[ Tradition, of course, mattered to many but it held a special kind of importance for the selkie. Every little bit of their history existed through all their dealings and held a kind of binding force within the universe. Basically, no one managed to slide away from what a selkie deemed as a law, the very same for the fae. No one could ever break a binding to either one of them. For Kai, though, he never really focused on all the stories, laws and traditions. They were nice to hear about but he never imagined they would impact his life in a greater way.
Imagine his surprise then when he somehow managed to drop his coat. Oh, it looked like a regular coat but it was actually his selkie skin. How he even brought it with him he didn't know. An accident with binding purposes because the one to pick it up just so happened to be his brand new spouse.
Married. He suddenly found himself married! The desire for all selkie and with eager excitement, he grabbed for the ancient wedding bands his mother gifted to him on his thirteen birthday when he came into his full selkie powers. She told him all about the importance then of a bind with a selkie but how different could it be?
Pocketing the little black box in his coat on the following morning, he played in his mind what to say to the one who opened the door. He had all kinds of speeches prepared but in the end excitement over being wanted won out and he blurted out - ]
Hello husband! I thought you might want a traditional ring for our union too. [ Here he held out the little black box, popping it open and the rings looked like sea glass with ancient runes etched all over them. ]
Well. He's silent for a long moment, just blinking and looking down. The person seems vaguely familiar - but Easal has met so many people over the years that that means practically nothing. You help someone by picking up a coat that slipped off a chair or off an arm, you don't think twice about it, and why memorize their face?
He is not usually this tongue tied. Maybe it's the genuine excitement on Kai's face that has Easal unsure of how to react. Or to respond. But at least half of that is quickly resolved as he shakes his head to clear it.]
[ The bright smile only dimmed a little bit as Kai's head tilted to the side. Did he not remember what happened the day before? Worse still - did he not know of the traditions? Usually, he believed selkie laws were known all over but clearly the guy in front of him looked puzzled.
With a sigh, he lowered the ring box for a moment. ]
You picked up a selkie coat - mine - that means we're married now. Bound together. It can't be broken.
[ The cheerful look returned as did the ring box held out in from6 of him. ]
Oh, that does it. That connects all of the dots. The fallen coat, the young man he'd assisted without a second thought, which is apparently the hottest form of proposal in the known realms. The recognition - and full understanding of the situation as it stands - hits him and shows easily in Easal's eyes.
Briefly, he also wonders what kind of magic is woven into the very selkie race for this, and what might have happened if someone else, without a care to the rightful ownership, had decided to snag the coat and sell it for cash. Who would that engage anyone to, if multiple people laid claim to it? Say, if they pawned it? And from the seller to the buyer to another buyer it went?
Honestly that sounds like something he would enjoy finding the answer to. But perhaps not this exact second. Seeing as he is standing in the doorway of his apartment looking at that beaming face.]
Oh. Yes. Well, that can't be ignored, can it! Would you like to come in then? It's warmer.
[ Of course, there were many other aspects to the selkie pelts and how they related to a marriage bond. The first to touch the coat forged the connection, nearly a soulmate kind of red string tether. Completely unbreakable unless he died to end it but it left the remaining one empty for the rest of their life.
No one ever recovered after loving a selkie.
Eyeing the guy a little cautiously after his reaction, he still moved inside. His eyes slid over everything, trying to piece together the life and facets of his new husband. ]
From your reaction, I'm guessing you've dealt with or at least know selkie! [ Curious eyes took in the guy before him, trying to puzzle more out. Something almost ominous shifted through the air and he wondered how to handle it. More of the excitement ebbed away as be moved further inside. ]
What are you? You have a forest scent. Something fae?
[ Truth be told, Dash's thoughts have been somewhat haunted by the encounter he so recently had while passing by a veritable stranger on the street. Something about it stuck in his head, despite the fact that it was a pretty simple interaction! He bumped into someone, they lost their coat in the process, Dash was there to help...
It has to happen a hundred times a day to people, right? So why is it stuck in Dash's head? For the last few hours, he's been distracted to the point where people working alongside him noticed and his boss insisted he go home. Even though the day has barely begun, it's obvious to everyone in the studio that Dash is just not completely with it. And therefore, not entirely ready to be productive.
Good thing, too, since it's not too long after he returns to his place that he hears someone at the door. He's still mulling over the coat incident when he wanders into the entryway and peers through the peephole, only to see...
His mysterious coat encounter! There he is! On the other side of the door.
But why? Dash is so wrapped up in his thoughts that he almost forgets to open the door. As if by simply thinking about this problem, somehow it'll all make sense and this poor person won't be waiting on the other side. Maybe he thinks he'll develop telekinetic powers and magically transport his visitor inside. Thankfully, he doesn't get too wrapped up in that thought, and instead, does snap out of it long enough to open the door.
Of course, when he does, there's only one thing he can say: ] Uh. S-sorry, run that by me again, please? [ Dash, let your guest inside. You're being rude. ]
[ Rather than look offended or troubled by the rather non-response, Kai only looked fond, the ring box tilting back and forth a few times. The sea glass would look really pretty on his new husband and the ancient runes did things. He probably should have paid more attention when his mom went over the details during his awakening.]
I'm a selkie and you picked up my coat. It created a bond and now we're married. I know you've lived a mortal life and might appreciate rings! [ Kai explained all of this in practically one breath, the smile brighter on his face somehow, eyes all scrunched up because of it.
Shifting his feet like he did earlier with the ring box, he gave a tiny questioning noise. ]
Do you ...know anything about selkies? If not this must come as a shock. But I promise to give you a long and happy marriage!
[ Being so earnest made up for something, right? ]
[ Dash blinks a few times. He opens his mouth once, shuts it, blinks a few more times. Just a second, he'll get it together.
Eventually, his eye wanders to the ring box. Without even really telling himself to think it, he notes that the contents of the box truly are beautiful, and though he doesn't do it consciously, he does smile for a split second.
And then, more eloquence leaves his lips. ] Umm, maybe- you should come inside! Please, it was really rude of me not to say that before... [ He steps to the side, beckoning Kai inside. ] It might be easier to talk if we sit?
[ He clearly needs to plop somewhere and chew on all this new information. That's why it was bothering him! Not that he could've known and not that he knows what it means or what it meant or...
Well. He doesn't know a lot of things. Actually. He's pretty clueless. But he didn't slam the door in Kai's face or anything. He does want to talk. As he leads the way indoors, he tries to start organizing his thoughts. ] So, the coat... was... [ Gears are turning in his head. ]
Thank you. [ Kai responded softly, walking inside with widening eyes to try and take in all the new facets of his husband. What he liked, how he arranged things and how best to fit easily into his life. It meant a lot and he knew the adjustment period would take time.
What about a honeymoon?
Probably too soon to think such things.
Following after Dash, he stopped when he did, still looking far too curious for his own good at him. ]
It was a selkie pelt and you offered it back to me. That creates a marriage bond and it's kind of a deeper one than just ...marriage. [ One no one could break unless he died, which he planned on not doing any time soon! Thank you very much. There were still too many adventures to have. ]
A bond won't happen if ...there isn't something there to begin with. I'm not completely clear on that.
[ It's amazing how two boys with similar origins can grow up so differently depending on what they are or aren't told. Haeju had never actually had contact with his mother, had never been gifted a pelt that would allow him to seamless slide into seal form, and had never grown up believing in magic. Of course, his dad hadn't exactly wanted to lose his oldest son either, and had always been cagey when questions about his mom came up. Haeju, easy going and overly realistic fool that he was, had just assumed that talking about his mom had been too hard on his dad.
That's how he ends up in weird situations like this, with a boy (that he admittedly did feel a strange connection with long before this coat dropping incident) who keeps insisting he's magic, Haeju's magic, the whole world around them is magic. It's all a bit much for Haeju to swallow, and he's already tried to write off several small feats of magic shown to him as actual smoke and mirrors, but it's getting harder and harder to do with each example.
And admittedly something had felt strangely important about picking up that coat and handing it back to Kai, but Haeju would be damned if he could put his finger on why.
Of all the answers he could have come up with, however, this never crossed his mind. He's standing there in the doorway now, staring dumbfounded at the ring box in Kai's hand as he tries to process what was just said to him. ]
[ Clearly magic existed, knowledge Kai tried constantly to impart to Haeju. The world around them held so many enchanting secrets and mysteries, both of them apart of the fabric in a more vivid way. If only Haeju believed in the mere possibility but in the very least he knew the other experienced the stirring. It always started there, followed by the intense longing and draw to the sea. Almost to any kind of water. Things just manifested from there.
But while the goal had been ease into things, the pelt dilemma kind of fast tracked everything. The frown tugging at his lips showed his slight remorse over it. The excitement over being wanted kind of made it difficult to swell on anything else, though.
Haeju might not have understood but the drawn meant a lot! It meant everything. ]
You picked up my selkie pelt and it forged our bond. We're married now. Bonded for all eternity. You're a selkie too and that makes this stringer. You'll start feeling more things ....soon. I'm not sure how my abilities will impact you. We'll see huh!
[ Look, Haeju doesn't usually try to rain on people's parades, but he does draw some lines. Magic is one of them, and it's going to take awhile longer for Haeju to accept that the tricks that Kai shows him are acts of genuine magic, and even longer after that for Haeju to accept he's not entirely human.
It makes this whole marriage business a lot harder to accept, and for a brief moment Haeju debates closing the door for a moment, and opening it again to see if Kai has come to his senses on the other side. That does seem a little rude to do to a guy who is now convinced he's your fiancé though, so mostly Haeju just blinks slowly at everything he's being told.
Somehow this doesn't really explain things the way he'd like them explained, but it doesn't surprise him this is the one he's being given. Not from some innate understanding of selkie traditions, mind you, but because this just seems like the kind of thing Kai would toss at him. ]
You don't believe me. [ Kai breathed out with a soft sigh even if he expected the reluctance. Haeju wouldn't even accept his own selkie nature yet for whatever reason even with all the signs there right in front of him. They were always written off as something else, of course, but Haeju wouldn't be able to do it as easily with this.
The strength of the bond wouldn't allow for it. ]
Can I come in? [ They would need to be close and seated when the bond started clicking in, especially when Haeju hadn't exactly given in to his nature yet. How extra overwhelming would it be?
It worried him. ]
Tell me when you start feeling warm since that's the first sign.
[ it's a joke. or some sort of prank. he knows this guy, they met once ever so briefly, but neve remembers his face. it was a pretty, cheerful face, belonging to the kind of person that's too good for people like him. so he'd just returned the coat politely and moved on.
which apparently meant being stalked and then being the victim of some unfunny, ridiculous prank. ]
[ A joke? The smile dimmed considerably on his face, arm slowly lowering with the ring box. A different reaction than he anticipated but he knew confusion would happen for sure. He just didn't foresee the look currently in the other guy's eyes.
Better explain things and quickly. ]
Hi. You must not know anything about selkies but that's okay we're usually rarer than mermaids or even sirens. [ You're rambling, Kai. ] I dropped my pelt, you picked it up and now we're bonded and married because you returned it to me. You provided for a selkie.
[ A forced smile worked its way onto his face but he looked far less happy and excited than a few moments ago. ]
[ oh, fuck. that would teach neve for doing this sort of thing. he should've been colder, more distant, but he couldn't help but want to help, and this is where it lead. there was something in the selkie's face now, something unhappy in spite of his smile, and neve didn't know what to make of it.
is this even true? maybe this guy's just a little delusional. how can he be married when he didn't agree to it, when there's no paper to prove it? it must be a magical bond, one that he's already wondering if he can shake off with a potion. ]
I'm not — I don't want to be married. I don't know you. [ that being the last important reason. the foremost being anyone who's close to him gets hurt.
[ The more his husband carried on, the further Kai's heart sunk in his chest. Not the most friendly of people besides the whole returning his pelt in the first place. A rare act then? How unfortunate to marry someone not very nice or open minded. Sighing, a deepening frown overtook his face. So much for a pleasant wedding day or wedding night. ]
It can't be broken. Selkie bonds are in the fabric of the universe. The water that bonds us all and makes up most of our bodies. We're tethered now and if you fall in love with me the bond will click in fully and neither of us can be hurt. It'll be stronger but it's still official now. [ They couldn't die either but the immortality aspect might freak the fae out at the moment. There were small technical ways to end them but they were rare and hardly a concern. ]
If you try to deny or break the bond, you'll hurt yourself and .... [ One way to end him before the love aspect - break his heart. ] Before you fall in love with me - if you reject me I can die. Selkies can't die of much but we can of broken hearts.
Ros freezes with the door still in his grasp, eyes wide and hair still damp from his shower. he was topside to make sure that things were put in the right order, but this? this was not what he was expecting to have to deal with. he knows the face of the being before him, knows the smell of him, of sea and the salt that is stuck to his skin, in his hair. what he doesn't know, is why he is here at Ros's door with a band of seaglass and magic calling Ros 'husband'.
the hound blinks a few more times, a little faster, claws digging into the softness of the wooden door before--]
Shit, fuck-- I mean, uh. C'mon in? I think-- uh, no just... come on in, would you like tea or anything?
[ A surprised reaction as expected! The smile remained on his face, a little shy ducking of his head as he moved inside, purposefully brushing up against Ros in the process. Husband privilege. He knew he needed to explain so lowering the ringbox, he started in -- ]
I'm a selkie and you picked up what looked like a coat but was actually a pelt. You returned it to me and created a bonding. It means we're married but it's deeper than that.
[ Selkies were apart of the life force of all creation - as in water and tethers to them were impossible to break. Nothing existed without water and marriages were never taken lightly. Selkies were intense. ]
What are you? You smell like the night sky. The moon and fog.
[ this will teach him to be nice. or no, no it won't, he is not really suffering, just really confused because he knows about selkies and their customs, just-- never thought that he would find himself in this kind of situation. which is leading his apparent husband into the kitchen and living area of his frequented loft topside to try and figure out just how much shit he was in. or that the selkie was in, because it is clear that he has no idea what, or who, Ros is.
wiping some water from his brow, Ros gestures for the other to sit before taking a seat himself.]
Um, okay that-- right, I knew that. I think. I mean, I knew that was custom.
[ more of a passive knowledge than anything else, but still.
the question of what he is makes him pause though, hand rubbing the back of his neck as he bits his lip and sighs.]
Let's work on names, yeah? I'm Kerberos. Ros, if you will. [ because that should tell the selkie exactly what he is. ] And you are?
[ Moving further inside, Kai let his eyes sweep around the area, trying to piece together some details about his new husband. A joyful occasion no matter how it happened because selkies needed the bond to stabilize. Something even more important for him because of the instability of his selkie. No one really understood why and for a Prince or troubled everyone in the sea. But now his new husband would help e everything!
Sitting down, he paused almost dramatically as the name registered. Oh. Uh oh. Wow. A hellhound; okay, not just any either but the main one! How mad would the underworld be when they learned of the bond? How furious would his mother and the council be? Poseidon didn't exactly have a wonderful relationship with the underworld. This wouldn't help at all. ]
Uh - I'm Kai. Prince and heir of the selkie kingdom. [ More like the ocean kingdom but he didn't want to freak the hound out more. He would be in charge - no, they would be in charge of all the sea and those who tied to it. Mermaids, selkie, kelpies, sirens and so on. Poseidon being more of an overseer who finalized the laws and passed judgements when needed. ]
[ Myung, for being a magical being himself, descended from fae, knew very, very little about magic. Mainly, he knew about his own, and about the biggest, most common species. But anything more niche than that, and he was lost.
He was even more lost when it came to lore and history and laws and bonds, because when he opens the door to his tiny apartment, as always wearing his oversized clothes and a beanie on his head to hide his hair, he is just struck dumb by the words that leave the guy's mouth.
Who -- what? Wait. This is the guy he helped out yesterday, picked up his coat. He remembers that, but... ]
Excuse me, what? Husband?
[ Great. Has he helped out a (very cute) psycho stalker? ]
[ lucky for myung or maybe not so lucky depending on how someone looked at it, the smile on his face did not dim one bit at the shock or apprehension. if anything, he expected it and it just gave him the chance to explain more, which he enjoyed having the chance to. not everyone knew about the long lived and proud clan that were the selkie. the current rulers of the seas.
tilting the ring box back and forth, kai offered a wider smile as if it might help win his new husband over. the only downside being he couldn't see well smiling so wide. ]
Allow me to explain some more! I'm a selkie. Do you know about them? I can sense you have some kind of magic but correct me if I'm wrong!
You picked up a pelt, which was mine and looked like a coat. This creates a tether between us and now we are married for as long as we both might live.
[ Myung just... gapes. His hand holds onto the door with a white-knuckle grip, and he blinks a few times in rapid succession, wondering if he's dreaming. Or having a nightmare.
He can't be married. Not even with some kind of weird magic he's never heard about until now, he can't be. It doesn't make sense. Myung's never even been in a relationship! he doesn't do relationship, let alone commitment. To a virtual stranger, who might still be a stalker. A magic stalker.
It's hard to think this guy's a stalker, though. Look at him. Myung swallows hard, before shifting enough to let him through the door. They probably shouldn't have this conversation on his apartment threshold.
Once Kai's through, Myung closes the door, trying very hard to breathe as he looks ahead. Kai can feel free to look around - it's a studio apartment, an upright piano taking most of a wall, a large bed right next to it. Everything else is barely even existent. It's sparse, and tiny, and the acoustics are shit. ]
I don't know - anything - about selkies. But, like. I didn't agree to anything. Doesn't that count for anything? No offense, but I don't even know you. I didn't really have any plans to get married, I'm still a student, I'm not -
[ He clamps his mouth shut, jaw clicking as he tries to think. He can feel the panic rising, and this... is bad... ]
[ to be perfectly honest, kai expected a kind of meltdown, especially with the shock he registered on his newly minted husband. the confession only deepened the expectation and it surprised him when the door opened some more to let him inside.
how nice!
now, he could take in more about his husband because it clearly bothered him very little to be married to a stranger. arranged marriages were common in the selkie and he likely would have gotten a surpreme jerk had it not been for the pelt situation. ]
Actually, had you not wanted me at all, the bond wouldn't have formed. So, you might think you don't want to be married or with someone in such a lasting way but something inside of you does!
[ not very reassuring there, kai. stepping further inside, he ran his hand along the top of the piano. ]
We can take it slow, if you like. Just - let me know when you start ...feeling things.
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@accidental selkie marriage
Imagine his surprise then when he somehow managed to drop his coat. Oh, it looked like a regular coat but it was actually his selkie skin. How he even brought it with him he didn't know. An accident with binding purposes because the one to pick it up just so happened to be his brand new spouse.
Married. He suddenly found himself married! The desire for all selkie and with eager excitement, he grabbed for the ancient wedding bands his mother gifted to him on his thirteen birthday when he came into his full selkie powers. She told him all about the importance then of a bind with a selkie but how different could it be?
Pocketing the little black box in his coat on the following morning, he played in his mind what to say to the one who opened the door. He had all kinds of speeches prepared but in the end excitement over being wanted won out and he blurted out - ]
Hello husband! I thought you might want a traditional ring for our union too. [ Here he held out the little black box, popping it open and the rings looked like sea glass with ancient runes etched all over them. ]
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Well. He's silent for a long moment, just blinking and looking down. The person seems vaguely familiar - but Easal has met so many people over the years that that means practically nothing. You help someone by picking up a coat that slipped off a chair or off an arm, you don't think twice about it, and why memorize their face?
He is not usually this tongue tied. Maybe it's the genuine excitement on Kai's face that has Easal unsure of how to react. Or to respond. But at least half of that is quickly resolved as he shakes his head to clear it.]
Yes, how lovely. Do you have the wrong door?
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With a sigh, he lowered the ring box for a moment. ]
You picked up a selkie coat - mine - that means we're married now. Bound together. It can't be broken.
[ The cheerful look returned as did the ring box held out in from6 of him. ]
So we should probably put on our rings now!
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Oh, that does it. That connects all of the dots. The fallen coat, the young man he'd assisted without a second thought, which is apparently the hottest form of proposal in the known realms. The recognition - and full understanding of the situation as it stands - hits him and shows easily in Easal's eyes.
Briefly, he also wonders what kind of magic is woven into the very selkie race for this, and what might have happened if someone else, without a care to the rightful ownership, had decided to snag the coat and sell it for cash. Who would that engage anyone to, if multiple people laid claim to it? Say, if they pawned it? And from the seller to the buyer to another buyer it went?
Honestly that sounds like something he would enjoy finding the answer to. But perhaps not this exact second. Seeing as he is standing in the doorway of his apartment looking at that beaming face.]
Oh. Yes. Well, that can't be ignored, can it! Would you like to come in then? It's warmer.
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No one ever recovered after loving a selkie.
Eyeing the guy a little cautiously after his reaction, he still moved inside. His eyes slid over everything, trying to piece together the life and facets of his new husband. ]
From your reaction, I'm guessing you've dealt with or at least know selkie! [ Curious eyes took in the guy before him, trying to puzzle more out. Something almost ominous shifted through the air and he wondered how to handle it. More of the excitement ebbed away as be moved further inside. ]
What are you? You have a forest scent. Something fae?
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It has to happen a hundred times a day to people, right? So why is it stuck in Dash's head? For the last few hours, he's been distracted to the point where people working alongside him noticed and his boss insisted he go home. Even though the day has barely begun, it's obvious to everyone in the studio that Dash is just not completely with it. And therefore, not entirely ready to be productive.
Good thing, too, since it's not too long after he returns to his place that he hears someone at the door. He's still mulling over the coat incident when he wanders into the entryway and peers through the peephole, only to see...
His mysterious coat encounter! There he is! On the other side of the door.
But why? Dash is so wrapped up in his thoughts that he almost forgets to open the door. As if by simply thinking about this problem, somehow it'll all make sense and this poor person won't be waiting on the other side. Maybe he thinks he'll develop telekinetic powers and magically transport his visitor inside. Thankfully, he doesn't get too wrapped up in that thought, and instead, does snap out of it long enough to open the door.
Of course, when he does, there's only one thing he can say: ] Uh. S-sorry, run that by me again, please? [ Dash, let your guest inside. You're being rude. ]
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I'm a selkie and you picked up my coat. It created a bond and now we're married. I know you've lived a mortal life and might appreciate rings! [ Kai explained all of this in practically one breath, the smile brighter on his face somehow, eyes all scrunched up because of it.
Shifting his feet like he did earlier with the ring box, he gave a tiny questioning noise. ]
Do you ...know anything about selkies? If not this must come as a shock. But I promise to give you a long and happy marriage!
[ Being so earnest made up for something, right? ]
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Eventually, his eye wanders to the ring box. Without even really telling himself to think it, he notes that the contents of the box truly are beautiful, and though he doesn't do it consciously, he does smile for a split second.
And then, more eloquence leaves his lips. ] Umm, maybe- you should come inside! Please, it was really rude of me not to say that before... [ He steps to the side, beckoning Kai inside. ] It might be easier to talk if we sit?
[ He clearly needs to plop somewhere and chew on all this new information. That's why it was bothering him! Not that he could've known and not that he knows what it means or what it meant or...
Well. He doesn't know a lot of things. Actually. He's pretty clueless. But he didn't slam the door in Kai's face or anything. He does want to talk. As he leads the way indoors, he tries to start organizing his thoughts. ] So, the coat... was... [ Gears are turning in his head. ]
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What about a honeymoon?
Probably too soon to think such things.
Following after Dash, he stopped when he did, still looking far too curious for his own good at him. ]
It was a selkie pelt and you offered it back to me. That creates a marriage bond and it's kind of a deeper one than just ...marriage. [ One no one could break unless he died, which he planned on not doing any time soon! Thank you very much. There were still too many adventures to have. ]
A bond won't happen if ...there isn't something there to begin with. I'm not completely clear on that.
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Re: @accidental selkie marriage
That's how he ends up in weird situations like this, with a boy (that he admittedly did feel a strange connection with long before this coat dropping incident) who keeps insisting he's magic, Haeju's magic, the whole world around them is magic. It's all a bit much for Haeju to swallow, and he's already tried to write off several small feats of magic shown to him as actual smoke and mirrors, but it's getting harder and harder to do with each example.
And admittedly something had felt strangely important about picking up that coat and handing it back to Kai, but Haeju would be damned if he could put his finger on why.
Of all the answers he could have come up with, however, this never crossed his mind. He's standing there in the doorway now, staring dumbfounded at the ring box in Kai's hand as he tries to process what was just said to him. ]
Our-- wait-- I... What?!
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But while the goal had been ease into things, the pelt dilemma kind of fast tracked everything. The frown tugging at his lips showed his slight remorse over it. The excitement over being wanted kind of made it difficult to swell on anything else, though.
Haeju might not have understood but the drawn meant a lot! It meant everything. ]
You picked up my selkie pelt and it forged our bond. We're married now. Bonded for all eternity. You're a selkie too and that makes this stringer. You'll start feeling more things ....soon. I'm not sure how my abilities will impact you. We'll see huh!
[ Way to give him information gently Kai. ]
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It makes this whole marriage business a lot harder to accept, and for a brief moment Haeju debates closing the door for a moment, and opening it again to see if Kai has come to his senses on the other side. That does seem a little rude to do to a guy who is now convinced he's your fiancé though, so mostly Haeju just blinks slowly at everything he's being told.
Somehow this doesn't really explain things the way he'd like them explained, but it doesn't surprise him this is the one he's being given. Not from some innate understanding of selkie traditions, mind you, but because this just seems like the kind of thing Kai would toss at him. ]
Uh-huh......
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The strength of the bond wouldn't allow for it. ]
Can I come in? [ They would need to be close and seated when the bond started clicking in, especially when Haeju hadn't exactly given in to his nature yet. How extra overwhelming would it be?
It worried him. ]
Tell me when you start feeling warm since that's the first sign.
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which apparently meant being stalked and then being the victim of some unfunny, ridiculous prank. ]
Is this supposed to be funny?
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Better explain things and quickly. ]
Hi. You must not know anything about selkies but that's okay we're usually rarer than mermaids or even sirens. [ You're rambling, Kai. ] I dropped my pelt, you picked it up and now we're bonded and married because you returned it to me. You provided for a selkie.
[ A forced smile worked its way onto his face but he looked far less happy and excited than a few moments ago. ]
It's not a joke.
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is this even true? maybe this guy's just a little delusional. how can he be married when he didn't agree to it, when there's no paper to prove it? it must be a magical bond, one that he's already wondering if he can shake off with a potion. ]
I'm not — I don't want to be married. I don't know you. [ that being the last important reason. the foremost being anyone who's close to him gets hurt.
if they're married, kai is a target. ]
How do I undo this?
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It can't be broken. Selkie bonds are in the fabric of the universe. The water that bonds us all and makes up most of our bodies. We're tethered now and if you fall in love with me the bond will click in fully and neither of us can be hurt. It'll be stronger but it's still official now. [ They couldn't die either but the immortality aspect might freak the fae out at the moment. There were small technical ways to end them but they were rare and hardly a concern. ]
If you try to deny or break the bond, you'll hurt yourself and .... [ One way to end him before the love aspect - break his heart. ] Before you fall in love with me - if you reject me I can die. Selkies can't die of much but we can of broken hearts.
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Ros freezes with the door still in his grasp, eyes wide and hair still damp from his shower. he was topside to make sure that things were put in the right order, but this? this was not what he was expecting to have to deal with. he knows the face of the being before him, knows the smell of him, of sea and the salt that is stuck to his skin, in his hair. what he doesn't know, is why he is here at Ros's door with a band of seaglass and magic calling Ros 'husband'.
the hound blinks a few more times, a little faster, claws digging into the softness of the wooden door before--]
Shit, fuck-- I mean, uh. C'mon in? I think-- uh, no just... come on in, would you like tea or anything?
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I'm a selkie and you picked up what looked like a coat but was actually a pelt. You returned it to me and created a bonding. It means we're married but it's deeper than that.
[ Selkies were apart of the life force of all creation - as in water and tethers to them were impossible to break. Nothing existed without water and marriages were never taken lightly. Selkies were intense. ]
What are you? You smell like the night sky. The moon and fog.
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wiping some water from his brow, Ros gestures for the other to sit before taking a seat himself.]
Um, okay that-- right, I knew that. I think. I mean, I knew that was custom.
[ more of a passive knowledge than anything else, but still.
the question of what he is makes him pause though, hand rubbing the back of his neck as he bits his lip and sighs.]
Let's work on names, yeah? I'm Kerberos. Ros, if you will. [ because that should tell the selkie exactly what he is. ] And you are?
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Sitting down, he paused almost dramatically as the name registered. Oh. Uh oh. Wow. A hellhound; okay, not just any either but the main one! How mad would the underworld be when they learned of the bond? How furious would his mother and the council be? Poseidon didn't exactly have a wonderful relationship with the underworld. This wouldn't help at all. ]
Uh - I'm Kai. Prince and heir of the selkie kingdom. [ More like the ocean kingdom but he didn't want to freak the hound out more. He would be in charge - no, they would be in charge of all the sea and those who tied to it. Mermaids, selkie, kelpies, sirens and so on. Poseidon being more of an overseer who finalized the laws and passed judgements when needed. ]
But I'm guessing you'll know who I am too.
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apparently this thread has all of ros;s attention SHRUG
super yay though
CLAPS
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He was even more lost when it came to lore and history and laws and bonds, because when he opens the door to his tiny apartment, as always wearing his oversized clothes and a beanie on his head to hide his hair, he is just struck dumb by the words that leave the guy's mouth.
Who -- what? Wait. This is the guy he helped out yesterday, picked up his coat. He remembers that, but... ]
Excuse me, what? Husband?
[ Great. Has he helped out a (very cute) psycho stalker? ]
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tilting the ring box back and forth, kai offered a wider smile as if it might help win his new husband over. the only downside being he couldn't see well smiling so wide. ]
Allow me to explain some more! I'm a selkie. Do you know about them? I can sense you have some kind of magic but correct me if I'm wrong!
You picked up a pelt, which was mine and looked like a coat. This creates a tether between us and now we are married for as long as we both might live.
[ How chill, right? ]
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He can't be married. Not even with some kind of weird magic he's never heard about until now, he can't be. It doesn't make sense. Myung's never even been in a relationship! he doesn't do relationship, let alone commitment. To a virtual stranger, who might still be a stalker. A magic stalker.
It's hard to think this guy's a stalker, though. Look at him. Myung swallows hard, before shifting enough to let him through the door. They probably shouldn't have this conversation on his apartment threshold.
Once Kai's through, Myung closes the door, trying very hard to breathe as he looks ahead. Kai can feel free to look around - it's a studio apartment, an upright piano taking most of a wall, a large bed right next to it. Everything else is barely even existent. It's sparse, and tiny, and the acoustics are shit. ]
I don't know - anything - about selkies. But, like. I didn't agree to anything. Doesn't that count for anything? No offense, but I don't even know you. I didn't really have any plans to get married, I'm still a student, I'm not -
[ He clamps his mouth shut, jaw clicking as he tries to think. He can feel the panic rising, and this... is bad... ]
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how nice!
now, he could take in more about his husband because it clearly bothered him very little to be married to a stranger. arranged marriages were common in the selkie and he likely would have gotten a surpreme jerk had it not been for the pelt situation. ]
Actually, had you not wanted me at all, the bond wouldn't have formed. So, you might think you don't want to be married or with someone in such a lasting way but something inside of you does!
[ not very reassuring there, kai. stepping further inside, he ran his hand along the top of the piano. ]
We can take it slow, if you like. Just - let me know when you start ...feeling things.
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