The Kingdom of Whispers// Private OxO Rp

@JustALostM

Prompt:
The lost City of Atlantis has been found and the people who reside there are actually humans who have adapted to survive underwater. With fins for feet and gills that can be closed to breathe air, what happens when A, a human living above the surface, meets B, an Atlantean who speaks languages never been heard before. B seems to be hiding something, why do the Atlanteans look at B with fear and respect? Why does B never want to talk about their parents?

OxO Premise:
[A] is a human on the surface who has been wanting, for as long as they can imagine, to escape their monotonous life and do something exciting for once. Despite the fact that they had a good position and income at work, a decent social life, and a comfortable life, it was boring. The same routine everyday, the same people, the same boring news.

[B] is an Atlantean with a want to go explore the Over Worlds, more than just lurking beneath the humans and watching from a far, they wanted to be where the people are. (;D)

When a natural disaster (Or was it?) caused a disturbance in the ocean near [A]'s work, they looked out the window to see the tall peaks of a strange looking structure emerge from the water. Standing there in all its former, and current, glory was the lost City of Atlantis. Though, it certainly wasn't lost any longer.

A team is created to investigate what was going on but even before they could approach the bridge to the city, they were stopped. The city made arrangements to send other teams but none could pass through whatever invisable barrier that blocked them. The city then invited the public to go and try if they could enter the city. Just out of curiousity, and because their work was so dull, [A] got in the line and to the surpise of everyone there, managed to get inside the city. Why did that happen?

Sure! I have a character i want to use for B so once I find her old template, I'll edit her in

Yep! let me just edit it a little

Name:
Nickname:
Age: (20+)
Gender:
Looks:

Personality:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Fears:
Backstory: (opt)

Abilties:

Name: Mavis Celeste
Nickname: Mave, Cal
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Looks: Mavis has a blue skin tone with silvery markings under her skin. Her skin is luminescent in the moonlight of a full moon and has scales on her arms, legs, part of her chest and stomach, and parts of her face. She has amber eyes, finned ears that stick in and out (Think cat-like movements), and gills on her neck. She has a silvery marking on her forehead that looks like a moon. Mavis has a slim body with long flippers for feet, webbed hands with claws, and sharp teeth. (Visual Aid: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xWUcJmIIzSgQHSxn-PQoTFR9zDpppwID1dc8GizHAmk/edit?usp=sharing)

Personality: Curious, Adventurous, artistic, responsible to an extent
Likes: swimming in new places, the overworld, music, hunting
Dislikes: Staying in the kingdom, lessons, practicing her magic with her mother
Fears: losing her siblings, having to stay in the kingdom forever, never falling in love
Backstory: (opt)

Abilties: Mavis can strengthen the scales on her body to become armour. She can use echolocation and communicates with all animals that use echolocation as well. She can make her appearance look more human, altering most things about her body except her skin tone. Mavis can also create air bubbles to help non-gills breathe underwater. During full moons, all Atlanteans gain some magic to control water.

(lol yes XD)

I like him! I should mention Mavis is about 5'7 on land and just under 6' in the water with her fins

I'm an incredibly visual person so having those kinds of things helps me to visualize my characters a lot more. I have one for most of my current characters with the intent to have more!

I'm ready to start whenever you are! I'm fine with either of us starting, just let me know!

(Alright, I'll start from having the city pop up that way we can introduce our characters)

It had been a day like any other. Mavis had gone onto the surface to watch as the sun came up and the humans began their days. She enjoyed the sounds of the creatures paired with the strange moving things the humans rode around in. Unfortunately, this time her sister had followed her and gone to get their mother. As she crossed her arms and pouted, she was dragged below the surface yet again.

Back in her room, her mother was pacing and lecturing Mavis. Oh, how she wished she could be anywhere but here. The door flung open suddenly and she rose in her bed, perhaps something exciting was happening? No, it was only her father who looked furious. He began to lecture her again and was just about to place yet another restriction on her when they all heard a rumbling sound and the floor of her room quivered.

The rumbling grew louder and the floor shook even more. Everyone went out onto the streets in the main city and looked at the sky, it was getting much closer! Screams and shouts broke around as the tops of their castle towers broke through the water. A few minutes later, their entire kingdom was floating on the water, a thousand human eyes fixated on them, gaping. Mavis grinned, finally something exciting!

The sound of screaming and sharp wailing hit Mavis and the people around her. Immediately they all covered their ears and bent over. A few seconds of agonizing pain later, the sharp sounds stopped. Mavis stood up and looked at the people confused.

"They put the shields up, Thank Xusa!"

At the simple explanation, many of the others also praised Xusa. Mavis touched the symbol on her forehead and closed her eyes. The sounds around her faded out as she focused. shortly after, her webbed hands and claws became fingers and nails, her fins became feet, and her gills closed forcing her to open her mouth and swallow. It was like a reflex and so weird. The books in the library really helped her ease into this process. Despite only having done the transformation once before, it was relatively easier this time around.

Mavis used her new appendages to clumsily walk closer to the people gaping at her. Her ears felt weird too, putting a hand up to them, she felt that the normally extended fin had shrunken and was easily hidden beneath her long wavy hair. She twisted it into a quick bun and then continued to closer to the edge of the city.

MEANWHILE

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S AN ISLAND HALF THE SIZE OF OUR STATE JUST SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN?!" high-pitched squeaking from the other side of the phone gave a response. "I'M NOT WAITING 6 GODDAMNED HOURS FOR YOUR TEAM TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO US FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAMNED COUNTRY!" the man slammed the phone on the receiver then glared at the poor intern who had the misfortune of bringing this news to him. "STAND UP STRAIGHT SOLIDER! ASK MARCUS TO ASSEMBLE A TEAM NOW! THAT'S N-O-W, NOW!" he barked. The intern squeaked, literally, then ran out of the office to get Marcus. Marcus assembled his team and got them into the helicopter, flying to the base of the island thing.

(No worries! I'm fine with co-leading the story, it's never fun when only one person makes all the decisions! I'm fine with altering my response to better fit yours if anything!)

As Mavis stood at the city's edge and breathed in, she couldn't help but smile. It seemed as though Xusa had heard her pleas for change. She scanned the shoreline, observing the humans watching them. She was watching a human youngling pointing and strained her ears to hear but couldn't hear a thing. At this, she frowned, upset that restrictions were already in place.

It was then that she noticed another human walking rapidly to the water's edge. She stood up with excitement and tried to jump into the water to swim to shore but whatever barrier was blocking the sounds from coming in was also blocking anything from leaving. She frowned once again. The city rumbled again and caused her to fall to the floor and hold on to something for support.

A majestic golden bridge descended from the city to the shoreline. Mavis tentatively walked to the bridge and found that she could walk down it. She jumped up and down excitedly as she ran down. In her haste, she didn't stop to think that perhaps the barrier was surrounding the end of the bridge too. She came to that realization when she slammed face-first into the barrier and nearly broke her nose. She fell back onto the bridge floor in pain, holding her nose which was leaking blue blood.

Mavis cursed and ripped a piece from her tunic to use to try and stop the bleeding. It worked…partially. As she finished tending to herself, she looked up and almost jumped back in fear, there was a strange human creature peering at her. She felt a bit uncomfortable as if she was a creature that the scientists were studying back in the labs under the palace. She walked up to the barrier and put a hand up, trying to feel the human. As soon as they both touched the barrier, a faint but noticeable shock went through their bodies. Mavis pulled back and looked at the human with a scared look. Was he nice? But then why did he shock me? she took a few steps back and held her hand.

The symbol on her forehead flashed and a piercing headache flooded her mind. She was glad that her hair had hidden the mark, it didn't seem like the human had noticed anything unusual, except the obvious of course. She held onto the side of the bridge for support as another wave of blinding pain flooded her mind. Angrily, she clutched her head and kicked the bridge. She waved to the human and made a gesture she hoped meant she'd come back. As another wave of pain came, she screamed and angrily made her way back up the bridge.

Marcus arranged his soldiers around the shore, getting all civilians away from the thing. by this point, Mavis had already disappeared into the city so when Marcus' men rounded the corner, Gab was the only one they could see.

(Marcus is a free-for-all character. Essentially he's the main man who makes the decisions about what's going to happen and you're welcome to control him and make him, or his men, do whatever you want)

(hehehe)

Marcus looked the man up and down and sighed. "Look son, it's getting late and I don't want to have to do anything that would cause you to become afraid or upset but I will if I have to. I will not be repeating myself. Get off the beach, it is now private property." Marcus looked at him with a stony look and waited for him to move.

Mavis put one hand to her head and walked into her house. "What father. What do you want." She cracked open one eye and glanced at him in anger. Her father glared at her and grabbed her arm, dragging her to her room and throwing her on the bed. "You will no longer have the freedom to go as you please Mavis. Not without a guard or a sibling. How dare you use the traumatic event to escape and try to go and do as you please? I will have a guard posted outside your door at all hours of the day and night." He growled and shut the door behind him as he walked out.

With an angry cry, Mavis threw herself onto the bed and thrashed around before stopping and lying in despair, sobbing.

"Move it move it, keep it coming….That's it, set her down here!" Marcus called to the forklift operator. The man put down the box and used a crowbar to pop the top. a few different military-grade weapons lined the insides with a variety of other weapons. Marcus picked up a long taser rod and clicked the button, hearing the prongs at the end buzz to life with electricity. "This will be fun. Alright, pop the rest of them and grab whatever you want then organize yourselves according to the groups you were assigned back at base! Let's go people, time's wasting!" Marcus yelled and the soldiers jumped into action.

(No worries, I'm not feeling too well either so I get where you're coming from)

Marcus looked at the man like he was a fish out of water. "Alright then. Boys! Get this civilian-" He spat the word civilian like it was a disease, "Out of here! Move it, Now!" His team saluted and three men came to Gab. Two held him by the arms while one picked him up by the legs and they marched him off the beach. They gently tossed him onto the pavement then turned back around and walked to the beach.

As soon as the three men returned, Marcus rubbed his temples and then began barking orders once again. "Team one, move into the area and use all weapons to protect yourself from whatever those things are!" The group of men to his right marched up to the bridge and only managed to get one step on before being thrown back onto the sand, just a couple of feet away from Marcus. "What in the hell?" Marcus jerked back and looked at the groaning group.

"Team two! Proceed with caution!" He commanded, an anxious note slipping in. The next group walked slowly to the foot of the bridge but not one person moved from there. "What's going on team, move it!" he called. One man tentatively moved to the bridge but he too was thrown back. "Alright, that's it. Move into a single file line! Right now, move it!" all the groups scattered on the beach lined up. it was a long winding thing, zig-zagging along the edge of the water. "One at a time you will approach the bridge. Let's go, First one up!" and so the fight to get onto Atlantis began.

The sounds of groaning and moaning surrounded Marcus as he blew out a puff of smoke and squished the cigarette beneath his foot. He had gone through every single solider that joined his missions and each of them was laid in fetal position on the beach clutching some part or another in pain. "Ah great. He's going to be pissed." Marcus kicked the sand and pulled out his phone, cursing under his breath.

…

"Well boys, clean up the beach. We're having civilian tryouts to get onto the bridge from hell." Marcus rubbed his eyes and sighed. As his soldiers moved around to get things set up, Marcus glanced at the edge of the beach to see a small crowd had formed. Great. This would be fun. Marcus cursed again and took a seat at the table that was set up and waited for the government official to finish giving instructions to the civilians. A loud buzz roared up as the crowd of civilians grew large and larger still.

As the line of people began to get smaller, Marcus stretched and groaned as he made yet another tally in his file. "Next!" he called, stretching. He glanced up at the next civilian then looked back down before pausing and raising his eyes again. "You? Goddammit son! Can't stay away, can you? Well, have at it, you'll see it's nothing." Marcus said sighing incredulously at Gab's approach.

Back in the floating city, Mavis was using a tool to pry open the window. With a soft pop, the glass fell into her hands. Mavis took a deep breath and her ears flickered with excitement. She could see a strange commotion near where she had met that strange human. She looked down and found the easiest way to drop down.

With a soft rustle, she crouched behind a plant and waited for the coast to clear. Once it was clear, she ran as fast as she could to the city's edge and hid behind another plant, watching as many humans approached the bridge. Some made it a few steps onto the bridge while others couldn't even come close. In the end, all who tried were flung back by some invisible force. That was when she saw that same human. It was his turn to try and make it onto the bridge. Mavis was excited.