a/n: day four!

another fun one! a little bit shorter than the others, but hopefully the quality will make up for the quantity.

anyways, enjoy!

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relationship: nyma x plaxum (nyum? plyma? what's their ship name?)

summary: nyma discovers mermaids and proceeds to flirt with one of them.


*DAY 4: CRYSTAL CLEAR WATERS*


"Augh!" screams Nyma, kicking the side of her ship as she does so.

"Calm down, Nyma." says Rolo, who's perched on top of the ship, chin resting on hand. "Screaming and kicking won't do anything."

"Well, it's better than doing nothing!" she retorts, kicking the side again for good measure. "Ever since that damn red kid took us out, this stupid hunk of junk keeps on spluttering out. And now, we get landed on a planet filled with water."

At the last statement, Nyma drops to the ground, which, she supposes, is a bit dramatic, but she's really frustrated, okay?

"Well, at least the view's okay." comments Rolo. He still manages to be easy going even in crisis, which Nyma can't tell is helpful or annoying.

"Whatever." she mutters. The view is pretty splendid, with the the light of the three suns ahead reflecting on the crystal blue waters, but she won't tell Rolo that.

Nyma scooches to the edge of the ship and dangles her legs in the water. That's when something brushes up against her legs.

"Ugh!" She withdraws her legs from the water and scans it's depths for any sign of life.

"Oh, Nyma, would you just stop complaining already?"

"I'm not complaining." snaps Nyma. "There's something in the water."

She can't see Rolo's face right now, but she imagines him rolling his eyes. "Yeah, right."

Nyma sighs in frustration. "I'm serious, Rolo. I don't trust these wate- augh!"

That's when the mermaid head pops through the surface.

Nyma scrambles backwards, shrieking and falling on her back. She hears Rolo give a startled yelp as well, the electric hum in the air as he draws his weapon.

The mermaid takes in a strangled breath of air, grinning as she does so. Then, she seems to notice Rolo's blaster pointed at her and gasps.

"Woah, woah!" says the mermaid, arms held in front of her in a placating gesture. "I'm not gonna harm you!"

Nyma gets back onto her feet and takes out her own blaster. "What are you?" she demands.

The mermaid inches a little back, eyes flickering between the two of them nervously. "My name is Plaxum." she starts. "Our people have been submerged in the oceans for almost a decade; we've been forced to adapt to the under waters when the surface froze over and encased us in. Recently, the ice broke up and I and a couple others were sent to scout ahead to see what remains of the land. We're just exploring."

"I think she's telling the truth." says Rolo.

Nyma eyes the mermaid - Plaxum - with one last hint of suspicion, but she sighs and lowers the blaster. As irritating as Rolo can be sometimes, she's come to realize his judgement on others is pretty good.

Plaxum sighs in relief and tosses one of her head thingies behind her shoulders. "Well, I'm glad we got that settled."

She swims a little closer to their ship and stops within five feet of Nyma. " Wow," gasps Plaxum, "You're a beautiful being."

She's taken aback for a second, before she sends Plaxum a catlike grin, winking as she does so. "You're not that bad looking either."

Plaxum blushes, and Rolo coughs. "Hey, do you have any spare parts that you could give up?. We really need to fix this ship up and get going."

"Oh, what's the rush, Rolo?" interrupts Nyma. "We could wait a couple days."

"You were literally whining five minutes ago." deadpans Rolo.

She turns back to Plaxum, who still has a bit of pink dusting her cheeks. "Well, that was before we made a pretty cool discovery."

"Actually, it was me who made the discovery." Plaxum points at herself, grinning. "But I can let it pass for someone as pretty as you."

Rolo groans from behind her, but that doesn't stop Nyma from biting her lower lip and smiling at the mermaid.

This was going to be a fun couple of days.


WHO WATCHED SEASON THREE YESTERDAY!? IM STILL IN SHOCK. I WAS LITERALLY CRYING THE WHOLE TIME. FRICK.

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