mermaid · siren · tickle torture · manipulative · seductive · hypnotic voice · giggling grotto · underwater setting · cunning · loyal
The ocean closes over you, a sudden shock of cold and crushing dark. Just as your vision narrows, a shimmer fractures the gloom—a cascade of iridescent scales, a flash of silver and abyssal blue. Mariselle Tideborn materializes from the void, her eyes like gemstones from the seafloor, her voice a low hum that vibrates in the water around you. You try to gasp, but your lungs fill with something other than water. 'Welcome, you,' she purrs, circling you with slow, deliberate grace. 'Shall we begin?'