【R76】Tide wave

Morrison wakes up to find that Reaper has tricked him.

Mermaids didn't get human feet, and they didn't land on land.Instead, I squatted and snorkeled in the shallow sea with this Haitian family of ten thousand years.My own tail is entangled by the arms and legs of the octopus, so that I will not be washed away by the tide to other places in a daze.

"I'm sorry to disappoint you." The god of death hummed strangely, "I forgot some precautions, so now you won't wake up like in a fairy tale and find that you have grown human legs and then be picked up by the prince Arrived."

This is a fairy tale on land.

The mermaid was puzzled, he clearly remembered that in the fairy tale in the bookcase for Death, the human prince grew a mermaid tail and was picked up by the princess.But this little episode was unimportant, it only lingered in Morrison's mind for a moment before being distracted by other things. "This is the first time." Morrison paused for a while. He wanted to complain about Death's breaking his promise and deceiving again, but he was startled by his lazy and hoarse voice, and quickly pretended to cough, " I thought we had reached a consensus."

"Don't worry, my dear. Just some small warm tips." The god of death pointed, and his arms and legs under the sea surface brushed the mermaid's closed genital cleft, "Your tail is only in the sea where you leave completely It will become the legs of human beings. Of course, all magic is time-limited, and this one is no exception. When the moon rises from the sea level tomorrow, you must return to the sea." Death pulled There was a long voice, "By the way, have you ever seen jellyfish washed up on the beach by the waves?"

Morrison was silent, he waited for Death to speak again.

"They get dried in the sun, their tissues break down, the water escapes from their bodies, and they end up in a dirty pile of rotting flesh that's thrown on the sand. If you don't keep the promise, it's the same thing."

Morrison nodded.The decision he made would not be frightened by the terrifying description of Death's few words, and he has no chance to turn back now. "Just do what you say."

"Indeed. As long as you do what I say, you will be guaranteed that no misfortunes will happen." The octopus let go of the mermaid's tail, and turned to wrap around the other's waist, "Go, the moon hasn't risen yet, you still have time ..."

Morrison felt his body rush upwards, knocking away the soft but thick tide, and his head and shoulders were exposed to the surface of the sea.He hurriedly lowered his head, except for his face following the turbulence of the sea and the faint tip of his tail under the sea, the black shadow of the octopus wizard had disappeared without a trace.

The Grim Reaper probably figured out the agreed time between himself and Reyes.But it would be strange if he didn't know himself.Morrison sniffed the dry air and swam towards the hidden cave.

It didn't take much effort for the mermaid to enter the cave, but it took him a lot of energy to scoop up his long tail from the sea and spread it on the hard rock.The tail was blown by the sea wind blowing into the cave, and it felt quite chilly.During the movement of the tail, the candlestick and some books that Reyes had placed on the ground were also swept into the sea.He blinked apologetically at the slowly sinking things.

Morrison waited in silence.After losing moisture, his own tail split into human legs. First, a longitudinal groove was formed below the waist and abdomen, and then all the fins began to collapse, like Reyes' burning wax, and the gaps between the scales were blurred , forming a smooth skin that wraps around the two strong long legs.He took a closer look at the differences between himself and the past. All these appeared so naturally, giving the mermaid an illusion that the legs seemed to be hidden in the fish's tail.He tried to move his toes first, and began to adapt to the unfamiliar body parts in front of him.

Morrison was satisfied with the feedback given by his body. Next, he tried to stand up like a human being, but he underestimated the gravity on the land. He stood up and fell to his knees on the rocky ground almost instantly. Her legs were sore and weak, and she completely resisted the mermaid's instructions to stand.

He tried again, fell, and got up again... like a little penguin just hatched on an ice rock.The human body is much more fragile than he thought. The series of bumps just now caused red marks to appear on Morrison's knees. Morrison supported the armrest of the chair that Reyes placed in the cave with his hands. The other hand wobbled awkwardly, trying to maintain balance.

"This... is really surprising." Morrison was taken aback, and finally mastered some basics of standing, but was smashed into pieces by the sudden voice.He sat on the rocky floor comically again, glaring at the visitor with angry eyes to hide his embarrassment.

Reyes stretched his dark eyebrows, and looked up and down at the naked alien friend in front of him. The mermaid features had disappeared from Morrison's body, and the pointed ear fins and the rest of the bony spurs were smoothed out. Smooth and rounded skin and joints.The man shook his head helplessly as his eyes extended along the other's exposed chest to the lower abdomen. He turned around and jumped back into the cabin where he was driving, and took out the clothes he had prepared in advance.Reyes half-supported Morrison, stuffed him into a chair, and then half-kneeled to help him change into a full outfit.

The clothes brought by humans are very soft, but there is always an uncomfortable itchy touch on the skin. "You look great now." Morrison was scraping his index finger back and forth on his collar when Reyes said this. "Is the collar too tight?"

"It seems to be strangling my gills." The mermaid muttered.

"You know that human beings don't use gills to breathe." It was Morrison's illusion to have such a feeling, but Reyes still kindly undid the top button of the opponent's shirt.Then the man began to change Morrison's lower body attire.

The mermaid looked down at his body with great interest, and suddenly said: "Humans really don't know how to protect themselves." He spoke decisively, "Won't it hurt if you are exposed?" Finally, he pointed to the underwear he just put on, Reyes But just want to laugh. "So you need to put on clothes. But don't worry, most of the time it won't hurt." Reyes explained, pulling a pair of trousers on Morrison's legs from the bottom. "What?"

"There," the merman pointed to the surface of the sea, "we have genital clefts to protect our organs." The image of the octopus wizard popped up in his mind, and then added, "But there are exceptions."

"Really? It's amazing." Reyes didn't seem to be very interested in the physiology of alien races. The man held up Morrison's calf to signal him to move, and then stuffed those feet into boots tanned with soft leather.

Reyes held Morrison's hand. His human hand was dry and warm, without the damp and cool touch of the past. This warmth stuck to Reyes' palm, like a naughty wild cat in the cement. Immortal as round paw prints on dry pavement.He pulled him up from the chair, and the two clasped their hands tightly in the not-so-spacious cave. You walked forward, and I learned how to walk behind you.

After getting used to gravity, Morrison found that controlling the legs is actually as natural and simple as controlling the tail.Although the reaction between the brain and the body still needs to be adjusted, he is already impatient to leave the cave.Reyes seemed to be able to read his mind, and carefully protected the other party, allowing Morrison to step into the rickety cabin.As soon as Morrison sat firmly, Reyes jumped in, and the hull swayed sharply again. Morrison instinctively grabbed the handrail of the ship's side.Reyes let out a chuckle: "Don't move around, grab it."

After the man shook the oars steadily, Morrison reached into the sea again. "It's so strange," the former mermaid said, "I am clearly from the deep sea, but now I want to leave quickly."

"It's not surprising. When you leave your hometown, you feel that you don't need it anymore. But after a long time, you will miss it like a lovesick person again." Reyes shrugged.

"You know how it feels?"

"It's not bad at all. After all, I also traveled a long time to get here."

"With the army?"

"Yes, and the army."

"where do you come from?"

"A place full of mountains, sun, music and winds blowing into the Caribbean."

"That's far enough." Morrison withdrew his hand, thinking about how long it would take to swim from this sea to the Caribbean Bay, water droplets stayed on the back of his hand. "The water is so cold."

They chatted one after another, and Reyes took a break from time to time to find out the direction by the stars and the light of the lighthouse.As they got closer and closer to the shoreline, Morrison could hear the noise of humans on land more and more clearly. "What's wrong?" He was a little nervous. Human ears are not as useful as ear fins, and he couldn't receive much useful information.

"Human carnival. Do you have any in the sea? Celebrate a good harvest or something."

Jack couldn't help laughing when he thought of the Harvest Festival and the shadow of death entangled with death because of a coral tree.

Reyes parked the boat on the small pier and pulled Morrison out of the cabin. The mermaid didn't know where to put her legs, and her left foot tripped over her right foot, staggering and colliding with Reyes. Under the moonlight, their shadows were stretched out of shape, like a cluster of swaying tree shadows blown by a strong wind. "Take it easy, big man," Reyes put Morrison on his shoulders, "You haven't had a drink yet, and you really look like a drunk."

"Of course I have." Morrison was a little bit unwilling to admit defeat.

"I don't think that the rum that fell into the sea from the pirate ship was diluted. I don't know how many times the rum can taste. No, it's impossible, I won't take you to drink." Reyes bumped his shoulder Morrison said, "It's rare to come to land and get drunk once, but it doesn't mean anything to you." They walked across the long wooden bridge in the port, and the sound of creaking and creaking merged into the torrent of human cheers and singing in the distance, which was inaudible.

At the end of the long bridge stood a carriage.

"Don't you ride a horse?"

"Thinking about running before you can walk?" Lettus teased.When the two of them approached, the two horses pulling the cart seemed to be stimulated by something, squeaked, and their front hooves kept raising. The driver took a long time to calm them down.Reyes quickly shoved Morrison into the carriage. He gave some instructions to the coachman outside, and then went back to the opposite side of the man after a while.

"The horse seems to be frightened," Reyes said. "The mermaid should be considered a ferocious carnivorous species."

Morrison raised an eyebrow.

"Humans may not be able to tell you apart, but it seems that animals can. Your keen wild instincts make you invisible in front of them." Reyes spoke convincingly, and at the same time waved his arms exaggeratedly.

"Did I tell you again, when you are talking nonsense, you are very similar to an octopus I know."

"No," Reyes looked at him with a little curiosity in his eyes, "Is that octopus your friend?"

The mermaid was speechless, his blue eyes moved back and forth uncomfortably under the light-colored eyelashes, and his voice was broken: "Well...of course...it's a good...friend."

Reyes didn't continue to ask the mermaid for details about the other party's marine social circle, he just looked at Morrison for a long time and nodded.

He didn't care, like a man whose attention was only on Jack and who always ignored all the magical stories in the sea world that other humans might be curious about.

Their conversation quickly turned to food, and Morrison, who wasn't very hungry at the moment, just rolled his eyes at Reyes' stubborn belief that changing from a mermaid to a human would take a lot of energy.

Humans enthusiastically began to introduce that although this is a seaside town that specializes in fish dishes, they still get a variety of other inland vegetables, fruits and meat supplies, and seriously told Morrison the characteristics of their destination restaurant.

At first, Morrison also tried to match the nouns that popped out of Reyes' mouth with the vague images he had seen in his memory, but he soon realized that this was wishful thinking.All I have seen are some things that have been turned white and soft by the sea water, and sometimes emit a strange smell, which seem to be far away from the food in front of my eyes.

Steak with béchamel sauce, fries, a small plate of broccoli, onion and shrimp macaroni, cubed chocolate cake, and a glass of grape juice.

Morrison glanced briefly at the food and turned his gaze around. Humans were walking around him, the waitress holding the beer was wearing a red and white plaid turban, and the thin paper menu on the table magically The food delivery port in the back kitchen emits fragrance, and there is the sound of ding ding dong dong metal tableware hitting the porcelain plate.All kinds of senses rushed into his newly formed body, the impact was dazzling and trance, thanks to the sea god, the mermaid thought to himself, if he still had the outstanding hearing and vision of the mermaid, he might be at a loss in the sensory explosion.Reyes encouraged him, and Morrison imitated the appearance of a man and used tools to cut dishes like humans. He sat in the single booth of cotton cloth with wine stains, as if some kind of seabird chick nested in it, Feed like a human.Morrison took two mouthfuls of steak before turning his interest to cake.

"Don't like meat?"

"No, it's just that the taste is a bit strange." There was a sweet stain left by a small piece of cocoa powder at the corner of Morrison's mouth.

Reyes stretched out his hand naturally, his thumb skimming the skin around the mermaid's lips.Then he stuffed his fingers into his mouth and licked the fine powder. "Nice," he said.

Morrison found that his heart, which should have been calm, was beating uncontrollably.

TBC