The day they arrive is definitely one of Lauren's worst days at the carnival. He dealt poorly with change, and waking up to find you had a weird fish tail was kind of a big change. Afterwards he'd argued with Susan and now he felt even worse than before. While Lauren doesn't generally look happy when he wanders the carnival, he also doesn't ever really look sad. Right now, he's having a hard time covering up his distress.
He's trying to figure out this swimming thing, but it's sort of hard? He thinks he's doing it right, but he's so slow. It'd be frustrating if he weren't feeling so ambivalent towards everything right now. Still he's positive someone will have something smart to say about it soon enough.
Day 45 Great Blue Yonder
The next day Susan insists on getting him out of the trailer. Susan wants to convince Lauren this place could be really interesting. Frankly Lauren barely had the energy to swim to the reef, let alone spend countless hours swimming around randomly in search of oddly colored fish. He tries to look interested, at least a little, but it's difficult. He'd never really had to fake being interested in something when he was actually bored out of his mind.
At least the coral was kind of interesting looking. He swam closer to a particularly bright looking piece of it, reaching out a hand to touch. And near immediately cuts himself on the reef and pulls his hand back with a hiss of pain. Red blood trails out into the water, as he holds his hand close to his chest.
"Yeah well... Screw you too." It seems he's cursing at the reef itself.
Day 46 The Merket
If there's one place he is actually interested in going, it's the Merket. He doesn't know what kind of stuff they sell there, but he knows at least some of it will be magical. He knows Susan thinks an escape attempt is dangerous, but he knew the Ringmaster wasn't invincible. He didn't even want to fight her, or anyone. He just wanted to go home.
So he wanders into the Merket, looking at the wares and paying special attention to anything protective or sneaky. He knows he can do this, he just has to be smart about it.
Of course as soon as he sets foot in the market people start noticing him. He's one of them, one of the carnival workers, maybe even a performer. He can hear them talking about him, they aren't even trying to be quiet. Someone touches his elbow to get his attention, and he turns around startled, wondering if he should have brought his staff. She and her three friends just want to talk to him. It may be just talking to her, but to Lauren this was a fucking nightmare. And why did so many mer-people not wear tops!?
He stares at the ground, blushing furiously as he lets the woman talk at him. Maybe if he stayed silent she would get bored and just go away.
Lauren // OTA
The day they arrive is definitely one of Lauren's worst days at the carnival. He dealt poorly with change, and waking up to find you had a weird fish tail was kind of a big change. Afterwards he'd argued with Susan and now he felt even worse than before. While Lauren doesn't generally look happy when he wanders the carnival, he also doesn't ever really look sad. Right now, he's having a hard time covering up his distress.
He's trying to figure out this swimming thing, but it's sort of hard? He thinks he's doing it right, but he's so slow. It'd be frustrating if he weren't feeling so ambivalent towards everything right now. Still he's positive someone will have something smart to say about it soon enough.
Day 45 Great Blue Yonder
The next day Susan insists on getting him out of the trailer. Susan wants to convince Lauren this place could be really interesting. Frankly Lauren barely had the energy to swim to the reef, let alone spend countless hours swimming around randomly in search of oddly colored fish. He tries to look interested, at least a little, but it's difficult. He'd never really had to fake being interested in something when he was actually bored out of his mind.
At least the coral was kind of interesting looking. He swam closer to a particularly bright looking piece of it, reaching out a hand to touch. And near immediately cuts himself on the reef and pulls his hand back with a hiss of pain. Red blood trails out into the water, as he holds his hand close to his chest.
"Yeah well... Screw you too." It seems he's cursing at the reef itself.
Day 46 The Merket
If there's one place he is actually interested in going, it's the Merket. He doesn't know what kind of stuff they sell there, but he knows at least some of it will be magical. He knows Susan thinks an escape attempt is dangerous, but he knew the Ringmaster wasn't invincible. He didn't even want to fight her, or anyone. He just wanted to go home.
So he wanders into the Merket, looking at the wares and paying special attention to anything protective or sneaky. He knows he can do this, he just has to be smart about it.
Of course as soon as he sets foot in the market people start noticing him. He's one of them, one of the carnival workers, maybe even a performer. He can hear them talking about him, they aren't even trying to be quiet. Someone touches his elbow to get his attention, and he turns around startled, wondering if he should have brought his staff. She and her three friends just want to talk to him. It may be just talking to her, but to Lauren this was a fucking nightmare. And why did so many mer-people not wear tops!?
He stares at the ground, blushing furiously as he lets the woman talk at him. Maybe if he stayed silent she would get bored and just go away.