[Video]

[cherryblooded]

-like a regular hand mirror to me.

[Sorry if you're susceptible to motion sickness, because the guy appearing in the video is turning the hand mirror all around and inspecting every angle, before finally holding it upright. From this angle, his shrimp tail is visible, swaying gently.]

Minero's usually the one who insists that they've found treasure, but it looks like her judgment today was right. I can't find anything out of the ordinary about this at all.

It's a little small for Doloz to use... Maybe Lobco would like it? I should have a present for her when she gets back, it'll be any day now. Ah, I can't wait!

Comments

[aquaticrush]

Ah, hello! Is the mirror what you're connecting with?

[cherryblooded]

[From Cherryblod's perspective, his reflection in the mirror just turned into some other person talking, and he nearly drops the mirror.

Alright. Definitely not a normal mirror after all.]

Hello there. ...I guess so? Connecting to... what exactly?

[aquaticrush]

I'm sorry! I didn't mean to startle you! It's connected to a community that's part magic, part technology, and contacts other worlds. Did you receive your worldhop device with it? Those are fairly new, but everybody has one now.

[cherryblooded]

[Blink, blink. That's something unexpected.]

I'll have to ask the girls who found this if anything came with it. They just gave me the mirror.

[aquaticrush]

I hope it isn't a bother. Thank you for being so nice about it. Some people get upset or demand proof.

[cherryblooded]

Well, you have to admit it's a pretty unbelievable claim, but I can't exactly ask you to prove that. I'll have someone who's better at magic than I am take a look tomorrow.

[aquaticrush]

But it might not work with someone who isn't connected! Sometimes they can't see it! Maybe I should send something over there or...

[cherryblooded]

Something waterproof, if anything. I wouldn't want to ruin your things.

[It should be apparent from the video that it's underwater and stuff.]

[aquaticrush]

*Gulp. Deep breath.*

Sh-should I go over, then? I promise I won't take up too much of your time!

*Well, this would help Operation Not Being Chicken Of Water. Which has made a lot of progress already, but still.*

[cherryblooded]

If you can breathe water on your own, I don't mind. I'll put on some tea for you.

[Good luck, Retasu!]

[aquaticrush]

How does tea work underwater?

[cherryblooded]

It's one of those things you don't question.

[aquaticrush]

Um, all right.

*She takes another deep breath. Suddenly, there is a flash of green light with some bubbles.

That is... some manner of fishgirl, okay.

And she ends up in your kitchen shortly after.*

[cherryblooded]

[And the tea kettle is on, as promised. Cherryblod's a little startled by the sudden appearance, but quickly recovers.]

Well! It looks like you were being honest. What kind of tea do you prefer?

[Text]

[cakeandpain]

[While it wasn't odd to see someone who was discovering this interconnection between realities, it was rather unusual to see someone who was figuring out this stage and who also had an animal tail. While his Master probably knew what sort of tail it was, he had never taught Legato about marine life, as the subject had never come up between them. Living on a desert planet didn't really allow to discussions about marine life.

While his curiosity was worthless, Legato couldn't deny that he was interested in this person, so he typed back a response.]

While it is not obvious, what you're holding allows you to communicate to others that live in different theaters than you do. It is a strange but interesting device. However..why do you have a tail?

[aquaticrush]

I didn't mean to sound dishonest! Ah, um, shoes...

*She frets and looks around for a doorway to leave them. But her mutations decide to take a third option. Her legs promptly turn into a smooth white porpoise tail.

Seriously, this is the only part of her that actually stays true to the whole porpoise thing. Where she got the antennae and the ability to breathe underwater is beyond me.*

I don't want to impose, so whatever you have is good. This is okay, right?

[Video]

[cherryblooded]

[Since it's a mirror, it doesn't exactly have a keyboard: to respond to the text that appears on the mirror's face, Cherryblod answers allowed, hoping that the sender will receive his words somehow.]

That's because I'm a shrimp.

[archerartemis]

Uh, well, looks like you met the community.

[cherryblooded]

Hmmm, how about green tea? We don't have guests from out of the Sea Kingdom that often.

[cherryblooded]

[After two threads, Cherryblod's getting used to it.]

That's what I'm told. It doesn't have a name?

[Text]

[cakeandpain]

[While Legato could see the videos that everyone else sent, he preferred to just use text, as..he wasn't too familiar with how to send out video or audio replies.]

And what is a shrimp? An animal of some sort, judging by the clues in this script, but I don't know what sort of animal. And how can part of you look like a completely different animal while the other half looks human?

[aquaticrush]

All right.

*Eyeing the non-separating, non-rising liquid. And the fire.*

I hope this isn't too much of a bother for you.

[permavideo]

[cherryblooded]

[This would be a long explanation. It's worth noting that from the video, one could probably tell that Cherryblod's underwater.]

A shrimp is a kind of crustacean - a marine animal with a shell. Most of the people living here in the Sea Kingdom are some kind of aquatic animal, and we either have two forms we shift between, a humanoid one and a nonhumanoid one, or we only have one or the other.

For example, I just have this shape, my wife is only able to take a more lobsterlike form, and our daughter can shift between a humanoid and a lobster.

[cherryblooded]

Not at all! My wife is out at the moment buying groceries, but she should be back soon.

[aquaticrush]

As long as I'm not getting in the way. Your world is very different.