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[Tap tap tap

Yes, that sound is coming from your window, barge denizen, it is the soft tapping of little fingers on irritatingly water resistant glass.

Tap tap tap

Usually, Prefect is pretty much the last person on the barge who would come tapping at someone's window, trying to lure their out of their room into a watery grave. He's a nice person, and more than that, a man who holds himself up to a high set of moral standards.

Unfortunately, he fell overboard and turned into a mermaid, and he does have a precedent for taking a keen interest in fucking with people when he's been turned into a mermaid. Still, it's probably okay to open your window and talk to him, right?

Tap tap tap

Tap tap tap

Tap tap tap...]

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In the darkness of everybody's life

[with_my_teacup]

[The barge is the brightest thing in the depths right now-- still alive and alight.

But there are lights out in the darkness, too-- the little bright bioluminescent fish, the little jellies. And a bright blue light, clear and calm, bobbing gently out amidst the other wrecks.

Bob. Bob bob bob. Might be one of those little lantern fish. Them's good eating.

Bob. Bob

Bob.]

[buywithme]

[Once he tires of the Barge, Prefect still has to eat. The hunting grounds immediately around it are too flooded with the excited and hungry of the deep to make for any easy pickings, so he searches further afield.

He dips into the shadowy depths, seeking out something to fill his belly. When he spots the little light, bobbing out in the dark, it doesn't even cross his mind that it could hurt him.

In a quick flick of his tail, Prefect swims over to the thing, and snatches it with both hands, pulling it close to nip at it with his teeth.]

[with_my_teacup]

[Riddick's eyes snap open, and the danger to his lure outweighs his hunger for the moment-- so he punches the other merman in the chest first, and then tries to get a net over him. And as soon as it's free, he whips the cartiliginous appendage protectively behind his back, sheltering it amidst his fins.]

Don't eat my fucking lure, are you stupid-?

[Given his hereditary and very functional underbite, this comes out more along the lines of 'don' ea' my vfucking lure, ah 'ou ftupid?' But it's probably not wize to mention.]

[supersonic]

[ Pietro starts, sitting up in his cabin. He is trying to brood in here, ok, what are you doing.

Warily, he moves a little closer to the window, eyebrow raised. What. ]

[buywithme]

[Tap tap tap. Prefect's tail waves lazily behind him, but he grins as he realises he has Pietro's attention. Laying his hands flat on the window, he makes a large pantomime of trying to push the window open.

Let him in, friend! Let him in!]

I had to

[yeahscience]

[NOPE. Jesse is not having it. He stares at the merman for about two seconds, then shakes his head furiously.] No way, yo. Not again.

[And he closes the curtains, because NOPE.]

ahahahah I'm so sorry

[buywithme]

[TAP TAP TAP MOTHERFUCKER

TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP!!!!!

DING DING DING DING DING DING

SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH

SCRATCH

OPEN THE CURTAINS, YO!]

The entire wall in his bedroom is window.

[mightymorbid]

[This is Mozenrath, wandering into his bedroom and blinking in confusion at the figure at the window.]

lolol

[buywithme]

[Once he has Mozenrath's attention, Prefect pushes plaintively at the window, attempting to look innocent.

Let him in, Mozenrath! Open the window and let him in.]

[fancy_pants]

[Schultz is positively entranced by this. Naturally, this means he taps back, after tipping his hat to you.]

[buywithme]

[At last! An easy mark appreciative audience! Prefect smiles and swims a little somersault, before flattening his palms to the window and pushing against it.

He frowns then, a sad little frown. Let him in, strange bearded man. Let him in.]

[patheticvillain]

[For a first port, this could . . . suck less? Theoretically? At least this is what Cassel thinks until somebody starts harassing him through the window.]

[When it turns out this someone is his brother's freaky mermed-out shirtless warden, he changes his mind. This is actually the worst ever.]

Go away.

[buywithme]

[Prefect does not go away. In fact, what he does is elaborately pretend to be drowning, and claws at Cassel's window.

Don't leave him out there to drown, Cassel. Anything but that. :(]

[hunt4commonwealth]

[Dylan looks outside the window. He's a little disappointed that the merperson isn't a beautiful woman the way the stories usually had them. But he's interested in this new culture here.

Even if this merperson looks an awful lot like Prefect. Oh well, there are facetwins everywhere; there might well be a facetwin merPrefect.]

Greetings. I'm Captain Dylan Hunt. We mean you and your people no harm. We're here to visit peaceably for a few days and then we'll be on our way.

[buywithme]

[Shush Dylan you know no beautiful woman could improve on this... Prefect plants his hands flat on Dylan's window pane, and pushes against it lightly. He mouths a few words, but they come out as inaudible because of the glass.

He might be hamming it up a little to try and get you to open the window, Captain Hunt.]

[hetrustsme]

[Guess who also fell overboard and isn't really okay with drowning the nice visitors just for laughs? Sadly he's also kind of scared of being seen, so when he speaks he does so from behind a nearby rock, only his face and the end of his tail very bright blue tail peeking out.]

What are you doing?

[buywithme]

[Prefect swims around, glancing over his shoulder after Kal.]

I'm studying! What are you doing?

[Studying. Completely innocent study of the air breathers.]

[wemaketheworld]

[Daaaaa-na. Daaaaa-na. Da-na da-na da-na.

There's a Rorschark lurking around these parts. Are you really sure you want to be calling attention to yourself like that, Prefect? Granted, he hasn't noticed you just yet, but you're moving around an awful lot over there.

He flicks his tail and paces back and forth around the ship; there are people inside, he can see them as they move past the windows, but he can't get at them.

He can wait.]

[buywithme]

[Tap tap tap!

Tap tap tap!

Prefect continues to nip from window to window, trying to draw the attention of the people inside. He doesn't notice Rorschach, so curious is he about the ship. The bottom tip of his tail is wrapped in fabric that Riddick bound there, over a small wound that he'd sustained earlier.]

[darknessb4me]

[Arthas successfully ignores the tapping for about ten minutes, then looks up from his book and just glares.]

[buywithme]

[Prefect is so delighted for Arthas to be looking at him. He pushes his shoulder against the window, and mimes that Arthas should open it.

Open the window, Arthas.

Let him in, let him in.

TAP TAP TAP.]

[breathoflight]

[Snow's first port, of course she's going to be curious about the tapping at her window. He doesn't have to tap long before she's at the window to get a better look at him.]

You're right out of a story, aren't you?

[Of course, they're usually merwomen...]

[buywithme]

[Prefect smiles sweetly, and pushes up at the window, trying to mime that she should open it and let it in.

What stories have you read about mermaids, Snow?

What do they like to do to humans?

Is it a good idea to open the window to one?]

[bybloodandhonor]

[Noises from the window on the barge were fairly unusual to say the least, so that does make Tirion get up from his chair to pull back the curtains for a curious look.]

[sharpememory]

[Oh hey, tapping? AND IS THAT PREFECT? Barron is instantly over to the window. :c]

Hey, Prefect? Prefect? [And fumbling with opening it too.]