Captivity (Sign Ups)

[Nightsong]

A THING!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are a mercreature from the sea that has strayed too close to a human trap and have been captured. Currently you are being held in a large tank in a blocked off part of the aquarium while you are studied.

You are from various different depths and areas of the ocean, however speak a common language and are called by common names.

You are now left and attended by various humans who wish to figure out your characteristics and determine more about your species.

You are currently known as a mer...


However, there are two sides to this RPG. Not only can you be a mer, but a human (I'd prefer you be one or the other, and I would like the numbers to be even. If we have too many mers/humans, I will have to wait for them to be evened out.


The human side:

You are various caretakers and scientists tasked with the charge of examining the mers found in various places of the ocean, so the differing species can be classified. Currently the project is a secret to prevent unwanted attention. What you will discover is unknown...



I AM SO ORIGINAL -shot-

Alright, so, a few more background details: For one, the merpeople cannot speak English. If you want to be able to know small bits of ways to communicate with the humans, ask me. But you can't know what they are trying to say or do. Your mer-creature is intelligent, but is used to different culture, and therefore shouldn't understand what the humans are trying to do. If they do, give a thought process to how this is figured out. This should be fun because it will give you a chance to RP as an animal while still having a thought process. The complications in communication are also cool.

Another: Each mer will be different. They should be different species (though still share most of the same language) and have different scale/tail patterns and such. Having differing species is fun and makes it harder for humans to figure all this out. You can be from the colder seas, or the very deep sea, or near the shore.

Everyone gets a backstory. Not an all fleshed out long and complicated one, but still. The story of your home and how you came to be captured. I will approve of most, so be original! That's the fun of it

There can be love-ish relationships between humans and mer-man/maid. But working on something like that gets complicated with the current situation and all the miscommunication.

The inspiration for these was from the amazing Atrieisan on deviantart and their DP Merdanny stuff so go check her out! Allure is the type of mermaid created by her, with minor differences.

AND BECAUSE NEARLY ALL OF YOU ARE BORED OF THAT LONG AND WINDED EXPLANATION IMA STOP THERE AND GET ON WITH THIS! PM ME FOR QUESTIONS!


Name:
Species: (Mer or human? Please even it out)
Sub-species (for mers): (What your type of mer is called, like: Deep Sea Mer, or Atlantic Mer)
Appearance: (as I said, you don't have to have the same style mer as my character, or anyone elses.)
Backstory: (short explanation of home tribe/shoal and how you were caught, or how you were roped into observing the mers.)
Age:
Love Interest: (can be the opposite species, but these situations should be rare.)
Personality: (can be determined throughout RP)
Other:

And mine:

Name: Allure
Species: Mer
Sub-species: Coral Mer (found around coral reefs in the middle of the ocean.
Appearance: Here. The wrap around her midsection was a gift from her human friend to cover her up more (though scales were already there, it just made him feel like she was exposed) and Allure has kept it ever since.
Backstory: Allure was interested in humans from the beginning. She straggled away from her shoal gradually and came too close to the shore. She got curious and met a human boy, around her age. The boy and Allure eventually became friends. He was able to teach Allure some sign language over time, but even so her knowledge of it is very limited. While waiting for him one day, she got too interested in a human device which ended up snagging her.
Age: 22
Love Interest: To be determined.
Personality: I have ideas I just need to figure out them better first xD


Name: Shard is his nickname, he doesn't even remember his name anymore.
Species: Mer
Sub-species: Another reef mer, however a different type and species than Allure. Less scales over the shoulders, back and face.
Appearance: Purple tail, with darker jagged stripes. He has wispy periwinkle fins down his spine, ears, arms, and tail. He also has two ribbon like fins that are bright yellow. Two thin yellow lightning marks go down the side of his tail, and his eyes are also a warm yellow. The yellow markings glow slightly when he is in the dark.
Backstory: I'll let you find out...
Age: 14
Love Interest: None, too young.
Personality: Shy at first, yet kind, caring, and friendly. While being outgoing is more of a challenge for him, he tries his best.
Other: He is now mute. He wears the shard of glass that caused his muteness around his neck, since the edges have been smoothed and a charm cast on it so it doesn't break. He has a rope bracelet with a small smooth stone in it that he wears.


And I got the human one in my head. He doesn't get a bio. MUAHAHAHA


LET'S DO THIS IF YOU EVEN DECIDED TO READ THAT!


Mers:

Allure (Nightsong)~Female~22
Coral (Petalfur)~Female~23
Jinta (Echoflight)~Female~17
Misty (Rainpaw)~Female~19
Shard (Nightsong)~Male~14

Humans:

Tristan Davenport (Lead Scientist, Nightsong)~Male~34
Steve O'hara (Shadow)~Male~29
Chloe Clappler (Petalfur)~Female~33
Erin Sharpe (Rainpaw)~Female~62
Julian Wilder (Echoflight)~Male~30

The thread can be found here.

[Shadow]

Saw a movie that was just like this...

Name: Steve O'Hara
Species: Human
Appearance: img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire2/a7632c62ab296869d90eae39d254b4a51223954338_full.jpg
Backstory: (could steve be the guy who became friends with allure? If so...) Steve was lounging on the beach one day, until he heard a splash. He got up and looked at the water, where he found of what looks like a meremaid. They became friends, and he got to see her weekly. But, one day, she wasn't there. What was there, was a notice from the nearby aquarium. It said Notice: New species found! Steve instantly thought of Allure, and got a job at the aquarium, so he could see Allure.
Age: 29
Love Interest: Allure
Personality: He's fun and comedic, but can be serious. He has a bachelor's degree in marine life, so he knows A LOT about marine life.

[Nightsong]

That would be super cool. The sign he found probably wouldn't be so straightforward, more like "help needed" or something, since they want to be a bit more secretive about it until they know more. That, or he was notified to come and help, given he has a master's degree and such.

And the love interest idea is also cool Though it will be slowly developed, just a warning. Yay! Accepted!

The age difference between the two is also okay, since for a mer 18 is old enough for relationships and such. (I still will up Allure's age though xD)

Yeah! Couple other Rp-ers and we shall be set.

[Petalfur]

Name: Coral
Species: Mer
Sub-species (for mers): The Cavern Mer
Appearance: Long and lithe, thin but powerful tail. Redish-brown hair and an amber-colored tail. Resides in the deepest water caves, and therefore her scales are incredibly thick as well as her skin to prevent against injury
Backstory: Coral is the last of the Cavern Mers, which were all killed in fishing incedents during their Great Get-Together. The Cavern Mers, when alive, gathered together at the no moon and shared news and socialized like a party. However, a fishing ship's net came loose and covered the People, dragging them down past the Get-Together coral bed and to waters so deep and dark, Coral couldn't save any before they starved. Coral still lives within the caves, making her home in a small cavern underwater where she used to live before The Deaths.
    Coral was then captured by treasure hunters (they exhist still) while she was exploring a ship wreck. She saw them coming but was cornered and caught but their underwater net. As much as she thrashed around, they help her tight and brought her back to main land in an artifact crate, selling it to scientists for a great amount of $60,000,000
Age: 23
Love Interest: Just ask. I dare you
Personality: Determined, Solemn, Intelligent, observant, understanding, loyal, forgiving, kind
Other: I'll think of something

[Nightsong]

Good! Accepted, but how does she get captured? Just edit that in and we're set.

EDIT: That works! Tristan ain't gonna be happy about having to pay that much for her xD but whatevs. DEAL WITH WITH IT TRISTY!

After one more RP-er joins, we should be able to get this thing started.

[Echoflight]

Name: Jinta

Species: Mer, pretty please

Sub-species (for mers): Moon Mer(not mooching off H2o at all )

Appearance: Straight, choppy auburn hair, a bit longer than shoulder-length. Brown eyes with a bit of green near the rims. Her tail is light-sky blue with a silvery tinge. Her scales are slightly delicate as she spends a lot of time near the surface of the water. Her fin is more like fabric than scale, and floats in the water like such. Her body is actually relatively free of scales except a few silver ones that go up her spine and around the back of her neck, dotting her collar bone.

Backstory: Moon Mers generally live in coral reefs near the surface and have a great connection with surface sea life. They treasure sparkly, shiny, beautiful things.
Jinta never knew her parents, she was raised by her grandmother as an only child. Her grandmother died of old age recently, and Jinta fled to a remote part of the coral reef. Distracted, she didn't notice the net of a fishing boat until it was nearly upon her, and not being the strongest swimmer, she was captured. Once they realized what they had caught, they kept her in captivity for a couple days until they could contact the scientists who had already heard of a couple cases and sold her to them.

Age: 17(or maybe 19 this could change)

Love Interest: Depends on age. If she could perhaps steal Tristy that would be awesome. I know there's already a mer-human pairing but if I could also get one... Anyway. That'd be great.

Personality: A bit head-strong and stubbourn. Though not really athletic, she's pretty agile, and self-conscious about her appearance. She tends to cut herself off from people to avoid getting hurt and is very slow to trust/make friends.

Other: She can fly.
jk

[Nightsong]

If she wants Tristy than we can pretend that her physical age is different from her real age in human years.

Yes. Yes you are accepted and NOW I WANNA GET THIS THING MOVING ALONG ASFIADGHAPIGHPIAHDDA

I feel like it might be hard for Tristy to fall in love...but over time that could work.

LET'S DO THIS

[Rainpaw]

Name: Misty
Species: Mer,
Sub-species (for mers): Marsh Mer
Appearance:
Backstory: She was born into a marsh, with her parents and the Misty Marsh tribe. Her group were land-striders, an insulting term used for marsh mers who could breath abovewater and lived in shallow pools. Her parents were but mere hunters, and she was a low rank, omega almost. She was captured while fishing, leaping out of the water for a pike. Her kind is the more realistic mers, sharp claws and fangs, with a garbled, angry language.
Age: 19 years
Love Interst: (can be the opposite species, but these situations should be rare.)
Personality: Moody and secretive
Other:

[Nightsong]

Cool, another fang and claw buddy for Allure xD They can kill stuff together if they don't kill each other, right?

Accepted! The link to the RP is in the first post, go on in.

We need some more humans, though. The numbers are getting really uneven and I already have two characters as is.

[Petalfur]

I'll also RP a human, if you want.

Name:
Chloe Clappler 
Species: Human
Appearance: encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTr5KFX0IK97Dg_souxYXzqauVccmpE0-cP7h-s5aMIsgPgyTnRsA
Backstory: Saw an add for help needed at the aquarium, and ended up signing up. She didn't like the idea of the Mers being captured, however, and is trying to find a way for the to be free if they wish. But lucky for her, (not really) she has a crush on the lead scientist conducting the research. ITS A MAN-TO-MAN CONFLICT!! :0
Age:
33
Love Interest: Tristan Davenport )I wonder where that came from, Night )
Personality: yeah.. I'll think of it as I go
Other: Sometimes wishes she was a mer

[Rainpaw]

Name: Erin Sharpe
Species: Human
Sub-species (for mers): (What your type of mer is called, like: Deep Sea Mer, or Atlantic Mer)
Appearance: Severe white hair with piercing pale, milky blue eyes.
History: She's a former oceanographer with a desire to exploit the sea's secrets. Actually, it was her who caught Misty. She then retired and joined this place, determined to make mers available as pets.
Age: 62
Love Interest: (can be the opposite species, but these situations should be rare.)
Personality: Quiet and sharp, as her name suggests.
Other:

[Nightsong]

Oh you guys are amazing. Thanks you for the human characters <3

If you must know, Tristan Davenport is one of my Pirate101 characters...yeah... xD Just upped his age a bit and made him a bit more serious and here we go xD

[Echoflight]

Name: Julian Wilder

Species: HOOMAHN

Sub-species (for mers): N/A

Appearance: Tall, well built man with pale-ish skin and close cropped, short white-blonde hair. His eyes are a dark gray-brown and his hair is brown at the roots.

Backstory: Dr. Wilder(ohmygod i just realized he's Jean Wilder's little cousin XD) had always worked in mythology business and anthropology, with an honorary degree in marine biology. A friend of a coworker of Dr. Davenport informed him of the project in all secrecy, and he immediately submitted an application to work with the mers... For his own personal gain, shall we say.

Age: 30

Love Interest: Pfft. He wishes.

Personality: An outspoken man who often doesn't know when to stop his mouth. He is greedy and stubbourn but refuses to see any bad qualities of himself. Of course, he thinks himself and all other humans far superior, and detests all sorts of animals and thinks of mers much so. He is intelligent and strong, and longs for affection from others, but refuses to attempt and goes about it in a terrible manner. Not an all-around bad person, just kind of terrible in general.

Other: I already asked, but can he know a bit of Mer from reading a bunch of old mythology books before doing this expedition?

[Nightsong]

Yes he can know some mer language.

Go ahead and start RP-ing with him.

(Ima ship ErinxJulian because they both seem like butts.)