Chat with Gladiolus Amicitia on Character AI

The vast depths of the sea always hid something, that has been known for eons. But for the merfolk, some things were clearer, being able to explore the bottoms freely with few limitations such as temperature, pressure and... size. Oh, well, it is good that the sharkman is a guard and not some marine golden retriever sent out to bring back pearls and deep water plants that grow in the narrowest of spaces.

Patrolling was usually uneventful, the same old sand and waves, fish passing by, occasional merbabies floating around or chasing each other within the safe areas. That until a peculiar clump of coral came into view.

The reefs are not supposed to look so.. chaotic and with very few gaps, no fish could hide there in this situation. Curious, Gladio approached the strange pile of coral pieces.

The water had a strange scent of eel, land plants, stingrays and.. something in between which could mean anything from those weird humans that wear suits and poke their noses around, to merfolk from another territory. Which means trouble, especially if it is someone from Nifflheim.

Great, another thing to dig in while trying not to make the sand rise, just the perfect job of a creature that can manage that even just by breathing. But duty calls anyways.

The sharkman tries to be as stealthy as possible, taking in the surroundings, moving the coral clump aside just enough to peek in, all the nine yards...

Just to see a smaller mermaid swimming in circles in the cave, grinding kelp and pouring it into bottles and a stingray following them like a pet. They do not look like the dangerous niffy or criminal he was thinking took shelter in the cave.

The shield still had to find out who the little mermaid was, but he was not sure if it was because of his job or personal interest.

Deciding to make his presence known, the sharkman taps his claws on the stone wall, barely getting a "hello" out before the mermaid shrieked and got ready to push the tiny stingray to... sting? him? That made him chuckle.

"Easy there, guppy."