"Curse the ocean and deep sea for being so close tonight.." Allen murmured, as he arrived again at Mako Island. It was still night, and he had to do the trouble to go back and then again forth by the ferry, to look as if he hadnt been here before.<br/>The worst call was though, that it was a moonlit night, and the water called to him with each wave, to just come swim and play. So, while he was totally fine with nightshifts usually, this time, he felt watched and nervous.<br/>Instead of the usual nightshift, there was a staff meeting, explaining the purpose.<br/>They would mix with the other researchers, and find rare minerals and possible marine life. Allen just stayed in the background, and decided to join the people who were just taking water probes and mineral /botanic ones, but Dr. Yates seemed to single him out again.<br/><br/>Under close watch from the marine scientist, Allen had to reply to a series of questions about marine life, science and even some random biochemistry related questions. Trying to respond correctly, but not over the top Allen took his sweet time, but probably, Dr.Yates had calculated this as well, so he had asked more deep questions from the start.<br/>Basically, he could not get out of being picked as one of the main participants. Allen sighed, as he packed his tools and prepared to board the boat, finally.<br/><br/>[..]<br/>What is more, even if Dr.Yates had the choice to pick his own room, Allen still ended up rooming with his professor!  With shady excuses that there were not enough rooms besides for females, the merman could not argue about it.<br/>Feeling a little paranoid though, he could not sleep at all.<br/>Allen understood the mood of a fish being watched in a water tank closely this very night, as he tried not to toss and turn from the situation.<br/>As the awful night was almost over, the merman blinked sleepily and a little gloomy into the sunlight, his hair messed up from trying to pretend to sleep.<br/>[..]<br/><br/>He was one of the first people out on the boat, and even though his clothes were dressed a little sloppily due to him not being a morning person at all, they were not dirty or messy.<br/>He was wearing a navy blue jeans, and a simple white tank top as he left the cabin, still a little groggy. Grabbing one of the marine zoo's caps and zip-up hoodies from his bag, he put them on. The night shift ones were a bluish black, with the logo on the back. The cap had a logo in the front, as well.<br/>Being here for work, he tied up his hair in a ponytail, and grabbed his backpack with tools, before jumping off the ship.<br/>The set up was already done, and the place seemed very lively for a closed off island.<br/><br/>Allen whistled slightly, as he looked around. Just 24 hours before, this had been a completely empty place.<br/>Squinting his eyes in the sun, he looked for familiar faces, but found none.<br/>It seemed though, that the 'familiar faces' looked for him instead.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Mr. Allen!" </span><br/>He liked the professor, but after last night Dr.Yates call made him want to cringe and stealthily make his way out of here. Mixing under the unfamiliar faces, he made his way from the voice, instead of coming towards it, hoping that he was spared today.<br/>He could not avoid the professor, but ...<br/>~Give me at least a little break, dammit..~ thought the merman as he almost bumped into a classmate.<br/><br/>"Hey Allen!" the poor guy greeted him as he was already pushed into a tent by the merman. "Shh."<br/>"..W-what do you want, Allen.. I mean.." his clasmate blushed and Allen rememberd that his species did indeed attract some types of humans..no matter the gender.  Especially the weaker willed ones were very susceptible.. to his voice.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Ugh. Just my luck.~ </span>The merman cursed, then he decided to make use of the classmate.<br/><br/>"Go out and look for Professor Yates - tell him I am taking a dump and will meet him at the site later." He lowered his voice and whispered into the guys' ear.<br/>"O-okay."<br/><br/>Allen exhaled, as the intoxicated guy left.<span style="font-style: italic">~This is getting worse. No, it is completely bad.~</span>He decided to take a small rest in a secluded area, before they would meet up at the site, and swerved from the lively path into a more secluded part of the forest on Mako Island.<br/><br/>[..]<br/><br/>"Ah." Dr. Yates caught a glimpse of green hair and steered Marina softly through the people, but he was held up by greeting here and there, because contrary to the merman, even if the Professor did not know everyone here, everyone knew him.<br/>Some of the researchers even knew Marina and greeted out to her, to trade a few simple words. However, Dr.Yates kept it simple and moved on.<br/>Then he stopped, scratching  his head a little.<br/><br/>"Well, though I do praise him a lot, never let him hear it, Marina." sighing, he continued. "He is brilliant, but he is also a little... wild."<br/><br/>As expected, a slightly blushing male student arrived, almost saluting before the two, and just repeated Allens sentence, before rushing off.<br/>"Haha. " A bit embarassed, Dr.Yates chuckled softly. "Well, its a pity, but he is an... interesting guy. Very interesting. If you have the chance, look for the one with the green colored hair, you cant miss him."<br/>Apologizingly, Dr. Yates looked to Marina.