That Awkward Moment When: Mermaid Edtion!

[Mermaid Alea]

Definitely a win!

[SeaGlass Siren]

I figured out what I'm going to add during visiting hours (which is apparently tomorrow not today lol)b I might add a shell like Marlin said too lol

XD
"have you lost your sense completely? You're a human! She's a mermaid!!"

[Mermaid Sirenia]

XD
"have you lost your sense completely? You're a human! She's a mermaid!!"

Haha yess I almost put that on it too!

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Perfect!

[Marlin]

XD
"have you lost your sense completely? You're a human! She's a mermaid!!"

Ladies and Gentlefish, we have a winner!

[PearlieMae]

That awkward moment when you hear two women in the subway talking in front of you about gay porn and how much watching it arouse them.

I've heard about women being interested in that and it's my first time meeting some.

Perhaps I should have said something like "I'm gay and I'm hearing you, you know??"

But would it have been true?

The hearing part, I mean.

[Mermaid Wesley]

Tamw everyone at my human job knows me as the mermaid, and occasionally refer to me as such. That's what I get for tagging the library's Instagram ONE TIME. At Least they all think it's cool.


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[Mermaid Sirenia]

So let me tell you about the awkwardness that went down during visiting hours last night:

SO... I had my paper ready and my friend and I headed to the guys dorms, and we were locked out of the building due to not being a resident of that hall, luckily an RA came by and noticed us. We told her we were visiting friends, so she let us in. Then we were locked out of the actual hall it was located in, I looked through the window of the door and of course the first dorm on the right is the one with my photo hung on it. My friend, who lived in the area and was supposed to let us in, wasn't replying to my text messages. We sat outside the door for a good 10 to 15 minutes when this guy comes from around us to go into the hall... IT WAS THE GUY WHO HAD MY PHOTO ON HIS DOOR. I had my head down because I was looking at my phone, so he held the door open for me and my friend because he thought we were visiting a friend and didn't realize it was me.. he started going in his room and this is basically the conversation that went down:
Me: So... you're not supposed to be here right now because I was going to add something to your already amazing door.
Him: *looks at me confused, then all of a sudden you see the horror and embarrassment hit his face when he realizes who I am, he also wasn't aware I knew of the photo on his door til now*
Me: Hi I'm savannah, the mermaid *shakes hands with him*
Him: ... oh my god...(by now his face is bright red, he won't make eye contact with me, and he's laughing from being so embarassed)

So I add the paper to his door underneath the one of me and #datethemermaid and one of the people who lives in the hall walks by
Him:Is that the...? Ooohhh

Then several doors open and heads are peaking out as I'm talking to the guy who is still beet red from embarrassment. I left after that and it was by far the funniest thing ever..

[Vrindavana Starfish]

Best. Story. Ever. Seriously, that was epic awkwardness and so awesome!

[Mermaid Summerlilly]

That awkward moment when you tell family that you're going to be a professional mermaid, and they all laugh and say, "That's cute, but really, what do you want to be?" And I'm all like, "I'm gonna be a mermaid". (It's also a little embarrassing.)

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Oh Sirenia! That's beautiful.

[polyhymnia113]

Sirenia for the WIN. That is epic hilarity.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Sirenia you need to start your own reality tv show. "Mermaid on Campus"

[Sabrina the Selkie]

YES.

[Mermaid Alea]

That is so perfect. What are the chances!? I agree we need more mermaid stories from Sirenia!

[Mermaid Sirenia]

Well I'll be sure to let you all know when I have new stories to tell! Lol

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Today at the pool...
TAMW two young girls aged about 6 and 7, see one swimming about near the boom, and quickly get their flippers on and try to catch up.
TAMW one escapes so easily and lols at them under her breath, "Haha! You can't even swim! HAHAHAHAAHA!"
TAMW they finally catch up, I swim away and under them, pass two lanes and surface at the third, "HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

[MermaidMichelle]

TAMW one is away from the boards for a few days and misses thread-winning hilarity from Mermaid Sirenia...but at least now he really does know her!

Now for the dark, Hallowe'en part (this happened this morning):

TAMW one has a dream in which an unknown mermaid is swimming about the pool in a beautiful shiny green-bronze tail with blue-patinaed pectoral fins while one is trying to teach little children to swim because for some reason it was October of 1998 and I was 19 again!

TAMW it reminds one of one's own in-the-works mermaid outfit and brings to mind the theme from Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel, for said song is inexplicably titled Cyborg Mermaid....

(Cybersurgeon General's Warning: The following song is nigh-devastatingly depressing when heard with the translated (some of which by myself) lyrics below (Kishiro himself had a bit of a nervous breakdown working on the manga, which caused him to take a 'sabbatical' working on a whimsical fantasy tale about a female sailor transporting a dragon's egg). I at least found it such as I first heard it about a year after having the Near-Death Experience which inspired my own tail design....)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpUqoT0iX0

Lyrics:
In the night's drifting waves,
As we stand immersed in the flow,
Heaven unleashes its pouring rains,
Turning my heart to a block of ice.
The warm glow of your body's fire
Draws my cool lips to yours,
But I don't feel the heat!

Oh just once,
I'm promising you:
You'll see your heart's secret dream coming true.
Oh just once,
In the sea of the sky,
I'll surrender my eternal soul to the winds,
Should I fail you....
I'm an insignificant girl.

This deep sorrow we suffer
Stems from an illusion of love.
The drifting rubble of our shattered ship
Washes into a city merely made of sand.
My fingertips in your body's fire
Draw me to your warmth again,
But I don't feel the heat!

Oh just once,
Can we dream the same dream;
Can our rare hopes be confirmed together?
Oh just once,
In the sea of the sky,
The past disappears with the melting of life.
It's no matter....
I'm an insignificant girl.

< Bridge >

Oh just once,
I'm promising you:
You'll see your heart's secret dream coming true.
Oh just once,
In the sea of the sky;
Dreams drift in the universe's abyss.
Oh just once,
As the barriers fall,
I'll sheathe your passion's flame with mine.
Oh just once,
Set my body on fire.
My ashes scatter as your flames consume me.
It's no matter....
I'm an insignificant girl.

...

TAMW one bears one's soul on the internet. You know, this holiday was originally known as All Hallow's Eve, as it came the day before the celebration of all the souls who have been taken to Purgatory or Heaven. Thus it is quite appropriate to dress as a Saint, and given the above I think I know with which particular "Battle Angel" to go (SeaGlass Siren was right)....

[SeaGlass Siren]

It comes back full circle doesn't it Michelle :P

[Naufra]

TAMW a grand total of 32 customers see your "Ariel" name badge and ask why you weren't dressed as a mermaid for Halloween. The Queen of Hearts is infinitely easier to do my job in, 'kay people? I can't walk in the tail I have. Maybe I should just make myself a walking tail for next year to shut people up.