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Not today, it seemed, for he'd pulled up one of the biggest specimens he'd not just ever caught, but ever seen. One couldn't blame him for thinking he'd fished up a shark, so he's literally jumping back from the net to avoid potential biting jaws when it falls down onto the dock, most of it containing his usual meager catches, some wayward crabs that had accidentally gotten scooped in as well, and...
Talking. He's being talked to. No...yelled at.
Izuku doesn't just step back- he falls back flat on his ass as he stares back into eyes burning with fury and indignation. Meanwhile, he hardly looks like a human who could do Jinx any real harm, even if he wanted to. He's having a hard enough time wrapping his head around what he's seeing as it is.]
Wha- E- eeeeh!?
... she might be on the verge of sensory overload oh no
beneath the water it was quiet. most things couldn't make themselves be heard, or simply didn't make sounds- though even without mermaids there were exceptions. on the wooden pier, however, it was different. the waves seemed to roar and crash, the birds' cries were shrill and piercing, and it felt like there was sound everywhere- how did humans stand it? it's too much--
even though she wants to keep glaring, jinx can only look away as she curls up a bit, like it will even do anything. there's no answer for your half-question this time, izuku- but that sure is a tail instead of legs.
congratulations on your catch! )
OH NO BABY
Nobody actually believes they're real. Not unless you're truly not right in the head.
So now Izuku is faced down with something that shouldn't exist, and if he doesn't do more than just sitting there soon...he won't have to worry about it to begin with.
He decides...to throw caution- and his own safety, apparently- to the wind, because he knows a desperate creature when he sees one. He just really hopes she doesn't come after him or shy away too fast when he reaches quickly into his pocket and pulls out a knife, moving forward with it. Not to strike, but to try to quickly saw at the ropes keeping her tail wrapped up.]
my computer force-crashed/updated mid this tag and for some reason my backup thing DIDNT SAVE IT </3
jinx almost doesn't notice him- not until the ropes shift and pull at her tail and there's a glint of a blade, when she almost recoils violently... except. except the metal never touches her skin, and the bindings break one by one. she watches him intensely, before slowly shifting to help brush the free ropes away, holding ropes away from her more delicate fins.
everything is loud and everything hurts and she hates this.
but. maybe this human isn't. entirely bad? she doesn't say anything for a long while, but she never looks away either. )
OH NO...
Oh, come on...
[Izuku hisses that under his breath, realizing that in her struggling the rope had tightened to the point where the rope was flush with her skin. There's no way he can hold it away enough to cut it.]
Listen, I- I don't know if you can understand me...but I need to get closer to cut this. Can I do that?
Re: OH NO...
she tries to keep still, beyond labored breathing, because she understands... but. )
One wrong move and it'll be your hand.
( ... izuku i swear it's just because she's scared and in a lot of pain right now- )
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[He's just going to have to make sure he DOESN'T make any wrong moves, here. Fortunately, even with as nervous and as shaken as he is, he's more concerned for her wellbeing than he is his own. So when he does lean in to very carefully lay the flat of the blade against her scales, it's done so with such care that cutting her would be impossible at this angle. He keeps the sharp end angled up anyway as he saws through the rope, exhaling with relief when he feels it pop free.]
There. That's one side. Now the other...
WHY IS THAT RIGHT SO FUNNY SADFLKJ;
but bit by bit the ropes come undone, and though she doesn't look away, she does ease up in the intensity of her gaze. he's helping, or trying to, she needs to remember that. )
I... um. Thank you.
LMAO
It...it's nothing. I'm the one who caught you in this...
[So if anything, he feels some level of responsibility for what happened here.]
Listen, I- I have a bag with my fishing gear. It's just a few steps away...I need you to stay here for a second. I promise I'm just going to help you.
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gross. )
O-okay... ( there's not much she can do but trust, honestly. ... gross. )
... How do you... stand it up here? There's so much noise-
( like, under the sea has it's ambiance but there's not screeching birds and crashing waves and everything else- it's. it's so much- )
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Sorry, Jinx. Please deal with the grossness for a bit longer as Izuku pushes himself up to stand, trying not to look too hard at his now blood-slicked hands.]
You get used to it...eventually.
[Give him two seconds as he pops off to get his bag, now...he really is only gone for like, a minute. Not long enough for any of the other fisherman to grow suspicious, at the very least. He doesn't have much here by way of medical supplies, but he does have gauze...which should help, he thinks. The salt water that soaks through when she's in the water might help disinfect it, in some way. He doesn't know, this isn't an AU where he has first aid experience-]
Try to stay still...
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( there's probably other stories- not to mention the mixup of sirens and mermaids, though jinx's own abilities do nothing to help that sort of misconception. people will come up with so many reasons to kill something that's different than them.
but not this boy.
and she can't really complain considering her own hands are no better at this point. jinx does curl up more as he leaves though, trying to be smaller- less visible. her tail may be pitch black, but her skin is grey and her hair is a vibrant pink that can be seen especially well on the surface- she doesn't need more humans catching her like this. and... she's tired.
when he returns, she reluctantly moves her red-stained hand off the gash. tellingly, however, jinx does not watch him so intently this time- in fact, she even lets herself look away. )
Okay.
... Is this... where you people hunt, then?
( can't have a concept of fishing when you are fish. )
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[SOME do, but Izuku doesn't. He just wants to make a living, man.
He's very careful when he starts to pull off the gauze needed to wrap her tail, hoping that what he has will end up being enough. For what it's worth, his touch is gentle and cautious, and he tries not to make any sudden movements.]
Most fishermen go out in their boats, but I work from the docks.
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Not a lot of good catches come this way though- bony, small. ... Obviously, I am an exception- ( was that a joke? )
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You have to have a nice boat if you want to go out into the ocean, which not a lot of people can afford.
[Wrapping, wrapping...he's going to have to pull the gauze a little tight here to get it to stay properly, so hang tight for a minute.]