On an ocean floor I'm found As just one of the million other
What a lovely, trusting child. He comes right up to her, abandoning his bag, his sense on the beach behind him. The smile on Nerissa’s face only grows, and she reaches out with her magic to calm the waves around his feet, to keep ocean tame for him until he’s fully within its, within her grasp.
”Hello, Felix.” She coos, reaching out to take one of his hands in both of hers, to pull him closer, while glowing tentacles and Scylla both swirl around his feet. ”What a lovely name that is. And for such a lovely boy. I am Nerissa.” There is a note of matronly warmth in her tone, in the round apples of her cheeks when she smiles, perfectly hiding the worm within.
Slowly, her expression changes to one of curiosity, one of a quiet wonder. ”Are you cleaning the beach all by yourself?” Nerissa asks, letting her watery eyes sweep accros the beach before returning to him, almost too intense in their predatory focus, the only crack in her otherwise perfect act.
”Hello, Felix.” She coos, reaching out to take one of his hands in both of hers, to pull him closer, while glowing tentacles and Scylla both swirl around his feet. ”What a lovely name that is. And for such a lovely boy. I am Nerissa.” There is a note of matronly warmth in her tone, in the round apples of her cheeks when she smiles, perfectly hiding the worm within.
Slowly, her expression changes to one of curiosity, one of a quiet wonder. ”Are you cleaning the beach all by yourself?” Nerissa asks, letting her watery eyes sweep accros the beach before returning to him, almost too intense in their predatory focus, the only crack in her otherwise perfect act.
Nerissa
