ATTN: [@PaulHaynek][hr]"[color=6083ff][i]Sun.[/i][/color]" Alice says, floating on the surface of the water near the docks; impatiently patiently awaiting the port authority to release a boat to her, and someone to sail it. According to the captain of the boat she boarded, the shipping lanes and sailing lanes were closed to travel - especially foreign traffic - coming in and going out. As such, she had simply thrown herself overboard and into the water...

Did she expect someone to bother in the water? No.

And, yet, here she was, being called upon by a... a walking rainbow?

Upon entering the port town, Alice didn’t realize that she was bonding with Carroll, until she noticed the looks. It spoiled her cover, since a Cursed Sword immediately stained a Human as a Mamono - to them, she was nothing more than a monster. Detaching, Carroll assumed her Lamia Form - attempting to bring some ease to the cowardly; after all, a smiling face was more approachable than a wicked blade.

Unfortunately, cowardice was stronger than personality, it seemed.

From under the water, Carroll surfaced with a fish flopping in her mouth - skewered by her fangs, and slightly smudged by her lipstick. Blinking, she took in the blinding man adorned in psychotic cheer, and wrapped her tail around Alice’s left arm.

<[color=808080][i]This... is embarrassing...[/i][/color]> Carroll started.

<[color=6083ff][i]Agreed.[/i][/color]> Alice nodded.

<[color=808080][i]Should I swallow this fish...[/i][/color]> Carroll asks.

<[color=6083ff][i]Maybe?[/i][/color]> Alice offered.

<[color=808080][i]I don’t wanna with him... staring at me...[/i][/color]> Carroll whined.

<[color=6083ff][i]He’s spoiling the sun, too...[/i][/color]> Alice lamented.

<[color=808080][i]He’s also kinda cringe, as well...[/i][/color]> Carroll says.

<[color=6083ff][i]Yeah...[/i][/color]> Alice agrees.

Unblinking, Alice and Carroll would, almost comically, sink into the water; leaving nothing but the loose, peasant dress and the fresh, slime-laden blood of the fish behind for the self-proclaimed “onii-chan” Ian.

He might have come on a [i]little[/i] strong...