{04 VIDEO feat Mollymauk}

[freshtilapia]

[The video opens to Fish awake, sitting up in what seems to be their bed. Their dressing gown is on, at least. It's late at night in Lunatia-- give or take about 3am. And if your volume is up high enough, you might catch the sound of... someone? being very busy the next room over. Fish looks pretty concerned.]

Ah... hello.

[This is awkward.]

It's been a while since I've used this to address the whole network but... I was wondering how people deal with... ah... cats?

[And there's the sound of a door busting open and a blur of violet getting in the way of the camera and Fish and the suggestion that the merfolk threw their hand up so as to save the communicator from getting knocked over.]

Molly what--?

Ignore me, I'm just sneaking in here.

Wait, I can't--

Yeah, it's fine, just let me crawl in here.

I'm on the communicator.

Great. I don't wanna talk I just wanna sit...

[Rustle rustle.]

Perfect.

[A pause of silence.]

Continue, I'm comfortable now.

[The communicator comes down again, a little closer to Fish's face this time, they look defeated. But there's a very content, lavender-skinned, heavily tattooed tiefling on them, their tail swishing lazily and making a mess of the video a bit.]

I guess now you all know what I need... ah... a bit of advice on. Sorry, I'll get to replying to any answers later. It isn't the easiest having a lap full of cat-like tiefling.

[They huff and grin before turning the feed off.]

Comments

[sketchery]

I heard about you from Molly, too!! He was right, you are pretty good looking and stuff. [ What else did they talk about, I wonder. ]

[freshtilapia]

[They chuckle, so very amused by Jester's words.]

Oh? He said that about me? My... I'm truly honored. He's told me that I can't miss you. And true enough, I really couldn't. There is something very distinct about you that really makes you stand out.

And I've met quite a number of tieflings so far.

[They wink.]

[sketchery]

I am pretty great. [ Unique. Whatever. She's gonna take it as a goddamn compliment because that's what she does, grin on her face and all. ]

I'm blue! [ She sure is. ]

[freshtilapia]

I've met blue tieflings before. Two, actually. They were brothers. But you really stand out because one-- you have a very unique accent. Very pretty, too. I've never heard anyone speak like you before. And two-- your shade of blue? By far the prettiest I've seen on a tiefling. I've seen some merfolks in your shade! Though I think Molly would be hurt if I preferred your shade over his.

Then again, I have to admit, I'm biased.

[A bright, cheerful grin there.]

[sketchery]

Other blue tieflings? [ She blinks, the cheeriness dissipating. As if the rarity of her skin color is a point of pride, for her ( it is ). Her lips thin, even briefly, eyebrows furrowing.

But the compliments return, and she seems placated ( and this is Molly's special friend, after all, she at least has to be nice for a little bit— ) ] That's okay, Molly's purple is definitely the nicest purple I've seen.

— What are merfolks like?

[freshtilapia]

[Fish is pretty amused by Jester's reaction to the fact that they've met other blue tieflings. Though, to be fair, those two were midnight blue. Jester was a lovely shade of blue they'd compare to something they'd find on an artist's canvas or a dress on a storefront. It was the kind of blue that was rather cheerful.

Or that was just Jester herself and the way her personality shone through the video.]

Mm... I'd say the best way to learn is to meet one in person, but what would you like to know? For starters, my particular race of merfolk isn't scaly.

[sketchery]

So, there's this one story I read when I was a kid, right, where there was a little mermaid and she like, really wanted to walk on land with other people??? 'Cause I guess she was half fish.

[ ... ... ... How... does she ask this... ] But like ... well — [ ... ... ... ] You know. [ You're not, is what she's trying to say. She tried. ]

[freshtilapia]

Ah yes... they're cousins to my race. They're the more famous ones, too-- near legendary beings sailors often wax poetic about.

[Fish chuckles.]

Somehow having legs makes you less fantasy material.

[And they roll their eyes.]

But anyway, my race of merfolk isn't exactly fish? We've got more in common with whales and dolphins. We breathe air and give live birth. My race actually lives above water, but we often go into the water for extended periods of time-- finding food and all that.