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Name- Maxwell
Age- 18
Gender- male
Creature: Merman

Appearance- Max has a long and very thin body. His hair was once a blond color, slightly curly and short, but now it has become long and strait with the slim from the water in his glass box. His skin has become pail and an almost sickly color. His eyes are bright green and are usually the only think you can see, shining out from the murky water that he is kept in. Max has become rather ill and very thin because he usually does not eat the rotten fish he is given to eat. His eyes are red rimmed from lack of sleep and his cheeks have hollowed out slightly but he is still a handsome fish. Max's tail is colored like that of a whale shark, this is rare among other mermen but the humans don't know that.

Personality- Max was once a very boisterous person, always happy to make people laugh or smile, wanting everyone to have a good time, friends with all. He was loyal and brave, curious and kind. Was is the key word here. Ever sense Max was captured and locked away for the humans to laugh and point at he has become a much different person. He is much darker than he once was, silent and calm, waiting for the day he can escape. He tries to trick people into helping him, and or get them to come that one step closer so he can strangle them or drown then. Max hates the humans for what they have done to him and will never hesitate to kill one.

Biography-Max use to be one of the few male offspring that the king helped create. King Neptune never seemed to enjoy the company of his sons and much as his daughters and so Max was let to do whatever he liked without being ambushed by people wanting to meet the prince. Many people don't know that Max is a prince. His sisters all liked to gush and wonder about dry land and humans so Max decided to look for himself. It's not like his father would find out and stop him from going. Max swam the long way up to the surface to see what he could see and at first there was nothing to see, open water as far as you could looks but then off in the distance Max saw a ship, like all those that had sunken below the waves. Max swam to this ship to get a closer look. What he did not know was this was a pirate ship, a pirate ship out looking for strange sea creatures they could catch and sell for gold. Before Max could do anything about it, he had been strung up in a fish net and was tossed into the belly of the ship. Soon after being captures, Max was sold and now lives out his days in a glass box, in a dark tent, as a sideshow attraction in a fair.

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Max:

Another long day curled up at the bottom of this scummy tank. Humans crowded around the tank from early in the morning to late in the afternoon and I did my best to ignore the faces goggling at me from all sides. It was about mid afternoon when my eyes met a pair of bright hazle ones. A human girl with staring at me, biting her lip. I bared my sharp teeth as she took as step closer. Hopefully she took the warning and didn’t come any closer. One more step and I would strike.

Max:

The girl took a step back when I bared my teeth and soon she left. The day went on and the sun went down and eventually the tent emptied and the flaps of the tent were lowered. My eyes were closed but I was not asleep when she returned to the tent. She came close and greeted me softly. I opened my eyes and looked at the girl for a moment. She was so close, I could easily rip the human girl’s throat out. Reaching up, I gripped the edge of the tank and pulled myself up out of the water so I could get a better look at this girl. She looked scared.

Max:

The poor human swallows in fright as she looks up at me. I shift, crossing my arms over the edge of the tank, lowering myself down a bit so I’m more at her eye level. “Why does a human want to know my name?” I asked softly. Humans don't care, why would this one be any different?

Max:

My eyebrows shot up at her words and I stared at her for a moment before responding. “Most of your kind would disagree with you… but if you must know my name is Maxwell” I flicked my tail as I said my name, annoyed. These stupid humans had no idea who they had trapped in this small glass box.

Max:

I glowered at her. “Why am i here? I am here because I was forcefully dragged from the sea and soled to this oil slick of a place!” I growled, bearing my fangs. “I am the prince of the seven seas and you stupid humans have dared to put me in a fish tank like a common goldfish” I pushed off form the tank wall and splashed back down into the dirty water, spraying her just a little.

Max:

She crossed her arms as she reminded me that she did not put me into this tank. Slowly I let my head rise out of the water as she asked if I really was a prince, eyes wide, biting her lip. “Yes… I am” i said softly as I looked her over. “And no… There is no way… not any more”

Max:

“And how do you think you would be able to do that?” I asked as I looked her over. There was no way she would be able to lift me and unless she had something she could roll me out of here on she wouldn’t be able to move me even once i got myself out of the tank.

Max:


I pulled myself up to the edge of the tank once more and crossed my arms over the side before I sighed. “Two Large men tossed me in here.” I watched her face for a moment before I said “if you found something on wheels you could push me out of here. I think I can climb out of the tank myself” There was a little bit of hope growing inside of me. I might be able to get out of here.

Max:

The girl left and I sank back down into the water until he came back rolling a wooden cart. She pushed it right up in front of the tank and asked if it would work. I was silent for a while, looking down at the cart for a moment before I nodded. “I think it will.” I looked down at it for a moment more before I pulled my body over the edge of the tank and flopped down into the cart with a grunt. “Not my most graceful moment” I grumbled as I situated myself in the cart.

Max:
“Any part of the ocean will do… you would not be able to get near where I live on foot” I told her as she started to push the cart. She was soon struggling to move me, panting and sweating with effort. I moved around in the cart and put my webbed fingered hand on her arm. “Stop for a moment” I whispered, eyes glowing faintly in the dark. We were between two tents and only about half way there. “Catch your breath. We can’t been seen from here for now”

Max:
The girl collapsed to the ground and sat, leaning against the cart panting. “I really didn’t think I was that heavy” I mumbled, leaning over the side of the tank, watching her. When she got back up I sat back and watched her as she stated to push again. We made it through all of the tents before people started to take notice that I was gone. The girl started to panic when she saw the lights start to flicker on “Calm down, we’re only a few feet away.” I whispered back, my hand reaching out and grabbing onto her arm once more, my eyes staring up at hers.

Max:
She managed to get the cart to the edge of the ocean and took her shoes off. As she did this I pulled myself up and over the edge of the cart. I hit the wet sand with a wet thump and grunted. “I hate moving around on land… “ I grumbled as I pushed myself up into a sitting position. The water felt amazing and I closed my eyes for a moment before I looked up at her. “I think I might. If you can get me in waist deep I should be able to swim out from there.”

Max:
The girl gripped me around the waist and started to drag me deeper into the water. By the time we had made it to waist deep water the poor girl was soaked and shivering. She opened her mouth to sat something when a large wave washed over her head and she vanished under the surface. I cursed in mermish and dove under the water after her. A strong undertow had grabbed a hold of her cloak and dress and was pulling the poor girl deeper and it was all I could do to keep up with her in my weakened state. Getting level I wrapped an arm around her middle and tried to swim upwards but her soaking clothes were making her to heavy to get to the surface.

Max:


She grabbed hold of me as I attempted to get her back to the surface but after a moment she started to struggle and and first I was confused until I realized she was trying to remove the heavy clothing. Using my claw like nails I helped her rip out of the heavy material then snagged her around the waist once more and shot to the surface. It was much easier now that she was lighter. We broke the surface and I saw she was unconscious. I gritted my teeth in frustration. This human had saved me from that place so I couldn’t let her die. I grumbled something about stupid humans only being able to breath above water before I pressed my lips to hers, blowing air into her lungs. Then pulled back to allow her body to cough up the water that had entered her system.

Max:


The girl’s eyes snapped open and she started to cough up water. She was shivering violently from cold and clinging to me quite tightly. She managed to get a thank you out from between chattering teeth and I sighed. “You saved me so I saved you. We’re even” I said softly, holding her close. I was scanning the horizon, looking for somewhere I could take her to help her warm up. I spotted a ship closer than the shore and knew there would be people who could help there vs. the shore with no building in sight other than the tents. I could either go to shore and get captured again or go to the boat and… get captured again. I cursed in mermish and started for the ship. It was a navy ship, quite large. If I was going to be caught again might as well go for people that might be kinder than the people where I was before.

Max:
I made it to the side of the ship, Elizabeth’s head on my shoulder. And several voices called out in surprise. A life preserver was thrown down and one man shouted for us to grab on. I would have just had the girl grab on and go up alone but I wasn’t sure she would be able to keep a hold of the ring as it was pulled up. I sighed then, gritting my teeth, I helped the girl into the ring the grabbed a hold myself, making sure to keep hold of her as well so should would not fall.

Max:
We were pulled up and I was left to land hard on the deck as the girl was wrapped in a blanket and helped away. I moved so I could lean up against the railing as I looked up at the large scared up human looked down at me. I bared my fangs, making some of the men who had come over to stare take steps back. “What do I look like? I know your kind have stories about creatures like me” I was so tired and weak I wouldn’t be able to fight these men off or get away if i had to. “I was just helping the girl… Elizabeth… she was drowning”

Max:
The man ordered the others back to work, making then leave us alone then he offered to help me. I glared up at him “why would you help me?” I growled. I had learned early on that humans were not to be trusted. I most likely would not have trusted the girl if she had not been so innocent and kind. I moved and tried to crawl over the edge of the ship, to get back to the water but slid back to the dack, panting, eyes closed. I was too weak to get away. This was so embarrassing, I gritted my teeth and my tail flicked unhappily.

Max:
I listened to the mans words and after a moment I sighed and opened my eyes. I scowled and between clenched teeth I said “Please… Help me” I was stuck here and I needed help but I hated to ask humans for help. This was so embarrassing.

Max:
The man managed to life me very easily and moved me to a room with a tub. Once he had filled the tub with warm water I was placed down into the water. I was glowering and sank down into the water until it came up to my nose. I was still unhappy about having to ask human to help me. I sat like that while the man left and closed my eyes until the girl opened the door and exclaimed that I was okay. I sat up as she came closer and sat next to the tub. “Yes… I’m okay. And your welcome.” I looked her over and was glad to see she looked much warmer than before. “How are you feeling?”

Max:
She smiled in relief when I said that I was okay and her eyes started to wonder now that she could see be better in this light. “I am doing alright…” I murmured quietly as I watched her face. Her eyes went wide as she studied my tail, much cleaner now than it had been. Her face turned pink as she told me that I was beautiful and I just kind of stared at her, face blank, tail flicking in agitation. No one had used beautiful to describe me before. “Thank you” I said after a moment, inclining my head slightly.

Max:
The girl bit her lip and apologized for the compliment saying she hadn’t used the right word the slimping in defeat and calling herself an idiot. I leaned forward and took one of her hands in my wet webbed ones. “No” I said softly. Not sure why I was bothering to comfort this girl. She had saved my life but then I had saved hers, we were even, I didn’t owe her a thing but I felt an odd feeling in the pit of my stomach when I saw the defeated look on her face. Stupid humans. “My tail in particular could be seen as beautiful… I spose…”

Max:
Her eyes widened and she started to ramble about how handsome would have been a better word to use but how that would have made the conversation awkward and such and so forth until she stopped herself and smiled sheepishly. I sat back as she talked and just watched her face with a calm expression. I didn’t think the word handsome would have made the conversation awkward. Not when i could never see a human as more than just a human, but I didn’t say that. “I’ll have my strength back soon… they they won’t be able to keep me here even if they wanted to” I allowed myself a small smile, fangs showing.

Max:
The girl says she will stay with me just in case and I sigh slightly. She could stay if she wanted to. I didn’t mind her presence. The girl yawned and went to grab a pillow and blanket for herself and when she came back she curled up by the tub and fell asleep. I said nothing and only flicked my tail at her words “good night”
It was much later when the girl started to whimper and toss and turn. I sighed. I had not been asleep anyway but the sounds were disturbing the peace. I leaned over the side of the tub and looked down at her, biting my lip, I was no good at comforting people. I reached out and took one of her hands in mine and started to sing softly in mermish. A lullaby that my mother had song to me when I was small. The words had a small amount of magic to then, creating a warm, calm feeling in the room. To a human the song would sound like just angelic melodic nonsense noises but it should still have the calming effect

Max:
My song seemed to calm the girl and she stopped moving around. I sighed and rested my head on my arm on the side of the tub, my other hand still holding the girl’s. I slept for an hour or two but woke again before morning, so I was awake when the girl woke up. “The tub was fine for sleeping” I murmured as I watched her face. “I have been in worce…” I posed a moment before I asked hesitantly “how did you sleep?”

Max:
“I see…” I murmured as I leaned back, watching her. She didn’t need to confide in me and it was clear she didn’t want to so I left it at that. It seemed that the singing had helped a bit so I might be able to provide with with a permanent fix for the nightmares… “If you can find me a conch shell that is intact I might be able to help you with your nightmares…” I said, not looking at her. I can’t believe I am offering to help a human that I currently owe nothing… something must be wrong with me.

Max:
I sighed and watched her face quitely for a moment. So… her family had been payed to let others abuse her. My eyes were cold at the thought and after being silent for a moment I said softly. “The conch… Is so I can fill it with a song that will help you have a dreamless sleep…” I could not undo what had been done but i could help her with the effects it had had on her.

Max:
The girl thanked me and before I could do anything she had gotten up and was giving me a small hug. “I- oh… um…” I mumbled a bit awkward. When the girl sat back down, her shirt was a bit damp but she didn’t seem to care. I took a second to compose myself again before I responded to her question “the easiest place to find one would be in some tide pools. “ I murmured, not making eye contact.

Max:
Her cheeks flushed and she muttered something about making things awkward. I didn’t comment on that. I was sure that with any other person it would have been much less awkward. “Yes” I agreed. Off the boat and once i had done this last thing for her, away from this human. “Now… you should go up and get some air… i would like to rest a bit more if you don’t mind” I murmured softly.

Max:
She left me alone and I sat in silence for a long while, thinking, listing to the sounds of the ship and the sea, eyes closed. When the door opened again I didn’t open my eyes, assuming it was the girl. I didn’t say anything assuming she would start talking almost immediately but when she didn’t I opened my eyes. I sat up quickly seeing that is was not the girl but an old woman covered in seaweed, barnacles growing on her face and hands, stood over me. “Who are you?” I asked, fangs bared. The woman just smiled and said nothing as she threw a handful of dust into the tub and my tail started to tingle “This is a gift from the sea, young one. Use it well” her voice echoed around the room and she vanished. “Gift?” I asked the empty air before shouting in pain as a searing pain ripped down my tail. I ended up on the floor, by the tub, on my hands and knees… knees. I let out a shout of anger to find I had legs. What had that woman done to me?!?
My shouting drew the attention of one of the crew who was shocked to find the merman was now just a naked man. He helped me to my feet and brought me to the informory where i was clothed and my legs looked over. So when Lizzy come to the room I had been in I was nowhere to be found.

Max:


I was laying on a bed when she found me, fists clenched, face flushed, more angry than I had ever been before. Who would the sea think I would ever want legs. When the girl sat down I closed my eyes and took in a shaky breath, trying to calm down at least a little. “The sea… seem to think I need legs… It’s a gift” I growled, teeth barred. “A sea hag visited me…” I opened my eyes and looked up at her. “And gave me this… gift” i gestured angrily at the legs that I now had instead of a tail.

Max:


I breathed in a deep breath then slowly let it out. “Maybe…” i said quietly. My eyes met hers when she offered to let me stay with her until I got my tail back and I stayed silent for a long moment before I replied. “I thank you for your kindness…” I would need help if I was going to have to live with legs for a while. Closing my eyes I sighed. Defeated. Having to ask humans for help once again...

Max:
I growled softly but didn’t open my eyes. “I know when to ask for help. I can not stand the thought of having to ask a human for help.” my lips were curled into a snarl. “Filthy humans, killing the oceans, killing my kinda, I would never accept help from the likes of you if I did not desperately need it and seeing as I have no choice...”

Max:
She stood and I launched forward slightly and caught her wrist before she could leave. “I don’t trust humans…” I said quietly before sighing and murmuring “but I trust you…” She had helped me and I had saved her life and I knew she was a good person… so no… she wasn’t like the others and I didn’t want her mad at me… but she could not change my opinion of the rest.

Max:
I sighed and decided that I would allow this girl to help me even if it would still pain me to let anyone else help. “I know” I whispered softly before moving to sit next to her on the edge of the bed, letting my… feet rest on the floor. They had helped me into boots, pants, and a white shirt. It all felt odd. “Will you help me on deck?” I asked quietly. “I may not b able to return to the ocean but I would like to see it again…”

Max:
The girl was nice enough to help me through the halls and up the stairs to the deck. I had a hard time keeping my balance and I had to hold onto the girl to stay upright while trying to not put too much weight on her. Once at the railing I moved my grip from the girl to the railing, face flushed from embarrassment. “I’ve never felt so clumsy in my entire life…” i muttered

Max:
I looked at her and murmured a small “Thank you, your right” I watched as she leaned over the rail and looked down at the water. The sun reflected off the water onto her face and her eyes seemed to glow in the light until she closed them. I raised an eyebrow when she told me about her wish to become a mermaid. Her cheeks turned pink as she glanced over at me and I looked out at the sea. “I now have legs… what's to say you could not have a tail one day?”

Max:
“I don’t see why not…” I murmured softly, glancing side long at her as she teases me. “Do as a prince… not much” I looked down at the water and sighed. “The princesses do more and have more responsibilities… I have a title and that is about it” I had had friends though and a few of my sisters most likely had been worried… I wondered if they thought I was dead… I quietly started to sing a song on longing and sadness in mermish.

Max:
I finished the song and when I glanced over at the girl I found that she was crying silently. I leaned over a brushed away a few of her tears. “I’m sorry… I forgot how our songs can affect humans…” This was a good sign though because it meant I still had some of my powers even if my tail was now gone.

Max:
We stood in silence for a while and right when it looked like she was about to say something a loud horn went off and some bells. I flinched slightly and looked around. Land… oh joy. Elizabeth helped me off of the boat and stood next to me on the dock, waving goodbye and I watched silently. “Still a bit wobbly… but better” I murmured then nodded once. I had decided to let her help me but I still felt a bit embarrassed that I need help at all…

Max:
She was acting strange when we got to her home, peering in and listening. Once we got to her room I released her hand and stared at her. “You still live with the man who has done those horrible things to you?” Apparently i cared… this was an odd feeling for me, caring for a human, but even I could see how wrong that was. Maybe as A human girl she was not old enough to live on her own yet but still… “you will not stay here a moment longer” I said taking her hand in mind and towing her towards the door, stumbling a little.

Max:
I kept walking, heading towards the beach as she protested quitely, not trying to go back or get away but protesting. “You do have somewhere else to go” I said stopping for a moment to turn and look down at her. “You’re going with me”

Max:
I sighed “I am taking you to the ocean but not to go back into the ocean…” I looked away and muttered “I need to ask someone where my sister is living now…” She fallen in love with a sailor and they had gotten a cottage together by the sea. She still had a tail but as far as i new they were still happily living together. I had not spoken to her since she left the sea…

Max:
I was going to answer her question about my sister being a mermaid but stopped myself when she said she knew a person who could help us find my sister. I was pulled off, away from the ocean to this little old woman's house. We were ushered in and sat down before either of us could say anything and the woman was off making tea. “Who is this again?” I asked softly, looking side long at Elizabeth

Max:
“Ah…” I murmured softly. So this woman would hopefully know where we could find my sister. When the woman looked in and said how cute we were Lizzy blushed and was a bit confused as to why were were adorable. I decided to ignore the comment for now. The old woman came back with tea and sugar, asking how she could help. Lizzy explained about my brother in law and it turned out that the woman did know where to find my family. “Wonderful! Thank you for your help”

Max:
She said goodbye and lead me to a little stone cottage that was really close to the shore. The front door was a bright blue and the whole house was covered in vines. I felt a bit nervous but I knocked and waited. The door was opened by a tall, dark man with a large wide grin opened the door. “Hello. How may I help you?” He asked and I tried to smile but it looked a bit awkward. “Hello, George… do you remember me? I’m Pearl's brother, Maxwell… “ George’s smile grew wider and hugged me in a large bear hug. “MAX!” He shouted then looked over at Lizzy. “And who is this lovely lady?” I looked over at Lizzy “this is Lizzy”