Part of Your Pool

[raisingdad]

Who: Alexis Castle and YOU
What: She's a mermaid! The castle has given Alexis a loss and she's turned into a mermaid who lives in the pool for a day. As you can imagine, she's completely psyched about this.
When: May 15th
Where: The Pool
Rating: Probably PG at most.


Alexis had gone to bed on the night of the 14th feeling incredibly depressed. The unicorn was gone. She had been ecstatic when a tiny horse with a horn on its head had hatched out of her egg and had spent the last few days running around the castle playing with it and generally acting like a 10 year old.

How could she not? It was a unicorn. It was hers.

But she should have known that her fun wouldn't last forever and that it was silly to get attached to something like a unicorn. It wasn't her pet and she wasn't its mom. Basically, she felt like an idiot, especially because she had cried herself to sleep two nights in a row over it.

When she woke on the 15th, she wondered if she had literally drowned herself in tears because her whole body was wet. It took her a moment to realize that probably meant that something was wrong. Alexis found herself in the pool somehow, which made no sense whatsoever. She couldn't move her legs apart and thought they were bound, though when she kicked them a great rush sent her up to the surface.

Looking down, it all became horribly clear. She was a mermaid.

There was her big blue fish tail and seashell bra, like some awful real-life version of Ariel in The Little Mermaid. Alexis swam to the side of the pool, wondering if maybe this was a dream but knowing that it felt too real to be in her mind. She folded her arms on the edge of the pool and placed her head gently down on top of them.

"Seriously?"


[OOC: Come find her in the pool! She will be a mermaid for the 15th only because I am a merciful mun. Also I'm going to handwaive her making an announcement over the journals that she's a mermaid and wtf is going on. Her journal is laying off to the side of the pool so she can't really use it too much. If you want to come mock talk to the mermaid, she'll be in the pool all day, then will wake up in her bed again on the 16th.]

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[yay_heiress]

It was shaping up to be a beautiful day, and not yet entirely grasped by the fact that she's in an enchanted castle, London decided to take a trip down to the pool. To her delight, there were already lounge chairs, and all she needed to bring was her towel, some shades, and a tanning foil.

It wasn't until she found a nice spot in the sun by the edge of the pool that she noticed the young woman in the pool.

"What are you doing in the water? This is the pool, isn't it?"

[themuse]

Under any other circumstances, Kate wouldn't be anywhere near the pool. But this was Alexis, and Kate wanted to support her.

Even though her turning into a mermaid was, to be frank, really freaking weird.

Kate had even sucked it up and wished herself a tasteful one piece. She managed to talk Castle out of going with her this time, hoping to take advantage of the situation to have a heart to heart with Alexis. She mostly wanted to keep her calm, though, as well as try to figure out what had exactly happened. The thing with the dog hadn't lasted long - much to Kate's disappointment, although she would never admit it - and the spirals hadn't lasted forever, either. Kate's only comfort was that maybe this wouldn't last long either.

Her surprise was difficult to hide when she saw Alexis, though. Kate pressed her lips together and approached the edge of the pool, sitting down to let her legs dangle over the side into the water.

"Hey," she said, trying to keep her tone light and cheerful for Alexis' benefit. "How are you doing?"

[pompous_today]

Simon had seen Alexis' predicament in the journal and decided to come and visit her. Despite himself, he had been a little sad at the loss of their pet unicorn, too; if nothing else, the animal had been something for him to take care of, a reason for him to keep getting out of bed in the morning that wasn't work.

Depressing though it was, he'd been short on those ever since his sister had left for the third time.

Once he arrived, Simon opened his mouth to speak, then shook his head and pulled up a chair.

"So... I'm not really sure what to say," he admitted.

[thebestseller]

Upon arrival at the pool, Castle stopped and pondered whether he should wish up a bathing suit and get in there with Alexis- then decided that she might freak out even more. However, he didn't want to stay completely away, so he comprimised by pulling off his shoes and socks, then rolling up his pant sleeves and sitting by the side of the pool, splashing a little with his bare feet.

"So, Ariel, how are you holding up?"

the latest of late tags... totally missed this post somehow!

[therealrisette]

Rise hadn't responded at the time, but she'd heard someone talking over the journal about being a mermaid and stuck in the pool. It sounded like that girl she met a while ago, too... that Castle guy's daughter. She'd kind of wanted to get to know her a little, before depression over Alex Russo leaving hit her like a freight train. She'd been closed up in her room almost all the time, until a couple of weeks ago.

But now, she was feeling a little better, and it sounded like Alexis could use some company. So she got all dressed in her swimsuit and a cover-up tunic for an unannounced surprise visit to the now-occupied pool.

"Hello? ... Alexis-san?"

Taking a few cautious steps into the room, she scanned over the surface of the pool to see if she could spot the castle's latest mermaid.