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themoshpit2016-10-28 05:54 am
lamprophony) wrote in themoshpit2016-10-28 05:54 am
depth strider iv required
Legend tells that in the beginning, the first humans were blessed with ena in order to keep them safe from harm. The ena was a gift, given to the first humans by the Sea God in order to allow them to live freely in his underwater domain. There, they were protected from the extremes of the surface weather. There, they didn't suffer from famine or drought. They were happy. They were strong. And they were protected. Eventually, some of humanity became curious. They wanted to know more about the land above the water. They wanted to travel and explore and see what a life in the sun could be like. So, a group of the Sea God's people split from the rest. They went to shore and cast off their ena in order to live in the sun and air. Only... once the ena was cast off, it could never return. Over time, the People of the Land and the People of the Sea continued to grow their separate ways. Those who had cast off their ena had children, and their children had children, and eventually, there came an entire race of humans who knew almost nothing of the sea and what lay beneath it. Under the water, the People of the Sea continued their life shrouded in ena and worshiping the god who protects them. As it tends to go with situations like these, as time went on the differences between those of the Land and those of the Sea grew more and more pronounced, until the two groups could do nothing more than live in grudging harmony. For the People of the Sea needed products of the land, and the People of the Land could not live without the bounty of the Sea. This is the current state of the world. The People of the Land look down upon the "fish" under the water, thinking them strange and antiquated. They have long since forgotten what it is to worship the Sea God who had once protected them. Meanwhile, the People of the Sea think the "pigs" on land are arrogant and self-absorbed. They are the foolish children that abandoned the safety of the sea. They are the devils who are tempting the younger generations to cast aside their homes and join them on the surface. The world is changing. As the surface becomes more and more advanced, the younger generations become increasingly entranced with it. As a result, the People of the Sea have become stricter than ever, limiting the time their younger generations spend on the surface to simple supply trips or attending school. The rules are simple, but finite. You can interact with the world above, but if you fall in love with those from the surface, if you choose a profession too far inland, if you make your home anywhere other than the village you were born into... you are exiled. Cast out of the Sea God's protection, unable to ever go back to your home under the water. In this evolving environment, what do you choose to do? Are you a child of the sea, interested in the upper world? Are you of the land, curious as to what could be under those endless waves? Or perhaps your mother, father, grandmother, grandfather was from the ocean. Maybe you grew up hearing stories, and every inch of you aches with the desire to see that world with your own eyes. Either way, it may come time to make a choice. The power of the Sea God fades as more and more People of the Land dismiss the old traditions and worships as fairy tale and fantasy. The seas are becoming restless, the weather unpredictable, the marine life chaotic. In desperation, the sea god is reaching out. He's spending the last of his power in order to tempt his children back to the sea. Half formed, weak ena is forming on those with the sea's blood, protecting the children of the sea in times of trouble, when the water would have taken a life rather than protected it. In the face of change, of old prejudice and new discoveries, the question comes again. What do you choose to do? AKA, hi! And welcome to Kels cares too much about her fish children's world and wants to play LITERALLY EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE IN IT. So this is an open post where you can play with characters from the anime Nagi no Asukara, AU others into this world, or make up your own OC fishy babe and do whatever you want! Seriously please do it, it's a magical ocean world where physics make no sense and you can make soup and watch TV while at the bottom of the goddamn ocean. ALSO FORBIDDEN ROMANCE!!!! And working through prejudices!!!!!!! pls play not-mermaids with me i can't stress how much i want to play not-mermaids |
i could write a song a hundred miles long; { canon compliant }
that's where i belong, and you belong with me; { shioshishio, pre-ofunehiki }
[The sea is calm today, the gentle swell of the waves above only barely causing a current to run through the streets of Shioshishio. Schools of fish seem to drift idly by, the sun reflecting gently off of their scales and lighting up the underwater pathways with little specks of rainbow light.
The shopkeepers on the main streets aren't in any hurry, choosing peaceful conversation with their neighbors rather than trying to bustle through their workload or tempt in passing customers. Even the fishing boats above have been blissfully absent, the hum of their motors lost under the gentle sway of the water around them.
It's a lazy Saturday if Hikari's ever seen one. Lazy enough that his dad had let him skip the second half of his weekend duties at the shrine in order to enjoy the summer day. Which is how he's found himself sitting at the edge of one of Shioshishio's walls, idly chewing on a pastry as he swings his legs over the edge of the wall.]
and i could write it down, or spread it all around; { oshiooshi, pre-ofunehiki }
[The lunch bell rings loud and clear over the excited chatter of Mihama Middle School's students. Everyone is grouping and bustling around the classrooms, pulling out their lunches or frantically fishing for lunch money so they can run and get to the front of the line.
In the back of one classroom, however, is one brown haired boy, slumped forward in his seat with his head resting on his arms. He's caught in the siren's call of a sunbeam, basking in the gentle heat of the sun as he takes a well deserved but ill timed nap.
It's not an uncommon sight, really. Hikari's well known for falling asleep during some of the slower lectures. His skin shimmers slightly as he shifts, the sun catching his ena as he turns his head just slightly, mumbling incoherently and...
Ah. Yes. He sure is drooling all over his arm. How attractive.]
get lost and then get found; { oshiooshi, post-ofunehiki }
[There had been another saltflake snowfall last night, blanketing the entirety of Oshiooshi in a soft white. The plows had already been through the main roads, pushing the salty snow into large drifts to the sides, making it both a challenge and an adventure walking into town.
Of course, when your traveling companion is an excitable four-year-old, snow drifts are the least of your worries.
Panting, Hikari takes a moment to lean forward on his knees, watching Akira carefully out of the corner of his eyes as the little energizer bunny finally takes a moment to toddle over to a nearby snow drift, happily shaping a clump of snow into something that seems to resemble a fish.]
Don't you ever get tired? [Hikari pushes himself back upright, wiping his sweatshirt sleeve across his forehead as he walks the few steps over to his nephew.] C'mon, you little gremlin. Akari's waiting for you at the store. [And god knows he can't wait for his babysitting duties to be over.]
or swallowed in the sea; { oshiooshi, post-ofunehiki }
[The sun is setting, the orange hues dancing over the ice flows in the once crystal clear bay. A breeze wanders by, picking up bits of salt and snow and lifting them up, twirling them in the steps of an ethereal dance along the lines of the slowly shifting sheets of ice.
It's getting colder every day, more and more of the bay being eaten up by the ice that's forming. Already, Hikari has to break off the thin sheets trying to freeze over the holes Tsumugu had carved out. It sometimes seems like nature itself was trying to keep them completely closed off from Shioshishio.
Today, though, he's not on the ice. Today, Hikari is sitting on the pier, huddled down in a scarf and sweatshirt, staring blankly out towards where his hometown sleeps beneath the ice. His chest aches, something harsh and stabbing and horrible, every time he thinks too hard about it. Thinks about Manaka unaware in her hibernation, not knowing that her friends are awake on the surface. That time is moving on without her. That he's...]
Tch. [Hikari grits his teeth, scrubbing hard at his eyes with the back of his wrist, forcing the stinging he feels there to fade back, at least a little.
He hates this. He honestly just... hates this.]
and you'll come back to me, not swallowed in the sea { free for all }
[The sea is a vast, majestic place. It's full of secrets and undiscovered wonders. So, if you have something else you want to play out with Hikari within the scope of the series, let's do it!
Maybe you want to replay and change something with the Ofunehiki? Maybe you want pre-series shenanigans? To introduce an AU'd or OC character into the scope of the series' plot? What about some post-series fluff?
There's so much to explore with the story of these kids, just as there's so much more fun to be had in the places introduced in the show. So come on! Let's do it!]