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[A warm, glowing light begins to fill your screen, before finally the image clears, and you get to see... the incomparably beautiful image of Mermaid Prefect, propped up against the side of the moat, with his arms resting on the muddy bank. He's managed to jam his communicator (which in this instance, is a beauty and the beast style magic looking

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[Prefect glanced up from the mirror as Edward approached, a little apprehensively. He recognized the young man almost immediately (one got to know those who lived on top of one, after all) but Edward was a less familiar sight.]

I'm a Merman, but I think there are others out there somewhere. So, you shouldn't say it like I'm the only one, friend.

[Those clothes looked expensive. Oh man, maybe he was rich! After Prefect drowned him he could empty his pockets and add his gold to the little hoard he was working on down in the deepest part of the moat.]

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I don't want your companion! [Prefect objected. He wanted the Prince! There hadn't been a royal drowning in literally weeks! And even that had only been rubbish, second cousin style royalty.

Besides, people didn't just walk up to him! It wasn't normal! They had to be tricked, or beguiled! This had to be a trap, and he wasn't about to fall into i--

Oh.

Well, apparently while he was thinking the matter through, Prefect's instinct had taken over, since by this point both of his hands were clamped around the extended wrist of the boy, and he was currently in the process of thrashing the moat into a frenzy of white foam while he tried to drag the boy under.

...Well, now the Prince was definitely not going to come any closer. Damn it.]

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[Prefect hissed at Eddie, not even pretending that he was considering unhanding Matthew.]

No! You gave it to me!

[And now it was his. And it was going under the water and down to the secret place. Prefect thrashed a little harder, ducking his head under the water of the moat to try and make himself harder to stab.]

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[Prefect paused. On the one hand, this was a much better deal. On the other hand, this was almost certainly a trap, and...

...aaand he had already released Matthew and was making a grab for Eddie's ankles. Stupid Merman instincts!]

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[Shrieked Prefect, in something a little akin to extremely unpleasant dolphin chatter. The foot aimed towards his face did jar him considerably though, he didn't let go, but he did lessen his grip on Edward's ankle considerably, pausing to quickly count his teeth, before redoubling his efforts.]

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[Prefect gave a muffled sound of pain at the blow to his shoulder. That hurt, and he didn't want to add too much pressure to it now and risk injuring himself. So instead, as Edward splashed into the water, he swum up on top of him, releasing his ankle entirely in order to try and clamp his arms around the other man's chest, pinning his arms to his sides.

Then he could just swim to the bottom and wait, while the Prince struggled in vain.]

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[Prefect tightened his grip on Edward, still gently wafting his tail to push them down towards the silt at the bottom of the river. The Prince would drown, then Prefect would take his clothes and gold, then he would bury him here and go back to the surface so he didn't have to think about the body.

The post-drowning details were never enjoyable in practice.]

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[When Eddie finally opened his mouth to submit to the pressing water of the float, Prefect knew it would be over soon. The telltale blossom of bubbles which were evicted from his mouth as he breathed in a mouthful of water were entirely familiar to Prefect, and they always signaled the beginning of the end.

Pushing his captive down into the mud, Prefect waited for the life to drain out of the Prince. It did seem... admittedly, a little strange for Edward to be looking at him like that, but that would surely go out with the rest of his life signs.]