The Water Maiden (Tag: Ariella and Madeline)

Tulio wasn't sure if this change of scenery was doing him any good. There were so many people here and it made him skittish. He knew it wouldn't take much for the crowd to swallow him if he let it. It seemed like no matter what he did, he was always looking over his shoulder, always doing a double-take to see if anyone was giving him weird looks. The coronation of Marina Targaryen had been a nightmare, with all those people and hearing talk about dragons. Tulio wanted nothing to do with anything that could fly and breathe fire. He sighed, his hands curling and uncurling into fists as he made his way onto a boardwalk near the edge of the city. Thankfully, there were far less people there, and the silence was comforting to him. The only sounds were his footsteps and the water slapping against the wood.

Ariella was swimming around she was waiting... waiting for a ship to leave one small enough for just a snack after all even she was not immune to hunger. It had been too long she was growing impatient it just made her inner beast show, swimming round and round annoyed by the fact no ship seemed to wish to leave harbour but there were so many must be some type of stupid human gathering. She hissed at her misfortune about to leave to hunt underwater food when she heard it.... footsteps. Every change in the waters triggered her senses, a human... a human was near... yes one human would do. Normal she would be finesse'd about this but her annoyance at lack of game made her irritable perhaps she may even devour the human alive that would be fun.

She waited till the human was far from its precious land as she sung out in an echo along the waves and tides calling them to hit the shore with a vengeance. Quickly taking her spot underneath to snag her prey by the ankles when they tried running for shore.

Tulio blinked. Was that...singing he was hearing? He stood near the edge of the boardwalk, trying to listen better. But it was a bit difficult. The crashing of the waves was so loud, it seemed to drown out any other sound. And was it just him, or was it getting louder? He looked to see that huge waves were coming in, seemingly out of no where. Tulio's eyes widened. What the hell was going on? All he could do was back away slowly.

Hearing the footsteps she bid her time waiting more and more until it was the right moment when she pushed up to break the surface of the water and move to snag the poor human and push him to the water with a laugh as the water were turning sour in the harbor.

Tulio didn't even have time to make a sound before a pair of hands grabbed him by the ankles and pulled him into the water.  After that, everything became a blur as he struggled to get free.  He thought he saw a mass of red hair, and a tail fin.  What was she?  A siren?  A mermaid?  Weren't they infamous for drowning men for the fun of it?  That thought made Tulio struggle harder, even though he was no match for the water and the iron grip that the siren had him in.