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a little mermaid in a fantasy larp school
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- She's not very experienced with kicking and so that hurts worse than the fall did; she clutches at her toes, swearing silently in her native language.

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"Okay, careful in there!"

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There is WET coming from her EYES and it's new, not from the bath, which is extremely concerning.  And it's salty like the sea is when she tastes it.  Hopefully she is not turning back into a fish person from having stayed too long in the water or something; she doesn't have a better guess at what could be happening even though she's pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to work.

 

But eventually she recovers enough to put her clothes on her very wet body and hobble out the door.

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"Hey there! - are you okay -" says Leivara, who is holding a bundle of textiles in her arms.

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Her paper has some wet spots but there's enough dry to write on.

Are my hands and wet eyes okay for humans?

Here are her hands; they are wrinkly.

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"Your hands are fine, that just happens if you stay in the water for a long time, they'll go back to normal soon. Your eyes look like you've been crying? Did you hurt yourself, was that the thumping noise?"

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Yes and with the door.  Please explain crying.

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"- humans cry when we're in pain or sad or sometimes feeling other really strong emotions. It won't hurt you either but it can be kinda uncomfortable. Uh, I got your new clothes, and an LED tablet so you don't keep going through scrap paper, do you wanna change -" She holds out the pile of textiles. "This is actually three outfits but I didn't know how you'd want to match them."

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She tries writing 'Thank you.' on the tablet - oh that's pretty cool.

'How I unwet bathroom so it doesn't hurt more people?'

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"With the towel over there, probably after you've unwetted yourself."

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She walks very carefully over to the towel and??  Wraps it around her body?  With the wet clothes still on.

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"- you take the clothes off, rub the water off with the towel, put it on the puddle on the floor to soak it up, and then put on your new clothes."

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Oh okay.  She starts stripping and gets to that.

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Leivara sets the clothes down and leaves her to it but doesn't fuss about the door being open; it's winter, not nudity-taboo, keeping everybody's clothes on.

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Cyllene hasn't learned a very effective way of drying her hair but the rest of her is much less wet now.  Swipe swoop the water off the floor, towel goes back where she found it?  The tub is still full and she's not sure what the done thing is there so she'll leave it that way for now.

What are these new clothes like?

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They are lighter and softer than the school uniforms, which are more structured to make all the pockets work; this shirt, pale yellow, has a kangaroo pocket but no others, and the slacks, navy blue, are pocketless.

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Soft!  Nice!

She puts them on or tries to, depending on how difficult any fastenings are.

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The shirt slips on and the pants mostly do too though they have dangly bits of material at each hip to be tied in front if desired.

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They will dangle for now.  Is Sesh around or already in bed?

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Sesh is in her room and pajamas but still awake and taping up her pictures of sea dragons.

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'Tomorrow for you what happens?'

(The previous things she wrote on her tablet are still there.)

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"Oh, I have school."

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'How long?  Today and before you were here before me.'

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"Yeah my school day is shorter and my school is closer so if you go with Dad you won't see me leave or come back! But I do have it."

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'I will not go tomorrow.'

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