(Discontinued) Metior_Ice’s Story Thread

"Mua Pel'Am is the perfect place to explore!" Dylan said.

"Only one human ruin close to the sea, and there's a lot to do without going on land!" Zeph added.

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"So, what are we going to do first?!" Dylan asked.

"I thought you had a few creative ideas." Zeph replied.

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"Historically, this was the island that our people called home long before humans arrived." Zeph explained.

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"Maybe we could find a lost sunken wreck or something left behind by the merfolk that abandoned the islands?"

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"I don't know. Do you think we can really find anything left behind by other merfolk?" Dylan asked.

"There's only one way to find out."

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"We just have to remember Kemps's rules." Zeph advised.

"Can you remind me? He has so many." Dylan replied.

"They aren't that many." Zeph said. "We aren't allowed to take a human form, and we need to stay far away from human ruins and humans."

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"You understand, right?" Zeph asked.

"I still feel like we are forgetting a rule." Dylan said.

"I'm sure we aren't forgetting anything." Zeph insisted.

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"Well, if you are sure about that..." Dylan lept out of the water. Zeph looked up in suprise.

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As Dylan dove into the water, he flicked his fluke and splashed Zeph.

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Zeph pulled back and the twins laughed.

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"I thought we had a truce." Zeph splashed back.

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"But, you said we weren't forgetting any rules." Dylan chuckled.

"I meant we weren't forgetting any of Uncle Kemps's rules." Zeph chuckled.

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"I was getting uptight again, wasn't I?" Zeph asked.

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"I could read you like a book." Dylan answered. "You need to relax and learn to have fun."

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"I'm supposed to be the level headed one," Zeph said. "It's my one job."

"You can be level headed but don't think for a minute that I'll let you stress yourself out over it," Dylan replied. "That's my job."

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"Let's go find a sunken ship or something," Dylan said.

"I'm right behind you." Zeph replied.

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Dylan led the way to the nearest place to dive. Zeph followed close behind until he felt something slime him.

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It was worrisome that he could feel the effects of human pollution so far away from a shore humans had access to.

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'I need to make sure we don't get sick exploring this island. The water here... It's so uncomfortable to swim in.'

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Dylan was swimming too far ahead, so Zeph resolved to swim a little faster to catch up. He used the full strength of his tail to propel himself forward.

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Dylan knew his brother would catch up with him, but he felt a pull toward an atoll. Despite Dylan and Zeph's identical appearance, Dylan had a much stronger connection to the sea and water. He could feel that something was wrong around Mua Pel'Am. He knew that his brother could feel it. All merfolk could feel it. But, Dylan felt it much stronger.

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Dylan knew he was swimming too close to the human ruins at this point, but he found himself near the thing that pulled him there. The thing that made swimming around Mua Pel'Am feel so, wrong.

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It was the pollution his dad warned them about. The pollution that would get tangled around their tails and hurt the sea life. Dylan couldn't leave it there. He went to work, doing his best to clean it up. Unfortunately, he just couldn't carry all the trash in his arms. He had no where to put it. Before long, the trash would float out of his arms and back to the surface.

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Eventually, Dylan decided to break his Uncle's rules. He grabbed bits of the pollution, went on land, threw the trash into a container that had more of it already in it, and he repeated the clean up until he got everything out of the water. It was gross. He could tell that humans had a place to put that stuff, and he didn't understand how so much of it could end up where it didn't belong.

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Dylan felt slime all over his skin and scales. 'I'll have to swim an entire day to wash this off.'

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'There's just too much to clean up. I can't do this alone.'

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Dylan decided to swim back to his brother. They needed to leave. He couldn't enjoy swimming around this island.

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