“So...? There is a means...surely found from Stories and Legends from these... I donno... Divine Guardian Mermaids to regain legs?” Stefanie remarked after her go over the note. “And Serenity or whoever she the real damnit is. She waited until I was ‘infected’ before fully undergoing it as she needed a Fool to take her place” Melissa muttered in dread “Very least though I somehow can’t blame her. Violently forced and some MIB-style group on standby to return her if she just jumped it”.
“Trouble is For Melissa to do so now will lock you in. And vice-versa to return you to normal” Emily then cried. “By now Serenity is long gone and I rather not follow her example and force someone else to bare this coming burden” Melissa followed in defeat. “Good thing I didn’t then” Stefanie kindly assured while putting her hand on Melissa’s shoulder. “STEF ARE YOU-” Emily started. “Again I chose this Em. Hell by now all we know Serenity’s time as a mermaid, forced in as it was, allowed her amples of time to accumulate knowledge to manipulate possible targets with this Magic until the ideal candidate came along. I mean she said it herself in the note she was stuck for 4 years” Stefanie listed out.
“So you’re just fine getting locked away at sea for my chance to regain my legs?” Melissa questioned bitterly. “So you didn’t hear my response to Emily over our folks reaction?” Stefanie returned. Melissa then remembered Stefanie yelling something about them not caring or something. “Funk Mum and Brain would secretly be jumping for joy around the legally filing my missing person’s report” Stefanie continued while letting herself to lay flat in the bathtub. At this Melissa remembered how Emily and Stefanie lost their real father 4 years ago and their mum remarried the following year, actually she did think the circumstances were suspicious herself.
“Their more focused on that spoiled brat half sibling of ours raised on dad’s insurance and mum’s illegally claimed widow’s checks. What’s more I’m sick of mum’s constant pestering into my love life otherwise and her medieval stance on my orientation” Stefanie continued “Damn dad was accepting when he learned I kissed a girl at 8. Point I think he knew I was a Lesbian before I did and accepted it” then she leaned up to look at her tail and hands “Plus In all this I saw nothing over Mermen so maybe there are only mermaids and I’m now thinking they might be some sex open”. “Stef this is-” Emily tried to argue. “Serenity said it herself if Melissa wants to return to human she needs a replacement. Hell if I found her instead and she ‘maybe’ inadvertently exposed her true agenda I would still allow myself to take her place” Stefanie firmly interrupted “Fact is, if someone has to remain a mermaid here then at least it’s got to be a willing choice”.
“Melissa say something? Anything?” Emily pleaded. But Melissa was already defeated in mental terms at this point. Stefanie was right, unlike her Melissa while glad to experience being a mermaid was unwilling to be one indefinitely and she had to agree at this point that ‘maybe’ Serenity had used a spell on her. “I’m sorry Emily... if you can’t talk her out of this I have no hope” Melissa confessed. “No...” Emily muttered in dread with her head down. “Well then... we best get on over to the beach and get in the ocean. No way we can learn what we need here” Stefanie then insisted: