<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/E2RsII0.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Mei Sampson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=250784.msg12395389#msg12395389) | Nyaromon<br/><strong>Time:</strong>???<br/><strong>Location:</strong>???, Crystal Lake<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Warnings:</strong>N/A<br/><hr/>The blanket of darkness that had overwhelmed her had been a comfortable one. In it there was no pain, no grief, no worries. Just the pleasant ease of floating weightlessly along a river of black.<i>This is nice…</i>Her own disembodied voice murmured with a contented sigh, but when she tried to refill her lungs something thicker and more viscous than air filled her mouth and seeped into her lungs instead. It strangled her, cutting off precious air to her already hazy brain as her hands found her throat and mouth to claw and try to pry away whatever was obstructing her air-passages. Intangible fluid escaped between her fingers and it was at that point that she realized she wasn’t floating but<i>sinking</i>. Lilac hues popped open wide, that shroud of black fading away to a murky turquoise fog so thick and humid there was no doubt in her mind that she had somehow fallen head first into water.<br/><br/>Her lips parted to scream but only bubbles escaped. Mei choked, her body animating as she struggled to figure out which way was up and which way was down. Where was she?<i>How</i>had she gotten here? Was this going to be her watery grave?! Tears would have sprung to her eyes hadn’t she been surrounded by water already. Then, from the corner of her eye, she saw something<i>large</i>move in the shadowy depths and her heart seized in her chest. Oh god… She was going to die, wasn’t she? She was! This was it! She was either going to drown or get eaten by a sea monster or something! The was her last thought as the darkness consumed her once again.<br/><br/><div align="center">*****</div><br/>“Maybe it’s a Mermaimon…”<br/>”Don’t you think it’d be a<i>little</i>hard for a Mermaimon to<i>drown</i>?”<br/>“I don’t know! I’ve never met one before!”<br/>”Sshh, sshh! I think it’s waking up! Look.”<br/><br/>To say that coming to consciousness wasn’t a pleasant thing would be a<i>grievant</i>understatement. Her entire body ached, her head pounded so violently that she thought it could explode at any moment, and to top it all off her chest burned like someone had literally used it as a campfire. Mei choked and sputtered, rolling onto her side as she vomited what she was sure had to be one of her<i>lungs</i>all over the sand mixed dirt beneath her. She wheezed, each breath rattling violently with the fluids still trapped in her lungs and with every breath she took more liquid was expelled in another violent hemorrhage that swept over her small body. By the time she was done she was so exhausted and light headed that she could barely roll upon her back before collapsing sprawled out.<br/><br/>“What are you doing?!” A male voice whispered harshly off to her left.<br/><br/>”Ssshhh! Be quiet! Just trust me, jeez!” Another voice hissed back, this one decidedly female. They both sounded really young to boot – like children, really. Had children somehow managed to save her..? ”Hey!” A little grey blob with cat-like ears upon the top of its head and bright yellow eyes stared down at her expectantly. ”Can you tell Betamon you’re not a Mermaimon?” She scowled down at her and Mei’s eyes practically bugged out of her head.<br/><br/>Oh god,<i>oh god</i>, she had brain damage. She nearly drowned and now she had brain damage from it! That was the only possible answer for this!! And the worst part was, she currently didn’t even have enough energy to try and run away from these freaky delu--- Holy moly, what the heck was<i>that</i>?!<br/><br/>“Hey! Can’t you see its still in a daze? Leave it alone!” This big green toad thing with an orange Mohawk chastised the little cat eared thing.<br/>”Oh<i>she’s</i>fine.” The feline rolled her eyes and Mei blinked, dumbfounded.<br/>“<i>She?</i>”<br/>”Yeah!<i>She!</i>See these mound things on its chest?” And that’s when the little blob hopped up onto Mei’s stomach and bounced just below her breasts, making them sway and bounce in unison as Mei yelped.<br/>“Yeah?”<br/>”Only the females have these things!” It said matter-o-factually as if it were the most scientific classification in the world.<br/>“Oooooh.” And clearly the green one was just as gullible as its child-like voice made it seem. If these two didn’t look so clearly different she might even think they were brother and sister with the way they talked to each oth---<i>Elias!!!</i><br/><br/>Mei gasped as she sat up abruptly, dismounting the little feline with a protestant ”Hey!” as Mei struggled and staggered to her feet shakily. Where was Elias?! She was just with him in the park. They were on their way to school when that bright light appeared and she felt his hand being literally<i>ripped</i>from her own. Had he fallen into the water too?!<br/><br/>“What is it doing? Why isn’t it saying anything…?”<br/>”<i>She</i>, and maybe she doesn’t talk?”<br/><br/>Well<i>she</i>certainly didn’t have time for these child-like delusions, because without a word she scanned the area and then quickly went rushing back into the crystalline waters of the lake in front of her. ”Huh…maybe she<i>is</i>a Mermaimon…” “Told you!”<br/><br/>”<b><i>ELIAS!!!</i></b>” The girl’s terrified cry interrupted whatever gloating the Betamon was about to do as she started to frantically search throughout the waves for any sign or hair of her brothers’ presence.<br/><br/>“What’s an Elias…?”<br/>”I dunno… Did you see anyone else in the water?”<br/>“Nope! Just her.”<br/><br/>Mei paused, blinking as she turned back towards the two …<i>pokemon</i>things and stared at them for a long moment. The two perked as her eyes fell upon her, then froze as she continued stare. It wasn’t until they started to squirm beneath her gaze that she finally attempted to speak. ”Th-there was no one else in the water? No boys?” She asked hoarsely, her throat on fire from her the bile she’d dispelled from her stomach earlier.<br/><br/>”Ah! She does talk!” The feline bounced happily and the green one shook his oddly shaped head.<br/>“No, sorry. Yours was the only light I saw falling in the water.” He explained and she found herself blinking again.<br/>”Light…?”<br/>”Yeah, there were a bunch of lights that fell from the sky a little bit ago! Me and Betamon came to investigate.” The grey grinned and the green puffed out his little chest, preening.<br/>“<i>I</i>saved you!” He exclaimed proudly and the grey bounced beside him happily.<br/><br/>Yup, she was definitely out of her mind…