008 broken whisper

[fallen_cetra]

[The sphere flicks on as it breaks through the water, and Aerith pushes to the surface, her fingers webbed and her gills flaring as she tries to gasp for air above the water instead of under it, before dropping back down with a loud splash.]

I don't want it anymore! Why is it so cold? Air makes me choke, I hate it, I hate it I hate it!Doctor

Comments

[bit_impossible]

Aerith, hang on, I'm coming! [he actually made it to the surface not too long before then--he was beginning to dislike the feel of being a merman any longer--and shouldn't take too long to get to her]

[fallen_cetra]

I don't like being tampered with anymore! [It's almost a sob, but it's hard to tell when she keeps dipping beneath the surface.]

I hate it!

[bit_impossible]

I know, I know you don't. I'm--[he pauses briefly in his run and grabs something, then continues]--growing tired of it myself.

[fallen_cetra]

'm tired, Doctor. It's cold and it feels wrong.

Everything feels wrong. Something's coming, isn't it?

Sorry for the late tag!

[bit_impossible]

[softly] Yes. There is no doubt in my mind that something's coming, but I don't know what. [or rather, he's not sure if he wants to admit it just yet]

[and soon enough, he's at the doors leading outside!]

it's okay~! I need to get Ammy up and at 'em

[fallen_cetra]

Hnnnn.... [She bobs in the water, lifting her head to peer at the doors, looking very much like something out of old Earth lore as she stares through the tangle of wet hair.]

[bit_impossible]

[he heads on out and over to her, a large towel slung over his arm. her appearance doesn't bother him one bit]

Here, let's head back in. It'll start to hurt less once you're inside. [unfolds the towel]

[fallen_cetra]

[She stares at it for a long time, then comes closer to the shallows, forcing herself to keep her head above the water. It's harder to breathe here, but she gasps for air, laboring for each breath with dogged determination. She's not staying in the water any more than she has to.]