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Post by nightlightwolf on Jan 30, 2009 18:02:13 GMT -5
Hailey slithered out of the water and she set him down on the shore and lifted his chin slightly." are you alright?....can you hear me?" she said softly almost motheringly then her moved behind him and checked over his head.Stareing at a large gash on his head she frowned and she looked at him." you need to get to a hospital...."
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Post by jollyjohanna on Jan 31, 2009 5:55:40 GMT -5
Phil leaned forward were he sat and yelped slightly.
"I'm fine" he answered automatically. A small part of him, the part that wasn't occupied with the pain, wondered over that he now was talking to the fish-thing without being afraid. It had cleared up a bit for him now, and he realized what just had happen and what could have happen if she had been hostile. The thought made him shiver, but he quickly dismissed it. He was here now and he was alive. If that was due to a fish woman who lived in the lake, then so be it. Then again, the fact could be that he somehow had gone raving mad and started seeing things, but he decided that that might be a later issue.
When she said the thing about hospital he shook his head and then gave up another yelp. He made a mental note to keep his head still further on.
"Naah, 'm okay. I don't need t' go to hospital right yet!" he protested and tried to look over his shoulder to get a glance of her.
"Just... just... what are you? I mean... who are you?"
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Post by nightlightwolf on Jan 31, 2009 13:47:01 GMT -5
Hailey looked at him and he moved from behind him and went to his front and tilted her head ." what i am....you might say....is a ciren...but do not be afraid....i wont hurt you" Hailey closed her eyes and tilted her head in the other direction and made a small smile." for as who i am.....you may call me Hailey".Hailey's skin started to turn lighter almost skin color and she looked at her hands and she sighed" looks like i cant stay for much longer....you should really go home.......but the question.....can you move enough to get there".
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Post by jollyjohanna on Jan 31, 2009 15:08:19 GMT -5
Phil's frown increased when he tried to remember what a ciren was, or if he ever had heard anything about something called ciren. His general knowledge was pretty insufficient. He gave up.
"Is that like a mermaid? I mean, you don't really look like a mermaid. I mean... not any mermaid I've seen on TV at least."
He suddenly stopped when he realized that he was blabbering. Normally he didn't say anything unnecessarily, but he couldn't help himself. This was the first time he met someone who could compete with him in weirdness.
"Okay... 'm Phil. Nice meeting you, I guess. Except for the whole hitting-my-head-and-falling-into-the-water thing...And, uh, sorry for throwing stuff at you. I thought you were a seal."
When she said that she couldn't stay much longer he failed to notice how her skin started to turn lighter. Instead he started to shake his head fervently, but that only lead to more headache.
"...Ouch. No, wait! I... I've got so much to ask you... Do you really live in the sea? How's that possible? Are there other mermaids, or... other things in the sea? Do you know any..."
He then noticed her skin that had started to turn lighter and his eyes widened in shock.
"Oh no! Are you dying when you're on dry land?!"
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Post by nightlightwolf on Jan 31, 2009 15:45:39 GMT -5
Hailey looked at him and made a soft laugh." calm down I'm fine its just when i get dry i turn into my human form and a ciren is a kind of mermaid........but.....not a good one.......... lets leave it there and as for others....yes....there many of us". Hailey smiled again" no I'm not a seal and its fine....many would have thought the same"Hailey straightened up and she backed into the water slightly she was once again wet and she turned back to normal then she went back on the shore." i can live both on sea and land depending on the weather,gills my dear boy is how i live under water" Hailey moved her hair slightly away from the back of her neck and there where a set of gills.
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Post by jollyjohanna on Jan 31, 2009 17:27:13 GMT -5
Phil made an effort to calm down. Normally he didn't do 'overexcited kid'.
But he realized that it was true that he had to go to the hospital, he could feel his own blood trickle down his nape. But it was so unfair! Why did he have to go and slip and hurt himself just when he had found another person who was...special? Stupid slippery mold.
But he could sit here for at least a few minutes more. He ignored the dancing dots in front of his eyes and focused on Hailey once again.
"So you can turn into a human? Wow. It feels so weird that I maybe walked next to you on the street without even noticing... or maybe there are more like us in school! I always thought I was alone."
He stared at his feet where he sat and then suddenly lifted up his head again. The thought of Amy, Josh, Mike or Lacey being able to turn into something else was dizzyingly, and he was dizzy enough as it were.
When she showed her gills he frowned.
"Eww. So you're not a mutant or something, then? That was what I thought first."
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Post by nightlightwolf on Jan 31, 2009 17:33:31 GMT -5
Hailey couldn't help but laugh and she looked at him" no I'm not a mutant he he". Looking at him again she noticed his blood and she frowned slightly and she reaches out and touched his neck" you really should go to a doctor....i can take you there if you want?".Hailey looked at him and swayed her long tail slightly her blue hair covered one of her eyes.
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Post by jollyjohanna on Jan 31, 2009 18:03:31 GMT -5
Phil sighed, suddenly gloomy. When she offered her help he looked at her tail with obvious skepticism.
"Yeah, sure" he said, his voice sarcastic. "We just have to find a car that you can squeeze into. I didn't know mermaids could get a drivers license."
Then his eyes went a little hazy; he swagged where he sat and almost fell over.
"'S okay" he muttered when he managed to sit upright again. "I just call my dad to come and get me."
He put his hand into his soaked pocket and withdrew the cellphone. First now realization struck him.
"F*ck nooo..."
Water trickled out of the cellphone and the display was completely black. Maybe Phil had survived the splash, but his phone hadn't.
"It was new! Dad's gonna kill me!"
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Post by nightlightwolf on Jan 31, 2009 18:09:47 GMT -5
Hailey picked him up and she sat up and looked at him" I'm not dumb child.....i don't always live in the water....and as for your phone...it will survive....just take the battery out and let it sit for a day".Hailey smiled and she slithered down the beach and went into a cave on the shore line and sat him down.Still close to the docks but far enough from everyone to notice anything.Hailey's skin was turning a light tan color again and it was easier to see her eyes, she grabbed cloths from behind and rock and she slithered farther down the cave,out of sight from the injured child.
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Post by jollyjohanna on Jan 31, 2009 18:40:25 GMT -5
"Hey! What're you... Hey!"
Phil protested when Hailey suddenly dragged her away, but he was too weak to make her let go of him. Suddenly they were inside a cave he'd never seen before and Hailey let go of him. He turned toward her and said angrily:
"Who're you calling child? I'm... hey! I'm talking to you!"
She vanished into the darker part of the cave where he couldn't see her anymore. Phil heightened his voice.
"Don't bother! I can get there on my own!"
Then he turned around and started to walk towards the opening of the cave. He was cross - mostly because she had treated him like a child. He was 14, not a child! Who did she think she was? It was hard to estimate because of her mermaid nature, but he didn't think she was that much older than him. And still she treated him like a baby. Nope, there was no way he was gonna put up with that. Besides, he wanted to show that he could take care of himself.
And he was afraid, but he didn't want to admit that to himself. The wound was still bleeding and actually it didn't hurt so much anymore; the pain had been replaced by a dull throbbing and the woozy feeling that his head had been emptied and filled with cotton. It was hard to walk in a straight line.
This worried him, and he'd rather wanted the pain. You knew where you stood with pain.
He paused to rest, leaned against the caves wall. Mold slowly kept over the stone surface and he didn't notice it. It was a pure defense instinct; the part of him that made mold grew felt that he was hurt and started to produce mold.
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Post by nightlightwolf on Jan 31, 2009 18:47:31 GMT -5
 Hailey walked over to him and looked at him and she smiled" your molding again".her voice had changed it was less echoie and she stood a bit taller then him,having legs she looked human now. " come on...." she smiled again and held out her hand acting completely normal" i wont bite...i promise".Hailey looked Young about 18 years old but in fact she was hundreds of years older then him. |
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Post by jollyjohanna on Jan 31, 2009 19:18:14 GMT -5
 He couldn't help staring. Well, she was gorgeous. When she mentioned the mold he looked at the wall and made a face. He quickly withdrew his hand from the moldy surface. "Oh..." He looked a bit uncertainly at Hailey. She didn't seem grossed out or anything. He pretended he didn't saw her hand and instead put his hands in his pockets and started to walk by her side. "That's it? You're not going to scream or throw up or even say 'eewww' or anything?" |
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Post by nightlightwolf on Jan 31, 2009 19:22:35 GMT -5
Hailey giggled slightly" i have seen worse in my life trust me" she smiled and kept her eyes forward.Taking longs breaths she took in the smell of the ocean and she looked at it slightly but then ignored it." so...how old are you Phil?" she said smiling and she turned to looked at him. |
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Post by jollyjohanna on Feb 1, 2009 17:58:10 GMT -5
"Really?" he said sceptically. "Where?"
In a way he felt relieved that she didn't make a fuss out of it, but on the other hand he felt almost disappointed. She was the first person he told, he had expected that anyone he told would make a big deal out of it. He hadn't wanted that, of course not, but he had been prepared for screaming and throwing up and 'ewww.' He was unprepared for 'I've seen worse.'
"Fourteen. Will be fifteen in three months..." he said a bit longingly. He hated being 14. If he had the choice, he would turn twenty right away and skip the teenage part completely. He walked slowly by Hailey's side, incapable of anything faster than a slow trot.
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Post by nightlightwolf on Feb 1, 2009 19:42:17 GMT -5
Hailey looked at him and rubbed her side slightly it hurt from the rock thrown at her eariler" im........" she thought." god....i lost count.....im more then a couple 100 years old...". hailey said proudlyat him.
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