2. Atlantis
By the time sunlight left they reached a city, by the castle that stood in the middle of it this had to be the capital of the merpeople kingdom
"Welcome, to the sunken city of Atlantis" said Casidy
==Be Karkat
Your name is Karkat Vantas and you are looking at the mythological city of Atlantis, only it appears is very much real and very much under water, you've heard only legends about it because trolls had never ventured away from the Pacific, outcasts, on the other hand, were never let back on the troll empire so no one knew much, the queen of the merpeople didn't mind having to cross the Antarctic to get to reunions
Atlantis is far more colorful than Alternia ever was, the castle being the only monochromic thing in the place, which is white in contrast with the black castle of Alternia, then you see something akin to orange moving towards it, you don't have the time to ponder who or what it was as two mermen swim to your group. One of them has yellow scales to go with blonde hair, his eyes are green but not a shade you'll see on the hemospectrum, but the other one… even when his brown scales and hair didn't say much, his eyes did, they were a grayish blue, a stormy blue that could have fitted perfectly, if that merman had been a troll, you would have wanted to be in his presence even less that you had wanted to be in the other blue blood here, thankfully he wasn't, they are both carrying weapons and you figured they are soldiers of some sort
"Greg!" said Casidy
The mermaid was hugging the green eyed merman in the blink of an eye, by the way the expression on the male softened you figure they're bid, you repress an urge to smile, the other regarded them and sighed, then you notice the soul fishes, despite there being two you know immediately that they both belong to the same merman, the one with blue eyes, because one of them has the exact same coloring as said eyes while the other is orange, you know well that if he had found his mate none would be there by now, so they must be his
"Don't you have a job to do?" he asked
The mermaid glanced at him from where she was hugging the merman
"You're no fun Ben" said Casidy
"I do believe it'll be good to know who these strangers are" the green eyed merman finally spoke
The mermaid let out a huff of bubbles before letting go of him and put her hands on her hips, right where the skin met scales, in an annoyed manner
"I'll have you both know that these are today's refugees, I was just going to lead them to the castle so that our crazy ruler can decide what to do with them" said Casidy
"Robin had business on the surface but she should be back by now" said the one with blue eyes
"That explains why you're here and Jake isn't, really you'll have to join the trips on of this days Benedict, let Jake find his mate" said Casidy
The merman rolled his eyes and then looked at you, he frowned probably wondering why there was a mertroll with splotched grey and red scales, knowing the potion you generally used to cover them completely grey was losing effect, then his eyes widened in recognition
"I'll guide them the rest of the way" said Benedict
You feel weary at what might happen if you follow but you think it'll be worse if you don't, you fear meeting the ruler of the merpeople but feel curious about her, you also feel curious about this merman, you think they're connected to you somehow but you have no idea how so you end up following him without saying a word which has Sollux looking at you weird and the blue blood frowning for some reason