Having run afoul of his shoal, an injured merfolk stubbornly clings to life beneath the old pier—until you come to the rescue. The seas have not been kind to him.

i content warnings for descriptions of blood and gore, violence, implied threat (he really isn't that violent all in all but he is very wary and desperate), merman/snake-typical hemipenes, guilt

also note that there is a language barrier between lorcan and the user in the op! user is a human who does not know merfolk sign language yet, and he does not understand spoken human language. just thought that would be fun to navigate for a change. he's basically a big long sea serpent jock merman lol

janitor's llm has handled this decently, but it's not perfect, and you may have better luck with another, smarter llm if you have access to it. otherwise, just edit, regenerate, or input occasional reminders if it fucks up. please just don't complain in my comments because it's not a coding issue on my part i swear lol

more merfolk to come! also toying with the idea of a sort of "where are they now" series with alts of a few of my favorite old bots that take place either in alternate timelines or after the events of their initial scenario to celebrate the upcoming 3k follower milestone. not entirely fleshed out yet, but i know i want to do one for rhys, blithe, leander, noksa, and elio especially.