Around the Island (literally), Saturday

[okteiviakom]

Octavia did not tend to spend a whole lot of time near the surface, let alone near placed where people with legs lived. But, this morning, a curious thing had happened: she'd woken up on a boat! In a bed that was dry and weird and not at all made of seaweed!

It hadn't been her favorite experience. Even though there'd been some fascinating things in there, there had also not been much room for someone who was half tail, and air was so much more cumbersome to move around in than water. So she'd climbed her way out, and made a great big splash when she'd returned to her proper surroundings.

But she hadn't left the island, just yet. Oh, no, this was far too interesting! She kept swimming around the island, occasionally clambering onto convenient rocks - and there were a lot of convenient, smooth rocks - to sit and just watch, sometimes excitably waving when she saw someone near the shore.

Her hair was improbably dry and perfectly curled, of course. No matter how recently she'd come out of the water.

[ooc: Are you on a quest and think a magical creature might be able to help you along, or do you just want to gawk at a mermaid? Either way, post is so open!]

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[chef_chocobro]

And while Ignis, dressed in his fine livery and carrying with him a very fancy pillow on which was balanced a very fancy shoe, had a very clear mission and felt a spark of excitement when spotting a young woman out on the rocks near the shore, his hopes faltered a little when he got close enough to see her better.

But he was determined not to let any stone go unturned.

"Excuse me, miss?" he called out over to her. "Pardon me if this is terribly rude of me to ask, but I don't suppose you've recently had feet, have you?"

[okteiviakom]

Octavia's beaming smile gave way to a quizzical squint. First at him and then, reflexively, down at her tail fin that was still just barely in the water.

And then back up at him again, now with a curious head tilt.

"Are those the things at the end of legs?"

That would be a no.

[chef_chocobro]

"Precisely so," said Ignis, with a little bit of a bow. "You see, His Royal Highness, Prince Noctis Caelum Lucis, of the Kingdom of Lucis, has sent me to this island in search of the fair maiden whose foot will fit into this glass slipper, left behind at His Royal Highness's most recent ball."

There was...a pause.

"I fear we do not need you to try the shoe on to determine that is is probably not you..."

[okteiviakom]

Ooh, a prince! Excitement bloomed on Octavia's face.

But then she looked between the shoe - what curious things, shoes - and her tail fin. And then she heaved a big sigh.

"No, I guess not."

[chef_chocobro]

Ignis, too, was looking from the shoe to the fin and then back again.

"I suppose," he ventured, because he really did feel compelled to explore all possibilities, "it still might not hurt to try?"

He had one duty in life, after all. He would feel terrible if he'd messed it up.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia perked right up again. "I don't mind!"

She swished the end of her tail back and forth a little, before actually lifting it out of the water.

[chef_chocobro]

And Ignis did not know exactly what he had expected, but, sure enough, when he carefully tried to approach so that he did not mess up his very nice regal uniform, so that he could best reach the fin with the glass slipper held carefully in his hand, it did not fit the fin.

He had made a very valiant attempt to make it somehow work, though. Even if it did only seem to cup the very curve of it and little more.

"Well," he said, shaking his head, "I suppose my search continues..."

[okteiviakom]

For a mermaid who knew she had not been to a single ball in her entire life - nor worn shoes - Octavia had no right to be look as disappointed by this perfectly predictable turn of events as she did.

There was a big ol' pout happening, yes.

"Well," she said. "Good luck?"

[chef_chocobro]

The big ol' pout might have made Ignis feel a little bit bad if it weren't for the fact that anything beyond this particular scope was just non-existant to him.

"Thank you," he said, bowing again after he straightened back up, turned smartly on his heels, and marched off to find the next potential maiden.

Hopefully one with actual feet this time...

[my_own_advocate]

There was something odd happening around the island and Lucifer couldn't put his finger on it.

Well, couldn't put his finger on it until he spotted a familiar figure resting on a rock not far from his house, and-- "What on Earth?"

[okteiviakom]

Octavia waved at him, excitedly. Primarily with just the one hand, but there was maybe a little, singular wave with the other one too. She just couldn't help herself.

Beaming the whole time, of course.

[my_own_advocate]

"Octavia?" Lucifer asked gingerly, taking a few slow steps towards the rock in question.

Somehow he doubted it.

[okteiviakom]

"Yeah!"

Well. Yes, but definitely no.

Her tail fin fluttered a little as she peered curiously at him.

"You know me?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Yes," Lucifer said, squinting at her. "It's me. Lucifer? And why for Father's sake do you have a tail?"

[okteiviakom]

Octavia laughed. It was almost -- melodic, in a pleasant if slightly unnatural way.

"I've always had one!" she said. "All mermaids have tails, silly."

[my_own_advocate]

"I'm sure they do, but you are not a mermaid," Lucifer informed her.

In case she wasn't aware.

[okteiviakom]

Octavia laughed again. And splashed with her tail a little more obviously.

And gave him a cheeky grin, because was he sure he didn't want to reconsider his stance on that?

[heroic_jawline]

Steve, clad in Captain America themed armor and a rounded shield, bounded onto the beach with his trusty dog, Patriot (voiced by Josh Gad). He was on a quest to save his true love!

"I am on a quest to save my true love--" he sang. Because you know, sometimes plot points needed to be reinforced.

[okteiviakom]

Generally, Octavia's attention was fully taken up by the two-legged people, but she had not seen a creature like the small furry one before.

"Ooh," she said to herself. "What's that?"

[heroic_jawline]

"I'm Patriot," Patriot said because dogs talked now. "I'm a dog! Are you a mermaid?!"

[okteiviakom]

"I am!" Octavia enthused, with a happy little swish of her tail. "And I've never met a dog before! Hi!"

[heroic_jawline]

"Hi!" Patriot said back. "My name is Patriot and I like chasing balls, getting treats, and fixing people's love lives! How about you?"

[okteiviakom]

There went Octavia's lips, turning into an excited little O again.

"Can you find me a prince?"

[heroic_jawline]

"Of course," Patriot said, waving his paw like it was a hand. "Finding the right prince is the trick, though, am I right?"

He glanced up at Steve. "Steve's prince got himself enchanted today. It was super bad break."

[okteiviakom]

"Oh no!" Octavia said, looking up at Steve as well, with an almost comical amount of empathy. "That must be terrible."