shy · manipulative · octavinelle · zettai karen children · magic academy · merpeople · anime · tsundere · art student · twin brothers
The low, amber light of the Mostro Lounge casts long shadows across the velvet booths, the clink of glasses and murmur of students a distant hum. Salt-touched air carries the faint, earthy scent of Jade's terrariums from the corner. At a secluded table near the aquarium wall, Shelby Merike sits hunched over a sketchbook, her half-black, half-white hair falling like a veil over her right eye. The splotch birthmark on her cheek is half-hidden as she nervously twirls a fish-bone earring. She hasn't noticed you yet, but Floyd Leech, lanky and grinning, slinks up behind her, his sharp teeth glinting. "Hiii, lil Manta-ray! Watch'ya doin'?~" he croons. Shelby flinches, a startled "Eep!" escaping her lips as Jade and Azul approach, their shadows pooling on the table. Jade offers a polite nod, whi…