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[mermaiding]

Who: mermaiding & you!
When: Like ICly 10/29ish. After the event
Where: Various
What: After becoming visible again, Oona 'celebrates' by touching everyone to reconfirm that she's solid
Rating/Warning: Random touching?

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[Being invisible had been one thing-- she could deal with that. Sure it made everything a little difficult, but it could have helped her in the long run; you know, if she could have touched people.

She hadn't thought about how much she'd miss it until it was gone. It was...lonely. Cold. She'd felt more bitter and angry than she had in months, trying desperately to get the attention of others to no avail. It hadn't taken long for the anger to change to despair, and it had taken all she had not to cry when she found herself 'cured'.

It was a cautious optimism, but it had quickly grown to an almost mania as she ran around the streets, mostly looking or familiar faces, but strangers weren't immune either as she suddenly grabbed onto people with open delight]

Ah! Touch! Can touch you! You can feel, yes? Touching you! [She grabs at arms and hands, pressing at the skin and squeezing hands (lightly, she's mindful of her inhuman strength thankyouverymuch), even going so far as rubbing her cheek against shoulders if the person isn't too tall or doesn't throw her off right away.]

[Closed for Tenka]

[There is one specific person she's looking for though, and she's quick to track him down to his house again. She debates a moment on how best to go about contacting him, and while she knows deep down that calling him first would be best... Yeah she's not doing that.

She raises her fists and knocks. Insistently. No pausing until he answers eeeyyy.]

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[mermaiding]

[She hums in agreement, but there's a look on her face that betrays how much she thinks he got off easy.]

They are human. [It's said dismissively and she lets him go to wave her own hand in distaste.] Stupid, useless humans. Of course they do nothing to stop this or, ehh... Make things better. Who would think different?

[changeably]

[He notices that look, but beyond a slight frown, he doesn't comment. You don't know him, you don't know his life, Oona!!]

Humans aren't all idiots. If they built this place, they ought to be in better control of what happens in it. The ones here just happen to be terrible at the management half of things.

[And he'll take that hand back, thank you, and move to hide it behind his back with a shrug.]

[mermaiding]

[WRINKLE HER NOSE.] They are. Have met too few who are not and even them who can say?

tch. Stupid... They should not be in charge if they can not handle things. [She gives him an odd look then.] Is something wrong with your hand?

[changeably]

You haven't met even one you know is worth knowing, after all this time? Well, I suppose there's no accounting for taste...

[He flinches at her question, which completely derails any further response he was thinking of making about humans and how stupid they may or may not be.]

And there's nothing wrong with it at all. Why do you ask?

[His ears twitch, giving away his nervousness even more. He was really hoping she'd forget about it, once it was hidden better. She seemed the "out of sight, out of mind" type, but apparently, he misjudged her.]

[mermaiding]

Did not say that. [Her tone is frosty.] Have met too few, I said. Can name three have met since coming here.

[She makes a face at him; his response just makes her more curious.] Hiding it. Hand is fine, why hide? [Are claws bad?? She would kill to have her claws back again]

[changeably]

[He gives her a look full of confusion, with a little bit of "you can't be serious" mixed in. Three whole people, and a fixation on his claws... What a lady.]

It is rather noticeable, even if it's not hurting me. I'd rather not cause a scene.

[Also, he's kind of ashamed of it, but Oona seems to not even understand that as a concept, so there's no point saying that, even if he wanted to.]