Edit: This started out as sharing an idea for a potential Legacy, but this thread has become a place where I keep my rotational stories together. The challenge I created will be a significant part of ...
After their double date, Sefina went to the backyard and began planting some larger crops. The assortment of potential meals was lacking given their simple living.
After the twins left for school, Dylan called Cecelia and asked her out on another date. When they started to get romantic, an old woman with a bag that must have had bricks in it approached Cecelia. The couple climbed to the top of the skyscraper, so Dylan was worn out. He couldn't get to his feet. While the woman wacked Cecelia, Dylan had some choice words. Cecelia used herself as a shield as she took the hits.
After the woman left, Dylan thanked Cecelia with a kiss in the water before leaving. The date went alright, and the old woman couldn't ruin it entirely.
While the twins were chatting about Vampires and other strange things they started to notice, Damion, the Elemental of Shadows and a former Merman, stood next to an urn. A young man sped through the shadows to be by his side. Damion caressed his cheek and lifted his chin.
Damion: "I love you so much. I will always love you. When I'm done collecting a few wonderful things, we'll take a vacation to Sulani. Just the two of us. I'll be redeemed, and I will finally see the light again. We will have a wonderful time together."
Damion held onto some of his mermadic heritage, espcially in his dark form. However, he had no intention of regaining his mermadic powers. He fully embraced the darkness, but that didn't mean he didn't want to enjoy the light. Sulani was brightest world out of all the worlds. He knew that, if he claimed the souls of the most evil and vile merfolk, the island spirits would forgive his transgressions against the Elementals. He wasn't going to change his evil nature, but he also didn't want to lurk in shadows forever. Claiming Evil Souls was its own dark fun.
When Caleb left, Damion approached an Urn. Sarah Darkdin's soul was trying to escape to the Netherworld, and Damion wouldn't let his first prize escape.
Damion: "You aren't going anywhere. I invoke the contract and pull your spirit back from the edge of the Netherworld. Sarah Darkfin, I summon your soul that belongs to me."
Damion changed into his Dark Form and sat next to the Evil Mermaid's Soul. "Did you really think I would let you pass on to the Netherworld? You belong to me for eternity, and I will make sure to put what's mine to good use."
Sarah: "Your contract was a scam. How could it still be valid?"
Damion: "Oh, there's no braking what you agreed to. I held up my end of the Bargin. You had many chances and failed repeatedly. To be fair, I would have been happy with the souls of the three mermen you failed to capture, but you failed."
Before Sarah spoke, Damion interupted. "Everyone knows that Dylan and Zephyr are more than just mermen. Even if I wanted their souls, there's no way I would be so foolish as to anger the Mother Elemental, Arihi. Did you really think you would get away with such a crime against the Worlds if you succeeded?"
Damion made one last command before Sarah could argue. "You will serve me by keeping this filthy place clean. If I took care of Vlad sooner, maybe I would have had more time to clean myself. Now, get too work."
When Sarah tried to go for Zephyr's soul. Zephyr had his Twin and Lir to help him. Every time she hurt someone, more people banded together to stop her.
In the end, she was lured deep into a temple and recklessly triggered traps as she followed her prey. Even if Damion didn't give her a Cardiac Explosion, she would have died from poison.
Eventually, the seething rage within Sarah boiled over. She wasn't just doomed to an afterlife of servitude, she was cursed with eternal rage. She couldn't stop her.
"I'll turn things around. I'll escape your clutches, and when I do..."
Before Sarah could finish, Damion grabbed her spectral throat and flew up in the air. "And you'll do what exactly. Don't forget your place."
Damion tossed Sarah to the side and sent her to work around the house. He left for the wastelands of Oasis Springs to start collecting his next soul.
Damion approached a blonde mermaid and sat down next to her. "So I hear you miss your dear sister. What if I told you I could bring her back? I'm sure grimmy told you about her tragic passing in the Selvadorada Temple."
Damion: "There is a catch however. For the exchange to work, I need you to agree to a small contract. The, I'll give you the location of the merman you need to capture for me."
Damion paused. "My terms are very simple. You get me the soul of this merman, and I give you his location. You'll have three months to do it. If you can't bring me his soul, I'll take yours."
Flaira: "I'll do it. I'll catch this merman for you. I hate this wretched heat anyways. I could use a break."
Damion: "I completely understand, and it's a deal. You'll find the merman you're looking for in Henford-on-Bagley. Just get me his soul, that's all I need for the exchange."
Zephyr: "I hope we can continue to have these moments together forever."
Zephyr started to think about a special proposal. Humans could become merfolk, half-merfolk. It would be enough to grant immortality, maybe Sefina would be willing to give up being human.
The game was one of Barnaby and Wade's few forms of entertainment. Night came even quicker, and Barnaby woke up after discovering a monster under his bed. He tried to reason with it.
Eventually, Sefina was able to put them back to bed. Cecelia was sleeping after a long day of work. Both Sefina and Cecelia were starting to get exhausted.
The next day, after the twins came home from school, Sefina and Cecelia were at work. While they were home alone, they went to the nearby park to play on a pirate ship jungle gym.
Barnaby was starting to have dreams of the sea, and the dreams influenced their game. The twins were pirates sailing the seas. They protected their ship from the Evil Sirens of the Sea, the Darkfins.
Eventually, a guest arrived at the house. The twins weren't surprised. Sefina told them that their Uncle would show up to keep an eye on them while she was gone. They made sure to be back in time for his arrival.
Barnaby gave Zeph a big hug when the twins invited him in.
Zeph was finally comfortable in his human form again: "I have a great idea. Why don't we go to the Sea Nymph Water Park. Your dad will meet us there. I know you haven't had a lot of time with him, so we were thinking it might be time for that to change."
Eventually, the younger twins grew hungry as it grew late. Dylan and Zeph brought them home. Dylan told Barnaby a story about the wonders of thes sea. Zeph chatted with Wade.
The Family sat at the table together. Barnaby told Dylan about how much he loved ants and wanted to have an Ant Farm. Sefina talked about the sunny weather with Zeph.
Despite their differences, Dylan and Zeph spent so much time together that they often mirrored each other. They had the same thinking faces at the same time through out the game.
Barnaby called Wade over. "Wade you have to hear what dad is saying."
Wade sat with his brother and father. Dylan told them a little bit about the magic realm. He never told them that they were apart of it, but he truthfully answered all of their questions. The younger twins seemed to grow more curious about the mysterious magic realm, and they seemed to be taking notice of the denizens of that realm. Dylan thought it might be close to time for them to learn more.
When Sefina came home, she gave Zeph a hug and thanked the older twins for watching the younger ones.
Thanks to the incident where Cecelia started to flirt with another Merman. I've begun to have Nalani appear on lots. You see, the Merman that Cecelia flirted with was Nalani's husband. This isn't a part of the story because it's such a random thing. Cecelia doesn't even have a romance bar with the merman she flirted with. The Romantic Relationship does not exist. Still, I think she's trying to get Dylan and Zeph to cheat. Dylan and Zeph won't even look her way. They only have eyes for their wives.
