forum Private with Carrot!!!!!

Started April 21, 2020 by @Shadow_Knight group

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It was fairly late in the evening. The sun was setting over the horizon coating the ocean in reds and orange and baby pinks. It was Cas' favourite time of the day, mainly because he felt calm watching the sun go down. Well, most of the time. The only problem was he was close to the surface, and close to a nearby fishing town. It wasn't the first time he'd been in the area, but he couldn't shake the feeling he was being watched today. And he hated the feeling.

Kayla was currently the only person out on deck of her ship. It was sunset and the crew had recently made enough money to refurnish the ship, and they were celebrating. Kayla had been down there for a bit before coming out here. Someone had to watch the nets, and she had decided it would be her.
She leaned on the railing, a drink in her hand as she looked at the sunset. It was beautiful, with all the colors that swirled around the sun. To her, the best sunsets were always out at sea.

The prince turned around on the spot before he saw the ship. He really shouldn’t go over, but he wanted to. And so he did, it like anyone was going to stop him, anyway. He dove under the water, not even noticing the net that was usually used to catch fish, that caught him. His tail got stuck and soon he was struggling, trying to find some way out only to make matters worse for himself.

Kayla noticed one of the bells on the net was jingling, which let the sailors know when a certain load of fish had been reached. Usually it took two men to lift a net, but Kayla had worked on the ship long enough to know a few tricks on how to lift a net on her own.
She grabbed a rope, tying it ahold of the net before throwing it over part of the mast and started pulling the net up.

Cas started to panic. He was an idiot and he knew it but there was no way to get out of this now. The more he struggled the worse he became entangled in the net. He was a god damned prince and now he was probably going to be cut up and examined by some or multiple humans. All he could do was hope for the best.

Kayla kept pulling the net up, not realizing it was a merman at first because of his gray tail. She tied the end of the rope she was pulling to a mast before heading over to the net to pull it onto the ship, like she usually did, only to freeze up when she realized what was actually in the net.
"Holy $h!t!" She murmured as she stared at him with wide eyes.

Cas narrowed his eyes, trying to hide the fear that had found a place in his heart. He grabbed at the net, trying to ground himself. He didn't want to speak, as he didn't know what to say but he had to do something, "You just gonna stare or…?"

"You're a mermaid!" Kayla blurted out loud, slapping a hand over her mouth when she realized how loud she said it. "You exist?" She said as she headed over to the edge of the ship.

Cas snorted, "No I'm just an illusion and you're dreaming. Yes I exist, clearly." He tried moving himself into a more comfortable position, looking up at Kayla with a frown.

Kayla stared at him for a bit more. "Umm…what's your name?" She asked, not completely sure what to do or say. She was meeting a mermaid!

"Cas. Yours?" The prince asked. As much as making conversation was great, he really wanted to get out of his net.

"Uh, Kayla." She said quickly. "Do you want out of the net, or?" She asked. This is awkward. ThisisawkwardThisisawkwardThisisawkward.

"That would be much appreciated, thank you." Cas replied, relief washing over him, "It's very uncomfortable in this thing."

Kayla grabbed the net, pulling it onto the ship and set it down on the deck. She opened the net from the top, helping Cas out of the net. "Better?"

Cas sighed in relief, shuffling away from the net, "Yes, very much so, thank you," He looked towards Kayla, "Anyway.. are you.. gonna kill me or..?"

Kayla threw the net off to the side, away from Cas. "No offence, but I'm not into murder." She joked as she crouched down to his level.

Cas tilted his head to the side, looking over the sailor, "Most humans would have tried at least three times by now."

"Well I'm not most humans." She chuckled as she stuck out her hand. "I'm Kayla. You are?"

"Cas," He took her hand, a slight smirk tugging on his lips, "A pleasure to meet you, Kayla."

"It's nice to meet you too." She said with a smile. "What were you doing up near the surface? You're glad I was out here and not someone else."

Cas shrugged, leaning back on his hands and his relaxed more, "I came to watch the sunset. I felt like I was being watched so I moved away and then got caught in the net and here we are."

Kayla chuckled. "That's why I'm out here too. It's beautiful tonight." She said with a smile. "So do you want back in the water or..?"

"I mean it's harder to have a conversation if I'm down in the water," Cas smiled, "I mean I'll have to go back in eventually."

Kayla nodded. "Alright." She said, letting out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. "Sorry if I'm being a little weird. It just, I've never seem a mermaid before. Didn't even think they existed so I'm a out of water here."