Feferi hears a noise behind her. Although in her mind she knows she's safe – after all, she's already dead! What more could happen? – she can't help turning around anxiously and calling out: "Who's there?"
A figure springs out of nowhere and nearly knocks her to the ground, but Feferi's reflexes kick in and she dodges out of the way, pointing her culling fork at the attacker.
The girl is already back on her feet, and Feferi looks her over. She's human – blonde and in Derse pyjamas. That must mean...
"Rose?" she asks.
The girl scowls. "Roxy. 'Sif you don't know."
Feferi doesn't know what she's done to deserve the level of animosity this girl is showing her. "I do?"
"Purple blood, gills and a double ended trident?" Roxy looks her up and down. "I've been all kindsa warned about you. Well, seadweller, I'm busy 'nough in the waking world. So you'd better GTFO!"
Feferi isn't sure what she's saying, and is even less sure what she means, but she knows one thing: no-one takes that tone with her.
"Water you going to do about it if I don't?" she asks.
Roxy smiles and winks. "Wouldn't you like t'know?"
She launches herself at Feferi again, and this time around there's no chance to abscond. Roxy is fast with her fists, and when she slips under Feferi's guard, she knows she can't beat her by force.
Even so, she can't say she was exactly planning on kissing her.
The distraction works, and Roxy stops fighting and pulls her closer, nails digging in painfully close to Feferi's gills. In return, Feferi moves her arm to scrape her culling fork across the girl's leg, and Roxy gasps.
Feferi's never so much as hate-kissed someone before, but now she's –
"Meenah," Roxy whispers against Feferi's lips.
"My name's Feferi," she growls, and the girl pulls away.
"Really?" She looks disappointed.
"Yes reely! Who's Meenah?"
But Roxy has got to her feet, and now she's walking away.
"Come back here!"
"Some other time, babe." Roxy smirks back at Feferi over her shoulder. "Right now, I've got bigger fish to fry."