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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jun 24, 2013 12:29:42 GMT -5
"Well, perhaps humans love differently than we do. From what I've seen, most of them live in fear of something, even themselves." Adella suggested, "Our people only ever fear humans, I doubt that any of us are afraid of being selfish. "
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Post by Ariel on Jun 25, 2013 14:58:37 GMT -5
"Well I don't think they love any differently some are just scared of it." Ariel told her, "I know, I waited for Killian to figure out what he wanted for a long time. I loved him for years, I just kept hoping he might realize his feelings. Finally I got tired of waiting and you know I met Sheng who is so different from Killian in all the best ways and I really like him. My point is if your so wrapped up in one guy you might not see someone who is waiting for you." Ariel tried to impart a few of the things she learned from her experiences.
"Truth is somethings just don't happen the way you think they will and that's not always a bad thing." Ariel smiled thinking of Sheng.
"I don't think I'll ever stop caring about Killian. We are friends but maybe you need to try dating someone else if Archie cares about you he will realize it when he thinks he is losing you." Ariel had seen it before with Alana and Eric nothing makes someone admit there true feelings like thinking they were losing that person.
Ariel knew this and it was how she knew Killian didn't love her because he was losing her. Yet still a tiny part of her wanted him which still made her so angry. Was he really so worked into her heart that she would never get past it? Maybe Alana was right she was doomed if she couldn't move past this. Ariel knew how Adella felt and it sucked but if her heartache could help her sister then at least it wouldn't be for nothing. Still Ariel wanted to see how things could be with Sheng and she knew she was already falling for him.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Jun 25, 2013 17:33:52 GMT -5
Alana nodded, combing her fingers through Ariel's hair, like mother used to do. Ariel seemed in good spirits... but it couldn't have been easy. To go through all that.... DAMN THAT CAPTAIN HOOK. DAMN HIM TO THE DEPTHS.
"We just want you to be happy." Alana finally said, looking back up at Adella. "Happiness... has been hard for us daughters of Triton to obtain, I'm starting to realize. It seems like an unfortunate trend..."
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jun 27, 2013 12:36:04 GMT -5
Adella nodded, looking a bit forlorn. "Yeah... I don't mean to sound harsh, but maybe it's best that Mom's in the Sea of Souls. I can't imagine how she'd feel to see us all like this and to know everything we've been through."
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Post by Ariel on Jun 27, 2013 12:53:17 GMT -5
Ariel who knew so much better then both her sisters what had happened to their sweet beautiful mother didn't agree fully. Of course her mother knowing what Ariel did with a pirate no less didn't sit right with her.
"Maybe mom would have given us great advice about all our problems." Ariel suggested but she remembered her mother the least out of all her sisters because she was so young when her mother had died.
Ariel liked Alana combing though her hair it was comforting.
"Still all our struggles will pay off in the end I am sure. After all what do the humans say life is what you make it. If I was cursed with this necklace but if I didn't have it I'd still be back home alone." Ariel admitted.
"Anything is better then that and I found my family." She smiled.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Jun 28, 2013 8:08:19 GMT -5
"And if the curse hadn't happened... despite all of it's anxieties and heartache... I NEVER would have met Eric." Alana admitted. "I believe we are soulmates... but I also believed that the old me would have NEVER swam near the surface of the ocean... so I never would have had an opportunity to let fate play out. Fate... had to kick my ass..." she laughed out loud.
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jun 28, 2013 22:03:00 GMT -5
Adella chuckled. "That's one way to look at it. I suppose if the curse never happened I would've been either doomed to wander the land searching for a cricket or showing up at Gepetto's door with practically no way to explain myself and looking like some creepy stalker or something..."
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Post by Alana/Opal on Jun 29, 2013 19:46:02 GMT -5
"Or dad would have would have found you..." Alana murmured. She then sighed. "I'm... going to tell you girls this, it's more for Ariel, but I think you should hear it too."
She took a deep breath. "Dad... tried a spell to give me legs back using the trident." She felt Ariel's eyes on her now. She looked into her younger sister's face. "It didn't work... obviously. It was... awful." She held herself, eyes fixated on a wood grain of the dock. "I had my legs back for a moment, I was so happy... but then I realized I couldn't talk. And each and every step I took... it felt like knives in my feet, they bled." Her nails dug into the flesh of her skin as she remembered the pain. "He turned be back instantly. He said that was the only way he knew how. It was the same spell..." Alana now looked up at Adella. "...that he used to wander the enchanted forest, looking for you. For three days... enduring THAT kind of pain until he couldn't bear it any longer."
Alana looked down again. "That is what I compare the measurement of love to. I know Eric would do that for me... in some ways he already has, risking his life coming for me during that awful trigger fiasco... But Adella... are you sure this man... this 'cricket' is capable of that with you when he can't even give you an answer?"
The last thing that she wanted to do was fill her sister's mind full of more sleepless doubt... but she was also very tired of men stepping all over her sisters' hearts. Hook, James, and countless others that some of the sisters just refused to talk about.
"It's just... something to think about." Alana gave her a weak smile, but then shook her head. "So how is Wade doing? You two have been reconnecting right?"
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Post by Ariel on Jun 30, 2013 12:53:46 GMT -5
That hit Ariel hard her father would go though that type of pain for Adella... then what did he do for her? When all the sisters said Ariel was the favorite even if she never asked for it and didn't want it.
She felt bad Ariel had hurt her father so many times and she had no idea how to make it up to him, because here she was as a mermaid and still very much with a human. If only her father could know why she felt the way she did. How could he Ariel didn't either she loved the sea it was a part of her but she was happiest on land.
Still Ariel realized if she would have had that chance the pain no voice she would have done it to be human. That scared her because it was desperate and pleading. Did she really hate her fins so much that pain and never being able to sing was a price she would have paid? Yet Ariel knew the painful answer yes she would have until she couldn't stand it.
She wasn't so different from Hook after all his quest for revenge would match her quest for legs. Ariel would have given everything for it. While her deal wasn't great with the necklace it was much better then terrible pain and no voice. That was how Ariel knew no matter if Killian had told her about the necklace she would have taken it anyway.
Still now she was very stuck because Ariel couldn't put back on the necklace not when she was falling for Sheng. However one could only date a mermaid for so long before they would get tired of it. When that day came if nothing had changed Ariel could put it back on... and leave her sister... no she couldn't do that.
It was selfish and mean Ariel wouldn't, not again a lifetime as a mermaid wouldn't be terrible if she wasn't alone. So she would just deal with it not matter what.
"I'm sorry Alana but if he knows how to do that maybe there is a way to modify the spell. We do have a lot of magic people in this town maybe they can find a way?"
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jun 30, 2013 14:20:00 GMT -5
Adella was stunned to hear about their father searching the land for three days.. for HER. She never knew that... The news added to the guilt she felt for leaving, knowing she inadvertently drove their father to such a desperate point to find her. Remembering her own experience on land, she couldn't imagine what it was like for him dealing with the pain and silence, despising the fact that he had legs instead of fins and worrying about her the whole time. She would have to see him after this and apologize for making him go through that over such a selfish endeavor.
She looked down at that and then Alana mentioned Wade. Reconnecting was one way to look at it. Adella saw it more as catching up, but she was still aware of Wade's feelings for her. He still loved her after all this time and he probably felt that they were rekindling an old spark due to recent events. Honestly, Adella only wanted him as a friend, but she had yet to tell him that.
Wade was kind and respectful... and her father approved of him. If this were still Atlantica, Triton would probably arrange for them to be married. She knew he would've made a good husband too. He'd always be there for her when she needed him and he'd support her the way she was sure her father felt she deserved to be. If it ever came to it, she was sure he'd be just as good a father as he would be a husband.
Plus, the fact that he was a MERMAN made him an easier choice...for EVERYBODY. He wasn't a human or a bug as her father once described Archie. Wade was simply...acceptable. Archie would never come close. Despite the fact that he too was kind and selfless, respectful and always willing to help those in need, he would always be less than an insect in her father's eyes.
Unacceptable... and Adella could never change that no matter how hard she tried or how much she wanted to. For a brief moment, she found herself envying Attina. She had Jonathan, a perfectly acceptable merman whom their father not only approves of, but had also CHOSEN for her. As far as Adella knew, she didn't have to go through all of this secrecy and inner conflict. She could just be with the man she loved and be happy.
At least Alana's words taught her one thing: she couldn't just wait around anymore. She didn't like the idea of putting Archie on the spot, but she hated the idea of hurting her family further even more. She needed to know if going through all this was even worth anything and she needed to know soon or she might end up hurting someone else she loved. As much as she wanted to be happy, she wasn't willing to gain it at the expense of the people she cared about the most. She decided that she'd talk to her father first about his harrowing three day experience on land and then she'd talk to Archie.
She looked up at Ariel when her idea interrupted her thoughts. "You'd also have to be careful whose help you seek out. There are a lot of magic wielders here who'll try to get you to sacrifice something you can't afford to lose just for a pair of legs."
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Post by Alana/Opal on Jun 30, 2013 15:43:04 GMT -5
Alana noted that Adella didn't respond about Wade. She didn't love him. That was obvious. But could love... grow? It grew between Her and Eric. Two people from two different worlds... and Wade was a good man. Well... merman.
Alana looked horrified at Ariel. Did Ariel realize how CRAZY she sounded??? If she KNEW the pain. "I'm sorry Ariel, but it's not something I'm keen on testing out. Believe me... I want to be human and to be with Eric after having waited SO LONG to finally BE WITH HIM.... but Ariel... you would go MAD." She was hugging herself even tighter, arms starting to hurt. "I finally can understand your obsession with being human... took me 28 years to understand it but I finally do... but it is NOT worth living like... that... your voice... your SINGING; GONE. Who knows how long you would last ON your feet...after that... you wouldn't be able to walk. Is THAT what your willing to risk?"
She looked at her two, young sisters... who had given up everything on a whim... and look where it got them. Desperate and full of heartache. "You may think I live in fear, not willing to take a risk, that I'm not as impassioned, but I'm speaking from EXPERIENCE... and out of sisterly concern for your safety and sanity: LET NO ONE TRAMPLE UPON YOUR HEARTS.... in any way. We are daughters of Triton; in COMPLETE control of our own fates. And Second... trust no magic but your own... as a mermaid and of the heart. None other is to be trusted."
It was her last appeal to her sisters.
"That said... there is something... I have been looking into." She said hesitantly, only because she didn't know if she truly trusted the source. "A man...who has a way with something more reliable and logical then magic." She looked at Ariel. "I will meet with him in a few days. His... fiance referred me to him... a Victor Frankenstein. Or.. Dr. Whale. He has superior knowledge of anatomy... and might be able to give us legs back... one way or another..." Alana's eyes looked vacant. She was frightened what that would mean, but she would do it; to be with Eric... and to make sure that the procedure was flawless before her youngest sister underwent it. "Eric doesn't know yet. I'd like to keep it that way. Until after the initial appointment."
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Post by Ariel on Jun 30, 2013 19:44:26 GMT -5
"I know Doctor Whale." Ariel told her, "May I come if there is something he can do I'm willing to let him test it on me first Alana." Ariel said willing to go though any pain so her sister wouldn't.
"I'll do it for you. You have done enough for me please! I've been though worst I promise I can handle anything. Having your heart ripped out even if it was willingly done still hurts." Ariel hated talking about it so much it was her weakest moment and she was so ashamed about it.
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Post by Alana/Opal on Jun 30, 2013 20:52:38 GMT -5
"ARIEL STOP." Alana couldn't help that her voice raised a little. She put her face in her hands, upset that she did that. But Ariel didn't get it. Leaping to put herself in danger. "You've been through enough... I set up the appointment; I'm going. ALONE."
She looked up at Ariel. "I understand you would do anything for any of us... but sometimes, that's not your place. This is MY decision. Respect it, please..."
Well, this trip down memory lane had spiraled out of control. And Alana felt it was all her fault.
"I'm... gonna head in now. I'll see you down at the boat." She told Ariel. She then turned to Adella. "I hope it works out with Hopper. I hope... he deserves you, sister." She dove under the water and disappeared.
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Post by Adella/Cadence "H" Williams on Jun 30, 2013 21:23:28 GMT -5
"Thank you, Alana." Adella smiled as her sister disappeared into the water, she looked to Ariel, "I hope this appointment goes well. Red trusts Victor and I trust Red's judgement. If she says Victor can help you both, then I'll give you each my support in this. I only hope it works out for you."
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Post by Ariel on Jun 30, 2013 22:21:02 GMT -5
"Yeah I guess she wasn't to happy I tried to help... I'll talk to her about it later." Ariel sighed.
"I hope so I trust Whale too and Ruby if there is something he can do I am sure he will. Just protect your self Adella I hate to see you hurt." Ariel touched her hand.
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