See I was on the verge of breaking down. Sometimes silence can seem so loud
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She has never seen someone wrestle with a mermaid.
It takes Phoebe a few minutes to recognize it's her friend Elizabeth wrestling the mermaid in the fountain.
She's one of those people being covered with water. Clearly, the right thing to do in this case is to throw herself into the fountain too, grabbing a hold of the mermaid's tail as it flaps around heavily.
"Have no fear, Lizzie! Phoebe is here."
That usually means fear, Elizabeth. The narration never knows what can happen when the tiny blonde is left on the loose.
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But at any rate, there is a mermaid and it is being wrestled! Elizabeth fell into the fountain, and the mermaid decided the water was hers and thankfully is only capable of wrestling. It's slightly stronger than an angel though so it had been winning before Phoebe jumps into the fountain.
"Yay Phoebe! You came to-" GURGLE, water "-sa-a-a-ave me!" is Elizabeth's thoughts about all this, and now her mind must think strategy, except she's being shoved under the water again.
She kicks the pretty mermaid in her pretty, sparkly, green stomach. Screw this wrestling with arms. SHE HAS LEGS AND SHE IS GOING TO USE THEM.
The mermaid, however, has a fin that she has decided she'll use, and it's strong, and it whaps Elizabeth in the face. "YEOWCH." And then she flails. THERE IS HER STRATEGY. "THE FINN! PHOEBE. GET THE FINN ( ... )
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This is not the Ariel kind of mermaid Phoebe would think is adorable. This is a scary mermaid that is hurting her friend Elizabeth! Maybe the mermaid doesn't know what's going on. Maybe she's scared and that's why she's lashing out.
Either way, the only thing to do here is try to restrain the mermaid until they can get the point across that NO ONE HAS TO GET HURT.
"Of course I came! I'm--" Phoebe flails, coughing up water. All the flapping around is ensuring she half-drowns in the fountain.
Phoebe gasps. "You did not just smack--you just smacked my friend. HOES BEFORE FINS. I got it!"
Phoebe jumps in tandem with Elizabeth. They're both going to try and tackle the fin at the same time. The narration only hopes this does not result in their headbutting each other. Or maybe she hopes it does. She's evil.
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"You're what?" There's no time for Phoebe to finish her sentence, because the flapping continues on, and they're both distracted with trying not to drown.
Elizabeth has no idea what hoes before fins is, but if Phoebe is shouting it from the rooftops (fountain... top), she is absolutely sure that she totally agrees, and she'll voice it too. "YEEAAH--"
However, her voice of agreement is cut off when she does indeed collide with phoebe. Her head knocks against Phoebe's with a loud whack, and she says ow, and then the fin that the girls had been trying to grab, flies up in an attempt to hit them both and knock them away.
This is not going well at all.
Why can't they all just get along and sing about wishing they were underwater/on land?
Anywhere but a fountain.
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Not like Phoebe's focus is stellar on any given day, but this time, the narration figures she might be forgiven for her exceptional lack of an attention span.
This is really not how Phoebe envisioned meeting up with Elizabeth again.
It doesn't help that one of the last times they saw each other, there was a monster in the lingerie store. Maybe their combined awesome creates these sorts of situations!
Phoebe gives out a high-pitched scream. She screams like a girl, okay, and the fin is kicking her ass. It doesn't help that once she manages to tackle the fin, she's met with Elizabeth's forehead. "Augh."
The fin manages to flap wildly in the air, and this time it hits Phoebe in smack dab in the butt. With enough force to throw her out of the fountain. The side of her face connects with the heat of the asphalt ( ... )
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Elizabeth winces when Phoebe gets hit in the face with the fin. "It's okay! It doesn't matter!"
If it matters, she'll remember after they're done taking care of this mermaid. They're totally gonna take care of this mermaid together, too. It will not kick both of their butts and throw them to the side like they're-- AUGH.
The fin is both heavy and slimy like that of a fish... or what she thinks a fish would feel like.
She smacks against the other side of the fountain before she too is thrown out, narrowly missing landing on top of Phoebe. Elizabeth's wings are out too, and it must be quite a sight. Two winged girls getting their butts handed to them by a mermaid in a fountain.
The mermaid is still happily preening in the fountain. She has obviously won this fight.
"Look mermaid, you're not the winner here, cause I got... I got even more backup," Elizabeth says, crawling up on to her feet and ow. Yes, there are definitely bruises. "And this fountain is not yours to own ( ... )
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"ARE YOU OKAY?" she asks Elizabeth once the water blows over them and shoves them back on the ground.
This bitch is hysterical. Phoebe does not understand what her problem is. Well, okay so she sort of does, but still. They're only trying to help!
"Back-up!" Phoebe nods eagerly. "You're brilliant, Lizzie. Yes. Back-up! Not that I think I should bother Jack about this but--"
Ooh. Elizabeth is going to call her Josef. Okay. That works well. She trusts Elizabeth's judgment and if she says this Josef person can help, then he will! Right?
Right.
Josef gets the call and barely hears anything over the splashing and the hysterics of the mermaid. He gets the gist, and for the most part, he's also got no idea how to deal with it.
Don't ask how he got a tranquilizer, okay? But he got one, and he's on his way over to calm this mermaid the eff down. He's not going to hurt her, only slow ( ... )
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It would not do to bother Jack. He is dealing with Torchwood and CLF shenanigans and the fact he, you know, disappeared for a week. Besides, Phoebe is the one that is supposed to protect him, not the other way around.
She's the protector. She can also protect Elizabeth.
SHE CAN TAKE CARE OF THIS.
...She cannot take care of this. Phoebe flops onto the pavement and stays there.
Josef is very upset he got smacked on the cheek by a fin. On the one hand, it's a very nice face and he's very territorial over it. On the other, how undignified to be smacked around by a mermaid's fin. HE HATES HIS LIFE SOMETIMES. Not really.
It only proves to piss him off more, and wrestle with the tail more efficiently. There's howling from the mermaid, and once he manages to get a good grip on her, plunges the tranq dart into her neck.
"Elizabeth, stay away from ( ... )
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Because the narration is evil, there is indeed a bruise forming on his cheek, from the very low of his cheekbone and further down. It's not pretty, and Josef is not pleased. He doesn't wear make-up and he wouldn't to cover a bruise but goddamnJosef can't help but grin at the expression on her face. His arms have wrapped around her waist instinctively, and did from the moment she collided against him so she would not get hurt ( ... )
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Elizabeth frowns at that bruise, and she touches the other side of his face, shaking her head at the sight of it. "Stupid mermaid," she mutters with a sideways glance of displeasure at her while she lies in the water ( ... )
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"Yeah, I could use a break from stuff for the rest of the day," Elizabeth says, because she's not silly enough to think that she'll get a break from stuff for any longer. That would require staying in her apartment, and she doesn't do that anymore.
After she has assured herself that Phoebe was fine, she gets back to her feet and starts wringing out various articles of her clothing. Elizabeth glances at his face again, wincing a bit. It is really too bad that it's all bruised, but he still looks good with a bruise on his face so it's okay!
It's that second question that makes Elizabeth freeze. Her heart falls like a stone into her stomach, and she swallows, very aware of how much her face feels like it's on fire. Yes, she's blushing. Yes, it's deep and impossible not to notice. The last time that she spoke about having sex with him with someone... it-- it was not of the good. He's a private person, and she knows ( ... )
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Phoebe momentarily regrets asking the question. She meant for it to be teasing, the way girlfriends tease each other, but the look on Elizabeth's face isn't worth it at first.
She begins to wring out her own clothing along with Elizabeth. "Ffff it's a good thing I was on my way back to the Tower. This ruining my clothes thing is not cool, Chicago."
Phoebe wrinkles her nose at the mermaid. "What's gonna happen to her?"
Josef shrugs. "Called a guy I know. Pulled some strings, a few people working at the aquarium are gonna come and deal with it."
Hell if he's going to put any more energy on something that messed up his face.
Phoebe nods, then grins back at Elizabeth slyly. "Coolness! So, one to ten, how good is he--"
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