, running a hand through his wet hair. "Also can dry myself in the process which would be nice."
Arnold
He nodded to agree with Ishihara. "I'll help you get the wood. You might freeze to death if we don't do this fast enough.." He said as he was immediately on his way over to the nearby woods to pick up the biggest sticks and logs he could find. Unsurprisingly, he began carrying several sticks at a time over to the sand and proceeded to drop them all on one spot.
Dana
*Lumybdis watched the two men moving around to prepare a campfire while finishing her dish. She sheathed her rusty dagger and penibly got out of the water in a grunt.*
*She hated land, but it was her job. And she had to avenge her fallen tribe. The hunter would probably have been an easy target, but the Brayer could probably have crushed her easily if she did a single bad move. While she had the curves, the charms and the pheromones to distract her preys, she couldn't focus on two creatures at once.*
*The deadly siren sighted, resolving herself to repel her murderous instinct, at least for now.*
*She sat on a mossy rock and crossed her legs, looking at the workers which were busy for an obscure reason for her. Her fishy skin was reflecting many colors under the sunlight -at least where no blood covered it- while she waited on the two busy bees.*
`"What to do now?"` *She asked, seemingly bored.*
Mittie
"I mean, we need to start the fire first then also get something to cook the eel with, a sharp twig or something I guess." He shrugged, moving to grab two twigs, one of which was very bent. "Just got to make friction." He took of his boots, undoing the laces. After doing this, he tied it around the bent twig. He then rubbed the laces against the other twig, creating friction. "So, uh.. Other person. "He glanced up towards Tyler. "What's your name? I'm Ishihara." After a few moments, there was a small fire in front of them all. "I truly am a genius. "He muttered, lacking any kind of modesty. "Get a sharp twig and then impale the eel ,while turning it. It should cook it decently enough." He glanced back after seeing. "Ah.. You ate it. Well, uh, consider this a future lesson in cooking." He muttered, looking down, somewhat embarrased.
Arnold
Tyler raised an eyebrow at Ishihara for a moment, then stopped wondering about why he just praised himself. "Umm, could she just get another one and give it to us? Why not show her how we cook? I mean... She wouldn't need to know, just... She doesn't seem to understand our way of things. My name is Tyler, by the way. The lamest name around.." Muttered. Everyone else's names seemed strange to him, but he since realized he was just the one with the least interesting name.
Dana
*Lumybdis glanced at the fire, and soon she was absorbed by it. It remembered her of __that__ day, where the sea became red and covered in flames. Her body shivered incontrolably by thinking about her dark souvenir, and her voice reflected her inner fear as well as awakoe her hatred which was sleeping until now.*
`"You landfolks... Know better how to kill than merfolks. I won't fish again."` *She disdainly declined.*
*It seemed like the fishy lady really decided to not move at all, staying on her mossy rock.*
`"Show me landfolks cruelty. Go hunt animals. And burn them with fire."`
*It would have been hard to know what was happening in her head for the others because of her rudimentary and weird speech.*
Mittie
"I'd happily hunt, but let me dry off first." He shuffled closer to the heat, waiting for all his clothes to try and he relaced his boots. "And why do you say us landfolks have cruelty and that we kill better than your kind? I just saw you slaughter that fish much better than most landfolk could of done, and then you ate it raw and maybe before it had even died. That's pretty cruel in my eyes." He frowned, standing up, having dried significantly. "Besides, I don't know the area well at all, so it might take me a bit to hunt."
Arnold
He squinted at Lumybdis for a split second, then looked away again. He spoke to her without making eye contact. "I'll be honest, you really don't get it. An animal is dead before we cook it. Even then, I hate killing. I have to, or I will starve. I have no money, and I am happy not to. That is not where human cruelty lies, rather war and slavery and torture. Most of us would hate to torture, but only the worst stories get passed around."
Dana
*Hearing those meaningless explanations had no effect on her twisted mind, but they couldn't know. Now those thorny words didn't please Lumybdis at all. She clenched her firsts which were resting on her skirt.*
`"No. No! NO! You. Can't understand. Landfolks *ARE* Cruel! But you can't know..."` *She suddenly crazily shouted in aversion.*
*She then extended her right arm and opened her hand while an indigo blue sphere was getting shaped. Probably some water magic. The crazy m'lysta then aimed at the firecamp and proceeded to fire her spell on it, which would probably have extinguished the little flames if it hit successfully.*

Mana Pool: 142/150```
Mittie
"What the fuck?" He yelled, backing up quickly. A faint glowing white aura would suddenly surround Ishihara, acting as a defense incase she decided to attack him. "What are you doing? That fire was going to make food for us.." He scowled, resting his right hand on the hilt of the sword. (apologies for length, im a bit tired(

Mana pool: 90/100
Arnold
He jumped back from the sudden outburst. It didn't make sense to him. Was her whole family killed by humans, or something? It sure seemed like it. He looked at her not angrily, but with pity. "So. You're saying we're cruel, but we can't understand. Tell me, how can we not if we're the ones being cruel?"
Dana
*Since nobody protected the campfire, the flame vanished in an explosion of water, making all the wood damp as well as moistening the three persons around the dead fire. Lumybdis only realized what she had done when the sphere exploded though.*
*Even if she didn't feel sorry, her urge of unwinding herself was satisfied and so, she calmed down, her voice returning to her usual neutrality.*
`"Fire... Blinded my eyes. I am sorry..."` *She lied to defend herself.*
*It seemed like the brayer already took her in pity anyway.*
`"I'll go fish something. Wait. And make fire."`
*She rose from her seat and returned to the sea, dagger in hand.*
Mittie
"Thank fuck.." He muttered, calming down. He sat down once again. "Why did fire blind your eyes? Is that just a you thing or all merfolk? I've never met any of your kind." He once again set about creating the fire, a little bigger this time. He also used his dagger to sharpen a twig. "I'll use this one for cooking I think."
Arnold
He huffed and got back to work on finding new sticks and logs that were dry. The sudden 180 she did was suspicious and immediately gave him a red flag, but he would let it slide for now. It made no sense to him. "Why would she not want us to know why she hates landfolks? It makes no sense to me. She's... Stubborn," He said while dropping a log and a few more sticks on ANOTHER pile. "Maybe it was just an outburst. But if she does this again, I don't want to be seeing her anymore."