[Team Sea] (Pirates) but a journey at heart

[skey]

Title: but a journey at heart
Prompt:(Pirates)
Rating: T
Tags: Alternate Universe - Merpeople, Fairytale Elements, Canon Divergence, NSFN in an AU kind of way, Graphic Depictions of Violence, Suicidal Ideation and Self-destructive Behaviour, Past Forced Isolation, Eating of Human Organs, Canon-Typical Temporary Memory Alteration, Descriptions of Walking Corpses, Alcohol Use, Curses, Fight at First Sight.

Summary: "You aren’t actually scary at all, Kuro-sama,” says Fluorite off-handedly between drinks, with the white bird-thing snoring loudly already, “even though you tried to kill me.” 
Sitting on the railing, tail dangling into the water in a way that would’ve drowned their previous vessel, Kurogane snorts. "You're not so scary yourself, pirate." 
"But I am," Fluorite says. From anyone else, the words would be arrogant. From him, they're almost resigned. "Kuro-sama's just fearless like that." 
(Or; in which a mer ends up helping the arguably strangest pirate and his not-bird on their search, and everything else goes from there.)

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[arisprite]

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Super fun fic!! I love the hints of the underwater culture, and the history there. It was written rather sparsly, so I did have just a little trouble following the plot, but it was still enjoyable, and the characterizations were great!

[skey]

Thank you so much for commenting!

Your critique is on point and I'm honestly a little blown away by how much you still seem to have enjoyed the read!(Plus,characterisation praise is the way to my heart, I'm glad I managed to do their complexity some justice<3)

(PS: it'd be great if you could add a link to a separate account, otherwise your vote will end up not counting.)

((PSPS: if you like underwater culture, you'll love shape of you, if you haven't already. I'm currently reading it and its worldbuilding game is A+!)

[arisprite]

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I really did enjoy it, it was fun and magical!

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[(Anonymous)]

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So I had to read this twice to really understand the plot and I have to say that I really really enjoyed it and I'm happy I read it again because it allowed me to truly appreciate the world you built and the plot you weaved. The story had such a sad undertone to it and it made me feel so sad for Fai who is miserable in all worlds without his twin, and it made me wish you could have given the story a happy ending ending, rather than the open-ended one it got. Still though, wonderful story!

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