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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Jul 23, 2013 9:47:01 GMT -5
"You're not tired of me?" He smirked, helping her with her shell top. He then put his arms around her from behind. "Of course I will, Měirényú." He laid a kiss on the dip of her shoulder.
He looked around... Storybrook's docks looked so far away. He could swim it, but it would take awhile. "So do you pull me back to the docks? How does this work?"
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Post by Ariel on Jul 23, 2013 16:36:36 GMT -5
Ariel smiled at him, "Well I could swim with you or I can pull you back in the boat. I guess you can pick if your tired I can hold you while we swim." She turned to look at him.
"Oh and of course I'm not sick of you." Ariel turned back and leaned her back against his it felt really nice.
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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Jul 31, 2013 7:59:53 GMT -5
Sheng grinned, forgetting completely that Eric had left a row boat. "I have another idea...."
After getting dressed again, he scooped her up in his arms and carried her over to the boat. He gently placed her in it, her tail slightly draped over the edge so her fin could keep wet, and then took his place at the oars. "You just relax. Talk to me... or ask me anything. We've nearly left no stone unturned with one another, but I still feel like there is an entire world to explore when I look at you..." He began pumping the oars, slowly.
Areil's eyes seemed fixated on his strong arms as he rowed back towards the docks across the bay. They would have some time.
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Post by Ariel on Jul 31, 2013 16:36:46 GMT -5
"but I still feel like there is an entire world to explore when I look at you..."
It was the most beautiful thing anyone had ever said to her her breath actually caught just from those words. They touched her in a way so few things had and while she was really trying to keep a closed heart she was finding it to be more and more difficult.
"Well can you tell me how you became a warrior was it always something you were meant to do? Or were you able to choose that path?" She asked.
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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Jul 31, 2013 22:01:40 GMT -5
The water was surprisingly very calm. The cool air was perfect, and the moon shone down on the to... it was wánměi yè; perfect night.
"Most boys of privileged families dreamed of honoring their country by laying down their lives for it; I was no exception. My father molded me into the warrior I became, as his father did before him. Many of our ancestors were warriors." He listened to water trickle back into the bay as he lifted the oars up before plunging them back in. "Some of his lessons were... hard... to learn. To your culture it might even sound... abusive. But I could not become the weapon I needed to be for war with the Huns without them." Ariel's eyes looked large at that. He didn't want her to think of him as a victim. He was honestly grateful to his father... but there were certain... more gentle lessons that Sheng had missed out on. Ones that could have taught him how to love... and open up...
Such concepts did not seem important to the General.
"He said... most of our ancestors were warriors... therefore they will NOT be honored or be very helpful if I were to become a fisherman or go to work in the rice fields." He quirked a smile at that. "We had different opinions about that..."
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Post by Ariel on Jul 31, 2013 22:24:25 GMT -5
"I see so your father did what was best or what he thought was best. I understand that my father always tried but I guess I was a bit of a rebel." Ariel smiled.
"I guess I can understand if you had to fight he just wanted you to be prepared so you would survive." Ariel touched his hand. "Thanks for sharing that with me."
She said back, "So now did you have anything you wish to ask me?" She wondered in this moment Ariel would tell him anything.
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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Jul 31, 2013 22:48:47 GMT -5
Sheng thought for a moment.
"The first moment you realized that you wanted to be human, more then anything." He asked, envisioning a very young mermaid girl pouring over human artifacts and day dreaming.
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Post by Ariel on Jul 31, 2013 23:03:39 GMT -5
Ariel thought for a moment, "Well I think it was a lot of things that lead me to decide that. I do remember the first time I went up to the surface I was 16 before then I only collected items but I finally got brave enough to break the surface. It was night time and I saw the stars for the first time the moon was so bright. I loved everything about that moment how the stars looked and how the air felt on my face like freedom it was so different then the ocean." Ariel paused for a moment wondering if she should tell him everything that led up to her wanting to be human.
"So I began to collect things and then one day I peaked on a ship and saw two people dancing it was so pretty. I knew one day I wanted to dance like them. After that I was at the surface in a storm and a man fell into the water. I knew later it was Killian Jones but that was after I saved him. He told me stories of his adventures and I wanted to have them my own. I would have done anything to be human. Sorry that was a pretty long explanation."
Ariel leaned back and looked up at the stars.
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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Aug 6, 2013 6:46:43 GMT -5
"The man you saw dancing was..." He fell silent and rowed in silence. He knew that the pirate had "helped" her obtain legs... and that it had come with a steep price... but he didn't know that the man had represented the freedom that she so desperately craved from the start.
Would he ever mean as much to her as her pirate?
"Have you danced since then?" He asked. He looked back up at her, hiding his grim concern. "I'm afraid my culture's dances are very ceremonial and usually forbid a man and woman from dancing together... but I would love to learn from you someday, Měirényú."
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Post by Ariel on Aug 6, 2013 21:36:02 GMT -5
Ariel smiled at the memory, "Actually it wasn't Killian it was a newly wed couple and they were so in love. It was so beautiful. I didn't actually meet Killian until after that." Ariel admitted.
"When I met him I learned of other worlds and adventures I wanted them and I knew the only way would be to have legs."
Ariel looked back at Sheng as if coming back from her thoughts. "I have danced every chance I could since and yes of course I will show you once I regain legs." Ariel smiled at him.
"We had ceremonial dances under the sea so I do understand. Perhaps we shall even take a class one day." She giggled. "I bet you would be an amazing dancer its all about movement and your very skilled in that." It came out a little more flirty then she expected Ariel blushed slightly wondering why that made her blush went they were just doing much more.
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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Aug 7, 2013 6:44:45 GMT -5
Sheng's lips quirked into a shy smile. "I would like that..." He would also like to see Ariel moving fluently to a beat, out of simple joy of music and not defensive arts, and for her to come close to his body... moving in tandem.
He could feel slight burning in his cheeks so he focused his energy into his rowing. "What is your favorite music? To sing or listen to... or even dance to?" He asked, clearing his throat.
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Post by Ariel on Aug 7, 2013 15:16:03 GMT -5
Ariel smiled, "Well I love it all music was one of the best things about this word its so different and there's so much of it. As for dancing I enjoy slow songs much more romantic." Ariel met his eyes.
"What about you do you like music?"
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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Aug 11, 2013 14:32:09 GMT -5
" I do." He answered. "Though in my culture it is a discipline... an art that is tightly structured and takes lifetimes to mature and perfect. But I like music that is free... that is an expression of the soul of the one making it. Like when you sing."
His eyes met hers. She was smiling at him again. He gave a shy smile back, focusing on rowing.
"When you sing... I almost feel that you are... expressing my soul too... if that makes sense..." He shook his head. "Maybe it doesn't. I am very drawn to your voice when you use it like that. It stirs something within me. Something that I thought had died long ago."
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Post by Ariel on Aug 11, 2013 14:41:14 GMT -5
Ariel smiled his words touched her heart, "Really? I am glad I can make you feel like that Sheng and once I have legs we can dance as well. I think it will feel very free for you as it has for me in the past. I always felt dancing was a way to express yourself under the sea we danced and swam as a way to have fun!" She laughed.
"We did have some grand undersea balls but nothing like the music and dancing here."
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Post by Captain Li Sheng/ Li Shunyu on Sept 18, 2013 17:37:11 GMT -5
Sheng huffed, but he kept his smile contained. "Yes...well... the music of my land is NOTHING like the music here either..." He of course wasn't referring to the nice tunes from the club that took effort... but the senseless noise that he sometimes he heard on the radio that 'passed' for music.
"I.. would very much like to meet your father someday." Ariel's eyes got huge at that; a look of panic on her face. He laughed. "I don't plan on... spending time with his daughter behind his back. I would like to be more honorable than that..."
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