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And if wishes were horses we'd all be eatin' steak.

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❝ I ☆ WISH ❞
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★ Post with your character. Do not have them wish!
★ Respond to other peoples' characters with your own.
At any point during the resulting conversation, they must make a wish pertaining to that character
For example; such as "I wish you would kiss me", or "I wish you would dance naked".
★ The magic words are 'I wish'. As soon as those words are spoken, it will happen, whether the person wishes it or not
★ SHENANIGANS AND FUN ENSUE

★ stolen from musebawks

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Oh! I'm sorry to hear that!

Maybe you should wish for gills, or a way to breathe underwater?

Would that inconvenience me on land?

If it was temporary it might be possible, but...I'm not sure I'd want to live that way. Would you?

((Do it. Make the worst wish EVAR. And he's gonna live underwater.))

What if it reverted back when you were on land though? that was you could totally do both!

I wish that could happen, don't you?

It'd definitely be convenient.

[He laughed a little, strolling a bit toward the river he'd found her alongside.]

I...yeah. If we could spend a while underwater, it would most certainly be a unique experience. I wish we could.

[...and someone has strolled a bit too close to the river, getting his feet wet. There is suddenly a sharp pain in his neck, tingling along his body, and it's hard to breathe. He looks worried.]

Katara?

"Oh, definitely!" Katara said, grinning. "I'd even like something like that."

[She walked along with him, then her grin started to fade a little as she found it just as hard to breathe. Her face reflected exactly hwo anxious it made her too: she look wordlessly at Billy in alarm, and saw that he was in pain too. She was starting to freak out, then made a beeline for going underwater.]

Billy! [She said, and was startled to see her words were still understandable, underwater...AND that she could breathe.] What's happening?

The wish's magic combined with his Power had an odd effect. He tossed his glasses aside and dove into the water after her, desperate for relief, but that only seemed to trigger the transformation to complete. There was a flash of light consuming him and a burning heat, especially near his legs, and it seemed all he could do was curl in a ball and wait...

Soon enough, it was done. The light faded and Billy uncurled, looking around. He could see clearly, and for a moment that was even more startling than the revelation that he could breathe.

Katara? Where are you? I...what? This is really an extreme change, Billy thought, finally catching sight of himself. His clothes were gone, he wore his Power Coin as a pendant around his neck, and the lower half of his body was entirely replaced by a bright blue fish's tail. He twisted to look at it, definitely disoriented.

Katara was curled about herself, not sure what was going to happen. Her insides were definitely feeling weird though, and her back started to feel strange, yet she found that she had a more powerful way to propel herself underwater.

She swam over to Billy with ease, shocked out how easily she could move, and then started to put two and two together.

I said something I shouldn't have, didn't I?

...affirmative, but I wouldn't blame you. He slowly got his bearings, moving fairly normally after a minute. Wishes don't normally have an 'immediately come true' clause attached.

Billy twisted in the water some more, moving to a deeper area and feeling out this strange world. Once he was sure of his bath, he twisted to see how Katara had changed.

So...we did include that we'll be returned to normal when we leave the water, right?

Yes, but knowing thsi ship, I really ought to be careful what I say. Really, you'd think that someone would give you a warning before you stumble into something like this. It's so frustrating!"

Not that she was complaining too much. This was actually a fun sort of wish, and although she had never seen one, Katara pretty much looked like a mermaid. Unfortunately, mermaids have this tendency of being human on top, and mostly nude: a fact Katara is slowly realizing.

"Oh jeez!" She exclaimed, dashing off to find some cover up.

Billy more than agreed. So that was where she was! He finally located Katara and turned toward her, quickly averting and covering his eyes when he'd realized what happened.

Katar---oh! I'm sorry! He was just going to swim down and bury his head in the underwater weeds---hey, they seem sturdy and wide, judging by how caught in them he's quickly become. Could you use these?

He'll help as soon as he gets this one to release his fin. Drat---he's not quite powerful enough at this new swimming yet.

He didn't need to worry about her needing help: Katara had no intention of staying bare like this. The moment he motioned to the weeds she made a bee line straight for them, modesty be damned. In a few minutes she was covered, looking very flustered but a good degree calmer now.

What is with this place making you lose your clothes all the time?!

Billy sighed, quietly thankful that his 'tail' came up to his waist. I think someone must be incredibly amused by it. Let's just hope they return or are at least there when we reach the shore.

Finally, they were both free to explore their surroundings. And now we can fulfill our wish. I never thought I'd see this, he smiled, swimming forward eagerly with his arms spread. It was so easy!

Well I can't see how they would find something like that funny. Katara shook her head, then let her hair fall loose behind her. In any case, you're right, let's see what we can do!

She moved fairly easily, now that she was more in control. She started swimming, further, further down still, and she winked at Billy. Try and catch me!

Going to play hard to get? Billy huffed in his mind, steeling himself for a long chase. He would slowly build his energy for the chase, swimming after her as efficiently as he could. That meant coordinating effective arm strokes, twisting his tail---sure they were both new at being merfolk, but Katara always had an advantage in water.

He'd pursue her anywhere if it meant getting away from these blasted weeds.

Katara hated to think she was a natural, but she couldn't escape the glaringly obvious: she had always felt at home underwater, and being there made her feel as if she were one step closer to being back in her world.

She giggled, slowing her pace, then quickening when Billy started to come close.

Billy grumbled---that tease! Of course she'd show off, and the only way to possibly catch her would be to try a corner trick or create a distraction. Of course, he wouldn't try anything until he got desperate and tired.

For now, it would be a fairly fruitless chase past the oddities on the waters' floor while he slowly learned the finer points of control on this thing. It didn't help that he wasn't a particularly strong swimmer as a human either.

You swim circles around me and you know it, he pouted.

I'm trying to be fair! Katara protested, giving him an impish little smile and darting toward him, circling around him in a deliberately flirtatious fashion for a fish.

Well, let's explore this together! She said, taking his hand and starting to descend deeper down.

I'll never be on even footing---er...finning.

Billy circled round to watch her, his tail twisting in circles in an attempt to keep up. He'd never be that graceful, not without some serious training. But she was beautiful...briefly he wondered what would happen if the guys who appreciated her that way were here to see this.

But they were here to explore as friends, hand in hand. That was fine with him. I can live with that. We'll definitely see the more spectacular creatures in deeper water.

It's not about that Billy! I've always just felt at home underwater! If we were, say, land slugs or something, I'm sure that you'd be slithering rings around me. Just enjoy the wish!

Which she could say, of course, now that she was covered up and not exposed for Billy to see. She had no idea what he was thinking of course: for whatever reason, while she could be coy, Katara was otherwise unobservant to her own looks.

The more they went down, the more they saw: coral reefs, schools of fish and small anemones that Katara would not have noticed before. She laughed when a fish got pretty close to her nose and tickled it slightly.

Billy swam alongside her, glad to finally be swimming passably in the water. He covertly studied her movements, trying to mimic the proper way to do things.

I don't see much appeal in being a slug, he wrinkled his nose, swimming down to the more plentiful areas with her. There were sights far more attractive than slugs there.

If only I had an underwater camera, he whispered, an awed look on his face. The sights were definitely beautiful. He flitted from studying anemones to coral to...wait, there was a fish tickling Katara's nose? He couldn't help but laugh, smiling at one of the schools passing by.

You're such a natural that even the aquatic life loves you, he winked, yelping when another few fish brushed against his tail. Uh...pardon me, he called to them.

She waited patiently, watching Billy start to get the hang of the swimming. She showed him again, taking careful time to show him how she stroked so he could repeat what she'd done.

She giggled, which just looked strange in the water, and started to swim down. Some things don't need to be photographed she said to him, and laughed as the fish zoomed away. That was so bizarre!

She descended lower, and swam alongside him, following a nearby blue fish.

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